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UUCOB offers a monthly religious education program for children, ages 4 and up.
This is a fun educational experience where children learn about our UU principles, rituals, and history.
A note from Ms. Donna Mohler, UUCOB's Children Religious Education Director:
"I miss seeing all of you. Here's a way we can reconnect.
UUCOB – Creating Connections…
Here's a Children's Programming video on our second principle (being fair and being kind).
Hope you'll take a look."
CLICK HERE to watch the video.
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***Salt Glow Scrub: Specially developed to nourish and revitalize even the driest of skins. An exfoliation treatment designed to help remove dull surface skin cell accumulations while stimulating circulation & helps your body process waste products. The Sea Salts are mixed with Organic massage oils and Aromatherapy oils worked over your body for the ultimate exfoliation experience. Includes shower and use of our private suite.
45 Minute Scrub Only US$ 85
90 minute Scrub and HotStone Massage US$ 190
*Optional Add on 15min Cream application massage after shower US$ 30
Do not wax, sunbathe, or shave the day before, the day of, or the day after a body scrub treatment.
***The Hammam Ritual: The Hammam Ritual is rather simple, but it does involve several steps, all aimed at detoxing, cleansing, and relaxing. We start you off with a massage wet table where you will be vigorously and thoroughly massaged and scrubbed exfoliating the body completely. Following the scrubbing, there is the application of special hammam black mud scrub followed by olive foam soap wash, rinsing off with warm water splash full body treatment.
60 minutes US$ 105
Ear Coning: Lay back and relax as waxy buildup and residue are gently removed from your ear canal. As the ear candle is lit on one end, it creates a vacuum for blockages to be removed from your ear. The process is repeated on your other ear, leaving you feeling balanced and in a clearer mental state.
45 minutes US$ 65
Detox Foot: Total Body Cleanse; We are constantly exposed to chemical and heavy metal residues, tissue acid wastes, and stress. Using the relaxing Detox Foot Spa for only a thirty-minute session will visibly remove toxins and waste products from your body. Anyone who suffers from allergies, swollen joints, rashes, arthritis, multiple sclerosis, Parkinson's, blotched complexions, pimples, dark circles, Fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue, or high blood pressure will benefit from this non-invasive and therapeutic treatment.
Benefits of Detoxification
Benefits of detoxifying may include: • Removes toxins and body waste products that can cause health problems • Heavy metal removal • Faster recovery time from illness, accident, or surgery • Reduced inflammation and fluid retention • Enhanced nutrient absorption • Increased oxygen levels and energy • Inactivation of viruses, bacteria, yeast, and fungus • Improved sleep and relief from tension • Positive effect on Immune System • Removal of waste products • Helps clear up bad skin • Rejuvenates and energizes your whole body • Positive effect on weight loss (Assists in weight loss) • Slows down aging • Seasonal allergy relief • Symptomatic relief from edema, gout, swollen joints, pain, and headache. • Safe for children 4 years and up
After a session, most people experience feeling lighter, with a greater sense of overall well-being, increased energy, and improved focus. Many people with pain, edema, gout, swollen or deteriorating joints report considerable symptomatic relief from their Detox Foot Spa session(s).
45 minutes US$ 50
3 sessions US$ 135
Cavitation / LipoLaser: US$ 75
Reserve 60 minutes
AREAS: Stomach, Thighs, Buttocks, Calves, Chin, Hips, and Arms.
Aftercare Liposuction or Tummy Tuck
One area: Ultrasound & Lymphatic Massage
30Minutes US$ 70
US$ 300 Package of 5 (PrePaid only)
The latest technology offering a way to achieve immediate cm loss. No pain, No downtime. Each treatment is 40 min on the LipoLaser Machine, 10-minute Lymphatic massage. Lipolaser not only helps in weight loss but skin tightening and cellulite as well.
Ultrasonic Cavitation:
With Ultrasonic Cavitation you can get Liposuction results without invasive surgery. This Non-Invasive Technology uses Ultrasonic waves to emulsify unwanted accumulated fat which is naturally excreted from the body in the urine. Unlike the methods known as liposuction, this is not a surgical technique. The amount of sessions depends on the area being treated. It is necessary to drink at least one liter of water before and after the session. Each session lasts about 50 minutes and results are noticeable after just a few sessions.
LipoLaser – How it Works
The Lipolaser emits low levels of laser energy, which creates a chemical signal in the fat cells, breaking down the stored triglycerides into free fatty acids and glycerol and releasing them through channels in the cell membranes. The fatty acids and glycerol are then transported around the body to the tissues that will use them during metabolism to create energy.
This process of fatty acid release is a natural response of the body when the body needs to used stored energy reserves, thus Lipolaser is not creating any unnatural reaction in the body nor does it affect or damage any surrounding structures such as skin, blood vessels, and peripheral nerves. A period of exercise post-treatment will ensure the complete metabolism and thus elimination from the body of the freed fatty acids.
- Painless targeted selective fat reduction and body sculpting
- Instant Weight-loss solution
- Quick immediate visible results after a course of treatment
- Non-Invasive Laser Liposuction
- Completely save, with no downtime
- Any area of the body things, buttocks, calves, stomach, arms, hips
- No surgery
- No starvation diets
- Long lasting natural results
How does the Laser work?
Low levels of laser energy emitted by the Laser stimulate the fat cell membranes changing their permeability. The cells lose their round shape and inter-cellular fat is released. Then the fatty triglycerides flow out of the disrupted cell membranes and into the interstitial space where they gradually pass through the body's natural metabolic functions with no harmful physiological effects and are used as an energy source for the body. This process does not alter neighboring structures such as the skin, blood vessels, and peripheral nerves. It is not merely the liquefaction of fat but instead, it is the instant breakdown of the fat cells otherwise known as lipolysis.
How does the treatment work?
During a treatment, up to four treatment pads containing the laser diodes are placed over the treatment area, secured in direct contact with the skin using elastic straps. Then two more laser probes are positioned onto the region of the lymphatic nodes closest to the treatment zone. Once all of the pads are in place, the client can get comfortable and just enjoy the treatment!
Clinically Proven
Independent clinical studies have shown Lipolaser to be, in some cases, comparable to results achieved by liposuction. Ultrasound imagery shows up to a 30% reduction in the fat layer depth after just one treatment. Additional treatments improve results further. Results can be seen immediately after each treatment as the fat cell contents are released. Light exercise post-treatment can accelerate the removal of the released fat.
Affordable Treatment
Compared to surgical liposuction and other Ultrasound or laser techniques Lipolaser is much more affordable with similar results.
Safe and Painless
Lipolaser uses low levels of visible red laser light to create a safe and painless bio-stimulation effect in the targeted fat tissue. This stimulation is of the normal chemical pathways which the body uses to free up energy resources when required, so Lipolaser does not produce any abnormal effects in the body or damage body tissue such as cells, blood vessels, or neighboring nerves or vital organs. The treatment can be performed on all skin types and body areas where unwanted fat is stored and you can return to normal activity immediately after treatment.
Targeted fat reduction
Lipolaser can target fat reduction in specific problem areas. By positioning the laser pads on the target area such as chin, upper arms, abdomen, or thighs fat can be broken down and removed specifically from that area. This is a big advantage over diet and exercise which can reduce overall body fat but not shape individual areas.
What we recommend
A course of 10 to 15 treatments is recommended at 2/3 treatments per week.
All our clients will have an option to follow a healthy eating plan, which works really well with the Lipolaser for even quicker results.

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It's an indisputable fact: Public education is the great leveler in our economy and our society. If we put in the resources up front we will get the results we all want: Successful young adults, an economy that works, and a civil society we can be proud of.
At the very time Wisconsin's students need more quality education, however, state government continues to bleed school districts of the resources they need.
A week or so ago, the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction announced the aid estimates for the 2012-13 year for all 424 districts. It's not a pretty picture. The coming year's increase is smaller than in the past, and a full two-thirds of the state's school districts will lose resources. The total increase is only $21.06 million, certainly not enough just to continue programs and services in most districts.
As a matter of fact, if you compare the 2012-13 state aid numbers to the first year of Governor Scott Walker's budget─actually a $792 million cut in school aid─ most districts will continue to scramble just to make ends meet.
According to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, total state aid of $4.29 billion is "far below what schools received in general aid before Walker and the Republican-controlled Legislature dramatically cut funding for schools" as part of the 2011-13 biennial budget.
It also doesn't take into account the budget's impact on revenue limits, or a local school district's ability to make up for lost aid with property tax increases. The budget required districts to reduce their revenue limits by 5.5 percent, which amounted to a loss of about $800 million in resources statewide.
And we are still understating the challenge to our schools because all this comes on the back on 20 years during which a broken school funding system has siphoned off hundreds of millions of dollars that were supposed to help districts provide quality learning opportunities.
So, that brings us to the real tragedy: The devastating impact on Wisconsin's more than 800,000 school children of these budget cuts. According to the Department of Public Instruction's "Budget Survey Analysis" (http://dpi.wi.gov/eis/pdf/wasdasurveyresults.pdf):
• 71 percent of districts cut in at least one core academic area
• 59 percent of districts increased class sizes
• 46 percent made cuts in art, music, and physical education
• 45 percent made cuts in career and technical education
• 28 percent cut special education services
Even worse, however, is the devastating impact these cuts on the futures of our children and our communities. Our children are not getting what they need to succeed, and that's something we will all pay for in the long run.


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Tropical sea cucumber, called béche-de-mer (BDM) in its dried form, is a luxury seafood and health food, with its main market in southern China and smaller markets in Singapore, Malaysia and other countries. Regional markets for BDM have existed for centuries, and they have expanded greatly since the 1980s with growing incomes in China. Sea cucumbers are relatively easy to harvest and process, even in remote coastal and island locations in Papua New Guinea (PNG). Once dried, BDM is shelf stable and high value relative to its size and weight, so it is an ideal cash-earning commodity for communities where cash-earning opportunities are extremely limited. Increasing prices and an influx of buyers entering the trade seeking BDM led to overfishing in PNG in the 2000s. In 2009 the government instituted a moratorium on the fishery, banning exports, and the PNG National Fisheries Authority (NFA) closed the fishery. Since then the NFA has revised the sea cucumber fishery Management Plan and conducted stock assessments in preparation for re-opening the fishery in 2017.
The sea cucumber fishery in PNG was extensive; it was conducted in most coastal and island locations around the country and involved more than 22 species of sea cucumber from very high value to very low value. It was a small-scale informal fishery with multiple landing points, conducted mostly from shore, canoe or dinghy. Women, men and children fished close to shore and gleaned in shallow areas. Young men dominated the fishing conducted further from shore or which involved deep diving. Some level of processing was done by fishers – minimal processing if the BDM could be sold quickly, full drying if fishers had to wait some weeks to be able to sell their product. Exporters were based in provincial capitals or Port Moresby and bought through buyers who travelled out to fishing areas or fishers who brought product to them to sell direct. There was a handful of exporters in each maritime provincial capital and more in Port Moresby, which meant the export node of the supply chain was much more consolidated than the fishing node.
In the early years BDM was exported, mainly via Singapore as an entrêpot to other regional markets. In later years Hong Kong replaced Singapore as the main entrêpot. Most of the product was bound for new markets in mainland China, with some high value product retained for more established high end markets in Hong Kong or Singapore. Hong Kong, as a luxury seafood hub for the Chinese market, is a free port with no tariffs, while there are tariffs as high as 30 percent (depending on China's trade relations with the export country) for import into China. So although the trade from Hong Kong into China is extensive, it is a form of 'grey trade' (that is, illegal). The BDM trade, from buying from villagers through export to import and retail was highly dependent on relationships. Rather than arms-length, contract-bound market arrangements, trading was almost entirely based on relationships and trust, with prices varying depending on the relationships between sellers and buyers. There were also many examples of malfeasance and relationships gone sour.
There are various social systems that affect the operation of the BDM trade, and therefore its governance. From 2001 the PNG government had in place a Management Plan for BDM that centred on the control of exports via licensing and the clearing of export shipments. The paperwork around export shipments was the main source of data on the fishery, and it was used for a Total Allowable Catch (TAC) and closed season system for managing the fishery. Each PNG province had a TAC, and when it was reached the fishery was closed for the year. The TACs had not been set scientifically because Maximum Sustained Yield (MSY) had not been calculated for all provinces. Where stock assessments had been done these were used. Where there had been no stock assessment the historical catch record was used to estimate the total harvestable amount for each province, of which 70 percent was set as the TAC. It is possible the TACs were not set at the right levels, but in any case the TACs were routinely exceeded, and this seems a key reason for the failure of the first Management Plan to prevent overfishing. There were also illegal exports of BDM of unknown quantities, with some level of trading continuing during the moratorium. NFA stock assessments carried out since 2009 show varying levels of recovery for different species and locations.
The new Management Plan drafted for when the fishery reopens is based on the same management tools of TACs and closed seasons with size limits. Various measures have been introduced to strengthen these, including improved reporting of sales as data for monitoring the TACs and points-based export license criteria to encourage good operators and 'weed out' bad ones. In addition, the new Management Plan includes greater scope for devolution of resource management functions to provincial and local levels. There is also a Communication and Education Strategy, which will be important in supporting the effectiveness of the new Plan. Community-based Resource Management (CBRM) is allowed for in the new Management Plan, although to date not much CBRM exists in PNG, and there are significant challenges for it to be effective in sustainably managing sea cucumber fisheries due to their high value. Another challenge for devolution is that the provinces have been less than proactive in taking up the role of improving fisheries management.
Regionally and internationally there are some potential measures that could influence governance of the fishery, including Pacific Islands governments sharing information on traders and the possibility of listing overfished species under the Convention on the International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES). Greater scrutiny of imports by the Chinese government is another potential influence. Market incentives for sustainability are not yet significant in the main Chinese markets, although at the high marketing end food safety and quality concerns could potentially be linked to ecological factors. There is potential for PNG product to be marketed as coming from 'pristine' South Pacific waters without the industrial or sewerage pollution found in many Asian source countries. PNG's reputation in end markets for poor or unreliable quality BDM is a problem, which PNG's fishery managers are considering as a factor to address in improving the sustainability of the industry.


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Kim Windvogel is an online writer who writes under the name Blazing Non-Binary. Being Non-Binary means that you are fluid in your gender.
Kim believes that they can be masculine, feminine and all the other energies present on the gender spectrum.
Their writing focuses on breaking the taboos of sex, of being fat, of loving yourself, of questioning identity and the experience called life.
As a Non-Binary, they do a lot of panel discussion on representation and access. Kim who graduated with a degree in classical singing from the University of Cape Town is also the co-founder of a non- profit company called FemmeProjects NPC.
In this article, the controversially inspirational, versatile creative, Kim Windvogel shares their story to becoming a gender activist and advocate for body positivism, among other things.
Tell us about yourself
I grew up in a home that supported me in my journey to form my own opinions about life and I think that is why I am as opinionated as I am.
I went to predominantly white schools and this shaped a lot of my understanding when it comes to my experience of race relations in a post-apartheid country such as South Africa.
What you do
I co-founded a Non-Profit Company called FemmeProjects NPC. We go into schools and facilitate feminist sexual and menstrual health workshops to teenagers going through puberty.
We help them understand what is going on with their bodies and allow them to ask the burning questions they are afraid to ask their parents for fear of judgment.
Currently, I am working in collaboration with Women's Net South Africa, Coloured Mentality and Soul City to create an online campaign around the 16 Days of activism.
We are creating a #16waysfor16days campaign, calling on online users to showcase what they are doing to change the way they and the world treat gender marginalized people, calling on people to discuss this in their online and offline circles.
As there is a big digital divide we have provided workshops to explain how social media works with various organizations in the weeks leading up to 16 days of activism.I have a lot of feelings about the world and I knew that I needed to share that with people Click To Tweet
What inspired you to become a polygonal creative and what challenges have you faced in the creative industry?
I had a lot to say and a lot of feelings about the world which needs to be shared with people. Specifically people in my country and my continent.
I love posting pictures of my body that is not the standardized idea of beauty. Another passion of mine is writing about masturbation, self-love and being colored.
Creating workshops for young women is my passion, the type of workshops I hoped to have had access to as a kid.
If you are creative, you should have a responsibility to create and then to share that with the world so that others can go through the same stream of consciousness you went through.I have been fat-shamed, body-shamed, and shamed for having bodily hair - @Blazingnonbinry Click To Tweet
I have faced challenges like being fat-shamed, body-shamed, shamed for having bodily hair. Other and more dominant challenges include being silenced in spaces I thought were safe enough to talk about the issues that gender non-binary people experience daily.
Representation for genderfluid people is lacking and therefore, I decided to take my power and to write my own story. That is the power of social media. We should all seize that power.
Tell us more about FEMME and all about the work the organization is involved in
Femme is a rough acronym that stands for Freedom of Education Motivates Empowerment. We create workshops for young people about puberty, mentorship, and their potential career paths.
We hand out menstrual cup which is a sustainable sanitary product that is made out of medical grade silicone and lasts for 5 years. This means that learners do not have to miss school due to lack of resources.
We train other facilitators to go out into their own communities and to do the same empowerment we do with them. Femme is my baby and I co-direct it with two wonderful partners, Loren Loubster and Kelly Koopman of coloured mentality
What do you enjoy most about the path that you have chosen?
I get to live the type of life I always wanted to lead, speak my mind and manage my own time (which is a very difficult thing if you are not disciplined!).
I get to meet the most amazing people who are on the same journey to try and change the world in their own way.
What are you most proud of in all that you've achieved so far?
I am proud of my self-published anthology: Resist: The Paradox of Love and Other Societal Disorders. I wrote and curated it, but had someone who assisted with the layout and an amazing illustrator who did the cover illustration.
The work that is included in this collection was written over a period of three years. Some of the pieces are old and some I wrote two days before going to print.
I organized my own launch and was surrounded by people who enjoy poetry and who listened intently as I shared my story. I am proud that an introvert like me (someone who writes predominantly online) brought people together and shared their work in person.
It took so much out of me and I didn't know that I had the courage, but just when you think you cannot do something out of fear, it is that same fear that drives you towards success.
I am also proud that in 3 years of running Femme we have facilitated 4000 learners, registered our own Non-Profit, opened a business bank account, and that we are all people of color blazing the trail for those who come after us.
What future plans do you have for your career as a creative and for the work you do at FEMME?
I want to write a novel. I have many ideas as to what my topic will be, and this might happen sooner than later.
As for Femme, we want to create sustainable sanitary products through innovative technology. Watch this space.
How do you unwind?
I write about my day and find the poem between the lines and spend time alone to think how I can better on what I did yesterday.
Also, I speak to friends and ask for advice. Advice does not mean you are going to take it, advice means you want to know all possible avenues before you make your decision.
I surround myself with people who inspire me and spend a lot of time online, reading Everyday Feminism or any online platform that speaks on gender politics, whether that is internationally or locally. Recently, I stopped drinking and I must say it feels amazing.
Give us your top five tips for aspiring creatives.
- You do not have to be perfect to be a creative.
- In the same breath, engage with your own content and those of others critically.
- Practice your craft and do not be ashamed of it.
- Spend time alone.
- Have just enough fun to still always be prepared when an opportunity comes along.


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The Best mREIT Bargains
Given the low yields provided by fixed-income instruments, high-yielding mortgage REITs may offer an attractive opportunity for investors.
What are mortgage REITs?
Mortgage REITs invest in mortgage-backed securities (MBSes) using short-term financing. Since their investments are long term in nature, they yield interest farther out on the yield curve. The cost of financing these investments is lower because the borrowing is short term.
As a result, mortgage REITs earn a spread between the interest received (on assets) and interest paid (on financing). By law, at least 90% of the income earned by an mREIT has to be shared with its investors. To offset this high payout, mortgage REITs are taxed at a preferred rate.
Opportunity in difference
Two Harbors , PennyMac Mortgage , and Newcastle Investment are mREITs that follow a different strategy than the largely followed mREITs like Annaly Capital Management and American Capital Agency, and this is why they may offer great opportunities.
The odd one out
According to a recent research note published by analysts at Credit Suisse, Two Harbors is one of the rare mortgage REITs that could report an increase in book value if the rates continue their upwards journey. Analysts estimate a moderate increase in the company's book value at the end of the current quarter, as opposed to sectorwide book value declines.
The reason for this is the structure of its investment portfolio. According to its latest quarterly disclosures, Two Harbors has an investment portfolio that is well diversified with an ideal mix of MBSes backed by government guarantees (agency MBSes) and MBSes that are not backed with any such guarantees (non-agency MBSes.)
The company is also making progress toward further diversifying its portfolio through the addition of mortgage servicing rights (MSRs.) These are rights to service a mortgage that are sold by the loan originator to specialized companies.
Distressed loans reap profits
Like Two Harbors, PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust also has a diverse asset base that primarily includes residential mortgage loans. PennyMac Mortgage also happens to be one of the few mortgage REITs that recently reported an increase in its book value, when most of its peers were losing book value. The company's second-quarter performance remained better than expected, mostly because of a gain on sale margins.
Going forward, analysts at Credit Suisse expect a nearly 1% increase in PennyMac's book value. The company sees an opportunity in distressed mortgage loan acquisitions and acquisition of bulk MSRs. PennyMac Mortgage's MSRs deliver more return under rising interest rates. When rates go up, refinancing slows down -- this extends the average life of an MSR, making it more valuable for the company.
The company also expects to get some support from further gains on its distressed loans portfolio. In an improving housing market, PennyMac's distressed loans can be refinanced near or at face value. Remember, these are purchased by PennyMac at huge discounts of as much as 50%. When the loan gets paid off near 100%, PennyMac's profits grow significantly.
Senior housing
Newcastle Investment operates as a mortgage REIT with major investments in real estate loans, MSRs, and other real estate related assets. The company also has exposure to senior housing through its recent spin-off. As a result, Newcastle has exposure to both the U.S. real estate market and the senior housing market.
The senior housing market presents investors with an attractive opportunity as demographics reveal that the population of those age 65 and older has been on the rise and will continue to increase in the future. Given this backdrop, the senior housing market in the U.S. is characterized by an attractive supply demand imbalance. The rapidly growing aging population will drive the demand for more senior care facilities in the future. The supply has not kept pace with this increased demand, however.
As such, the company aims to take advantage of this imbalance and build a strong portfolio of such properties.
Final note
Given the uncertainty in interest rates, it is important to consider the various headwinds and tailwinds impacting these various mortgage REITs.
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Monday, 11 October 2010
The Big Ten of Grammar: Review
William B. Bradshaw, PhD (Pictured right)
Published by Synergy Books
Published in 2010
I received a free copy of this book for review and am not being paid for the review.
Grammar plays a fairly significant role in my life. When I'm not trying to explain the finer points of present perfect form, I'm proof-reading. When I'm not proof-reading, I'm attempting to write a thesis. I'm surrounded by it. For the most part, I love the English language but I totally understand the frustrations of those who are learning it. There's this complicated rule that you MUST remember but then also three or four exceptions to that rule. For no apparent reason. I get it, English can be a fickle tart but I do love her.
Which is the point at which I would note that this books is NOT for English as Other Language students. This book is aimed solely at those who have native level competence in English - more specifically those who want to brush up their formal writing and/or speaking. It tackles common problems such as the difference between 'that' and 'which', misuse of the apostrophe, and comma usage. It has a lot of useful examples and explanation although I did find that the layout of the content within the chapters wasn't as clear as I would have liked if I want to use this as a reference book in the future.
The first two chapters that deal with use of 'I' or 'me' and 'he/him' and 'she/her' were the ones where I had cause to debate. There is no doubt in my mind that "He rides better than I" is technically correct compared to "He rides better than me" but I can't help but think that if I were going to say that I would say "He rides better than I do" - the completed sentence form which is suggested by the author as a tester of grammatical correctness. It might just be me, but I think verbally "He rides better than I" sounds slightly awkward, which is why I suggest that this book is best for use in formal writing and speaking situations. Perhaps I'm not as strict a grammar cop as I thought I was!!
There is also a great bonus section of material, so much I'm not sure why it's a bonus section and not additional chapters, including verb charts and other commonly confused issues such as 'who/whom'.
This book is for those who are already pretty good with English and grammar and who are writing and speaking at a higher level than just your average day-to-day usage. It has easy to grasp concepts, doesn't get caught up in complicated explanations - it simply tells you what's correct, what's not and how to check it. I'll be keeping this on hand while I write my thesis to make sure I don't make these mistakes for sure!
Saturday, 9 October 2010
Night by Ellie Wiesel: Review
One thing that really stood out for me in this novel was the feeling of disbelief and denial of reality that so many of the Jewish people felt throughout the whole experience. When they were moved into the ghettos and stripped of their homes, they thought this was the worst that could happen. When they were rounded up and put on cattle trains, they thought that perhaps a better place awaited them at the end. The harrowing scene where the seemingly hysterical woman who proclaims to see fire in the train carriages (later proving to be a chillingly accurate prophecy of the chimneys at the camps ahead of them) is violently silenced by those around her only serves to highlight the unreality of the situation and the inability of anyone to truly comprehend what was happening.
How could they? How could any person possibly take in and process this kind of treatment? I tried putting myself into their shoes and found myself frozen, overtaken by the helplessness of it all. All that was left for them to do was survive, to try and get through to the other side alive.
This is not an uplifting book. There is no Hollywood ending, no light relief. It is horror after horror and then more horror. You cannot, at any point, become immune to it. You are made to sit in the sun without water with them, you are crammed into claustrophobic cattle carriages with them, you are dragged through mud and starved with them. Reading Ellie Wiesel's vivid and uncompromising narrative is the closest any of us will ever come to understanding the Holocaust from a survivor's perspective. It's not a pretty ride, but it is one that opens your mind and makes you realise - at no point can any of us become complacent. Never should we take for granted a warm bed and a good meal. At the end of this book, I settled down for the night and I swear that my bed had never felt so comfortable.
Read this book. Read it for those who survived, read it for those who did not survive and read it for those who suffer other cruelties around the world. Only when our eyes and minds are open can the world become a better place.
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"This belongs to everyone.
So enjoy the view." ~Anthony T. Hincks
I present to you a view of two wild, bachelor stallions having a comeuppance of sorts…or just sorting out who will be the next leader of a band…or just boys being boys. However you want to look at it, they are definitely two bachelor stallions having a great time testing their wile and strength against one another and they definitely belong to 'everyone'!
They live in that awesome landscape named after Theodore Roosevelt, a wise man who could foresee how precious our natural landscape was and how quickly it was disappearing. That amazing landscape owned by 'the people' of this country, Theodore Roosevelt National Park near Medora, ND.
As the land available to anything wild continues to shrink rapidly all over the world, managing any type of wildlife becomes more and more difficult for us humans, as we compete with the very wildlife we love for what all life needs to survive; land and water. Lack of forage and no water is a significant hurdle for some areas our wild horses live in, but fortunately for these two wild stallions they have the immense pleasure to live in an area that is well managed to all species and to most types of weather years.
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— returning to Maui to shoot my first short for the brand. That was the seed that DP Jordan Oram planted in my head four weeks before I found myself at the YYZ airport at daybreak headed for the islands once again.
Maui in a way, is where the story truly began back in 2012. It was my first independent and clean breakaway. I guess it only made sense that my story be told from there; but looking at it from an attempting to be responsible 28-year-old-me perspective, it seemed crazy –and I liked it.
This was meant to be a revival of the brand and ended up being a revival of me. I wanted to bring the brand back to it's roots, the authenticity of my story told through style and imagery. It was kind of like Peter remembering how to fly …"happy thoughts"… I found them. As we wound around the Hana highway sea cliffs I recalled my thirst for the unknown from the bed of a pickup truck; drenched in rain I found that spark again.
Belle Brown. I plucked starting-out model Belle from the city and dropped her in the jungle. Boy did she adapt, what a beauty on the inside and out. Essentially, Belle portrays me in this story. It was an important role to me and she made sure she came through.
The result is a story told through visuals stamped in colours and moods that bleed my name. I've neglected to use it in the recent past as I found safety in anonymity but for this, I sign off proudly.
– Robin Waters.
starring BELLE BROWN
photography by ROBIN WATERS & NORA NAVARRO
appearances by ADOUNAY DABO & RAYMA LAMBERT
wardrobe DON'T BLOW IT CO. / DON'T BLOW THE ILLUSION
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written and cut by ROBIN WATERS
dp JORDAN ORAM
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Ousmane Ousbe Diaboute sells modern crafted statues in his art shop inside the
Mariador Palace Hotel in Conakry. He sells modern art but also ancient artifacts
like masks, statues, and fabrics. Have a look and see what he has to sell. You can
reach Ousbe directly at his cell phone in Guinea: +224-547184.
Buste Peul/Fula Woman
Price: $450.00
Origin: Sculpture by Ousbe Diaboute
Size: 100cm
Age: Modern
Use: Celebrate the beauty of the Peul Women
Maninka Happy Couple
Price: $800.00
Origin: Ousbe Diaboute
Size: 200cm
Age: Modern
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Le Chasseur au Mandinge
Price: $550.00
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Every gaming sub-genre has to grow up and develop angst some day, and for a lot of them, that means they go steampunk. Mechanism is like the brooding android teenager of the Splitter family, all full of rusty gears and melancholy. Even your cursor blade is some sort of clockwork pistol scalpel. After you're done solving over 40 physics puzzles, you can probably use it to hunt robotic tarantulas.
The goal is the same as in Splitter: get the circular object (in this case, a super-charming decrepit watch face) to the mystical portal to exit the level. You can't move anything directly, but you can slice up the environment pretty good with your pistol scalpel, either by reshaping blocks or by severing glowing bands of force (ropes).
The new trick is the gravity pickup, which sends everything hurtling toward the ceiling. It's a pretty good twist as twists go, but it does tend to hammer all your pre-planning to mush. Often better to just hack away, see what happens, and try again.
There are two difficulty paths, labeled "Easy" and "Hard" in the tutorial screens, but that must be a translation error from "Hard" and "You must be joking." It's a daring choice by the developer, to make the pre-requisite for completing the Red Path clairvoyance. That's a niche hardcore market, right there. My advice: take the Blue Path, Neo. Oh wait, that's cyberpunk.
To sum up: this isn't really groundbreaking at all, but if you're a fan of Splitter or Ice Breaker and you want some more levels, possibly a bunch of really obtuse and particular ones, here they are. They are here. In this game. Enjoy. Or you can wait for goth-punk Splitter or post-apocalyptic Splitter, which are bound to happen eventually.


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"Tehran's goal is to plant its flag atop the ruins of the free world," Netanyahu said at the Foreign Ministry. "A member of our defense establishment has estimated that Iran accounts for over 80 percent of our security problems."
In his speech on the 25th anniversary of a suicide bombing of the Israeli Embassy in Buenos Aires, which Israel blamed on Iran, Netanyahu slammed Tehran for its alleged attempts to build a nuclear weapon, test ballistic missiles and its role in Middle Eastern instability.
Earlier, Israeli Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman claimed that Iran is the "biggest threat" in the Middle East. The statement echoed the stance of the new US administration.
After the inauguration of US President Donald Trump, Washington-Tehran tensions escalated amid Iran's ballistic missile test and the new US sanctions against Iran. Moreover, Trump has repeatedly criticized the Iran nuclear agreement, saying that it is a "bad deal" and "disastrous for Israel."


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|Check out My Reviews from Beginning!
By M. L. Lacy
Into Fantasy? You may have missed this in the past...but I highly recommend you take a look at this series. If you are enjoying Grimm on TV like I have, you may find that there are just as many fantasy creatures in these books. In fact, you will enter a world where there are humans and all the fantasy "types" you may have ever read about--giants, vampires, werewolves, witches, etc. All classified as "magicals..."
I was surprised that it had been three years since the first book came out. Surprised because as I began to read Trepidation, I remembered all the characters and story line. Of course, the author has shared so much via her books that average over 400 pages each! As an aside, if you are really "into" fantasy, I recommend you start the series from the beginning...
I referred to the series as "adult" because, according to custom in the magicals world, there is an exchange and sharing of partners within their Clans. Lacy does an admirable job, however, in keeping the scenes almost chaste. You see, the main character, "The Chosen One" is still part human. When she was first introduced into the magicals environment, she was quite shy and inexperienced and could not imagine being involved with anybody besides the man she loved.
Aubrey had been chosen by The Elders long ago to be the final "Chosen One." Since she was introduced to who she really was in The Awakening, she has grown accustomed to her life and, more than anybody realizes, has become more magical than anybody knows, especially her main enemies!
Additionally, she has read and absorbed all of the knowledge from the former elders...
In addition to updating us on the lives of magicals, in this novel we meet the former "chosen ones," who have been living in a castle, who help in her latest attack from Esmeralda and her followers. One funny event is when the castle opens all doors to Aubrey, while deciding to lock its doors, including the one little room where it had earlier allowed Esmeralda to live--she is forever locked out!
And that was mainly because Aubrey had taken a stand! Against the recommendations of her clan, family and other followers, Aubrey demands her rightful place on the magical council, refusing to have her blood tested (to determine how far along she has changed to becoming a magical) and proves her right by magically creating a tea party scene in the Council Building...a building that also had been free from the use of magic until she was ready! But Aubrey has learned well that "no rules apply to her!"
And one other small addition is that Aubrey's "fifth" of her "Special Seven" has been identified and we are privy to the beginnings of their relationship. What does that mean? Well, she has seven partners in her life...but has so far only connected with five, all of whom routinely visit and spend intimate time with her...
I especially enjoyed this third book. It was a lot of fun watching the chosen one finally take a stand against everybody, including all of her male protectors and guards! And when her other sister chosen ones come into the act, it sets the time for both male and females to fight the battles that must be fought! The most important being to heal the relationships with humans so that they can live safely and happily with the magicals. This one got me excited--because I'm already wondering what is going to happen next!
Have fun with this one! A truly fantastic fantasy world, don't you think?
"Esmeralda's heart was pounding with her excitement as she realized what she could have. She saw the beauty in the beast before her and her heart ached for its touch.
"The dragons turned to the captives and fed upon them as everyone watched. No screams were heard from the confined prisoners. No struggles were given. The only sound to drift out of the arena was that of teeth crunching bone, and it filled the night. Esmeralda felt a soft shiver of elation as she watched the dragons morph back into their magical form. Those robed in red wrapped the white robes around their naked loves and then they disappear into the forest.
"Are you impressed?" his throaty voice brushed her ear.
"The ritual had captured Esmerald's attention, and she hadn't realized the host of the night's event was standing behind her. She straightened. Her hands smoothed the fabric of her cloak as she turned to face him. Her violet eyes reflected the fire's light back at him.
"David. Yes, I am," she said. Her eyes studied the man that once was her eternity. But her passion for finding her demon and his passion for finding his dragon had torn them apart. "Where did you find them?" she questioned...
"She smiled as she began to understand why he had asked for her to come...He still had the powerful gray eyes that had held her spellbound on so many occasions...
"Is that why you asked me here? Because you want my demon?"
M.L. Lacy is the author of the Chrysalis Series (The Awakening,Tribulations, and Trepidation) and the upcoming Starburst Series.
M.L. Lacy was awarded first place in the Rebecca's Read's 2010 Written Art Award for her book The Awakening in the Fiction: Science Fiction/Fantasy category.
M.L. Lacy is married and lives in far north Fort Worth, Texas.
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Fantasy Series by M. L. Lacy: Adult Fairy Tales...
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- AnonymousAugust 30, 2012 at 10:35 AM
I have read all 3 books, and enjoyed them very much. The story line pulls you in to the world of Bree. And brings you center stage with all the players and their actions. From the first chapter to the last one in book three. I have felt like I was part of her (Bree's) world.This story is much better than what is on Tv at this time. I can't wait to see what happens next in her life. Looking forward to the next book.ReplyDelete
Hi...thanks so much for adding your thoughts! I probably don't watch as much fantasy as you do on TV and Grimm is really quite different from this story...so you are probably right about your evaluation...I do know that the magicals are much Nicer than on Grimm...LOL!ReplyDelete
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Top 10 best locations for vending.
April 18, 2016
Just buying a vending machine and choosing its filler is not enough for a successful business. The main thing in this matter is to find the right place to install your machine.
1. School canteens / shops near schools - that's great, because you have a customer base, which does not have a large income, and young enough where they do not have to worry about what they eat.
2. Restaurants –you may think that installing the machine there makes no sense, because people go to eat, but it really is an excellent place for the machine with chewing gum or candy. After the onion and mushroom burger or spicy Thai food, people are looking for gum or mints to freshen their breath.
3. Hospitals, pharmacies - the ability to install the machine with shoe covers in capsules as a filler. Also in children's hospitals or clinics can agree on setting the machine with toys.
4. Supermarkets - especially supermarkets in residential areas, machines can be placed at the entrance. In this case, you will need to change the filler so the buyer does not become bored by machines with the same product.
5. Small shops near kindergartens - the perfect place for toys or sweets, the children love getting gum or small necklace when parents take them. Parents can also use the vending machine as a bonus system.
6. Shopping centers - place machines with candy and chewing gums that are available and easy to use, especially for teenagers who spend the whole day there.
7. Souvenir shops - the food is doing well, but if you can sell your own local trinkets like key chains, toys, bracelets, hairpins and magnets, you can optimize your site sales.
8. Game room - a place where students and young people like to collect, they can enjoy chocolates, chewing gums. And since they do not pay for a mortgage, car loans, or groceries, they have a very disposable income.
9. Circus, children's theaters, skating rinks - the machine can be installed at the entrance, as the filler is suitable as chewing gum, candy and toys so. These are the places where the daily audience of visitors varies.
10. Parks - relaxing outdoors, people can buy their children toys, candy, chewing gum. To attract customers, you can arrange a variety of promotions, discounts. The main thing to remember that in the heat of such a location, be sure to keep candy and chewing gum in the shade, so it does not melt.


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Today I attended the Kia Motors Press Conference. Before the conference even started, they had live entertainment playing a variety of young, hip cover songs - some of which included Rihanna, Miley Cirus, Black Eyed Peas, The Killers, and many more. Kia Motors provided sample servings of Goose Island 312 to put everyone in a comfortable setting. This was a great marketing tool because it went hand in hand with target consumers, young couples and parents who still want to have fun. From the media side, it was probably a plus to get positive press coverage as well. Great thinking Kia! At select times during the Auto Show they will be hosting an event called Kia Karaoke to further promote their exuberant environment, which matches the excitement you will find when driving a Kia.
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Happiness is…Inspiration for a Palette
You can find inspiration for a template or color palette almost anywhere. I keep Charles Schultz's little Happiness Is… at my desk because I think it's "my" color palette.
The book doesn't follow "normal" book convention. The cover has no title, and the back and spine don't have all the publisher's required identification junk.
The book is set up a bit like a template. All the text is on the left side and is placed in the same exact spot on every page. Each of the right-hand pages are the same pretty raw sienna color, and all the illustrations in the book are on these pages. The lighter color of the right-facing creamy brown page ensures that the black ink of the illustrations will stand out.
Look how lovely all the spreads are as a system:
I love this palette. If you look through the book, you will know that my live verbs are to liberate and conquer. The hot pink and dark red are the "conquer" colors for me and the yellow and orange are the sunny colors of "liberation". Although these sound like aggressive words, the warm brown color acts as a balance, and anchors my passion. Happiness at its best.
Here are the RGB values of this palette if you want to try it out for yourself:
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Department of Orthopedics, Yashoda Hospitals Hyderabad
Yashoda Institute of Orthopedics is one of the largest orthopedic centers in Hyderabad for treating your bone and joint problems. Our offerings include a variety of ingenious treatments, which cater to the healthcare needs of the patients and aim at providing the best services and coverings possible. We offer the best orthopedic treatment, complex orthopedic surgeries, and complete relief for bone and joint problems. Our wealth of experience and wide-ranging expertise in orthopedics has helped us grow into one of the best orthopedic hospitals in Hyderabad. Yashoda Hospitals offers the best treatment for sports injuries, joint pains, and other common orthopedic conditions, making it one of the top ortho hospitals in Hyderabad.
The Institute has the best orthopedic surgeons trained by experts and leaders in the field from universally acclaimed universities and hospitals. The multidisciplinary team consisting of orthopedists, orthopedic surgeons, physical therapists, nurses, and other healthcare professionals optimizes patient care and recovery. They are equipped with advanced technologies and world-class infrastructure to provide the latest modes of treatments to treat a variety of orthopedic conditions.
Yashoda Institute of Orthopedics is equipped with top-class technology to advance the delivery of orthopedic care. The facilities and expertise of diagnosis offered at our hospital make us one of the best orthopedic hospitals in Hyderabad. Our actions in orthopedic bone and joint care put us at the forefront of providing treatments and services, including arthroscopic technologies, robotic surgeries & robot-assisted techniques, and sports medicine.
Achievement of Department of Orthopedics
- Yashoda Institute of Orthopedics has achieved the best Center for High Flexion Knee Replacement (HFKR) and Center with world-class facilities for joint surgeries using arthroscopic and robotic techniques.
Conditions treated at Department of Orthopedics at Yashoda Hospitals
We provide treatments for problems of musculoskeletal disorders and metabolic bone diseases of shoulder & elbow, hand & wrist, hip & thigh, knee and lower leg, foot & ankle and neck & back making us the best bone and joint hospital in Hyderabad
- For shoulder and elbow, we offer treatment for bursitis, frozen shoulder, chronic elbow instability, tendonitis of the long head of the biceps, shoulder impingement or rotator cuff tendinitis, tennis elbow, ulnar nerve entrapment at the elbow, which is also known as cubital tunnel syndrome, and broken collarbone.
- For knee & lower leg issues, we offer treatment for bowed legs, deep vein thrombosis, ACL injury, kneecap bursitis, knee tendon bursitis, discoid meniscus, limb length discrepancy, osteonecrosis of the knee, runner's knee also known as patellofemoral pain, and Osgood-Schlatter disease
- To get hip and thigh pain relief we offer treatment for burning thigh pain, developmental dislocation (dysplasia) of the hip (DDH), slipped capital femoral epiphysis, snapping hip, Perthes disease, deep vein thrombosis, femoroacetabular impingement (FAI), hip bursitis and arthritis, and hamstring muscle strain.
- Get the accurate diagnosis and treatment for foot & ankle issues like Achilles tendinitis, bunions adult (acquired) flatfoot, clubfoot, corns, diabetic (Charcot) foot, hammer and claw toe, flexible flatfoot in children, heel pain, intoeing and ingrown toenail, plantar fasciitis and bone spurs, posterior tibial tendon dysfunction, stiff big toe (hallux rigidus), Morton's neuroma, sesamoiditis, and vertical talus.
- Disorders of calcium metabolism, renal osteodystrophy, osteogenesis imperfecta and bone disorders in gastrointestinal diseases like Celiac disease, IBS.
- Treat hand and wrist issues like carpal tunnel syndrome, boutonniere deformity, complex regional pain syndrome, compartment syndrome, de Quervain tendinitis, Dupuytren's contracture, trigger finger, ganglion cyst, Kienbock's disease, and ulnar tunnel syndrome.
- Neck and back often have many issues and we treat them all. Find relief from spondylolysis and spondylolisthesis, cauda equina syndrome, cervical radiculopathy (pinched nerve), back pain in children, cervical spondylosis, congenital muscular torticollis (twisted neck), cervical spondylotic myelopathy (spinal cord compression), congenital scoliosis, kyphosis (round back) of the spine, chordoma, spinal deformity in children with myelomeningocele, scoliosis, low back pain due to lumbar spinal stenosis and sciatica.
- We also treat diseases like arthritis of the foot and ankle, hand, knee, shoulder, thumb, and wrist. along with gout, cervical spondylosis, juvenile arthritis, inflammatory arthritis, osteoarthritis, Kienbock's disease, osteonecrosis of the hip, patellofemoral arthritis, synovial and rheumatoid arthritis.
- Get treated for osteoporosis & metabolic bone diseases like osteopenia, Cushing's disease, hypocalcemia, estrogen deficiency states, Paget's disease, osteomalacia, and hyperparathyroidism.
Which is the best knee replacement surgery hospital in Hyderabad?
Look for specialized orthopedic doctors and surgeons who specialize in performing knee replacement and conservation. The hospital should also be equipped with the best in class and the latest technologies for safe, successful and cost-effective procedures. These technologies include minimally invasive procedures such as arthroscopy, robotics, and rehabilitation services.
Which is the best hospital for knee ligament surgery in Hyderabad?
A good hospital is where the doctors are experienced and extremely knowledgeable about what they do. Yashoda Hospitals at Hyderabad has specialized orthopedic doctors, knee specialists, and knee replacement surgeons who will help you get through your treatment. Our team of highly professional and experienced doctors and surgeons makes us one of the best hospitals for knee ligament surgery, ACL surgery, and other orthopedic problems in Hyderabad.
Which is the best hospital for rheumatoid arthritis treatment in Hyderabad?
Treating rheumatoid arthritis can be a bit tricky, that's why it needs specialized doctors, along with advanced technologies. Yashoda Hospitals' team of specialized orthopedic doctors provides its patients with extremely professional consultations and is equipped with advanced technologies that make Yashoda Hospitals one of the best for rheumatoid arthritis treatment in Hyderabad.
Is a hip joint replacement safe and successful?
Hip joint replacement surgeries have a high success rate. Nearly 95% of the patients experience relief from hip pain almost immediately after the surgery. Though the surgery is quite safe it has a minute risk of infections and some other common risks. We at Yashoda Hospitals have advanced technologies that help us minimize the infection risks and give good success rates. Also, our team of experienced doctors and surgeons will guide you about the other common risk factors and how to avoid them. Our team helps us become one of the best hip-joint replacement hospitals in Hyderabad.
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Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) is a tissue that connects the femur (thigh bone) to tibia (shin bone). The ACL is one of the major ligaments of the knee.
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A lack of blood supply to the tissue within the bone leads to its death called Avascular necrosis or osteonecrosis. It can sometimes lead to tiny breaks within the structure of the bone and eventually its collapse.
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The total joint replacement technology has limitations like the need for revision surgery and wearing of the implant thereby affecting lifestyle activities in younger age groups. Thus, preservation of the natural joints for as long as possible is desirable.
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Frozen shoulder is a condition in which the shoulder joint becomes painful and stiff. In a majority of patients there no particular cause that can be identified
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Joint preservation uses non-surgical or minimally invasive surgical techniques to preserve the natural functioning and structure of a deteriorating joint to delay or avoid joint replacement surgery to the maximum extent.
Is stunting in the elderly related to osteoporosis?
Sep 06, 2019 17:49
Losing some height, especially after the age of 40, is normal due to loss of muscle mass. However, a significant height loss can signal osteoporosis, that people over the age of 50 should be aware of.
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Aug 23, 2019 17:59
Cracking or snapping sound in the heel can be a cause for concern. It may be due to a simple or serious injury depending on the cause.
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Arthroscopic surgery is one of the greatest advances in modern orthopedic surgery. It offers an individual a cost-effective and minimally invasive alternative to conventional open approach surgery.
How to treat hip fractures?
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Hip fracture is one of the most serious fractures in the elderly. Hip fracture occurs when the femur or the thigh bone breaks due to a fall or accident. Hip fracture is diagnosed through physical evaluation and imaging techniques.
Shoulder Replacement Surgery (Arthroplasty)
Apr 05, 2019 17:12
Shoulder replacement surgery or shoulder arthroplasty is a surgical technique to replace the damaged ends of the bones of the shoulder joint that are causing pain and discomfort as well as restricting motion of the shoulder joint.
Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) injury – Role of Arthroscopy
Mar 26, 2019 11:51
An ACL injury is a sprain or tear of the anterior cruciate ligament which is a most commonly seen sports injury in athletes and sportsperson involved in tennis, basketball, football etc.
Why does the femoral head lose its blood supply?
Mar 15, 2019 18:30
A lack of blood supply to the tissue within the bone leads to its death, a condition called as avascular necrosis or osteonecrosis. It can sometimes lead to tiny breaks within the structure of the bone which is responsible for its eventual collapse.
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Feb 27, 2019 17:01
కీలుమార్పిడి ఓ క్లిష్టమైన శస్త్రచికిత్స. ఇందుకోసం సరైన సర్జన్, సరైన ఆస్పత్రి ఎంపిక మీ జీవితంపైన చాలా ప్రభావం చూపుతుంది. విజయవంతంగా కీళ్లమార్పిడి ఆపరేషన్లను తరచూ నిర్వహించిన అనుభవం గల నిపుణులు ఉండి, పెద్ద సంఖ్యలో నిర్వహించే అత్యాధునిక వైద్యసదుపాయాలు గల ఆస్పత్రిని ఎంపికచేసుకోండి.
Arthritis and diabetes may go hand in hand
Dec 10, 2018 18:45
The importance of this data is to understand that arthritis-specific barriers to physical activity can be one of the causes for diabetes, explains Dr. Krishna Subramanyam, senior orthopedic and joint replacement surgeon at Yashoda Hospitals.
Bone Marrow Concentrate (BMC), a regenerative therapy for bone and joint injuries
Oct 16, 2018 10:57
The regenerative stem cells from the person's bone marrow are tapped to prepare a concentrate which is then used in treating bone and joint injuries. Bone Marrow Concentrate (BMC) thus formed is injected into the site of injury in a simple day-care procedure under local anesthesia. This treatment is used for pain in the knees, hip, elbows, wrist, ankle, foot and even spine.
What is a sacroiliac joint injection?
Jul 24, 2017 22:22
A Sacroiliac Joint Injection is designed to treat pain and inflammation in the Sacroiliac Joint. What is sacroiliac joint pain? The Sacroiliac Joint is the connects the spine to the hip bones. There are two sacroiliac joints in the body, one on each side of the sacrum connected by strong ligaments. In humans, they help transfer […]
Selfie Elbow
Aug 08, 2016 10:45
Selfie elbow is an overuse injury; only conscious efforts to take pressure off the elbow may be of help. Sonal, Akhil, Varun and Lalitha have two things in common, their obsession for taking selfie photos, and their suffering from painful elbows. What is now increasingly seen in young and old who take selfie photos with […]
Osteoporosis is a bone disease that silently progresses with ageing
May 16, 2016 04:08
Osteoporosis is a bone disease that occurs more in women and lesser in men who are over 50 years of age. Osteoporosis is described as a 'silent disease' as the condition has no symptoms. It is only after the bone fracture that the pain is evident. The bone fractures may be of the wrist, hip, […]
High Flexion Knee Replacement for more flexibility
Nov 09, 2015 05:37
Patients suffering from osteoarthritis will find relief in the latest high flexion knee replacement, which allows for active lifestyle and resumption of deep knee bending activities. However, this knee replacement surgery is successful only when there is early diagnosis, preoperative flexibility and the right physical therapy. The Flex Fixed Knee replacement allows for flexibility of […]
Tennis Elbow – Prompt diagnosis can have a huge impact on the prognosis
Mar 13, 2015 06:17
Tennis elbow, also referred to as lateral epicondylitis, is a condition wherein pain occurs while overusing the muscles in your elbow.
Compartment Syndrome can be acute (severe injury) or chronic (athletic exertion).
Mar 13, 2015 06:04
Compartment Syndrome is a condition wherein pressure builds up inside the human body in any of its enclosed spaces. This condition may arise due to swelling or bleeding post an injury. Frequently, it occurs in spaces in the leg or arm. Compartment syndrome may be acute or chronic. In India, abdominal compartment syndrome occurs in […]


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Is anyone else overtired, stressed, or feeling sluggish? The other day as I was realizing that I was feeling really low energy and unmotivated. In theory, I was doing everything right—exercising, getting plenty of fruits and vegetables, sleeping (ok, maybe not sleeping enough, but getting some sleep)—but I was still dragging and then it came to me: greens. I wasn't getting enough leafy greens.
Many (most) of us don't get enough leafy greens, but they are so important. They are great for circulation and respiratory support, they boost our immune systems, and they provide a great energy boost. I hadn't been eating them, though, because as the weather gets colder I am less drawn to smoothies and salads. So out came my sautéed and wilted green recipes to provide me some warmth, while still giving me all the benefits of the greens. And it worked! While I may not be stress-free and perky, I am definitely feeling much more alert and focused….


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Nagorno-Karabakh - Q&A from the press briefing (12 October 2020)
Q: Can we know which of the belligerents broke the ceasefire in Nagorno-Karabakh?
A: We welcomed the humanitarian ceasefire that came into force on 10 October 2020. Today it is essential and urgent that it be strictly complied with by the parties before progress can be made towards a permanent end to hostilities. We condemn continued violence wherever it comes from, and call on the parties to put an end to it.
As Co-Chair of the Minsk Group, France is continuing its active efforts to enable discussions without preconditions to resume, with a view to a political settlement to the conflict.


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Germany warns: AI arms race already underway
An AI arms race is already underway. That's the blunt warning from Germany's foreign minister, Heiko Maas.
"We're right in the middle of it. That's the reality we have to deal with," Maas told DW, speaking in a new DW documentary, "Future Wars — and How to Prevent Them."
It's a reality at the heart of the struggle for supremacy between the world's greatest powers.
"This is a race that cuts across the military and the civilian fields," said Amandeep Singh Gill, former chair of the United Nations group of governmental experts on lethal autonomous weapons. "This is a multi-trillion dollar question."
Great powers pile in
This is apparent in a recent report from the United States' National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence. It speaks of a "new warfighting paradigm" pitting "algorithms against algorithms," and urges massive investments "to continuously out-innovate potential adversaries."
And you can see it in China's latest five-year plan, which places AI at the center of a relentless ramp-up in research and development, while the People's Liberation Army girds for a future of what it calls "intelligentized warfare."
As Russian President Vladimir Putin put it as early as 2017, "whoever becomes the leader in this sphere will become the ruler of the world."
But it's not only great powers piling in.
Much further down the pecking order of global power, this new era is a battle-tested reality.
Watershed war
In late 2020, as the world was consumed by the pandemic, festering tensions in the Caucasus erupted into war.
It looked like a textbook regional conflict, with Azerbaijan and Armenia fighting over the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh. But for those paying attention, this was a watershed in warfare.
"The really important aspect of the conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh, in my view, was the use of these loitering munitions, so-called 'kamikaze drones' — these pretty autonomous systems," said Ulrike Franke, an expert on drone warfare at the European Council on Foreign Relations.
Bombs that loiter in the air
Advanced loitering munitions models are capable of a high degree of autonomy. Once launched, they fly to a defined target area, where they "loiter," scanning for targets — typically air defense systems.
Once they detect a target, they fly into it, destroying it on impact with an onboard payload of explosives; hence the nickname "kamikaze drones."
"They also had been used in some way or form before — but here, they really showed their usefulness," Franke explained. "It was shown how difficult it is to fight against these systems."
Research by the Center for Strategic and International Studies showed that Azerbaijan had a massive edge in loitering munitions, with more than 200 units of four sophisticated Israeli designs. Armenia had a single domestic model at its disposal.
Other militaries took note.
"Since the conflict, you could definitely see a certain uptick in interest in loitering munitions," said Franke. "We have seen more armed forces around the world acquiring or wanting to acquire these loitering munitions."
Drone swarms and 'flash wars'
This is just the beginning. Looking ahead, AI-driven technologies such as swarming will come into military use — enabling many drones to operate together as a lethal whole.
"You could take out an air defense system, for example," said Martijn Rasser of the Center for a New American Security, a think tank based in Washington, D.C.
"You throw so much mass at it and so many numbers that the system is overwhelmed. This, of course, has a lot of tactical benefits on a battlefield," he told DW. "No surprise, a lot of countries are very interested in pursuing these types of capabilities."
The scale and speed of swarming open up the prospect of military clashes so rapid and complex that humans cannot follow them, further fueling an arms race dynamic.
As Ulrike Franke explained: "Some actors may be forced to adopt a certain level of autonomy, at least defensively, because human beings would not be able to deal with autonomous attacks as fast."
This critical factor of speed could even lead to wars that erupt out of nowhere, with autonomous systems reacting to each other in a spiral of escalation. "In the literature we call these 'flash wars'," Franke said, "an accidental military conflict that you didn't want."
A move to 'stop killer robots'
Bonnie Docherty has made it her mission to prevent such a future. A Harvard Law School lecturer, she is an architect of the Campaign to Stop Killer Robots, an alliance of nongovernmental organizations demanding a global treaty to ban lethal autonomous weapons.
"The overarching obligation of the treaty should be to maintain meaningful human control over the use of force," Docherty told DW. "It should be a treaty that governs all weapons operating with autonomy that choose targets and fire on them based on sensor's inputs rather than human inputs."
The campaign has been focused on talks in Geneva under the umbrella of the UN Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons, which seeks to control weapons deemed to cause unjustifiable suffering.
It has been slow going. The process has yielded a set of "guiding principles," including that autonomous weapons be subject to human rights law, and that humans have ultimate responsibility for their use. But these simply form a basis for more discussions.
Docherty fears that the consensus-bound Geneva process may be thwarted by powers that have no interest in a treaty.
"Russia has been particularly vehement in its objections," Docherty said.
But it's not alone. "Some of the other states developing autonomous weapon systems such as Israel, the US, the United Kingdom and others have certainly been unsupportive of a new treaty."
Time for a rethink?
Docherty is calling for a new approach if the next round of Geneva talks due later this year makes no progress. She has proposed "an independent process, guided by states that actually are serious about this issue and willing to develop strong standards to regulate these weapon systems."
But many are wary of this idea. Germany's foreign minister has been a vocal proponent of a ban, but he does not support the Campaign to Stop Killer Robots.
"We don't reject it in substance — we're just saying that we want others to be included," Heiko Maas told DW. "Military powers that are technologically in a position not just to develop autonomous weapons but also to use them."
Maas does agree that a treaty must be the ultimate goal. "Just like we managed to do with nuclear weapons over many decades, we have to forge international treaties on new weapons technologies," he said. "They need to make clear that we agree that some developments that are technically possible are not acceptable and must be prohibited globally."
What next?
But for now, there is no consensus. For Franke, the best the world can hope for may be norms around how technologies are used. "You agree, for example, to use certain capabilities only in a defensive way, or only against machines rather than humans, or only in certain contexts," she said.
Even this will be a challenge. "Agreeing to that and then implementing that is just much harder than some of the old arms control agreements," she said.
And while diplomats tiptoe around these hurdles, the technology marches on.
"The world must take an interest in the fact that we're moving toward a situation with cyber or autonomous weapons where everyone can do as they please," said Maas. "We don't want that."
For more, watch the full documentary Future Wars on YouTube.


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Biographical Overview
"Along with his creative vision and pioneering accomplishments, Dr. Dennis was a man of unique character. He looked at facts, never took shortcuts, never acted opportunistically, never did the politically expedient. Above all, he was a nurturer. His academic colleagues thrived in the environment he created at Downstate Medical Center. . ."
One of the most important medical technologies developed in the post-World War II era was the heart-lung machine, which made possible a vast expansion in the surgical treatment of heart disease. Surgeon and medical educator Clarence Dennis was a leading pioneer in this field, inventing one of the earliest heart-lung bypass machines, and attempting the world's first open-heart operation supported with such a device.
Dennis was born in St. Paul, Minnesota on June 16, 1909, to Warren Dennis, a noted surgeon, and Clara Van Orman Dennis. He was the second of their six children. Serious and hardworking, Clarence was an outstanding student, and graduated fourth in his high school class of 333. He had hoped to become an engineer--during several summer jobs in construction work he had discovered that he enjoyed working with his hands and had a talent for building things. His mother, however, decided that her second son should become a doctor like his father (who had died from pneumonia in 1923) and she would not provide financial support for any other college degree. Accordingly, Dennis attended Harvard College (where he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa and graduated magna cum laude in 1931) and then went on to the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. After receiving his MD in 1935, he returned to Minnesota to do an internship and surgical residency with Owen H. Wangensteen at the University of Minnesota Hospital. Wangensteen's program required substantial laboratory research leading to a PhD; Dennis soon discovered that he enjoyed the lab work as much as the operating room. He earned a MS in physiology under Maurice Visscher's direction in 1938, and a PhD in surgery in 1940. He then joined the faculty of the department of surgery at the University of Minnesota, becoming full professor in 1947.
During his early career, Dennis's surgical research focus was on intestinal conditions: intestinal obstruction, appendicitis, ulcerative colitis, etc. He worked with Wangensteen and with Visscher to elucidate the origins of appendicitis, and devised a number of innovative surgical techniques and procedures for other conditions. Soon after World War II ended, however, his two mentors suggested a new research project: developing a pump-oxygenator device to maintain blood circulation long enough to allow open-heart operations. Surgeons were just beginning to attempt repairs to the heart, an organ long believed to be "off limits." Their progress, however, was severely limited by the difficulty of stopping the heart long enough to operate on it. The idea captivated Dennis, who had earlier invented a number of devices to aid his surgical research. He interviewed everyone he could about work in this area, and soon met Dr. John H. Gibbon, who had been working on a pump-oxygenator since about 1934. The two became friends and exchanged ideas and information about their parallel projects as they struggled with the many technical challenges of mechanical heart-lung devices. In April 1951, after numerous trials with dogs, Dennis and his team became the first to use a pump-oxygenator to perform open heart surgery on a human patient. Though the machine performed very well, the surgeons were unable to save the six-year-old patient, because her heart defect turned out to be much more extensive than the atrial septal defect they had diagnosed. Dennis's second attempted open heart operation, several weeks later, also failed, when a technician's error caused a fatal air embolism. Dennis continued to improve his heart-lung machine, and in 1955 completed his first successful cardiac operation with it, two years after John Gibbon's first success in 1953.
Dennis moved to New York in mid-1951 to chair the department of surgery at the State University of New York's Downstate Medical Center in Brooklyn (formerly the Long Island College of Medicine). As chair, he helped build the department and develop residency and research programs during Downstate's rapid expansion in the 1950s. With the members of his Minnesota team who moved with him, he also continued his surgical research, perfecting his heart-lung machine. He went on to use cardiopulmonary bypass to sustain patients suffering cardiac shock following heart attacks.
After twenty years at SUNY, Dennis retired in 1972, and moved to the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, MD, to direct the Division of Technological Applications (formerly the Medical Devices Application Branch, which in turn grew from the Artificial Heart Program) at the National Heart and Lung Institute. The DTA was responsible for coordinating federally funded research and development in cardiovascular and pulmonary devices, including circulatory assistance devices and total artificial hearts. The artificial heart initiative, begun in 1963, envisioned combining biomedical research with systems engineering to produce a totally implantable mechanical heart for human patients by 1970. This proved considerably more difficult than expected, and part of Dennis's task was to analyze the management of engineering contracts and medical research grants for the project, and to make changes if necessary. His efforts to streamline DTA operations were often resisted by the staff and ignored by his superiors. The DTA was disbanded in 1973 due to federal budget cuts, and Dennis stayed on for another year as Special Assistant for Technology in the NHLI director's office. He resigned in 1974, convinced that his expertise was being wasted.
In 1975, Dennis returned to academic medicine, joining the surgical faculty at the SUNY medical school at Stony Brook. There, he continued to teach and carried out studies on wound healing and gastrointestinal diseases. He retired again in 1988 and moved back to Minnesota. The retirement was short-lived, however; in 1991, at the age of 82, he was recruited by the University of Minnesota to direct its Cancer Detection Center. The center had been established by Dennis's mentor, Owen Wangensteen, in 1948, to encourage early detection of cancer through regular screening. When Dennis took over, the center was suffering from declining client numbers, inefficient coordination of diagnostic services, and a dilapidated clinical space. He worked valiantly for several years to resolve these problems and keep the CDC operating, but severe budget shortages in the department of surgery forced the center to close in 1996. At 87, coping with progressive macular degeneration, Dennis felt ready to retire for the third and final time.
Dennis published nearly 200 articles and book chapters, many of them on heart-lung machines and cardiac assistance devices, but also many on surgical treatment of gastrointestinal problems as well as other topics. His accomplishments were recognized by many honors and awards, including the Modern Medicine Distinguished Achievement Award in 1973; the American Society of Extracorporeal Technicians first annual John H. Gibbon Award in 1974; the Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation's Laufman-Greatbatch Prize for "Outstanding Pioneer in the Development and Application of Cardiovascular Surgical Development and Application of Cardiovascular Surgical Devices" in 1984; and an honorary Doctor of Science degree from SUNY Health Sciences Center, Brooklyn, in 1988.
Dennis was an active member of many professional societies for much of his career, including the American Surgical Association, the American College of Surgeons, the American Society for Artificial Internal Organs, the International Society of Surgery, and the National Society for Medical Research. Through such groups he contributed to efforts ranging from setting standards for surgical education and ethics, to shaping amendments to the federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (to regulate the growing number of biomedical devices on the market), to defending the use of animals in medical research.
Dennis met Eleanor Smith, a friend of his sister Jane, when he returned to Minnesota after medical school. They married in 1939, and had a daughter and three sons, two of whom became surgeons. The couple divorced in 1976. Dennis married Mary Mott in 1977.
Dennis died in St. Paul, Minnesota on July 11, 2005, at the age of 96, from complications of dementia.