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total: -,- EUR
City map Hanover & Hanover Region
- apartment
- perimeter
- CONZEPTplus office
Distance to object:
- metro including metro stop
- metro station
- event line
- night service
- exhibition ground
- metro station near object
metro map - Hanover & Hanover Region 30161 Hannover / List, Lärchenstraße
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Object information
We offer privately used apartments, houses and rooms.
All booked apartments and houses will be left for your own use during your stay.
In case you booked a private room, the bathroom is shared with the landlord or other guests. If you prefer more privacy, please book a whole apartment.
Internet usage
If installed, it can be used for free. If there is a wireless LAN connection (see equipment), the landlord provides you the wireless LAN key.
Arrival time
The usual arrival time may be between 2 pm – 10 pm. Alternating arrival times are possible on demand. Please enter your arrival time in your account while booking or later.
Is a late check-out possible?
Normally the check out time is at 11 a.m. in the morning. If the landlord/landlady accepts a later check out time, a later departure will be possible. In case that there are other guests arriving on your departure day, a later check-out is not possible because the regular check in time is 12 p.m.
You receive the objects keys directly on spot (object address) on your arrival day. Alternating arrival times are possible on demand. Possibly the landlord requests a key deposit of 50,- EUR – 100,- EUR. It will be handed back to you on your departure day.
Change of persons
In case of a change of person during a booking there will be an extra fee of 15,- EUR per person per change of sheets and towels. If necessary, you can get a receipt from the landlord.
The object will be cleaned regularly in your absence.
Bed linen / Towels
Bed linen and towels will be provided and changed regularly during your stay. Bed linen will be changed every fourth day whereas the towels will be changed every second day or enough will be provided at the beginning of your stay.
Breakfast (if booked)
- If you booked an apartment breakfast will be bought by the landlord and it will be stored in the fridge for you. The breakfast will be filled up regularly during your stay. Breakfast is to be prepared by yourself.
- If you booked a room / twin room, breakfast will be prepared for you.
Your stay
Only the booked number of persons is allowed to stay inside the object.
interior decoration
- - iron
- - ironing board
- - bed linen included
- - pillows
- - trash bin
- - coat rack
- - wardrobe
- - separate rooms
- - desk
- - socket close to the bed
- - cleansing liquids
- - washing machine
- - fan
- - kitchen
- - oven
- - dining table
- - bottle of water
- - coffee and tea accessories
- - coffee machine
- - hot plates
- - kitchen utensils
- - refrigerator
- - microwave
- - toaster
- - electric kettle
bathroom and W.C.
- - toilet paper
- - hairdryer
- - towels included
- - soap
- - shower & toilet [1]
- - guest toilet [1]
- - shower gel
internet and TV
- - television [1]
- - wi-fi
Outdoor & View
- - garden view
- - garden furniture
- - balcony
- - Pets are not allowed
- - not suitable for allergic guests
- - heating
- - grocery store close by
- - access by key
- - adults only
- - non-smoking
- - smoking not allowed
- - smoking area: (balcony)
- - smoke detector
- - transfer for an extra charge
- - public parking
object description
Arrival at the airport: Route from the airport to the object
Take the city train S 5 (direction: Paderborn) directly to the central station. The trip takes approximately 23 minutes. Timetable information is available on: City rail - timetable
From the central station you can take the line no. 3 (direction: Altwarmbüchen), no. 7 (direction: Misburg), no. 9 (direction: Fasanenkrug) to the next stop of the object "Lister Platz". The trip takes approximately 4 minutes.
Arrival at the central station: Route from the central station to the object
From the central station you can take the line no. 3 (direction: Altwarmbüchen), no. 7 (direction: Misburg), no. 9 (direction: Fasanenkrug) to the next stop of the object "Lister Platz". The trip takes approximately 4 minutes.
Route from the object to the exhibition grounds:
From the stop "Lister Platz" you can take the line no. 3 (direction: Wettbergen), no. 7 (direction: Wettbergen), no. 9 (direction: Empelde) to the stop "Kröpcke" and then change into line no. 8 (direction: Messe/Nord) to the exhibition's main entrance (Messe/Nord). The trip takes approximately 28 min.
Route to the city center:
Form the stop "Lister Platz" you can take the line no. 3, 7, 9 directly to the city center (metro station "Kröpcke").
Connection by taxi:
Check in = 3,20 EUR + ca. 2,20 EUR per km (The prices may vary).
A taxi can be ordered directly on: www.taxi-fahrerkarte-hannover.de
Shuttle service (up to 4 persons max.) from the airport to the object:
On demand we provide a shuttle service from the airport to the object and back.
Price: up to 3 people = 45,- EUR per trip. Payment is to be made in cash directly to the driver.
Price: up to 4 people = 55,- EUR per trip. Payment is to be made in cash directly to the driver.
More useful links:
Deutsche Bahn
Hannover Airport
landlord speaks:
- German
- English
- Spanish
payment types
Payments are possible by international bank account transactions, debit card (only possible in Germany), credit card , PayPal , immediate payment . For bank account transactions you receive the proforma invoice by e-mail. Please check the payment deadline. Concerning bookings by credit card, the credit card will be charged immediately. The invoice will automatically be sent to you by e-mail. Please keep in mind that payments are only possible by credit card, immediate payment & PayPal for bookings less than 10 days before arrival.
cancellation terms
Cancelations 31 days before arrival for payments by bank transaction and immediate payments.
up to 31 days before arrival 10% total amount
up to 30 - 15 days before arrival 25% total amount
up to 14 - 08 days before arrival 50% total amount
up to 07 - 01 d. b. a. /no show 100% total amount
For any payments by credit card or PayPal there will be an extra fee of 10% of the total sum for cancelations until 31 days before arrival.
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Yuri Bashmet brings a dark, full sound to the Viola Concerto. He is in no hurry, and often seems lost in private musings, in the opening and in the slow movement. His playing is often brilliant and muscular in the outer movements, and he dispatches the moto perpetuo semiquavers of the finale with panache, but through it all there is a sense of steady inevitability, with Boulez in magisterial collaboration.
Tim Homfray, The Strad (Harrow, UK) / 01. January 2009
. . . Bashmet's playing is the smoothest, richest of them all . . . soloist and orchestra open up for a stupendous finale, filled with folk colors, yet dynamic and explosive . . . Bartók and Boulez form a great team.
James H. North, Fanfare (Tenafly, NJ) / 01. July 2009

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Hours after bedtime, do you find your little one wandering the hall looking dazed and confused? If you have a sleepwalking child, you're not alone. It can be unnerving to see, but sleepwalking is very common in kids and most sleepwalkers only do so occasionally and outgrow it by the teen years. Still, some simple steps can keep your young sleepwalker safe while traipsing about.
Despite its name, sleepwalking (also called somnambulism) actually involves more than just walking. Sleepwalking behaviors can range from harmless (sitting up), to potentially dangerous (wandering outside), to just inappropriate (kids may even open a closet door and pee inside). No matter what kids do during sleepwalking episodes, though, it's unlikely that they'll remember ever having done it!
As we sleep, our brains pass through five stages of sleep — stages 1, 2, 3, 4, and REM (rapid eye movement) sleep. Together, these stages make up a sleep cycle. One complete sleep cycle lasts about 90 to 100 minutes. So a person experiences about four or five sleep cycles during an average night's sleep.
Sleepwalking most often occurs during the deeper sleep of stages 3 and 4. During these stages, it's more difficult to wake someone up, and when awakened, a person may feel groggy and disoriented for a few minutes.
Kids tend to sleepwalk within an hour or two of falling asleep and may walk around for anywhere from a few seconds to 30 minutes.
Sleepwalking is far more common in kids than in adults, as most sleepwalkers outgrow it by the early teen years. It may run in families, so if you or your partner are or were sleepwalkers, your child may be too.
Other factors that may bring on a sleepwalking episode include:
Of course, getting out of bed and walking around while still sleeping is the most obvious sleepwalking symptom. But young sleepwalkers may also:
Also, sleepwalkers' eyes are open, but they don't see the same way they do when they're awake and they often think they're in different rooms of the house or different places altogether.
Sometimes, these other conditions may accompany sleepwalking:
Sleepwalking itself is not harmful. However, sleepwalking episodes can be hazardous since sleepwalking kids aren't awake and may not realize what they're doing, such as walking down stairs or opening windows.
Sleepwalking is not usually a sign that something is emotionally or psychologically wrong with a child. And it doesn't cause any emotional harm. Sleepwalkers probably won't even remember the nighttime stroll.
Although sleepwalking isn't dangerous by itself, it's important to take precautions so that your sleepwalking child is less likely to fall down, run into something, walk out the front door, or drive (if your teen is a sleepwalker).
To help keep your sleepwalker out of harm's way:
Unless the episodes are very regular, cause your child to be sleepy during the day, or involve dangerous behaviors, there's usually no need to treat sleepwalking. But if the sleepwalking is frequent, causing problems, or your child hasn't outgrown it by the early teen years, talk to your doctor. Also talk to your doctor if you're concerned that something else could be going on, like reflux or trouble breathing.
For kids who sleepwalk often, doctors may recommend a treatment called scheduled awakening. This disrupts the sleep cycle enough to help stop sleepwalking. In rare cases, a doctor may prescribe medication to aid sleep.
Other ways to help minimize sleepwalking episodes:
The next time you encounter your nighttime wanderer, don't panic. Simply steer your child back to the safety and comfort of his or her bed.


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Intellectuals and thought-leader types in the financial realm tend toward unanimity when it comes to the debate over whether there ought to be a fiduciary standard for professional advice givers.
"If someone would like to seek advice on a specific financial product, or about their own overall situation, they should get it from a financial advisor working to the fiduciary standard who is familiar with their financial situation," says Helaine Olen, author of a new book blasting the personal finance industry, called Pound Foolish.
"I've seen way too many people hurt financially as a result of taking the counsel of salesmen promoting various financial products who don't have a legal responsibility to act in their customers' best interests," Olen told AdvisorOne.
Yet the fiduciary standard may still seem inadequate, even among its staunchest promoters, for a variety of reasons, among them human moral failings, such as the propensity some have of skirting even clearly laid rules.
Pershing Advisor Solutions CEO Mark Tibergien's article Fiduciary in Name Only, first published in Investment Advisor, has raised awareness of the potential inadequacy of the fiduciary label.
"I cringe when I see negative news stories involving a registered rep, trader, investment banker, hedge fund, wealth manager or financial planner…As head of a custodian that serves RIA firms and their clients, I suffer even stronger emotions when learning of an indictment or finding against a fiduciary advisor," Tibergien wrote.
Tibergien seems to despair that regulations, however clear, fail to deter a large cohort of financial professionals "who choose to ignore them." He calls on individual advisors to carefully monitor their own conduct under various potential conflicts he describes.
Responding to Tibergien's article, Dalbar CEO Lou Harvey (right) told AdvisorOne, "I believe that the article actually understates the severity of the problem and the steps that will be necessary to prevent further damage."
That is because the marketplace has come to recognize the value of fiduciary advice, thereby conferring a hugely attractive competitive advantage on those claiming to put client interests first.
"At a time when wearing the moniker of 'fiduciary' requires no more than paying for a short online course or printing a deceptive designation on a business card, there is little doubt that we will see the number of fraud cases continue to grow," Harvey says.
"Imagine, for example, if anyone could describe themselves as 'doctor' or 'attorney' but the real ones were 'fiduciary doctor' and 'fiduciary attorney,'" Harvey adds.
The solution, Harvey says, cannot be left simply to advisors monitoring themselves more carefully. Rather, the head of the Boston-based financial services consultancy proposes an exclusive "mark of distinction" that fiduciaries must earn:
"Such a standard would require investigating each designee and excluding those that fail to demonstrate a history of client commitment and no infractions of laws or regulations," Harvey says. "The fiduciary community must demand the education and skills to serve clients in the specific capacities for which they are engaged."
The heart of Harvey's proposal is to restrict the use of the word "advisor" (or "adviser") to fiduciaries alone, leading to prosecution for non-fiduciaries using that label.
"Such a simple action would eliminate the public confusion virtually overnight. Non-fiduciaries can continue to identify themselves as financial planners, brokers or any of the other titles that are in use today," Harvey concludes.
Meanwhile, the debate over whether to impose a uniform fiduciary standard on all financial professionals continues to intensify through governmental channels as well—as the SEC continues to draw comment on rules it will be drafting on the matter.
One comment posted on the SEC's website just today offered a ringing endorsement of a fiduciary standard from, of all quarters, a Merrill Lynch advisor—though brokers would be the most affected by a change from the current mandate of "suitability" to one requiring them to put their clients' interests ahead of theirs, with all that that entails in terms of legal liability.
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Most medications used for schizophrenia are in the phenothiazine family. The atypical antipsychotics are so called because they are chemically quite different. They appear to cause fewer side effects than the phenothiazine drugs
Medications in this family include:
- Olanzapine (Zyprexa)
- Risperidone (Risperdal)
- Clozapine (Clozaril)
- Quetiapine (Seroquel)
- Ziprasidone (Geodon)
- Aripiprazole (Abilify)
The herb St. John's wort might reduce levels of these medications in the blood. 1 This could lead to an increase in the severity of psychotic symptoms.
Perhaps even more dangerously, if medication levels are adjusted for an individual already taking St. John's wort, stopping the herb could cause these levels to rise, potentially causing dangerous toxic symptoms.
A few studies suggest that the amino acid glycine may augment the action of phenothiazine antipsychotic drugs. It might also augment the action of olanzapine and risperidone, but whether it augments or decreases the effectiveness of clozapine remains unclear. 3-7 See the Glycine article for a more detailed discussion of this subject.
Highly preliminary evidence suggests that ginkgo might reduce the side effects and increase the efficacy of various antipsychotic medications, including atypical antipsychotic drugs. 2
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For many years, the tricyclics were the most popular antidepressants. Although superseded today by the less side-effect prone selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs), they are still used in certain cases.
Antidepressants in this family include:
- Amitriptyline hydrochloride (Elavil)
- Amoxapine (Asendin)
- Clomipramine hydrochloride (Anafranil)
- Desipramine hydrochloride (Norpramin)
- Doxepin hydrochloride (Sinequan)
- Imipramine (Tofranil)
- Nortriptyline hydrochloride (Aventyl, Pamelor)
- Protriptyline hydrochloride (Vivactil)
- Trimipramine maleate (Surmontil)
- and others
Preliminary evidence suggests that tricyclic antidepressants might deplete the body of coenzyme Q 10 (CoQ 10 ), a substance that appears to be important for normal heart function. 1,2 Based on this observation, it has been suggested (but not proved) that CoQ 10 supplementation might help prevent the heart-related side effects that can occur with the use of tricyclic antidepressants.
Based on one case report 3 and our general knowledge about the actions of these supplements, taking any of these in combination with some tricyclic antidepressants could conceivably present a risk of elevating serotonin levels too high.
St. John's wort might decrease the effectiveness of tricyclic antidepressants by reducing blood levels of the drug. 4-5 Conversely, if you are taking St. John's wort already and your physician adjusts your dose of medication, suddenly stopping the herb could cause blood levels of the drug to rise dangerously high.
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Herbs and Supplements to Use Only with Caution
Retinitis pigmentosa (RP) is a group of inherited eye diseases that can lead to severe visual problems. This disorder is named for the irregular clumps of black pigment that occur in the retina.
In most forms of retinitis pigmentosa, cells in the retina called "rods" die. This leads to impaired night vision, as well as a decrease in ability to see things off to the side while looking ahead (peripheral vision). In some forms of RP, other retinal cells called "cones" die. This leads to a decrease in central and color vision. In all forms of RP, vision loss usually progresses over a period of many years. Loss of vision is usually first noted in childhood or early adulthood.
Conventional medicine for retinitis pigmentosa is largely limited to vision aids.
Proposed Natural Treatments for Retinitis Pigmentosa
No natural treatments have been proven effective for retinitis pigmentosa, but some approaches have shown a bit of promise.
The substance lutein is an antioxidant that occurs in the retina. In a small double-blind, placebo-controlled study , 34 adults with retinitis pigmentosa were given either placebo or lutein (10 mg per day for 12 wks followed by 30 mg per day) for 24 weeks. 1 After this period, each group was switched to the opposite treatment, and followed for another 24 weeks. The results indicated lutein supplementation improved visual field as compared to placebo, and also possibly improved visual acuity. However, a larger study will be needed to verify whether these results are meaningful.
A large (over 600 participant) double-blind, placebo-controlled trial found evidence that use of vitamin A supplements at a potentially dangerous dose of 15,000 IU daily might slightly slow the progression of retinitis pigmentosa. 2 However, the benefits seen over the 4-6 year study period were modest at best. A subsequent study by the same researchers evaluated whether adding 1200 mg daily of DHA (a component of fish oil ) along with vitamin A produced better results. 3 Unfortunately, the results of this trial were largely negative. However, in another trial involving in 225 adults, adding lutein (12 mg per day) to vitamin A over 4 years modestly slowed the rate of visual loss in the mid-peripheral field. 4
Herbs and Supplements to Use Only With Caution
In the large vitamin A study noted above, some participants were given vitamin E at a dose of 400 IU daily. The results indicated that use of vitamin E at this dosage might actually speed retinal damage rather than slow it. Until these results are clarified, people with retinitis pigmentosa should avoid taking high dosages of vitamin E. (The daily requirement for vitamin E is far lower than this: 33 IU daily for most adults.)
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- Review Date: 12/2015 -
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I thought it very interesting that the entire world was up in arms over the Newsweek article alleging that a Koran was flushed down the toilet as a means of interrogation.Now, let me get this straight... it creates world outrage (and a typical violent Islamic reaction) when Newsweek publishes (an apparently false) story about flushing the Islamic Holy book down a toilet, but when Albanian Islamic Extremists fire bomb hundreds of Orthodox Churches, it goes unnoticed.Does anyone else have a problem with this?Furthermore, I've heard many (on tv) give the line, "well 'if' they did flush the Koran, it would be despicable". Hold on, hold on... flushing the Koran is despicable, but State Sponsored destruction of Holy Orthodox buildings and locations is not?If flushing a Koran down a toilet warranted the reaction that it got from Muslims around the world, than what is the *warranted* reaction for Orthodox Christians who have had more than 300 Churchs destroyed in Kosovo?
James, The only thing I (slightly) disgree with, is equating opinion against the RCC and the Orthodox Church. Here is why... much of the backlash against the RCC (at least recently) as a result of the actions of the clergy (molestation scandal). Thus, the appropriate response would be a critique of the Church and how it handled the situation because the scandal (and hence the criticism) was directly related to the Church.If you subscribe to the opinion that Serbs are everything we're made out to be, it still does not justify actions or a negative opinion against the Church. There is no parallel between the RCC and the SOC in this regard. The "bad actors" in the RCC were the clergy. Whereas if you are going to lay the blame on any Serbs, it would have to be at the hands of Politicians (many of whom are admittedly atheist).
True to his previous role as chief guardian of Catholic orthodoxy and moral teaching, Benedict lectured the journalists on the need to possess "clear references of the ethical responsibilities" and to engage in a "sincere search for the truth and the safeguarding of the centrality and the dignity of the person."
It is despicable to denigrate in any way the holy writ on any religion.
My dear brothers. It is despicable to denigrate in any way the holy writ on any religion. How would we as Orthodoxy feel if a beautiful gospel was so publicly defaced?
Afghan Ulema demands hand over of desecrators of Holy Quran KABUL: At least three hundred Ulema in Afghanistan have demanded the US that those responsible for the desecration of the Holy Quran at Guantanamo Bay must be handed over in three days otherwise a Jihad would be launched against the US.
I am tired of this stuff. Bring it on Mofo! Just GIVE us a reason you horrid, smelly, sticky pieces of camel dung.
Why this attitude doesn't extend to the likes of fundamentalist Muslims, however, is beyond me. After all, in their case the charge of bigotry is more easily justified.
......I think I need to start on a book: "A westerners guide to dealing with REAL (arab) Muslims"Peace.
Yes, I see how this is "sporadic violence". Nobody wants to talk about the reality of Kosovo. Here is the reality...Orthodox Christian Serbs live like caged animals. They are shuttled to schools in military convoys. Power is routinely "cut off" by Albanians, seeking to starve and freeze them. Both the clergy and laity pray under military guard. The monastics are continually threatened. All of this, under the "peace" imposed by NATO.When Kosovo is stolen from Serbia, eventually all Serbs will be forced out (the way my family was forced out 50 years ago). Only the clergy will remain, under a regime that will be as oppressive as the Ottoman rulers were for 500 years. The West will have "liberated" the Kosovo Albanians and everyone will feel all warm and fuzzy inside.
but imagine if one of your God's majestic names was Al-Muqqit (properly translated "The stinky One" or "The smelly One"). Within this context, you could not possibly take insult to such a title, but rather you would feel undeserving of it - you would insist that your stinking and smelling qualities are far below any reasonably high standard such that you are unworthy to be ascribed such a title.As for Camel excrement - we know that Muhammed considered camel urine a great thing, to be slurped up regularly for its non-existent medically advantageous qualities. If camel urine was part of a healthy diet, we would have to assume that some of that "good stuff" got in the solids as well."you stinky piece of camel dung" <--- Translates ---> "You majestic, glorious, wonderful, beneficial person, MWA MWA MWA"
It's mysterious that these same people had nothing to say when their buddies went on a head-cutting crusade recently. To them a book has more value than human life, but then again we are dealing with a bunch of sub humans that have nothing better to do with their time than commit acts of violence and burn American flags.
Ahem! Pardon me. From where I sit, the head-cutting episodes were staged by A) Security forces from the West of the Atlantic or B) Security agents from an Eastern Mediteranean country -
I live in a country that is very multi pluralistic, and to say what our Australian friend said would land us in court for 'hate speech'
I also condemn the wanton destruction of our Orthodox churches in Serbia, and I pray for peace.
Brigidsboy, Thanks for the link.Kolya, Your point (about not hating) is well taken, I sincerely get it, but I think you are missing the context of this discussion. I was simply putting forth actual fact about how Islam reacted to "the purported flushing of their holy book" vs. how everyone else has reacted to the destruction of Orthodox Churches. When you saidIt almost appears as though you are diminishing the government sponsored acts of destroying Orthodox Houses of worship with "hate speech". True hate is strong word, but at the end of the day, it is a word. True hate has manifested its ugly head all over Kosovo with the degredation of our Churches.Do you need me to forward the links showing Albanian kids urinating on Icons and Church rubble to further prove the difference? To be honest, equating the two (or even diminishing the effect of what is going in Kosovo) is personally offensive. Remember, many of us, have had family members MURDERED by Albanian Muslims, so we have a bit of knowledge about what hate can do.
You've got to be kidding me. Do a google search and find the video clips out there & tell me then those head-cuttings were staged. I don't beleive that for one minute. I don't think the families of these victims would say the same either. To me that's just "true" Islam coming out and peaking it's head. On another point, has there been a land or country in history that had a choice in converting? Not that I'm aware of, it's always been divide and conquer for those people. I find it very disturbing the "forces" at work today in the world today. I guess you can call it hate but someone needs to stand up and make sure the rest of us are protected from these violent people. Well I'm sad to hear liberalism has destroyed free speech in Australia. Of course it's only hate speech if a christian is saying what is obviously true to the rest of us, but nope those muslims can get away with just about anything under the sun and they have nothing to say about that. I'm just merely saying what the average guy in the street is thinking.
...There ARE others in this world who would go to great lengths to discredit muslims. Why would they make their own reputations worse? Who has the most to gain from this outrage? Follow the money.
And all the Jews who worked in the Twin Towers stayed home from work on Sept 11th. Right?
[Do you need me to forward the links showing Albanian kids urinating on Icons and Church rubble to further prove the difference? To be honest, equating the two (or even diminishing the effect of what is going in Kosovo) is personally offensive. Remember, many of us, have had family members MURDERED by Albanian Muslims, so we have a bit of knowledge about what hate can do.]Some of you are forgetting that not too long ago when the Muslim extremists took over the Orthodox section of the 'Holy Church of the Nativity' and not only desecrated it but used Bibles for toilet paper! Seems like these fanatics have double standards when it comes to desecration of another religions property.Don't forget the hundreds of pictures of Orthodox Icons with the saints eyes scratched out!Orthodoc
Why Islam is disrespectedBy Jeff Jacoby, Globe Columnist | May 19, 2005It was front-page news this week when Newsweek retracted a report claiming that a US interrogator in Guantanamo had flushed a copy of the Koran down a toilet. Everywhere it was noted that Newsweek's story had sparked widespread Muslim rioting, in which at least 17 people were killed. But there was no mention of deadly protests triggered in recent years by comparable acts of desecration against other religions.No one recalled, for example, that American Catholics lashed out in violent rampages in 1989, after photographer Andres Serrano's ''Piss Christ" -- a photograph of a crucifix submerged in urine -- was included in an exhibition subsidized by the National Endowment for the Arts. Or that they rioted in 1992 when singer Sinead O'Connor, appearing on ''Saturday Night Live," ripped up a photograph of Pope John Paul II.There was no reminder that Jewish communities erupted in lethal violence in 2000, after Arabs demolished Joseph's Tomb, torching the ancient shrine and murdering a young rabbi who tried to save a Torah. And nobody noted that Buddhists went on a killing spree in 2001 in response to the destruction of two priceless, 1,500-year-old statues of Buddha by the Taliban government in Afghanistan.Of course, there was a good reason all these bloody protests went unremembered in the coverage of the Newsweek affair: They never occurred.Christians, Jews, and Buddhists don't lash out in homicidal rage when their religion is insulted. They don't call for holy war and riot in the streets. It would be unthinkable for a mainstream priest, rabbi, or lama to demand that a blasphemer be slain. But when Reuters reported what Mohammad Hanif, the imam of a Muslim seminary in Pakistan, said about the alleged Koran-flushers -- ''They should be hung. They should be killed in public so that no one can dare to insult Islam and its sacred symbols" -- was any reader surprised?The Muslim riots should have been met by outrage and condemnation. From every part of the civilized world should have come denunciations of those who would react to the supposed destruction of a book with brutal threats and the slaughter of 17 innocent people. But the chorus of condemnation was directed not at the killers and the fanatics who incited them, but at Newsweek.From the White House down, the magazine was slammed -- for running an item it should have known might prove incendiary, for relying on a shaky source, for its animus toward the military and the war. Over and over, Newsweek was blamed for the riots' death toll. Conservative pundits in particular piled on. ''Newsweek lied, people died" was the headline on Michelle Malkin's popular website. At NationalReview.com, Paul Marshall of Freedom House fumed: ''What planet do these [Newsweek] people live on? . . . Anybody with a little knowledge could have told them it was likely that people would die as a result of the article." All of Marshall's choler was reserved for Newsweek; he had no criticism at all for the marauders in the Muslim street.Then there was Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, who announced at a Senate hearing that she had a message for ''Muslims in America and throughout the world." And what was that message? That decent people do not resort to murder just because someone has offended their religious sensibilities? That the primitive bloodlust raging in Afghanistan and Pakistan was evidence of the Muslim world's dysfunctional political culture?No: Her message was that ''disrespect for the Holy Koran is not now, nor has it ever been, nor will it ever be, tolerated by the United States."Granted, Rice spoke while the rioting was still taking place and her goal was to reduce the anti-American fever. But what ''Muslims in America and throughout the world" most need to hear is not pandering sweet-talk. What they need is a blunt reminder that the real desecration of Islam is not what some interrogator in Guantanamo might have done to the Koran. It is what totalitarian Muslim zealots have been doing to innocent human beings in the name of Islam. It is 9/11 and Beslan and Bali and Daniel Pearl and the USS Cole. It is trains in Madrid and schoolbuses in Israel and an ''insurgency" in Iraq that slaughters Muslims as they pray and vote and line up for work. It is Hamas and Al Qaeda and sermons filled with infidel-hatred and exhortations to ''martyrdom."But what disgraces Islam above all is the vast majority of the planet's Muslims saying nothing and doing nothing about the jihadist cancer eating away at their religion. It is Free Muslims Against Terrorism, a pro-democracy organization, calling on Muslims and Middle Easterners to ''converge on our nation's capital for a rally against terrorism" -- and having only 50 people show up.Yes, Islam is disrespected. That will only change when throngs of passionate Muslims show up for rallies against terrorism, and when rabble-rousers trying to gin up a riot over a defiled Koran can't get the time of day.Jeff Jacoby's e-mail address is email@example.com.
I like the Serge Trifkovic book "Sword of the Prophet".
If we are not willing to tolerate a little media hazing, or the media ignoring us (I'm not saying be inactive, don't get me wrong), or being badmouthed, we are in the wrong religion.
If it were only being ignored, hazed or badmouthed it be a lot easier to take.Oh, and about you and your "Serbian friend" dabbling in Vodk... water... nah, don't believe it one bit. Everyone knows, Serbs only drink Slivo...water.
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Thiazide diuretics cause a constant and significant loss of potassium. The classic treatment for this is to eat bananas and drink orange juice. Potassium supplements are also frequently prescribed.
Medications that combine thiazides and potassium-sparing diuretics might produce an unpredictable effect on potassium levels in the body. If you are taking such medications, do not increase your potassium intake except on the advice of your physician.
Long-term use (more than 6 months) of thiazide diuretics might lead to magnesium deficiency. 1,2,3 In turn, this loss of magnesium can increase the depletion of potassium. 4
Since magnesium deficiency is common anyway, if you take thiazide diuretics it would certainly make sense to take magnesium supplements at the US Dietary Reference Intake dosage.
When taken over the long term, thiazide diuretics tend to increase levels of calcium by decreasing the amount excreted by the body and, indirectly, by affecting vitamin D. 5-8 It's not likely that this will cause a problem. However, since greatly increased calcium levels in the body can cause side effects such as calcium deposits, if you are using thiazide diuretics you should consult with your physician on the proper dose of calcium and vitamin D for you.
Preliminary evidence suggests that thiazide diuretics might impair the body's ability to synthesize coenzyme Q 10 (CoQ 10 ), 9 a substance important for normal heart function. Although we don't know for sure that taking CoQ 10 supplements will provide any specific benefit, supplementing with CoQ 10 on general principle might be a good idea.
Reportedly, thiazide diuretics can cause loss of zinc in the urine. 10 Since zinc deficiency is relatively common, you should probably make sure that you get enough zinc when using these drugs.
If you are using thiazide diuretics, do not take licorice root. Licorice root could exacerbate the potassium depletion caused by thiazides. 11 However, the special form of licorice known as DGL (deglycyrrhizinated licorice) should not cause this problem.
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Turmeric is a widely used tropical herb in the ginger family. Its stalk is used both in food and medicine, yielding the familiar yellow ingredient that colors and adds flavor to curry. In the traditional Indian system of herbal medicine known as Ayurveda , turmeric is believed to strengthen the overall energy of the body, relieve gas, dispel worms, improve digestion, regulate menstruation, dissolve gallstones, and relieve arthritis, among other uses.
Modern interest in turmeric began in 1971 when Indian researchers found evidence suggesting that turmeric may possess anti-inflammatory properties. Much of this observed activity appeared to be due to the presence of a constituent called curcumin. 1 Curcumin is also an antioxidant . 2 Many of the studies mentioned in this article used curcumin rather than turmeric.
What Is Turmeric Used for Today?
Turmeric's antioxidant abilities make it a good food preservative, provided that the food is already yellow in color, and it is widely used for this purpose.
Turmeric has been proposed as a treatment for dyspepsia . Dyspepsia is a catchall term that includes a variety of digestive problems, such as stomach discomfort, gas, bloating, belching, appetite loss, and nausea. Although many serious medical conditions can cause digestive distress, the term dyspepsia is most often used when no identifiable medical cause can be detected.
In Europe, dyspepsia is commonly attributed to inadequate bile flow from the gallbladder. While this has not been proven, turmeric does appear to stimulate the gallbladder. 8 More importantly, one double-blind, placebo-controlled study suggests that turmeric does reduce dyspepsia symptoms. 9
Another double-blind, placebo-controlled study suggests that, when taken along with standard medications, curcumin can help maintain remission in people with ulcerative colitis . 40
Based on test tube studies , animal studies , and some preliminary human trials, curcumin and turmeric are frequently described as anti-inflammatory drugs and recommended for the treatment of such conditions as osteoarthritis (OA) and menstrual pain . 3,17,18 In a 2011 study, researchers investigated the efficacy and safety of turmeric for treating knee OA. 45 One hundred and seven people were randomized to receive ibuprofen (800 mg daily) or turmeric (2 grams daily) for 6 weeks. Both groups experienced a similar degree of improvement in their symptoms, and the side effects did not differ between the groups. Although this study is far from conclusively, some advocates suggest that curcumin is superior to standard medications in the ibuprofen family because, at standard doses, there is comparatively little evidence of harm to the stomach. 4,5 Contrary to some reports, turmeric does not appear to be effective for treating ulcers. 6,7
Animal and test tube studies suggest (but definitely do not prove) that turmeric might help prevent cancer . 19-26
Weak evidence hints that curcumin might help prevent the heart and kidney injury potentially caused by the chemotherapy drug doxorubicin . 41-42
Some researchers have reported evidence that curcumin or turmeric might generally help protect the liver from damage. 28-31 However, other researchers have failed to find any liver protective effects, and there are even some indications that turmeric extracts can damage the liver when taken in high doses or for an extended period. 32,33
On the basis of even weaker evidence, curcumin or turmeric have also been recommended for preventing Alzheimer's disease , cataracts , chronic anterior uveitis (an inflammation of the iris of the eye), fungal infections, multiple sclerosis , and treating high cholesterol . 12,34-39 ,46
One preliminary study failed to find curcumin helpful for lichen planus, a disease of the skin and mucous membranes. 43
A 6-month, double-blind, placebo-controlled study of 36 seniors failed to find that consumption of curcumin (at a dose of up to 4 g daily) led to improvements in cholesterol profile . 44
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A double-blind, placebo controlled study performed in Thailand compared the effects of 500 mg curcumin 4 times daily against placebo, as well as against a locally popular over-the-counter treatment. A total of 116 people were enrolled in the study. After 7 days, 87% percent of the curcumin group experienced full or partial symptom relief from dyspepsia as compared to 53% of the placebo group, and this difference was statistically significant . 9
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Ulcerative colitis is a disease of the lower digestive tract marked by alternating periods of quiescence and flare-up. Curcumin has shown some promise for helping to maintain remission and prevent relapse. In a double-blind, placebo-controlled study, 89 people with quiescent ulcerative colitis were given either placebo or curcumin (1 g twice daily) along with standard treatment. 40 Over the six-month treatment period, relapse rate was significantly lower in the treatment group as compared to the placebo group.
For medicinal purposes, turmeric is frequently taken in a form standardized to curcumin content, at a dose that provides 400 to 600 mg of curcumin 3 times daily.
Safety Issues
Turmeric is on the FDA's GRAS (generally recognized as safe) list, and curcumin, too, is believed to be fairly nontoxic. 1,16 Reported side effects are uncommon and are generally limited to mild stomach distress.
However, there is some evidence to suggest that turmeric extracts can be toxic to the liver when taken in high doses or for a prolonged period of time. 32,33 For this reason, turmeric products should probably be avoided by individuals with liver disease and those who take medications that are hard on the liver.
In addition, due to curcumin's stimulating effects on the gallbladder, individuals with gallbladder disease should use curcumin only on the advice of a physician. However, safety in young children, pregnant or nursing women, and those with severe kidney disease have also not been established.
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Quit Smoking
Smoking interferes with the normal defenses in your respiratory tract that protect against infection. When you quit smoking , your respiratory tract will slowly heal itself. Ask your doctor about programs and nicotine replacement systems that can help you successfully quit.
Furthermore, exposure to both second-hand smoke and air pollution can make you more prone to sinusitis. Avoid both types of exposures to improve your respiratory health.
Avoid Infections
Although there is no evidence that you can avoid getting sinus infections, here are some basic steps that may help you avoid infections in general:
- Wash your hands frequently and thoroughly.
- Do not have close contact with people who are ill.
- Avoid exposure to toxic or damaging fumes.
- Eat a healthful diet .
- Manage stress .
- Begin a safe exercise program with the advice of your doctor.
Filter and Humidify the Air
Keeping your air humidified may help prevent your sinuses and respiratory tract from becoming overly dry. This may help reduce your chance of developing sinusitis. Furthermore, you may wish to use an air purifier to keep the air you breathe as clean. These measures may improve your respiratory health.
Treat Your Allergies
If you suspect that you have allergies , get tested and talk to your doctor about treatment. Keeping your allergy symptoms to a minimum can help you decrease your susceptibility to respiratory tract infections, including sinusitis.
Discuss Sinus Surgery
Corrective surgery for deviated septum or surgical removal of the blockage in your sinus will prevent future episodes of chronic or recurrent sinusitis.
Use Nasal Decongestant Spray
If you have had trouble with sinusitis after flying, talk to your doctor about using a nasal decongestant spray 15 minutes before takeoff and landing. If possible, avoid flying when you have a cold .
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The purpose of screening is early diagnosis and treatment. Screening tests are administered to people without current symptoms, but who may be at high risk for certain diseases or conditions.
Screening Guidelines
There are no current guidelines for screening for inflammatory bowel disease.
People with ulcerative colitis are at a higher risk of colon cancer. Risk increases with the length of time of disease. If you have ulcerative colitis, your doctor will schedule regular colonoscopies to check for precancerous lesions and changes in the colon.
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Carob is a warm-climate tree that grows up to 50 feet in height. Its long, reddish pods contain seeds used as medicine and food. The seed consists of three different parts: the outer husk, the nutritive endosperm (analogous to the white edible portion of the coconut), and the inner seed, or germ. The endosperm is converted to locust bean gum, a thickening agent used in numerous prepared foods. The entire pod, when dried and ground, is called carob powder. Carob powder is used both as a chocolate-like flavoring and as a medicinal substance for treatment of diarrhea.
What is Carob Used for Today?
Carob is rich in insoluble fiber. Like other sources of fiber, carob has shown some promise for improving cholesterol profile. In a small (58 participants) double-blind, placebo-controlled study, use of carob powder at a dose of 15 grams daily significantly reduced levels of LDL ("bad") cholesterol as compared to placebo. 1
Carob also contains tannins, astringent substances found in many plants. Foods rich in tannins are often recommended for treatment of diarrhea. (Your mother may have recommended black tea when you came down with diarrhea, on the same principle.) A double-blind clinical trial of 41 infants with diarrhea found that carob powder (at a dose of 1 gram per kilogram per day) significantly speeded resolution of diarrhea as compared to placebo. 2
The portion of carob that is made into locust bean gum contains soluble fiber in the galactomannan family. Like other forms of soluble fiber, it has shown potential (though not proven) benefit for enhancing weight loss and controlling blood sugar levels . 3
Some infants have a tendency to regurgitate after eating. A small double-blind, placebo-controlled study found that use of locust bean gum as a thickening agent significantly reduced the amount and frequency of regurgitation. 4
A typical dose of carob powder for the treatment of diarrhea or high cholesterol in adults is 15–20 grams daily. The dose is reduced proportionately by weight for treating diarrhea in children. Like other fiber sources, carob should be taken with plenty of water. Note that severe diarrhea in children or infants requires professional medical care.
Safety Issues
Carob powder and locust bean gum, as widely consumed foods, are believed to have a high degree of safety. Locust bean gum has been extensively evaluated and found noncarcinogenic and nontoxic. 5 There are no known risks in pregnant or nursing women.
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Angela Thomas leaves her Tampa halfway house promptly at noon, dressed in the nicest of her four outfits: khaki pants and a plaid shirt she bought from the Goodwill next door for such a special occasion.
She has been granted precisely six hours for the journey south, over the arc of the Sunshine Skyway Bridge to Sarasota, where she once lived a double life, and where today her son is starring in "The Wiz," the final musical of his high school career.
Treyvon Thomas, 18 and a soon-to-be high school graduate, doesn't know she's coming.
Angela, 40, wears comfy black slippers during the ride and tucks her red heels into her purse. She stops at a delivery truck on a busy corner, where a woman sells 25 roses in buckets for $10. White roses, a gift for the star, Angela explains.
Today is the first outing for Angela, who has been in prison for eight years. In that time, she has missed Treyvon's birthday parties, holidays, his performances, the moments that should have been happy.
But she will not miss this.
The mother of three stares in the car mirror, rubs on her lipstick and vows to calm herself. Finally, she whispers to nobody in particular, "Mama is coming."
Intoxicating process
Treyvon, a popular student with a gregarious nature and unfettered optimism, discovered acting at Sarasota's Gocio Elementary, a school that infused the arts into the classroom.
When Treyvon was 10, his dance teacher encouraged him to participate in a theater summer camp, where his mother watched him perform in "Godspell Junior."
That was the only time Angela saw him on stage.
His talent surprised everyone. Treyvon came from a family where men dreamed of glory in the NBA or NFL, not on Broadway.
But performing just clicked.
"I felt like I had a purpose," Treyvon says. "That's what gave me that focus."
Treyvon found the production process intoxicating -- rehearsals, scripts, lighting, choreography. Even more, he savored finding new ways of moving his body, expressing himself to tell a story. He reveled in the hours as he perfected every detail, the sweat dripping down his face in sauna-like dance studios.
Treyvon is a dancer, graceful yet athletic, with sinewy muscles built from leaps in the air and the strain of pirouettes.
"I felt like every time you perform or you even go into the artistic process, you discover something new," he says, "new things about yourself, things you thought you couldn't do before."
Treyvon kept acting through middle school and then high school. His profile soared during his freshman year at Booker High when the lead student was suspended a week before opening night. Another actor's misfortune became Treyvon's opportunity.
He had days to study the part, while the rest of the cast had practiced for weeks. It was rare for a ninth-grader to get a main role anyway, which only added to the pressure.
But Treyvon, 15, nailed it. Opening night went off without a hitch.
He was hooked.
Now, Treyvon sings Broadway songs in the car with his friends and samples local theater. So captivated by a recent show, he was late to his own 18th birthday party.
His senior year, Treyvon landed the role of the Tin Man in "The Wiz," a spin-off of the "The Wizard of Oz."
A double life
Before Treyvon was born, Angela began chronicling her relationship with her son in a pocket-size pregnancy planner, now a pale yellow volume worn by time.
"First morning sickness," reads the initial entry on July 31, 1994.
"I'm excited about my new baby!!" she wrote -- hearts for exclamation points -- in the first trimester.
The entries move swiftly from a chronicle of pregnancy to a diary that foretells heartbreak.
The drugs begin to permeate her writing.
At the start of her third trimester: "Have been getting f----- up. I better quit that s---. Help me Jesus!"
March 25, 1995, the day after she gave birth to Treyvon, her middle child, her only son:
"I'm so happy."
She began living a double life.
For 10 years, Angela was in and out of jail, though still in her children's lives.
She was a single mom who baked lasagna in a modest home near the beach, a mom who cuddled in bed as the crew watched "Family Guy." She told her children she had jobs that didn't exist or which she had long before quit. But all the while, she was selling drugs.
Her secret life ended in August 2005, when Angela and a friend boarded an Amtrak train with five kilos of cocaine.
They were arrested and accused of drug trafficking at a train depot in El Paso, Texas.
Angela, 33 at the time, wept when the sentence rang through the courtroom. Ten years. A decade away from her three children: How would they survive without their mother? Who would love 10-year-old Treyvon?
Letters from prison
Nobody explained to Treyvon or Samoney, his baby sister, what happened that summer day on the Amtrak.
When her mother never came home, Samoney thought she had gone to college.
Treyvon says he just "put 2 and 2 together."
"I was young. I didn't know what to feel," he says. "I was angry. I was betrayed. I felt hurt. I was confused.
"I felt lost."
From prison, Angela made attempts to connect. Phone calls were too expensive, visits were scarce, so Angela peppered Treyvon with advice in letters.
Dream big. Don't scratch your chicken pox. Read the Bible every day. Be nice to your sisters, even if they get on your nerves as only sisters can.
She feared she was losing her only son. Already, Angela's eldest daughter, Kionne, ignored the letters and calls.
Angela begged to know Treyvon's favorite color, the name of his best friend, how he felt about her being in prison.
On Easter or birthdays, Angela traced pictures of Tweety Bird and SpongeBob SquarePants. She put on pink lipstick and kissed the envelopes for her children.
Her family couldn't be together, but the one thing they could do was pray.
"No time or space can stop us from doing that together," she wrote in March 2008.
Things would get better, Angela promised.
"Just know that hard times, sad times and confusing times will come in life," she wrote. "They are designed to cause you to give up, run away and do foolish things, but son, you have to bloom where you are planted."
The letters are stored deep on a shelf in Treyvon's great-aunt's garage, in a cardboard box filled with Pokemon memorabilia and elementary school awards.
Hearing the truth
Over the years, Treyvon and his younger sister were shuffled among relatives in Sarasota until Samoney, the youngest, moved in with big sister Kionne, who was away at college in Kansas.
Treyvon's father lived nearby, but was absent from his son's life. He died when Treyvon was in eighth grade.
For a while, Treyvon lived with his grandmother, then a great-aunt. Two years ago he moved in with another great-aunt who is raising three children of her own in a middle-class neighborhood off North Lockwood Ridge Road. Space is tight, and Treyvon shares a bedroom with his cousin.
With some financial help from a family member, Treyvon visited his mother at a prison in West Virginia in 2010. He remembered her as kind and loving, filled with laughter and magnetism -- all things he inherited.
He asked for the truth.
She told him about the day on the Amtrak, and all that led to it.
"She told me it was drug trafficking," he says. "She had it in a suitcase as they were on their way back to Florida."
Treyvon says she told him all he needed to know.
"It happened, I guess," he says. "Now it's almost over. Ignorance is bliss."
During that prison visit, Angela told her son that she, too, grew up without a mother. She told him that at 13, her childhood ended when she became pregnant with her first child, that she dropped out of school and fell into drugs and a string of bad relationships with abusive men.
She told him that she was sorry.
Masks and demons
During Treyvon's sophomore year, everyone in his theater class wore the same blank white masks.
It was a classroom exercise to force the students to rely on their body movements -- not their faces -- to tell a story.
In a quiet voice, the teacher said a word to prompt the students, identical in their masks.
The word was "supplication" -- meaning an earnest request.
But Treyvon misheard.
He was suffocating.
The mask was clamping down on him.
He ripped it off and burst into tears.
His screams frightened students, one of whom thought he must be hurt. Treyvon ran out of the classroom, down the hallway and outside.
In theater, students pulled from their past -- the hurt, the joy, the sadness -- and used those emotions to find the humanity in the characters they portrayed on stage. It was almost like therapy. But this day, it had gone too far. The exercise pulled something deep from him.
His dance teacher, Cynthia Ashford, chased Treyvon, grabbed him and hugged him tight.
"What were these demons inside this kid?" Ashford wondered.
Later, Ashford thought about becoming Treyvon's foster parent. When she moved into a new house, she asked him if he would move into her spare bedroom.
Treyvon declined and said he was OK.
Back to Florida
On the ride to Sarasota, about 30 minutes from the halfway house, the red heels are still tucked in Angela's purse. Nervously, she grips the theater ticket. "The Wiz," it reads. "Saturday April 13th at 2 p.m."
It's 12:45 p.m. Angela marvels as the pelicans and seagulls swoop and bathe under the hot sun, a scene she has dearly missed.
This is the first time she has gone anywhere fun in years.
On Feb. 25, she left prison and rode the Greyhound bus from West Virginia to the Tampa halfway house.
Freedom, if you can call it that, came two years early because she completed drug rehabilitation and earned certificates in business and customer service.
She loathes Tampa. The halfway house staffers get angry if she's late, and her job -- she calls people and tries to convince them to renew magazine subscriptions -- pays $7.80 an hour. At the halfway house, greasy men talk about how much they want sex.
But it's a place where she talks for hours with her children without using the costly prison pay phone. And the job is money for Treyvon's graduation present and a driver's license.
In her wallet, she keeps her arrest mug photo.
Defying statistics
Booker High School Principal Rachel Shelley has 985 students. A handful of names are on an unofficial monitoring system where she looks for missed classes and slipping grades.
Despite being a model student, Treyvon is on her list.
As she puts it, Booker will not let him fail.
Treyvon has a tenacity and a work ethic that Shelley can't explain.
"Innate? Genetics? I have no idea," she says. "He's one child that defies every single statistic when it comes to identifying, judging at-risk students."
As president of the National Honor Society, Treyvon is a "model student," with an A-plus grade-point average -- 4.3 on a 4.0 scale.
With ease, he excels in tough classes such as advanced placement biology and calculus.
Going to prom proved more difficult.
He offered to collect garbage at Booker because he couldn't afford prom tickets.
Shelley gave them to him for free. Like so many teachers at Booker, she knows his story. Teachers have bought his clothes, school supplies and lunch here and there.
The previous school year, Shelley noticed Treyvon squinting hard when he looked at the board. It had been years since he'd had his eyes checked, so Shelley connected him with a program that paid for an eye exam and glasses.
His teachers know the system -- how to get scholarships for programs and trips -- so Treyvon's summers are spent at acting camps and dance lessons, or on trips to see new places. One year, he went to Ireland to study with his classmates.
Treyvon does not complain, friends and teachers say.
His modesty and hard work contribute to his popularity.
His classmates voted him homecoming king. His friends threw surprise birthday parties and had him over for Christmas, where their families gave him gifts and made his favorite meal, mac and cheese.
'That's my baby'
Angela ditches the slippers for her red heels, which she dubs her "Dorothy shoes," and marches toward the dull roar of parents outside the theater, shuffling in. The theater moms are waiting for her.
One of them, a stranger to Angela but not to her son, greets Angela with a hug and hands her a box of tissues attached to a card.
With a shriek, Angela reads the note.
"Class of 2013 ... theater mom!"
She presses the gift to her chest.
Inside, Angela is greeted with more hugs from strangers who know all about her. Moms, elementary school teachers, high school teachers, Treyvon's classmates. Many of them are complicit in the plan to surprise Treyvon backstage after the show.
She grabs a program.
Ten minutes before showtime, as everyone is sitting down, Angela makes a scene.
"Yes, the Tin Man is my son," she explains as she disrupts those in her row, a long line of the calm and proper and elderly.
She does not fit in.
"Yes, My son is the Tin Man," she says again, for good measure.
She takes her seat and opens the program.
"What's an intermission?" she asks.
Angela sees her son's bio. She's surprised by the many accolades.
"That's my baby."
The clamor fades as the lights dim. The curtain is up.
Angela rests her elbows on her knees and grips the tissues like a stress ball. She leans toward the stage, perched in her seat.
Painted silver and shiny, an axe around his waist, Treyvon appears on stage.
"Oh my God," Angela whispers through her hands. "Treyvon."
For a moment, she hides her face beneath the program, as if Treyvon might pick her out of the crowd.
The Tin Man is frozen in a garbage can when Dorothy and the Scarecrow stumble upon him. They retrieve his oil can, which segues into his big song and dance number.
The Tin Man manages a backward head-over-heels worm move. He glides across the stage like Michael Jackson. A heel click. A serpentine jive.
"Slide some oil to me," Treyvon sings. "And let me lubricate my mind!"
To close, the Tin Man does the splits.
Behind the curtain
After the show, Angela grips the white roses and is led backstage by Ashford, the dance teacher who once wanted to foster Treyvon.
She creeps beside the curtains, spots Treyvon and makes her move, a scream loud enough to startle the entire cast.
Treyvon, still in his costume, looks up, bemused. They run to center stage and lock onto each other, sobbing joyful tears in front of the cast.
Finally, when Angela pulls away from the embrace, the two giggle. Streaks of the Tin Man's silver face paint have rubbed off on Angela's face.
As the moment fades, Angela hands Treyvon the flowers. The bouquet shrinks as Angela pulls out white roses, one by one, to give to his teachers and friends.
Treyvon introduces her to his teachers. "Look," Treyvon says. "She's real."
Soon, Treyvon will attend Northwestern University outside Chicago. He won the prestigious Gates Millennium Scholarship, which is more than a full ride. For him, school could be entirely paid for, all the way up to a doctorate if he wants it.
Angela, a few credits short of an associate degree because she took classes in prison, is moving back to Sarasota to start over.
But that's the future. For now, the two are hugging and dancing in the mostly empty auditorium. The audience has left, and castmates have begun to trickle out.
"I gotta go," she says finally, abruptly.
Treyvon needs to prepare for a second performance.
Angela must hurry back to the halfway house for her 6 p.m. curfew.
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