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Apocalypse – No! Book Chapters
- About
- Culture War, Class War – Book 1
- Apocalypse Emergency – Book 3
- Apocalypse No – Book 4
- Ch 1 Strange Days
- Ch 2 "Ain't Born Typical"
- Ch 3 Perinatal Media
- Ch 4 – 21st Century, Its Discontents
- Ch 5 Birth Wars, World Woes
- Ch 6 Healing Crisis
- Ch 12 Through Gaia's Eyes
- Ch 8 Derailing War, Violence
- Ch 9 Regressions in the Service of Society
- Ch 10 Cultural Rebirthing, Where Lies Hope
- Ch 11 Control vs. Surrender
- Ch 12 Atman Projects vs. Surrender Solutions
- Ch 13 Peaceful Warriors, Silly Heroes
- Ch 14 To Move the World
- Afterword: Shamans … Scapegoats
- Wounded Deer and Centaurs – Book 5
- Prologue: For Earth's Sake, Get Real
- Chapter One: We Are a Fever
- Chapter Two: Ain't Born Typical
- Chapter Three: Projecting the Perinatal Zeitgeist
- Chapter Four: 21st Century and Its Discontents
- Chapter Five: Prenatal Imprints of Our Unnatural Self
- Chapter Six: Prenatal Oxygen Hunger and Fire
- Chapter Seven: Civilization and Apocalypse
- Chapter Eight: Return of the Centaur
- Chapter Nine: Prenatal Hunger Games
- Chapter Ten: "Bad Blood"
- Chapter Eleven: Prenatal Irritation-Revulsion
- Chapter Twelve: Toxic Womb ~ Toxic World
- Chapter Thirteen: Perinatal Printouts of Generations
- Chapter Fourteen: Birth Wars ~ World Woes
- Chapter Fifteen: The Unsung Consciousness Revolution
- Chapter Sixteen: Eden Arise, Call to Centaurs
- The Great Reveal – Book 6
- Experience Is Divinity – Book 7
- Falls from Grace – Book 8
- Culture War, Class War Blog
Recent Posts
- *Apocalypse NO: Apocalypse or Earth Rebirth & the Emerging Perinatal Unconscious* (2013) by Michael Adzema. (complete book, with my compliments)
- belief/religion/ritual *keep real* feeling *from happening*. They also keep truth from happening. They keep spontaneity and authenticity from happening. Therefore, when religion breaks down, all truth is liable to break loose.
- "your position on the abortion issue is the closest thing to a military uniform indicating on which side of the culture war you have enlisted" and what generation you are most likely from: Sixties & Millennial Generations Versus Gen X, and WWII and Fifties Gens
- the opposite of insanity is not normality … at all! The only sane response in an apocalypse emergency — a situation analogous to one's house on fire — is activism!"
- We learned, early in our lives, the world could not be relied on. We began an ever-increasing mistrust of it, which manifested, critically, in our relation to Nature. Control came in to fill the gap of mistrust that lay between need and satisfaction.
- the Universe has already experienced such apocalypse, now just a red planet…. It was much more fun, filled with life, creative divine noises, and manic whacky Chaplinesque movements, sounds, color, laughter… Instead,why not a hero's tale, billions of heroes…
- Republicans' intention is to cobble the ordinary person's power to get out from under the inexorable increase in their clearly felt suffering as the years go by. For this suffering and the helplessness about it is crucial to the directors' success.
- And so it began, with the blissful knowledge of Unity with All That Is turning psychotically into "I AM the Unity, I am all that is." So it went. I don't know why. But then there is that thing about it all being about greater wisdom…
- People *Are* Dying from Oxygen Deprivation … even the minute changes in our global atmosphere on the whole are having pervasive and dire consequences…
- this idea of getting more power at the cost of others' suffering — whether a "beast," an enemy, a slave, a prisoner of war … or one's own son — is rooted deeply in our cultural practices from the times of early civilization.
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Through this outreach, you can expect to make meaningful connections with women who are new to the mission, welcoming and encouraging them, and helping them navigate life's challenges. Please contact Jae Mobley if you are interested in volunteering or learning more about this opportunity.
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Earlier Event: May 22Covenant House – Mother & Child Program
Later Event: May 25NYC Rescue Mission


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Dec. 14, 2011 - Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) Secretary Robert Barham announced today that the fall shrimp season will close in a majority of inshore waters on Tuesday, December 20 at sunset. The open waters of Breton and Chandeleur sounds and other areas located within Shrimp Management Zone 1, will remain open until further notice.
This closure date coincides with the December 20 closure of a portion of state outside waters approved earlier this month by the Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission. These closures historically take place at this time of year when the temporary exemption from the white shrimp minimum possession size of 100 count per pound expires.
Current sampling conducted by LDWF biologists indicates that average white shrimp size in these waters is smaller than 100 count per pound, and this action protects these small white shrimp and provides increased opportunity for growth to larger, more valuable sizes.
Effective with this closure, shrimping will only be allowed in:
- The portion of Shrimp Management Zone 1 north of the southern shore of the Mississippi River Gulf Outlet (MRGO) including the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway (ICWW) north of the Parish Road Bridge
- The open waters of Breton and Chandeleur sounds as described the double-rig line in R.S.56:495.1.(A)2
- State outside waters seaward of the inside/outside shrimp line east of the U.S. Coast Guard navigational light off the northwest shore of Caillou Boca at 29 degrees 03 minutes 10 seconds north latitude and 90 degrees 50 minutes 27 seconds west longitude
- State outside waters seaward of the inside/outside shrimp line west of Freshwater Bayou Canal at 92 degrees 18 minutes 33 seconds west longitude
The Department of Wildlife and Fisheries is charged with managing and protecting Louisiana's abundant natural resources. For more information, visit us at www.wlf.louisiana.gov, on Facebook at www.facebook.com/ldwffb or follow us on Twitter @LDWF.
For more information, please contact Laura Wooderson at email@example.com or (225) 610-2363.


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The Old Barn
This is the Olsen Farm. Its one of the farms and cabins being preserved by Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lake Shore in partnership with, Preserve Historic Sleeping Bear, a non profit historical society.
Hart Plaza Fountain
The fountain in Hart Plaza is not working right now, hopefully the city of Detroit will be able to fix it soon. In the mean time it makes some shots possible that wouldn't be if it was running.
The Guardian 1
The elevator alcove in the Guardian Building, downtown Detroit
The Guardian of the Elevators
Detail from the elevator alcove, Guardian Building, Detroit
Abstract 1
Glass sculpture in Campus Martius downtown Detoit
Abstract 2
Part of some wall art, Detroit
The Fire Escape
I was drawn to the zig zag lines and the way the graffiti followed along with the pattern.
St. Anne's Catholic Church
This church is on Mackinac Island
Bufka Farm
The Bufka Farm is one of the farms and other properties being preserved by Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lake Shore
Bufka Farm 2
This is one of the newer buildings with the old barn in the background on the Bufka Farm
Barn Detail
This is a detail from the Martin Basch Farm. Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lake Shore
Treat Farm
This barn isn't the original, the original was gone, the house was left, Preserve Historic Sleeping Bear and Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lake Shore decided it was unique enough to recreate.


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Welcome to ILLiad, the Medical Center Library's digital document delivery system. ILLiad is a web-based service that offers convenient features to current students, faculty and staff.
ILLiad enables users to place, track, and keep a history of requests from a personal online account. All transactions are done online. ILLiad also makes it possible to receive articles electronically as Adobe PDF documents.
To use ILLiad, you will need to complete a one-time registration to set up an account. Click on the First-Time Users link for more information.


text: Grief catches us at the most unexpected moments. It's not always the day and moment in which our loved one left us, but the days before and after the loss that haunt us the most. The surrounding moments and hours and days and months are somehow the hardest because we remember everything we didn't get to say or the circumstances in our lives that followed. The anniversary of a passing will come and go in a few days, just as the day did when they left us. The truth is that the moment of death is peaceful and sacred. Death is the easy part. It's everything that surrounds death that causes our grief.


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Obama raises $86 million for re-election effort
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama's re-election campaign and the Democratic National Committee said they've raised more than $86 million in the second quarter this year, far outpacing the combined $35 million that six Republican candidates have raised for 2012.
Obama raised nearly $750 million for his 2008 campaign, and his re-election effort is expected to top $1 billion. The campaign had set a goal for the quarter of $60 million.
Obama campaign manager Jim Messina noted that donations to the campaign came from 552,462 individuals. He said 98 percent of the contributions were $250 or less.
The president's fundraising arm, Obama for America, pulled in $47 million, the DNC another $38 million. In a conference call with reporters, Messina said more than 260,000 contributors are "totally new" and had never given to Obama before.
"This should end any Washington chatter as to whether the grassroots will be engaged," Messina said. "Our people are back and energized."
The campaign plans to release a detailed disclosure Friday, which is when contribution reports are due to the Federal Election Commission.
Obama's closest GOP rival, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, has raised slightly more than $18 million.
Some observers downplayed the significance of Obama exceeding his fundraising goal.
"No one puts out a number they don't think they can get to," said Nathan Gonzales, the deputy editor of the nonpartisan Rothenberg Political Report.
And with the economy foremost in voters' minds, others doubt the election next year will hinge on who raises the most money.
"I don't think the election's going to be won or lost by one candidate overwhelming the other presidential nominee with money," said Fred Wertheimer, the founder and president of Democracy 21, a group that supports campaign finance restrictions.
Where it could make a difference, said Christopher Arterton, a professor of political management at George Washington University, is in the primary next spring. Obama doesn't have a challenger, and Republicans will have to spend more money early on to settle their field.
"Republicans will have difficulty clearing the decks and turning their attention to their confrontation with Obama," he said, whereas "Obama will be fairly free to muster a large war chest."
Obama's healthy haul comes as Republican candidates have reported raising less than Republicans did in the year before the 2008 election.
But Messina warns "it's going to get tougher from here," noting that GOP outside spending "could be as much as $500 million."
Wertheimer said he thinks the eventual Republican nominee will enjoy "very substantial resources."
Gonzales said while Democrats are the first to complain about outside spending by big corporations, they're just as dependent on it as Republicans.
"It's hard to feel sorry for them," he said.
That's why Messina played up the contributions of small donors, Arterton said.
"What they're angling to do is get the best kind of light cast on it," he said. "I would be surprised if more than 60 percent of the money came in small contributions."
While Arterton said Obama has raised an impressive amount of money so far, it may not matter as much because the public will be more engaged as the campaign picks up steam. He expects high turnout in 2012.
"The more general attention there is on the race, the less effective money is," Arterton said.
Wertheimer thinks that both sides will raise and spend a total of more than $2 billion.
"This is simply opening day of an unprecedented campaign finance season," he said.
Police reports show different side of Michele Bachmann
Factions in Congress, pressure from outsiders impede debt deal
McConnell pitches debt plan, gets slammed by tea party
McClatchy's politics blog: Planet Washington


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Guidelines for Photo Permissions
Use the Release of Photograph and/or Name Form (en Español):
For Models: Use the form when taking a posed photo of a library customer. They are acting as a model and need to sign a photo permission form. Example: a family poses with their favorite books for a READ poster
For Close-ups: Use the form when you take a close-up picture of a library customer. Example: you take a close-up photo of a child singing at storytime because of the expression on that child's face
Release of Photograph and/or Name Form Not Required:
For programs held at the library. Group photos no longer need to be from the "back-of-head" perspective. In lieu of photo release forms, programmers will need to announce at the beginning of each program that "the library may photograph or videotape you for library promotional purposes. Notify library staff if you do not want to be photographed." However, if you zoom in for a close-up on one particular person in a large group, you will still need to get a Release of Photograph and/or Name Form signed from that person.
The following announcement may be used on program publicity materials, but it is not to take the place of the official announcement at the beginning of each program:
"Programs, events and classes are photographed or videotaped for library promotional purposes. Notify library staff if you prefer not to be photographed."
Library customers may take photos in the libraries with no permission forms. If they are setting up a formal photo session or if they are with a local news organization, they must first contact the Branch Librarian or the Coordinator of Marketing and Programming.


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Okay, Now Will People Admit That Ed Snowden Is A Whistleblower?
from the he-clearly-disclosed-abuse deptNearly two weeks ago, Michael German, at the ACLU, posted a somewhat prescient article detailing why Ed Snowden was clearly a "whistleblower" under the current definitions in US law:
It is actually not a hard question to answer. The Whistleblower Protection Act protects "any disclosure" that a covered employee reasonably believes evidences "any violation of any law, rule, or regulation," or "gross mismanagement, a gross waste of funds, and abuse of authority, or a substantial and specific danger to public health or safety."It goes on to give some evidence of how Snowden's leaks fit into those categories:
In the two months since Snowden's alleged disclosures, no fewer than five lawsuits have been filed challenging the legality of the surveillance programs he exposed. The author of the Patriot Act, Rep. James Sensenbrenner (R-Wis.), called the scope of data collection revealed in one of the leaked Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court orders "incredibly troubling," and "an overbroad interpretation of the Act" that "raise[s] questions about whether our constitutional rights are secure."Of course, even then, some argued that since the revelations did not, in fact, reveal direct "abuses," he still wasn't a "whistleblower." But that's no longer true. As we've been detailing, his leaks have led to the clear evidence of not just a few random abuses, but rather thousands of abuses by the NSA every year.
It doesn't end there. Over a dozen bills have been introduced in Congress to narrow these now public surveillance authorities and increase transparency regarding continuing programs. No one can know what was in Edward Snowden's mind, but clearly he could have had a reasonable belief the documents he leaked to the news media revealed government illegality and abuse of authority.
The disclosures also revealed that U.S. military officers and intelligence community officials have been less than truthful in their public comments and congressional testimony about the government's domestic surveillance practices, both in the scope of the programs and their effectiveness. Such false and misleading testimony threatens more than just Americans' privacy; it threatens democratic control of government.
So can we drop whatever name calling game people are playing and agree that he meets the definition of a whistleblower?
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Michael Wheeler
Former Marion resident Michael David Wheeler, 44, died July 31.
He was born April 29, 1969, in Wichita, and was adopted by David and Charla Wheeler 16 days later. He graduated from Marion High School in 1987. He served in the Kansas Air National Guard at McConnell Air Base in Wichita before completing his education at Friends University.
He worked at Radio Shack and managed stores in Hays, Hutchinson, Wichita, and Newton.
He married Jody Jacobson on Sept. 7, 1997. They had a daughter, Tristin Brianna Wheeler.
He is survived by Charla Wheeler; Tristin Brianna Wheeler and her mother; Martha Hood; Lois and Landvis Ferm; Julie Ramsdale; and Bill and Beth Morrow.
A graveside services was Tuesday at Marion Cemetery.


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Founded in 1880, Shaver Transportation is a family-owned company that operates barges and tugs on the Columbia River and in Portland Harbor. Rob Rich, director of administration, has been with Shaver for 25 years. Here, he speaks about Shaver's investment in projects that reduce air emissions from their operations.
What motivated Shaver to move to more efficient engines?
First and foremost, the price of fuel. Fuel had been relatively stable, and so were our prices. When fuel became extremely volatile around three years ago, the pricing structure couldn't absorb the wide fluctuations. We resorted to fuel surcharges but needed to do more. Between the Oregon Business Energy Tax Credit program and the high cost of fuel, the payback of an engine repower could now be amortized over just a few years. Last but not least, we operate in the Willamette Valley and Columbia Gorge airsheds – two sensitive basins. We wanted to be ahead of the curve.
What kind of engines do the tugs have?
River tug engines are called medium duty marine diesels; they have operating lives of 25,000-30,000 hours, but the engines can be overhauled again and again – they're very durable. The average boat operates around 5,500 hours a year.
Was the repower project expensive?
We replaced engines in four boats – as old as 1953 and as new as 1997 – with 2007-2009 Tier II engines. On two boats, the new engines fit the tug configuration, so the cost was $1.2 million each. For the other two tugs, we replaced the engine but also had to retrofit other major components to make everything fit. That cost $2 million per boat. We applied for three federal grants and received one – $100,000 from the Environmental Protection Agency. The BETC credits were worth over $350,000.
What fuel savings were realized?
Conventional tugs burn about 3,000 gallons of fuel daily. With the new engines, we have 11 percent more power but are only burning 2,100 gallons a day, a 34.2 percent reduction. We also reduced lube oil usage by 90 percent, from 250 gallons to 15 gallons on the round trip between Portland and Lewiston, Idaho.
Were there other benefits to the project?
Crew members live on these boats. With the new engines and investments in insulation, the boats are quieter and have significantly less vibration, so crew fatigue is reduced.
What's next for Shaver?
We're repowering the tug Portland, which was built in 1981 with a World War II-vintage engine in it. This tug works exclusively in Portland Harbor, so if we can reduce fuel and lube oil needs, it has an immediate air quality effect locally. Boats with the big hours: that's where we want to invest our money.
We're also using shoreside power at Terminal 6, which means tugs don't have to idle their main or auxiliary engines. We have as many as four boats there plugged into the electrical grid. For the project, we had about a three-year payback – that's pretty good. Our tugboats were driving back and forth or running continuously; now, they're not, so the engines last longer, and we don't use as much fuel. Our goal, ultimately, is to use our resources more efficiently, especially fossil fuels.


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I have developed a new website + mobile app - reedyscore.com for people involved in organizing cricket tournaments and players. You can create tournaments, teams enter scores ball by ball or at the end of the match. Player statistics like batting averages, bowling averages are automatically calculated.
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El Grandee
Sterling Silver Flatware, Silverware by Towle Silversmiths
El Grandee debuted in 1964, and is one of Towle's most ornate sterling silver patterns.
This pattern is now considered "Made To Order". If an item is in stock, we'll ship it right away. If it's not in stock, the item can take up to 18 months to be delivered, and may require a non-refundable 25% deposit.
4pc Place Setting Includes:
- Salad Fork
- Place Fork
- Place Knife, HH
- Teaspoon
5pc Place Setting Includes:
- Items in 4pc setting
- Oval Soup Spoon
20pc Starter Set Includes:
- (4) 4pc Place Settings
- Butter Knife HH
- Cold Meat Fork
- Serving Spoon
- Sugar Spoon
46pc Place Setting Includes:
- (8) 5pc Place Settings
- (1) 6pc Hostess Set
- Flatware Chest
66pc Place Setting Includes:
- (12) 5pc Place Settings
- (1) 6pc Hostess Set
- Flatware Chest
6pc Hostess Set Includes:
- Butter Knife HH
- Cold Meat Fork
- Pie Server HH
- Pierced Serving Spoon
- Serving Spoon
- Sugar Spoon
What chest is included with the 46 and 66-piece sets?
We include the Regency chest by Wallace Silversmiths, but you can also apply that cost to a different chest.
What does "HH" mean?
HH stands for "Hollow Handle", which means that the item has been made with a hollow sterling silver handle, and a stainless steel utensil has been inserted into it. Generally, the dinner knife handle is used for serving pieces, and a smaller version is used for the Butter Knife and Butter Spreader.


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Marguerite Gardens is Chicago's premier garden design and installation service.
Our focus is urban landscapes in Chicago's northside neighborhoods including Lincoln Park, Old Town, Lakeview, Gold Coast, Bucktown, Andersonville, and Roscoe Village.
Our specialties are transforming barren rooftops and postage stamp backyards into dazzling container gardens and luscious garden retreats. View our portfolio to see our extraordinary gardens.


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This Week in Digital Downloads - Golf With D's, Lonely Alien Planets, and Tyranid Problems
This week we check out Let's Golf 3D, Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet, Warhammer 40,000: Kill Team, and Galaga Legions DX, among other titles.
This week we check out Let's Golf 3D, Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet, Warhammer 40,000: Kill Team, and Galaga Legions DX, among other titles.
This week, we feature Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet, EA Sports Season Pass, Rugby World Cup 2011, and Red Faction: Armageddon DLC.
Mark brings you latest on the latest Black Ops DLC, Activision's plans to release Modern Warfare 3 on the Wii, and two of the latest titles to hit Xbox Live ...
Get some quick pointers from Tom Mc Shea before you pilot your UFO through Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet.
Tom Mc Shea pilots a UFO in this video review for Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet.
Guide missiles down the opening of a giant ice crystal in order to defeat this boss.
Position all the gears in this puzzle section in order to get a stone to power up some cog wheels.
Navigate dark and treacherous waterways in an alien spaceship in Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet.
Gather enough electricity to blow the fuses in this extremely hard to navigate dark zone of Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet.
Bide your time with Bleach: Soul Resurreccion, Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet, Limbo, and Pirates of Black Cove.
This week, we check out Warhammer 40,000: Kill Team, Boulder Dash-XL, and a Catherine demo.
Check out the E3 trailer for Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet.
Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet looks like the curious offspring of Limbo and Pixel Junk Shooter. Learn more about it in this demo.
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With patch 3.1, we'll be getting some new glyphs, as well as some changes to existing glyphs. Here are the ones I have seen for Warriors:
- Glyph of Heroic Strike – Increases the critical strike chance of Heroic Strike by 5%. (Old: You gain 10 rage when you critically strike with your Heroic Strike ability.)
- Glyph of Barbaric Insults – Your Mocking Blow ability generates 100% additional threat. (Old: Your Mocking Blow ability also taunts the target.)
- Glyph of Sweeping Strikes – Reduces the rage cost of your Sweeping Strikes ability by 100%. (Old: You generate 30 rage over 12 sec when you use your Sweeping Strikes ability.)
- Glyph of Overpower – Adds a 100% chance to enable your Overpower when your attacks are parried. (Old: 50%)
- Glyph of Bladestorm (new) – Reduces the cooldown on Bladestorm by 15 sec.
- Glyph of Shockwave (new) – Reduces the cooldown on Shockwave by 3 sec.
- Glyph of Vigilance (new) – Your Vigilance ability transfers an additional 5% of your target's threat to you.
- Glyph of Enraged Regeneration (new) – Your Enraged Regeneration ability heals for an additional 10% of your health over its duration.
- Glyph of Spell Reflection (new) – Reduces the cooldown on Spell Reflection by 1 sec.
- Glyph of Shield Wall (new) – Reduces the cooldown on Shield Wall by 3 min, but Shield Wall now only reduces damage taken by 40%.


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A recent study found that sirolimus-based immunosuppression following liver transplantation in patients with non-resectable hepatocellular carcinoma (liver cancer) significantly increases survival rates for this patient population. Results of this study appear in the April issue of Hepatology, a journal published by Wiley-Blackwell on behalf of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD).
According to the NIH, hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is a common type of liver cancer, and one of the few cancers in the U.S. in which the number of new cases is expected to rise over the next two decades. Liver transplantation is an important treatment option for selected patients with non-resectable HCC, but the ideal immunosuppression protocol is still a matter of debate. To date, no single protocol has gained widespread acceptance.
Researchers at the University of Alberta led by Dr. Christian Toso set out to define the immunosuppressant regimen associated with the best survival after liver transplantation for HCC. This study was not designed to look at the effect of specific drugs, but at protocols containing specific drugs. Based on data from the Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients, the researchers evaluated 2491 adult recipients of isolated liver transplantation for HCC and 12167 for non-HCC diagnoses between March 2002 and March 2009. All patients remained on stable maintenance immunosuppression protocols for at least six months post-transplant. The unique outcome variable of the study was patient survival; all deaths were taken into account in the analysis whether they were associated with HCC or not.
In a multivariate analysis, only anti-CD25 antibody induction and sirolimus-based maintenance therapy were associated with improved survivals after transplantation for HCC. The other studied drugs, including calcineurin-inhibitors, did not demonstrate a significant impact. To determine whether the observed effects were due to a direct impact of the drug on tumor or more on liver transplant in general, the research team conducted a similar analysis on non-HCC patients. While anti-CD25 induction was again associated with a trend toward improved survival, sirolimus showed a trend toward lower rates of survival in non-HCC recipients, confirming the specificity of its beneficial impact to cancer patients.
"Of all protocols, sirolimus-based immunosuppression was the only one associated with an improved post-transplantation survival specific to HCC patients, further reinforcing the clinical evidence of its anti-cancer properties," Dr. Toso concluded. "The use of anti-CD25 antibodies demonstrated similar trends to improved survival in both HCC and non-HCC patients. These observations, together with previous reports combining anti-CD25 antibody induction and delayed introduction of CNIs, speak in favor of the use of this drug after liver transplantation in general."
He adds, "Like any potent immunosuppressive drug, sirolimus is linked to a potential for development of numerous side effects. In general however, we believe that these side effects are relatively minor and easy to manage, and that the data revealed by the present study justify a broader use of protocols including sirolimus after liver transplantation for patients with HCC."
In another recent study on hepatocellular carcinoma, researchers from Seoul Veterans Hospital compared hepatic resection (HR) to radiofrequency ablation (RFA) to treat patients with very early-stage HCC, defined as asymptomatic solitary HCC less than 2cm. Very early stage HCC can be an ideal indication for HR because of the low potential risk of microscopic seeding. According to AASLD guidelines, HR is the treatment of choice for patients with very early stage HCC.
Researchers compared HR and percutaneous RFA for the treatment of compensated cirrhotic patients with very early stage HCC using a Markov model to simulate a randomized trial to compare the overall survival of patients treated with HR, RFA or the combined approach of primary RFA followed by HR for cases of initial local failure.
Team leader Dr. Yun Ku Cho explains the rational behind the study. "Usually, RFA is inferior to HR in terms of local recurrence, which is known to be a significant adverse prognostic factor for survival. However, if initial local treatment failure following RFA can be further treated by HR, survival outcomes of patients treated with primary RFA may be improved." He concluded, "The results of this study matched such an expectation, with both study groups achieving nearly identical overall survival rates. Considering that RFA is much less invasive as compared to HR, this study highly suggests that RFA may deserve to be considered as a primary treatment for very early stage HCC."
Article: "Sirolimus-based Immunosuppression Is Associated with Increased Survival after Liver Transplantation for Hepatocellular Carcinoma." Christian Toso, Shaheed Merani, David L. Bigam, James Shapiro, Norman Kneteman. Hepatology; Published Online: November 13, 2009 (DOI: 10.1002/hep.23437); Print Issue Date: April 2010. http://www3.
Article: "Hepatic Resection versus Radiofrequency Ablation for Very Early Stage Hepatocellular Carcinoma: A Markov Model Analysis." Yun Ku Cho, Jae Kyun Kim, Wan Tae Kim, Jin Wook Chung; Published Online: November 30, 2009 (DOI: 10.1002/hep.23466); Print Issue Date: April 2010. http://www3.
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Happy Halloween, my little goblins and ghouls! I wish I had a crazy costume photo to share with you, but this year's party is still right around the corner – Saturday, in fact! After then, I'll be sure to embarrass myself (and hubby) thoroughly with a photo of my super silly, saucy and absolutely fabulous choice of costumage, hehe.
'Til then, I wanted to share with you my favorite recipe for a perfect caramel apple. Gooey, sticky caramel coating a tart apple is a classic fall combination and one of the best brisk weather treats, in my opinion. All you need are a handful of apples, caramel candies, and an assortment of your favorite toppings… I've left plenty of suggestions below!
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Prepare toppings in shallow cups. Line a baking sheet with wax paper and spray with cooking spray. Set aside.
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On the face of it, City Council President Bernard C. "Jack" Young's local hiring bill sounds eminently reasonable. When Baltimore spends its residents' tax dollars, why shouldn't it do so in a way that supports hiring city residents, particularly considering the high rate of unemployment here? That common-sense appeal, perhaps, explains why the measure got preliminary approval on a unanimous vote Monday night. Indeed, it sounds like such a good idea that one might wonder: Why doesn't every city and county do the same thing?
The answer, according to the city's Law Department, is that it's unconstitutional. In a pair of memos analyzing this bill, and another related to a similar proposal three years ago, city attorneys cite several federal cases from around the country in which local hiring ordinances were struck down by the courts as violations of the Constitution's Privileges and Immunities Clause," which prohibits one state from discriminating against the citizens of another. According to the Law Department's analysis of the case law, the courts have found that the only way such an ordinance could pass constitutional muster would be if the city could demonstrate not just that it suffers from high unemployment but that the employment of nonresidents was specifically the cause of that problem. No city whose law has been challenged has met that standard, the Law Department says.
Mr. Young has countered by noting that the cities of Boston and San Francisco have local hiring laws in effect. If they can find a way to do it, he says, why can't we?
That line of reasoning might lead one to infer two things: that those cities' programs have been upheld as constitutional and that Mr. Young's ordinance is modeled on them. Neither is true. San Francisco's law is new — it had its second anniversary in March — and Boston's is old, dating back to 1983. But neither has been reviewed in federal court. And both of them are different from Mr. Young's bill, which is arguably much more sweeping.
Mr. Young's proposal would apply to the recipients of any city contract of more than $300,000 or any firm completing a project that gets more than $5 million in city subsidies of any kind. It would require them to determine how many new jobs will be needed to complete the contract or project and to fill at least 51 percent of those jobs with Baltimore residents. The bill would allow the Mayor's Office of Employment Development to issue waivers in some cases, for example if the contractor makes a good-faith effort to follow the law or if there aren't enough qualified Baltimore residents to do the work. Intentional failure to follow the bill's terms could lead a firm being barred from city work for a year. A violation would be considered a misdemeanor, subject to a fine of up to $500 for each offense.
The laws in San Francisco and Boston apply only to certain construction projects, not procurement, and they make no requirements about firms' hiring. Rather, they require a certain percentage of the work hours performed by each trade on eligible jobs to be performed by city residents. If a city were to enact such a law, that would be the better way to handle it. After all, many of the contracts covered by Mr. Young's proposed ordinance will not require new hiring, and to the extent they do, his bill would not prevent the firms from filling all their slots for broom-pushers with city residents and reserving the skilled — and well compensated — jobs for workers from elsewhere.
Advocates of San Francisco's ordinance say they have taken steps they believe will get around the adverse court decisions Baltimore's Law Department cites, including producing an extensive set of findings documenting the need for the law and stipulating that work performed by out-of-state employees doesn't count toward hours-worked requirements. Baltimore has not engaged in a similar fact-finding process, and it doesn't contain the same exemption for out-of-state workers.
It is too early to tell how effective San Francisco's law will ultimately be, but Boston's local hiring initiative has not lived up to its promise. Boston's goal that 50 percent of construction hours on city-sponsored projects go to city residents has never been met. That was an issue in Mayor Thomas M. Menino's 2009 re-election campaign; according to a Boston Globe report at the time, the percentage of work going to city residents had steadily declined over the years despite the law. Boston Corporation Counsel William Sinnott (the equivalent of the city solicitor) told the Globe that the city had not enforced the law out of fears that it would be challenged in court, and the city would lose.
We cannot fault Mr. Young for wanting to do whatever possible to improve the employment prospects of city residents, but we must encourage Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake to veto this bill if the council gives it final passage. The mayor has taken a variety of steps in recent years to encourage city contractors to hire Baltimore residents, and we encourage Mr. Young to seek ways to strengthen and expand those efforts rather than pursuing legislation of dubious legality and dubious effectiveness.


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After this weekend's drunken barbeque shenanigans and debauchery—where I was lucky enough to hear some tracks off of Homeless and Big Cats new album The Polar Bear Rug, I thought I would shamelessly plug their upcoming local event, and promote some actual go-getters in the wonderful city of Minneapolis.
So, here it is: Coming to Icehouse, Saturday, August 1st, is Homeless and Big Cats record release party! (Facebook Event Page)
Now, I would strongly advise you go, because from what I've heard so far on The Polar Bear Rug (which features: P.O.S., Toki Wright, Mally, Eric Mayson, and Lydia Liza), these songs would be great to see performed live.
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Pete & Jake's Turns 40
One of the most famous magazine covers in the history of the hot rodding hobby is the "Are Coupes For Chickens?" cover of Rod & Custom's Nov. 1973 issue. The two 1934 three-window coupes on that cover were Pete Chapouris' "California Kid" and Jim Jacobs' "Jake's Coupe". In 1974, Chapouris and Jacobs combined their talent and started Pete and Jake's Hot Rod Repair, which eventually evolved into Pete & Jake's Hot Rod Parts. In 1986, Jerry and Peggy Slover became the new owners of Pete & Jake's. Celebrating 40 years in the street rod business, Pete & Jake's remains a family run company, now including Jerry and Peggy's son, Jason, and his wife, Tina, not to mention the rest of the staff that comprises Pete & Jake's family of hot rod specialists.
Since 1974, Pete & Jake's has strived to set the standard for hot rod suspension and chassis components. Jerry or Jason are ready to help you find the part you need for your project, from the smallest urethane bushing to a complete turnkey chassis—all made in the United States.
Jerry and Jason are planning a lot of great things for the coming yearlong celebration. They invite all street rodders to visit them online at peteandjakes.com throughout 2014 to find out about upcoming 40th anniversary events, specials, and announcements; or call them at (800) 334-7240. If you're in the area, they invite you to drop in (401 Legend Lane in Peculiar, Missouri) to say "hi".
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You've been learning the art of sheetmetal shaping from Ron Covell in STREET RODDER's monthly Professor Hammer column since February 1995. Make 2014 your year to learn in person from the man who can make anything out of metal.
Since Covell taught his first metalworking workshop in 1993, more than 4,000 people—beginners to skilled metal bangers—have benefitted from his expertise and in-person instruction.
There are eight two-day workshops scheduled for 2014 in locations across the United States.
Participants can register for Day One, Day Two, or both. The price is $190 per day. Pre-registration is required and can be done online or by mail. Forms and more information (including video testimonials from former participants) can be found on the Covell Creative Metalworking website at covell.biz, or by calling (800) 747-4631.
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He also played an integral role in the formation and development of the Little East Conference, which has established itself as the premiere Division III athletic conference in New England.
Highly respected by his peers and colleagues, Titus has received multiple honors throughout his distinguished career, including the 2005 General Robert R. Neyland Outstanding Athletic Director Award from the All American Football Foundation. The NCAA honored him with its Diversity in Athletics Award, Gender Diversity Award, Racial Diversity Award, and Excellence in Diversity Award.
Over the last two decades, Titus has been inducted into three different Halls of Fame. He was first named to the Hall of Fame of Saint Michael's College, where he was a standout basketball player before graduating in 1972. In 2005 UMass Boston enshrined him into its Hall of Fame as a way to honor him for his tremendous contributions to the university. Most recently, Titus received perhaps one of the greatest honors any coach can hope to receive, as he was named to the New England Basketball Hall of Fame.
Along with his many contributions to the world of college athletics, Titus has also been extremely active in the local community. Every year, Titus leads a community service effort in which every UMass Boston athletics team works with a host of groups and organizations in the local Boston area.
For his countless contributions to both local area youth as well as young athletes in West Africa, which he visited to put on basketball clinics for players and coaches as part of the YES Africa project, Titus has been recognized as a member of the Ten Outstanding Young Leaders of Greater Boston and has also accepted the Judge Harry Elam Award and the Boston Parks and Recreation Award, both of which honor his service to youth in Boston.
A Boston-area native, Titus grew up in Roxbury, Massachusetts and attended Boston Technical High School before attending Saint Michael's College. On top of his many other responsibilities, Titus is currently a member of the Board of Trustees at Saint Michael's College as well as the Urban College of Boston.


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"Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D." is a thing that exists. It happened, and it will happen again next week. I have to take a word or thousand to let that sink in right now. Before I even start to analyze or criticize or praise last night's Marvel action hour, I have to acknowledge just how crazy it is that this is where we are in the comic book community. This, all of this, is nuts.
A major network> just aired an episode of television directed and co-written by Joss Whedon. The episode was the pilot for a Marvel Comics TV series. The series was aired in primetime on a weeknight and was not a cartoon. The series only exists because a movie based on a Marvel property that is not Spider-Man or the X-Men made over a billion dollars worldwide -- and was also directed by Joss Whedon. That, all of that, is nuts.
To put things in perspective, when I first held my breath and dove into Joss Whedon's tiny pool way back in 1998, he was writing and directing and producing his first TV series on the tiny WB network. At the time, Marvel's television output was relegated to Saturday mornings, and those latest offerings ("Silver Surfer," "Spider-Man Unlimited") were not well-received. The Avengers, now Marvel's crown jewel, made their animated debut around that time as well, and the less said about "Avengers: United They Stand" the better (sorry Tigra fans). Joss Whedon's most recent film contribution, 1997's "Alien Resurrection," might as well be the "United They Stand" of the Alien franchise; people -- Joss included -- do not like that movie. Fast-forward from January 1998 to September 24th, 2013, and everything has changed.
Whereas I was literally the only comic fan I knew in middle school, making debates thoroughly uneventful, nowadays everyone with a finger on the pulse of pop culture knows who Iron Man and Thor are. Marvel's been bought by Disney, who now strives to give those superheroes Mickey Mouse-level ubiquity. People who have never read comics are now giving them a go thanks to the abundance of tablets and the innovation of comiXology and other digital retailers. I work in Times Square and there are "S.H.I.E.L.D." billboards the size of Fin Fang Foom plastered everywhere. I've gone from being the only middle-schooler who cares about comic books to being the adult that fields questions about superheroes from every human being I know, from my nephews to my employers.
"Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.'s" existence is a clear indicator of how far the comic book community has grown, which doesn't necessarily mean that growth is a good thing. Sure, some new people are reading comics, but not every eyeball that saw "Iron Man 3" is also reading Kieron Gillen's current run. Superheroes are growing less and less dependent on the medium that birthed them, and that is downright terrifying to a lot of fans. It's more apparent than ever that these characters make more money and reach more people when they're played by hot Hollywood actors. The big companies didn't know that fifteen years ago because superhero movies based on popular comic book characters couldn't get made, and also Marvel didn't have a big company standing over its shoulder back then either. When "X-Men" was a hit in 2000, we all hoped that the boffo box office would drive people back to the comics; nowadays, it seems like we hope that boffo box office leads to more boffo box office, and we're past the illusion that comics are ever going to see numbers equivalent to their big screen adaptations.
But there's also a lot of pressure on "Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D." This is the first time that non-comic book readers will get regular exposure to the Marvel Universe. I've been getting a weekly dose of it for twenty years now, but I'm also a comic book reader and I enjoy the eccentric mix of action, drama, and quirky sci-fi that the Marvel Universe contains. It remains to be seen if the average movie-goer who enjoys living in the Marvel Universe for a total of six-ish hours a year will enjoy getting a quadruple dose. I get the feeling that if this show doesn't strike a chord, if this show doesn't work, it could be the first very real failure for Marvel Studios. Marvel's asking for a commitment from all of those movie fans, in addition to support from comic book fans who can be persnickety when it comes to Marvel lore. That group of fans tolerate deviation from the source material in two hour chunks when it's coupled with big budget spectacle. Will little deviations on a weekly basis prove to be too annoying for them?
The show itself is a fascinating one. It plays fast and loose with Marvel lore, which makes sense considering that the Marvel Cinematic Universe's interpretation of S.H.I.E.L.D. is one of the least faithful aspects of the films. Yeah, they have a Nick Fury and a Helicarrier, and even a Maria Hill, but they all orbit around Agent Phil Coulson -- a character who is MCU, born-and-bred-and-reborn. The classic black and white jumpsuits are absent, and it took multiple film appearances for us to even see something resembling them. Essential characters like Dum Dum Dugan and Sharon Carter have barely integrated at all (or in Carter's case, yet). In a lot of ways, "S.H.I.E.L.D." is S.H.I.E.L.D. in name only (my fingers just got a workout with that sentence); they're just a spy organization at this point, one that specializes in superheroes.
But is that a bad thing?
Personally, I'm more concerned with the show centering around characters I care about, and the show-runners have made the risky move of going with a cast of unknowns. Had the cast included characters like Clay Quartermain, Sharon Carter, and Dum Dum Dugan (my big-time number one Marvel crush), I would be bringing a lot of Marvel baggage to the show. Not only would I possibly feel an instant affection for them, I would definitely be more critical of their portrayal and whether or not the show was doing them justice. By giving us a cast of five newbies and one Coulson, we're able to come on board clean. Do I wish that Melinda May was actually Jessica Drew? Maybe at first, yeah, but after watching the pilot I'm now glad that I have both Jessica and Melinda in my life.
The only thing I ask of "Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D." is to believe in itself and what it's doing. The show we saw last night was unlike anything I've seen on network television. It had some of the most elaborate and intense fight scenes this side of Sydney vs. Fake Francie in "Alias," an impressive scope, and cinematic feel. It also had an abundance of Whedon's trademark quips and enough borderline-goofy gadgets that have only previously been seen on younger networks and in comic books. I want "S.H.I.E.L.D." to not be afraid of going to new places, emotionally and thematically. The mix of these two previously disparate notions made "Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D." a very unique show, one that I'm not quite sure where it's going.
Like how single issues of a comic book series can veer in and out of genres and tones, so can Whedon's shows (this is the guy that followed a sex robot episode with an episode built around the most punishing portrayal of real human death). At this point, I don't yet know what tone the show is going for, and that's exciting. The elements are all there, I just hope the audience comes along for the ride.
Brett White is a comedian living in New York City. He co-hosts the podcast Matt & Brett Love Comics and is a writer for the comedy podcast Left Handed Radio. His opinions can be consumed in bite-sized morsels on Twitter (@brettwhite).


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Helen's Story
Helen was 47 years old when she felt a lump in her lower neck that was later diagnosed as thyroid cancer. She lived an hour from New York City and came to Memorial Sloan Kettering for a second opinion. When she heard another patient tell a treatment success story, Helen felt confident in making the commute for surgery and long-term surveillance with the thyroid cancer team.
One summer afternoon, while waiting in her car at an intersection, Helen Courtney, 47, was adjusting her necklace when she felt a lump in her lower neck. A few days later, her primary care physician confirmed that she had six lumps on her thyroid.
Helen got a referral to a surgeon, who said the nodules were most likely benign but sent her for a fine needle aspiration. (This is a type of biopsy during which tissue or fluid is removed using a thin needle for examination under a microscope.) "I was still thinking that it wasn't going to be anything," Helen recalls. But a week later, she got a call from the doctor's office saying that she needed to come in to talk about the test results.
"It was almost surreal when he said, 'We found cancer and we have to take your thyroid out. But you don't have to do it with me. You can get a second opinion.'" Helen had been diagnosed with papillary carcinoma, the most common type of thyroid cancer.
A friend whose father was treated at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center urged Helen to go there, if only for a consultation. Taking her friend's advice, Helen called and scheduled an appointment with Memorial Sloan Kettering head and neck surgeon Ashok Shaha.
A Team Approach to Care
When Helen and her husband, George, met with Dr. Shaha a few weeks later, he agreed that surgery to remove her thyroid in a procedure called thyroidectomy was necessary. He explained to Helen and George that if she came to Memorial Sloan Kettering, she would be regularly monitored after the operation by him and his colleague, an endocrinologist, Dr. Michael Tuttle, and that she would need to take replacement thyroid hormone medication. A regimen of radioactive iodine might also be necessary, he told her, to ensure that all the cancer was destroyed. (Radioactive iodine, a form of internal radiation therapy, is taken orally. The radioactive iodine is taken up by the thyroid gland and destroys thyroid cells.)
Even though they liked Dr. Shaha and felt good about his approach, Helen and George were uncertain whether to come to Memorial Sloan Kettering for her treatment, or to continue with her surgeon closer to their home in the Hudson Valley, about an hour north of Manhattan. As they stood outside Dr. Shaha's clinic discussing their options, a woman with a noticeable scar on her neck approached them.
"The woman told us that she had overheard our conversation," Helen recalls. "She said that she also hadn't known where to go for her thyroid cancer treatment, but she'd done all her research and had great results with Dr. Shaha." Helen and George took her positive endorsement as a good sign and decided to proceed with the team approach of Dr. Shaha and Dr. Tuttle.
How to Talk with Their Teenage Daughter
Throughout this process, the couple decided not to give their 15-year-old daughter, Allison, many details about Helen's diagnosis. With Allison so busy with schoolwork and athletics, they didn't want to worry her until they felt confident that everything would be fine. But they quietly alerted her friends' parents about Helen's surgery, just to be sure she would have a few other people looking out for her. Thinking back, Allison says, "I didn't understand why all of my friends kept inviting me over!"
"It was interesting how our friends would give us different advice on whether we should tell her or not," says Helen. "But I wanted to do it in my own time and in my own way." George continues: "Even though it was serious, we had all of the faith in the world in Dr. Shaha and Dr. Tuttle and that the cancer would be gone after her surgery."
Surgery & Follow-Up Care
In late October 2007, a few weeks after meeting Dr. Shaha, Helen underwent surgery at Memorial Sloan Kettering. "I came home on Halloween with my own Frankenstein scar!" Helen jokes. About a week after her operation, she had a follow-up appointment with Dr. Shaha and met with Dr. Tuttle for the first time. Based upon the results of surgery and the pathology report, her doctors did not feel that radioactive iodine was necessary, but Dr. Tuttle started Helen on thyroid hormone therapy to replace the hormones that the thyroid normally makes and to decrease the risk of recurrence.
In the months that have followed, Helen's recovery from surgery has gone well and she has become used to the hormone medication. "I've been able to more or less maintain my daily activities with only slight modifications," she reports. Helen has resumed her full-time job as a pharmaceutical representative, and she and her family enjoyed a weeklong vacation to the Grand Canyon in April, 2008.
No Regrets
Even though the hospital was an hour away from their home, Helen and George have no regrets about their decision to come to Memorial Sloan Kettering. "Some people don't want to go there because of the distance," says George, "but I always tell them that they should go to the best. Don't worry about driving back and forth — your friends will get you down there."
One of the biggest surprises for Helen has been the positive attention her scar receives from the people around her. "When Dr. Shaha told me about the incision he was going to make, he said that I should 'wear it with pride' — meaning that I didn't have to be bashful," says Helen, touching her neck lovingly. "I find that I hardly wear necklaces anymore. I'm not afraid to show my scar and I don't try to hide it. I'm not embarrassed by it. This is where I am, this is what I've been through, and if I can help anyone else by them noticing it, then that's good."
Although she realizes that hers was a treatable type of cancer, Helen has come away from her diagnosis with a newfound appreciation for her life as well as for her family and friends. "I had one or two thoughts early on when I wondered if this was it, if I was going to die," she admits. "But you kind of have to go through all of that — what's going to happen to my family, that kind of thing. Cancer is such a scary word, but I think because I have a great family and everyone around me is so positive, I feel like nothing's going to happen to me!"


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'Imminent Domain' Designers Workshop Series
Workshop with:
Kentaro Hiroki, artist and Chairman of Communication Design Program, King Mongkut's University of Technology Thonburi, Thailand
Kingsley Ng, artist and lecturer, Academy of Visual Art, Hong Kong Baptist University
"Upcycling" is often the process of converting unwanted objects and materials into new products for better environmental value. For objects that have lost their reasons to exist in the world, instead of transforming them into new by-products, can we inject new meanings into these objects as they are? Can we help them find new homes?
Kentaro Hiroki was born in 1976 in Osaka, Japan. He is currently an art lecturer at the School of Architecture and Design KMUTT, Bangkok, Thailand. Hiroki graduated with a BA in Fine Art from Osaka Art University and subsequently took a Foundation Course from Central Saints Martin School of Design, London Institute. He obtained his Post Graduate Diploma in Fine Art from Goldsmiths College, University of London in 2001 and MA in Fine Art from Malmö Art Academy, Sweden in 2003. He has had four solo exhibitions and participated in 13 group shows in the United Kingdom, Norway, Sweden, Thailand, Korea, and Hong Kong.
Kingsley Ng is an interdisciplinary artist focused on conceptual, site-specific and community-oriented projects. To him, art is the byproduct that shows human existence in its time and space; it should be socially relevant, employing contemporary language and media to render the issues of our time. He also believes that art is a common medium that can mediate ideas and distribute them across a larger public, so he connects his works and space through media in formats such as interactive installation, public workshop, sound and spatial design. He received his postgraduate training at Le Fresnoy − National Studio of Contemporary Arts in France and his Master of Science degree in Sustainable Design from the University of Edinburgh in the UK. His art and design projects have been exhibited in notable international forums in Japan, France, Italy, and Canada.
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HOUSTON – Coming off a stretch of six games in 17 days, the Houston Dynamo are dealing with their share of bumps and bruises. When the team returned to training after a three-day break on Wednesday, two players were noticeable for their absence: Will Bruin and Ricardo Clark.
According to head coach Dominic Kinnear, the pair was working with the trainers during the week's first session after leaving Saturday's Eastern Conference Championship first leg with injuries -- a "left leg" injury for Clark and an undisclosed injury for Bruin, who left the locker room on Saturday with a boot on his left foot.
Two of Houston's most trusted regulars, Clark and Bruin have a week and a half to heal until the second leg against Sporting Kansas City on Nov. 23 (7:30 pm ET, NBCSN, UDN, RDS2/TSN2 in Canada). With the series tied 0-0 on aggregate, the Dynamo are keen to make full use of that time and get their leading forward and midfield boss back in the lineup.
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"We're going through this as if they're going to play," Kinnear told the media. "They're not training, they're working with the staff and we'll see how they are closer to the game. If they're not available to play, we're OK with that. It's not wonderful news, but that's the way it goes.
"We've still got some bangs and bruises from the game," Kinnear said. "We're dealing with those guys and trying our best to get them as much rest to be available for the game so we'll see how it goes."
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Monitoring Bruin and Clark will be at the top of the priority list for Kinnear in the next 10 days. If the pair cannot go, the Dynamo have an alternative blueprint.
- Find more Dynamo news coverage at HoustonDynamo.com
Losing both players in the middle of Saturday's game, Kinnear moved his pieces around to cope. Andrew Driver came in to relieve the midfield, pushing Brad Davis into the middle in place of Clark in the first half. After Bruin's halftime exit, Houston inserted Cam Weaver, who took up the mantle of bruising forward against SKC's physical center backs.
Those players, along with first-leg starter Omar Cummings and regular-season scoring leader Giles Barnes, could be called upon again if Bruin or Clark are hampered by injury. And thanks to the schedule, which allowed for a two-week break between matches given the FIFA international fixture dates, Kinnear and his charges have time to prepare for those possibilities.
"You always prepare yourself because you never know what can happen," Weaver said on Wednesday. "You never know what can happen during games. Guys get injured and you want to be prepared when your number's called. You always have to be ready no matter what."
Darrell Lovell covers the Houston Dynamo for MLSsoccer.com.


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The deal is for EDPR projects in southwest Oklahoma. The utility will begin receiving the power on 1 January 2016 from EDPR projects that are already online.
In a statement, EDPR said it reduced long-term merchant exposure in the US to 664MW. EDPR owns three projects in Oklahoma: the Blue Canyon I (74MW), Caddo and Comanche counties, Blue Canyon II (151MW), Caddo, Comanche and Kiowa counties, and Blue Canyon V (99MW), Comanche county.
EDPR merchant customers in Oklahoma include the Western Farmers Co-operative.
Georgia Power has been looking to increase its use of renewables. Earlier this year, it introduced the Georgia Power Advanced Solar Initiative (GPASI) which will contract up to 210MW of solar capacity through long-term purchase power agreements.


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Musician Melissa Etheridge says her separation from her partner, actress Tammy Lynn Michaels Etheridge, was mutual.
On Friday's episode of "The Oprah Winfrey Show," Etheridge told Winfrey the separation was "as mutual as those things can be." She also called the breakup "sad."
The 48-year-old singer calls 35-year-old Tammy Etheridge "a wonderful woman and an incredible mother" and said "she'll always be in my life."
The couple announced their separation April 15. They had held a commitment ceremony in Malibu, Calif., in 2003. Tammy Etheridge gave birth to twins — a son, Miller, and a daughter, Johnnie Rose — in 2006. The couple used an anonymous donor from a sperm bank.


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'Rapebait' e-mail reveals dark side of frat culture
By John Foubert, Special to CNN
Updated 2109 GMT (0409 HKT) October 9, 2013
Story highlights
- John Foubert: Georgia Tech frat member sent e-mail to brothers on "luring your rapebait"
- Foubert says studies show fraternity men three times more likely to rape
- He says frat culture gives peer support for bad behavior but education would help stem it
- Foubert: Colleges must push for rape prevention programming
An e-mail from a Georgia Tech fraternity member to his Phi Kappa Tau brothers came to light this week. It was about how to "succeed at parties," or more specifically "luring your rapebait." It came with repulsively detailed instructions about how to scope out a target, weaken her defenses with alcohol, grab her and -- you get the idea.
You can expect well-meaning commentators and bloggers to wonder how such a horrible man could have done such a thing, much less have gotten into a good college. Others will wonder why one fraternity's culture would be so toxic. University officials will go into damage-control mode, noting how they hold students accountable for violations of policy and that they have an otherwise low rate of rape on their campus. They may say, well, this was just an e-mail.
Sadly, it's all so predictable.
John Foubert
The "rapebait" e-mail could have been sent from almost any fraternity at almost any American college or university. A study I published in 2007 with my colleagues Jerry Tatum and J.T. Newberry found that fraternity men were three times more likely to commit rape than other men on college campuses. It was the third study showing that fraternity men are three times more likely to rape.
The definition of "success" in the e-mail sounds eerily similar to what David Lisak identifies as rape in his research on profiling "undetected rapists" -- college men who have committed rape and/or attempted rape, an average of six times each, but are never reported and never are held accountable for their crimes.
What was particularly remarkable about our study is that we found that it was the fraternity experience that led men to be more likely to rape. We traced entering freshmen from the time they got to campus through their first year of college. We asked them whether they committed acts of sexual violence before they got to college (many had). We then compared the rates of sexual assault among men who joined fraternities to the rates of sexual assault among men who did not join fraternities.
What we found was highly instructive. Before they got to college, fraternity men were no different from other male students. They committed the same number of incidents of sexual assaults before college. But here's the difference. Guys who joined a fraternity then committed three times as many sexual assaults as those who didn't join. It is reasonable to conclude that fraternities turn men into guys more likely to rape. Our study confirmed that fraternities provide the culture of male peer support for violence against women that permits bad attitudes to become treacherous behavior. And that should concern everyone.
We need more action.
There are a lot of us across the country who have worked for decades trying to prevent rape on college campuses. Many experience high levels of frustration at the lack of commitment on the part of colleges and universities to face the issue. Rarely does a college discuss sexual assault with its students for more than 60 minutes in an entire college career, if they do at all.
There are many great approaches to prevention. In our case at One in Four, we have spent the last 20 years refining an intervention that lasts for one hour called the Men's Program. Our research, published in peer-reviewed journals, shows that when fraternity men see it, 40% fewer sexual assault incidents occur.
One would think that national fraternities would embrace such an approach to educating their members. Sadly, when given numerous opportunities to do so, they prefer to pretend they aren't responsible. Though there are a few universities that are beginning to do more comprehensive prevention programming, they are the exception. We know that prevention programming can help a great deal. We just need to make it a priority. How difficult is that?


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Annual to tree
Leaves generally compound, alternate, stipuled; leaflets generally entire
Inflorescence: generally raceme, spike, umbel or head; flowers sometime 12 in axils
Flowers generally bisexual, generally bilateral; hypanthium generally flat or cup-like; sepals generally 5, fused; petals generally 5, free, or the 2 lower ± fused; stamens 1many, often 10 with 9 filaments at least partly fused, 1 (uppermost) free; pistil 1, ovary superior, generally 1-chambered, ovules 1many, style, stigma 1
Fruit: legume, sometimes including a stalk-like base above receptacle, dehiscent, or indehiscent and breaking into 1-seeded segments, or indehiscent, 1-seeded, and achene-like
Seeds 1several, often ± reniform, generally hard, smooth
Genera in family: ± 650 genera, 18,000 species: worldwide; with grasses, requisite in agriculture and most natural ecosystems. Many cultivated, most importantly Arachis , peanut; Glycine , soybean; Phaseolus , beans; Medicago ; Trifolium ; and many orns
Reference: [Polhill & Raven (eds) 1981 Advances in legume systematics; Allen & Allen 1981 Leguminosae]
Family description and key to genera by Duane Isely.
Annual, perennial herb, shrub, unarmed
Leaves generally odd-1-pinnate (sometimes ± palmately compound, rarely some or most simple); stipules conspicuous or not; leaflets 3many, often irregularly arranged
Inflorescence: umbel or 12-flowered, axillary, generally peduncled, often bracted
Flower: corolla generally yellow (sometimes white or pink), fading darker; 9 filaments fused, 1 free
Fruit dehiscent or not, exserted from calyx or not, ovoid to oblong, ± beaked
Seeds 1several
Etymology: (Greek: derivation unclear)
Reference: [Isely 1981 Mem New York Bot Garden 25:128206]
Spp. generally variable; intermediates may be hybrids. Key below separates natural groups.
Perennial, shrub-like, finely strigose
Stems ascending, clustered, branched, 0.51.5 m
Leaves irregularly pinnate to ± palmate, well spaced; stipules gland-like or 0; leaflets 34, 0.51.5 cm, oblanceolate to obovate; axis (including petiole) 18 mm
Inflorescence 13-flowered; peduncle 36 cm; bract near top or 0
Flower: calyx 58 mm, lobes < tube; corolla 1222 mm, wings > keel; stigma ± glabrous
Fruit slowly dehiscent, spreading or erect, 24 cm, oblong, ± straight, much exserted, generally glabrous
Seeds severalmany
Chromosomes: 2n=14
Ecology: Chaparral, desert flats, washes, foothills
Elevation: < 1550 m.
Bioregional distribution: Peninsular Ranges, Desert
Distribution outside California: to s Nevada, se Utah, Arizona, Baja California
Flowering time: MarMay
Horticultural information: TRY.