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My wife's schoolgirl French was more than a little rusty, but that was soon to change thanks to a couple we met during our Hawaiian cruise.
Our cruise ship, Golden Princess, was whisking us on our way to Hawaii. Lunching in the Horizon Court, a couple approached our table and asked if they could join Mary and me. Yvon and Martine St. Pierre were from Jonquiere, a small riverside city in the Quebec region of Canada. Yvon's English was fairly good, but Martine's was hesitant at best.
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Over our meal, we had a little fun with Mary practicing her French with Martine and Yvon honing his English with me. We thought that was it. After four days touring Hawaii, we returned to the ship and ran into the couple again. That's when we hit it off for good.
For the next few days, as the ship cruised the Pacific on its way back to Los Angeles, we met for meals and evening shows. We'd cap our nights with a drink at the Wheelhouse Bar.
A passerby would think what a cosmopolitan group, hearing a smattering of French, a dollop of English. Throughout our sea days heading back to the States, Mary steadily worked on her French with Martine, while Yvon chose to perfect his English with me. In any language, we were becoming great friends.
After the cruise, we kept in touch from our house in England. When Mary and I booked a Canada & New England cruise aboard Emerald Princess between Quebec and Fort Lauderdale, Yvon and Martine promptly insisted we stay with them for a few days beforehand.
They treated us beautifully, introducing us to family and friends in and around Jonquiere, and generously plied us with so many gifts; we had to ship them home to avoid excess-weight charges on our return flight.
The best surprise was yet to come. The couple drove us to the Port of Quebec. We were saying our goodbyes while Yvon lifted our cases out of the car. When he pulled two extra suitcases out of the trunk, we were confused. Was he giving us new luggage? Then Yvon told us their surprise…he and Martine would be joining us on the cruise.
We were lost for words in French and English. Mary was still dazed as we entered our stateroom. She couldn't restrain herself from regurgitating the tale to Christian, our cabin steward. He listened politely then slipped away only to return with four glasses of champagne for the four of us to enjoy.
On Emerald Princess, our friendship continued to flourish along with our foreign language skills. We loved our time spent together, sharing meals and dazzling nightlife.
Just this past September, we joined Yvon and Martine in Paris. It was a quick train ride on the Eurostar from London to Paris. Mary's French, thanks to Martine, was up for the Paris challenge.
Our roving language lab/friendship will be in session next year when they come to England to see us and again in 2015, when we go to Quebec for a visit.
To think that initial language difficulties could have prevented this true friendship from ever launching. Instead, Mary,myself, Yvon and Martine chose to push out of our comfort zones and hesitatingly conducted that first, fragmented, bilingual conversation aboard Golden Princess.
In addition to their travel plans with the St. Pierres, Stewart and Mary will be taking their eighth cruise vacation on Golden Princess next year to Hawaii, Tahiti and Western Samoa.

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Salaries For Suicide Bombers: Western States Unwittingly Fund Terrorist Activities In Palestine, Says Report
It's no secret that the Palestinian Territories are desperately poor, and that much of the income there comes from foreign aid. The U.S. alone pledged $495.7 million to the Palestinian Authority for the 2012 financial year, and in early February Congress began debating sending over $200 million in aid for 2013 (as of Monday the proposal is currently stalled in Congress).
When Israel chose to withhold tax funds to pay down Palestinian debt to Israel following the Territories' status upgrade at the U.N. in November, it caused a minor international outcry, and Israel eventually released the funds.
Two of the Palestinian Authority's other largest contributors include Britain and Norway, who shelled out more than $93 million and $53 million, respectively, in 2010. Others include the EU, with $211 million; France with $30.6 million; and the World Bank, with $40 million.
The international aid, as State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland said on Monday, is meant to encourage the two-state solution peace process.
The funds were intended to be used to bolster the flailing Palestinian economy, for food aid, education, and to encourage the peace process. In a recent press conference, Nuland said of the new financial commitment to the Palestinian Authority, "Our view remains that our assistance to the Palestinian people is an essential part of the U.S. commitment to a negotiated two-state solution for Palestinians and Israelis, promoting a comprehensive peace in the Middle East."
Unfortunately, much of this funding may be used for the promotion of something dramatically different from peace. According to new report out on Thursday from the Israeli-based research institute Palestinian Media Watch, 2.5 percent of the Palestinian Authority's monthly budget is eaten up by salaries for prisoners sitting in Israeli jails, many of whom are convicted of plotting or carrying out terrorist attacks. That 2.5 percent amounts to about $5 million every month that is paid as a salary to these men, not, the report emphasized, as welfare or social assistance to the men's families.
The word used in the original Arabic articles that the report quotes is "ratib" (راتيب), a word defined in the standard Hans Wehr Dictionary of Modern Arabic as "salary, pay, emolument." The Arabic words for welfare, "kheer" (خير), and assistance, "ah'un," (عون) are completely different, unrelated words.
The report quotes excerpts from the Palestinian paper Al-Hayat Al-Jadida that reveal, "The average prisoner salary is 3,129 shekels ($850)" per month, an amount that is much higher than the monthly salary of a Palestinian civil servant (2,882 shekels, $783), and Palestinian military personnel (2,704 shekels, $734).
Every Palestinian prisoner who is still in an Israeli prison is paid a salary depending on how long they will be incarcerated, the report said. Anyone who has been incarcerated under three years gets 1,400 shekels per month. Those who have been there the longest, 30 years or more, receive 12,000 shekels per month.
In addition to the salary, the Palestinian government also provides a "spousal supplement" of 300 shekels a month for any wives in the picture, and a "special supplement for children under 18" of 50 shekels for every child.
The report also said that some 4,000 prisoners continue to receive salaries after they are released from prison, provided they served at least five years.
In an TV Interview on Wattan TV in December 2012, a privately owned Palestinian Channel, the Palestinian Minister for Prisoner's Affairs Issa Karake said that there are currently about 4,000 Palestinian men who continue to collect a monthly salary after they are released, amounting to 17.5 million shekels (about $4.8 million) every month, in addition to "millions of shekels in canteen money."
An English translation of the interview reveals Karake confirming that every prisoner, regardless of age or employability, gets a salary. When asked by the TV host if any of the released prisoners work, Karake said, "Some work…some volunteer and work in different institutions."
High rates of unemployment in the West Bank and low economic growth create a perfect storm of incentives for men and women to attempt acts of terrorism, given the government's guarantee of life-long funding.
In September the U.N. released a report outlining the slow growth and grim outlook for the Palestinian economy: food insecurity was high, and the poverty rate in East Jerusalem alone stood at 78 percent. Their GDP, according to the CIA World Factbook, is $8.02 billion, earning it a rank of 155 out of 229 countries. As of 2010, they are $1.04 billion in debt to foreign creditors. The GDP per capita, usually used to indicate a country's standard of living, is $1,900, or about 7,000 Israeli shekels. By comparison, the U.S.'s GDP per capita is $49,800, and Israel's is $32,200.
In a 2011 study "The Economics of Counterinsurgency in Iraq," the authors tested the idea that high unemployment and lack of government services leads to high rates of terrorist attempts and attacks. Their results supported the hypothesis: "improved service provision reduces insurgent violence." But one of those authors, Eli Berman, a professor at UC San Diego and author of the book "Radical Religious and Violent: The New Economics of Terrorism," said and in email that there is actually "no evidence that improving employment or economic outcomes will reudce rectuing of suicide attackers or terrorists."
"Morever," he wrote, "when interviewed, failed suicide attackers never mention economic factors as their primary motivation. So why support arrested memebrs in jails, or make payments to the families of terrorists killed?
"Apparently the Palestinian Authority has a reputation to uphold for doing right by militants and their families, and they care about reputation.
"An interesting implication is that the legacy costs of running a violent organization are large," Berman continued, "and keep growing the longer they remain active, which would make it difficult to sustain their reputation in the long run without an ever-increasing budget."
Improper use of foreign aid funds is not without precedent, nor should it come as a surprise.
A ProPublica investigation revealed in October 2012, revealed that a $24 million State Department program, pre-Arab Spring, to promote democracy and good government in Egypt produced (you guessed it), zero results. Turns out the money was going to NGOs that weren't "properly registered."
In Africa, the U.S. contributes billions of dollars in aid to countries like Ethiopia, which a 2011 BBC investigation revealed was being used as "a tool for political oppression," and people were being systematically starved for being in the political opposition.
In the case of the Palestinian Territories, it seems both Britain and Norway were aware, at least, that their money was going in part to Palestinian prisoners, but told the Palestinian Media Watch that the claims had been investigated.
The Norwegian Foreign Minister Espen Barth Eide said in an email to Norwegian journalist Tormod Strand that, "We have examined this again and according to the information we have from the Palestinian Authority, this is not salary payments. … [They] are social benefits for Palestinian prisoners… and their families, whose purpose is to compensate for the loss of income."
In a letter from British Member of Parliament Alan Duncan from the Department for International Development to another MP, Mike Freer, Duncan wrote "the PA's law refers to the payments as 'salaries'… the PA has now changed the wording … to unambiguously refer to the payment as assistance – 'la'ana.'"
Duncan further wrote, "We believe it would be wrong to punish innocent children and other dependent family members by denying them access to social support."
About 62 percent of the prisoners are not married, the Media Watch report said. Furthermore, the report said that while the Palestinian Authority did change the language from "ratib" to "la'ana," the word was changed back once Britain and Norway agreed to continue their funding. In a statement to the Chairman of the Prisoners' Club, a watchdog group that tracks Palestinians who are in Israeli jails, the PA government clarified that the law "considers payments made to prisoners 'salaries,' to which no other term applies. … the cosmetic change to 'social assistance' was only a rumor and [the] prisoners receive salaries out of the PA's esteem for them."
The U.S.'s 2013 aid package for the Palestinian Territories is currently stalled in the House of Representatives. Neither Congressman Ed Royce, head of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, nor Congresswoman Kay Granger, head of the House Appropriations Committee, was immediately available for comment. On Tuesday, the State Department said that Granger had approved that transfer of funds, however others "are still reluctant."
Also on Friday, the U.N. Relief and Works Agency for Palesinian refugees (UNRWA) released an "emergency appeal" requesting an additional $300 million for 2013.
Palestinian Media Watch is based in Jerusalem and is funded by private donors, including the Michael Cherney Foundation, a pro-Israel fund that supports victims of terror, mostly in Israel.
Editor's note: This story was updated at 5:30 pm EST to reflect comments added by Professor Eli Berman.
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Congress's Criminal Justice Reform Act boosts privatization, fails to dismantle mass incarceration, nor does it implement sentencing reform. We speak to Eddie Conway and Natasha Pratt Harris about the proposed reform
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MARC STEINER: Welcome to The Real News. I'm Marc Steiner, great to have you with us.
And I'm here with Eddie Conway, who is Executive Producer here at Real News and host of Rattling the Bars. Eddie, glad you're here in the studio with us.
And it looks as if the United States Senate, in a bipartisan move, is about to pass a criminal justice reform act called The First Step Act. Now, Trump campaigned on being tough on crime, as he said, mocking the notion of not abusing people who are arrested and more.
DONALD TRUMP: It will provide new incentives for low risk inmates to learn the skills they need to find employment, avoid old habits and follow the law when they're released from prison. In many respects, we're getting very much tougher on the truly bad criminals of which, unfortunately, there are many, but we're treating people differently for different crimes.
MARC STEINER: But do we have a new Trump, and are conservatives now for criminal justice reform all of a sudden? So what does it mean when the Koch brothers and their organization, Right on Crime, are united with the American Civil Liberties Union to support this bill? It does change mandatory minimum to an extent, and all those procedures, it improves the good credit time people get to an extent, though there's some racial issues in terms of racial and class bias, releasing more people sooner in federal prisons may happen. But conservatives want to tighten this so people who commit what we call "violent" acts are excluded, along with child abusers and people who sold any amount of heroin to fentanyl.
As I said, Real News Executive Producer Eddie Conway is here, along with Dr. Natasha Pratt-Harris, who's the Criminal Justice Coordinator at Morgan State University, and Aajah Harris, who is SGA President at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore. And welcome to The Real News both of you, all of you. Good to have you here.
NATASHA PRATT-HARRIS: Thank you.
EDDIE CONWAY: Thank you.
MARC STEINER: So Natasha, let me just start with you. What do you think politically is happening here? All these years you've been in the middle of this issue, and we see now, out of nowhere, that we have this first step back, and we'll talk a little bit later about the people who are opposed to this, surprisingly, as not being enough, but what's your analysis of this?
NATASHA PRATT-HARRIS: Well basically, you have what I call like a checklist of items that people in power or who are political leaders are responsible for. So they say, oh check on taxes, check on any number of things health care, check on, oh now let's address criminal justice issues. Right now, criminal justice reform is very popular. During the Nixon era, it was about getting tough and the War on Drugs, which we know means something more than the war on just drugs. Under Reagan, you had Say No to Drugs and the campaign where you actually had a full-fledged war on drugs. Under Bill Clinton, you had the Crime Control Act of 1994, and that was a checklist item.
Then you had the realities of the second Bush, who decided that we needed a Second Chance Act of 2007 because we need faith-based organizations to do their part in assessing what happens with people who've been incarcerated, or actually offering assistance to those folks and changing the way we do criminal justice work, which kind of started from the get tough policies of prior years, the first Bush, Reagan and so forth. And then you have President Obama, who came in with his reforms, and part of his administration. And now you have Trump, who's just following suit on what the previous presidents had been engaged in. This is politics as usual. It's going to be popular because criminal justice reform is a popular thing right now. Many people are using language that they didn't even know existed ten, fifteen years ago, maybe even five years ago. So this is just a part of the norm in terms of the check box items. But in the popular world, it is exciting. Oh wow, Trump is doing this exciting new thing.
MARC STEINER: So this to me, in some ways, Eddie, is there are clearly positive things about this bill. I mean, people are forced to do something and say something, whether it's realistic or not, being forced into this issue. But one of the things, I mean the critics are saying this is supposed to affect mass incarceration. The reality is it has nothing to do with sentencing, the people have been battling to change sentencing guidelines at the federal level, that hasn't changed. So what do you think the real import of this will be?
EDDIE CONWAY: Well, as I mentioned earlier, I think, and I'll go back to Malcolm X's statement. We're being tricked, hoodwinked and bamboozled. This is just an occurrence of fixing the criminal justice system because of the amount of attention that Michelle Alexander's book focused on that, because of the standing of America's prison system in the world, the largest prison population for any nation in the world. So lawmakers want to–it's putting lipstick on a pig, if I could do that. And the amount of reforms that's in this particular bill is so minute that it doesn't even show up on the statistical chart. In the final analysis, if this bill was to pass, it would affect about a total of 6000 people. The reality is, if the bill passes, it's going to incarcerate people longer, but it's also going to spread the prison industrial complex out into the community by using electronic monitors and other kinds of things. And so, the system won't be housing that many people inside the walls, but it will be turning the community into prison itself in poor and Black communities.
MARC STEINER: So I want to explore that a bit. That has not been part the official critique, which has more to do with sentencing, but there are things at the beginning and the end of this in terms of how we deal with criminal justice I want to get to. But I'm curious, Aajah, as somebody who is working on this on campus, I mean, how does this initially affect you in your thinking in terms of what they're trying to do? What do you think is missing here?
AAJAH HARRIS: I find it quite interesting that I, in the classroom, haven't heard about this particular bill or act, so it's very new to me. I mean, I do think that it's–I also agree with what he says, it's like a trick. No one ever wants to agree with a bill that positively affects the people who it need to affect, but it always is a bill that goes in favor of the, almost in line with that theory like the haves and have nots. It always goes in favor of someone who has things and not in the favor of the people who don't have things. So I think that when creating bills or legislations in general, the government should be in favor of everyone, but most importantly the have nots because the have nots kind of overpower those who have.
MARC STEINER: One of the things about the bill, internally, before we talk about the other two extremes in this bill, what happens before people are sent to prison and how the sentencing happens and what happens when they're out, which is what Eddie just raised, which was going to raise earlier. One of the critiques here, and I think it's interesting to talk about this. We're doing more and more with algorithms in terms of determining what we should do with society, taking the human element out, just an allegedly objective look at the world. One of the things here about this bill is that, apparently, if you have a record, a continuing record of crime, of criminal activity, of being arrested and convicted, that goes into this algorithm that may make you not eligible for all the reforms. And part of the argument, Natasha, here that people are making against this is that that will affect Black and brown people and poor people in an adverse way, more than the other people who may have been kingpins and more and can get out because they've never been busted before.
NATASHA PRATT-HARRIS: Definitely. Again, there's a lot of lip service to just about everything we've done in our society regarding criminal justice issues, especially when the reality is People of Color had been disparately impacted by a get tough policy or otherwise. Even when we had a system where Black folks weren't just disproportionately represented, Black people were impacted in a way that other folks or persons who are the haves, like Aajah shared, aren't necessarily affected. Quite frankly, you can have these algorithms, but it's truly about who's in place and how people respond to the messenger group behind this particular thing. So one of the analogies I consider is if you are a Lakers fan and LeBron is playing for the Lakers at that time and you're good with what he's doing on the court, then you're good with this process. But if you are a Cleveland fan and LeBron is no longer with Cleveland, then you definitely are saying there's something wrong. But it's the same game.
MARC STEINER: That's really interesting. I've never heard that analogy before, I like that. We're here with Dr. Natasha Pratt-Harris, who's Associate Professor at Morgan State University, Aajah Harris and Eddie Conway.
And we just hit the tip of the iceberg here. And the rest that has to do with what happens with people who are sentenced and what kind of sentencing goes on and how that's not being reformed in this, as well as the larger issue, in some ways, what happens when you get out? Let's say you're let out and you're given early release. Are you really free? Well, the segments coming up are going to track and talk about all of that, so join us.
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With his versatility on guitar, lapsteel and mandolin he became the "hired gun" in town and has played and recorded for numerous local and national bands.
The first CD titled "Johnny Hawthorn Band" (released in 2006) was well received and the instrumental song "Cream" still receives substantial rotation on internet and satellite radio. He was featured in Guitar Player Magazine's "Spotlight on New Talent" column and Mike Varney wrote: "Hawthorn is a gifted player on all fronts, with phrasing reminiscent of Clapton and Hendrix…"
The 2nd CD "Death & Taxes", received 2009's Recommended CD's from "American Music" (Belgium). Blues Matters (UK) magazine wrote, "As a guitar player he can be awesome, whether in out-and-out country mode or playing full throttle blues rock."
"Pawn Shop Tattered Heart" is the 3rd CD produced & engineered by Charley Pollard with guest appearances from Gregg Bissonette (David Lee Roth, Ringo Starr all star band), Matt Bissonette (Elton John) and Arthur Barrow (Frank Zappa). This collection of songs is more rock based and brings the bands sound into a new sonic space.
It received the GUITAR PLAYER MAGAZINE'S "Editors' Faves" for July 2014 and received a glowing review from Matt Blackett who said, "…there are riffs and melodies that will surely appeal to fans of Aerosmith, The Eagles, and Led Zeppelin".
Touring with acts as a hired guitar player and recording –Toad the Wet Sprocket, Everclear, Grant Langston, Ernest Troost, Calico the Band, Amelia White, Shane Alexander, Lenny Goldstein, Debby Holiday – Johnny has also written and produced songs for other upcoming artists and produced exclusive, world-class music for television, advertising, and film.
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Whatever the season we will always be fully stocked and ready to support your hunting equipment needs. Deer stands, deer corn, decoys, hand-held or electronic calls, scents, plus packs to carry your equipment. And of course, we're ready for varmint hunting every day!
Scopes and binoculars. We can install your scopes for you!
Load up with ammo! We are always fully stocked.
For customers who want to maintain their firearms themselves, we have a section of our store dedicated to cleaning equipment and supplies.


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The comments are beautiful. Also, when he brought up that the blog is acting more like a forum... yeah I wanna see a Muppet forum run by Steve, wouldn't you? @JimAndFrank would become the first staff member after Steve.Steve reveals why he's been so...umm...flushed for time lately and addresses the Pundit troll situation.
Also, he read my poem and called me a coMODian due to the pun in my response....which is just darn cool!


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Serving With Us
Christ followers are called to serve. At Venture, we serve together within the church, in the community and globally, as we meet the needs of people and share the hope of the gospel of Jesus Christ.
Serve Within Venture
- KidVenture – Serve up to one Sunday per month leading our children in the KidVenture ministry
- Student Ministries – Help disciple teenagers through our student ministries that meet on Thursday nights and are also have events, retreats, and camps
- Worship Team – Use you musical or technical skills to lead the church in playing worship music
- Prayer Team – Gather once a month to pray for Venture and its spiritual impact in the surrounding community
- Sunday Morning Hospitality Teams – Help everyone feel welcomed and loved by greeting and serving with setup, coffee and donuts on Sunday mornings
- Set Up/Tear Down Team – Help out in turning a gym into a worship setting, and then back into a gym!
- Life Group Leader – Lead great discussions in a living room as we join together to grow in discipleship
- MOPS – reach out to Mothers Of Preschoolers through the MOPS ministry
- Communications – Help spread the word about Venture Church through graphics, print, and social media
- Media/Audio Teams – Help record the sermon, conduct sound tests, run slides for the worship service and work the audio so that people can hear the message!
Local Outreach
Serve in our local community
- Memory Care – Help lead a weekly worship service for our friends at The Lakes Assisted Living & Memory Care
- Summer XP – Serve in our annual Kids Summer Experience (Venture's version of Vacation Bible School)
Crossing the Border
Serving in Mexico
- Hands of Mercy – Build "loft houses" for needy families in Mexico
- Church Planting Partnerships – Come alongside other church plants in Ensenada, Mexico through training and ministry outreaches
- Siloe Ministries – Serve in a medical and dental clinic in Rosarito, Mexico
Strategic Global Partnerships
Planting churches around the world
- Ireland Church Plant – Venture supports church planting missionaries in Ireland through financial and prayer support, offering encouragement and sending short-term teams
- Liberia Mercy Partners – Venture partners with Liberia Mercy Partners to encourage church planters and their related ministries in Liberia


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Here's what I just received by email:
"Got your phone and e-mail, just been very busy with patients this am. Your values are much better. M-spike in beta 2 region is 0.29 G/dl, Gamma region is 0.18 G/dl. Your IGA is 1132, IGG 310, and IGM 37
My IgA was 2245 mg/dL when I started. My IgM is in the normal range for the first time ever! IgG still low.


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Sports has become a major Social phenomenon nowadays. Sports persons always have an attitude to never quit but sometimes trauma stops them from playing. Sportsguard play an immense role in protecting their Teeth from damage.
What is a Sports guard??
Sports guard is a specially made rubberlike cover that fits exactly over your Teeth and Gums preventing them from damage. It is customised for each and every person according to their Teeth and Jaw size.
Which kind of Sports requires Sports guard??
- Boxing
- Football
- Skating
- Cycling
- Acrobatics
- Gymnastics
- Wrestling
- Field hockey
- Volleyball
- Rugby
- Some Athletic events
Functions of Sports guard:
Sports guard prevents
- Laceration and bruising of Cheeks , Lips & Gums.
- Fracture of Teeth and Jaws.
- Neurological injuries by acting as a shock absorber between Upper and Lower jaws.
- Neck injuries by preventing reinforcement.
Types of Sports guard:
- Stock Guard:
Available in Sports stores and departmental stores. They are least expensive, should be adjusted to wear. These guards are not recommended as they do not provide complete protection.
- Boil and Bite Guards: It is also available in sports stores and are better than stock guard. They are available as thermoplastic material which is boiled in hot water to soften and placed into mouth and shaped around teeth using lips, cheeks, biting pressure. These type of guards require constant clenching pressure as the fit is not perfect.
- Customized Sports Guards:
This is specially designed for each individual by the qualified Dentist with an impression for your teeth. This guard provides maximum protection, comfort and ease. It can be made unique by printing your names, your team names or logo, flags, etc in the sportsguard.
Sports guard is also available for persons wearing BRACES.
Sports guard not only protects you from trauma but also allows you to put full effort and concentration without the fear of injury


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Lots of others 'crystal ball gaze' into the future of Microsoft's 'Surface' products. Here is another perspective. A lighter tone than the usual post, here is a look at both what Microsoft are likely to do, and what they should do. 🙂 Ok, it is largely crystal ball gazing, but so it seems is every other prediction on the 'Surface Pro', so here is a different perspective.
1) There may be no 'Surface Pro 5', as a name change really makes sense.
Since releasing the original 'Surface' and then 'Surface Pro', the 'Surface product line' has evolved to a point where the original names are in serious need of review. Which is the most 'professional' product of the current range? The 'Surface Pro', the 'Surface Book' or the 'Surface Studio'? The 'Surface Pro' was 'Pro' relative to the original 'Surface', and the two names made sense. Now 'Surface' is a family and 'Pro' does not describe where the 'Surface Pro' fits in that family. How about 'Surface Tab Pro' or 'Surface Pad Pro'? Microsoft can afford to pay people to come up with a better name, but a new name is needed.
2) Two new products, one Qualcomm based, one Intel Based!
"We need to be willing to lean in to uncertainty, take risks and move quickly when we make mistakes, recognising failure happens along the way to mastery," Nadella wrote in a 2015 memo to Microsoft employees
So what will be the new 'non pro' device? The philosophy of the 'Surface' products is to do things differently and take risks. Innovation. But as the most successful product in the Surface line-up, there is a limit to the risks that can be taken with the Surface Pro. Which is why, beyond the logic for the name change, there will logically be a new Kaby Lake CPU based device to follow on from the Surface-Pro.
Contrary to other suggestions, the USB-3 port should stay, and instead the mini-display port should upgrade to Thunderbold-3. Re-chargeable pen, improved battery life, incremental improvements.
3. The 'Surface' replacement, the bold step!
This is where the room to take risks exists. The recently demonstrated ability to run full windows on a Qualcomm CPU opens the door for something new, lighter and with LTE connectivity. Such a device would be the logical reason for display at MWC 2017. Running full windows on such a CPU enables a phone, but this new device needs to be another leap, and something targeting both phone and tablet is the logical solution. Phones today are ready for the next step, with so many people using hands free or earphones/headphones, do we really need a device designed to be held to our head anymore?


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She has received thousands of likes for the photos.
Sunny Leone breaks the internet by stunning fans in a very sexy sequined Rocky Star dress.
On 26th March 2017, she posted pictures of her outfit on social media, as she attended a club appearance at a San Jose club in California.
She received a positive reaction from her fans.
In the images, Sunny Leone wears a sexy, pastel sequined outfit with floral embellishments. The Rocky Star dress allowed the Bollywood star to show off her legs.
She completed the look with nude heels and a clutch bag, also created by Indian designer Rocky Star.
Sunny Leone also added a chunky bracelet and a fringed ear cuff that created an edge to her look. The actress appeared pleased to show off her dress and she thanked the designer as he styled her.
The actress appeared pleased to show off her dress and she thanked the designer as he styled her.
So far, she has received thousands of likes for the photos. Fans also commented, praising her sexy Rocky Star dress and complimenting the star. One fan on social media says: "Looking gorgeous."
One fan on social media says: "Looking gorgeous."
Sunny also posted another picture of her night out in San Jose. She appeared with her husband, Daniel Webber, and Raees director, Rahul Dholakia.
The Bollywood actress currently enjoys a holiday away with her husband. They first visited Cancun, Mexico and Sunny documented the travel through her social media pictures. She treated fans to pictures of her on the beach.
Wearing a black bikini with sunglasses, Sunny Leone sets bounding pulses. Standing in front of a clear blue sea and sunny skies, no doubt fans felt envious of her luxurious holiday trip.
While she undoubtedly will enjoy this breakaway, she will jet off to more stunning locations. On 30th March 2017, she will also travel to Dubai as part of the Gitex Shopper Spring Edition 2017.
President of XTouch, Jack Lee, says:
"We are excited to have her as our brand ambassador. Her beauty, grace, elegance, confidence perfectly captures the essence of our products, which are crafted with care to look elegant, stylish and graceful."
"We are confident our association with Sunny Leone will provide the brand with an extra edge to stand out and get noticed in the market."
DESIblitz looks forward to seeing more stunning images of Sunny Leone during her travels.
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I've oddly been having a ton of God moments recently: from a St. Patrick's Day in the middle of a crowded basement bar after dancing for a ton of people I did not know, little chats over text message with close friends of mine, and of course my most recent decision to decline my offer to graduate school.
To remain unbiased, the university and its programs will be unnamed throughout the course of this story. Since early November, I have thought of nothing else but a future in graduate school. In addition to that, I have hoped and envisioned myself receiving that degree alongside a professional assistantship in Campus Ministry. Throughout the course of this year at JSC, I have had easy access to this school. So, durring the application process, I visited campus once allowing me to meet with my potential employer before any of the other prospective graduate assistants, had a phone interview which led to me being asked to come to campus for a full day of interviews with students and staff members. Needless to say, by the end of the on-campus interview day, I thought the position was mine. I thought after the relationships I had formed both over the phone, through email, and in person that I had done all I needed to impress the people making the final decision.
There was no doubt in my mind that I would be given one of the four open positions.
All this being said, one can imagine my reaction when in the middle of a retreat for St. Charles in Columbus, I opened an email that, in all of its professionalism, said thank you, but no thank you. I didn't say a word to anyone; the rest of the retreat I found myself silent and that silence continued into the ride back to our Airbnb. I was shocked, completely destroyed, and absolutely embarrassed for what I knew had to come next. I needed to start telling the people closest to me of this news. All I could muster were a few text messages. Phone calls would have to wait because I quite literally could not even speak. I was so angry—with myself and with God. I thought this was my dream, it was all I had been working towards since my early years as an undergraduate student at John Carroll. "This was supposed to have worked out, right God? What did I do wrong?"
I then let a week go by, having conversations with family and close friends, still drowning in my awful thoughts and lies. After a week, I mustered up every ounce of bravery I had to send a follow up email expressing my disappointment and asking several questions relating to professional feedback. I received a response almost instantly explaining that this woman wanted to speak to me personally over the phone and when was the soonest I could do so? I set up a phone call with a woman I barely knew that has vastly changed my entire outlook on life. Her feedback was this: I was an exceptional young woman and they had tried to place me in a different position in a completely different department before letting me know of their final decision (which is why it took them so long to get back to me), but every assistantship position on campus had already been filled. She also expressed that perhaps Campus Ministry might not be for me and had I ever thought of…
I don't wish to share the specific field at this time, but I do wish to share how it made me feel. As she spoke these words, my entire body began to feel lighter, my heart less anxious and the thought of such a future brought the biggest smile to my face. It was one of those moments where you stop and say, "Thanks God, I know that was you."
God has astounded me this year, in more ways than one. I have learned so much about myself and my own potential. I learned that I have been chasing a future that somewhere deep down always felt wrong, but it was easier to continue to chase it than to let go of it and start over. I realized that human beings can cause tremendous pain and destruction, but that they can also cause more beauty than we thought possible; even from people who do not know us that well. I also learned that every moment of our lives is interconnected to the greater story of our existence as individuals. Without X, we would never have or know Y. I can see a straight path now that used to be a tangled web of information that I could not comprehend as being connected. But now, every moment and every professional opportunity I have had makes sense.
Everything under the sun has a purpose, but if we are not willing to have or notice our God moments, we may just miss that purpose. We may keep striving towards something that is not meant to be, because it is easier that way. But here is a question I dare ask: when in the world did God ever make anything easy for anyone? We are not created to do it the easy way! I have no idea what comes next, but I do know that it will difficult. Question marks lie in front of me, and honestly, that should scare me. But it does not. It excites me. It excites me because this is my invitation to be as brave, bold and as unapologetically Klaire as God created me to be! God gives each and every one of us that same invitation in multiple forms, and we often miss it. This time, I heard it loud and clear, and eventually you will too if you have not already.


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Hip Resurfacing
Is an exciting new alternative to total hip replacement. Used successfully for years around the globe, the BIRMINGHAM HIP Resurfacing System has recently been approved by the Food and Drug Administration for use in the United States. Now, patients suffering from hip pain due to arthritis, dysplasia or avascular necrosis can benefit from its conservative approach to treatment.
Because this technologically advanced surgical procedure resurfaces rather than replaces the end of your femur, patients can participate in more strenuous physical activity with an implant that is potentially more stable and longer-lasting than traditional total hip replacements. And if future revision surgery is required, it may be a less complex and less traumatic procedure
Hip resurfacing is intended for young, active adults who are under 60 years of age and in need of a hip replacement. Adults over 60 who are living non-sedentary lifestyles may also be considered for this procedure. However, this can only be further determined by a review of your bone quality. There are certain causes of hip arthritis that result in extreme deformity of either the head of the femur or the acetabulum (hip socket) where hip resurfacing is not an option.
Patients with primary osteoarthritis are ideal candidates.
Osteoarthritis of the hip is a disease which wears away the cartilage between the femoral head and the acetabulum, eventually causing the two bones to scrape against each other, raw bone on raw bone. When this happens, the joint becomes pitted, eroded and uneven. The result is pain, stiffness and instability, and in some cases, motion of the leg may be greatly restricted. Patients with osteoarthritis often develop large bone spurs, or osteophytes, around the joint, further limiting motion. Osteoarthritis is a common, degenerative disease, and although it most often occurs in patients over the age of 50, it can occur at any age, especially if the joint is in some way damaged.
Osteoarthritis of the hip is a condition commonly referred to as "wear and tear" arthritis. Although the degenerative process may accelerate in persons with a previous hip injury, many cases of osteoarthritis occur when the hip simply wears out. Some experts believe there may exist a genetic predisposition in people who develop osteoarthritis of the hip. Abnormalities of the hip due to previous fractures or childhood disorders may also lead to a degenerative hip. Osteoarthritis of the hip is the most common cause for both total hip replacement and hip resurfacing.
The first and most common symptom of osteoarthritis is pain in the hip or groin area during weight bearing activities such as walking. People with hip pain usually compensate by limping, or reducing the force on the arthritic hip. As a result of the cartilage degeneration, the hip loses its flexibility and strength, and may lead to the formation of bone spurs. Finally, as the condition worsens, the pain may be present all the time, even during non weight-bearing activities.
Before deciding on hip resurfacing, we try several non-surgical, conservative measures to relieve the pain and inflammation in your hip.
Lifestyle Modification
The first alternative to hip replacement involves such lifestyle modification measures as weight loss, avoiding activities involving long periods of standing or walking, and the use of a cane to decrease the stress on the painful hip.
Exercise and Physical Therapy
Exercise and physical therapy may be prescribed to improve the strength and flexibility of your hip and other lower extremity muscles. Your exercise program may include riding a stationary bike, light weight training and flexibility exercises. An aquatic therapy program is especially effective for the treatment of arthritis since it allows mild resistance while removing weight bearing stresses
Anti-inflammatory Medications
Arthritis pain is primarily caused by inflammation in the hip joint. Reducing the inflammation of the tissue in the hip can provide temporary relief from pain and may delay surgery.
Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs (NSAIDs) may be prescribed to decrease the inflammation associated with arthritis. A new classification of NSAIDs, called Cox-2 inhibitors, are often very effective in decreasing pain.
In a small number of cases, the doctor may prescribe corticosteroids, such as prednisone or cortisone, if NSAIDs are not effective. However, due to the higher rate of side effects associated with corticosteriods, a physician must closely monitor their use.
Two dietary supplements, Glucosamine and Chondroitin (commonly available in a combined tablet), may decrease the symptoms of hip arthritis. Glucosamine and Chondroitin sulfate are both naturally occurring molecules, and issues associated with both remain under active research. However, it appears that many people taking these nutrition supplements on a regular basis note a decrease in their arthritis symptoms.
There exist a number of non-surgical alternatives to total hip replacement surgery. Such measures as lifestyle modification, exercise and physical therapy, and medication should be implemented before deciding on surgery. If all of these measures have been exhausted then surgical intervention can be very successful in decreasing pain and greatly improving function.
Total hip replacement requires the removal of the femoral head and the insertion of a hip stem down the shaft of the femur. Hip resurfacing, on the other hand, preserves the femoral head and the femoral neck. During the procedure, we only remove a few centimeters of bone around the femoral head, shaping it to fit tightly inside the hip resurfacing implant.We also prepare the acetabulum for the metal cup that will form the socket portion of the ball-and-socket joint. While the resurfacing component slides over the top of the femoral head like a tooth cap, the acetabular component is pressed into place much like a total hip replacement component would be.


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DPR are delighted to announce that we have been appointed to provide damp proofing services at Doncaster International Airport in South Yorkshire.
After an extensive bidding process, with our credibility, experience and safety regularly checked, we are delighted to be awarded the contract.
The work at the airport, which sees thousands of flights arrive and depart every month, includes adding damp prevention measures to the main aeroplane hangar offices and hangar garage. This is part of the new refurbishment of the airport which will be increasing its ability to offer great flights for many families across the UK.
Speaking after the contract had been award, DPR managing Director Darren Rickett said: "We are proud to be associated with high profile works such as this which goes to show how our determination in training and development pays off."
Robin Hood airport is one in a long line of commercial companies to which DPR have been providing damp proofing and roofing services to in the last few years as we continue to grow in company development and contract size.
In recent years we have also been awarded a major contract with Wakefield Estates which looks after local colleges, schools and historic buildings in the city centre, as well as the contract for the guttering at Finlays Beverages, famous for providing copious amounts of coffee across the UK.
If you are a company in Yorkshire and require a specialist commercial roofing or damp proofing company, please look no further than DPR and call us on 0113 335 0043. Whether you are in the need of a brand new job, or require regular commercial property roofing maintenance, we have the professionals and experience to deal with your issues time and time again.


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We are pleased to invite you to the Eurotransplant Annual Meeting 2022 which will take place on Thursday September 22, and Friday September 23, 2022, at Van der Valk hotel Sassenheim-Leiden. It is now possible to register.
Please find the overview of the program and other information on our Annual Meeting website.
Call for applications Jon van Rood Award
Applications for the 'Eurotransplant Jon van Rood Award 2022' can be submitted. This award is granted to a researcher from one of the Eurotransplant member states, who has published a scientific paper in the field of organ or tissue transplantation that significantly contributed to this field.
The award winner will be announced during this Annual Meeting. You can find more information on the award and application procedure on the Annual Meeting website. The deadline for submission is August 1st, 2022.
Winner of the Jon van Rood award 2021:
A. Senev, MD, PhD (KU Leuven, Belgium) received the award during the Online Annual Meeting 2021 for research on Transplant glomerulopathy and antibody-mediated rejection in the absence of donor-specific HLA antibodies.


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Technological Mind Reading - An Intrusive Reality
This is not a "theory." Its a fight for our lives.
Its not a matter of if you "believe it" or not -
Its a matter of if you are aware and if you can
Care to help restore our safety and freedom.
Aside from reported legal medical and law enforcement applications of mind reading technologies they are also part of an invasive mind control program that has been being used to enslave humanity.
Remote mind reading is done through computers with surveillance and radio wave technologies. Thoughts and dreams can not only be remotely read, but can also be plugged into a victim's brain without them even being aware of what is happening. Imagine a person sitting in their home and being watched through surveillance equipment that has Xray vision. The intruder then shoots radio waves into the victim's brain as easily as it is for a satellite to shoot radio waves into a person's home or computer for internet access. The brain is scanned and then read on a computer screen. This may sound like science fiction, but this is happening to people.
None of the reports, which I list below, expose the more advanced remotely used types of mind reading technologies, but they do indeed exist and have been being criminally used on humanity. These reports are merely to show you that these sorts of technologies do exist and prove to you that the technological capability of reading a person's mind is real and not science fiction.
U.S. News & World Report (in 2000) reported John Norseen's comment about his fMRI research: "If this research pans out you can begin to manipulate what someone is thinking even before they know it. . . The ethics don't concern me, but they should concern someone else." In this article Douglas Pasternak reports that, "Norseen's interest in the brain stems from a Soviet book he read in the mid-1980s, claiming that research on the mind would revolutionize the military and society at large." http://www.cognitiveliberty.org/neuro/norseen.html
CBS News (in 2010) reported that, "Software that uses brain scans to determine what items people are thinking about was among the technological innovations showcased Wednesday by Intel Corp..." http://www.cbsnews.com/news/mind-reading-technology-showcased-in-nyc/
Scientific American (in 2013) reported that, "Groups around the world are using techniques like these to try to decode brain scans and decipher what people are seeing, hearing and feeling, as well as what they remember or even dream about... Media reports have suggested that such techniques bring mind-reading "from the realms of fantasy to fact", and "could influence the way we do just about everything". The Economist in London even cautioned its readers to "be afraid." http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/mind-reading-technology-speeds-ahead/
The Guardian (in 2007) reported that, "A team of world-leading neuroscientists has developed a powerful technique that allows them to look deep inside a person's brain and read their intentions before they act. The research breaks controversial new ground in scientists' ability to probe people's minds and eavesdrop on their thoughts, and raises serious ethical issues over how brain-reading technology may be used in the future." https://www.theguardian.com/science/2007/feb/09/neuroscience.ethicsofscience
Live Science reported that, "Scientists have made impressive gains recently when it comes to reading minds. For instance, through brain scans, researchers can tell what number a person has just seen, figure out what letters a person wants to type..." http://www.livescience.com/6205-scientists-read-minds-brain-scans.html
Wikipedia Reported that, "Psychotronics is a term coined in 1967 by Zden?k Rejdák for the study of parapsychology. Extensive research programmes and numerous conferences into the field during the 1970s and 1980s sparked Cold War fears of mind control and other psychotronic weaponry being developed by Eastern Bloc countries which led to popularisation of the term in the West." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychotronics
CBS This Morning reports new Xray vision technology that can not only see through walls but can also remotely read a person's vital signs - heart rate and respiration with electromagnetics that are similar to wifi; https://youtu.be/PnvcjKXo-AY
Wikipedia Reported that, "The history of brain–computer interfaces (BCIs) starts with Hans Berger's discovery of the electrical activity of the human brain and the development of electroencephalography (EEG). In 1924 Berger was the first to record human brain activity by means of EEG. Berger was able to identify oscillatory activity, such as Berger's wave or the alpha wave (8–13 Hz), by analyzing EEG traces." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brain%E2%80%93computer_interface
Wikipedia reported that, "A brain–computer interface (BCI), sometimes called a mind-machine interface (MMI), direct neural interface (DNI), or brain–machine interface (BMI), is a direct communication pathway between an enhanced or wired brain and an external device. BCIs are often directed at researching, mapping, assisting, augmenting, or repairing human cognitive or sensory-motor functions. Research on BCIs began in the 1970s at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) under a grant from the National Science Foundation, followed by a contract from DARPA. The papers published after this research also mark the first appearance of the expression brain–computer interface in scientific literature." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brain%E2%80%93computer_interface
Technological mind and dream reading are a painfully intrusive reality to covertly targeted people whose thoughts can even be used as a basis for the abusers to harass - ridicule and judge. I am one of those targets. Their intrusions sometimes feel like I am being raped - its a horrible violation of my body as well as my privacy. And far worse than this is happening to most victims of remote technological experimentation and/or covert targeting. We are also tortured with the laser parts of these radio wave (microwave) technologies...etc.
But the most painful parts of being a victim of technological targeting are the fact that there have been no professionals who are openly acknowledging that these crimes are even happening and no safe place for victims to turn for protection. Many victims are accused of being "crazy" or "delusional" or "mentally ill," which merely adds to our pain and crushes our hope for the hell to ever end. We are being hurt indescribably. What has been happening to heavily "Targeted Individuals" can be accurately described as grossly cruel holocaustal crimes. . .and these horrors can only grow, and engulf more of humanity, if they remain unacknowledged and unstopped. Please do all that you can to help expose and stop these sorts of crimes from continuing and growing. Read more about my personal experiences in my book, "Targeted in America" or on www.targetedinamerica.com
Lie Detection
A positive application of mind reading technologies is lie detection in the juditial system. BUT what happens when a mind control victim's brain has been hacked and some memories erased or new memories plugged in? A criminal could look completely innocent, because he (or she) honestly does not remember the crime. And an innocent person could appear guilty. Relying too heavily on technology can carry many dangers, especially in a world where such technologies are being criminally used to interfere with or control people's minds.
Wired Magazine (in 2006) reported that, "Now fMRI is also poised to transform the security industry, the judicial system, and our fundamental notions of privacy." http://www.wired.com/2006/01/lying/
Also read articles on Mind Control and Personality Swapping
More may be added soon. Targeting vamped up as I wrote this.
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A world where the void of greed and hate
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European Carriers Don't Believe in Nokia Lumia
In the US Nokia's Lumia 900 and Lumia 710 are selling well. Some AT&T stores sold out of the former phone within days, and T-Mobile says the latter is performing well on its network.
Europeans carriers aren't as thrilled with Nokia's Windows Phones.
According to Reuters, European carriers don't think Nokia's Lumia phones are good enough to compete with the iPhone and the myriad Android phones in the market. Some sources within the carriers said Nokia charges too much for the Lumia phones.
One unnamed carrier executive said "no one comes into the store and asks for a Windows Phone." Even with Nokia's dedication to Microsoft's platform it seems European smartphone buyers just don't want to use it. Of course, it doesn't help that retail employees in Paris push iPhones or Android phones from Samsung and HTC, just like some AT&T employees.
That same executive admitted that Nokia Lumia phones can "do tonnes of cool things," especially when connected to PCs. The trouble is users don't know that what the phones are capable of.
He added "if the Lumia with the same hardware came with Android in it and not Windows, it would be much easier to sell." After all, who wouldn't want an Android phone with the beautiful design of the Lumia 800 or Lumia 900?
European carriers aren't the only ones that don't believe in Windows Phone. In the US there's a hint of a similar attitude towards the platform from Verizon. The carrier has one Windows Phone, the HTC Trophy, but it came out in June 2011. Verizon hasn't made any announcements of new Windows Phone since the Trophy launched.
Verizon has instead focused on the iPhone and its popular Droid line.
Read Can the Lumia 900 Be Windows Phone's 'Droid'?
Windows Phone so far hasn't sold anywhere near Android or iPhone levels. The Lumia 900 has the opportunity to change that, but all we know is that it's exceeded AT&T's sales expectations so far.
Maybe Windows Phone 8 Apollo will make the platform more enticing to users, but we don't know when Microsoft will release that update, or even announce it. Until then, Nokia and Microsoft have to convince both carriers and consumers that Windows Phone can compete with Android and iOS.
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300: Rise of an Empire Trailer #2 2014 Movie - Official [HD]
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"300: Rise of an Empire" movie hits theaters March 7, 2014.
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Polish Mayor @jmmajchrowski takes steps to protect citizens from rising electromagnetic radiation; wifi, smartmeters https://t.co/Ywg0Jr7Xqw
— Dr Maryanne Demasi (@MaryanneDemasi) January 12, 2017
I was bored and had a stronger-than-usual espresso, saw the above Tweet, so obviously I decided to read the Health & Safety Guide that came with my cell phone.
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) set specific limits to Radio Frequency (RF) that any given electronic device can emit. Theoretically, at or below this level is "safe." The actual number comes from the National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurement (NCRP) and Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). The overall tone of this document is grave, ie, they take this RF limit very seriously.
The limit: 1.6 W/kg (Specific Absorption Rate [SAR]) or 0.0016 W/g.
I checked online at www.fcc.gov/oet/ea, and my phone is rated 0.3 Watts (W) at around 1.5 cm – distance is important: in this case, it's the difference between squashing the phone between your face and your hand vs. holding it a finger tip's distance away.
So, is my brain safe? Hard to say; how many grams of brain are within 1.5 cm from my brain? If we're talking whole head exposure, ~4 kg, that'd be ~6 W. But I'm more concerned about the 4 grams of brain closest to my ear, within that 1.5 cm range, because brain cancer is pretty scary at any level of brain cancer (ie, whether it affects whole brain or just the 4 grams closest to my ear).
I can't figure out these maths so I'm sticking with earbuds until I can.
Radio Frequency Safety: https://www.fcc.gov/general/radio-frequency-safety-0
The FCC makes a big deal about eyes and testes, noting RF exposure has been shown to cause cataracts and sterility in animal models. This is not environmental RF exposure, but rather more like that which may occur by pressing a cell phone directly against your skull. Maybe. My phone has a lot of potential RF going on: Bluetooth, 4g, cellular, wi-fi, GPS… I have no idea if these matter or if multiple different frequencies are synergistic brain carcinogens or what. Still sticking with earbuds, though, and gonna keep cell phone in back pocket (further away from the testes).
RF -> calcium efflux in brain tissue -> brain fog?
I have no idea about the full implications of this, but: 1) Samsung felt it important enough to warn that the phone should be 1.5 cm away from your body; and 2) the FCC published a huge document describing RF and the potential health effects.
This might be important for people who talk on their phone for prolonged periods of time (FCC suggests this might be >6 minutes) and/or younger children.
World Health Organization's stance: http://www.who.int/peh-emf/en/
I'll just leave this here (ok, it's the notorious Volkow study). And this.
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The Loomby Shella Gillus
Guideposts (Dec 01, 2011)
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Lydia knew her fate. Like every other slave on the Maryland plantation, her life would end at the loom… Throughout the pre-Civil War South, older slaves too worn out for anything else worked daily in the plantation's loom room, weaving and creating cloth for their families. Tucked away out of sight and forgotten by most everyone, the wisdom and hard-won experience of these slaves were often overlooked. But Lydia, a light-skinned house slave, listens to their words and dreams of a better life. When running away leads to her recapture, Lydia discovers that with her pale skin, the right clothing, and pretense, she can walk into a world of freedom and wealth she has only dreamed of. But Lydia struggles to leave behind the man she loves and the culture of a world in which she belongs. Drawing on the wise community in the plantation's loom room, Lydia chases freedom in a way no one ever expected and finds that she ultimately must choose between the love she has and the life she doesn't. The Loom is a colorful tale of love linked to a lie and the discovery that life is not always black or white.


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「舞台少女」 (Butai Shoujo)
"Stage Girl"
Here by popular demand: a Shoujo Kageki Revue Starlight post! I don't usually take requests (being a snobbish pianist at heart), but Revue Starlight is a genuinely interesting show and it could a few words to that effect can't hurt. I should make clear, though, that here on RandomC when we don't spend a post on a new show it's not because we don't like the show, or because it's bad. Blogging bad shows is a unique challenge that we sometimes indulge in. Mostly, it's because we don't have the time. All the RandomC staff are real people with real lives and each season our coverage is a matter of triage. By all means, let us know which shows you're excited for and would like to see blogged, but we respond much better to polite proposals than to capital letters. As most people do.
Not that you want Passerby blogging your show anyway. He doesn't actually talk about anime. He just wants to use them as an excuse to explore wild tangents.
On that note, let's talk about coming-of-age stories. Anime sure has a lot of those, doesn't it? Even outside anime they are common, but this medium we love is particularly flush with stories of generically attractive youths pursuing their dreams and finding themselves. Perhaps it's a matter of target demographic. Perhaps it's because so many anime are set in high schools or star high school students. Perhaps one lead to another. Whatever the reason, the end result is that on first glance seasoned anime viewers (the kind who have the good taste to read RandomC, naturally) will probably find a show like Revue Starlight quite familiar. Even with all its bells and whistles Revue Starlight is not only is it a coming-of-age story, it's a specific kind of coming-of-age story. Ever watched any idol anime? The Idolm@ster? Love Live? Well, don't worry about those. We're actually going to be talking about magical girl anime.
All magical girl anime are coming-of-age stories, told of young women who overcome obstacles on the path to adulthood. What those obstacles specifically are don't much matter; the 'magical' part of the magical girl genre requisites some level of fantasy and any obstacles — taking the form of a monster-of-the-week, or a dark rival, or the heat death of the universe — are usually metaphorical anyway. This fuzzy flexibility allows any theme pertinent to a young, female audience to slide comfortably into magical girl anime, and in return magical girls to slide into any number of thematic settings. Take idol anime, for example. All idols in anime as we know it basically play the part of magical girls, but transforming only on stage, with the powers being song and dance and general charisma. As is appropriate; magical girls, even within their own stories, is theatre, play acting. When the young girls in question transform they are temporarily empowered, take the role of an adult, and play the part to prepare themselves for actual adulthood. Again, it's metaphor, and theatre is metaphor. Plus, theatre is innately magical itself, inviting the audience to, for a brief moment, eschew reality and step over into a different world, to make believe.
Revue Starlight has evidently figured out the relationship between theatre, magical girl anime and coming-of-age stories and so it has taken the logical next step: magical theatre. Actually, I guess, Princess Tutu figured it out much earlier, right down to the battle ballet. Regardless of whether it's a coincidence, a rip-off, or an homage, Revue Starlight has a very interesting theme going for it. This is not just in storytelling, which I've been labouring up until now, but also in aesthetics. For example, combat in magical anime has traditionally been very ritualised affairs (the same spells and transformation sequence every episode), so why not go all the way and make it literally theatre? Combined with the otherworldly imagery, Revue Starlight turns into a visually captivating show even without examining technical aspects of art and animation.
That said, join me again next week when I'll probably talk about surrealism, and Utena.
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OP: 「星のダイアローグ」 (Hoshi no Dialogue) by スタァライト九九組 (Starlight Kukugumi aka the main cast)


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An insight into the realities of politics and the difference between what politicians say and what they do. By a journalist who knows more about politicians than most. Ed.
By Alan Hart?April 9, 2013
The news of the death of Britain?s Iron Lady, Baroness Thatcher, prompted me to recall my favourite story about her. In 1980, in the first of her three terms as prime minister, she said in a speech to her Conservative Party?s Conference: ?You turn if you want to. The lady?s not for turning.? Because I was personally engaged with her at the time, I know that she performed her first U turn in her first 48 hours of being prime minister. Continue reading "When the lady ?not for turning?, turned"


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Manual for Eye Examination and Diagnosis, 9th edition is a classic guide that provides a thorough update to basic eye examination techniques and the use of instruments and major ophthalmic disorders. Its popular approach takes the reader through the eye exam, covering anatomy, differential diagnosis, and treatment.
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