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Elena – we are all blessed that you are our teacher, guide, counsellor and friend. They say nothing comes without effort, you have worked extremely hard over the decades to become the greatest teacher I have ever come across. They say the harder you work the easier it becomes, you are a real life example of this. Your knowledge is broad and deep. I am grateful I am come across such an amazing person in my retirement years to help me take a step into a new journey and a new future, who knows where it will lead to! Thank you for your hard work, for your support and guidance and most of all for who you are
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This course has enabled me to fulfill a lifetime's ambition to become a Yoga Teacher. It has provided me with the expertise and encouragement to develop my own personal style of teaching and allowed me to meet a whole range of people who share my love for Yoga.
I had been doing Yoga for almost 15 years before I started this course, but in some ways, I may as well have not done any. The course has been absolutely amazing and completely revolutionised the way I see, feel and practice Yoga. There's lots of work require and it's a real, big commitment, but it's also been incredibly rewarding and one of the most wonderful things I have done in my life. it's made me feel different, vastly improved as a person and I feel totally and utterly equipped to go and teach a really informative Yoga class. I would recommend Teach Yoga to absolutely anyone, no matter your age or experience, you'll just get so much out of it.
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When I decided to do this course I was at a bit of a crossroads in my life and figured why not try a Yoga teacher training course. The course has completely changed my life! I didn't know how out of tune I was with my body. I have, thanks to this course, slowly begun to accept my body, who I am and it's been an amazing journey of self-enlightenment. I really picked the right course for becoming a Yoga teacher because I've learned so much. it's not just been about how to teach poses, how to stand in front of a room and deliver a class, it's been so much more about how to feel the poses, how to feel your body and mind again, so as a teacher it's changed me completely because I am teaching more from the heart. It really has been the most phenomenal course and I will really miss the family element you feel within the course and I just want to thank Elena so much for bringing me to a place that I never thought I would be.
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I would highly recommend the BWY course with Teach Yoga and Elena, it is absolutely amazing. I was initially looking for a simple teacher training course and knew nothing of Elena's expertise and I was just looking for something to help me with my alignment, which was pretty poor at the time and had I continued on that path I would have really injured myself. I started with the 200 hr yoga alliance course, also with Teach Yoga and I learnt a phenomenal amount of stuff; adjustments, postures, breathing, alignment. I was totally impressed, it completely changed my life in 2013 and it's possibly one of the best things I have done. the amount of knowledge the teachers have is phenomenal. I want to continue training with Teach Yoga, doing the therapeutic course and I cannot express the gratitude I have towards Teach Yoga and all of the teachers at Teach Yoga.
When I started I didn't know what I wanted out of life, all I knew was that I loved yoga. But what I have got from this course is not only an increased knowledge about Yoga and the human body but also an inner confidence, it's broadened my horizons and brought me into contact with some amazing people and helped me put things in perspective. It's given me a new community that I didn't have before. This course is second to none and I'm just so grateful, so thank you so much.
All I can say is that this course has been completely life changing, really inspirational, I've met some really amazing people and the teachers have been absolutely fantastic, superb. There's a lot of work and it takes a lot of dedication, they expect you to go away and take time to soak up the years and years of wisdom they are giving you. Even so, I have really enjoyed the course and recommended it to lots of people. I really feel like the teachers here are focused on not just getting you the qualification but are teaching us to be compassionate, whether it be to teach others or even ourselves. I hope to keep training with Elena as I feel this is just the tip of the iceberg in terms of where I want to be.
Elena is an amazing teacher and it has been an amazing experience. I can't recommend it highly enough. So if you're thinking about doing the course, don't even think about it, just do it!
DO IT! this course is amazing, Elena is incredible, this is the place to be! initially I was worried about having time to do the course, but surprisingly it was really manageable because the course is spread over such a long time and the teachers are flexible with the homework deadlines and just so helpful. You really get taken on a transformational journey of personal development. In some cases you may find a teacher who gives you a starter and then search for someone to give you the main but with Teach Yoga you really get a 5 course meal! You get absolutely everything you will need because all the teachers are so highly experienced and you will not need to go anywhere else!
This retreat was perfect – it could not have been improved in any way. I benefited in every way possible: mentally, physically, spiritually. My yoga practice improved greatly and the benefits to my body - both immediate and long term - are immeasurable. With the knowledge imparted to me, they are also sustainable long into the future. The kindness extended to my husband was very deeply appreciated: he was never made to feel left out and we both always felt very happy and very much "at home". Dearest Elena, thank you so very much for a truly wonderful experience and for all your kind words to both me and my husband and thank you for all the practical help leading up to the Retreat. The Retreat manual is also brilliant, balanced, helpful with excellent diagrams showing the muscle groups covered by the sessions on each particular day. It was really helpful to have such clear, simple diagrams focused exclusively on the relevant muscle groups for discussion that day. MB, Retreat participant 2017.


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Hopefully, by this point in the expansion's life cycle, we've all begun to grow a little past the endless grind for reputation and gear and have started to turn our attention towards the current end-game raiding perspective.
Keep in mind as we continue that what you'll find here isn't a step by step, 100% detailed analysis of the encounters that you'll run into. There are a lot of places on the internet where you can find videos that will be happy to describe each fight in loving and exacting detail.
What you'll find here, instead, are little tips that I've garnered from doing these encounters and hopefully, they will help you when it comes to a few of the trickier portions of the fight, as well as perhaps explaining the fight to friends and fellow guildmembers.
Starting off, we'll dive right into the Blackwing Descent and one of the first two bosses, the Omnotron Defense System.
It's stated, accurately, that of the two starting fights, Magmaw is the gear check while Omnotron is the fight that tests your coordination and execution.
The first time you walk into this fight, it might be a little bit overwhelming with the four rotating adds, the myriad number of abilities that you'll need to keep track of, as well as the few insta-kill mechanics that are present all around the room.
A few runs at this boss will help you realize that the fight breaks down pretty simply when you take a fresh look at it.
First thing to look out for are the patches on the ground. They come in two varieties; blue and green. When the blue patch is on the ground while Arcanotron is active, as a tank, you will want to do your best to position the add being killed so that all of your DPS are able to stand in the blue pool so they can benefit from the buff. If it's safe, be sure to move your add over to in front of the blue pool so that your melee as well as your ranged can take advantage of it.
When there's green gas on the ground, you will want to do your best to position the add so that it's standing inside the gas. Keep in mind, you can easily position it so that while the add is in the gas and suffering from the debuff, you as a tank are not. This will be instrumental in preventing unnecessary damage so practice it if you have to until the delicate positioning is second nature.
Other things to keep in mind is that when Toxitron is active, you will want to do your best to tank him a little further away from the raid if at all possible so that when he spawns his explosive slimes, the raid will have a longer window of time to deal with them.
Magmatron has abilities that cannot really benefit the raid from positioning so tank him wherever you feel most comfortable.
There is a final tip that I would like to impart to you as a tank for this fight. If you can arrange to have the adds de-activate in roughly the same area each time, you'll make life a lot easier for your fellow raid members. The primary reason for this is because if the mobs are always activating from the same section of the room, it becomes a lot easier and quicker for the DPS to switch to the next add as it comes up, not to mention that you as a tank will always know where to go to pick up the next mob, even if you
forget which one is coming up next.
These little tips might smooth out those rough patches if you're having them and help you make the fight a little less hectic.
Stay tuned for next week when we head across the way to tackle the giant parasitic worm Magmaw.


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2003focus Posts: 2It is so typical of car manufacturers to not accept responsibility. I really think Ford is using defective glass as this has happened to me twice already, and to numerous other Ford owners.0
maritak Posts: 1Re: Kylen2002:
I just had the sunroof explode on my 2013 kia sorrento, which I have had for 6 weeks. Very similar situation to yours... driving along then boom! Kia is supposed to call me tomorrow. Curious - where did you end up with Kia on this? God forbid - after the fix did it happen again?0
greginaz Posts: 4Lexus fully covered ours in the IS-250 3 years ago and it didn't happen again. I think it is a weakness in the glass and once it is fixed it won't happen again unless you are really unlucky.0
thornt4 Posts: 2I had this happen to me in April2011 on my 2011 Kia Sorento. Same story, I was driving, loud pop and glass fell all over me. Got it towed to dealership and they covered everything under warranty. Now, get this, I was driving the same car today and the exact thing happened...yep, explosion #2. I again had it towed to the dealer and they gave me a rental. They will keep me posted. I don't expect a problem, KIA should cover the defect under warranty; however, I am concerned since my car is much older now. They will be in for a battle if they tell me it isn't covered!0
kkiimm Posts: 1My sunroof suddenly shattered recently too. I have a older Ford SUV but it turns out the make and age don't matter so much as the details on the sunroof itself.
On another forum about this issue I found the below post and it turns out my sunroof is part of the recall and I never got the notice, though I have had it fixed at least 3 times as the open/shut mechanism is constantly breaking down. So I am posting this in hopes that others might read it and not spend their own money if they don't need to. I would not have known if I hadn't spent 1/2 hour or more researching the issue on the net. The glass shattering suddenly is exactly what happens in the defective sunroofs though supposedly it is "rare".
I was driving down the highway and heard a loud bang, like a large boulder fell on the roof. Then there was a rattling, crunching noise like the boulder was rolling around on top. When I stopped a couple of miles later off my exit, the glass on the sunroof was totally missing. This happened after I had been stopped in the traffic on the highway, heard a screeching and looked in my side mirror to see a little red car behind me swerving widely across three lanes or traffic, nearly tipping over and forcing other cars to swerve and screech as well. The person had jammed their brakes on to avoid rear ending me as I guess he wasn't expecting stopped cars on the highway. No one was hurt and no cars collided amazingly but my nerves for sure where on edge. And then the sunroof thing happened 5 minutes later. What are the chances of that I wonder? Especially because the defective sunroof issue is. "rare" ( riiiiigggght, but common enough to deserve a recall??!!).
Good thing I didn't have the sunroof's inside cover slid back or I would have been showered with glass going down the highway at 65mph. Good thing also that I didn't panic and swerve or slam the brakes on since I could have had a accident. But then again, having had many "clunker" cars in my life this is not the first time something drastic and unexpected has happened to my car while traveling 65 in the fast lane. Try the car stalling suddenly at this speed or the hood flying up and covering the front windshield so that you can only see through the little air vent grate; both of these happened to me in different cars and more than once, since the problems weren't easily fixable.
I thought a rock hit it, though, since I wasn't going under anything or near the edges of the road, I couldn't see how that was possible, since it would have to drop straight down with a lot of force. As they mention, actually, I did notice more wind noise than usual from the sunroof over the past month or two but I thought it just wasn't fully closed, since the mechanism to close the roof never seems to work right. And I guess you might not know if your sunroof is aftermarket either, since the dealer or the person you bought it from may not have told you. This only applies to aftermarket sunroofs, i.e. installed after the car leaves the factory assembly line.
So, to make a long story short, everyone reading this might want to check their sunroof unless they are positive it is factory installed. I don't think this is only for older sunroofs either. The website http://sunroofcheck.us/identify-your-sunroof.html shows the pictures of the sunroof open/close buttons and if your sunroof control buttons don't look like that then you are all set. If it they do then all you have to do is open the roof and look at the serial numbers pasted inside the front frame of the sunroof opening and if they are between 6000000 and 6396298 you need to replace the roof ( for free but not at the dealer; the website will list the places to take the car)
Webasto Product North America, Inc. ("WPNA") has decided that a defect that relates to motor vehicle safety may exist in vehicles equipped with certain Hollandia 700 and 600 ("700/600") aftermarket (non-factory installed) sunroofs manufactured from 2002-2009 and all TVS 900 ("900") series aftermarket sunroofs. These sunroofs are involved in a voluntary safety recall. In rare instances, conditions existing with the adhesive bond between the glass and metal frame in these affected Hollandia 700/600 and Hollandia TVS 900 series aftermarket (non-factory installed) sunroofs can increase the risk that the sunroof glass may completely debond from its frame. Completely debonded sunroof glass can detach from the vehicle while driving and could strike another vehicle or injure a pedestrian.
Complete glass-to-frame debonding can develop gradually and may be evidenced by metal corrosion around the sunroof frame, wind noise, vibration, visual bond separation and/or water leakage. These conditions may be observable for several months before complete glass-to-frame adhesion debonding can ultimately occur.
Determining If You're Affected: The most recognizable components of the sunroofs affected are the switches and presence of a Webasto logo on the sunshade handle. Below, we have provided documentation so you can identify whether your sunroof is included in the recall. All affected sunroofs will have one of the following switches (I can't post the pictures of the switches, so check the webpage, http://sunroofcheck.us/identify-your-sunroof.html )and have a Webasto logo on the sunshade handle.0
larryz2 Posts: 1On Thursday August 2, 2012 my wife and I we traveling from Simi Valley Calfornia to Vancouver, BC Canada. We purchased our SRX in June 2012 and had less than 2,000 miles on it when we started our trip. We got a far as Gilroy, CA (about 300 miles into the trip) when we heard a loud explosion and then the sound of wind and broken glass. We were traveling about 65 mph on highway with no cars in front or to the side. The Sun roof was closed at the time and the shattered glass could be seen through the head liner. We got off the freeway quickly and asked ON-STAR for the nearest Cadillac dealership. Luckily it was only 1 mile away. ON-STAR downloaded turn by turn instructions and we got to the Gilroy Cadillac dealership at about 2:30 pm. They looked at the damage and tried to locate a replacement part, however, none were available in California. The dealer coordinated with the regional Cadillac rep and ordered a part from Detroit. The part was overnight shipped but would not arrive until Monday. The Cadillac people provided us with a rental car and we continued on to Oregon. We shortened our trip and returned to pick up our repaired SRX on Monday evening (4:00pm). We put over 1,300 miles on the rental car. Cadillac covered everything under warranty including the rental car.0
azharleyrider Posts: 4Consider yourself lucky - or just smart for buying a US brand .. my son had to use his insurance and pay the deductible, Kia wouldn't pay anything!0
gmcustsvcsarah Posts: 1,964Thank you for taking the time to post this, larryz2! We're glad that the dealership took such great care of you, and wish you many more happy miles in your SRX!
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This just happened to me while driving to work. I was on the highway here in Raleigh and doing about 70. Suddenly, just as everyone else described, a loud gunshot noise and glass flying everywhere. It was nice yesterday afternoon so my sliding cover was open since I had been using my sunroof recently. I have been in touch with Volvo USA and it sounds like they may cover the costs. Nothing hit it, I am sure, because the glass is coming upwards. A cop stopped to help me (nice folks those NC troopers!) and told me weirder things have happened, but that this was pretty weird! The glass is still cracking and I'm going to have to drive it, but with the cover closed... VERY VERY scary. Thankful I was in the right lane and was able to pull off quickly in rush hour traffic. Whew. Any other reports of this from Volvo owners? I have seen some on Volvo forums.0
Could you please email me the doc? [email protected] Sunroof on my 05 Volvo s40 exploded this morning while on my way to work (on the highway, glass fell all over me...) and I'd really like some answers/possibly use this to get the $950 bill paid for. Thank you so much!0
emily21 Posts: 1At least I aint the only one. Just read this and it's happening everywhere
Why do sunroofs explode0
uazip78 Posts: 1On December 26th, 2010, I was entering the highway in my 2007 Hyundai Sonata with my wife, mom, and two young children when I hear a noise that sounded like a shutgun going off above our heads. When I pulled over to inspect my vehicle I noticed that there was a large hole in my sunroof. Fortunately I had the sun shade pulled and nobody was injured.
I took it to the dealership but they wouldn't do anything since my warranty expired...my extended warranty wouldn't touch it either. My insurance company wouldn't cover it since I didn't think anything struck the glass, they felt it was a vehicle defect, not an accident.
To make a long story short, I ended up contacting Hyundai USA's corporate offices, submitting a bunch of paperwork, and they wouldn't do anything. I had to pay the $650 or whatever to have it repaired. While I am thankful no one was hurt, I feel they should have covered this.
Now that Hyundai has issued a recall on 2012 Veloster cars due to exploding sunroofs, I am revisiting my claim with them.0
dknits Posts: 1We have a 2001.5 VW Passatt, 110,000 miles. On 12/31/12 we heard a very loud double explosion while driving 65 mph in clear conditions at 34 degrees F. The sunroof had exploded. Glass shattered all over us. We did not see any flying rocks, and were not near other cars. We had gone under a few overpasses and wondered if someone had thrown a large rock. We had driven for about 150 miles at the time, and 50 miles earlier had driven through some snow and 29 degrees at the coldest. Prior to this time we had not opened the sunroof for at least a couple of months. We did have the inside shade open. We bought the car new with the sunroof already installed. We were in shock for a few minutes, but found a Home Depot and taped card board over the opening to complete our trip. Do we look for a body shop that has experience with VW? Will call our local mechanic. Had never heard of this problem. Do we report this to traffic safety? Is an older car exempt from safety concerns? Hope this does not happen often to others. Very scary0
My sunroof was open, my husband was driving and I was reading a book in the passengers seat cruising down the Interstate. Without warning glass started raining down on us. There was no sound (like a rock hitting) or other warning, the glass just started falling on us. Luckily my husband was wearing a baseball cap or he might have been blinded by the falling glass resulting in an accident or injury. We were so shocked, we limped off at the next exit and pulled over. It looked like a stress fracture to us as both sides of the sunroof were at 45 degree angles. How could the alleged "rock" that we didn't hear manage to break the glass from two different locations (pictures available). Our car is less than 3 months old! The Dealership is repairing, but the repair is on my insurance. The Service Manager said they use tempered glass that is designed to shatter...on a roof. I think this is an engineering defect and a safety issue. Although my moon roof is being repaired, I doubt I'll use it ever again. I am taking it to have 3M film applied to the glass to prevent the glass from showering us again. It is a very unpleasant occurrence.0
I had a Scion (Toyota) with the same problem. It was under warranty but Toyota refused to pay for the repair. I took them to arbitration (explained in your owner manual) and they paid for the repair. I suggest you do the same. It can all be handled through the mail.0
kianomore1 Posts: 1Rear passenger window on 2011 KIA Sorento exploded for no apparent reason while driving on I-75 in 72 degree weather on a beautiful day. KIA refused to replace, even with the bumper to bumper warranty purchased with vehicle.0
poppyandhoney Posts: 1Bought the 2013 Venza less that two months ago with 6 miles on it. Salesman went on about how GREAT this vehicle is, bought the warranty the finance guy said "everything but the brakes" were covered and guess what? They aren't covering the phantom EXPLODING sun roof!! NOT happy about the sudden "I don't know them" syndrome I got from the dealer. They are blaming it on Toyota but I think it's just like every other dealer out there, once they got ya they leave ya. Oh yes, they talk to you like they owe you money. they sold you a hand full of rocks and they promised they would be marbles...My bad, It wont ever happen again.0
I had the same problem with a Scion Tc. I took them to arbitration and they paid. Procedure is in your Toyota owners manual.0
I bought a 2013 Venza 12/15/12. Feb. 22, 2013, my moonroof shattered as we were driving down the interstate. Very scary and made a mess of my car. It seems a stress fracture to us. Please post your experience at https://www-odi.nhtsa.dot.gov/VehicleComplaint. Toyota does not notify their dealers of any problems until there are several. The moonroof raining down on you is a serious safety issue--could have blinded the driver resulting in a wreck. Mine wasn't covered under warranty either. Now moon roof grinds from glass remaining. I share your pain.0
ajgrantcsh Posts: 9I had this happen on a 2009 BMW about six months after I got it. Just coincidentally I mentioned it to a friend who said it had happened to him with a new shower enclosure. He had just had the bathroom renovated, and heard a loud bang. Fortunately the bathroom was vacant at the time. He said it was like shrapnel exploded, destroying all the new work. Amidst fighting with contractors and manufacturers he did some research and found an architectural white paper, which reported that spontaneous shattering is a known phenomenon of tempered glass. Every so many units per the millions manufactured have microscopic defects that cause the glass to shatter. The auto dealers automatically tell you something hit the glass, which in most cases is not true. But it's a fight to get them pay for the repair.0
mfj62 Posts: 1My 2013 Hyundai Sante Fe sunroof exploded for no reason. The weather was mild at the time (59 degrees). I was traveling at 60 mph on the freeway, and the roof was open to the vented position at the time. It sounded like a gunshot. Glass showered the inside of the car.0
nswartz2105 Posts: 1Yesterday my wife was driving her 2013 kia optima sxl down the interstate when a loud pop sound was made followed by falling glass from the sunroof. A softball size hole was noted to the rear of the glass with the remainder being shattered. Luckily her nor our 5 year old son was injured. Took it to the dealership today and we ate waiting on the Kia area rep to give us a decision on if they can replace it under warranty or not.0
insulman Posts: 1On May 31st 2013 - While traveling down RTE 93 South in New Hampshire we experience a very loud bang, there were no other cars or truck around us, no one threw a rock, no bird hit the SUV.
I happened to glance up at the roof and realized that the front sun roof had exploded into a million pieces, fortunately it was safety glass and it all stayed in one piece. We are now waiting for the new sun roof to come in. No one seem to have one in stock and it needs to be ordered out of OHIO. I did call Chevrolet headquarters and they took the information and gave me a claim number. They said they would investigate it and call me back which they did bat stated that there is no know problem with the sun roof. It was a windy day, 90 degrees out and we put the air conditioner on, I don't know it this has any thing to do with the cause of it.0
delrio41 Posts: 1My car is less than 6 months old. I was driving on the interstate when I heard a loud noise (like a gunshot). The front glass panel of my sunroof exploded...fortunately, I had the cover on, so no glass entered the interior. I've taken the car back to Ford, and I'm waiting to hear what they say...hoping they do the right thing AND, try to tell me it was just a rock.0
dmz4 Posts: 1We were driving on I-71 in an open area (no trees, no birds, no bridges, no other large vehicles, no construction near us) when our moonroof exploded. It sounded like a shotgun blast and when we looked at the moonroof there was a quarter sized hole with the glass shattered all around it. Fragments of glass began dropping into our van, in our hair, on our clothes and in our drinks. We pulled the moonroof cover closed and glass continued to blow out of the moonroof until we were able to pull over safely. Pieces of glass are now everywhere in the van and in our clothing including down the backs of our shirts. What a mess to cleanup! We're so glad our kids weren't injured with all the glass shards. I hope Toyota will do what's right and find out why the glass unexpectedly shattered. It is definitely a safety issue especially with little kids in the van.0
This happened to my 2013 Ford Escape last week. What resolution did you get from Ford and/or your dealership?0
dbbogey Posts: 3I have had this happen twice - two years ago my wife's 2008 GL 550 exploded outward. Out of warranty and I replaced at dealer. They never offered to fix and since out of warranty I didn't fight it and was not sure of my wife and daughters story. This week the same thing happened to me in a brand new Audi A8L. Tooling along about 75 with only cars behind me, and I thought a cannon had gone off. Glass was blown outward and scratched the paint all the way back to the trunk. Audi will replace and fix. I am looking into what company supplies sunroof glass for the German Automakers. Interesting link to a story about a women in San Francisco with a new BMW, physics professor got into the act when BMW first tried to deny.
I'm STILL fighting with FORD over it. They said there was an impact too. I can guarantee there wasn't. I wasn't driving near, behind, over or under anything or anyone that would have thown an object. Insurance said the same thing...that ford should pay. My car is only 7 months old. I'm going to send them the link that you shared as well showing the engineers point of view. Thanks for sharing.0
Ford is refusing to cover this issue. They have denied the claim. They will not stand behind their products. Never again will I buy another Ford. EVER. Nor will I recommend a Ford to anyone. This is complete BS.0
charface Posts: 1While driving to work yesterday, on a major highway, my sunroof spontaneously shattered and fell in on me. Has anyone else with a VW, that had this issue, reached out to VW about this? Did you have any resolutions. The car is a 2009, I find it highly unacceptable that this could happen. Not to mention extremely dangerous.0


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Frequently Asked Questions about Rain Gardens
Tuesday, January 21st, 2014
How is a rain garden different from any other garden?
The main difference is that they're created in man-made or natural depressions, rather than being flat or mounded on the surface. Their purpose is to create a space where stormwater runoff pools temporarily, preventing polluted water from entering our streams and creeks. Deep-rooted native prairie plants, especially those that thrive in moist or wet soils, are often used and sometimes soil amendment is added.


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No I didn't fall off the planet...but almost
If you have been collecting my series of papers you might have wondered what happen to me. Well I was sick for a while. Without going into details for all the world to see I had to take some time off and heal. I am feeling better physically but emotionally it took it's toll on me. I'm really lucky to have a few friends who were really there for me to let me, because my family was the pits during most of this ordeal.
OH and right when my drama all started I was invited by an awesome designer to be on her Creative Team! So I'm now designing for Man in the Moon Designs and don't forget about my first CT job AnnaBV Designs
So now that I'm feeling better I've been trying to get organized again and create some layouts. I designed some Christmas Cards for friends in return for letting them use the examples on my new Facebook Page and my new website I plan to launch in the new year.
I just finished our Christmas Card in the last two days and still haven't mailed them out yet! Guess everyone will get them after Christmas this year... oh well!
So onto the missing Brown Papers. I finished them right before Halloween, and used one in my Halloween card
I just zipped them tonight and decided I better come over to my blog and post them before next year *grin*
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A riff on refugeby Stephen Dunn
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From the Underground Railroad to those who hide the Anne Franks of the world, from the needs of the displaced to the great decency of those who provide shelter and food, the word refuge has earned its good name.
My personal examples of such refuge are small by comparison. The friend who gave me her house rent-free after I became a refugee of my marriage. The many residencies I've had at the artist colonies Yaddo and MacDowell. The homes I've lived in as child and adult that have been places of normal retreat-places, as Robert Frost reminds me, I haven't had to deserve.
I have also sought various kinds of refuge in sports, sex, and teaching; therefore I know something about the ways refuge satisfies, but also about how satisfaction can conceal your self from yourself, and how complacency is often an antecedent of thrill. There are no safe havens-for long.
And there are refuges that are just watering holes on the way to nowhere. The refuge of the habitual-the comfort of it, the stasis. The refuge of wishing to please-those little forays into hackdom that injure the soul. The refuge of the lie, how it buys time, lets you ride for a while in its big white car.
I tell my students the public wants excitement without danger, wants the artist to be considerate enough to stop before his bones show, to please not be so tacky as to disturb. I talk about the refuge of the neatly wrapped package. The refuge of the melodious. The refuge of entertainment and distraction that all of us except those artists who go all the way seem to need.
Books, though, have been my most enduring refuge, not the ones I've written, but the ones I've read—my good, long disappearances into them, how they always return me to the world; in the best of instances, to an enlarged world. In fact, a world with more places than I could have imagined in which to hide, get lost, or be found. A great book is a refuge for those with what Keats called "negative capability," those of us more or less at home with uncertainties, who are not made entirely miserable by the burden of consciousness.
But I've also found comrades in books merely good, even mediocre. I've loved how some authors manage to give, if not refuge, then a kind of home to the displaced, the misunderstood, the estranged, give them names and secret thoughts, even chapters of their own—and the displaced, the misunderstood, the estranged among us turn the pages and find ourselves there and are less alone.
I tell my students that I once believed my strangest thoughts had only been thought by me. It was Franz Kafka who made me feel sane. He dramatized aspects of my unarticulated life.
That was no refuge for him, though. He had no schoolyard to go to when things went bad, didn't—as I did, after Barbara Winokur broke up with me and I dropped the phone-leave the house and play ferocious, cathartic basketball until dark.
He had no father who told him he was the best third basemen he'd ever seen.
Or a mother who showed him her breasts when he dared to ask.
Can I call such events refuges? Have I been lucky to have them? Would the answer confuse life with art?
Parable of the Fictionist
He wanted to own his own past,
be able to manage it
more than it managed him.
He wanted all the unfair
advantages of the charmed.
He selected his childhood,
told only those stories
that mixed loneliness with
rebellion, a boy's locked heart
with the wildness
allowed inside a playing field.
And after he invented himself
and those he wished to know him
knew him as he wished to be known,
he turned toward the world
with the world that was within him
and shapes resulted, versions,
In his leisure he invented women,
then spoke to them about
his inventions, the wish just
slightly ahead of the truth,
making it possible.
All around him he heard
the unforgivable stories
of the sincere, the boring,
and knew his way was righteous,
though in the evenings, alone
with the world he'd created,
he sometimes longed
for what he'd dare not alter,
or couldn't, something immutable
or so lovely he might be changed
by it, nameless but with a name
he feared waits until you're worthy,
then chooses you.
Stephen Dunn,
from New and Selected Poems,
Photo: "Desparity," by Nguyen Tang


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The European project's lack of favour with the corporate world emerges as it increasingly sets it sights on the East for growth, according to a new poll of boardrooms which represent up to £2bn in market value.
Assuming the UK stays outside the euro, 42pc of companies surveyed said they wanted to become more devolved from the European Union, compared to 19pc who wanted further integration. The rest wanted to maintain the status quo.
Neil Shah, global head of research at Edison, said that UK plc is more aware than ever that its growth prospects are linked to the Asian expansion story, rather than economies closer to home.
He said: "It should come as little surprise then that with UK listed midcaps' business focus increasingly pulled eastwards and with a strong pull to the US still in place, that four out of ten companies want greater UK devolution from the eurozone, more than twice the number who want closer eurozone integration.
"Concerns about Britain's relationship with the EU will likely dominate serious business planning over any more domestic concerns about Scottish devolution."
Just 2pc of companies were making serious attempts to plan for Scottish independence, even though 17pc thought such a move would signal a significant fall in their sales or profits.
On the UK economy, the majority of businesses expected at best flat growth, at worst negative output, a proportion unchanged from six months ago.
However, there was a small pick-up in sentiment as the share of those expecting actual growth rose to 37pc, up from 30pc six months ago.
Despite the fragile outlook, close to two in three companies (64pc) thought the Government is, overall, taking the right economic approach to growth, though the rest were opposed to its strategy.
The biggest shift in sentiment over the past six months was seen in companies' confidence for UK equity markets to help facilitate their ambitions.
Almost four out of 10 UK mid-caps expect or are almost certain to carry out an equity fund-raising, double those in this position six months ago.
The survey was conducted at the turn of the year among board directors at more than 200 UK-listed mid-caps.


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UnNews:Iowa celebrates summer with world's largest pool
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14 June 2008
Americans like things large. That's no surprise to anyone who has ever heard or smelled an American before, so it's not shocking that in celebration of the summer the State of Iowa has decided to create the world's largest swimming pool from their own back yards.
"Well Sir, we couldn't just sit here and have nuthin to do. I mean, it gets right hot out here with nutthin' but the corn all day, and boring too, so we're hoping to turn the whole place into one giant swimming pool to throw the biggest pool party you've ever seen!", said the Mayor of Palo, Iowa from an inflatable gator-shaped pool raft floating in what used to be City Hall. "Everyone's welcome! Minnesota, Kentucky, Wisconsin (bring some of that cheese dip, wontcha?), Illinois, Missouri, Nebraska, and South Dakota are all welcome! Hell, bring along North Dakota, too; we've got room for 50 more!"
In order to get enough water for the project, every person in Palo, Iowa turned on their faucets non-stop for weeks. The water trickled at first, slowly filling the ditches and gullies creating little wading pools before reaching the Cedar River, overfilling it's banks much like a bath tub. And, just like when a tub overflows in the movies and someone opens the bathroom door, the water came crashing out into a terrific flood of fun and adventure for the people of Iowa. Just look at those happy people taking a cool wade to work!
"It sure beats driving!", said Hank Waites as we took this photograph. "By swimming to work I save time by avoiding traffic and shape up, too! The kids love it! Saves on gas money too!"
But what will happen if the rest of Iowa doesn't join in on the project by turning on their taps? Currently only a few towns are flooded and there is a lot of open corn-filled ground in Iowa. Officials have no answer.
"Well, then, I guess then we're gonna look mighty foolish. I mean, we took all that time flooding the place and even building those sand bag walls to hold everything in; it would be a shame if nobody else joined us.", said the Mayor, "In the meantime, who's up for water polo?"
Game on!
- Yahoo news "Iowa has world's largest swimming pool". Yahoo news, June 14, 2008
- NOW news "Making the world's largest Swimming Pool". NOW news, June 14, 2008


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There's less than 1 hour left to lend your support towards the making of this unique and timely film about David Lynch!
Our aim is to make a film that deeply explores the influences and experiences that have helped shape one of the most distinctive voices in modern cinema. We're in the process of making the film, but need your help in order to complete it. That's why we're reaching out to all David Lynch fans to lend a hand.
In return for your support, we've created some really cool rewards that we think reflects your help in breathing life into this film: a special limited edition DVD of the completed film that includes bonus material only available through this Kickstarter campaign. As an extra bonus: all rewards of $25 or more will receive an exclusive 45 minutes of special "behind the scenes" audio interviews with David Lynch and the LYNCH THREE team (as a digital download)
Having been given unparalleled access, we are thrilled to have the opportunity to tell David Lynch's story. We'll take you along as we dig deeper into a world that is uniquely his. We'll ask how the last 60 years, with all that's come and gone, has helped to shape him as an artist.
In order to do this, we need to cover the enormous expense of acquiring licensing rights to what we consider significant elements of his story. From an emotionally raw painting by Francis Bacon to a mesmerizing photograph by Diane Arbus or a distinctive song by Roy Orbison, the list goes on and on. These are just some of the pieces we need in order to weave the story that we want to tell. Along with the heavy weight of acquiring licensing rights, come all the immense prerequisite costs of putting together an independent film of this size.
David has been gracious towards our efforts and has per our request created a unique piece of art to help support the making of this film. He knows that we struggle daily to raise funding, therefore we're indebted to him for his generosity. We've come a long way since first starting this project, but now we need a little extra momentum.
This high quality print of David Lynch's abstract self portrait measure 23 inches x 33 inches (58 cm x 83 cm) and is available along with the special edition DVD and your name in the credits.
March, 2012
Why should you help us make this movie?
Because we would like to see a film about David Lynch as much as you would. We've put all of ourselves into making a film that we're proud of. We think it's important that David Lynch is preserved on film; sharing his thoughts, telling his stories and showing us a side of himself we rarely get the opportunity to see.
How can I donate and be a part of the film?
Just click the green "Back This Project" button in the upper right-hand corner. Email us if you have any problems or questions. Because David Lynch fans are scattered around the world, we would like to remind you that anyone can donate. The rewards will be shipped to wherever you live.
What is our Kickstarter goal?
We're trying to be conservative, so we've set our goal at $30,000. You might be scratching your heads and asking why such a low figure. We would like to raise a lot more than that because all the money will go towards making the film that much better. There are a lot of things we'd like to do if we had the funds, there's no question about that. We just like to have a grounded approach and fly a little higher if we exceed our goals. Every bit helps.
Update: Though we have surpassed our initial goal of $30,000, it's important to keep in mind that this is only a fraction of the costs involved in making this film. The more we raise, the more options we have to tell David's story. Please lend your support. Every extra penny helps!
How much is shipping?
Absolutely nothing, zero--we'll take care of the costs. Whether you live in Missoula Montana, Paris or Japan- we'll ship it there! But if you'd like us to send it through the time warp with FedEx, then we'll have to arrange that separately.
How can I contact you?
You can reach us at firstname.lastname@example.com Feel free to email us with any questions or comments you may have. We know how important it is to have all your questions answered, so just get in touch! We'll answer ALL emails promptly.
How do I follow the project?
When we initially launched the project, we had thought about making special footage available to anyone that supports the film. We've decided that it would be better to use Social Media to connect and share, therefore in the future—all our behind the scenes videos, audios and thoughts, will be freely shared to all the members of our Facebook page. No need to make a donation to gain access.
Can you tell us a bit more about the signed and numbered lithographs?
This artwork was made exclusively in support of the LYNCH THREE PROJECT. David Lynch will personally sign and number each lithograph. We're going to create a lithograph of the original art work (11" x 9 ¼") on the same handmade paper that David used. Arches paper has been milled in Lorraine, France since 1492. It has been used to publish the complete works of Voltaire and Napoleon's Description of Egypt. Each and every sheet of Arches paper is hand inspected to ensure the most consistent, durable and beautiful paper available. We've gone to great lengths to create the highest quality print, that is why we have selected one of the worlds leading lithographic ateliers (based in Europe) to print this limited signed and numbered edition.
*Please keep in mind that the posters are not the same as the lithographs. The posters are in a large format (23" x 33"), while the lithographs are the same size as the original piece (11" x 9 1/4") The lithographs are made on heavy handmade fine art archival paper.
What happens if the money isn't raised in time?
Every Kickstarter project must be fully funded before its time expires or no money changes hands. Your credit card or debit card will not be charged.
If I become Executive Producer, how will we find out about the festivals to attend as part of your rewards program?
We'll contact you personally. We've attended a ton of them in the past, so we will be able to give you the full low down after we've had a chance to talk to you.
Please visit our Facebook page for all the latest updates and behind the scenes photographs.
Below is Jason S's portrait of David Lynch.
Funding period
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We may never know who Taylor Swift's new record-breaking single "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together" is really about. In her live web chat earlier this week, she just said it was for her "lovely ex-boyfriend." She didn't specify which one. But if you ask one of her exes, Joe Jonas, he's pretty sure he's not the one. "I can say it's not about me because I don't think we've ever tried another time," he said during a radio interview. "I think we're cool." The two dated briefly and then broke up in 2008. Plus, Jonas sounds like he actually loves this particular song and Swift's concerts. "I think the song is great. Taylor does pop music really well, and I'm happy for her," he said. "I haven't really spoken to her recently, but I was able to go to her concert last year, and her show live is so phenomenal. … I would say anybody should go see it if they have a chance."


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A relaxed, informal and SOCIAL singing group. This group meeets every Tuesday to sing songs from many different cultures, reflecting the members that make it what it is! Social Singing is not a formal choir, however, we run weekly workshops on different aspects of all things vocal with the intention of progressing as a group.
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The cisco-auditing-tool located in the Backtrack menu ( Backtrack > Vulnerability Assessment > Network Assessment > Cisco Tools ) is written in Perl and accomplishes three tasks which include attempting to brute force the telnet password on a Cisco device if telnet is running, attempting to show the iOS history on the Cisco device using a vulnerability which I believe is from the late 90's, and attempting to brute force the SNMP community strings for the device. The tool is fairly outdated as most Cisco devices in corporate networks should now be using SSH and it would seem surprising unless you are doing an internal audit if SNMP was exposed for any Cisco devices still in service. That being said there is definitely still value if you have a ton of Cisco devices to audit you can feed a list of IP's or hostnames into the script and check basic SNMP community strings and telnet passwords.


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Ah, baseball in the fall! Stirring, do-or-die drama! Brilliant pitching! Dazzling catches! Dramatic clouts! Grown men hopping about in locker rooms, spraying each other with carbonated fermented grape juice!
It is that last part of the proceedings, it seems, that Commissioner of Baseball Bud Selig doesn't like.
"This is something I am not happy about: spraying champagne all over," Selig said during a recent interview with the Los Angeles Times. "I'm not a fan of that."
Champagne is, of course, a traditional celebratory beverage, ever since the since the days of Dom Perignon (left fielder for the St. Louis Browns, 1945-49). Baseball champs traditionally celebrate their victories by grabbing bottles of champagne and spraying the contents all over the locker room and each other.
Some of it occasionally lands in the players' mouths, possibly by accident.
It is natural, I suppose, that these young athletes would feel exuberant, with the fresh thrill of victory filling their thoughts. "Wow, now I can ask for an extra million dollars next year," is probably a typical thought.
The commissioner, though, thinks it's getting out of hand. According to one report, the Washington Nationals ordered up 60 bottles of the bubbly (and 480 cans of beer) to celebrate making the playoffs.
Well, I am here to inform you that the Get Serious! Chapter of the WCTU – that's the Writer of Columns' Temperance Union – is in complete agreement with Selig, that ball clubs should ixnay the ampagnechay. (Our motto: "Pop flies, not corks.")
But for a different reason, perhaps. While Selig might feel these champagne parties are detrimental to the sport, we oppose them in a spirit of conservation. We deplore the increased wasting of a precious natural resource.
Consider the historical progression:
In ancient times, when Casey Stengel roamed the earth, the National League and the American League each had a lot fewer teams. One team from each league would win the pennant, and then one of those defeated the other in the World Series.
So there would be — follow the math here — three celebrations at which the ballplayers could douse each other with champagne.
But then expansion baseball teams did increase and multiply. The leagues split into two divisions each, and there were league championship series.
Now there were seven championships to be won: four division, two league and the World Series. So that produces seven champagne group showers.
Then the two divisions in each league became three divisions, and the "wild card" winner came into being. So there were now eight regular-season winners and an additional playoff series. Which made — give me a minute, I'm running out of fingers — fifteen opportunities to pop some corks.
And now, starting this year, there are two wild card teams in each league, who meet each other in a one-game playoff to see who advances.
Which means we now have a potential seventeen occasions when a ball club, if it wishes, can bathe its locker room in Mumm's.
What, an alarmed public wants to know, is this celebration inflation doing to the world's precious and limited supply of champagne? The stuff doesn't grow on trees, you know. OK, it grows on grapevines, but it needs a lot of help getting into the bottle.
What about those of us who may not be millionaire ballplayers but who, on special occasions like a wedding or New Year's Eve, like to put down our customary Pabst Blue Ribbon and hoist a glass of champagne?
Do we risk going out on December 30 to pick up a bottle of Korbel Brut and being told, "Sorry, all out. The baseball players took it all." At the very least, will this expanding locker-room demand drive up the price?
Most galling of all, must we who appreciate this triumph of the vintner's art have to endure the spectacle of the exquisite nectar wastefully sprayed all around the room, soaking the carpet, drenching uniforms, and dripping off some relief pitcher's beard?
If they were just sipping a bit from a nice champagne flute, that would be tolerable. But all over the floor? This is champagne, gentlemen, not rug shampoo.
Both we and Commissioner Selig would be happy, I think, if the winning ball clubs would switch to some non-alcoholic beverage. Maybe the players could celebrate with bottles of Yoo-Hoo, the chocolate drink. The advertisements of my youth told me it was Yogi Berra's favorite drink, and if it was good enough for Yogi it should be good enough for them.
But if the ballplayers insist on celebrating with something alcoholic — OK, guys, I'll share my Pabst Blue Ribbon.
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A. When you get your mammogram performed at Pocono Medical Center, a board-certified radiologist will interpret your study. Pocono Medical Center has taken steps to ensure that all mammograms are of the highest quality.
The center is certified by the Mammography Quality Standards Act which is federal law. I am a board-certified and fellowship-trained breast imaging radiologist overseeing the mammography department and will ensure that difficult cases are carefully reviewed and appropriately interpreted. I also perform the biopsies and am available for consultation as needed. Having a subspecialist radiologist onsite is a great benefit because he/she is able to review subtle abnormalities which otherwise may need to be referred to centers not as conveniently located.
Mammograms are examined by specifically looking for subtle changes in breast tissue that may have occurred over time. Calcifications, which are small mineral deposits, can also be seen on the mammogram, which most of the time are not associated with disease. However, a small percentage can be associated with cancer, and early detection can be life-saving. Similarly, identification of new densities which may indicate new subtle masses is of vital importance.
Obtaining a mammogram is the first step in ensuring breast health. The American College of Radiology and the American Cancer Society recommend all women over 40 should obtain yearly mammograms. Women who may be predisposed to developing breast cancer because of a family history or because of carrying abnormal genes (BRCA1 and 2 genes) may have earlier testing. However, these women should speak to their health care provider regarding being candidates for earlier breast cancer screening.
Additional tests include breast MRI and ultrasound, which can be used if women are concerned about breast cancer due to symptoms including a breast lump, nipple discharge, skin thickening or change in breast shape and size.
Zeba Syed, M.D., is certified by the American Board of Radiology. She obtained additional fellowship training in breast imaging at Duke University. Syed practices at Monroe Radiology Imaging, East Stroudsburg.


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Ilan Shor Wittstein, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Languages: English, Hebrew
Expertise: Acute Coronary Care, Acute Coronary Syndrome (ACS), Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI), Cardiac Sarcoidosis, Cardiac Transplant, Cardiology, Cardiomyopathy, Cardiovascular Disease, Cardiovascular Diseases, Congestive Heart Failure (CHF), Critical Care Cardiology, Endomyocardial Biopsy, Heart Disease, Heart Failure, Heart Transplant, Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy, Ischemic Heart Disease, Peripartum Cardiomyopathy, Right Heart Catheterization, Stress Testing, Stress-induced Cardiomyopathy ...read more
Research Interests: Effect of emotional and psychological stress on cardiac function; Stress Cardiomyopathy
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Dr. Ilan Wittstein is a cardiologist and the foremost expert in "broken heart syndrome," also known as stress cardiomyopathy or takotsubo cardiomyopathy. His 2005 article in the New England Journal of Medicine explaining the mechanisms of short-term heart failure after extreme stress introduced this syndrome to the global medical community. Dr. Wittstein has lectured extensively on stress cardiomyopathy, both nationally and internationally, and has appeared in scores of major media stories on national TV and radio networks, in international documentaries, newspapers, magazines and websites. Time Magazine called stress cardiomyopathy one of 2005's most important medical discoveries. As a result of Dr. Wittstein's work, Johns Hopkins Hospital has become a referral center for patients diagnosed with this condition.
Dr. Wittstein received his undergraduate degree from Wesleyan University in Connecticut, then completed medical school, residency, and two cardiology fellowships at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. He is an assistant professor of medicine and gives regular lectures and seminars on topics of coronary care. Dr. Wittstein also serves as a peer reviewer for over 20 journals including Lancet, Nature Medicine, New England Journal of Medicine, Journal of the American College of Cardiology and European Heart Journal.
- Assistant Professor of Medicine
Departments / Divisions
- Medicine - Cardiology
- Medicine - Cardiovascular
Centers & Institutes
- MD, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine (1990)
- Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine / Internal Medicine (1993)
- Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine / Cardiology (1995)
- Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine / Cardiology (1998)
Board Certifications
- American Board of Internal Medicine / Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology (2012)
- American Board of Internal Medicine / Cardiovascular Disease (1999)
Research & Publications
Selected Publications
Ilan S. Wittstein; David R. Thiemann; Joao A.C. Lima; Kenneth L. Baughman; Steven P. Schulman; Gary Gerstenblith; Katherine C. Wu; Jeffrey J. Rade; Trinity J. Bivalacqua; Hunter C. Champion. Neurohumoral features of myocardial stunning due to sudden emotional stress. New England Journal of Medicine. 2005;352(6):539-548.
Daniel J Brotman; Sherita H Golden; Ilan S Wittstein. The cardiovascular toll of stress. Lancet. 2007;370(9592):1089-1100.
Jacob Abraham; James O. Mudd; Navin Kapur; Kelly Klein; Hunter C. Champion; Ilan S. Wittstein. Stress Cardiomyopathy After Intravenous Administration of Catecholamines and Beta-Receptor Agonists. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 2009;53(15):1320-1325.
David B. Bekelman; Edward P. Havranek; Diane M. Becker; Jean S. Kutner; Pamela N. Peterson; Ilan S. Wittstein; Sheldon H. Gottlieb; Traci E. Yamashita; Diane L. Fairclough; Sydney M. Dy. Symptoms, Depression, and Quality of Life in Patients With Heart Failure. Journal of Cardiac Failure. 2007;13(8):643-648.
S. Laowattana; S.L. Zeger; J.A.C. Lima; S.N. Goodman; I.S. Wittstein; S.M. Oppenheimer. Left insular stroke is associated with adverse cardiac outcome. Neurology. 2006;66(4):477-483.
David B. Bekelman; Sydney M. Dy; Diane M. Becker; Ilan S. Wittstein; Danetta E. Hendricks; Traci E. Yamashita; Sheldon H. Gottlieb. Spiritual well-being and depression in patients with heart failure. Journal of General Internal Medicine. 2007;22(4):470-477.
Ryan J Tedford; Anna R Hemnes; Stuart D Russell; Ilan S Wittstein; Mobusher Mahmud; Ari L Zaiman; Stephen C Mathai; David R Thiemann; Paul M Hassoun; Reda E Girgis; et al. PDE5A inhibitor treatment of persistent pulmonary hypertension after mechanical circulatory support. Circulation. Heart failure. 2008;1(4):213-219.
Bettina Heidecker; Edward K. Kasper; Ilan S. Wittstein; Hunter C. Champion; Elayne Breton; Stuart D. Russell; Michelle M. Kittleson; Kenneth L. Baughman; Joshua M. Hare. Transcriptomic biomarkers for individual risk assessment in new-onset heart failure. Circulation. 2008;118(3):238-246.
Xinqi Peng; Fabio A. Recchia; Barry J. Byrne; Ilan S. Wittstein; Roy C. Ziegelstein; David A. Kass. In vitro system to study realistic pulsatile flow and stretch signaling in cultured vascular cells. American Journal of Physiology - Cell Physiology. 2000;279(3 48-3):C797-C805.
Ilan S. Wittstein. Stress cardiomyopathy: A syndrome of catecholamine-mediated myocardial stunning? Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology. 2012;32(5):847-857.
Activities & Honors
- Best Doctors in America, 2007 - 2014
- Baltimore's top cardiologists, Baltimore Magazine, 2014
- Cardiology Fellowship Faculty Teaching Award, Johns Hopkins Hospital, 2010
- Baltimore's top cardiologists, Baltimore Magazine, 2007
- Department of Medicine Housestaff Teaching Award, Johns Hopkins Hospital, 2004
- Henry Strong Denison Award for outstanding basic research, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 1990
- Hawk Prize for innovative research in molecular biology and biochemistry, Wesleyan University, 1985
- Phi Beta Kappa, Wesleyan University, 1999
Videos & Media
Lectures and Presentations
Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy: What have we learned?
Chair, Plenary Session, World Congress of Cardiology, Melbourne, Australia (05/07/2014)
Stress and cardiovascular disease: Evidence for disease pathways
Presentation, Harvard Catalyst Symposium on Stress and Health Disparities, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA (10/17/2013)
Mongan Institute for Health Policy
Hemodynamic Conundrums
Moderator, Scientific Sessions, Los Angeles, CA (11/04/2012)
American Heart Association
Stress Cardiomyopathy in 2012: An Evolving Paradigm
Keynote Speaker, 3rd International Conference on Psychoneurocardiology, Heart & Mind: Psychogenic Cardiovascular Disease, Prato, Italy (09/05/2012)
New Mechanisms from Experimental Models
Poster moderator, 61st Annual Scientific Session, Chicago, IL (03/25/2012)
American College of Cardiology
Broken Heart Syndrome
Presentation, Mace Braxton 2011 Cardiovascular Symposium, Salina, KS (11/18/2011)
Salina Regional Health Center
Stress Cardiomyopathy: A Syndrome of Catecholamine Mediated Myocardial Stunning
Presentation, 10th Symposium on Catecholamines and other Neurotransmitters in Stress, Smolenice, Slovakia (06/26/2011)
Recent News Articles and Media Coverage
NBC News video and article about broken heart syndrome
Podcast about broken heart syndrome
UPI Video: The physical ache of heart break
PBS story on broken heart syndrome
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Set in a small coastal, Massachusetts town named Capeside, Dawson's Creek tells the story of four teenagers as they struggle through adolescence. This is particularly true for 15-year-olds Dawson Leery (James Van Der Beek), an introspective dreamer and Joey Potter (Katie Holmes), a precocious tomboy unaware of her beauty. Best friends since childhood, they are about to enter that confusing time in life where nothing is the way it was and nothing is as it seems. Dawson's Creek is an American primetime television drama which aired from January 20, 1998, to May 14, 2003, on The WB Television Network. Reruns of the show are currently seen in the US in syndication on TBS and on The N.
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The American Cowboy
The white, American cowboy, romanticized through Hollywood Westerns, was anything but the typical cowboy during the westward expansion of the United States. Most often, cowboys were Latino or black, and constituted a lower economic class. With a decreasing amount of the "open range" for grazing in the 20th century, the number of cowboys began to shrink.
The popular concept of the American Cowboy is largely a creative myth. The earliest cattle herders bore little resemblance to the heroic, white Buffalo Bills of dime store novels or the rugged, enduring cowboys cast in dramatic and romantic light by artists like Frederic Remington and Charles Russell. With Owen Wister's 1902 novel The Virginian, the romantic image of the cowboy as a gallant loner with a strict code of honor was stamped on the mind of every American. The cowboy myth soon became the cornerstone of the Hollywood Western genre, celebrated by directors like John Ford, Howard Hawks and Anthony Mann, who cast the white cowboy as the pioneer of the great American frontier.
While it is true that cowboys were indeed an integral part of westward expansion and the early pioneer settlements of the 19th century, the reality is that the popular cowboy myth frequently leaves out the transplantation of Spanish herders into the American West. The American cowboy was often Latino or black, and if Anglo-American he was of a lower economic class. By the 1590s, the gaucho (Argentina), vaquero (Mexico), Ilanero (Venezuela) and huaso (Chile) were regularly hired by ranchers to drive livestock through much of the West, and for the next two centuries, they became an integral part of American cattle culture. It wasn't until the 1800s that the population began to diversify, with new railways bringing in immigrants from Europe, Africa, the Midwest and the South. As these newcomers tried their hands in the ranching industry, the original Spanish cowhands became a minority, though their slang, ways of dress and cattle-herding methods persisted.
As the United States continued to expand westward, the cowboys followed. Transporting their herds to markets around the country, the mostly young men would drive their cattle farther and farther west as new railroads were built. Up until the late 1800s, huge swaths of public land on the Great Plains were considered "open range," where white settlers or cowboys could freely lead animals to graze. But, around the turn of the 20th century, the land began to be privatized and the federal government expanded its powers. The "wild West" soon began to disappear, along with the freedoms that allowed for the ranching boom, leading many who sought work to do so on private ranches rather than the open range.
Today, true cowboys, in the original sense of the word, are few and far between, but they remain the quintessential symbol of the American Old West.
The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics does not collect figures for cowboys, but in 2003 there were fewer than 10,000 employees listed under "support activities for animal production," with most employees working on ranches and in stockyards and rodeos. One third worked in "spectator sports," primarily as livestock handlers at rodeos, circuses and other theatrical events.
» Coffin, Tristram P. "The Cowboy and Mythology." In The American Adam: Innocence, Tragedy and Tradition in the Nineteenth Century, R.W.B. Lewis, Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1955.
» Holly George-Warren. "Cowboy: How Hollywood Invented the Wild West."
» Iber, Jorge. "Vaqueros in the Western Cattle Industry." In The Cowboy Way: An Exploration of History and Culture, Paul Howard Carlson, Lubbock, Tex.: Texas Tech University Press, 2000.
» U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. "May 2010 National Industry-Specific Occupational Employment and Wages."


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16 Tools That Maximize Productivity and Help Marketers Get More Done
Submitted by Ben Oren on Fri, 09/06/2013 - 9:00am
Many website studies report as much as half of our marketing time is spent in email. Others put it at a much higher percentage. As far as the rest of the day goes, one batch of studies have marketers working more than 12 hours a day while only accomplishing 6 hours' worth of real down in the trenches work. I would quote sources but the search for this information provided so many of them that I would not even know where to begin. Besides, if you are a marketer, you already knew this information.


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Over the years, cars have changed in both style and price. However, one thing remains constant: our need for them. Many of us would not be able to function without having our car to transport us from place to place. With this in mind, let's look at this simple car maintenance checklist to keep you on the road.
1.) � Tires. A tire inflated to 35 pounds per square inch (psi) can lose one psi every month, so your car checklist needs to include checking tire pressure. Find the recommended level for your car in the owner's manual or on a sticker on the driver's side door. Be sure to have your tires rotated every six months to prevent uneven wear.
2.) � Engine oil. Changing oil is critical in keeping your engine running efficiently. Follow the manufacture's guideline for changing oil, which is generally every 3,000 miles or six months.
3.) � Battery. A dead battery can quickly keep you off the road. Most car batteries are maintenance free and last more than three years, but trouble starting the engine is the first sign that it needs to be replaced.
4.) � Check your fluids. This includes the automatic transmission fluid (ATF), power steering fluid and brake fluid. Follow all manufacturer's recommendations for change intervals, which vary from 30,000 to 50,000 miles.
5.) � Brakes. How often you need to replace your brake pads or other components depends on your driving habit and driving conditions. Warning signs of brake problems include noise, vibration or "grabbing" when you apply the brakes. Working on your brakes is a job best left to professionals.
6.) � Air filter. You should change your engine air filter every 12-15,000 miles. A clean air filter helps your engine "breathe" better and improves gas mileage. For a list of car cabin air filters we sell, look at our Purolator filters to see which one best suit your vehicle. If you need help finding it, feel free to call us at 866-438-3458, leave a comment below, or Facebook us.�
7.) � Windshield wipers. Replace the blades every 6 to 12 months or when the rubber becomes worn. Check the wiper fluid reservoir frequently to keep it full.
8.) � Headlights and brake lights. With your car on and parked, have someone walk around and see if your lights are working. This includes headlights, brake and tail lights, turn signals, etc. Replacing bulbs in today's cars can be a challenge. Have a mechanic do the job.
An eight-step checklist for car maintenance can be all that stands in your way of driving your car or paying for expensive car repairs. Do you have extra tasks that should be added to this car maintenance checklist? Let us know in the comments below and we'll add it for you.
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But, remember, especailly those of you who do not participate in reading challenges, the TBR Double Dare is not a "reading challenge;" it's a dare.
We dare you, no we double dog dare you to join in the fun.
The rules are extreme, but you can change them to fit your needs. The TBR Double Dog Dare is meant to be fun, so rule number one is--have fun.
The goal of the TBR Double Dog Dare is to reduce the size of your TBR stack, to read those books you've had for years and always meant to get around to reading one day. January 1, 2013 just might be the day.
If you agree to the full Double Dog Dare, then you pledge to read only books in your TBR stack as of January 1, 2013 from the start of the new year until April Fool's Day. Your TBR stack is officially defined as the books you have purchased or have requested from the library as of January 1, 2013. This includes books that have not arrived in the mail or at the store yet. Dakota and I will be making exceptions only for books selelcted by my book club, and possibly not even those depending on what my book club selects. If you're a member of a book club, then you know how that works. You can make whatever exceptions you would like to or need to make.
We understand.
If you don't want to sign up for the full four months, you can sign up for whatever period of time you'd like. We think it's more fun if people spell out the details of their personal Double Dog Dare in a post on their blogs, but you may do as you like.
We've posted a button for the TBR Double Dog Dare and hope that you'll use it on your own blog to help us get the word out. And, if you'd like to post a link to this page or any page at Ready When You Are, C.B. featuring the Double Dog Dare, Dakota will make a special visit to your home to deliver a wonderful thank you gift. Not really. But she will let you pet her if you're ever in Vallejo, California and I can make some coffee and maybe some sandwiches.
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The Entertainment Agreement can be used whenever Barnard engages an individual or business to provide entertainment services, including musicians, bands, DJs and other performers. If you have any questions about the insurance requirements, please contact the Risk Manager in the Office of the Vice President for Campus Services.
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Click the "Scan Now"buttom,Driver Navigator will take 1~3 mins to scan all of your hardware.
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Click the "Download" or "Download All" button to download the drivers, once the driver files has been download to your computer, please click the "Install" button to install the drivers into your computer.
Whenever manufacturers release new hardware, they will also launch compatible drivers to allow hardware to function properly. Over a series of days or weeks, the manufacturer will likely continue to release updated drivers to fix new and unforseen errors.
These old drivers will affect computer performance, and hardware will not be able to operate at its best. Outdated drivers may even lead to system failures. Hardware manufacturers may also add extra features to updated drivers for new games to make gameplay and graphics better and smoother.
In other words, up-to-date drivers ensure that your computer runs at optimal levels.
All hardware manufacture will launch new drivers at a certain time each period.
For example, some of the more popular companies will release new drivers every two weeks or once a month, especially when new operating systems come out, such as the newest Windows 8 system has been release. Manufacturers will often update drivers to repair all kinds of bugs, add new features to support the new system.
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Obama's let's-have-a-debate defense
The Obama administration has a familiar refrain on the surveillance of Americans' telephone records: the president and his team are eager to have the debate.
Eager, that is, only after others have brought the tactics to light and the administration has spent years employing them.
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On Guantanamo and drone strikes, as well as his administration's aggressive use of leak investigations into the telephone records and e-mails of journalists, President Barack Obama and his aides often seem to cast him as a detached analyst or law professor watching policies carried out, rather than the one actually directing or responsible for them.
( PHOTOS: Pols, pundits weigh in on NSA report)
When it comes to surveillance, Obama has as president shown no sign of really wanting to have a robust debate. For years, Sens. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), Mark Udall (D-Colo.) and former Sen. Russ Feingold (D-Wis.) have been pleading with the administration to disclose more information about call-tracking tactics that they suggested would shock many Americans.
The administration largely rebuffed those calls. Only after the leak Wednesday of a four-page "top secret" court order indicating that millions of Americans' phone calls were tracked on a daily basis did officials begin to confirm the program's details.
But Obama could have chosen at any time to disclose the data-sifting program, or even its rough outlines. That fact leaves critics unimpressed with his latest round of let's-talk-it-over.
( Also on POLITICO: Five things you need to know about the NSA phone-tracking)
"Every time he gets into trouble, he wants to have a debate, he wants to have a discussion….I think it's his way — a distortion field created by his own moral rectitude," said Michael Meyers of the New York Civil Rights Coalition. "It's the same thing with the reporters [and leaks], he wants to have a guy who violated their civil liberties to have a discussion with the media."
"This is [Obama's] characteristic mode of discourse," said Steven Aftergood, a classified information policy analyst with the Federation of American Scientists. "The public should have been notified and consulted and involved and it was not. That should have taken place years ago."
In explaining the administration's reticence to offer details on surveillance, drones and similar issues, officials have often argued that disclosing details about such programs or in some cases even their existence, would endanger Americans by making the programs easier for terrorists to thwart.
( PODCAST: Surveillance and security)
Even as he declassified some information about the phone call-tracking program Thursday night, Director of National Intelligence James Clapper warned that revelations about the program could have grave consequences.
"The unauthorized disclosure of a top secret U.S. court document threatens potentially long-lasting and irreversible harm to our ability to identify and respond to the many threats facing our nation," Clapper said. "Discussing programs like this publicly will have an impact on the behavior of our adversaries and make it more difficult for us to understand their intentions."
White House spokesman Josh Earnest struck a somewhat different tone earlier in the day, declaring that Obama and his aides were pleased to join in a vigorous public debate on the issue.
"The president welcomes a discussion of the tradeoffs between security and civil liberties," he told reporters. "There are people who have a genuine interest in protecting the United States and protecting constitutional liberties, constitutional rights and civil liberties, that may disagree about how to strike this balance. We welcome that debate."
( Also on POLITICO: Wyden, Udall continue surveillance critique)
The response perplexed analysts with varying perspectives on the government's surveillance efforts.
"If [Obama] welcomed the discussion, he would have disclosed the program," Aftergood said. "There is going to be a discussion not because the president's welcomed it, but because the information was leaked … The discussion is only taking place because his own policies were violated."