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Folio from a Choral Book: The Martyrdom of Saint Lawrence, ca. 1430
Ink, tempera, and gold leaf on parchment
13 1/32 x 8 3/4 in. (33.1 x 22.3 cm)
Gift of Robert Lehman, 1943
Excised from a luxurious book of liturgical chants, this folio includes text and image related to the celebration of the feast of Saint Lawrence. The miniature of the Martyrdom of Saint Lawrence, enclosed within a large, ornamental initial "D," is an excellent example of the International Gothic style of painting popular in northern Italian courts during the first half of the fifteenth century.
Although the original folio has been cut down considerably, the illuminated initial and much of the text are clearly legible.1 One line of the musical staff has been painted red, denoting it as the F line. Painted foliage emanates from the initial, symmetrically aligned above and below the picture, but with alternating coloration. Gold rosettes dot the left margin of the page, while the frame is decorated with finely burnished gold leaf. This manuscript was clearly created both as an object for liturgical use and as an object to be revered for its aesthetic qualities.
The miniature depicts the Martyrdom of Saint Lawrence, an early Christian saint who was executed by pagan soldiers in Rome. An emaciated Lawrence, seen here with his head shaved in the cleric's tonsure, has been stripped naked and thrown upon a grill to be burned alive. Two executioners poke and prod their victim as he presses his hands together in prayer, and flames lick up around his body. Set against a decorative blue ground, the scene is flattened and compressed. Lawrence's body, the grill, and the logs in the fire are depicted as if seen from above, while the two soldiers are depicted from the side. The painter has sacrificed the illusion of naturalism in order to emphasize the emotional content of this grisly scene.
Like most miniatures adorning fifteenth-century Italian liturgical books, the Oberlin miniature is traditional in its iconography. Perhaps the only unusual addition is the head of God the Father, who witnesses the martyrdom from the top of the initial "D," surrounded by radiant light. This element not only reminds readers of God's authority as the initiator of Lawrence's martyrdom, but also emphasizes the serenity and peace granted the saint during his otherwise painful death. While not unusual within the context of Italian painting overall, the inclusion of God the Father in the representation of Lawrence's martyrdom is surprising. Indeed, this element may possibly derive from Northern European miniature paintings, such as the Limbourg Brothers' image of the Annunciation in the Tr?s Riches Heures, painted for Jean, Duc de Berry sometime between 1410 and 1416. Given the economic and political links between the French court and northern Italian cities, such artistic connections would not have been unusual.
The liturgical text of the Oberlin folio indicates that the manuscript was probably produced in Milan. The neumes (or notes) and Latin phrases from Psalm 111:9 that appear alongside the miniature were those recited on August 9th, the eve of Saint Lawrence's Day, during First Vespers.2 Jeffrey Hamburger has noted that the text here follows the Ambrosian Rite, which is unique to Milan and its environs.3
Formal qualities also link the work to Milan and date it to the early fifteenth century. Anna Melograni (1994) convincingly attributed the miniature of the Oberlin folio to the painter identified by Toesca (1912) as the "Maestro delle vitae Imperatorum," so-named for a series of miniatures executed in Pavia, the home of the Milanese court, around 1431.4 Toesca connected the Maestro with two illuminations from a book currently in Paris, one of which represents Elagabalus and his wives.5 The lean, elegant figures with their attenuated limbs, and the specific decorative patterns in the Oberlin folio are similar to these works.6
The use of the Oberlin leaf and the volume from which it was excised remains uncertain. The folio's design suggests that it may have been part of an antiphonary, used at specific times of the day by a divided choir who would surround the book and sing versicles and responsories to each other as indicated by the text. The small size of the miniature suggests that this book may not have been intended to be seen by a large group of people. Instead, the manuscript may have been used by the celebrant, or priest, reading it from close range.7 The rubric "Mane ad Missam" (Early Morning at Mass)8 implies this text would have been read during the celebration of mass, thus indicating that the manuscript may well have been a gradual.
G. R. Bent III
Collection Robert Lehman, New York, by whom given in 1943
Oberlin, Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin Colelge,1995. Books of Revelation: Medieval Manuscripts from Oberlin College Collections. 31 January - 9 April. Cat. no. 9.
Hoenigswald, Ann. "The Treatment and Analysis of Materials and Techniques of Four Medieval Illuminated Manuscripts." Master's thesis, Oberlin College, 1977, pp. 11-13, 79-80, 85-86.
Melograni, Anna. "Miniature inedite del Quattrocento lombardo nelle collezione americane." Storia dell'Arte (1994), pp. 287 and 294.
Hamburger, Jeffrey, F. Books of Revelation: Medieval Manuscripts from Oberlin College Collections. Exh. cat., Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, 1995, p. 12, cat. no. 9.
Technical Data
The recto of the medium- to heavyweight parchment has a relatively smooth, polished surface and is light in tone; the verso has a very pronounced hair pattern. The folio has been cut to about one-sixth its original size, although the miniature itself has not been disturbed. The media is brown ink (iron gall?), red ink, tempera, and gold leaf applied with a bole mordant. The colors are particularly luminous and show little abrasion.9 Numerous reworked areas reveal where the artist/scribe scraped into the skin to remove media. Losses in the media, especially the gold leaf/bole layers, are now stable.
1. The folio has been cut in half horizontally, and has been reduced by about a third along the left and right margins. See Technical Data.
2. The verse from Psalm 111:9 is "DISPERSIT DE[dit pauperi]BUS IUSTITIA E[ius manet in se]CULUM SE[culi]" [Lavishly He has given to the poor; His justice endures forever].
3. Jeffrey F. Hamburger, Books of Revelation: Medieval Manuscripts from Oberlin College Collections (Exh. cat., Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, 1995), p. 12.
4. Anna Melograni, "Miniature inedite del quattrocento lombardo nelle collezioni americane," Storia dell'Arte (1994), pp. 287 and 294; Pietro Toesca, La Pittura e la miniatura nella Lombardia (Milan, 1912), pp. 528-29.
5. The book is located at the Biblioth?que Nationale, Paris (ms. it. 131). See Pietro Toesca, La Pittura e la miniatura nella Lombardia (Milan, 1912), pp. 528-29, figs. 428-29. Elagabalus was Roman emperor from A.D. 218-222.
6. The style of the Oberlin miniature is also closely linked to that of Giovannino de' Grassi and Michelino da Besozzo, and their followers during the 1420s. Giovannino's best-known works are in the Visconti Hours (Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale, Florence), where scores of autograph miniatures decorate an elaborately designed book of private prayers (see especially the Visitation on fol. 60v and David Singing the Psalms on fol. 76v); see Millard Meiss and Edith Kirsch, The Visconti Hours (New York, 1972). Michelino's best picture is probably The Mystical Marriage of St. Catherine (Pinacoteca Communale, Siena); see Pietro Toesca, La Pittura e la miniatura nella Lombardia (Milan, 1912), pp. 435-46, pl. 23.
7. Psalm 111:9 was the first phrase said during vespers on August 9th, suggesting that the book was a gradual that contained only introductory passages for various feast days. If so, the manuscript would have been an "Introit" book, or a "Sanctorale Sanctorum," used by the priest to introduce his listeners to the ensuing ceremony.
8. This can also be translated "Remain at Mass."
9. The pigments include lead white, calcium carbonate white, iron oxide yellow, azurite (in blue and green pigments), and flakes of green lake and carbon black. The gold is laid on a bole containing gypsum, calcium carbonate, azurite, and vermilion. From Ann Hoenigswald, "The Treatment and Analysis of Materials and Techniques of Four Medieval Illuminated Manuscripts" (master's thesis, Oberlin College, 1977), pp. 11-12.


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Robur the Conqueror/Chapter XII
During, the night the fog cleared off. There were symptoms of an approaching typhoon - a rapid fall of the barometer, a disappearance of vapor, large clouds of ellipsoid form clinging to a copper sky, and, on the opposite horizon, long streaks of carmine on a slate-colored field, with a large sector quite clear in the north. Then the sea was smooth and calm and at sunset assumed a deep scarlet hue.
Fortunately the typhoon broke more to the south, and had no other result than to sweep away the mist which had been accumulating during the last three days.
In an hour they had traversed the hundred and twenty-five miles of the Korean strait, and while the typhoon was raging on the coast of China, the Albatross was over the Yellow Sea. During the 22nd and 23rd she was over the Gulf of Pechelee, and on the 24th she was ascending the valley of the Peiho on her way to the capital of the Celestial Empire.
Leaning over the rail, the two colleagues, as the engineer had told them, could see distinctly the immense city, the wall which divides it into two parts - the Manchu town, and the Chinese town - the twelve suburbs which surround it, the large boulevards which radiate from its center, the temples with their green and yellow roofs bathed in the rising sun, the grounds surrounding the houses of the mandarins; then in the middle of the Manchu town the eighteen hundred acres of the Yellow town, with its pagodas, its imperial gardens, its artificial lakes, its mountain of coal which towers above the capital; and in the center of the Yellow town, like a square of Chinese puzzle enclosed in another, the Red town, that is the imperial palace, with all the peaks of its outrageous architecture.
Below the Albatross the air was filled with a singular harmony. It seemed to be a concert of Aeolian harps. In the air were a hundred kites of different forms, made of sheets of palm-leaf, and having at their upper end a sort of bow of light wood with a thin slip of bamboo beneath. In the breath of the wind these slips, with all their notes varied like those of a harmonicon, gave forth a most melancholy murmuring. It seemed as though they were breathing musical oxygen.
It suited Robur's whim to run close up to this aerial orchestra, and the Albatross slowed as she glided through the sonorous waves which the kites gave off through the atmosphere.
But immediately an extraordinary effect was produced amongst the innumerable population. Beatings of the tomtoms and sounds of other formidable instruments of the Chinese orchestra, gun reports by the thousand, mortars fired in hundreds, all were brought into play to scare away the aeronef. Although the Chinese astronomers may have recognized the aerial machine as the moving body that had given rise to such disputes, it was to the Celestial million, from the humblest tankader to the best-buttoned mandarin, an apocalyptical monster appearing in the sky of Buddha.
The crew of the Albatross troubled themselves very little about these demonstrations. But the strings which held the kites, and were tied to fixed pegs in the imperial gardens, were cut or quickly hauled in; and the kites were either drawn in rapidly, sounding louder as they sank, or else fell like a bird shot through both wings, whose song ends with its last sigh.
A noisy fanfare escaped from Tom Turner's trumpet, and drowned the final notes of the aerial concert. It did not interrupt the terrestrial fusillade. At last a shell exploded a few feet below the Albatross, and then she mounted into the inaccessible regions of the sky.
Nothing happened during the few following days of which the prisoners could take advantage. The aeronef kept on her course to the southwest, thereby showing that it was intended to take her to India. Twelve hours after leaving Peking, Uncle Prudent and Phil Evans caught a glimpse of the Great Wall in the neighborhood of Chen-Si. Then, avoiding the Lung Mountains, they passed over the valley of the Hoangho and crossed the Chinese border on the Tibet side.
Tibet consists of high table-lands without vegetation, with here and there snowy peaks and barren ravines, torrents fed by glaciers, depressions with glittering beds of salt, lakes surrounded by luxurious forests, with icy winds sweeping over all.
The barometer indicated an altitude of thirteen thousand feet above the level of the sea. At that height the temperature, although it was in the warmest months of the northern hemisphere, was only a little above freezing. This cold, combined with the speed of the Albatross, made the voyage somewhat trying, and although the friends had warm traveling wraps, they preferred to keep to their cabin.
It need hardly be said that to keep the aeronef in this rarefied atmosphere the suspensory screws had to be driven at extreme speed. But they worked with perfect regularity, and the sound of their wings almost acted as a lullaby.
During this day, appearing from below about the size of a carrier pigeon, she passed over Garlock, a town of western Tibet, the capital of the province of Cari Khorsum.
On the 27th of June, Uncle Prudent and Phil Evans sighted an enormous barrier, broken here and there by several peaks, lost in the snows that bounded the horizon.
Leaning against the fore-cabin, so as to keep their places notwithstanding the speed of the ship, they watched these colossal masses, which seemed to be running away from the aeronef.
"The Himalayas, evidently," said Phil Evans; "and probably Robur is going round their base, so as to pass into India."
"So much the worse," answered Uncle Prudent. "On that immense territory we shall perhaps be able to -"
"Unless he goes round by Burma to the east, or Nepal to the West."
"Anyhow, I defy him to go through them."
"Indeed!" said a voice.
The next day, the 28th of June, the Albatross was in front of the huge mass above the province of Zang. On the other side of the chain was the province of Nepal. These ranges block the road into India from the north. The two northern ones, between which the aeronef was gliding like a ship between enormous reefs are the first steps of the Central Asian barrier. The first was the Kuen Lung, the other the Karakorum, bordering the longitudinal valley parallel to the Himalayas, from which the Indus flows to the west and the Brahmapootra to the east.
What a superb orographical system! More than two hundred summits have been measured, seventeen of which exceed twenty-five thousand feet. In front of the Albatross, at a height of twenty-nine thousand feet, towered Mount Everest. To the right was Dhawalagiri, reaching twenty-six thousand eight hundred feet, and relegated to second place since the measurement of Mount Everest.
Evidently Robur did not intend to go over the top of these peaks; but probably he knew the passes of the Himalayas, among others that of Ibi Ganim, which the brothers Schlagintweit traversed in 1856 at a height of twenty-two thousand feet. And towards it he went.
Several hours of palpitation, becoming quite painful followed; and although the rarefaction of the air was not such as to necessitate recourse being had to the special apparatus for renewing oxygen in the cabins, the cold was excessive.
Robar stood in the bow, his sturdy figure wrapped in a great-coat. He gave the orders, while Tom Turner was at the helm. The engineer kept an attentive watch on his batteries, the acid in which fortunately ran no risk of congelation. The screws, running at the full strength of the current, gave forth a note of intense shrillness in spite of the trifling density of the air. The barometer showed twenty-three thousand feet in altitude.
Magnificent was the grouping of the chaos of mountains! Everywhere were brilliant white summits. There were no lakes, but glaciers descending ten thousand feet towards the base. There was no herbage, only a few phanerogams on the limit of vegetable life. Down on the lower flanks of the range were splendid forests of pines and cedars. Here were none of the gigantic ferns and interminable parasites stretching from tree to tree as in the thickets of the jungle. There were no animals -no wild horses, or yaks, or Tibetan bulls. Occasionally a scared gazelle showed itself far down the slopes. There were no birds, save a couple of those crows which can rise to the utmost limits of the respirable air.
The pass at last was traversed. The Albatross began to descend. Coming from the hills out of the forest region there was now beneath them an immense plain stretching far and wide.
Then Robur stepped up to his guests, and in a pleasant voice remarked, "India, gentlemen!"


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Australian Astronomers Find Oldest Star Identified to Date
It Is in the Milky Way and Is 400 Million Years Older Than the Previously Identified 'Oldest' Star
CANBERRA, Australia—Astronomers in Australia have identified what they say is the oldest known star, estimating it was formed 13.6 billion years ago.
The astronomers said they found the star in the Milky Way galaxy, relatively close to the Earth, around 6,000 light years away. It is a few hundred million years younger than the universe and 400 million years older than a star identified in recent years by teams of astronomers in the U.S. and Europe....


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These Dragon Ball figures were first shown off this past February at the AOU arcade show. Those figures were unpainted, and now, here they are in living colour.
Banpresto allowed fans to vote on their favourite Dragon Ball Zoukei Tenkaichi Budoukai figures in a "tournament" to see which ones will be mass produced.
The winners can be seen on the figures' site.


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Non-Apple Tablets Making Small Gains on iPad
Apple's iPad is still the undisputed champion of consumer tablets, but in the final weeks of 2012, Amazon's Kindle Fire, Samsung's Galaxy Tab , and Google's Nexus devices made small but meaningful progress in upping their share of the market, according to Chitika.
The online advertising firm examines North American tablet impressions on the Chitika Ad Network for studies conducted by Chitika Insights. The latest such report collected a sample of "tens of millions of tablet impressions" gathered from Dec. 8 to 14.
Apple's tablets still generate 87 percent of North American Web traffic, but the Kindle Fire family of tablets was the biggest gainer relative to the various iPads out in the wild during the period studied, according to Chitika. Amazon's tablets registered 4.99 impressions per 100 iPad impressions on the company's ad network in the December study, equating to a 4.25 percent share of "all tablet Web traffic as a whole," according to Chitika.
That doesn't sound like much, but impressions generated by Kindle Fire slates increased 20 percent from the 3.57 percent share observed just a month earlier in Chitika's November study.
Samsung's Galaxy tablets and Google-backed slates like the Nexus 7also "experienced a usage share increase, albeit less impressive than the Kindle Fire," the study noted. From the November period studied, impressions from Samsung's devices grew from 2.36 percent to a 2.65 percent of North American tablet traffic, while the Nexus family of tablets went from just an 0.91 percent share in November to 1.06 percent in December, Chitika said.
Again, piddling numbers relative to the iPad, but in Google's case, the month-to-month increase in Chitika Ad network impressions does represent 15 percent growth.
However, Web traffic from other tablets charted by Chitika remained infinitesimal on a device-by-device basis in December. Here's the full list of tablets, ranked by average tablet impressions per 100 iPad impressions observed on the company's network:
- Amazon Kindle Fire: 4.88
- Samsung Galaxy Tablets: 3.04
- Google Nexus Tablets: 1.22
- Asus Transformer: 0.93
- Barnes & Noble Nook: 0.91
- BlackBerry PlayBook: 0.80
- Acer Iconia: 0.76
- Toshiba Thrive: 0.60
- Motorola Xoom: 0.59
- Other Android Tablets: 0.45
- Microsoft Surface: 0.22
- HP TouchPad: 0.18
- Unidentifiable Android Tablets: 0.17
For more, see our full reviews of the Apple iPad (4th Generation, Wi-Fi), Apple iPad mini (Wi-Fi), Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 (7.0) (Verizon Wireless), and Google Nexus 7 (32GB, Unlocked), as well as the Amazon Kindle Fire HD 8.9" (AT&T) and the slideshow above.
For more from Damon, follow him on Twitter @dpoeter.


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Back for more home made songwriting and recording goodness it's your fantastic hosts Tony Butterworth and Dave Criddle.
This week we discuss
- Pro Sounding Home Recordings
Our RPM Challenge Experiences
Dave stole my song
Dave at Church
Dave Murdered His Amp
Simplifying Your Equipment
Why no Pop Songs in home recording
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Songs this week
- Make Me Crawl - Mario Gozum aka Pill
The New Risk of the Foot Soldier - The Lions
Relative - Yesterday's Addiction
Lyrically, the song is about love- well, more to the point, breaking up. A relationship has to be collaboration between two willing people, and some women don't seem to be capable of seeing how good they really have it- "you find sorrow in your treasure". But, in the end you realize that you are better off moving on- "In the dark, I find the sun". It was inspired by a close friend of mine who was going through a divorce, in spite of the fact that he completely built his whole life around his wife. So, the song was built around those ideas, and written on an acoustic guitar. After the rough song was "sketched out", Mike Mitchell, our lead guitarist, recorded some rough guitar takes which were uploaded to the "SendSpace" file sharing site. Jim Tamburini (his real name, by the way) downloaded the .wav files and imported them into his DAW, and put together the drum tracks. He sent back separate .wav files of the kick, snare/hi-hat, toms, and cymbals, which Mike and I re-imported, and then set about the task of recording all of the finished guitar and vocal tracks.
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Bank of America said Tuesday that it had a net loss of $8.8 billion, or $0.90 per share, for the second quarter, compared with net income of $3.1 billion, or $0.27 per share, in the year-ago period. Revenue fell to $13.23 billion from $29.15 billion a year ago as the company settled mortgage-related issues.
The loss met analysts' expectations and was in the upper range of BofA's estimated results. Last month, the bank said its loss could be as much as $9.1 billion.
BofA says results were hurt by charges related to a recently announced agreement to resolve "nearly all of the legacy Countrywide-issued first-lien non-GSE residential mortgage-backed securitization (RMBS) repurchase exposures, as well as the impact of other mortgage-related costs," according to a press release.
Still, the charges were partially offset by lower credit costs, gains from the sale of non-core assets and debt securities, improved sales and trading revenues and higher asset management fees and investment banking fees, the company explains.
"Obviously, the solid performance in our underlying businesses continues to be clouded by the costs we are absorbing from our legacy mortgage issues," said Bank of America CEO Brian Moynihan (left) in a statement. "But it is clear that – from deposits to wealth management to investment banking – our customers and clients are choosing to do more with us every day. We intend to continue our efforts to put the mortgage uncertainty behind us, build capital through the strength of the franchise, and deliver the returns for shareholders that we owe them."
Wealth Management
Total sales for the unit, which is led by Sallie Krawcheck, were nearly $4.5 billion in the second quarter vs. $4.2 billion a year ago and $4.5 billion in the first quarter of 2011. Total-client balances were $2.20 trillion, up from $2.05 trillion a year ago and down slightly from $2.23 trillion in the first quarter of 2011.
Net Income for GWIM was $506 million, up from $329 million in the year-ago quarter but down from $533 million in the previous quarter. Return on equity for the group rose to 11.54% in the most-recent period vs. 7.27% last year and 12.06% in earlier quarter.
BofA says referrals from Global Wealth and Investment Management to Global Commercial Banking rose 75% from the prior quarter, and referrals from GBC to the wealth-management group grew 23%.
The number of wealth-management associates increased for the eighth consecutive quarter, with the company adding 546 financial advisors in the quarter and 942 since the second quarter of 2010. The total number of client-facing professionals is 20,876 vs. 19,744 last year and 20,273 in Q1.
Merrill Lynch
The number of Merrill Lynch advisors rose to 16,241 in the second quarter, up from 15,299 last year and 15,695 in the first quarter. Sales (or fees and commissions) per advisor on a trailing-12-month basis totalled $894,000 in Q2 vs. $843,000 last year and $931,000 in Q1.
Revenues for all Merrill Lynch advisors were $3.494 billion, up from $3.138 billion a year ago and down from $3.540 billion in the first quarter.
Total client balances for Merrill Lynch were $1.54 trillion in the second quarter, up from $1.40 trillion a year ago but a slight drop from $1.55 trillion in the first quarter of 2011.This means that average assets per advisor are now about $95 million.
Merrill Lynch is also moving to provide its high-net-worth advisors with more incentives to boost business by getting rid of smaller accounts.
(U.S.Trust now has 2,280 financial professionals, up 3 from last year and down 33 from the earlier quarter.)
Merrill Edge
Bank of America says that — as part of its expansion of the mass-affluent-investor Merrill Edge platform — it has hired 70 financial solutions advisors (FSA) to be added to banking centers in the Metro-New York region by the end of this month. (These advisors are not included in the GWIM advisor figures cited above.)
These hirings are part of BofA's plan to double the number of Merrill Edge advisors to 1,000 by year-end.
"We have made a very strong commitment to building out solutions and adding experts for our preferred customer base of about 8 million individuals," said Cary Grace (left), a Preferred Sales executive for Bank of America's Consumer & Small Business Bank, in an interview with AdvisorOne.
According to Grace, these customers have about $5 trillion in financial assets that are not yet held in BofA accounts. "We want to serve these clients more with our experts and find better ways to serve them comprehensively through Merrill Edge," she explained.
As of June 30, assets held by Merrill Edge clients were $69 billion, up from $51.1 billion a year ago and $66.7 billion in the quarter ended March 31.


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Yemen offers $25,000 for killers of Saudi diplomat
[Yemen Post] Yemen's security authorities offered on Wednesday $25,000 to anyone who will give information that might lead to the arrest of the killers of a Saudi diplomat, Khalid al-Enizi.
An Emirati official has called the Yemeni authorities for launching an urgent and transparent investigation into the killing of a Saudi diplomat by unidentified gun men in Sana'a.
Bahrain foreign affairs ministry condemned the incident and called the Yemeni authorities to take all measures to identify the perpetrators.
Many Yemeni political parties and organization strongly condemned the incident, calling on security authorities to swiftly indentify the criminals and arrest them.
Soddy Arabia
...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual hajj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. When the oil runs out the rest of the world is going to kick sand in their national face...
said on Wednesday the
of its diplomat in Yemen will never affect the bilateral relations between the two neighbors.
The Saudi interior minister Mohammad bin Nayef said that the crime will rather strengthen the bilateral cooperation between the Saudi kingdom and Yemen to mobilize all efforts to eradicate terrorism, the Yemeni News Agency, Saba, said.
In October, masked
rubbed out
a Yemeni man who worked in the security office of the U.S. Embassy in Sanaa, weeks after Abdulilah Al-Ashwal, a senior intelligence official, was killed in a drive-by shooting in the capital.
A Saudi diplomat, Abdullah Al-Khalidi, was kidnapped in the port city of Aden on March 28 and several video messages of al-Khalidi were posted by Al-Qaeda in which he appealed to the Saudi authorities to meet the demands of captors through releasing Al-Qaeada prisoners and pay a ransom.
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The Cow Patties Cloth Famous Pocket Fitted (FPF) diaper is comprised of a few real quality layers of breathable materials. The outer is a supersoft minky fabric (available in a variety of cute prints!). The inner lining is comprised of 2 layers of soft bamboo fleece with a pocket space underneath for the multi-layered bamboo fleece insert. The insert I was sent was unlike any other insert I've ever received before. It is actually a very long band of bamboo fabric (think of the look of a tensor bandage, and it is a little like that) that can then be folded in half about three times or more to form a thick, absorbant pad of about 10-12 layers of bamboo fleece to stuff into the pocket. This diaper has been designed with night-time use in mind, and although there is no PUL or real "waterproof" layer in it, the bamboo pad is so super-absorbant that most babies (unless they are extremely heavy wetters) can sleep comfortably through the night in this fitted diaper, coverless for optimal breathability.
|The bamboo pad stuffs into the pocket from the back
I'll be honest--I was a little terrified at the prospects of putting Baby Aurelia down for the night in a coverless diaper. I'd never tried it before, and she is a long nighttime sleeper, often going 11-12 solid hours without a change. I even emailed Megs the day before I attempted it in case I had misunderstood the lofty claims of this diaper. She assured me that the majority of babies will do alright in it and that only the heavy wetters may have trouble. So, with my fingers crossed, I laid Baby A down that night in this coverless diaper, folding an extra receiving blanket under her little tush in case leaks happened.
I woke up the next morning and literally ran into the nursery to check on the diaper that had been on her for the past 12 or so hours. I picked her up. There were no puddles, no wet jammies, no cold and fussy baby. I removed the sleepers and found that the diaper, though slightly damp, was by no means leaking or saturated, and that the uber-thick bamboo pad inserted into the pocket had indeed been enough to absorb, absorb, and absorb some more, all throughout the night. I was super impressed, to say the least. I was also so relieved that baby's bum had got a bit more air circulation all night and didn't have the usual redness or small bumps that I sometimes find after a long stay in a PUL diaper. I am dazzled at the ingenuity of this uniquely designed diaper, and am even more impressed that it came from a WAHM. It's awesome what skill is out there within our WAHM community!!
Other than its obvious triumphs with absorbancy, there are other things I like about this diaper. It is a one-size diaper, adjustable with a variety of snaps at the waist as well as through the rise. I love how snugly the rise snaps hold--with my brand name diapers, the rise snaps always pucker and gap (and sometimes come undone altogether), but I found that the Cow Patties Cloth rise snaps snugged the fabric up so tightly to give a really cute look:
|The rise snaps hold the fabric snugly together
For only $18 (including the super long, supersoft insert), this diaper is a steal. Plus, Megs fashions them in so many cute, custom looks, so she'd be happy to work with you to create the perfect combination for your baby! Overall, this is a super impressive diaper that you can feel good about buying as you support a terrific WAHM and her family! Read more from Megs on her blog, or check out our custom biography on her and her business!
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Family and friends play an important role in a patient's healing process. That's why Kingston General Hospital no longer has specific visiting hours. We are open to visitors 24/7 and you are welcome to come and spend time with your loved one whenever they feel ready. There are some general guidelines that we ask you to follow, for the safety and well-being of everyone in the hospital.
- If you feel unwell, have an infection or flu-like symptoms, we ask you to not visit until you are feeling well again.
- People who are in the hospital need to rest and recover. We encourage you to visit often, but consider keeping your visits short in duration.
- The number of visitors that a patient should have at any one time is best determined with the help of the care team.
- Children under the age of 14 should always be accompanied by an adult and have direct adult supervision (from someone other than the patient) at all times.
- In some cases, we may need to restrict visiting opportunities to protect the privacy and rights of other patients. Also, in some cases, we may need to interrupt a visit if patient care is required.
We also offer a number of convenience options for you while you are here visiting your loved one. For food information please visit our food and shops page, and for other services such as the clinic pharmacy and bank machines, click here. If you need help finding your way around the hospital visit our getting around KGH page.
We ask that whenever possible, you enter the hospital through the main entrance located off Stuart Street, or use the tunnel from the underground parking garage. Because of the nature of patient care taking place in our Emergency department we ask that family and visitors do not access the hospital through the Emergency entrance.
While we do have an open visiting policy, some departments may have slightly different visitor guidelines.
Please note that all entrances at our KGH site are locked to the public between 10 p.m. and 6 a.m. with the exception of the Emergency Department and the Davies 1 main entrance. Family members and guests entering through Davies 1 are required to obtain temporary photo identification at the Security Control Centre in the main lobby.
If you are coming to see someone who is being treated in the Emergency department, we ask that the number of visitors are limited to one visitor at a time for adult patients or two adult visitors (parents) for infant/child patients. For more information on the Emergency department, click here.
Family members and very close friends may visit patients in the Intensive Care Unit. The patient or a spokesperson for the patient should identify visitors the patient would want to see. To ensure patient privacy and in respect to other families in the ICU, we limit the number of visitors so that no more than two people are visiting a patient at one time. For more information about visiting the ICU, click here.
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You are encouraged to visit during non-therapy activities. There is also a list of items that are not permitted inside the unit, so please be sure to check with a member of the care team before bringing anything in with you. For more information about the Mental Health program at KGH, click here.
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- Pets are limited to cats and dogs.
- The visit is planned with approximate arrival times and fixed duration of visits.
- Proof of annual vaccination with evidence of flea/tick program is required.
- The pet must be clean, well groomed, well behaved and kept under control at all times by someone other than the patient.
- The pet must be walked on a leash, carried or transported in a pet carrier.
- The person bringing the pet to the hospital should provide a blanket or pad for the pet to rest on.
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HOMESTEAD, Fla. (Nov. 15, 2008) – Justin Allgaier, piloting the No. 12 Penske Truck Rental Dodge Charger, posted a 28th-place finish in Saturday's Ford 300 NASCAR Nationwide Series (NNS) race at Homestead-Miami Speedway, the final NNS race of the 2008 season. It also marked Allgaier's fourth start for Penske Racing in the NNS.
Allgaier had qualified the No. 12 machine in the 26th spot for Saturday afternoon's 200-lap, 300-mile race at the 1.5-mile track just north of the Florida Keys. Allgaier reported tight-handling conditions during his qualifying run but looked to "free the car up" for the race.
From the start of the NNS season finale, Allgaier radioed to crew cheif Matt Gimbel and the Penske Truck Rental team that the No. 12 machine was "tight on the throttle." Just after reporting in, Allgaier became "aero tight" behind another competitor causing him to slide up the track and scrape the right side of the Penske Truck Rental Dodge against the wall. The damage was minimal, and Allgaier continued until his scheduled pit stop for four tires, fuel, wedge and track bar adjustments.
After the stop, Allgaier restarted in 30th position, but the adjustments had the effect of making the race car loose-handling. When the caution flag waved on lap 64, Allgaier came down pit road to have two rounds of wedge taken out of the car. 14 laps later, the car was still "free," and Gimbel brought the young driver down pit road for one round out of the trackbar, four tires and fuel, sending him back out in 25th position.
On lap 102, Allgaier had a "near-miss" when another competitor got into the outside wall and came back across the track, just missing the No.12 Penske Truck Rental Dodge. At that point, the No. 12 was still "loose" and Allgaier came back down pit road under the caution to remove a right-rear wheel rubber and a half of round of wedge in the car.
Allgaier continued to race and was working to get a lost lap back, but he scraped the outside wall. He continued, but on lap 191, a tire went down and the No. 12 went hard into the outside wall. The Penske Truck Rental team tried to repair the damage, but it was too severe, and the No. 12 machine was relegated to a 28th-place finish.
"We battled the handling all night," Allgaier said after the event. "It wasn't the way we wanted to end the season. I just hate it for those guys on this Penske Truck Rental Dodge; they worked to get the changes made and get me back out on the track. We just fell eight laps short of a finish. We'll go back to the shop and look forward to returning for a successful 2009 season."
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Two of four vehicles affected by an oil spill caused by a vehicle's faulty crankshaft collided after hitting the slick roadway on Interstate 10 West at Brush Island Road on Jan. 9 at about 3:50 p.m. causing the westbound lanes to close for hours, reports Texas Department of Public Safety Trooper Stephanie Davis.
DPS Trooper Stephanie Davis reported a two-vehicle crash on Interstate 10 at approximately 11:45 a.m. on Friday, May 2, involved an SUV and a tractor trailer.
UPDATE (7:31 p.m. Jan. 24, 2014): The Beaumont Police Department issued the following update on Beaumont Traffic operations. All highways in Beaumont had reopened, including Interstate 10, the Eastex Freeway, Cardinal Drive, and MLK Parkway. The Purple Heart Memorial Bridge over the Neches River was open, as well.
In an effort to alert drivers and manage traffic incidents, the Texas Department of Transportation is installing warning signs along Interstate 10 in Beaumont.
Signs are currently being installed with the warning "DETOUR WHEN FLASHING, IH10 CLOSED IN Beaumont" to let drivers know if the interstate is closed in Beaumont, according to a press release from TxDOT.
According to Orange County Deputy Martin Gaskin at the scene of an accident Monday morning, Feb. 11, around 9:30 a.m., a woman veered off the road in Rose City and crashed into a guardrail. The young woman at the scene said she lost control when her car hydroplaned on the westbound Interstate 10 access road near the Asher Turnaround. She said she was unhurt.
The Jefferson County Sheriff's Office responded to a catastrophic major accident on Interstate 10 (mile marker 835) near Hamshire, Texas, on Nov. 22. The accident, which happened at around 8 a.m., appears to have involved more than 150 cars in an accident scene with numerous injuries. Texas Department of Public Safety troopers, Jefferson County Sheriff Department deputies, and medical personnel responded to the crash scene.
Andrea Richard of Sulphur, La., says she had never been in a wreck before. But after Friday afternoon, Sept. 28, she and her 7-year-old granddaughter will have their own cautionary tale to tell.
The Jefferson County Sheriff's Office responded to an overturned tanker truck on Interstate 10 eastbound near Brush Island Road (between Hamshire and Winnie, Texas). The tanker truck was loaded with pure ethanol, which is highly flammable, explosive and can cause respiratory difficulty. The tanker was involved in a one vehicle accident at approximately 6:45 a.m. Wednesday, May 2. The driver was transported to Baptist Hospital Beaumont.
Shortly after 6 a.m. on April 29, the Orange County Sheriff's Office received a call concerning a person lying in the grass on the I-H 10 South Service road near Baird's Bayou in Rose City, according to reports from the agency.
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The weather here was beautiful over the weekend with lots of sun and spring was in the air. SR and I ran together every day. No music, just talking. Christian was being watched for free at our YMCA childwatch. It's amazing how quickly time passes on these runs.
I noticed something that concerned me, though: there was a huge amount of drainage in the lining of my shorts after the runs. It was sort of a clear-rust colored. It crossed my mind that I had urinary incontinence. But, no it actually seemed to be coming from the uterus. I thought and hoped it would just go away. But then things got painful. First it was just chafing of the skin from all of the moisture, then it was pain and itching around the two delivery stitches, which eventually spread all over.
Now the itching is unbearable. I've actually made an appointment to be seen tomorrow. Maybe I'll have an answer then. I honestly don't know if the running has anything to do with it. It is either an allergic reaction or some sort of infection. The saying "physician heal thyself" has never worked for me. My mom thinks it's a diaper rash of sorts. SR suggested I soak in a hot bath last night. This is what the post-partum nurses had suggested I do every day. This was advice I shouldn't have ignored, I guess.
So we, all three (SR, Christian and myself), took a bath together. I don't think our bathtub could be any smaller and still qualify as a bathtub. Somehow all of our naked bodies fit (sorry no pictures :)). And Christian seemed to have the most fun of his (short) life. The warm water was absolute heaven to him. I felt much better and SR liked the silliness after his first day back at work. He said "it's amazing how unimportant work seems." It's really too early for either of us to go back to work. And I work my first shift tonight :(.
The "little bois" (Christian's new nickname) is changing so quickly. It is incredible to watch.
I don't want to forget any of it.
Oh, and as if there was any doubt that SR was the father, but we received the results of the paternity test we had to have done. And yes, we are the biological parents. They looked at 9 genes and it was so cool to see how he got one allele from each of us. We needed to do that in order to get SR's name on Christian's birth certificate since I was still married at the beginning of the pregnancy. What an expensive inconvenience that was!
I'll let you all know if I find out what this strange rash is so perhaps I can help you pregnant ladies out there avoid it.
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A 25-year Suffolk County Police Department veteran was arrested Friday, accused of targeting Hispanic drivers in traffic stops, and in some cases stealing from them, authorities announced.
Sgt. Scott Greene, a patrol supervisor in the 6th Precinct, pleaded not guilty at his arraignment Friday on two misdemeanor charges, including official misconduct. A conviction on that charge could lead to his removal from the police force, officials said.
Suffolk District Attorney Spota said Greene stopped Hispanic drivers, then took cash from them.
"He masqueraded as a police officer, but was in fact nothing more than a thief," said Spota.
The investigation into Greene began with a complaint from the relative of an alleged victim last year, and two more potential victims have since come forward, according to Spota.
He could face an additional hate crime charge as the probe continues, Spota said.
In one sting operation conducted by police, a car was outfitted with cameras and audio equipment, and an undercover Hispanic officer was at the wheel.
The video shows Greene taking a $100 bill from an envelope containing twelve $100 bills, slipping it under his sleeve, the district attorney said.
"That's as red-handed as you can get," said Spota.
Greene, whose salary last year was $175,000, has been suspended without pay, and he has surrendered his badge and gun.
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Themes of politics and power in relation to The Ring Cycle were explored at a recent ROH Insights session. Participating in the discussion were former Conservative minister Michael Portillo, political columnist Matthew d'Ancona and Assistant Editor of the Guardian Martin Kettle.
Chairing the session, BBC Radio 4's Ritula Shah asked the trio about the character of Wotan, viewing the cycle as a reflection of political ideology, and the misappropriation and misunderstanding of Wagner's work by the Nazis.
Looking at the work through a prism of politics, Martin Kettle commented that he believed "In some sense Wotan is a dictator. He's very recognizable politically". Matthew d'Ancona added that the character reminds him of a remark by Bill Clinton: "Anyone in office will pay a huge price". Michael Portillo also refuted the idea that the work is a hymn to power: "How the Nazis picked up on The Ring is puzzling – everyone who holds power in it is destroyed."
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Choosing C-section may not prevent incontinence
Having a Cesarean section may not lower a woman's chance of incontinence later in life -- unless she delivers all of her children that way, according to a new study.
The findings question the suggestion that by choosing a c-section over vaginal delivery, women might be protecting themselves against urinary or fecal incontinence down the road.
And they "comprise an important new message to inform the choice of delivery by caesarean section," the authors wrote in BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology.
Recent evidence shows that the rate of C-sections performed in the U.S. has been rising, from one in five births in 1996 to almost one in three births in 2007, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Many doctors see this trend as risky because C-sections have been linked to a higher chance of breathing problems in babies and future pregnancy complications in moms.
In the current study, Dr. Cathryn Glazener of the University of Aberdeen in the UK and her colleagues tracked almost 4,000 women who gave birth in the UK and New Zealand for 12 years after their delivery.
After recording how those first babies were delivered, the researchers kept in touch with women through questionnaires to find out if they had more children, and whether those children were born through c-sections or vaginal deliveries.
They also followed up with the participants to ask if they had symptoms of urinary or fecal incontinence, and if so, how often.
At the end of the 12 years, just over half of women reported urinary incontinence, and a quarter had symptoms at least once a week.
In women who had given birth only through vaginal delivery, 55 percent reported experiencing urinary incontinence. That compared to 59 percent of women who had at least one baby through vaginal delivery and one via C-section. In women who only had C-sections, the rate of urinary incontinence fell to 40 percent.
Rates of fecal incontinence 12 years down the line were about the same -- between 11 and 14 percent -- in women who had only given birth through vaginal deliveries or C-sections alone, or had given birth through both modes of delivery.
Regardless of how they delivered their children, women who were heavier, had given birth more times, and were older at their first delivery reported higher rates of incontinence.
Glazener told Reuters Health that vaginal delivery has been thought to cause urinary incontinence through physical trauma and damage to nerves.
She and her colleagues concluded that, "Unless women are resolved to have all their deliveries by the abdominal (c-section) route (and their medical advisors agree), cesarean section does not protect from subsequent" urinary incontinence.
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Safe Harbor Assisted Living, located in Longmont, CO, is a residential facility for older adults who require daily care assistance. The Assisted Living facility provides nursing and elderly care, help with household chores, transportation, and support for daily activities. In addition, the Nursing Home offers short-term rehabilitative services for seniors recovering from hospital stays, with long-term care options for seniors who do not require hospitalization but cannot be cared for at home.You may contact Assisted Living & Nursing Homes for questions about:
Seniors can choose residential housing options like semiprivate or private apartments within the Assisted Living facility. These living spaces are designed for independent Longmont seniors who require some support for daily activities. Amenities include household care and maintenance services, including laundry, cleaning, and food service, offered through the Assisted Living facility. The residential housing options promote the safety and comfort of senior residents, often with an emergency call response system.Eligibility and Enrollment
Safe Harbor Assisted Living sets its own eligibility and enrollment policies, including age limits, policies for couples' housing, and the application process. These policies also specify the cost for different residential options at the Longmont facility, including independent residential housing and nursing care facilities. Prospective residents can contact the Assisted Living facility for more information about waitlists, eligibility requirements, and applying to live in the facility.Senior Nursing Care in Longmont
The Nursing Home offers 24-hour nursing care for residents, including emergency first aid, pharmacy services, medical record maintenance services, and medication management. Residents at the Longmont Assisted Living facility can access on-site medical checkups from a staff physician or nurse. The nursing care services also provide support for daily activities, such as dressing, transportation, and bathing. Residents can participate in scheduled outings arranged by Safe Harbor Assisted Living staff or request chauffeured transportation for appointments, classes, and errands.Senior Rehabilitation Programs
Residents at the Longmont Assisted Living facility can participate in senior rehabilitation programs, including short-term rehabilitative services for seniors recovering from hospital stays. The facility may also offer memory care services, home healthcare support, or nurse services. Colorado state licenses and regulates Assisted Living facilities and Nursing Homes in Boulder County, ensuring they provide adequate care and services for residents.Longmont Senior Recreation Programs
Safe Harbor Assisted Living offers senior recreation programs and activities designed for residents at the Longmont facility. These can include physical fitness classes, such as walking clubs, aerobics classes, and strength training classes. Senior programs also offer cultural and recreational events, such as music and art classes, and educational activities like book clubs, guest lectures, and round-table discussions. The Assisted Living Facility connects residents with other senior programs offered in Longmont as well. Contact the Assisted Living facility to learn more about its programs.Contact Safe Harbor Assisted Living
You may contact Safe Harbor Assisted Living by calling 303-776-4384, or by addressing inquiries to the office mailing address: Safe Harbor Assisted Living, 1424 16th Avenue, Longmont, Colorado, 80501.


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This is a favorite picture of my husband, Robert Allen "Bobby" Shubert, born in 1942 Knoxville, Tennessee and his uncle, Robert Henry "R. H." Shubert, born in 1925 in Lenoir City, Tennessee. R. H. was in the Navy and was apparently home on leave. Bobby is the son of his brother, Ray Allen Shubert. This picture was taken in Lenoir City around the year 1945.
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bg Theory necesitaba un nuevo diseño de tema de wordpress y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 31 diseños de 7 diseñadores freelance.
CertifiedKnowledge.org will be an online video training site for the Google AdWords community. CK is a new business unit for bg Theory, an educational and training organization specializing in the online marketing industry.
Product/Membership Features:
Access to Training/How-to videos on advanced pay per click tactics
Access to Forums moderated by paid search industry experts
Access to Tools that aide the ppc analysts in measuring data for account optimization.
Beta Price for a limited time only will be $79 a month, that will jump to $99 a month once out of beta - we would like this pricing information highlighted on the page.
The bulk of the website is already finished as we launch CK into beta the week of 4/5 but are in a fast need for a homepage design. The homepage of the site needs to educate and entice visitors to purchase a paid membership to access the content of the site.
CKs audience will be a combination of marketing agencies, in-house/corporate marketers, and small business owners. Most of our audience will be technically savvy, but not all - so the design needs to be extremely user friendly even for a non-tech audience, but still speak to the tech-savvy and highlight ck as an authoritative brand for tech information. The design should have a clean, fresh, look and feel (think smashingmagazine.com designs) with an emphasize on call to actions.
This project is for the design of certifiedknowledge.org homepage design and wordpress theme which will manage the free,static pages of the ck site.
Header: I have attached CK's logo, please pull colors from the logo as we would like a palette of blue, gray/silver, and white. Should be a login link or button at the upper right of the page.
Navigation: Features, Pricing, Blog, Free Lessons, and Sign Up.
Footer: Bar with icons for Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and RSS above footer navigational links. Nav links are Terms of Service, About Us, and Contact Us as well as a copyight for bg Theory LLC
Pages: Header, Footer, and Navigation on each page with a single blank content column.
We would like a content layout similiar to http://newsberry.com/ with a javascript style tour at the top of the page. The tour should be 5 images:
*CK tag line/messaging
* Video
*Call to Action/Pricing
Each tour image should have space for 1-2 sentences of descriptive content and space for a screenshot/graphic.
The entire javascript tour section should be above the fold and include a static call to action (Join Today!) button.
The bottom half of the page should contain 3 content boxes:
*Free AdWords Lessons (will have thumbnail image of embedded video)


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People We Love :: Nadia Janjua
Nadia Janjua was working at a corporate architecture firm in Arlington, Va., when she became interested in green building and sustainability. So in 2007, she joined four other young Muslim professionals in founding DC Green Muslims, also called Green Muslims in the District.
The group organizes social and service events that inspire members to reflect on how they incorporate sustainability into their everyday lives. DC Green Muslims also participated in the No Impact Project.
The founders have since passed on DC Green Muslims to a new set of leaders, allowing Janjua to pursue painting, sketching, and photography. "Faith and spirituality are an indistinct part of everything I do, not only in creating art but in every part of my life," she said.
Janjua recently exhibited her paintings at the sixth World Islamic Economic Forum in Malaysia, where she spoke about providing artistic opportunities for Muslim youth.


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Here is some important information regarding the upcoming Sailing World Cup in Melbourne.
The launch site will be just 100 meters of Sandringham Yacht Club on the beach next to the club, and the course area will be right in front of the club with the spectator area.
Riders are required by Australian law to wear personal floatation devices any time when afloat, so bring a PFD or impact vest with some buoyancy. This will be put into the Sailing Instructions and may impose penalties if not followed.
The event format will be an opening series run on windward/leeward courses, and a medal race series conducted in heats, on a short track course with reaching starts for the top 10 competitors in each fleet.


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Why Transparency Supports Healthy Organizational Culture
Some of you may know that I host the Twitter chat, #KaizenBiz every Friday (you can read about our more recent conversations here) and often there are interesting lessons or insights that come from the live chat. As someone who coaches business owners and executives to become better leaders, a healthy organizational culture is often a topic or very near the surface.
But what is organizational culture?
For the small to mid-sized companies I work with, culture is often the expression of the business leader. Since small to mid-sized companies are more compact and connected than larger corporations, it is easier for the business owner/ CEO to express to everyone how he/she wants things to be and, in growth organizations, to become. That means values and behaviours are obvious and the meanings and purposes of these values and behaviours is idiosyncratic to that company. As an example, one of my clients makes it a point to be available for face to face conversations, ask questions and share a lunch with everyone once a month. Another client in a bigger organization believes in hiring smart people and he lets them know his expectations and then gets out of the way for the day-to-day execution of these expectations. He is doing what he is good at and, consequently, so are his employees.
Transparency and culture
You may have heard a lot of discussion about transparency in various places. According to the Business Dictionary, transparency is
"Lack of hidden agendas and conditions, accompanied by the availability of full information required for collaboration, cooperation and collective decision-making. [Also as definition] Minimum degree of disclosure to which agreements, dealings, practices, and transactions are open to all for verificaton."
One would think that smaller organizations would have less machinations and hidden agendas than their larger counterparts but politics are everywhere.
What could possibly go wrong?
Most small companies operate in a clear and legal manner. But there can be some pitfalls or unforeseen consequences when corporate culture stems from the leader as alleged actions by New Jersey Governor Chris Christie and his administration are being reported. Now the temptation is to say that politicians are corrupt anyway but I remember working for a doctor who would lose his temper in such a dramatic fashion and belittle others that people were literally afraid to speak up in meetings. Consequently, this small organization had high turnover, backbiting amongst colleagues and absolutely no faith that your immediate boss would ever back you if you needed it.
But there are other things to consider:
- Lack of common definition of privacy and discretion: (thank you to Lois Martin for highlighting this) With multiple generations in the workplace, privacy and discretion have morphed over time and it is up to the leader(s) to clearly state what clients and the public can know about the company. This can be also seen as professionalism.
- We live and work online: There are risks and responsibilities as this McKinsey report discusses. Cybersecurity is an issue for all businesses, regardless of size.
- People may bring a negative perspective from their previous employer: As you grow, you hire new people and they bring all of their experiences, good and bad, with them. Their stories may color how they share information, show intiative or handle disappointment in your organization.
- Euphemisms: Transparency depends on people saying what they mean. If you are "demising" jobs, let people know to expect their job may be eliminated.
- Consistent ethical code: Transparency is really an encapsulation of certain values — respect, integrity, honesty — and if you are cutting corners, your employees will cut corners and this, ultimately, affects attracting and retaining your customers
When you stop to think about it, it brings up all sorts of questions about organizational culture, individual behaviour choices and the validity of an ethical professional code.
What could go right?
Of course, there is always another side. Part of the most recent discussion about transparency are the advantages it gives to businesses. Small to mid-sized businesses may have been onto this for some time. Quite often you know your customers by name and understand how important that "know, trust and like" factor can be.
- Differentiation is clear: While you have much in common with your competitors regarding customer service or even type of product or service you offer, your words and actions, source of materials, vendors and clear wording on policies (without the super fine print) and procedures invites trust.
- Happier employees: If you have ever worked for a boss who was tough and fair, you worked for a leader who was transparent in his/her expectations. A 2013 TINYpulse employee satisfaction survey reported that transparent managers had a "correlation coefficient 0.94 with employee happiness." Good management fosters better morale and productivity.
- More accurate information about what customers like/dislike: Open, two-way communication with your customers enables better data gathering on what your customers buy from you and what sorts of improvements are most desired.
- Clear internal communications: When the business owner/CEO takes the time to listen and interact, it becomes clear that the whole organization is supposed to listen and interact.
- Supports accountability: When the decision-making process engages both the leaders and those assigned to executing the business goals, it is easier to know why a goal was chosen, who will do the work and when it is scheduled to be completed.
Transparency helps you develop a healthier organizational culture
It does take some work and maybe even retraining on your part to become more transparent. On the other hand, having the ability to know who works for and with you simply provides an excellent foundation for transparency. On that you can build out how the values of honesty, respect, integrity and professionalism will be expressed in your culture.
What reasons do you believe that transparency is important in a small to mid-sized business?
When could transparency harm your small to mid-sized business?
How much transparency is needed to develop a healthy organizational culture?


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Imaging and Tests for Foot Pain
Noninvasive tests that allow your doctor to see inside your feet.
Imaging tests can allow your doctor to see the structures inside your foot noninvasively. The most common imaging tests to diagnose foot problems are:
X-ray (radiography). A standard X-ray is a simple test in which an X-ray beam (a form of electromagnetic radiation) is passed through the foot to create a two-dimensional picture of the bones that form the joint. A doctor can use X-rays to view:
- joint space. Narrowing of the space between the bones, which are normally covered by cartilage, can be a sign of arthritis and its severity.
- bone spurs. Bony overgrowths at the joint are a sign of osteoarthritis.
- fractures. Broken bones in feet and toes will show up on x-rays, however, small cracks in the bone may not.
In some cases, a contrast dye is injected into the foot to enable the doctor to better see the joint on X-ray. This is called arthrography.
Computerized axial tomography (CAT) scan. Also called a computed tomography (or CT) scan, this noninvasive test combines X-ray equipment with sophisticated computers to produce multiple images, which are combined to depict cross-sectional slices of internal structures. CT scans may be used to diagnose foot problems that don't show up on X-ray. They also show soft tissues, such as ligaments and muscles, more clearly than traditional X-rays, so they are more useful for diagnosing certain foot problems.
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). This procedure uses a strong magnet linked to a computer to create a picture of the internal structures in black and white and shades of gray. Because an MRI shows the soft tissues, as well as the bones, it is particularly useful for diagnosing injuries to the cartilage, tendons and ligaments, as well as areas of swelling. The test may also be used to determine the severity of tarsal tunnel syndrome.
Video fluoroscopy. This test, using an X-ray and a fluorescent screen, allows a doctor to view the internal structures and movements of the foot instantly, and to create an "X-ray movie" that can be viewed repeatedly.
Bone scan. This technique can be used to view stress fractures caused by repetitive trauma. It involves injecting a small amount of radioactive material into the bloodstream. The material collects in the bones, particularly in areas of new bone growth where fractures are healing, enabling doctors to see those areas with a scanner.
Electrodiagnostic tests. For diagnosing problems, such as tarsal tunnel syndrome, where there is compression of the nerve, a doctor may use electrodiagnostic tests, such as nerve conduction studies and electromyography. For nerve conduction studies, the doctor fastens electrodes to the ankle and foot, then sends small electric shocks to the nerves in the lower leg, ankle, and toes, and measures the speed of conduction of nerve fibers. In the electromyography, the doctor inserts thin needles into the muscle to record electrical activity. The electrical signals are viewed on a screen.
Learn more about electrodiagnostic tests from the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons.
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2009-10 Indoor: Placed ninth in the 1,000-meter run in 2:39.79 at the George Mason Patriot Games… Set career-best times in the 1,000 (2:37.54) at the Rider/Lafayette Winter Games and the 1-mile run (4:39.94) at the Gulden Relays… Named to the America East Commissioner's Honor Roll.
2009 Outdoor: Placed 25th in the 800-meter run at the America East Championships with a time of 2:01.96… Ran a season-best time of 4:18.15 in the 1,500-meter run at the Maryland Invitational.
2008-09 Indoor: Placed 13th in the 800-meter run at the America East Championships with a season-best time of 2:00.86.
2008 Cross Country: Finished 41st in the 8K run at the Towson Invitational… Began the season with a 56th-place finish at the Mount St. Mary's 5K Duals.
Background: Helped Archbishop Curley to four straight outdoor championships from 2005-08… Aided the Friars to an indoor title in the MIAA during the 2005-06 season… Named MVP for cross country in 2007.
Personal: Son of Donna and Frank Hairfield… Has two older brothers, Frank, 26 and Brian, 23… Brother Brian competed at UMBC on the indoor and outdoor track and field teams… Majoring in Mechanical Engineering… Born June 20, 1990.