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Why Mexican Justice is a EuphemismBy JOHN ROSS March to end violence against women in Ciudad Juarez and the city of Chihuahua on 14 February 2004 organised by V-Day and Amnesty International. © Amnesty International
Even in the best of times, Mexican justice is a euphemism - and these are not the best of times. With 90% of all crimes unprosecuted or unreported, conviction rates are below 10% and too often those who are convicted are innocent victims themselves, rounded up and summarily charged so that security forces - there are 1671 police agencies in Mexico - can clear crimes that may well have been commited by the police themselves. The two-tiered justice system is profoundly disequal in its treatment of those arrested. Odds are that the rich and powerful will never see the inside of a jail cell - if not immediately released, they will be held for questioning ("arraigo") at private hotels such as the Federal Prosecutor's Office maintains in Mexico City. Those that have no juice with authorities or a slick lawyer to spring them disappear behind bars for stretches that are better measured in geologic time, awaiting the glacial pace of court proceedings and often held without even being formally charged. A year can elapse before a prisoner is formally declared a prisoner, the signal that the court will actually hear the case. Because most prisoners are not bailable (either because they too poor or because the crimes with which they are charged do not allow for release on bail), they will be imprisoned throughout the process, "defended" by public defenders whose caseloads are so out of control that they don't even know who they are defending. Guilt, which is presumed, and innocence which must be proven (the Napoleonic Code) is decided by a single judge - there is no jury of one's peers. Although judgments must be rendered within a year, they are often deferred. When a conviction and sentence is handed down, the defendant has the option to appeal for an "amparo", an injunction protecting the appellant from being imprisoned although he or she may have already been imprisoned for years. If a higher court does grant the "amparo" against the sentence, the prisoner may be freed "under caution" - which means that he or she must report to court authorities once a week although no new trial will ever be held. Most cases are eventually dismissed with the payment of a fine that is a multiple of the daily minimum wage. This Via Cruces is doubly onerous for those catalogued as political prisoners. Prison authorities encourage isolation and the ostracizing of prisoners with social activism backgrounds and many spend years in solitary confinement subject to violence by prison officials and other prisoners and tortured by intelligence agencies to reveal information or renounce their convictions. Some just disappear while in captivity. Speaking for the National Front Against Repression (FNCR), leftist Senator Rosario Ibarra, whose own son vanished after being detained by federal authorities in 1976, estimates that there are currently 900 political prisoners in Mexican lockups. Ibarra campaigns in congress for a national amnesty.OAXACA - THE CRIMINALIZATION OF SOCIAL PROTESTThe criminalization of social protest has been the benchmark of President Felipe Calderon's 17 months in office since his fraud-marred election in 2006. Calderon's first political prisoner was Flavio Sosa, a frequent spokesperson for the Oaxaca Peoples' Popular Assembly (APPO) which, along with striking teachers, occupied the plaza of that state's capital from May through November of 2006 demanding the removal of despotic governor Ulises Ruiz.Following a crackdown by federal police on November 25th of that year which resulted in over 200 arrests of activists, Sosa and two other APPO leaders were summoned to Mexico City to "dialogue" with Calderon's newly installed Interior Secretary Francisco Ramirez Acuna. Upon leaving the secretariat following a December 4th session, three days after Calderon's chaotic inauguration, Sosa and his brother Horacio were surrounded by federal agents and hustled off to Mexico's most notorious maximum prison then known as Almaloya, charged with the kidnapping of two cops (they had been discovered infiltrating an APPO meeting), blocking highways, seizing state television facilities, and burning down Oaxaca's highest court. Both Flavio and Horacio and later a third brother Eric (the two brothers' crime appears to be sharing the name "Sosa" with Flavio) were held in isolation in a section of the Almaloya Super Maxi that houses the nation's top-tier druglords, brutal kidnappers like Daniel Arizmendi, "El Mochaorejas" ("The Earchopper"), and confessed political assassin Mario Aburto. Denied contact with lawyers or family, phone calls and all reading materials, and roughly strip searched every four hours, Sosa's supporters feared for his mental health.After eight months of such cruel and unusual punishment, Flavio Sosa was reclaimed by Governor Ruiz from Calderon, wrapped up in chains, and helicoptered to a Oaxaca state prison. By August 2007, Sosa remained one of the last of the APPO's prisoners - hundreds rounded up in November and transported to jails out of the state had been released on bail. But justice had not triumphed. At least 26 victims had been gunned down by Ruiz's police, including U.S. independent journalist Brad Will, yet no officer has ever been charged in the killings. Impunity reignsOne further example of how the justice system works in Oaxaca: Emiterio Merrino, an APPO activist beaten to within an inch of his life by Ruiz's Ministerial Police during July 2007 demonstrations, was recently fined several thousand pesos by a Oaxaca judge after failing to appear in court - Merrino, who is confined to a wheelchair, was left incontinent and his sight irrevocably damaged by the attack. He still cannot speak.During his incarceration in state prison, Sosa maintains that Ruiz's intermediaries offered him his release and $10,000 USD for each of the next three years if he would leave Mexico, a deal Flavio appears to have turned down. Sosa has in fact been an unstable political ally. Elected to Mexico's Chamber of Deputies in 1999 on the left-center Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD) ticket, he jumped to the right-wing PAN party and supported ex-president Vicente Fox in 2000. In 2004, Sosa jumped parties again, aligning himself with a spurious local formation designed to siphon votes from the PRD, a strategy that guaranteed Ruiz's victory. Finally this April 19th, 16 months after his arrest and 60 pounds svelter (Flavio had been dangerously overweight when he went to jail), Sosa was freed after a judge dismissed all charges against him in a lightning-fast hearing that lasted only 20 minutes. In truth, the activist had not even been present at the demonstrations where many of the events he was charged with inciting occurred. Sosa's large family was waiting at the prison gates to embrace him along with the much-discredited leader of Section 22 of the Oaxaca's teachers union Ezekiel Rosales. Section 22, whose annual strike for a new contract ignited the 2006 uprising, is once again threatening to strike in mid-May
ATENCO TWO YEARS LATER - NO JUSTICE, NO PEACE!The tumultuous skein of resistance and repression in Oaxaca followed hard on the heels of the government's now notorious rampage in San Salvador Atenco, an agricultural enclave on the shores of Lake Texcoco just outside Mexico City May 3rd and 4th 2006 after a minor altercation at a local flower market escalated into wholesale mayhem. 2000 state and federal police, bent on revenge for the farmers' successful struggle to cancel expropriation of communal lands for a multi-billion dollar international airport back in 2001, stormed the town before dawn May 4th. Singling out sympathizers of the Popular Front to Defend the Land (FPDT), the robocops savagely beat the villagers, destroyed their homes, and dragged 207 protestors off to prison, including one farmer in a wheelchair. 26 women were sexually abused while being transported to a state lockup and two young men were killed by police shooters during the two-day assault. Five non-Mexican human rights observers were summarily deported from Mexico. The brutality of the attack has been widely decried by international human rights organizations ranging from Amnesty International to the Inter-American Human Rights Commission as Exhibit A on a lengthy list of violations by security forces and the failure of the Mexican justice system and the National Human Rights Commission (CNDH) to provide relief.Two years to the date of this outrage, 16 Atencans and their supporters remain jailed, 13 of them facing lengthy sentences for blocking a federal highway near the town. 27 others, some of them woman who were sexually assaulted by the police, were recently released on bail, among them Magdalena Garcia, a Mazahua Indian who was designated a prisoner of conscience by Amnesty International. Two flower venders also remain jailed, charged with being in possession of dangerous weapons - their machetes or field knives. In addition, three leaders of the Atenco-base FPDT - Ignacio Del Valle, Felipe Alvarez, and Hector Galindo - are being held in isolation at Almaloya (now Altiplano), the same super maxi where the Sosas were incarcerated, sentenced to 67 years imprisonment for "kidnapping." The nature of their crime? During an April 2006 negotiating session with Mexico state school authorities, the leaders of the FPDT locked the door to keep the officials from leaving the room. Those responsible for the Atenco travesty have not been held accountable. 21 police officers accused of sexual assault including rape and sodomy, were warned not to do it again by their superiors. Then-Secretary of Public Security Eduardo Medina Mora, who oversaw the operation, is now Mexico's Attorney General. Admiral Wilfrido Robledo, who coordinated Mexico state police and was responsible for the logistics of the attack, now heads up security for Carlos Slim, the world's richest tycoon. Enrique Pena Nieto, governor of Mexico state who greenlighted the assault, is being touted as Mexico's next president. Lady Justice is undergoing tests to determine just who it was that raped her.CHIAPAS - THE REBELLION OF THE HANGEDB. Traven's "Rebellion of The Hanged" is a classic tale of justice in pre-revolutionary Chiapas in which Indian prisoners are hung from trees as punishment for defying their masters. The story hasn't changed much since Traven's day.Far away from the national spotlight, Chiapas, Mexico's southernmost state straddling the Guatemalan border, remains an entity where Lady Justice is violated every day. The prisoner population in the state is overwhelmingly dark in complexion - Mestizos and Indians. Indigenous peoples comprise a third of the state's population but about three quarters of the prisoners in the Chiapas penal system. Many do not speak Spanish and were denied translators for their day in court - according to federal law, translators must be available to non-Spanish-speaking defendants. Those behind bars in Chiapas are prisoners of class and convenience, often poor campesinos taken into custody while walking a country road or traveling up to the county seat to do commerce, with no connection to the crimes with which they are charged - former Chiapas state prosecutor Mariano Herran is currently under investigation for railroading innocent Indians into state penitentiaries. Other prisoners were hauled in by authorities for reclaiming lands that had once been theirs. Although no members of the Zapatista Army of National Liberation are currently cooling their heels in Chiapas jails, many incarcerated indigenas have affiliated with the Zapatistas' Other Campaign while locked up. This March, Indian prisoners went on prolonged hunger strikes in four Chiapas "CERESOs" or Social Rehabilitation Centers to protest their incarcerations. "Pueblo Creyente", a Catholic base community affiliated with the San Cristobal de las Casas diocese and backed up Bishop Felipe Arizmendi (no relation to the Earchopper) won the release of Tzotzil Indian Zacario Hernandez after a 45 day fast. At its height, nearly 50 Indian prisoners were refusing to eat and the movement was gaining so much momentum from day to day that Governor Juan Sabines agreed to reexamine their cases and eventually 137 prisoners were released because of irregularities in the judicial proceedings that put them in jail. Two Chol Indian farmers, Angel Concepcion Perez and Francisco Perez, both allied with the Other Campaign, continue on hunger strike. Both have served 12 years for an alleged murder during a 1996 land struggle in the north of Chiapas but the body of the allegedly deceased has yet to appear.LA GUERRILLA DE GUERREROUnlike their one-time EZLN rivals, Mexico's other guerrilla, the Popular Revolutionary Army, counts over 40 prisoners in state and federal prisons, a dozen of them Zapotec Indians from the Loxichas in Oaxaca's coastal sierra who were rounded up in 1996 in the wake of coordinated guerrilla attacks. Two leaders of the breakaway Revolutionary Army of the Insurgent People (ERPI) Gloria Arenas AKA "Comandanta Aurora" and Jacobo Silva Nieto, "Comandante Arturo", were entrapped in 1999 following the Mexican army massacre of 11 ERPI recruits in a schoolhouse on Guerrero's Costa Chica and are serving 40 year sentences in maximum security prisons - legislators representing the National Front Against Repression seeking to interview the two were turned away by prison authorities April 6th.Although the EPR had gone dormant for many years, the disappearance of two of its historic leaders, Edmundo Reyes Amaya and Gabriel Cruz Sanchez, woke the guerrilla from its deep sleep. Both men were seen being taken in stretchers by police from a hotel in the Oaxaca market May 25th 2007 but have never been seen again. After Governor Ruiz and President Calderon vigorously denied culpability for the disappearances, the EPR embarked upon a retaliatory bombing spree, taking out petroleum pipelines in three states and minimally damaging a Sears outlet in an upscale Oaxaca shopping mall. This April 24th, Mexican military troops forced their way into Oaxaca Ministerial Police headquarters at gunpoint and seized sub-commander Pedro Hernandez Hernandez and his chauffer in connection with the disappearances of Reyes and Cruz Sanchez and the two were brought to Mexico City for further questioning where they are being held under "arraigo" for 90 days in one of the federal prosecutor's private hotels. Also under investigation is Romeo Ruiz, a cousin of the governor, who is said to have played an unspecified role in the caper. LAS MUERTAS DE JUAREZSocial activists who take part in civil disobedience are often not immediately prosecuted for their acts of resistance. Instead, secret arrest warrants are issued and served at the whim of judges and police. This April, Cipriana Herrera, an activist who works for justice for Las Muertas ("The Dead Girls") of Ciudad Juarez, 300 women who have been murdered in that border city since 1992, was stopped by state police agents on a Chihuahua freeway, handcuffed, and taken off to jail, accused of blocking one of the international bridges between Juarez and El Paso - in October 2005! Las Muertas of Juarez have achieved international notoriety in the annals of misogyny. Despite innumerable investigations into the feminicides, the appearance of dozens of books and several films and the visit of two United Nations Human Rights Commissioners (Mary Robinson and Lucile Arbour), the Dead Girls have been relegated to the cold case file by state and federal authorities. As in Oaxaca, Atenco, and Guerrero, impunity reigns. According to Chihuahua farmers leader Victor Quintana at least 40 secret arrest warrants are pending for local social activists in that northern state.A NEW DIRTY WARThe failure of Mexico's National Human Rights Commission (CNDH) to aggressively challenge such egregious violations was recently critiqued by the Washington-based Human Rights Watch. In an unprecedented "special" report, the CNDH was blasted for abdicating its responsibilities to social activists victimized at Atenco and in Oaxaca and Chiapas. Similarly, the Mexican Supreme Court, which has investigative powers, appears to have abandoned announced probes into the abuses in Oaxaca and Atenco. Rosario Ibarra, whose son was taken during the "dirty war" of the 1970s in which hundreds of social activists were disappeared after being captured by security forces, compares Calderon's campaign to criminalize social protest with that dark moment in Mexico's history. Indeed, one of the architects of that first dirty war, General Mario Arturo Acosta Chaparro, accused of personally executing 20 campesinos in Guerrero where he headed the state police, and organizing death flights ("Vuelos de Muerte") from an Acapulco air force base that dumped the bodies of 148 missing rebels in the Pacific Ocean between 1974 and 1978, was recently retired from the Mexican military with full honors. Chaparro's career was "faithful testimony to a patriotic life" his peers decreed, lauding the General's "spirit of dedication to Mexico and its institutions." As Lady Justice gives up the ghost here, that description is being chiseled into her tombstone. Does anyone out there have connections in the publishing industry? Might your contacts want to take a look at John Ross's riveting, unpublished short novel, "The History of Latin America, A Novella"? Write
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The United Methodist Church provides four online options for locating a Methodist minister including a "Find-a-Church" interactive search, conference and district directories, and a message system called InfoServ. These links are available at UMC.org. There are over 44,400 Methodist clergy in the United States.
Entering a city and/or state name in the Find-a-Church feature results in a list of churches in or near the location entered. Clicking on a church name links to the church website. Church contact information is provided at the top of each church home page and the minister is identified at the bottom of each page. Clicking on conference and district directory links leads to a page identifying the states in each conference or district, with links to each conference or district directory. The InfoServ feature requires the user to enter her name, e-mail address and ZIP code along with a message detailing the information being sought.
Recognizing each church member as a minister of the faith, the United Methodist Church is moving away from the use of the word minister to identify its clergy. Referring to clergy or a pastor as the minister is believed to diminish the church member's role to that of a consumer or recipient of services.

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text: Conservation: Story Story Posted 06-28-2013 Florida Panther Gives Birth to Kitten Cause for celebration due to the animal's skinny population "The fact that this panther has given birth is positive news for the recovery of this endangered species and a testament to the hard work of all involved in its rescue and rehabilitation," said Dave Onorato, FWC panther biologist. (Courtesy FWC) Only 100 to 160 adult and sub-adult panthers exist in south Florida. Biologists jubilantly added one more number to the mix last week, when a female Florida panther, rescued as an orphaned kitten and raised in captivity, gave birth just a few months after her release back into the wild. Biologists found the approximately 1-month-old female kitten last week in the Fakahatchee Strand Preserve State Park in southwest Florida, near where they released the young adult panther in January. "We were very excited to find this panther's kitten," said Dave Onorato, Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission (FWC) panther biologist. "The fact that this panther has given birth is positive news for the recovery of this endangered species and a testament to the hard work of all involved in its rescue and rehabilitation." Biologists estimate the female panther became pregnant about three weeks after her release, when she was only 21 months old -- an age that is somewhat younger than the typical age of first conception for female panthers. While biologists are encouraged the female became a contributor to the population so quickly, it was not completely unexpected, given that her home range is within prime panther habitat. "Kitten survival rates are pretty low, but this kitten looked healthy and feisty," Onorato said. "The kitten has a chance of one day contributing to the population as well. "The FWC rescued the now young adult panther and its brother as 5-month-old kittens in September 2011 after their mother was found dead. They were then raised at the White Oak Conservation Center in Yulee until they were ready for release. The FWC released the male panther in April at the Rotenberger Wildlife Management Area in south Florida. "The success story of this once orphaned panther giving birth in the wild following its rescue and rehabilitation would not be possible without license plate funds," said Carol Knox, FWC's Imperiled Species Section Leader. Knox was referring to the protect the panther license plate. Fees from it are the primary funding source for the FWC's research and management of Florida panthers. For biologists, every number counts. And this kitten is another reason for celebration as they continue to monitor the Florida Panther's existence in south Florida. Share This Story Next From Story Australia May Take in African Rhinos to Prevent Extinction Related Conservation : Posted 06-12-2013 Special Delivery: Wildlife! View Conservation : Posted 06-07-2013 A Rocky Mountain Success Story View Comments Categories News Stories Videos Photo Galleries Viewer Photo Galleries Features Everything Deer with Jeremy Flinn Behind the Badge with Carlos Gomez EagleCam Africam Conservation Check Out All The Photos Explore the United States. Find information about and activities within your state. Get Started


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LA Green Lights Live Earth
Last night Los Angeles showed their support for the 24-hour concert series Live Earth to raise awareness of the climate crisis by lighting city landmarks green.
Eco-celebs Lawrence Bender, producer of An Inconvenient Truth (who had a very foxy girlfriend, Swedish jazz singer Lisa Lovbrand, on the sides), Sharon Lawrence, Daphne Zuniga, Ed Begley, Jr., and Ron & Lisa Beres of GreenNest.com joined the Los Angeles City Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, Cathy Zoi of the Alliance for Climate Protection, the MillionTreesLA group, and other notable city officials and green organizations to sign the Live Earth Pledge created by Al Gore.
Villaraigosa proudly announced in English and Spanish that Los Angeles recycles more than any other metropolitan city, has maintained its water usage steady despite a population growth of over 1 million people in the last 10 years, and will move towards powering the city with renewable energy sources from 8% to 20% by 2010.
Ron Beres encouraged ecorazzi readers to be a "great catalyst change for the community." Daphne Zuniga also chimed in with "let's fix the major problems in our own backyard."
Join your favorite celebrities and world leaders and sign the Live Earth Pledge today.


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The Birth of the Pagefolk
People who love gourmet food are called "foodies" (perhaps derived from "hippies," referring to people who love hipness.) What about people who love books?
Unfortunately, the word "bookies" has been taken. It refers to criminals who take bets from gamblers. "Bibliophiles" describes collectors of books, who don't necessarily read them. Conversely, "readers" includes anyone at all who is literate.
I like the word "page," because a reader gazes at a page, not an entire book. A bookmark designates a page (or actually two pages). But "pager" already means an electronic device worn on the belt. I submit the word "pagefolk."
"Folk" has democratic connotations, and reading is quite democratic. Born-again Christians, self-help followers, Romance fans: all are pagefolk. The only trait they share is a faint mistrust of television.
Pagefolk need each other, for the same reason foodies do -- to recommend new pleasures. Because, except for those who are two-thirds of the way through the complete works of Trollope, reading is a semi-improvised hobby. Most pagefolk don't know which book they'll choose next.
I especially suffer from this problem, because I admire the English Catholics: G. K. Chesterton, Graham Greene, Malcolm Muggeridge. The English Catholics write each book as if it were their last, which means you must take a break between them. I made the mistake of reading Chesterton's The Man Who Was Thursday too soon after The Club of Queer Trades. It lacked surprise (and Chesterton without surprise is nearly joyless). So I need reading matter between my English Catholics.
Personally, I use the First Sentence method for choosing a book. For instance, the most recent novel I finished was The Man Who Didn't Exist by Geoffrey Homes. The beautiful four-color cover of this Dell paperback depicts a green overcoat resting on a beach at sunset, beside two ominous footprints. In the bottom right-hand corner, an eyeball stares through a keyhole -- that's the logo identifying the book as "A MURDER MYSTERY" (which is written alongside). The copyright is MCMXXXVII. (That's 1937, in case you forgot what "V" means.) Across from the title page is the statement:
BOOKS ARE WEAPONS -- in a free democracy everyone may read what he likes. Books educate, inform, inspire; they also provide entertainment, bolster morale. This book has been manufactured in conformity with wartime restrictions -- read it and pass it on. Our armed forces especially need books -- you may give them to your nearest U.S.O. office, leave them at your public library, or them direct to Commanding Headquarters, 4th Service Command, Atlanta, Ga., marked "For Army Libraries."But despite all these attractions, it was the first sentence that convinced me:
"It didn't look like a murder case at first."
This is 1930s American spoken English, but full of sateen irony. Geoffrey Homes is toying with us readers, from the beginning. Also, Homes has a poetic touch; the words are roughly iambic. It could be the first line of a Sarah Vaughan song.
One is compelled to read the second sentence, which is:
"To begin with, there wasn't any body -- not a sign of a body."
At this point I was hooked. Homes was pulling himself into the mystery, and I was coming with him.
Now, three weeks later, I've finished The Man Who Didn't Exist, and I know I made the right decision. The setting is Los Angeles, the hero Robin Bishop, a "tall, debonair, curly-haired reporter for the Evening News, who has a nose for a mystery as well as a news story" (that's from the list of characters). Robin finds the empty coat we see on the cover of the book, behind a gambling casino in Point Utopia. Pinned to the lapel is the note:
Good-bye. You'll find me bumping against the pilings in a day or so if the barracuda let me be. Or maybe you'll never find me. Maybe the tide will take me with it on its way to China. That's what I want to happen, so if I do return, tie a couple of rocks to my feet and throw me back.
The note is signed "Zenophen Zwick." Zenophen Zwick is the most widely-read writer of mystery novels in the world.
227 pages of engaging fiction ensue. What most impressed me were Homes' discourses on the L.A. sky. Back in the '30s, a detective writer was also a weather-poet. Rain and sunshine set the mood of a story, exactly as music does in a movie. As the mystery deepens in The Man Who Didn't Exist, a fog settles on L.A.:
When they came out of the little French restaurant on Pine Street, the fog was thicker than ever. It seemed to hang like moss on the few dejected trees growing in the parkways. Long strands of it dripped from the dirty, scabrous leaves of the black acacias; like a parasitical growth it fastened on the squat and untidy palm trees. The neon signs on the corner drugstores and the cheap cafés were like bloodstains on a piece of gray wool cloth. As always, the city took something beautiful and made it ugly. The city was afraid of it. It sought to drive the fog away with street car gongs and auto horns and sirens and colored lights, and succeeded in making it something messy and disagreeable.
Did you notice that "street car" was two words? I became obsessed with these archaisms as I read the book. Here is a list of them:
mail man
mail box
stair well
business men
rooming houses
any more*
book shops
police cars
door bell
coffee pot
tree tops
*Here is the context:
Robin folded his notes and put them in his pocket, rose, put on his hat and went over to the city desk.And now, the hyphenated words:
"Need me any more?" he asked.
Gradually, since 1937, our language is filling with compound words. English is becoming German!
The Man Who Didn't Exist is literally priceless. No price is listed anywhere on the cover. Perhaps it was distributed for free to soldiers in the Second World War.
Who was Geoffrey Homes? I had assumed his name was a pseudonym, and I thought "Homes" referred to the book's domesticity. Robin Bishop is newly married, and adores his wife, Mary. (Also "Homes" could be a subtle pun on "Sherlock Holmes.") In fact, the writer's real name was Daniel Geoffrey Homes Mainwaring. Born in Oakland in 1902, Mainwaring was an American success story. He began as a detective, then became a reporter, then an author of books about a detective-reporter. Ultimately, he wrote thirteen books, with great titles like The Man Who Murdered Himself and Stiffs Don't Vote. (He also penned one under his real name: One Against the Earth.) Mainwaring went on to write for Hollywood, and two of his screenplays are considered classics: the film-noir masterpiece Out Of the Past and Invasion of the Body Snatchers.
Now that I've finished this mystery, I've returned to an English Catholic: Graham Greene. My copy of The End of the Affair is a sky-blue paperback published by Bantam in March of 1955, when I was one year old. (The original price was 35¢, but I paid a quarter.) Even with English Catholics, however, I use the First Sentence method. This book begins:
A story has no beginning or end; arbitrarily one chooses that moment of experience from which to look back or from which to look ahead.I'm a slow reader, so after a week I'm still on page 19. Nervously, I wait for the two main characters, Maurice Bendrix and Sarah Miles, to kiss. Every day, their kiss gets closer, but still hasn't arrived.
Novels are the most romantic genre, more captivating even than cinema. When I read a book, I love and lust for the women in them. Right now, in the movies, all the starlets bore me -- even Scarlett Johansson. (The least romantic medium is radio. For some reason, no one ever kisses on the radio.) If you're one of the pagefolk, you'll understand.
Pundit, humorist and poet Sparrow has contributed to The New Yorker, The Quarterly, The New York Times, and was featured in the PBS series The United States of Poetry. His most recent book is America: A Prophecy: The Sparrow Reader.
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CHILLICOTHE, Ohio (AP) — Railroad officials say a train has derailed in central Ohio.
Officials with Norfolk Southern say 11 cars jumped the tracks shortly before midnight Monday in Chillicothe, about 45 minutes south of Columbus.
The railroad says no injuries were reported. The train, which was traveling southbound, was not carrying any hazardous materials.
Officials say all of the cars stayed upright and crews are working to get them back on the tracks. It's unclear how long that will take.
Officials say at least two people were on board the train at the time of the derailment, an engineer and a conductor.
Norfolk Southern says the cause is still under investigation.


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Bursting with exceedingly unique melodies and groovy rhythms, EMEFE's newest EP, Time, takes their multi-instrumental prowess to new heights. As chunky synth notes overlay nimble guitar riffs, the release manages to be fun without losing an edge of intrigue. The instrumentation never remains the same throughout each song — instead, the band relies on shifting landscapes and sounds to leave listeners on the edge of their seats. Stream the release above, and be sure to catch their release show with us at Trans-Pecos this Sunday!
You can also pre-order the EP here, and get to know a bit more about Time directly from the source below!
The "Time" EP is a culmination of influences and ideas that have been building over the past 6 years that we've been a band. We, along with our fans who have stuck with us through the years, have been on quite a journey together to this very moment, evolving through afrobeat, funk, pop… and the "Time" EP is the product of that exploration. Our favorite artists were always searching for some way to evolve, and they are always moving forward as a result. The songs on the "Time" EP look forward to what is possible, while always incorporating and respecting the music that has moved us up to this point.
The "Time" EP also looks to the future in its physical presentation. The EP comes in USB form, engraved with the EMEFE logo, hand-numbered, and delivered in a small pouch with stickers, a temporary tattoo, and small collectible lyric cards. In addition to containing the songs and album art, the EMEFE USB contains videos from the making of the EP, hand-drawn album credits & lyrics, lyrical GIFs and JPEGs, and much more. We want to offer our fans the most personal and interactive experience we can with our given resources, to go along with the music we've made.
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5/15: Brooklyn, NY @ Trans Pecos (EP Release Show)
6/18 – Wurtsboro, NY @ Destination Moon Festival
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6/29 – Montreal, QC @ Montreal Jazz Festival
6/30 -Rochester, NY @ Xerox Rochester International Jazz Festival
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Decisions made in relation to the Murray Darling Basin Plan managing water resources throughout about one third of Australia's land mass are likely to come under scrutiny also.
More than 100 Turnbull government decisions are vulnerable to legal challenge as a result of Barnaby Joyce and Fiona Nash's dual citizenship status, according to Fairfax media.
Lawyers have concluded there is a high likelihood the work the pair has done over the past year will end up before the courts.
The federal opposition sought urgent legal advice at the weekend after the High Court disqualified Mr Joyce and Ms Nash from Parliament - plunging the government into crisis, threatening its majority and forcing a by-election in the NSW seat of New England.
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Sunset at Vyppin
Posted by Anup (Bangalore, India) on 13 July 2007 in Miscellaneous and Portfolio.
This was shot at Vyppin, Kerala, India
I climbed on another fishing net to take this shot. Walking on the narrow rods with the camera and two lenses was an experience :-)
This is the last one in the sunrise-sunset series.
Rags from Plano, United States
Lovely shot. Oh, the things we do to get the shots we want. I think that your climbing on another fishing net to take this shot was well worth it.
13 Jul 2007 5:07am
Navin Harish from India
Nice colours and great composition
13 Jul 2007 6:36am
Helen from Melbourne, Australia
Another superb sunset photo Anup.
13 Jul 2007 7:15am
Sriram from Chennai, India
Anup! Inspiring work! superb framing and excellent tones!
Just superb!
13 Jul 2007 7:45am
ColNed Pictures from Amersfoort, Netherlands
To bad it's the last one, very nice series, excellent shot.
13 Jul 2007 8:31am
Hamid from Tehran, Iran
The colors are just great, like everything else in this picture.
13 Jul 2007 8:31am
mal from United Kingdom
moody and gorgeous Anup, really like this. mal
13 Jul 2007 9:13am
olivier from France
Beautyful sunset ! great capture !
13 Jul 2007 9:45am
badala from Leiria, Portugal
Beautiful again, what a great series.
13 Jul 2007 10:30am
Richard_Irwin from Belper, United Kingdom
Another crackingly good shot Anup
13 Jul 2007 12:08pm
Tim from Bordeaux, France
So beautiful...!
13 Jul 2007 12:15pm
Viewfinder from Bradenton, United States
Another fabulous slice of life captured by your lens. Great one, Anup!
13 Jul 2007 12:43pm
PhotoSam from London, United Kingdom
gorgeous silo again...
13 Jul 2007 1:40pm
bygdady from Hungary
Hy Anup!!:-))
13 Jul 2007 1:45pm
Celialee from Kyoto, Japan
Another brilliant shot Anup!!
13 Jul 2007 2:08pm
Dawn Sutherland from Phoenix, United States
Anup, did you do any pp work to these shots? I love the golden tones to them they are so beautiful. I can just picture you out there on that net, worth it but glad you didn't lose any gear to get it! ha ha
13 Jul 2007 2:19pm
@Dawn Sutherland: Yes Dawn. I did some adjustments with curves and used some masks too.
Brittney from Utah, United States
AMAZING sunset. You did awesome with your sunset/sunrise shots.
13 Jul 2007 3:40pm
Melanie from Geneva, Switzerland
wow wonderful!
13 Jul 2007 4:22pm
@Melanie: Glad to hear that
Rahul from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
These are the one of the best silhouttes i have seen Anup. This series of yours really leaves me speechless. :)
13 Jul 2007 4:32pm
MichelG from Koksijde, Belgium
again avery nice one Anup; are you serious ? you wil stop show us such a beautiful serie of pictures? i vote for more, anyone else
13 Jul 2007 5:50pm
@MichelG: Thanks a lot MichelG for those comments :)
Vinay from Bangalore, India
Lucky to see so many sunsets!!! Very good series and a very good last photo of the series indeed!!
13 Jul 2007 6:33pm
Gary from United States
another golden beauty
13 Jul 2007 7:37pm
Julio Pulido from Barcelona - Sant Boi, Spain
Una puesta de sol espectacular, buenos colores y composición.
13 Jul 2007 8:45pm
@Julio Pulido: Gracias
Susankritha from Montreal. QC, Canada
This is so nice!
13 Jul 2007 8:52pm
Catalin from Bucharest, Romania
Indeed an excellent shot. Congratulations Anup!
13 Jul 2007 10:34pm
Bob Israel from Brookfield, WI, United States
Georgeous image . . . great color. Congratulations!
14 Jul 2007 12:27am
{H} creatives from Santa Clara, USA, United States
Magical...simply magical! Nicely done, Anup!
14 Jul 2007 12:40am
Alfredo J. Martiz J. from Tokyo, Japan
Beautiful, congratulations!
14 Jul 2007 1:12am
allyy`* from Singapore, Singapore
the birds perched on the lines add a lovely touch!
14 Jul 2007 5:02am
Kiran Nair from Cochin, India
great shot man.. superb colors...
14 Jul 2007 8:53am
Craiger from Vacaville, California, United States
I don't typically like sunset shots unless the photographer adds something else special to the shot as you did here! Excellent work!
14 Jul 2007 10:54am
Harald from Frankfurt, Germany
a superb shot. I like your sunset series.
14 Jul 2007 2:06pm
Rahul from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
I am a sucker for sunsets, and all your sunset shot are just gorgeous. :)
15 Jul 2007 6:34pm
Imaginerf from France
Wonderful shot Anup, just wonderful !!
15 Jul 2007 10:38pm
Monique from Koh Samui, Thailand
In one word .... WOW!!! Love the colours of the sunset and the contrast
16 Jul 2007 5:47am
Babul Bhatt from Bombay, India
this is a nice photo, wish you had composed the chinese fishing nets much towards the right corner and adding a tad bit of landscape on the left. at the moment this is dead in the center...hence looses the effect of panorama. good work...
16 Jul 2007 9:03am
@Babul Bhatt: Thanks for the feedback Babul. I think what you said would have been better.....
Ming Img from Petaling Jaya, Malaysia
Wow such a good shot
16 Jul 2007 5:26pm
Josh from New York, United States
amazing spot and photo
17 Jul 2007 1:31am
Pinto from India
Awesome shot Anup. Love the composition.
17 Jul 2007 6:53pm
dotun from United States
this is a stunning one, right timing.
18 Jul 2007 3:37pm
Suby & Sinem from Milton keynes, United Kingdom
Been a cool series
19 Jul 2007 12:19am
Yanle from Singapore, Singapore
Sometimes photographers have to go the extra mile for that one special picture. I remember once I tried to stupidly cross a small stream.. there were stones but they were all so slippery due to the algae. So you guessed it right - I fell. Luckily I was able to keep my camera up. And the camera bag had enough padding to prevent the 70-300 I had from getting wet. I really don't know if I was lucky or unlucky. Anyhow, we should always be careful :)
23 Jul 2007 4:16pm
Art Monkey from Salt Spring Island, Canada
great golden tones!
23 Jul 2007 6:44pm
Stunner from Kingston, Jamaica
This is such a wonderful photo!
2 Aug 2007 4:21am
KMF from Kerala,kalapakanchery, India
i am first time in your blog.it was fantastic one and thanks for sharing it with us
6 Aug 2007 12:25pm
Florence from France
Great postcard ! Splendid colours indeed.
7 Aug 2007 11:08am
Shahab from Qazvin, Iran
Superb!Very well done!
26 Aug 2007 11:24am
Dotun from United States
good timing, nice shot.
5 Sep 2007 8:02pm
Pouhou from Apeldoorn, Netherlands
good work
28 Sep 2007 11:42pm
Suby & Sinem from Milton keynes, United Kingdom
Where are you hiding yourself?
5 Dec 2007 2:01pm
badala from Leiria, Portugal
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
23 Dec 2007 11:00am
badala from Leiria, Portugal
Happy new year!
31 Dec 2007 1:01pm
Naren from Middletown, United States
grt8 shot... you seem to specialize in sunsets... wish you a happy new year!
1 Jan 2008 8:56pm
danthro from Suburbia, United States
beautiful shot!! love the color, tones, compo, nice silhouette. well done.
23 Jan 2008 12:56am
Marie from FRESNES, France
des couleurs sublimes !
4 Apr 2008 10:00am
Eleftheria! from Athens, Greece
19 Sep 2008 4:10pm
gautam from new delhi, India
superb....thats the word
24 Jan 2009 1:53pm
Katalog Stron from Brno, Czech Republic
nice image,exellent compo,bravo
26 Dec 2010 4:20pm
Ben from France
Wonderful scenery you have shot. Amazing.
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The Sniper Elite 4 is a perfect example of one of those games that capture both the mind as well as the soul of the player! In this virtual world, you are under no limitation as to how much damage you can do to your enemy. In fact, the presence of the X-ray in the game makes the damage thrilling, more detailed and exciting. This game is solely based on the skills and how well you are able to eliminate your enemy. Any move you make, such as a 200m shot away from the target while dangling on a ledge and so forth, is brought out in a dramatical point of view.
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Same for me. Weapons tokens option crashes my system requiring a hard reboot.
same here too. System crashes only hard reboot helps.
Suit Token Currency works perfect !!!
Same for me hope to see it fixed as soon as you can but everything else is great thanks for the great trainer as always
appears to be yet another small hotfix.. will check it on tuesday
thanks for feedback
OK living as I do squashed up against the international date line I find responses such as 'I'll fix it Tuesday' somewhat confusing. Has Tuesday been and gone wherever the trainers are made, yet? If so what is the story - does the trainer work or will using it entail another system reboot which, thanks to the wonders of windows networking, frequently entails repeated reboots of my servers, back up machines and the rest of the detritus of a dedicated if wayward, gamer?
I know this feeling to well. Yes Tuesday has came and gone. I believe the fix has been posted.
Edit: Well, the main trainer download page is dated June 1. The trainer downloaded patch is actually dated 5-31.
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Rotherham United's misery on the road continued as they shipped four goals at Blackburn Rovers, the club who had begun the match winless and bottom of the Championship.
The latest defeat leaves the Millers without a point from their travels, having conceded 14 goals in their four away games and scored only two.
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Danny Ward scored his second of the match in the 82 minute to offer Rotherham hope until Sam Gallagher wrapped up proceedings with a tap-in in time added on.
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Stubbs made only one change to the team which had performed so well in the 2-2 midweek draw with Nottingham Forest, bringing in Stephen Kelly at right-back in place of Darnell Fisher who was serving a one-match ban after being sent off on Wednesday.
Ward's header lifted Millers' spirits until Gallagher's late effort put a fairer reflection on the scoreline.
Blackburn Rovers (4-4-2): Steele; Lowe, Hoban, Greer (Wharton 82), Williams; Marshall, Evans (Lenihan 82), Guthrie, Conway (Samuelsen 90+2); Gallagher, Emnes. Subs not used: Raya, Feeney, Byrne, Akpan.
Rotherham United (4-4-1-1): Camp; Kelly, Wilson, Fry, Mattock; Taylor, Halford (Frecklington 51), Adeyemi (Vaulks 75), Allan (Yates 51); Brown; Ward. Subs not used: Price, Forde, Ball, Newell.
Goals: Conway 23, Emnes 30, Marshall 46, Gallagher 90+2 (Blackburn); Ward 9, 82 (Rotherham).
Referee: Darren Bond (Lancashire).
Attendance: 10,699 (734).


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June 9, 2014 — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Vogelxo (testosterone gel), manufactured by Upsher-Smith Laboratories and marketed for the treatment of hypogonadism (low testosterone).
Vogelxo is a Schedule III controlled substance because it contains testosterone. The gel will be available in tubes containing 50-mg of testosterone in 5-g of gel. Vogelxo will also be available as a 88-g metered-dose pump in 2-count cartons. Each metered-dose pump delivers 12.5-mg of testosterone.
In recent months, the FDA has approved several new testosterone replacement products, including Aveed and Natesto. Meanwhile, the agency is investigating the heart risks associated with low testosterone drugs. In November 2013, a study published in JAMA found a 29% increased risk of heart attack, stroke, and death among men over 65 on testosterone. Two months later, PLOS One published a study linking testosterone therapy to a doubled risk of heart attack for older men in poor health.
Last week, a panel of federal judges decided to centralize about 100 lawsuits involving AndroGel and other testosterone products into a Multi-District Litigation (MDL) in Chicago, where AbbVie and Abbott Laboratories are headquartered. Lawsuits involving Vogelxo and other testosterone products could potentially be transferred into the MDL.
The companies are accused of spending $80 million in an ad campaign promoting the idea that testosterone gel can treat normal signs of aging, such as fatigue, low libido, loss of muscle mass, and more. Plaintiffs say those ads are responsible for driving $1 billion in AndroGel sales last year.
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Wednesday, 17 July 2013
Long time no sew... Kids Clothes Week, Project 1
...although that's not quite true. I have been sewing, and have even finished a couple of skirts for R and a top for myself, but as we've spent the past month playing tag-team with a particularly debilitating virus, and as during this time I managed to drop my camera, completely destroying it, blogging has fallen by the wayside. But now I'm back! Thanks to my mum's old camera and Kids Clothes Week (not to mention several litres of lemon and honey drink and a couple of boxes of panadol) I have sprung back to life. And made a new dress for R. And photographed it.
Pattern: 'Dress with frilled shoulders' (dress a) from Happy Homemade Vol. 2
Size: 4, and it fits perfectly
Fabric: Denim chambray with ribbon detail
This is a really sweet pattern which is easy to sew. I like the narrow width of the frills, and the square neckline lends itself perfectly to embellishment with ribbon. Having failed to find the 'perfect' ribbon in any of the FOUR fabric shops I went to, I ordered one online from Ribbons Galore (great service - will be using them again).
R loves her new dress almost as much as she loves the little present I gave her as a modelling inducement.
Labels: dress, japanese patterns, KCWC
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The ribbon detail is perfect...love it!ReplyDelete
This is lovely, I think denim looks lovely and is practical too, and the ribbon gives it a feminine touch without being cutesy.ReplyDeleteReplies
Thanks Becky. Yes denim goes with everything and washes well - great for active kids!Delete
Glad you are back! It is a darling your dress and your daughter is too sweet.ReplyDeleteReplies
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Marriage Proposals:How to Propose Marriage
Convert A Stranger To A Friend…
The possibility that a chance meeting or encounter with a total stranger will move into a relationship that will thrive from friendship level to actual proposal for something more serious and enduring as marriage will be dependent on your gifts and talents. How you deploy them in what is called exchange of value must be learnt and mastered. Some gifts and talents are lovely smile, physical beauty, magnetic personality, generosity, humour, knowledge and intelligence, etc. "A man's gift maketh room for him, and bringeth him before great men. (Prov.18:16).
The secrets taught in this chapter will guarantee that within 12 months you could find your life partner and get married as simple as ABC. Here I want to reiterate that your ability to convert a total stranger to an acquaintance and then to a friend is the foundation of getting married without pressure. To convert a stranger of the opposite sex to an acquaintance, please pay attention to the following:
To meet a stranger's acquaintance starts with a simple greeting of good morning, good afternoon, good evening and "hello" or "hi". As simple as these may sound, a great majority of those trusting God for a life partner finds it very difficult to alter them to people they meet daily especially to strangers. It is either they are waiting for the other fellow to make the first move or they are just minding their business. In addition to taking the initiative to greet the stranger, you must go the extra mile to introduce yourself by your first name and with a smile on your face.
"Hello, good morning… my name is Tony, what is your name?"
That was simple, wasn't it?
Practice it daily as you meet new faces in your office, business place, etc.; this is how to start a marital proposal. "A man that hath friends must shew himself friendly…" (Proverbs 18:24).
This is how you comport yourself in the midst of others especially strangers you are meeting for the first time. First impression made on your first encounter with a stranger will determine whether the stranger becomes an acquaintance or the relationship is dead from the start. Take training on etiquette and how to relate with the opposite sex. For instance, a gentleman must not stretch out his hands first to shake a lady. When a lady stretches her hand, understand whether she wants a hand shake or wants you or kiss the hand. For a kiss her right hand is elevated almost as high as your chin and stretched straight towards you with palm curved inwards. For a hand shake, she will stretch her hand with palm open and raised to the normal handshake level. In any case take the hand gently and do the needful as a gentleman.
And David behaved himself wisely in all his ways; and the LORD was with him. (1 Samuel 18:14)
As a matter of success strategy, you must make that first encounter with the stranger count. Be deliberate to leave an unforgettable good impression on the stranger as you prepare the grounds to secure a date for more friendly and intimate meetings. Make the first meeting short and exciting; long and boring first encounters leaves bad memory behind. Most strangers will love to have a second meeting with an exciting person; no one wants a second meeting that brings bad memories. Do not let the meeting end until you have exchanged call cards or phone numbers, face book ID, twitter handle, Skype ID, Hangout ID, etc. and agree on a possible NEXT meeting day.
At this level your relationship is still evolving; bring your gifts and talents to bear. No serious minded person will want to start a relationship with someone that cannot add value to his or her life. In the same light, no one will want to marry somebody whose nuisance value far outweighs his or her usefulness value. For a stranger to forget every other person he or she knew before your first encounter and start a serious relationship you must bring some great value to the table or the relationship may stagnate or terminate at mere friendship level. This is the proper time to do more evaluation to verify that your visual of the life partner bear reasonable semblance to the person you are now in a relationship with.
- Father, thank you for your daily mercies & provisions in Jesus Name
- Thank you for the privilege to be alive & to have you as my ally in these my heart desires for this year in Jesus Name
- Father, forgive me for all attempts in the past to fulfill my marriage heart desires by my power in Jesus name.(Prov.16:3)
- Father, heal me of every emotional wound left by broken relationships in the past; settle me with my life partner this year as in Jesus name.
- Father, by the power of the Holy Spirit, I return to sender every arrow of marital rejection targeted at me in Jesus name.
- This nonsense must stop; every evil reoccurrence of promise and fail delaying my heart desires, die in Jesus name.
- Lord, grant me wisdom and anoint me to do as the occasion demands to connect to my life partner this year in Jesus name.
- Power of frustration and discouragement working against my heart desire, expire by fire in the name of Jesus.
- Father, lift every evil household embargo on marital breakthrough in my family with my marriage testimony this year in the mighty name of Jesus.
- Arrow of wrong marital choice, backfire now in the name of Jesus.
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As soon as she was born, 5-pound, 10-ounce Shannon Walsh was diagnosed with esophageal atresia. Airlifted to Nicklaus Children's Hospital, the pediatric surgeons repaired her esophagus with a new method that would require significanlty less time than traditional procedures.
Published on: 07/17/2007
In her seventh month of pregnancy, Boca Raton, Florida resident Jacki Walsh's ultrasound produced unusual results—her physician couldn't see her unborn child's stomach.
"My husband, John, and I tried not to be too concerned because there was nothing we could do until the baby was born," Jacki explains. "However, the potential for a problem was constantly in the back of our minds."
The reason for their concern became painfully clear when 5-pound, 10-ounce Shannon Walsh was born on November 3, 2003, via cesarean section. Diagnosed with esophageal atresia, she was airlifted to Nicklaus Children's Hospital, formerly Miami Children's Hospital, within hours of her birth. There, a procedure never before performed in South Florida saved Shannon's life.
Esophageal atresia is a condition in which the esophagus (the tube connecting the mouth to the stomach) is too short, keeping infants from swallowing food—a disorder with devastating results ranging from pneumonia to choking and even death. The gap in Shannon's esophagus reached from the bottom of her neck to her diaphragm. To give Shannon the best chance at a healthy life, immediate treatment was essential.
"I saw Shannon for only a few minutes before she was taken in a helicopter," Jacki explains. "When I found out she was going an hour away, my immediate reaction was wanting her with me, but I'm forever thankful that she was flown to Nicklaus Children's."
Upon arrival at the hospital, John met with Cathy Anne Burnweit, MD, FACS, FAAP, pediatric surgeon on staff at Nicklaus Children's, to discuss a new option to repair Shannon's esophagus. Whereas traditional repair of esophageal atresia involves months of slowly connecting the esophagus, a new method would require only days to connect the esophagus and allow Shannon to eat without a feeding tube.
In the procedure, four long stitches are attached to each end of the esophagus and drawn outside of the body. Over a few days, the stitches are pulled to extend the esophagus. Once long enough, the pieces of the esophagus are sewn together.
"I had studied the procedure and was in contact with the person who developed it, John Foker, MD. Though we'd never before performed the surgery, I was certain it could help young Shannon," explains Dr. Burnweit. "She has benefited greatly from this procedure."
After spending the first two months of her life at Nicklaus Children's, Shannon went home last year on December 23. Now a completely healthy, normal child, the only hints of her dramatic first days of life are two small surgical scars under her right arm.
"None of this could have been possible without Dr. Burnweit and the incredible staff at Nicklaus Children's," Jacki says. "They were more than medical professionals—they were social workers, friends and family, and I could never say 'Thank you' enough."
"None of this could have been possible without Dr. Burnweit and the incredible staff at Nicklaus Children's," Jacki says. "They were more than medical professionals—they were social workers, friends and family, and I could never say 'Thank you' enough."
Ruben Reinis Recognized Among ASC Leaders by Beckers ASC Review
Ruben Reinis, Administrative Director of the Miami Children's Hospital Ambulatory Surgery Center (ASC), was named one of 23 ASC leaders under 40 by Becker's ASC Review. The annual list highlights young leaders who have made a significant impact in the ambulatory surgery industry.
Boy with Rare, Genetic Syndrome Returns Home to Trinidad After Complex Craniofacial Surgery
A team of surgeons from Nicklaus Children's Hospital's Craniofacial Center performed a complex reconstructive surgery on a seven year-old child that will improve his vision and ability to eat, as well as his appearance and overall quality of life.


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An exhibition of works from the Musgrave Kinley Collection of Outsider Art has been curated to coincide with the COBRA exhibition in IMMAs New Galleries. Artists in the COBRA movement were inspired and liberated by non-mainstream art, especially by the art of psychiatric patients and also by folk and primitive/naïve art. Pedersens belief that everybody has the potential to be an artist is borne out by the work of such self-taught and self-motivated artists as Sava Sekulic, Aloise, Hauser, Damien Le Bas, Pearl Alcock and Judith Scott. The Musgrave Kinley Collection of Outsider Art, currently on long-term loan to IMMA, was founded by Monika Kinley and Victor Musgrave. Since Victor Musgraves untimely death in 1983, Kinley has continued to promote and work to develop audiences and support for self-taught and marginalised artists. The exhibition is curated by Monika Kinley, Founding Curator and Trustee of the Musgrave Kinley Collection of Outsider Art.An exhibition guide accompanies the exhibition.
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There's so much fan debate on who would make the best Wonder Woman for the movie that seems to be in film purgatory. While DC has done wonders with Batman and the Watchmen, they don't have the best track record with their Warner Brothers movies either. I'm not interested in seeing a Wonder Woman movie if it's just going to end up being the next Catwoman, Superman Returns, Batman and Robin or Steel.
Joss Whedon's been off the script writing for a while now and it's anybody's guess as to when this movie will get made. Everybody has an opinion on who should be in the golden bustier and Julia Benson is mine!
If you've been watching Stargate SGU, you might have already seen her Lt. Vanessa James character or in an episode of Masters of Horror: Right To Die. While she is embarrassingly beautiful and buxom in a very Lynda Carter kind of way, she also knows how to hold a gun and look like she'd kick your ass if you disrespected her.
Below are some photos of her from Stargate and some mock ups of her as the Amazon Princess. Enjoy!


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Cover story: Energy-Efficient Electric Motors
How to get the most out of energy-efficient motors: You have to do more than just look at the motor nameplate to get maximum energy savings. Are you ready for Dec. 19, 2010, the next major U.S. motor efficiency compliance deadline? Those truly interested in increasing efficiency will take a holistic view of overall machine design. Here's how to get inside motor efficiency to maximize savings.
Concern for the environment may motivate private individuals and the general public, but it's a poor reason for making business decisions. Companies buying and installing electric motors have a far better business reason for trying to save electricity— making their operations more cost-efficient. In a rare confluence of factors, reducing electricity usage by installing more energy-efficient electric motors promotes both of these goals. And, it might be a requirement as of Dec. 19, 2010, the next major U.S. motor efficiency compliance deadline.
When one talks about high-efficiency motors, it is important to note that this term really refers to traditionally architected electric motors consisting of armature and field windings. "Induction motors are available in standard-, high- and premium-efficiency models," said David Hansen, global product manager, Kinetix Motion Control, Rockwell Automation, "whereas permanent magnet motors are not."
The reason is that the permanent-magnet electric motor architecture is inherently more efficient, since no power is used to establish the stator magnetic field. John Malinowski, senior product manager - ac motors, Baldor Electric Company, pointed out: "ac induction motors have a family of motors that comply with NEMA Premium Efficiency per NEMA MG 1, tables 12-12 and 12-13, and IEC 60034- 30 [standards] for IE3 efficiency."
For that reason, we limited this discussion to induction motors having stator coils wound on ferromagnetic cores, and save looking at the energy-efficiency characteristics of permanent magnet motors for a later discussion.
"Premium motors," Malinowski continued, "are built to closer tolerances than older motors, run cooler, have less vibration, are quieter, and last longer."
However, "high efficiency in today's ac induction motors," said Peter Fischbach, industry sector manager, Bosch Rexroth Corp., "is achieved by improving the energy conversion paths and physical properties with new slot and winding geometries, advanced magnet and core materials, and the use of copper rotors for ac induction motors."
What makes a motor efficient?
"The key to higher efficiency is reducing losses," Malinowski said. "More copper in the winding to reduce stator losses, and higher-grade electrical steel reduces iron-core losses. Lower losses mean fewer watts to cool so smaller fans can be used, [further] reducing losses."
Fischbach added: "The majority of the losses are caused by conductive losses in the stator and rotor and core losses, also called iron or hysteric losses."
Hansen listed a number of design features that give these motors their high efficien
- Winding Resistance—As winding resistance increases, efficiency decreases. To maximize motor efficiency, motor designers minimize resistance by maximizing slot fill (amount of copper windings in the stator slots) and minimizing end-turn radius (amount of copper windings outside the stator slots).
- Lamination Material—Core losses are directly influenced by the material properties and quality of the steel used in the stator laminations. In addition, thinner laminations will lead to lower core losses in the stator than thicker laminations.
- Lamination Tooth Geometry—Lamination tooth geometry impacts concentration of the magnetic flux inside the motor. Geometries that provide higher magnetic flux concentration will have lower stray losses and therefore higher efficiency.
It's the system that counts
"The goal in most factory automation and industrial applications," Fischbach suggesteded, "is efficient use of energy with the highest productivity. Therefore it is essential to analyze, model, and optimize the complete system before investing in individual components, like new motors."
Malinowski agreed: "Better motors are easy to do as drop-in replacements [for less efficient units] but efficiency gains are limited. Using a 95% efficient motor is good but not when connected to a double-reduction [geartrain] that is 50% to 60% efficient, when a helical or bevel speed reducer may be 90% to 95% efficient."
Fischbach also concurred: "Higher efficiency is a relative term there since we also have to consider other factors [that] affect the overall system efficiency, like cycle time or product output. For example, a direct drive torque motor with 80% efficiency could save more energy than a 95% efficient servo motor by eliminating inefficient drive train elements like gear boxes—and significantly increase production, too."
What not to do
"The biggest mistakes," Fischbach warned, "are made by engineers just focusing on the name plate efficiency of the motor, and expecting similar percentage energy savings in their specific application.
Different motors have different characteristics, which have to be matched to the application to benefit from the investment in a higher efficiency motor. For example, a more expensive premium efficiency ac induction motor will not save much energy if it's run at partial load or idling for long periods of time."
Malinowski provided the example of replacing a much older motor with a new premium motor on a centrifugal pump. The impeller would have been sized for the old motor's speed. However, the new, more efficient, motor likely will run faster under the same load, leading to more overall power use. The system might be more energy-efficient, but the additional work it does may not provide any benefit.
"Designers who are truly interested in increasing efficiency," advised Hansen, "will not simply look to replace a motor, but will take a holistic view of the overall machine design. Even a perfectly efficient motor, if connected to a poorly designed mechanical system, will not produce significant benefits with respect to energy savings. Any mechanical power transmission device between the motor and the load will have inherent inefficiency. The highest precision helical planetary gear heads, brand new out of the box, are at best 90% to 95% efficient. Worm gear boxes can be as little as 50% to 60% efficient."
"The ultimate solution in terms of machine efficiency," he concluded, "would be to eliminate the mechanical power transmission devices altogether through the use of direct drive permanent magnet servo motors."
Do you buy or specify energy-efficient motors? How does the Dec. 19 motor efficiency deadline affect you? Take the Control Engineering Energy-Efficient Motors Survey, and share advice, as the Dec. 19, 2010, compliance deadline for the U.S. Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (EISA) approaches.
Other resources:
NEMA HE motor standard: www.nema.org/stds/mg1.cfm
IEC HE motor standard: http://bit.ly/aHxTy6
U.S. Department of Energy, Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy, Industrial Technologies www.eere.energy.gov/industry/
www.baldor.com/products/ ac_motors.asp
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Severe duty motors deliver operational performance, lower GHG emissions - GE Energy X$D Ultra 841 IEC extra severe duty motors deliver operational performance and lower GHG emissions, the company said.
Brushless PM Torque Motors - Electric motors come in a rich variety of configurations to suit different purposes. One specialty motor type—known as a direct-drive, permanent-magnet (PM) torque motor—is characterized by a large diameter-to-length ratio and large number of magnetic poles to optimize torque production.
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