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Ask an aid worker about Haiti
There are few disaster response efforts that have received the level of public scrutiny that has been focused on the international response to the 2010 Haiti earthquake. As a result of the earthquake relief response in Haiti, it's likely that most Americans have formed their own opinions about humanitarian aid. Questions like these and their answers (or lack of answers) influence our understanding and opinion of aid work:
Did my donation really help? Why hasn't anything been accomplished there? I watched one news channel that looks like everything is progressing quite well, and another that shows everything is in complete disarray. What's the truth? What's really happening? Two years seems like enough time to make some progress. Is the aid effort failing? Are dollars being wasted? Or is everything much better off than the news is telling us?
Most of us don't get to meet real humanitarian workers in the course of our everyday lives, so we don't have the opportunity to ask questions like this to front-line professionals. Therefore, consider this post your "open mic" chance.
Continuing with our expert interview series, in which you have the opportunity to ask your questions to aid professionals, I'd like to introduce you to Jeff Wright and Elizabeth (Liz) Ranade-Janis, aid workers on World Vision's humanitarian and emergency affairs team.
Liz is a program officer who has spent a majority of the past two years managing the World Vision U.S. Haiti earthquake response. "There is no 'normal' with an earthquake response [like Haiti]," she told me, noting that long hours, complex issues, and intense media coverage adds to the existing pressure of having thousands of lives at stake. Even two years later, the highly complex response environment of Haiti is reflected in Liz's job every day.
Jeff is the humanitarian and emergency affairs operations director for World Vision U.S., managing a team of professional aid workers covering international disasters and relief programs for the past five years. Jeff's perspective is shaped by 20 years of experience in international relief and development. He's been involved on the ground in many of the major relief responses of recent memory, including Hurricane Mitch in 1998, post-war Angola in the early 2000s, the Asian tsunamis of 2004, and, most recently, the Haiti earthquake.
I asked Jeff and Liz in a recent conversation what the greatest misconception is about post-quake Haiti relief efforts. Their response:
Probably the biggest misconception is that aid work in Haiti has either failed or succeeded. Six months after the earthquake, then one year later, then a year-and-a-half later, people were asking why things were still so bad and why it was taking so long to rebuild. Haiti's rebuilding process is a huge work in progress, and the reality is that the sheer magnitude of the quake itself and the pre-existing conditions of poverty created a melting pot of complexity for Haiti's aid response.
So, now it's your turn. Submit your questions to Jeff and Liz by leaving them in the comments section. Remember, the point is to ask the sort of questions that will help us better understand humanitarian aid work and the relief efforts in Haiti. On Monday afternoon, we'll pick the top eight or nine questions and give them to Jeff and Liz to answer firsthand. (And, if you particularly like someone else's question, leave a reply saying so to help us get a sense of what questions are of most interest to you.) Then, look for their answers and responses next Thursday, January 12, the two-year anniversary of the Haiti earthquake.
Read related post Haiti enters third year of quake recovery.


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[Videos] 5 sponsored children share their dreams
Join us today, October 24, as children and sponsors across the globe come together to celebrate children's dreams and share their own.
Watch these five sponsored children share their stories and dreams with us, then share the videos with friends and family and tag your tweets and Facebook posts with the hashtag: #dreamshare.
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1. Monisha, who lives in India, wants to see every child in her community attend school and for no child be subjected to harmful labor practices. At the World Vision children's club, Monisha and her friends are encouraged to use their voices. Now, she has the courage to talk to parents about sending their children to school.
2. In Malawi, 8-year-old Prisca cares about education and serves as a member of her child parliament, learning what is fair for children: "good food and good things to wear." She wants to become a law expert and work to ensure children's rights to life, education, and protection.
3. Hasmik, from Armenia, dreams of becoming a great chess player so she can travel the world and maybe someday get to meet her sponsor. Hasmik joined the World Vision chess club and won several competitions. She loves her sponsor, Dorian, especially the letters and chess set he sent her.
4. For Miguel in Bolivia, the three best things in his life are his mother, the World Vision children's network, and his sponsor, Christine, who sends him many letters. Miguel's father moved away when he was a baby. His mother supports him by growing potatoes. Despite the loss of his father, Miguel's sponsor inspires him to keep dreaming.
5. World Vision has brought clean water to Hannah's village in Ghana, saving her three hours of walking every day. Now she can be on time for school and not miss any lessons. Hannah is a peer educator about HIV and AIDS, and she dreams of becoming a journalist.
Your support for a child in need will also bring life-giving assistance to a whole community! Help make a child's dreams come true. Consider sponsoring a child today!
Visit sharemydream.org to share your dreams on World Vision's dream wall.

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South Sudan conflict: Left in danger
Medina and Margret are just two among hundreds of thousands in South Sudan who have been driven from their homes by the fighting that escalated last month. Left with little in a disrupted economy, they want to take their families away from the conflict but can't afford to, leaving them to seek sanctuary wherever they can. Read the story of these two families, and learn what World Vision is doing to help.
Medina Hilary, 18, has spent four days in the Catholic Church compound after being uprooted by fear and insecurity from her home in Lologo, a suburb of Juba, South Sudan. Seated with her 1-year-old son on a mat, Medina has been running into the church because of fighting between the army of South Sudan and opposition forces within Juba town.
"I left my house because I didn't feel safe there," Medina says. "When soldiers fight in the barracks, they retreat into our home. Guns are then directed to our direction when soldiers come to hide at our neighborhood. It is cold at night here but we cannot sleep in our homes because we are afraid. Many people have already left and fighting can resume any time. We have no security here, but God will protect us from harm. I am thinking of going to our village in Nimule, but I do not have money for bus fare."
The fighting, which erupted in the South Sudanese capital on December 15 between the army and opposition forces, has displaced nearly 490,000 civilians and killed at least 1,000 people. This massive displacement of people has created a humanitarian crisis in the country, with thousands of children and their families living in appalling conditions without food.
"We have not enough food at home," Medina says. "What we have now in stock is dry okra, which can be eaten with corn. We don't usually keep large stock of food in the house because we do not have stable income. We only buy food that our money can afford at the time. This fighting found us unprepared — we didn't have money and food."
The ongoing fighting and insecurity in many parts of the country makes it difficult for residents of Juba to live a normal life and make a living. Medina's husband works as a motorcycle rider, transporting people for pay within the town. However, this business has been affected by the conflict, making it hard for the family to survive in the coming days.
"My husband stopped working after the fighting. He is now at home, but will join us before nightfall," she says.
Medina is not alone. Margret Sarafino's family is facing a similar challenge. For Margret, 27, life has not been easy for her family since she returned from exile in Khartoum, Sudan, in 2011 following the South's independence. Even before the conflict, she was struggling to take care of her children because she didn't have a job. She depends on her mother, who is the only breadwinner in the family. The conflict and her inability to find a job in Juba has made her nostalgic.
"In Khartoum, I worked as midwife, and I was able to make money. However, when I came to Juba, I became jobless. My husband has no job, too, so it is my mother who supports the family through her sewing machine business," Margret says.
The sewing machine business is not doing well, but has been able to keep the family going. Joblessness and ongoing conflict, which makes life difficult, have got Margret thinking of going back to Khartoum.
"We drink from the church borehole, but the water is not enough because there are lots of people using it. Hygiene is also a major concern here because the church latrine here has already been spoiled because of the huge number of people using it. I will go back to Khartoum if the fighting does not stop," she says.
Both Margret and Medina want to leave Juba, but they are currently unable to do so because they have no money. With no choice left but to stay, they and others displaced within Juba are taking refuge wherever they can.
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World Vision is staging a response in Uganda's Western Nile region to help some of the more than 38,000 South Sudanese who have taken refuge there.
People's immediate needs are food, shelter, water and sanitation, infrastructure, and cooking and household supplies.
In South Sudan, World Vision is providing supplies for families displaced by violence in the north and plans to reach more people in the coming weeks.
Food stocks are dwindling as U.N. bases, churches, and camps for the displaced try to feed the influx of people fleeing violence.
"The humanitarian situation is serious," Perry Mansfield, World Vision's national director, says from his office in South Sudan's capital of Juba.
For more than a month, conflict has raged in South Sudan, and thousands of people are caught up in the violence. You can help provide urgently-needed food, healthcare, clean water, shelter, and protection to children and families in South Sudan. Make a one-time donation to our South Sudan DIsaster Relief Fund today!


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Nearly half a dozen IRS workers at the agency's Fresno, California facility were charged with computer fraud and unauthorized access to tax return information last Monday: prosecutors accused Corina Yepez, Melissa Moisa, Brenda Jurado, Irene Fierro and David Baker of snooping around taxpayers' private tax information for personal purposes.
The five may have been caught by new algorithms deployed by the IRS to root out curious tax workers, which can be applied retroactively to access records stretching back for years.
According to the IRS, the five workers accused accessed between one and four records per person, sometime in 2005. The total number of compromised tax returns stands at 13.
"The IRS has a method for looking for unauthorized access, and it keeps audit trails, and occasionally it will pump out information about who's done what," said prosecutor Mark McKoen, who will be leading the federal case against the Fresno five. "In general terms, IRS employees are only authorized to access the accounts of taxpayers who write in. They're not allowed to access friends, relatives, neighbors, [or] celebrities."
Apparently, curious employees are a recurring problem for IRS investigators: with 430 known cases of improper access in 1998, and 521 in 2007. Problems occur frequently enough that nosy employees caught browsing are guilty of what the agency calls "UNAX," or "unauthorized access": Employees found in UNAX are typically disciplined internally, and a handful are slapped with misdemeanor charges of violating the Taxpayer Browsing Protection and Computer Fraud and Abuse Acts.
"Whether the intent is fraud or simply curiosity, the potential exists for unauthorized accesses to tax information of high-profile individuals and other taxpayers," said Inspector General for Tax Administration J. Russell George. "The competing goals of protecting this information and achieving workplace efficiencies become even more difficult as technology becomes faster and more complex."


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Trying to find Calderon minutes in order to keep his numbers up for trade value is a risky GAMBIT.
He looked terrible last night as he was at the helm of a very flaccid predictable offense that frittered away a 10 point lead.
he is taking minutes from Tross' Development and a much speedier and more potent JL3.
DROSS is better all around at the 2 than Calderon
JL3 is better at the 1 than Calderon ------- so WTF???
Calderon had a decent preseason but he was right back on form last night getting owned by 2nd stringer
CJ Watson who was 6-9 - 15pts (+5)
Calderon 1-5 2pts 21 mins (-7)
Two reasons why I am sick of watching Calderon
1) he can't go get his own shot
2) he can't defend the point of attack
I think BC is mandating that DC give Calderon run. At some point in the season BC will have to come to his senses and realize that Caldone could be the final nail in his coffin.
If this team does not improve and develop BOTH rookies his ass is gone - and that can't happen until they sit Calderon down next to LK at the end of the bench.


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Aid worker's blog: Each other's miracle
Wednesday marks two months since Typhoon Haiyan made landfall in the Philippines, causing immense devastation and loss of life. World Vision quickly mobilized more than 200 local staff members to help reach almost 400,000 survivors with relief operations.
Today, Florence, one of our team members on the ground, reflects on the past two months and the amazing love and hope she has felt from around the world as we all became each other's miracle.
This is the Filipino spirit. I've seen this in the families I've talked to, and I have heard these lines from the many parents who still manage to smile despite their losses.
Typhoon Haiyan undeniably brought devastation in its most gruesome face. I can tell you hundreds of these stories. Being part of the communications team, I get the chance to talk to people, listen to mothers cry, empathize with fathers' fears, and feel for children who are adjusting.
Pain has many ugly faces, and listening to these is emotionally exhausting. But in the ugliness of pain also comes the beauty of love that gives birth to hope.
I'm still astounded.
I wish I could adequately describe the smiles of the people during relief distributions. When they see the relief packs, not even the click of a camera can capture the glow in their eyes. More than the material things, the thought that people from all over the world remembered them gives them joy.
Because love, especially from strangers, has the power to rebuild and to strengthen. In this I see hope.
I wish my words could be enough to show how children in World Vision's Child-Friendly Spaces (CFS) run toward the volunteer facilitators, how their eyes grow big when they see the toys, art materials, and other items included in the CFS kits. I enjoy watching as they eagerly share their drawings and heartily laugh with every activity given to them.
No matter how tired I may be, their giggles make me smile. There's something in these little ones that relaxes the whole of me. When they smile, my heart melts. In them, I see hope.
And this life in the field. It is never easy. The travel time from a covered area to the command center is 1.5 to four hours, and that means waking up earlier than usual. And just when everyone's ready with the distribution list, the scarcity in supplies comes to play. And we get frustrated at times because we know how badly the community needs the relief goods.
But some things are beyond our control, so we go with Plan B. When you see the needs of the people, you give yourself no other option but to do whatever you can to fast-track the distribution.
I still smile every time I remember how we make each other laugh when all these things happen. We remember how a staff member unknowingly said to an elderly person, "Who will carry you?" instead of "Who will carry your goods?"
The old woman laughed and we all laughed. That blooper took all our tiredness away. It also amazes me how we push each other, not just because we want to achieve our targets, but because we care about the people who are already hungry.
That is love, and in that, I see hope. We're not leaving the people by themselves. As a team, we'll be there for them.
I won't forget the "English is on" mode. World Vision colleagues from different countries have come to the Philippines to help in the response, and it is amazing to see people of different nationalities come together for one cause. It reminds me that the Philippines is part of a bigger picture, that this is not just the plight of Filipinos. The whole world is with us. I see hope.
As a humanitarian worker, I know I did not just give. I also received: from their smiles, from their embraces, from their strength, from their relentless spirit. To the players behind this, to the donors and sponsors who never got tired of giving, to the colleagues in the warehouse, to the programming team, to the spiritual warriors, to the children who never failed to make me smile, and to the mothers and fathers who bravely face this trial, hope may not be something tangible, but I do feel it.
I hope that my words are enough to tell the world, even when they cannot personally see how things operate in the field, how blessed Filipinos felt. We were never left alone. Typhoon Haiyan may have brought us the worst scenario one could ever imagine, but it also revealed the best in humanity: In this battle, we became each other's miracle.
You can be a child's miracle. Sponsorship will help provide him or her with life-saving basics like clean water, nutritious food, healthcare, protection, and more! Consider sponsoring a child in the Philippines today!


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In a blog posting for The Wall Street Journal on February 11, 2010, Mike Miliard quoted the president of a financial and estate planning firm who said:
"I think it's so funny when advisers ask their clients to do a risk tolerance test. I never do a risk tolerance test because I know the answer: everybody has a high risk tolerance when the market's going up, and they have zero risk tolerance when the market's going down."
Although most advisors undoubtedly have clients who meet that description, RIAs must still make certain that their investment recommendations are suitable.
On February 17, 2011, the SEC imposed remedial sanctions against an IAR in Aliso Viejo, California. The SEC's complaint alleged that the IAR employed a number of high-risk investment strategies without disclosing to clients how risky they were. The complaint further alleged that the IAR engaged in those strategies, even though he was aware they were unsuitable for clients with minimal tolerance for risk. The SEC's complaint charged that the IAR knew these strategies were too risky in view of clients' age, retirement status, and need for funds in the near future.
According to the SEC's complaint, the IAR misrepresented that the investments were guaranteed. He also told clients that there was practically no risk involved with his investment strategy.
Documenting the Suitability of Investment Recommendations
Many IARs started their careers in the financial services field as registered representatives for broker-dealers. As brokers, they owed a duty only to recommend suitable investments for clients. As part of their suitability analysis, brokers must consider the client's risk tolerance, income, net worth, investment objectives, and financial needs. However, an RIA's fiduciary obligation goes far beyond determining whether investments are suitable for a client.
Even though it should be second nature for IARs to act as a fiduciary, it is still extremely important for them to document that they made a suitability determination for each and every client. Although the Investment Advisers Act does not explicitly impose a suitability requirement, RIAs should be able to prove to examiners that the firm's advice is suitable in view of the client's financial situation, risk temperament, and investment objectives.
RIAs must create and retain books showing that all investment recommendations were suitable. This is accomplished through documentation such as:
- suitability questionnaires and responses;
- risk tolerance quizzes;
- emails, letters, and memos to confirm suitability analysis; and
- fact sheets detailing investment objectives and other relevant information.
- investment policy statements (IPS);
An IPS is a document drafted by an investment advisor based on input from the client, which defines the client's investment goals, objectives, risk tolerance, and liquidity needs. The IPS describes the strategy used by the advisor in an effort to meet those investment objectives within the client's established parameters.
Intentionally or unintentionally, RIAs sometimes change their investment style in an effort to improve their performance. Style drift, as it is sometimes called, occurs when a portfolio manager shifts away from the firm's stated investment style or objective and may subject clients to risks not consistent with their risk profiles. The result is that clients' portfolios may contain unsuitable investments.
Whether an RIA is SEC or state registered, examiners will expect to see documentation that the firm has met its duty to recommend only suitable investments. Furthermore, an RIA's compliance/supervision manual should contain policies and procedures for determining and documenting suitability. As an example, the South Carolina Securities Division's Examination Program Overview reiterates that examiners will review records relating to suitability. South Carolina's Examination Program Overview also requires RIAs to maintain written information about each advisory client, which is used as the basis for making recommendations and giving investment advice to that individual. All documentation must be retained for the period set forth in the Books and Records Rule.
Disclosure is No Substitute for Suitability
RIAs must retain adequate information about their customers documenting the suitability of recommendations made.. Disclosing that investments are risky does not negate an advisor's duty to recommend suitable investments. Even if an advisor has books and records to show that clients were warned about the risks of investments, the firm exposes itself to possible litigation and regulatory sanctions if a client's portfolio is filled with inappropriate investments.
If an investor complains to the SEC or the state about the suitability of investments recommended, a regulator may look first at the firm's disclosure brochure. The regulatory investigation is likely to go badly if the RIA's brochure does not provide a detailed description of any significant or unusual risks arising from the firm's methods of analysis and investment strategies. If the RIA recommends a particular type of security, the brochure should explain the material risks involved. As we saw in The New and Improved Form ADV, the new Form ADV requires that RIAs disclose these risks in plain English.
The Big Picture
In discussing the concept of suitability, commentators always seem to cite the example of an elderly widow who finds herself invested in penny stocks or some other risky investment. As a practical matter, suitability is not always so clear-cut. Problems sometimes occur because an IAR is not aware that a client's financial situation has changed or neglects to document a client's risk profile.
Although many advisory contracts state that it is clients' responsibility to notify the firm of changes in their financial situation and investment objectives, RIAs should take steps to ensure that client information is current. Some RIAs put standard language at the bottom of every email warning clients that they should notify the firm promptly if their financial situation changes.
IARs should document that they asked for updated information during meetings with clients to confirm their original suitability analysis. Policies and procedures should require IARs to conduct a suitability analysis at the onset of the relationship and to update that document at least once per year. If a client wants to pursue an aggressive investment strategy that is clearly unsuitable, the IAR should draft a document for the individual to sign that acknowledges the potential losses that may occur. Even with a signed acknowledgment, however, it may be prudent for an IAR to withdraw from managing the client's funds. There is a possibility that a client may be suffering from diminished capacity.
On a regular basis, RIAs should be rereading Item 8 of their Form ADV Part 2 disclosure brochures, which requires advisory firms to thoroughly explain the material risks associated with each significant investment strategy or method of analysis used. This process will help RIAs ensure that their investment strategies are suitable.
Supervisory review is a safeguard ensuring that the firm is not recommending unsuitable investments. To make supervisory review easier, one solution is for an RIA to maintain trade blotters with information next to the transactions, such as the client's age, investment objective, and net worth. A trade blotter is a record of trades made over a period of time, and includes important information like the price, time, and order size. Typically, the blotter is created by trading software, which documents the trades through a data feed.
Recommending suitable investments is more than just a regulatory obligation. According to attorney Thomas D. Giachetti in the August 2011 issue of Investment Advisor, far too many investors bring cases claiming lack of suitability. Therefore, RIAs must continuously put the onus on clients to notify the advisor if there are changes in their financial situation.


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has been reporting on Google's meteoric
rise in smartphone market share for quite some time now, but we
didn't expect to hear the numbers that are coming from the NPD Group
today with regards to Android's place in the hot sector. NPD says
that unit sales for Android-based devices bolted
past Apple iPhone devices for the first quarter in the U.S.
to NPD, Android-based devices accounted for 28 percent of the
smartphone market while smartphones running Apple's iPhone OS
garnered just 21 percent of the market. Both, however, were well
behind RIM which still commands 36 percent of the market.
in the past, carrier distribution and promotion have played a crucial
role in determining smartphone market share," said NPD's Ross
Rubin. "In order to compete with the iPhone, Verizon Wireless
has expanded its buy-one-get-one offer beyond RIM devices to now
include all of their smartphones."
should be noted that there are numerous Android-based smartphones on
the U.S. market compared to relatively few iPhone models. When it
comes to the Android sector, there are many choices including the
Droid Eris, Nexus
One, Backflip, and the Droid
Incredible (which wouldn't be accounted for in NPD's numbers)
among others.
iPhone, however, is only currently available as the 8GB iPhone 3G
(the last generation model) along with the 16GB and 32GB iPhone 3GS.
addition to the wealth of differing smartphone designs on the Android
side of things, users who pick Android-based phones have a number of
wireless carriers to choose as well including Verizon, T-Mobile, and
AT&T in the U.S. Apple's iPhone, however, is artificially limited
to AT&T's network fresh from the factory -- you can, however,
unlock the iPhone using a software hack and use it on T-Mobile's
network albeit without 3G connectivity.


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Leeches gained popularity in modern medicine in the 1980s when studies showed they were effective in helping damaged tissue regain normal blood flow. When a leech bites into skin, it releases an anticoagulant that stops blood from clotting and an anesthetic that decreases pain. The wounds left by leeches are known to bleed for several hours after removal. This helps the backed up blood evacuate the area. Research on knee osteoarthritis has also shown that leech therapy may be helpful in decreasing pain and stiffness in joints.
Researchers from the Academic Teaching Hospital in Germany designed a study to review the benefits of leech therapy for osteoarthritis of the thumb. The study published in the Pain journal showed promising benefits of leech therapy for osteoarthritis.
About the Study
The randomized trial had 32 female participants with painful osteoarthritis in the thumb saddle joint. The women were assigned to one of two groups:
- A single treatment of 2-3 locally applied leeches
- 30-day course with a standard treatment of topical diclofenac twice daily
Over 60 days, researchers recorded feedback from the participants. Compared to the diclofenac group, the leech group reported significantly better rates of:
- Pain relief
- Functionality
- Quality of life
- Grip strength
How Does This Affect You?
Although the study was small, the results are supported by similar results in other leech therapy studies. More work will need to be done to confirm that these benefits do exist and are not due to chance .
If you have osteoarthritis, talk with your doctor to develop a plan. Lifestyle changes, medication, and therapeutic techniques can help you manage the symptoms associated with osteoarthritis.
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HMG-CoA Reductase Inhibitors/Niacin (=> 250 mg) Interactions
This information is generalized and not intended as specific medical advice. Consult your healthcare professional before taking or discontinuing any drug or commencing any course of treatment.
Medical warning:
Serious. These medicines may interact and cause very harmful effects. Contact your healthcare professional (e.g. doctor or pharmacist) for more information.
How the interaction occurs:
The cause of the interaction is not known. This interaction may be more likely to occur in patients of Chinese descent.
What might happen:
When the two medicines are taken together, you may experience muscle aches, tenderness, and weakness.
What you should do about this interaction:
Contact your healthcare professionals (e.g. doctor or pharmacist) as soon as possible about taking these two medicines together. They may already be aware of this interaction and may be monitoring you for it. If your doctor prescribes these medicines together, report any symptoms of muscle aches, tenderness, weakness, changes in the color of your urine, or flu-like symptoms. Do not start, stop, or change the dosage of any medicine before checking with them first.
- 1.Mevacor (lovastatin) US prescribing information. Merck & Co., Inc. February, 2014.
- 2.Niaspan (niacin) US prescribing information. Abbott Laboratories February, 2013.
- 3.Lipitor (atorvastatin) US prescribing information. Pfizer Inc. March, 2015.
- 4.Crestor (rosuvastatin calcium) US prescribing information. AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP May, 2016.
- 5.Zocor (simvastatin) US prescribing information. Merck & Co., Inc. February, 2015.
- 6.Vytorin (ezetimibe/simvastatin) US prescribing information. Merck/Schering-Plough Pharmaceuticals February, 2014.
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- 8.Livalo (pitavastatin) US prescribing information. Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. October, 2013.
- 9.Lescol (fluvastatin sodium) US prescribing information. Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation October, 2012.
- 10.Pravachol (pravastatin sodium) US prescribing information. Bristol-Myers Squibb Company July, 2016.
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Holly Solomon, a pregnant Arizona woman was arrested after allegedly running over her husband with her vehicle after discovering he did not vote in last week's election.
Police say the 28-year-old was upset when she found out her husband Daniel did not vote because she believe President Barack Obama will be a detriment to their family.
Her husband tried hiding behind a light post to escape his wife and was running away when he was hit. He is currently in critical condition at a local hospital.
Holly Solomon, who is six month pregnant, reportedly told officers she was only trying to scare her husband. say she accidentally hit the gas instead of the break.
She was arrested for aggravated assault and domestic violence.
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Brockton Credit Unions in Massachusetts Merger
The $402 million Crescent Credit Union said Friday it will be merging the $10 million Brockton Postal Employees Credit Union, both in Brockton, Mass.
The merger of the state-chartered institutions in pending regulatory and member approvals and is expected to be completed by the end of March, Crescent CU said.
"I can't think of a more logical and mutually beneficial combination of strengths as this merger. Both credit unions are well capitalized, operate under similar charters and are located in Brockton," said Crescent President/CEO Robert W. Gustafson.
Brockton Postal Chairman Edward Kenney said, "Members will benefit from access to Crescent's eight branch locations, a larger array of products and services and the convenience of ATM, online banking and electronic banking options."
The 18,000-member Brockton Postal was established in 1923 and primarily serves current and retired employees of the USPS and government employees from inside the postal facility on Liberty Street in Brockton. The credit union's ATM there will continue to operate under the Crescent name, the surviving credit union said.
The 46,800-member Crescent was founded in 1919 and now serves anyone who lives or works in Plymouth, Bristol, Norfolk or Barnstable counties in Massachusetts.


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Day 10: Share a smile
Today's challenge: Go out of your way to bring a smile to someone's face today.
"Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for human masters." –Colossians 3:23 (NIV)
Everything is possible through education
The video below tells the story of Latha, who lives in India. When her mother fell sick, she had to leave school to take care of her family, and ended up working long days in a matchstick factory as a child laborer. Getting back into school was what helped her get away from that life of exploitation.
Looking back, Latha says, "Children are being forced against their will to work. You are the ones who will need to free them. If you help free children like me, they'll also start learning just like I've started learning in school."
Watch her full story here:
My favorite part of this video is when Latha talks about her own education: "I am really happy that I am in the 12th grade now. I like electrical engineering a lot. There is a lot of hardship at home so if I study well and get a good job I could also take care of the household. Everything is possible through education." While she's saying this, she has a huge smile on her face! What makes you smile like that?
Today is Human Rights Day, first proclaimed by the U.N. in 1950 to set a "common standard of achievement for all peoples and all nations." This morning (from 9:00-10:30 am PST), we're participating in a Twitter chat with @GirlRising to discuss issues facing girls and women: follow or look back at the chat by watching the hashtag #GirlRising.
At the top: Latha speaks about her education (Photo: World Vision)
Around the world, millions of girls aren't in school because of poverty, discrimination, and exploitation. Many, like Latha, have to work to help support their families or care for younger siblings. Make a one-time donation today to help provide girls like Latha with an education!


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Selected Kinase Inhibitors/Antacids Interactions
This information is generalized and not intended as specific medical advice. Consult your healthcare professional before taking or discontinuing any drug or commencing any course of treatment.
Medical warning:
Moderate. These medicines may cause some risk when taken together. Contact your healthcare professional (e.g. doctor or pharmacist) for more information.
How the interaction occurs:
The pH of your GI tract needs to be acidic for your medicine to dissolve and be absorbed. Antacids change the pH (acidity) of your GI tract.
What might happen:
Taking your medicine at the same time as an antacid may decrease the amount of medicine in your blood and it may not work as well.
What you should do about this interaction:
Let your healthcare professionals (e.g. doctor or pharmacist) know that you are taking these medicines together. Your doctor may instruct you to take antacids instead of other medicines for heartburn/ulcers such as H-2 blockers (e.g. cimetidine, famotidine, nizatidine, ranitidine) or proton-pump inhibitors (e.g. esomeprazole, lansoprazole, omeprazole, pantoprazole, rabeprazole).If you need to use an antacid while on bosutinib, dasatinib, or nilotinib, take the antacid at least 2 hours before or 2 hours after your bosutinib or dasatinib.If you need to use an antacid while on erlotinib, separate the times you take the antacid and your cancer medicine by several hours.If you need to use an antacid while on neratinib, take the antacid at least 3 hours before neratinib.If you have questions about how to schedule your medicines, ask your pharmacist.Your healthcare professionals may already be aware of this interaction and may be monitoring you for it. Do not start, stop, or change the dosage of any medicine before checking with them first.
- 1.Bosulif (bosutinib) US prescribing information. Pfizer Inc. November, 2016.
- 2.Sprycel (dasatinib) US prescribing information. Bristol-Myers Squibb Company August, 2015.
- 3.Tarceva (erlotinib) US prescribing information. Genentech, Inc. October, 2016.
- 4.Nerlynx (neratinib) US prescribing information. Puma Biotechnology, Inc. July, 2017.
- 5.Tasigna (nilotinib) US prescribing information. Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation February 21, 2017.


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Hurst still pitching, only now it's to help game grow
Former big leaguer's international efforts include coaching China's Classic pitchers
By Barry M. Bloom / MLB.com
PEORIA, Ariz. -- For the second time in his post-playing career, Bruce Hurst finds himself working with Team China as its pitching coach, preparing for the World Baseball Classic. This time, Hurst is on the staff with manager John McLaren and Art Howe, the former big league manager who is the hitting coach.
The 54-year old lefty, who starred in Boston and San Diego during the 1980s and early '90s, is now part of Major League Baseball's foray into the international growth of the sport. Hurst was the pitching coach for China in the inaugural Classic in 2006, the country's first attempt at baseball in preparation for hosting the 2008 Summer Olympics.
"I really found my niche," Hurst said. "I really like this. I like the people from Major League Baseball International I work with. They are great guys. This is where I found my passion."
Hurst went 145-113 in a 15-year career that ended with Texas in 1994. He was drafted by the Red Sox and was with Boston for his first nine years, playing in two of the crazier games in pro baseball history along the way.
As a youngster in Boston's Minor League system, Hurst played in the longest game in baseball history: Pawtucket's 3-2 win over Rochester that took 33 innings and more than two months to finish. Hall of Famers Cal Ripken Jr. and Wade Boggs also played in that game.
"It was fun to play in it," said Hurst, who pitched five innings of three-hit ball in the wee hours of April 19, 1981. "I just don't remember all the particulars of it sometimes. I just remember it was cold."
Five years later, Hurst was among the Red Sox players ready to celebrate their team's apparent curse-shattering victory over the Mets in Game 6 of the 1986 World Series at New York's Shea Stadium. Twice a strike away from winning, the game devolved in the bottom of the 10th inning, ending when Mookie Wilson's grounder skidded through the legs of first baseman Bill Buckner, allowing Ray Knight to score.
"I guess you can't get any closer to winning and still lose," Hurst said. "You play that game a thousand times and we don't lose. But the one time, that 1,001st time when it mattered, we did."
Two nights later, it was Hurst who was on the mound.
MLB.com: Everybody remembers Game 6, but people forget about Game 7. You had pitched great in that Series. After a rainout, manager John McNamara yanked Oil Can Boyd and gave you the start. You had a 3-0 lead and lost.
Hurst: I had my chance, no question about it. I had one out and nobody on and a 3-0 lead in the sixth inning and wound up leaving after that inning with the score tied. They loaded the bases. I had two outs, and Keith Hernandez had a hit and drove in a couple of runs off me. Because of Game 6, Game 7 has gone under the radar. I was watching MLB Network recently and they had Game 6 in the top 10 all-time great games. It's baseball lore now.
MLB.com: When you look back on your career, was that the highlight?
Hurst: The highlight is the '86 World Series. It has to be any time you get to play in something like that. There were a lot of great games, but as I get older, it's more the people I played with, the experiences I had. The games, they all came and went and they're recorded in history. But the friendships and relationships you developed over the course of the years, that's what matters most.
MLB.com: I guess it has to be one of your great disappointments, too.
Hurst: It would have been nicer to win. But, yeah, especially the way we lost.
MLB.com: You've been involved in baseball internationally for a while. How have you watched the China program grow?
Hurst: Before the Olympics, everyone and their dog was pouncing on China. There was a little bit more money. Everyone wanted them to have their fingerprints on it. Since baseball is out of the Olympics, some of the funding has dried up. There's not as much money going into the program, so it's a bit of a challenge. Last year, the professional league didn't play because there wasn't a sponsor. Because of that, the coaches have a lot more discretion. It's been interesting to watch.
MLB.com: How about the growth of the sport internationally?
Hurst: It's been quite fun to participate in. When we first started with the camps in Italy, we had 14- and 15-year-old kids. Actually, one of the first kids we had was [Mariners infielder] Alex Liddi. He was in that camp as just a 14-year-old kid. He was gangly and just a young boy. So it's interesting to watch the game develop. But with baseball out of the Olympics, the Classic is really significant. That's the way a lot of the countries and baseball federations get their funding now.
MLB.com: So the interest internationally is light years away from when you started more than a decade ago?
Hurst: I've found that there a lot of people around the world who are really passionate about the game. They have tall mountains to climb, because it's a second-tier sport in a lot of these countries. But more and more kids are playing. Coaches are getting better. We're starting to develop some kids in countries no one would have ever expected. Kids in Italy and Lithuania have been signed and are showing some promise. We had two kids sign from Moldavia. The Reds just signed a kid from Slovakia, a good-looking left-handed pitcher. We're starting to get better and better athletes. A lot of good things are happening. It's slow, but it's happening.
MLB.com: Where do you see the greatest growth in the sport?
Hurst: I see it in Brazil, in Colombia. In Europe, the Dutch have done a great job. It's a very mature program. Germany is making a lot of progress. The Czech Republic, actually, has a lot of good-looking players. They're progressing. The French are trying. There are some really good coaches in Sweden. They're just starting to get all the athletes they need to play there. And there are the Eastern Bloc countries. There are a lot of great softball players in New Zealand. And they're starting to introduce the game of hardball over there.
MLB.com: This has all happened since 2000, when the U.S. won the gold medal in the Olympics. Only eight countries qualified. Back then, almost none of this existed. So it's really not so slow. It's only been 13 years, a blink in the eye of world history.
Hurst: I guess when you look at it from that perspective, it has grown pretty quickly. Baseball is just like any other business, to a certain degree. You're competing for athletes. You're competing with golf, tennis, basketball, hockey and especially soccer around the world. We've got to do a good job of giving them a reason to play baseball. Here in the States and the Caribbean and Japan, all the kids play, so the best athletes are exposed to it.
MLB.com: Have you thought about being a pitching coach in the Majors?
Hurst: Nothing has really jumped out at me. I think everybody would like to get back in the big leagues. That's the greatest place in the world to play and to coach. I don't know. I haven't spent a lot of time thinking about it. I really enjoy doing this. I'll cross that bridge if it comes.
MLB.com: You were back for the Red Sox reunion last year on the day of Fenway's 100th birthday?
Hurst: That was incredible. It was a great day. I saw guys I hadn't seen in 25, 30 years. Man, it was fun. And to go back out on that field and stand there with them. I'm standing by Jim Lonborg and Dennis Eckersley and Pedro Martinez, all the guys who came back. Bobby Stanley. Yaz. Billy Buck. Carlton Fisk. The guys who came before me. Pumpsie Green, who changed the face of the franchise. Jim Rice. Just great guys. It was just phenomenal to be there.
MLB.com: In your heart, do you consider yourself to be a member of the Red Sox?
Hurst: Yeah, probably. If I had to pick a place, that's probably where I'd hang my hat.
Barry M. Bloom is national reporter for MLB.com and writes an MLBlog, Boomskie on Baseball. Follow @boomskie on Twitter. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Informations about the FLZ filename extension and the file formats associated with it
We collected the information you should know about the .flz filename on this page. If you were sent a(n) .flz file in an e-mail, but you don't know what to do with it, then you can find help here. We strive to suggest free, open-source applications that are available to everyone for the file formats.
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.flz - WinFlash Compiled Flashcard
The FLZ file is a Data file, which is connected to the WinFlash Compiled Flashcard according to our registry. With the adequate settings, the WinFlash Compiled Flashcard (.flz) files can be opened or converted with the help of WinFlash.
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"Trusting in someone is the same as depending on them. That is something the weak do. We have no use for it."
基本情報|Basic Information
Name: Sosuke Aizen
Nickname: Captain of squad 5
Gender: Male
Age: 29
Clan: Kurama
Prior to his departure from konoha, he appeared as a mild-featured man with brown scholarly hair enhanced by square glasses. He wore the standard ninja uniform with a flack jacket. However, during his ascent to sunagakure, he removed his glasses and swept his hand through his hair, revealing menacing eyes and a very different hairstyle; his hair is now swept back, with a strand hanging in his face. As he had previously revealed to jiraiya, the Aizen they all knew never existed and this would seem to be a visual representation of that claim.
Aizen wears a long, white robe over his normal white hakama. The hilt of his Katana is on his side of his hakama strapped on his waist.
Despite his current villainous status and former position of authority, Aizen is a surprisingly polite, soft-spoken intellectual, often addressing his subordinates by their given names. He rarely shows any sign of alarm or distress and often has entire situations planned out well in advance. Whenever confronted, Aizen is casual and uncaring, attempting to draw out a conversation and make small talk, which often infuriates those he is talking to.
Aizen initially appeared to be a very kind, well-respected captain and was looked up to by many, especially his Lieutenant Momo Hinamori. However, this was just a mask to disguise his manipulative and very dangerous nature. In truth, he cares very little for his underlings (both past and present), and is willing to use almost everyone around him as pawns to achieve his means. In his own words, Aizen claims to be unaffected by any form of morals or ethics, as he views them as mere restrictions on his potential. He is, therefore, willing to stop at nothing to further his selfish ambitions, including manipulating or killing anyone if he deems it to be necessary. He is fond of long, complicated, and somewhat convoluted plots, and frequently appears to toy with his underlings for amusement. Unlike most of the other , Aizen lacks genuine compassion and honor.
To date, the equally manipulative Gin Ichimaru is the only person who seems to be able to see through Aizen's manipulation. Ichimaru has also shown that he has some sense of Aizen's emotions and feelings, correctly identifying that Aizen was enjoying the invasion of Ichigo and his friends and their successes within sunagakure as well as picking-up on the fact that Aizen had registered the arrival of Hinamori in battle of Fake Karakura Town and was surprised by it.
村の情報|Village Info
Village of Birth: Konohagakure
Village of Alliance: Sunagakure
ランクチャクラ|Rank & Chakra Info
.........忍者ランク|Ninja Rank:
Fire- Completed
Wind- Completed
Water- Completed
Earth- Completed
Lightning- Completed
Carbon- Completed
Ninjutsu- Completed
Genjutsu- Completed
Taijutsu- Completed
Kenjutsu- Completed
Kurama- Completed
Customs- ɸ Emperor of the arid wasteland ɸ
"The betrayal you can see is trivial. What is truly fearsome, is the betrayal that you don't see, Captain Hirako."
背景情報|Background Info
Aizen was born under the kurama clan.
At an unknown point in the past, Aizen became part of 5th Division under Captain Minato namizake. He invested himself in the research and creation of genjutsu techniques even before Kisuke Urahara. To this end, he sacrificed hundreds of ninja and hundreds of citizens who bore genjutsu talents to his own genjutsu abilities. But it was not satisfied with this.
The very next night, Aizen saw Gin Ichimaru killing the 3rd seat of their division, and informed him that he was impressed by his skill. Aizen then asked him how he found the fight, to which Gin stated he found it pathetic.
9 months later, Minato and Aizen were walking around konoha when they came across team kakashi. While Kakashi once again engaged in a childish fight and argument with obito, Aizen asked gin if he had heard the news to which gin told him he hadn't. Minato proceeded to take up the tale and tell gin about the series of strange deaths that had taken place in land of fire. Shinji also informed him that the 9th Division had been sent to handle the investigation.
At some point during their captaincy, Aizen, Gin and Tōsen, secretly visited The third kazekage, Kage of sunagakure.
Aizen and gin then betray konoha by attacking a jounin.
The very first fight he had while betraying konoha was with fai and rikuto. Fai begin by throwing a total of 5 shuriken and increasing there potency via wind chakra. Aizen retaliated by throwing more shuriken, 1 shuriken hit Fai while the 2nd and 5th shuriken. He hits the ground hard and then is buried by snow. While underneath the snow fai creates a clone. Aizen then throws shuriken at the clone. After it dies he realizes where rikuto really is...rikuto then jump's into the air and throw 2 exploding kunai at fai's feet with great speed. Before he could react, they explode and smoke begins to cover the area. After they explode aizem then jump's into the air and blows out a gust of wind which blows him away to gain distance from the smoke. Rikuto then falls back down to the snow, and make a soft, clean landing. He starts running towards aizen in a zig zag formation. He pull's his saber out of his scabbard with his right hand and prepare for close range battle. fai picks up his katana but still has it upside down and make 10 clones which spread about 5 meters and the real him is in the mix. The rest of the battle was unknown. All that was known was the two shinobi died by aizen's hand. Laxus uchiha appeared and challenged him in the hokage rooftop.
Laxus uchiha was one of konohagkure's uchiha. He had 1 tomoe sharingan active staring coldly at aizen who didnt even has his dojutsu active, he didnt need. Laxus started off by reaching into his pouch and drawing out three explosive tag kunai and three shurikens with ninja wire attached, he then threw the three explosive tags kunai aiming them around aizen in a triangle formation.
He then throw two of the ninja cord shurikens towards aizen in a bit in a wide arc so that they will each hit him in his ribcage from either side and then proceed to wrap around his torso and arms ensnaring him. As they were thrown aizen shot a bolt of electricity so that it streams from the shuriken to the cord to laxus. Laxus disconnects the cords and then creates a thick mist and make it rain and then create four clones that each run in a wide arc towards aizen surrounding him from all sides in a circle he then sends the clones inwards on him. senbon then jumps into the air and outta the mist, though, laxus before senbon can fully launch into the air, causes a rock pillar to sprout from beneath one of his clones at a angle sending him flying towardsaizen. He then jackhammers him back to the ground. Aizen, knowing he has in a bad position created a blast of lightning that rip laxus to shreds. Gin comments saying it was an overkill and aizen commented saying it was his own fault. He should have ran instead of being brave.
Aizen then draws his sword and attacks him in the kage mansion during the attack of the second nine-tails. Aizen applauded his ability to dodge and expresses happiness with the improvements in his skill since he was one of Aizen's subordinates. Aizen tells him that he doesn't want things to be harder, because he finds it difficult to hold back his strength. He states that as his former superior officer that he finds it unbearable for a subordinate to die.
Defeating the jounin, he tried to kill an uchiha, surprised that he still lived through it. Surprised that the procedure didn't kill the young uchiha, and having no further use for her, he orders Gin to kill him as he prepares to leave.
While leaving under the cloak of darkness, Aizen removes his glasses and change his hair style by combing a hand through it. His glasses evaporate into dust, planning to stand atop of the world in the heavens and take the place of the absent gods, something no one has ever done before.
One month later after the betrayal, he joined blade hygua and his older brother teno in the hidden storm village. Hidden storm village was filled with people from both the hidden ash and the village hidden steel. The village was at war when a group known as the makasou declared war on both the hidden snow village and arakagure. On a regular day, the gentle breeze rushes over the Five Great Nations, a calm scene, everything seems to be normal. At a distance, Eight High Ranked Shinobi stand, near to the forest of Konoha, one of the shinobi steps forward into a beam of sunlight, piercing through the thick trees, his name being Uchiha Izuna, the legendary Shinobi of the Uchiha clan, the other seven remain unidentified. Izuna performs a few handseals, ending with the tiger handseal, a hundred crows are summoned above them, the Crows have scrolls tied on them, as they all scatter to different directions. Izuna is represented as the sixth planet; Saturn, as the crows take off, Izuna turns around, facing the other members of the Organization, as he speaks, "Time to begin". The eight shinobi disappear into the thick trees, they return to their headquarters. The reign of terror first came to yukigakure, Yukigakure lies beyong the mountains of The Land Of Snow.
On a regular day, the Villagers of Yukigakure are doing there regular business, a sense of "Peace" lingers throughout the air, the Villagers seem cheerful, as the month continues, near to New Year's Day, it is snowing throughout.A Crow half the size of Gamabunta is seen flying over the Village, as most Villagers' eyes are turned to the scene, a man can be seen atop the Crow from an angle, this man atop the Crow is not a stranger, a Villager shouts, "It's Izuna of The Ushiha Clan and member of The Pure CHaos, get as far away!". A sense of panic submerges the Village, people scatter.
Izuna seems quite calm, as a hawk closes in, Atop the hawk is the leader of the Makaosu, Kirabi, junchuuriki of the Eight Tails, the Hawk is at a distance from Izuna, as it's heat is released into the atmosphere, it soars gracefully through the Sky, as Kirabi releases a large amount of ink, which sweaps away small buildings along with a few Villagers, the Ink rushes through the middle of the Village, leavig a gap of Ink in the center, chunks of rubble and people can be seen in the ink. Kirabi wipes the remaining ink from his mouth. Sanji smirks as he sees the ink fall to the village while on his King Cheetah.
Watching Driz and Sanji whip out summonings while the village is being covered in oil. Daemon stands and wait on his feet for the incoming attack. While waiting he slams his hands on the ground running an electric current through the ground for safety precautions. the village was destroyed later that day.
The makasou set out for the hidden storm. The night is still as the stars shine above the village of the Hidden Storm a small village located in the Lightning Country. The village as quiet as the surroundings save for a few gentle breezes passing over the area. Kirabi casually walks through the forest and makes his way to a spot hidden by the shadows of the trees as he prepares his attack. Izuna is on his crow Fu high above in the sky, surveying the area to make sure Kirabi's attack goes off without a hitch. Other members of the Makaosu are scattered throughout the forest behind Kirabi as he signals them to stop. Kirabi without another moment's notice transforms into the Eight-Tailed Giant Ox it's size destroying the surrounding the environment and most likely alerting the night-time guards. but not a moment to late, the dense black and white chakra forms into a dense sphere in front of the Eight-Tail's mouth and he releases a huge sphere of bijuu chakra sending it flying towards the village. This sphere if not stopped would continue on through the village gates towards the middle of the village before exploding. This ball is aimed at another part of the village causing massive damage to that section as well as it explodes. as he lands finally he charges his final sphere this ball is laced with Lightning Chakra and releases it... the tailed best bombs rip through and destroy the village. Rexii, teno , ouacus and aizen all fought kiabi and ~sanji~ but they had great strength and were overcame and defeated.
After the loss of of the village, aizen came to suna since it was the only place that had food and water for miles.Gin and tousen were there. While at suna it was like a ghost town. For many years he didn't do much until these words were spoken "woo i have arrived". Jacob moore and ginka uzumaki were having a conversation with rexii, who recently came from kumogakure, about liven up the village system. Aizen then came in with his noobish ways and said sunagkure could take on all villages one by one. He, unfortunately, was stared at like a retard. At this time he was unknown about who the current kazekage was until she made speech. This made aizen applaud in suprise. Rexii the genius of sunagkure came up with a brilliant idea. The idea that changed sunagakure. Since suna was indeed a mercenary village , we all had to split up into groups each with four members. The third kazekage was the first person to sign up for this and was originally on team one along with ~captain bravo~, ginka uzumaki and rexii. then team two came along acting all high and mighty. There team was composed of teno757, blade hygua , ~johnito uchiha~ and ten-tails jinchuriki. after about a week another team came about which consist of zoroOP , rikerslade , La Espada ( the disgusting traitor ) and aramdher. after battles were over and captains and teams were selected, we all decided to chill at the sunagakure bar.
Later on his life, in order to gain more power he saught out sempais and sensei's. his first teacher was leaf, the sempai of scarface, an RP legend. She taught aizen lightning element and then sought out kirabi, the same person who destroyed the village hidden in the storm. He taught senbonzakura 6 water jutsu then his subordinate, ~drizzy~ finished the rest of the wate like a sir. He started wind training with mugen but is finishing with drizzy. Same with fire and earth, drizzy taught aizen ALOT.
---3 Years later---
Aizen was sent out in a mission with a village members suna was aligned with. They visited ame for around 3 days. While there aizen decided to train. Hanzo was attacked and came under the rule of "pain". Aizen and toshiro quickly left the village before they were put under isolation. Toshiro then followed aizen back to suna where he became a sunarian.
Aizen calls the sunarians to a meeting and invites them to have some tea. As they are having their tea, Aizen reveals to them the presence of Ichigo uchiha and daemon. When the Espada start to dismiss them off-hand, he warns them not to underestimate the dup, revealing to them their exploits in akatsuki. At this point, zoro begins to leave, stating that he is going to go eradicate the threat in Aizen's name. However, Aizen stops him and resorts to intimidating zoro with his chakra when the latter hesitates to back down, bringing zoro to his knees. He then tells the other suna to return to their palaces and wait patiently. He also tells them not to be overconfident but not to be afraid either because as long as they are with him, no one can defeat them.
But they were defeated and at ichigo's mercy for not heading his words and he joined sunagakure.
Gin laughed at the village and decided to visit land of lightning, he has yet to return some say he died others believe he betrayed. Aizen believes gin is doing as he should...
Aizen's most noted and overused ability is his mastery over genjutsu and. His skill and creativity with genjutsu has made him feared over the world and gave him the nickname "troll" for toying with people with genjutsu whilst slicing them down in reality. He trained himself i genjutsu to such an extent where he only needs to preform 1 hand-seal for genjutsu based techniques. Aizen loves genjutsu and manipulation. The most noticeable trait is his ability to deceive and manipulate others around them in multiple manners. For years, he was effectively able to convince everyone around him that he was a kind-hearted man with the best intentions for Soul Society, while performing horrific actions.
Taijutsu &Kenjutsu
Repeatedly, Aizen has shown himself able to effortlessly catch his opponent's weapons barehanded. While fighting offensively, he has shown tremendous agility and dexterity, able to combine both sword and barehanded skills to simultaneously strike with his sword and kick opponents with great force. He has also demonstrated the ability to perform tremendously powerful and precise strikes, capable of cutting through very sturdy targets. Aizen is a highly proficient combatant. In combat, he doesn't seem the least bit taken back by the abilities of his opponent, even when they seemingly have an advantage. He fights with seemingly no effort behind his attacks.
Arguably, the most fearsome trait of Sōsuke Aizen is his tremendous intellect. He is well-versed in the history, strategy, tactics of the ninja world and is privy to knowledge previously unknown to many, such as the knowledge of the existence of the juubi, as well as the obscure method in which to revive it.
He has shown himself to be a very crafty and cunning man since his public betrayal of the leaf shinobi. The most noticeable trait is his ability to deceive and manipulate others around them in multiple manners. For years, he was effectively able to convince everyone around him that he was a kind-hearted man with the best intentions for the leaf village while performing horrific actions. He has a great talent for analyzing and observing everything in his presence, allowing him to quickly understand a person's pattern of thinking and better manipulate them. He is also a powerful strategist, capable of formulating well-thought-out plans several steps ahead of others. These plans are incredibly involved and detailed, and are planned-out with the long term in mind, making them seem slightly convoluted. His most well known plan spans over 11 years, a great accomplishment given that it required moving people around like pieces on a chessboard, as well as making sure they played the role he had planned out for them. e has also shown himself as a powerful and flexible tactician, capable of adjusting seamlessly to any given combat situation, if not plan out events well in advance. He understands the strengths, weaknesses and mannerisms of his enemies and creates strategies to achieve victory.
He has a normal katana. The only decoration is the crossguard, which is a hexagon instead of a rectangle. The two sides parallel to the blade are long, whereas the four sides above and below the blade are shortened, making it into almost a diamond or prism-like shape. It has a green handle. This is aizen's normal weopan that he is in almost every single one of his battles.
Aizen prior to betraying konoha
Current Aizen
Aizen's Battle armour
This is aizen's awesome battle armor It is nowhere as resilient as most battle armors, since it easily breaks away upon impact, indicating that the sole purpose of the armour is to absorb impact channelled unto Aizen's body during battle. The armor surrounding his face attached to the inside of the mask is a breathing apparatus, this works to protect him from poisonous gases and to pull oxygen from water, allowing him to stay under for suspended periods of time. The weight decreases his speed by 1.
Aizen using Demonic Possesion Technique
Whenever aizen uses the demonic possesion technique, the sclera of his eyes become light purple, with white irids and a light purple pupil. His hair grows longer down to his buttox and his genjutsu becomes more powerful.
(Akuma Shoji no Jutsu) - Demonic Possesion Technique
Rank: S
Type: Supplementary
Range: Short
Chakra cost: 40 (-10 per turn activated)
Damage points: N/A (+15 to genjutsu techniques)
Description: The Demonic Possesion technique is unique to the Kurama clan in which it allows them to activate their subconious personality that is created from the power of their Kekkai Genkai. Whilst this is activated the user is capable of increasing genjutsu techniques attack power by +15 and causing genjutsu techniques to affect the victim in real aswell meaning if a victim is stabbed with a weapon in a genjutsu they are afflicted the real damage upon them. The user can only maintain this technique for a period of 5 turns and they cannot perform high level elemental ninjutsu
(S rank techniques) whilst the technique is activated. After the 5 turns have taken place the user then start losing control of the power and begin losing their rationality. They then have 3 turns before they completely lose their mind to a demonic state and lose the match. During the 3 turns they cannot perform genjutsu any further.
Aizen using carbon wings
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(kurokongouseki tsubasa ) Carbon wings
Rank: A
Type: Supplementary
Range: short
Chakra Cost: 30
Damage Points: N/a
Description: The user with focus there chakra, creating wind made from carbon out of the carbon atoms in the air or on the ground. This wings are like and extension of the user and can be used for flight in battle. These wings protect the users back and can only be destroyed by fire or lightning attacks. These wings are 1 meter long each. The carbon in the wings has a unique structure that makes it so the carbon is very light and so is able to allow the user to fly. This form of carbon is called carbon nanofoam, one of the lightest know solids.
Theme Song and Background Music:
Won: More than You
Lost: Less than You


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I've finally figured out my issue with Bayless as a point guard. I love his drive, and hustle - there is no doubt he lays it on the line every time out. However, I'm not a fan of his demeanour or on-court personality but that is not the issue. There is no doubt he is very athletic and talented from a skill perspective which is great. However, I'm not a fan of his decision making. His confidence in himself is inspiring.
Despite his great stat line versus Charlotte and over the previous 4 games, I found myself not impressed with his play as a point guard. The stats are incredible but here is my issue:
I would like my starting PG to look for teammates before he looks for himself in the first 12-14 seconds of the shot clock - obviously an opportunity within the flow of the game (clear lane, open shot) needs to be taken, I'm not talking about that. I have no problem with a scoring PG within the parameters of team play. A scoring PG who takes liberties with their scoring opportunities because the ball is in their hands earliest and most often is another story.
Too many times, in my opinion, Bayless takes a quick pull up or drives the lane for a contested layup very early in the shot clock or quickly after getting past half. Also too often, in my opinion, he holds the ball dribbling too long missing the split second opportunity to deliver the ball to a teammate when he is open - maybe if basketball treated assists like hockey (last 2 passes before a goal count as assists) he'd be more willing to give the ball up. Finally, in my opinion, I do not like the mentality that he will do it on his own when things break down for the team. There is a very fine line in the good/bad divide with this trait, his confidence is incredible but his execution leaves much to be desired for me - this comes back to the idea of a starting PG looking for teammates in the first half of the shot clock and creating for himself in the second half. When the other team is pulling away, you don't want a quick shot (one dribble pull up, example) early in the clock - it is great when it goes in but shows a poor decision when one misses. When your own team is pulling away or going on a run, you don't want a quick shot (drive versus 3 players for example) early in the clock - if you make the bucket or get fouled it is great but if you miss it shows a poor decision. These are very fine lines I realize, however, making a shot doesn't make it a good shot.
The last 5 games, JB has played great statistically. Unfortunately I don't think the statistics tell the whole story as a starting PG. I've seen all the games except the first half versus Charlotte and the previous paragraph are the things that stick out to me.
Something to consider for those who think he could be the starting PG for the Raptors moving forward beyond this season which also speaks to those who point to his statistics as success:
Statistics for the last 5 games:
37.6 minutes
21.8 points
7.6-14.0 fg-fga
.543 fg%
2.4-4.2 3pt-3pta
.571 3pt%
4.2-5.0 ft-fta
.840 ft%
3.6 rebounds
7.6 assists
1.8 steals
2.6 turnovers
Great numbers, no doubt. I highlighted the shooting percentages because in the last 5 games he has started, despite shooting just over 54%, he is still shooting just 43% as a starter in 10 games. Off the bench he shoots 39.1%. On the year he is shooting 41.2%. in 225 games played in the NBA he is a career 41% shooter.
At some point, he'll revert back to the mean - the law of averages almost guarantees it. So ask yourself 2 questions and attempt to answer honestly and objectively:
1) do you think he is capable of continuing this shooting pace indefinitely because he now starts? (54.3%)
2) do you think you would feel the same about his prospects as the starting PG of the team had he shot his career and season average of 41% over the last 5 games?
Something else to consider, statistics by result:
In wins:
11 games, 24.8 minutes, 9.7 points, 36.7% fg, 38.7% 3pt, 82.9% ft, 4.3 assists, 2.6 rebs, .6 stl, 2.0 turnover
In losses:
16 games, 22.9 minutes, 12.8 points, 43.8% fg, 40.3% 3pt, 88.6% ft, 3.6 assists, 1.9 rebs. .6 stl, 1.6 turnover
Personally, it makes me a little bit nervous when I see a player perform better individually in losses than in wins.
I hope my message is clear and this makes sense. I really don't hate Jerryd Bayless. I just don't like his game as a starting PG and I don't think his performance over the last 5 games is sustainable.


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Hafner, Yankees finalize one-year contract
By Bryan Hoch / MLB.com
NEW YORK -- The Yankees on Friday finalized a one-year contract with free-agent slugger Travis Hafner, who is expected to help fill the club's designated-hitter slot for the 2013 season.
Hafner, 35, batted .228 with 12 home runs and 34 RBIs in 64 games for the Indians last season. Cleveland cut ties with Hafner in October, choosing to pay the left-handed hitter a $2.75 million buyout instead of a $13 million option for the '13 season.
The owner of 201 home runs over 11 Major League seasons, Hafner has not played the field since 2007. As a full-time DH with the Yanks, he'll essentially fill the role envisioned last season for Raul Ibanez.
The Yankees have also been in the market for a right-handed hitter who can play some outfield and hit left-handed pitching well, a role filled the past two seasons by Andruw Jones, suggesting that Hafner would primarily be asked to play against right-handers.
Hafner has been limited to an average of 86 games per season over the past five years, and has struggled against left-handed pitching. However, dating back to 2008, Hafner has hit .269 with a .371 on-base percentage against right-handed pitching.
Last year, the Yanks and Indians held discussions about a preseason trade that could have sent Hafner to New York in a deal for pitcher A.J. Burnett, but the talks stalled and the Yankees sent Burnett to the Pirates instead.
To make room on the 40-man roster, the Yankees designated outfielder Russ Canzler for assignment.
Bryan Hoch is a reporter for MLB.com. Follow him on Twitter @bryanhoch and read his MLBlog, Bombers Beat. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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of Central Florida researchers could repair and monitor damaged
hearts without cutting into a patient's chest with the use of
glowing "firefly"
stem cells.
stem cells, which are created with the same exact enzyme that
makes fireflies glow, were engineered by Steven Ebert, an associate
professor in UCF's College of Medicine. The study was funded by the
National Institutes of Health and the American Heart Association.
the "firefly" stem
cells develop into healthy heart muscle, they glow brighter
and brighter, which allows researchers to watch and determine if the
stem cells are working and where exactly they are. To do this, a
special camera lens is used under a microscope to see the stem cells
without ever having to cut into the patients chest.
question that we answered was, 'How do you follow these cells in the
lab and find out where they're going?'" said Ebert.
until now, researchers were unsure as to why stem cells "morph" into
organs where they are transplanted. They were also unsure of
how fast it takes stem cells to do it. But with Ebert's research and
use of "firefly" stem cells, these glowing stem cells can
be observed step-by-step.
to Ebert, the next step in this type of research would be to use
these stem cells in a disease model to observe how they heal a
damaged heart and determine what sort of environment would help these
stem cells become most successful.
out how these stem cells repair and regenerate heart tissue could
help the 17.6 million Americans dealing with coronary disease. In
addition, with the use of "firefly" stem cells, the
monitoring of the stem cells would not require cutting into the chest
study, titled "Generation of Novel Reporter Stem Cells and
Their Application for Molecular Imaging of Cardiac-Differentiated
Stem Cells In Vivo," can be found in this month's Stem
Cell and Development Journal.