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A version of this article appears in the September/October 2003 issue of Home Energy Magazine.
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We've come a long way in making hot water more efficiently. The next place to cut waste is in the distribution systems.
Have you ever wanted to take a quick, hot shower and had to wait and wait for hot water to arrive? Have you noticed that your dishwasher or clothes washer doesn't seem to be getting the hot water it needs to work effectively? And have you ever wondered what all that "cool"water down the drain is costing you, and what you can do to fix the problem? The problems described above are limited to just a few older homes, where years of exposure to hard water have plugged the hot water pipes, slowing the flow to a trickle—right? Wrong! Energy and water waste in hot water distribution systems exists both in older and in brand-new homes. In fact, the newest homes built in the United States can have the greatest problems.As houses have grown in size, the distribution systems have increased in length. Modern home floor plans disperse the devices that consume hot water (lavatories, showers, clothes washers, dishwashers) throughout the house.There are more bathrooms per house than ever before, and fewer people to use them. Current plumbing codes ...
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A former Pinole police commander and his wife have been charged with defrauding an 82-year-old Pleasanton woman by placing her entire estate into a trust they controlled, authorities said Friday.
Matthew Messier, 36, of Pleasanton is accused of using his position as a commander at the Pinole Police Department to gain the trust of his neighbor, Jean Phyllis Jones, who is described in court records as having "diminished mental capacity" and an inability to make financial decisions.
Messier, an 11-year veteran who was second-in-command in Pinole before he resigned on Oct. 23, was arrested at his home Thursday and is facing a host of felony charges. His wife, Elizabeth Regalado, 30, is being sought on a conspiracy charge.
Pleasanton police were alerted to possible elder abuse by the Alameda County Adult Protective Services agency, which checks into the well-being of disabled adults.
The criminal complaint filed by prosecutors says the couple took advantage of Jones, who lives three doors away, starting in January.
Using a city of Pinole computer to access an online service, Messier drafted legal documents, including a living trust and last will, that placed him in control of the estate and made him the sole beneficiary when Jones died, a Pleasanton police investigator wrote in court papers.
"During the signing of these documents, Messier represented himself as a police commander to the notary," Detective Keith Batt wrote.
On several occasions, Messier accompanied Jones to the bank, spending hours there reviewing the contents of her two safe-deposit boxes, which contained documents and $50,000 in assets, including savings bonds, cash and gold, police said. Messier also told bank employees that he was a police commander, investigators said.
The value of Jones' house is estimated at between $500,000 and $700,000, police said.
Batt wrote that when he interviewed Jones he found that "she had difficulty maintaining a linear conversation and could not articulately describe what she wanted done with her assets when she died." She could not identify the legal documents Messier had created, nor could she recall Messier's name, police said.
Reached Friday, Jones told The Chronicle that "Matt did nothing to me."
Messier and his wife filed for bankruptcy in 2010 and listed only minimal assets in their petition, including $1,500 in household goods, police said.
Alameda County prosecutors have charged him with grand theft, attempted grand theft, elder abuse, forgery, registering a fraudulent document, conspiracy and practicing law without a license.
He pleaded not guilty Friday in Pleasanton and remains behind bars in Oakland in lieu of $322,500 bail. His attorney, Jack Noonan, declined to comment.
Messier took pride in the history of the Pinole police, helping to add a page about the department's history to the city's website. He previously worked as an Alameda County deputy sheriff and holds a bachelor's degree in organizational behavior and leadership.
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Explore St Croix's historic towns and monuments, its rainforest, rum factories and botanical gardens. Hike to tide pools, ride horseback on the beach, shop for handmade jewelry. Sail to Buck Island and snorkel the trail. Try stand up paddleboarding, scuba, or deep sea fishing. Sip coconut water right from the source, dance with moko jumbie stiltwalkers, listen to steel pan tunes.


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MONTEVALLO, Ala. - The Georgia Southwestern men's soccer team hit the road Wednesday night looking to right the ship as the Hurricanes traveled to Alabama to take on the Montevallo Falcons Wednesday in Peach Belt Conference action.
A sputtering offense and a pair of second half goals proved to be too much as GSW dropped their eighth consecutive match as Montevallo prevailed, 2-0.
After a scoreless first half, the Falcons broke the stalemate six minutes into the second half as Jackson Tolleson scored off a pass from Shane Howard.
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The Falcons held a commanding 10-0 shots on goal advantage on the night as the Hurricanes were shut out for the third consecutive match. Sophomore GSW goalkeeper Garrett Blamire was credited with eight saves on the night.
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Located in the heart of Red Deer, the Ross Street Patio features free live music all summer long. The Downtown Business Association provides entertainment during lunch hours every Tuesday & Thursday and Wednesday evenings during the ATB Downtown Market throughout the summer season. We proudly feature talented local musicians and bands that contribute to the amazing atmosphere you'll find on the beloved Patio. Events are free and open to the public.
Tuesday & Thursdays: 11:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Wednesdays: 4:30 – 6:30 p.m.
Charlie Jacobson will be performing on the Ross Street Patio throughout the ATB Downtown Market. Head down to the patio and enjoy some live music!
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About Daler-Rowney - Inspiring creativity since 1783
As George Rowney continued to develop in the sales of Colours, another dynamic company was founded and fast developed in unrelated areas of artists' materials. The Daler Board Company was incorporated in 1946, having started life the previous year when Terry Daler returned from a German prisoner of war camp. With his brother Ken and brother-in-law Arthur, he initially started a sign writing business. During the Second World War, shop signs in the south coast towns of England had been painted over so that would-be invading Germans would not know where they were! As a result, the Daler's business thrived in the years following the end of the War as shop signs were re-painted.
Also as a result of the war and shortages of all types of materials, canvas was extremely hard for artists to obtain. Typically, an oil painting requires a sealed, 'toothed' (abrasive) surface to pull thick oil colour off the brush. Arthur, a talented artist himself, improvised to create a new surface to replace canvas. Cardboard was sealed and primed through a mesh (he very probably used a net kitchen curtain), which when removed left a perfectly textured surface. Arthur's canvas substitute was eventually developed into a commercial product and the 'Daler Board' was born.
Between 1945 and 1960, The Daler Board Company developed a variety of products across the whole spectrum of artists' materials, including pads such as the distinctive red and yellow Series A. Other new products in the Daler range included canvas panels, stretched canvas, mountboard and artists' luggage.
In their own specialist areas of manufacture, George Rowney and The Daler Board Company had led the international development of fine artists' materials for many years.
Over the next ten years, Daler-Rowney continued to grow internationally and in the United Kingdom, its home country. In 1988 distribution offices and warehousing were established in New Jersey, USA.
Daler-Rowney now operates from three manufacturing bases – all its Colours (paints) are manufactured in Bracknell, Berkshire. Artists' paper and mountboard is transformed in Wareham, Dorset and artists' brushes are made in La Romana in the Dominican Republic.
While Daler-Rowney sells in the UK and exports to some 100 countries worldwide, throughout its long history it has maintained and built upon its reputation, always aiming to further develop its' standing and the company's product ranges.
Daler-Rowney Oil Colours
Tradition meets technology in the manufacture of Daler-Rowney Oil Colours and a meeting of the best of both worlds ensures that glossy surface and pure lightfast colours reply to the demands of artists worldwide.
Georgian Oil
Rooted in 1783 London and named after George Rowney the company's founder, Georgian Oil Colours from Daler-Rowney enrich contemporary artistic expression through modern and brilliant colours, optimal pigment loads and a very satisfying feel under both brush and knife.
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Graduate Oil Colours are characterised by their vibrant colours and a soft buttery consistency and high pigment loading. They offer excellent brushability and are easy to mix while being suitable for smooth brush applications and impasto. All colours are either Permanent 4**** or Normally Permanent 3*** and surface dry to a uniform low gloss satin sheen within four to five days. Graduate Oil is available in a range of forty-two vibrant colours including, unusually, 4 metallics many of which are single pigment which ensures that colours are brighter and cleaner when mixed. The unique formulation of refined linseed oil and modern drying agents creates oil colours which are easy to squeeze from the tube and effortlessly mixed on the palette.
Daler-Rowney Acrylic Colours
Many leading contemporary artists use acrylics, as they possess very different properties compared to oils or watercolours. Fast drying, acrylics lose their solubility; this is a great advantage to painters who wish to work quickly. Because of the faster drying time, a painting which might have taken weeks to accomplish in oil colour can be completed in one session with acrylics.
Daler-Rowney System 3 acrylics
With two versions, System 3 Original and System 3 Heavy Body, System 3 acrylics are highly versatile, water-based acrylic colours. They offer an excellent cost-effective painting experience. Only high-quality pigments are used in the manufacture of the System 3 ranges which offer significantly greater pigment loadings than other acrylic ranges in this class. System 3's comprehensive range of colours offers excellent light-fastness, permanence, durability and covering power.
Graduate Acrylic
Graduate Acrylics offer the emerging artist a very affordable range of acrylic colours. The range features bright and strong colours which are easy to brush onto surfaces. They can be used on any paper surface, primed board or canvas, used indoors or outdoors and are so versatile they can also be used with a variety of acrylic mediums, also available from Daler-Rowney. There are 48 colours in the range, including metallic colours.


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Ghost Opera
for String Quartet and Pipa with water, stone, paper and metal
Music, text and installation by Tan Dun (b. 1957)
The conceptual and multifaceted composer/conductor Tan Dun has made an indelible mark on the world's music scene with a creative repertoire that spans the boundaries of classical, multimedia, Eastern and Western musical systems. Central to his body of work are distinct series of works that reflect his individual compositional concepts and personal ideas: among them, a series which brings his childhood memories of shamanistic ritual into symphonic performances; works which incorporate elements from the natural world; and multimedia concerti. Opera has a significant role in Tan Dun's creative output of the past decade, mostly recently with the premiere of The First Emperor by the Metropolitan Opera in 2006 with a title role created for Plácido Domingo. In 2008 Tan composed Internet Symphony No. 1: "Eroica", commissioned by Google/YouTube as the focal point for the world's first collaborative online orchestra. Of his many works for film, Tan Dun's score for Ang Lee's film, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, received an Oscar Award for best original score.
Ghost Opera, the first work commissioned from the composer by an American ensemble, was developed by Tan Dun through discussions with Kronos Quartet and Wu Man, and the work received its premiere at the Brooklyn Academy of Music in 1995 after a weeklong residency with the performers at the BAM Majestic Theater (now the BAM Harvey). Since then, Ghost Opera has been performed by Kronos and Wu Man more than three dozen times around the world, including a noteworthy performance at the Beijing Concert Hall in 1996.
The roots of Ghost Opera may be found in the nuoxi, or exorcism plays, of ancient China. The nuoxi were one part of the rituals performed by a village community to ward off evil spirits and gain the protection of benevolent ones. The ceremonies were conducted by a wushi (shaman), able to communicate with the ghost world. Though held in disdain by Chinese intellectuals for centuries, and repressed as "undesirable" by the Chinese government from the 1950s to the '70s, these age-old traditions survived in the countryside, including the area around Hunan's Changsha where Tan Dun grew up. Tan Dun's Ghost Opera is not an ethnographic recreation of the nuoxi. Rather it is a sort of invented ritual belonging to a world out of time, where the modern, the archaic and the merely old mingle hazily.
In addition to the atmosphere of mystery that pervades Ghost Opera, several elements of the work evoke primeval rites. In place of the incantation "nuo" ("exorcism"), which was repeatedly shouted during nuoxi, participants in Ghost Opera frequently call out "yao." "Yao" is not only a typical exclamation uttered by excited Hunanese, but the syllable may also refer to the Chinese word for demon. The elemental "Earth Dance," which unifies the five musicians onstage, evokes the community seeking aid by and from ghosts. The fourth movement, "Metal, Rocks," creates music that Stone- and Bronze-age Chinese might have recognized.
The shamanistic dialogue with the spirit world is made palpable by means of an old Chinese theatrical tradition: the yingxi, or shadow puppet play. The very first such play conjured ghosts: the Han Emperor Wu, pining for his favorite dead concubine Li Furen, had the magician Shao Weng summon her spirit by means of shadows cast on white cloth. Upon seeing the shadow puppet theater, Tang Dynasty poet Liang Huang reflected: "Human life seems as though it were in the middle of a dream," a sentiment echoed by Tan Dun when he has the shadow cellist intone Shakespeare's lines, "We are such stuff as dreams are made on."
At the center of the work are two enigmatic ghosts, wispy and insubstantial: a quotation from Bach's Prelude in c-sharp minor from the Well-Tempered Clavier and the Chinese folk song "Little Cabbage." The two pieces present a study in contrasts: one minor, polyphonic, European, composed by a man and performed by the male quartet; the other pentatonic, monophonic, Chinese, sung here by a woman recollecting her dead parents. And yet in the vaporous mists of Ghost Opera, these distinctions seem not to matter. In the third movement the two songs merge, blended into an androgynous phantasm that is neither clearly one nor the other.
With a crash of the gong, the ghosts are banished. Their voices fade into silence beneath the rustle of paper. White as death, the paper unfurls from the shadow-spirit world into our own. The form of the paper suggests the long handscrolls of Chinese landscapes. Singing for the dead, Wu Man rattles the left edge of the scroll, the portion of the painting where the journey ends and the world dissolves.
Program note by Greg Dubinsky
Wu Man
Since moving to the United States from China in 1990, pipa virtuoso Wu Man has not only introduced the traditional Chinese instrument and its repertoire to Western audiences, she has successfully worked to give this ancient instrument a new role in today's music, making the pipa available to a larger audience and seeing it valued by musicians and composers for its unique tonal qualities and virtuosic character. These efforts were recognized when she was made a 2008 United States Artists Broad Fellow.
Cited by the Los Angeles Times as "the artist most responsible for bringing the pipa to the Western World," Wu Man continually collaborates with some of the most distinguished musicians and conductors performing today. She has performed as soloist with many of the world's major orchestras and her touring has taken her to the major music halls of the world. Wu Man often performs and records with the groundbreaking Kronos Quartet, and is a principal member of Yo-Yo Ma's Silk Road Project.
Wu Man began her 2009–10 concert season with two concerts at Carnegie Hall as part of the "Ancient Paths, Modern Voices" festival celebrating Chinese culture. Her travels in China to find the musicians to perform on these concerts have been documented in a film, Discovering a Musical Heartland—Wu Man's Return to China.
In November 2009, Wu Man and the Kronos Quartet present the world premiere of a new staged work with video, A Chinese Home, directed by Chen Shi-Zheng. In May 2010 Wu Man performed in Moscow with Yuri Bashmet and the Moscow Soloists, with whom she was nominated for a Grammy Award in 2009 for Best Small Ensemble Performance for the world-premiere recording of Tan Dun's Pipa Concerto. In 2010 she also toured Europe and Asia with the Silk Road Ensemble and performed as soloist in Taipei in November with the Taipei Chinese Traditional Orchestra.
Recent recordings include: Terry Riley's The Cusp of Magic with the Kronos Quartet on Nonesuch; Traditions and Transformations: Sounds of Silk Road Chicago that features Wu Man's performance of Lou Harrison's Pipa Concerto with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra on the CSO Resound label; and New Impossibilities with the Silk Road Ensemble on Sony/BMG. In 2009 Wu Man was nominated for two Grammy Awards.
Born in Hangzhou, China, Wu Man studied at the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing, where she became the first recipient of a master's degree in pipa. Wu Man was selected as a Bunting Fellow at the Radcliffe Institute of Advanced Study at Harvard University, and was selected by Yo-Yo Ma as the winner of the City of Toronto Glenn Gould Protégé Prize in music and communication. She is also the first artist from China to have performed at the White House. For more information on Wu Man, please visit her website.
" a haunting ritual "
- Tom Huizenga, The Washington Post
" smart and visually arresting...subtly and persistently, West and East grope for one another and merge. "
- Richard Scheinin, San Jose Mercury News
For Ghost Opera:
Staging and lighting realized by Laurence Neff
Production Management by Kronos Performing Arts Association
Ghost Opera was commissioned for the Kronos Quartet and Wu Man by the Brooklyn Academy of Music, National Endowment for the Arts and Hancher Auditorium/University of Iowa. Kronos and Wu Man's recording of Ghost Opera is available on Nonesuch.
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Short stories For Arundhati Roy, From pakistan
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BIO: "I try to write heartfelt stories based on bitter realities. I belong to a country where people are afraid of life. Their sleep has lost dreams. I want to reawaken their oppressed dreams; I want to share their woes; I want to share the suffering of their shrieking souls. Humanity is dying and I am trying to put a few drops of water on its dry tongue so that it should face death bravely. My writing is the echo of their flagging hopes and raging desires."
Unheard Melody
Muhammad Nasrullah Khan
The hot tea sucked me back into reality, my mind rudely awakened from frequent naps. It had recently succumbed to the habit of chasing thoughts unrelated to the topic at hand. My mind returned: Wasteland. I was sitting at a large wooden desk, examining the assignments of my students, but my mind was wandering elsewhere.
Sir, your class-time has started.
A voice brought me back.
All I wanted to do was to run far away! I wished I could be able to write another WASTE LAND.
I had lost my enthusiasm in teaching years ago. I was merely going through the motions. I had long given up love for Chaucer or Shakespeare or Hemingway and Faulkner. My students had become nameless faces in the class room and faceless names during grading time,
The day ended with the usual monotony. In the afternoon I came out of college and started walking towards the sea---my only refuge. It was dark, so dark that I could barely see, and the thick fog obscured my vision further. It was December and the few trees lining the path towards the sea were chewed by the blood dripping jaws of autumn. An atmosphere I did not belong to. Stagnation---apathy---entropy---life there was a sad mystery.
Were these only dark thoughts echoing in my already distressed mind, or was this seed of malcontent very real? I didnt know.
The road was overly familiar to me, twice a day; I walked on it and encountered Bengalis, Philippines, Sudanese, Egyptians, Indians, and Pakistanis; people almost representing every country of the entire poor world. They had come there to make money, fight against the eternal hunger of their lands and to fill empty stomachs of their families. They all were coming back from their long shifts in industries. They never had time to turn their faces. How full of life they had been in their youth when they were lost in fantasies and gentle dreams. How terrified they became as little by little truth made them cold and indifferent. They had left everything behindchildren, wives, homes. But the future did not yet belong to them. Neither would it belong to their children nor to their childrens children. They belonged to the world where a terror of royal flesh prevailed. I was one of those many faces, out of my poor country, Pakistan, in search of livelihood. Many years ago I wrote some stories. I believed I would find the same stories again. Neil Marr, an editor of western literary magazine, had many times reminded me that I was a writer and I must continue to write stories. How could I tell him that my mind had become an empty trash bin, filled with the needs of daily life? I had to work from dawn to dusk. The monotonous routine had swallowed many years of my life. I had a small, sweet daughter in Pakistan, whom I had not seen since her birth. But Neil Marr was still advising me for a new story. Wow! I myself had become a story in search of stories.
Lost in my melancholic thoughts, I reached the seashore. Wild tides were smashing on the shore like a desperate animal. The cold wind would have frozen me if I had not entered the restaurant. Aslam, the waiter, recognized me and gave me a warm smile of welcome.
Hello Professor, take a seat. Nobody comes in the restaurant with this killer weather.
I thanked him with a smile and sat over at a corner table. The Sitar Music of Pakistan, a great achievement of human civilization, spoke to me with impossible complexities.
The wild tides of the sea outside reminded me of Time by P.B. Shelley:
Unfathomable sea! Whose waves are years.
Ocean of time, whose waters of deep woe
Are brackish with the salt of human tears!
I got up to see the descending sun and stood there until it was completely lost in the horizon.
When I returned to my table, I found professor Ramnath sitting at a table next to mine, staring out of the window.
Cold, huh, he murmured.
He was a professor of the English department at an Indian College overseas. He was an interesting fellow and a brilliant old man. He was as jaded about the world and people around him as I was. He picked up a cigarette and lifted it to his lips. He could hold the smoke in longer than anyone I knew. He must have been a whale in a previous life, as Indians believe seven lives are lived in this world. The smoke coiled around us.
Ramnath was looking sad and dejected. It was something new because he was always a loving and jolly fellow.
You seem to be engrossed in something, I said.
Have you heard the B.B.C. News today?
There is nothing new for me to know ----tell me if there is, I replied.
American Space Shuttle Columbia burst in the space, just before landing, he told me.
Yes, and there was some Indian lady, named Kalipna on it, he added.
Yes, it is sad news, I replied.
But Kalipna was not someone just in the news for me, since I knew her personally, said
Personally, but how?
She was my student, and I had great love for her.
He uttered the word love in a sad tone. There was a world of revelation in that word. I found tears in that word. He was looking out of the window where a seagull was diving to catch mackerel. Professor Ramnath could not prevent the flood of memories from washing over him. This episode of the past haunted him. All was revealed in his eyes with great aching clarity. He could not conceal a single detail, nor could any pain conceal itself from him.
Go on with your story. I said.
I met her when I just started teaching at the Punjab Engineering College. Kalipna was in her second year as a graduate student. She had shoulder length black hair that she clearly never worried about. It was tousled and covered the sides of her plain and unadorned face. When she looked right at you, you could see that her eyes were slightly lazy and her features were not what you would describe as traditionally pretty. But there was something in her eyes, a certain sparkle, which made you spell bound. There was also a slight curl to her lips that made her seem intelligent and alert. Overall, she was a very attractive girl. To me she was beautiful. I know I loved her.
The Professor stopped talking and looked outside where the seagull was still diving for mackerel.
What attracted you to her? I asked.
The Professor sighed and said, Her eyes... They are probably the one thing I will never forget. How much peace I attained just by looking at them. Her eyes made me feel how wonderful the earth was when I looked into them. How I wish I could close my eyes and see hers again---to see her eyes for one last time; to feel her smile once more.
Whenever we were alone, she wanted to learn. I explained quantum mechanics, geophysical terminology, and English literature to her. I had much to teach and she was a fine student, with a flexible mind. She was never afraid to admit her ignorance. She asked many questions:
Is there necessarily a difference between energy and matter? May I join independent clauses by a comma?
I wondered at her lust for learning. Once when there was a get-together, she turned her attention away from the party and asked me away to ask me something about the transit effects of light and colour in Impressionist painting. One day she was holding a big bundle of books from the library. I asked her if she had time to read all those heavy books.
I always have time, professor. This is the best way to prevent fear and loneliness.
I kissed her hand and said, I love your knowledge, which sparkles in your eyes.
How can I forget that evening when I delivered a lecture on astronomical history? She held my hand and said, You are a wonderful man. It is no wonder you have such success in your work!
I blushed at this, red as a boiled lobster.
She smiled and said, Your modesty makes you all the more adorable.
She was an intelligent girl. I loved her mind. You know what made her distinctive from other girls? Other girls were a collection of body parts controlled by a mind, but she was a mind supported by body parts.
Her only dream in life was to visit the moon. Since her childhood, she had been dreaming of it. Once she told me about her childhood, spent in a poor village of India. Her secondary school Education passed her by in a lonely blur. In solitude she wandered the school grounds or sat under trees with a pad and pen. Her lunch breaks were spent in the library accompanied only by science fiction books. At home, after completing her homework she would spend her time dreaming of space and the moon. She passed her exams with distinction but it meant nothing for her. This was not her dream. Others may have escaped reality by dreaming unrealistically but she never forgot the hardships and lessons of reality. She never allowed reality to obstruct her dreams and plans with defeat. She knew that she had to harness talent more precisely to pursue her dreams.
She wanted to join NASA. She won scholarship and got admission in aerospace program in Texas. She made her way to her goal smoothly. I knew she would get her target one day. It was not amazing for me when she was selected as an aeronautical engineer in NASA.
The Professor looked again at the sea, where the seagull was still diving to catch the fish.
Did you express your love for her, Ramnath? I asked, presenting a cigarette to him.
No, never. The beauty of love does not lie in expressing it directly. It lies in hidden words. As you know Unheard Melodies are sweeter. But I got one thing very real from her. I was mystically transformed by her. She converted me from being nonexistent to being existent.
I still remember the sad evening of her departure from India. Something in me was telling me that she would never return. Such people never come back. They never look back. Their destination is always ahead of them. The suns last rays were sinking behind the trees. Shadows rose from the dense woods on both sides of the track. I saw her, waving her hands; I could see her sparkling eyes even from a distance. The distance eventually made her vanish and I could not see her anymore. Oh life, cruel stepmother, why have you separated the two of us?
The Sea was silent now. Smooth waves were singing a sweet song. Ramnath stood up, walked slowly over and leaned his head against the cold windowpanes, overlooking the unfathomable waters, where the seagull was scraping his beak after eating a mackerel.
I looked at the sea again as I thought about Ramnath and his sorrow. Life has no mercy.It scraps us up like the seagulls do when they find their prey.
I reluctantly rose from the chair, sighed, took a look at my wristwatch as if the time mattered and walked out the door. I walked onto the sidewalk and up the street leaving Ramnath behind without saying goodbye. Most of the place was quiet. A few workers were returning from their night shifts. I was thinking about Kalipna who left her land to achieve glory and how death finished her at the moment of her glory. I thought about Neil Marr advising me to write more stories.
I put a cigarette in my mouth, but instead of lighting it I just placed it in my mouth for effect and to give my fingers something to do. I did not want to think anymore. That was enough for one night.
Muhammad Nasrullah Khan.
23-C Commercial Area Satellite Town C
Bahawalpur, Punjab.
Phone: 0092-3006825501 E-Mail: email@example.com
BIO: "I try to write heartfelt stories based on bitter realities. I belong to a country where people are afraid of life. Their sleep has lost dreams. I want to reawaken their oppressed dreams; I want to share their woes; I want to share the suffering of their shrieking souls. Humanity is dying and I am trying to put a few drops of water on its dry tongue so that it should face death bravely. My writing is the echo of their flagging hopes and raging desires."
Before Sunrise
Muhammad Nasrullah Khan.
Neeha Roomi was only 12 when she was raped for the first time. She was a famous model and dancer. Her delicate untroubled style was famous throughout Arab world; it aroused the deepest emotions of her audiences. It was hard to tell, as you watched her perform, that she had been raped repeatedly in her childhood.
I had known of Neeha for many years. I had seen her dance on Arab T.V. But I did not meet her until my friend, Abdullah, took me to one of the most highly reputed Arabian nightclubs, to a special show in which Neehas dance was featured.
As he and I found seats at a small table, Abdullah said, I am going to tell you something about which you will want to write a story.
He knew that I was a writer, and I knew that he was a good story teller. And so he spoke, and I listened. Abdullah poured wine and passed a cup to me.
He began, speaking slowly:
Rape is very common thing in our country, Pakistan.
So what is strange about that? I said. Evil itself is very common in our country. Some are dropping bombs on innocent people and others are raping girls. More important, our leaders are raping the whole land, while we are exchanging talks about our fatherland like a volcano vomiting. Let us drink and forget our aching prayers I raved on, indifferent to the poor, ravished girls. I stood up and looked out at the sun, like a golden ball growing smaller, which was disappearing behind the fast shut eyelid of the ocean.
"Did you not hear what I just said?" asked Abdulla with a sound of anger in his voice, thinking I wasn't listening or that I cared not to what was happening in our country. He set his glass down heavily, seeming very annoyed.
"Yes, I heard you. Speak, I'm listening."
Abdulla stared at me for a while. Finally he began: "Neeha is a Pakistani girl. She left home at a very tender age. She was sold to a Brothel house and was exposed to endless rapes."
Abdulla walked toward the window where I stood, both hands in the pockets of his pants, as though in thought. He then turned his back toward me. I could tell something was not right as he walked toward the table.
I frowned. Girls are taught about this danger from an early age. When a young pretty girl runs away from home, she takes her chances.
I felt no remorse for my unconcern. However, I then spotted an opportunity. Perhaps the outrages about which Abdullah wished to speak would make a good story, a story which might be beneficial to my reputation as a writer. As the band played unmistakable theme song from Magnolia Girls, I clinked my glass with Abdullahs and urged him to go on.
Abdulla continued, while the musics resounding beat snaked through the bar. Neeha ran away from home because she had been raped by her father.
I snorted with disbelief.
Believe it, my dear writer, Abdullah said. Facts are always strange.
He looked at me closely. Shall I continue?
I was not sure. Abdullah and I had been friends since college, and Id never known him to lie. But it was such a bitter truth, so hard to believe.
Why her father? It was such a disgusting truth. As I sat with face in my hands, pouring out my heart, Abdullah poured himself another drink of wine. "Care for another?" he asked offering me my cup.
"No, I just want you to tell me more about Neeha."
Abdulla proceeded;
"I was in my twenties when Neeha was born. She was the daughter of Fatima Dai.
Dai is the title for women in the villages who earn their living by singing at weddings, and births of male children. These women live to entertain others. They make people laugh, children happy. Lovers use them to deliver secret messages while elders delight in them. They are like minstrels. They live on peoples' joys, though no one cares for theirs.
At seventeen, when I became a man and first felt the stormy urge for sexual satisfaction, my friend revealed another secret of Fatima. He told me about feeding time, when young men are trained for sex.
One day I stole five rupees, the fee for feeding, from grandmother's old box and walked to the dark hut of Fatima. As I knocked on the door of her muddy, dirty room, my hand trembled.
She came outside. There was a strange look on her face.
"Is your mother okay?" she asked.
"I'm not here for my mother. I have come..." I paused.
"Don't be afraid," she said. "Tell me frankly why would you come here in this darkness?
Fatima broke into startling laughter.
What is it you will do with me? She laughed.
I started to laugh as well. My fears melted away.
"Yes Fati, I am here for feeding." She grasped my hand and took me inside.
"Where is my fee?" she asked immediately.
I gave her my five rupees.
Abdullah paused. He did not meet my eyes.
What did she do? I asked with great intensity.
Knowing that I was immature, she did everything.
So you got what you paid for.
I looked at Abdulla and waited to hear what else he had to say.
"I am not sure. There was an intolerable smell on her body and mouth, like the stinking smell of a dead animal. Even at that young age, I sensed that sex should be sweet and gentle, not repulsive. But that is not the worst of it. Afterwards she told me, Run away now.
No love or kindness? She just told you to run away?
Correct, Abdullah said, lowering his voice to a whisper. I looked at her dumbfounded. Why should I run? I asked her.
I moved closer to Abdullah. What did she say?
Her answer was quite upsetting for me. Abdullah moved back to the table, sat down, and examined the tablecloth closely. She said, because now it is feeding time for your father. Your mother is pregnant, you know."
I felt as if someone had thrown a bomb on me. I ran and ran until I came to a graveyard. I fell to my knees near a saints tombstone and wept bitterly. For many years afterward, I was sexually abnormal because I had been exposed to sex in such an insensitive manner.
A year later Fatima married Gulami, the male Dai. His status was the same as Fatimas. A year after that, she bore Neeha. It was hard to believe such a pretty girl could come from such ugly parents.
Later, Neeha's father became another victim to the young men from the Pakistani Army. In those days there was tension on the borderline between India and Pakistan. The army would come and forcibly take poverty-stricken men away to fight against the enemy. As you know, dear writer, a poor man is unlucky by birth.
The Indian Army conscripted Ghulami for ten years. When he returned he was not the same person. He looked 100 years old, like a moving skeleton with a long white beard. We hardly recognized him.
Abdullah went on, That is when Neeha was raped by her father.
I turned my eyes away from my friend. Was I, a born writer, actually beginning to regret asking him to tell me this story?
Abdullah sighed, In those days Neeha used to go to Mosque to learn the Holy Quran. She always kept her head properly covered. Her father encountered her at the mosque. When he was taken away by army, she was 2. Now she was 12; he did not recognize her. He also experienced severe memory loss; he probably did not even realize that he had a daughter.
Abdullah persisted with the story. Neehas crying brought tears to the eyes of the most stonehearted people of the village. I am sure that even God in Heaven was weeping. When Ghulami discovered his victims identity, he was driven out of his mind with remorse. He disappeared into the barren mountains and was never seen again.
I went on with my life. I forgot about what happened until one night when I saw Neeha in a dance club. And now you will see Neeha for yourself.
Soon after, the emcee announced Neehas arrival. Tears sprang to Abdullahs eyes. She is still so beautiful! he said.
I was amazed to see how well Neeha danced. Her every step seemed to hold the breath of life. With a delicate, untroubled style, she aroused the emotions of the people. Her style perfectly combined both both beauty and art, both the promise of heaven and assurance of pleasure. She was amazing. She was wonderful. Her eyes held a feeling of hope and charm. My mind went back to the time when she was raped.
On the way to the bar to see Neeha, Abdulla wondered if Neeha would dance as she did the last night he saw her. To his surprise, she captivated his very soul.
After the show Abdulla introduced her to me. He is a Writer. He has a rich heart and great love for life and arts.
But does my base love for money and fame surpass the loves my friend has mentioned? I wondered. Aloud, I said, Though we have lived through different circumstances, it seems as if I know you. How might we become acquainted?
A coy smile slowly crept across Neehas face. It lingered as we walked out the door.
"So you want to write a story about me?" she said still Smiling. I did not answer. I was beginning to question my desire to use the outrages of her life to raise my own status, to wonder if debasing her in such a way might debase me still more.
She bent down, picked up a stone and cast it out toward the dark waves.
"What odd chaps you writers are," she said. You sell the afflictions of people and gain reputations. Then you die and other writers sell stories about your miserable life. First you talk about others, and then others talk about you. What a foolish desire to be known. I learned a long time ago that we should walk away from this life silently. Remember, all roads lead to the dark grave.
Her talk of death fascinated me, frightened me, and confused me. I lost all desire to exploit her for gain. My mind returned to the group of men who had exploited her so mercilessly, a group I no longer wanted to join.
How could she have put up with so much? I wondered. She was smiling, but I was sure that deep in her heart she was aching with sorrow.
She looked me in the eyes and in a most delicate tone she said, "Do you hear the sound of the sand constantly running? Do you hear the waves splashing against the cliff? She hesitated, ever so slightly. Do you hear steps creeping around the wet road on a stormy night? Do you hear the songs of a traveler singing in the vast desert? Do you hear the tragic music of falling leaves in autumn? Do you..."
I stopped her and said:
"Yes, yes, you are like me, a child at heart, even in this commercial society where feelings have become commodities. You love nurture and the arts.
My heart was developing feelings that I had never thought it could contain. I felt free, totally lost in the moment.
The waves had thrown a fish upon the sand. Neeha noticed this and ran to throw the helpless creature back in the water.
We are like that fish. she said. We get out of the water and someone, much like death, throws us back in. In this world, we are actually out of water but thanks to death, which takes us back to life. Death, in fact, is the real name for life. The rest is all sand! The desires we have are just love for sand."
My heart began to beat more rapidly. Neeha seemed to have a strange power over me. She had changed my mind, my feelings, and my outlook on life. We walked hand in hand along the seashore, looking out over the ocean waves. We no longer spoke.
The sweet confusion grew. My manhood bloomed with the desire to be closer to her. I was overwhelmed with the frightening but wildly exciting desire; I suddenly wanted nothing more than to love her forever.
We stopped and looked at each other. In the twilight of early morning, I could see her eyes glitter as if accepting my silent commitment. I took her face into my hands. She closed her eyes in surrender, and I softly placed a kiss on each of them. My heart leapt with joy.
"You are so beautiful!" I whispered.
But then I sensed a change in Neehas manner, a sudden distancing. She pulled away from me and looked at the rising sun.
She said softly, "Yes but, this beauty is for the beasts." And she walked away.
I stood alone on the sands of time waiting for someone to come to throw me into the water.


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New 'Louie' Season 4 Trailers: Talking Death and Vibrators, The Usual
Last week saw the long-awaited debut of 'Louie' season 4 releasing its first new footage with surprise guest Charles Grodin, but those hoping for a more involved look at the May 5 premiere are in luck. FX released a full spread of new footage in the latest 'Louie' season 4 trailers, teasing dark times ahead for the misanthropic comedian and a few vibrators, of course.
Following up on the Charles Grodin doctor visit of the first 'Louie' season 4 spot, the fuller look at the new run of episodes sees Louie's back causing him plenty of grief in getting around town, while other scenes cryptically see the comedian behind bars for getting into a fight with an elder man at a hospital. The second spot immediately follows the doctor's visit, as the receptionist offers Louie a familiar tool to run over his back, not realizing its intended use.
Despite the 19 months in between 'Louie' seasons 3 and 4, Louis' appearance on the new season of 'Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee' saw the comedian envisioning 'Louie' lasting "seven or eight years, tops," while some of the scripts for season 4 have been written in collaboration with fellow comedian (and prior guest star) Steven Wright. The new season will also run for 14 episodes, delivering two new episodes each week for seven weeks straight.
Take a look at the latest 'Louie' season 4 spots above and below, and tell us what you want to see when the Emmy-winning FX dramedy returns on May 5!


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LANDOVER, MD (February 11, 2012) - Day one of the 2012 Northeast Conference Indoor Track & Field Championships wrapped up on Saturday afternoon and after four scored events, the Sacred Heart women are in the lead and the men sit second heading into the final day of competition at the Prince George's Sports & Learning Complex.
The SHU women are out in front with 43.50 total points, in front of Monmouth in second, 33 points, and defending champion LIU Brooklyn in third, 22 points. On the men's side, Monmouth leads the field with 46 total points and SHU is second with 40 points. Defending champions Central Connecticut State is third with 24 points.
Sophomore Brittney Lane (Greenwich, NY) took home the NEC title in the 3,000 meters and led three Pioneers who scored in the event. Lane took home the medal with an ECAC qualifying time of 9:51.47. Grad student Brittany Heninger (Bristol, CT) also registered an ECAC qualifying time while finishing third in 9:54.82. Junior Alyssa Selmquist (Northford, CT) was seventh in a time of 10:13.90
Freshmen Emily Kiss (Kenvil, NJ) and Sarah Wallis (Forked River, NJ) both scored in the pole vault for SHU. Kiss cleared a height of 2.90 meters, good for fifth, while Wallis was seventh clearing the bar at 2.75 meters. Senior Ashley Matakevich (Stratford, CT) took fourth in the long jump with a leap of 5.51 meters.
In the shot put, sophomore Lindsay Aponte (West Islip, NY) took second in the event with an ECAC qualifying throw of 14.21 meters. Fellow sophomore Kolbi Smith (Valatie, NY) finished fifth with a toss of 13.07 meters while sisters Chantaul Smith (New Britain, CT) and Athalia Smith (New Britain, CT) were seventh and eighth, respectively, with throws of 12.39 meters and 12.24 meters.
In the women's 60-meter dash, freshman Ashia Wright (Cheshire, CT) advanced to Sunday's final with a qualifying time of 7.79 seconds. In the 500-meters, sophomore Katelyn Racanelli (Riverside, CT) ran the third fastest qualifying time at 1:18.55 to advance to Sunday's final.
A pair of Pioneers advanced to the finals in the mile Heninger and senior Brittany Llobell (West Sayville, NY). Heninger came in at 5:11.45 in her heat and Llobell clocking in at 5:09.38.
For the men, sophomore Drayke Jackson won the individual title in the high jump, clearing the bar at 2.07 meters, qualifying for IC4A's in the process. In the 3,000 meters, senior Jeffrey Lusignan (East Montpelier, VT) finished third overall with a time of 8:27.91. Junior Christopher Connelly (Medford, NY) was sixth overall clocking in at 8:30.86. Lusignan qualified for Sunday's final in the mile with a time of 4:16.15. He will be joined in the final field by senior Andrew Houghtalen (West Charlton, NY) who qualified with a time of 4:19.36.
Junior Philip Miccio (Jericho, NY) earned a third place finish in the weight throw with a throw of 16.43 meters. Sophomore Marc Troiani (Valhalla, NY) took fifth with a throw of 16.03 meters and junior Matthew Wagner was seventh with a toss of 15.83 meters.
In the long jump, sophomore Brandon Hutchinson (Bay Shore, NY) was second in the event with a leap of 6.96 meters. Freshman Gregory Hazell (Airmont, NY) was eighth at 6.66 meters.
Junior Jeremy Rosado (Brooklyn, NY) advanced to the finals in two events on Saturday. Rosado will run in the 60-meter dash final along with sophomore Kevin Eckel (Haverford, PA). Eckel ran a time of 7.04 seconds and Rosado ran in 7.08 seconds. Rosado ran the fastest qualifying time in the 60-meter hurdles at 8.28 seconds, will be joined by senior teammate Bertony Jean-Louis (Norwalk, CT) in the final thanks to his 8.40 clocking.
Three Pioneers will run in the finals of the 800 meters in sophomore Patrick Peterson (Gloversville, NY), Houghtalen and junior Nicholas Arena (Brewster, NY). Peterson ran the fastest time at 1:54.66, an IC4A qualifying time. Houghtalen was right on his heels at 1:55.89 and Nicholas was in at 1:56.91. In the 400 meters, freshman Warner Cooley (Central Islip, NY) and junior Matthew Lyhne (Wethersfield, CT) qualified for the finals with a times of 50.76 seconds and 50.94 seconds.
The final day of competition will get underway on Sunday morning.


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Spanning the globe for scary high bridges
By Thom Patterson, CNN • Published 31st August 2013
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It's called Gephyrophobia: fear of bridges.
The anxiety disorder sends shivers through travelers faced with crossing high bridges that millions of drivers use every day.
National headlines about bridge accidents don't help -- like the collapse of
Washington's Skagit River Bridge last May
and July's collision that sent
a driver and her car tumbling off Maryland's Chesapeake Bay Bridge
. Bridge disasters feed larger fears about whether the people we trust to inspect, repair and replace our critical infrastructure are doing their jobs.
Related: How safe is that bridge you're driving over?
"I have this dream about a bridge that goes up and never comes down,"
a driver told CNN Baltimore affiliate WJZ
. "My fear is when I start to feel dizzy that I will pass out."
Treatment varies, says psychologist
Dr. Joe Bienvenu
of Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, but sometimes patients can overcome the fear by first imagining themselves traveling over a high bridge and eventually working toward being able to do it in real life.
"Sometimes people get over it very, very quickly," says Bienvenu. Many high bridges offer services to have a driver take frightened travelers and their vehicles safely across.
Actually -- the bridge from the driver's dream isn't so imaginary. There's a real bridge just like it in Maine.
As you approach the nearly 75-year-old Deer Isle Bridge, the road surface appears to go up ... and up ... toward giant, looming green towers. Then, the asphalt appears to simply drop out of sight.
"It's a mystery. That's why you have that concern, you don't readily see what's in front of you" says bridge aficionado Patrick O'Donnell, who's traveled to hundreds of bridges around the world. "You've gotta take it on faith as far as safely getting to the other side."
Ten scary-high bridges
CNN's Tom Foreman explains that every state has hundreds of deficient bridges.
CNN's Erin Burnett shows surveillance video of the Washington bridge collapsing and other crumbled bridges.
Washington State bridge collapse reignites focus on nation's aging infrastructure. Dan Simon reports.
The Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, husband, father, and cabinet maker has spent the better part of his adulthood seeking out the thrill and beauty of magnificent bridges.
O'Donnell, 48, and fellow bridge aficionado Eric Sakowski have visited more than 1,000 bridges across North America and China.
And sometimes -- when nobody's looking -- they start climbing.
"Everyone says I'm nuts, crazy," laughs O'Donnell when asked about why he does it. He says he only climbs if there are no gates or signs prohibiting it. During a trip to Dent Bridge in Northern Idaho, O'Donnell hopped onto the structure's 24-inch diameter suspension cable on the eastern side of the bridge. On either side of him were handrail cables on which he kept a tight grip while he ascended, step-by-step, up the giant steel cable to the top of the bridge's south tower.
Although the cable isn't flat, "it provides a very wide surface to walk on as long as you have the handrail cables," he says. "I see people climbing these sheer rock face walls -- hanging by their fingertips -- and it's nowhere near as dangerous. But on bridges, if you do slip and fall, the outcome is not going to be good."
It was no more difficult than "climbing monkey bars when you're a kid." Within 10 minutes, he was sitting high above
Dworshak Reservoir,
with a spectacular view of Idaho's magnificent mountains, including
Clearwater National Forest
He snapped a few photos and paused to wave at fishermen on the smooth lake surface far below. Only a handful of cars passed over the bridge during the half hour O'Donnell spent perched on what he calls "the loneliest suspension bridge in North America."
"I just sat up there and took it all in."
Patrick O'Donnell visits the site of a Hawaii bridge building project.
Courtesy Patrick O'Donnell
Related: America's most dangerous bridges
But what about the cops? You'd think these bridge explorers would be worried about getting hassled by The Man -- especially in China, where Sakowski has been traveling a lot lately. He checked out the world's tallest -- the
Sidhue River Bridge
in Yesanguanzhen, Hubei, China -- in 2009.
Access to unfinished bridges, he says, is less regulated than you might expect. "I'll always take advantage of that and try to sneak onto the construction site and climb up the structure, if I can, to take a picture." Security is low, he says. "It's more of a 'hey, if you get hurt, it's your problem,' type of thing in China."
Several times in the United States, O'Donnell has been accosted by suspicious police driving by in their cruisers. "'Hop in," they'd say, before escorting him back to his car. "Luckily," O'Donnell says, "I've not been arrested."
By his count, O'Donnell has explored 1,103 bridges, including at least two in every state in the union. Although he never followed his boyhood dream of building bridges, he has embraced the subject so much that a conversation with O'Donnell may include terms like "streamlined aero foil deck" or "low-level trestle."
"It's the ability to build these bridges -- that's what fascinates me. The curves and the arches and the technological aspects of what's been accomplished over the centuries."
O'Donnell "has visited more suspension bridges than any person alive in the world," says Sakowski, 47.
The economic downturn put O'Donnell's cabinet-making career on pause. He focused on helping others as a paratransit driver -- transporting the elderly, shut-ins and the physically, mentally and intellectually challenged from their homes to adult day care, shopping, senior centers, work and the doctor.
As for Sakowski, the Los Angeles-based film and video producer began his bridge obsession as a boy by reading the "Guinness Book of World Records." He eventually focused on tracking the planet's lofty bridges and recording them on his site,
In 2010, he made headlines when -- armed with a laser-based precision measuring device -- he outed owners of the highest bridge in the U.S. -- Colorado's
Royal Gorge Bridge
. The laser measurement proved the bridge wasn't as high as advertised. Since the 1920s it had been billed as being 1,053 feet high. Sakowski marked it at 955. "I kind of shook things up a bit there," Sakowski admitted.
Eric Sakowski, right, and Chinese bridge engineer Shijie Du, at China's Sidhue River Bridge, the world's highest.
Courtesy Eric Sakowski
Drivers are required to cruise across the bridge, suspended above
a canyon cut by the Arkansas River
, at just 5 mph. Even at that speed, "the bridge moves and shakes," Sakowski says. "It's scary because of the wood planks. You get the feeling that one of them might give way and the car will get stuck there."
A wildfire last June burned much of the theme park surrounding the bridge, forcing the park to close for repairs. The bridge survived the fire "relatively unscathed," the parks services says, and it
reportedly could reopen later this year, at the soonest
For other bridge aficionados, mere climbing doesn't cut it. Bigger thrills come from jumping. Mechanical engineer Jason Bell has been BASE jumping off the nation's third-highest bridge -- the New River Gorge Bridge near Fayetteville, West Virginia, for 20 years.
An image of the bridge might be in your pocket right now.
It's pictured on the back of West Virginia's version of U.S. state quarters
Parachuting off the 876-foot-high steel structure feels "like a roller coaster -- or going over a bump in a fast-moving car," says Bell, 42. "It's a weightless feeling where your stomach is turning and you're flying like a bird."
Each year on the third Saturday in October, tens of thousands of bridge fans travel from around the world to celebrate
Bridge Day
, when the bridge is closed to traffic and 450 jumpers are allowed to take a giant leap into the New River below.
Hundreds jump off the third highest bridge in the U.S. each year at New River Gorge's Bridge Day celebration.
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"I have developed a connection with that bridge," says Bell, who's been helping to organize the event since 2002. "I'm a mechanical engineer so I can appreciate its beauty and the technical know-how that actually went into building the bridge." "I'd be devastated if that bridge were no longer. It seems like it's a part of me, to some degree."
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Sakowski is considering bungee jumping from a newly built bridge in Mexico when it officially opens later this year. With its road deck 1,280 feet above the ground, according to Sakowski's measurements, the Baluarte Bicentennial Bridge is the highest bridge in North America. More records are expected to fall soon, Sakowski says, as China is expected to complete two new super-high bridges in 2016 and 2017.
The United States has seen a golden age of magnificent bridges built since the 1930s, O'Donnell says, and now the nation will likely focus on maintenance. Transportation and civil engineering groups have been warning for years about the consequences of neglecting U.S. bridges. The average age of all U.S. bridges is 42 years,
according to the American Society of Civil Engineers,
which says one out of every nine bridges is structurally deficient.
Related: Find deficient bridges near you
One of those bridges is the 85-year-old Goethals Bridge,
which connects New Jersey and New York's Staten Island.
Goethals' lanes, Sakowski says, are squeezed so "you're right up against the barrier. You barely have enough room" to drive as the edge of the bridge looms so close, he says. "You kind of get a sense of queasiness." A $1.5 billion replacement for Goethals Bridge is
expected to be finished in 2017
Also slated for replacement is
New York state's longest bridge, the three-mile Tappan Zee Bridge
, crossing the Hudson River about 13 miles north of New York City. The replacement for
the 58-year-old structure is expected to open in 2018
. Meantime, the bridge website asks and answers
its own question: "Is the bridge safe? Absolutely."
Colorado has taken steps to replace its dangerous bridges
by funding a program funded by vehicle registration fees.
And in Northern California, the long and expensive effort to replace the eastern span of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge appears to be nearly done.
After 11 years and billions of dollars, opening of the 2-mile project is finally scheduled for September 3
Millions of travelers depend upon these truly awesome structures everyday -- and for O'Donnell, that's what ranks them among our most important feats of engineering.
"They're the ultimate expression on the achievements of the human race," he says. "Bridges -- unlike most buildings -- are meant to be used by everyone. Not only do they connect people, but they don't discriminate."
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|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00997204
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Results First Posted : July 28, 2014
Last Update Posted : July 28, 2014
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|Condition or disease
|Hereditary Angioedema
|Drug: Icatibant
|Phase 3
This Phase IIIb study was multi-center and open-label with a single dose level. Subjects with a documented diagnosis of HAE Type I or II were eligible to participate in this trial. Eligible subjects included those who had received treatment for HAE with icatibant in previous clinical trials, or subjects who had been previously treated with the marketed product Firazyr® and subjects who were naïve to icatibant treatment.
All subjects were trained on the method of self-administration at their enrollment visit (Visit 1).For the training sessions, a syringe pre-filled with 3 mL placebo solution was used in place of icatibant. Comprehensive educational material and instructions including pictograms were developed for the subjects to illustrate the method of self-administration and use of the Patient Diary. The training material provided additional information on how to self-diagnose an HAE attack and how to decide on the necessity to treat.In addition, instructions were provided on what to do in case of a laryngeal attack.
|Study Type :
|Interventional (Clinical Trial)
|Actual Enrollment :
|151 participants
|Intervention Model:
|Single Group Assignment
|None (Open Label)
|Primary Purpose:
|Official Title:
|Open Label, Multicenter Study to Evaluate Safety, Local Tolerability, Convenience, and Efficacy of a Self-Administered Subcutaneous Formulation of Icatibant for the Treatment of Acute Attacks of Hereditary Angioedema
|Study Start Date :
|September 2009
|Actual Primary Completion Date :
|June 2011
|Actual Study Completion Date :
|September 2011
Experimental: Icatibant- Naive Treatment Phase
Single subcutaneous injection of icatibant, 30 mg
Drug: Icatibant
Single subcutaneous injection of icatibant, 30 mg
Other Name: Brand name, Firazyr®
Experimental: icatibant- Self administration Phase
Single subcutaneous injection of icatibant, 30 mg
Drug: Icatibant
Single subcutaneous injection of icatibant, 30 mg
Other Name: Brand name, Firazyr®
- Number of Participants With Adverse Events in Self-treatment of Acute HAE Attacks With s.c. Injections of Icatibant [ Time Frame: 7 days from the beginning of each phase ]
Clinical safety of self-treatment of acute HAE attacks with s.c. injections of icatibant was assessed by calculating the number of AEs occurred during the study. Only those adverse events occurring up to the earlier of 7 days from the start of the naive phase, study discontinuation and start of the self-administration phase are assessed.
The Local Tolerability Assessment tool was used. Subjects and Investigators graded erythema/reddening, swelling, burning, pruritus/itching, warm sensation, and skin pain on a 0 to 3 severity scale.
- Clinical Efficacy of Self-treatment of Acute HAE Attacks With s.c. Injections of Icatibant, Time to Symptom Relief Using VAS Score for a Single Primary Symptom by Patient Cohort [ Time Frame: 48 hours post-dose ]Subjects assessed angioedema attack symptoms using the visual analogue scale (VAS) for skin pain, skin swelling and abdominal pain. The VAS is a continuous scale comprised of a 100 mm in length line, anchored by 2 verbal descriptors, one for each symptom extreme 0 (no pain) and 100 (worst pain). The respondent is asked to place a mark on the VAS line (any where between 0 and 100 mm) at the point that represents their pain intensity. The score is determined by measuring the distance (mm) on the line between the "no pain" anchor and the patient's mark, providing a range of scores from 0-100. A higher score indicates greater pain intensity. Score interpretation is: no pain (0-4 mm), mild pain (5-44 mm), moderate pain (45-74 mm), and severe pain (75-100 mm). Symptom relief is defined as at least a 50% reduction in a pre-dose VAS score of 30 mm or greater. The time to onset of symptom relief is defined as the first of 3 consecutive assessments at which symptom relief was observed.
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|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years and older (Adult, Older Adult)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
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Inclusion Criteria:
Each patient must meet the following criteria to be enrolled in this study.
- Males and females 18 years of age at the time of informed consent
Documented diagnosis of HAE Type I or II based on ALL of the following criteria:
- Family and/or medical history
- Characteristic attack manifestations, recurrent attacks
- Historical functional C1-INH <50% normal values
- Women of childbearing potential must use consistently and correctly a highly effective, adequate method of birth control (failure rate less than 1% per year) - sexual abstinence or have a vasectomised partner during the duration of the study. Hormonal contraception can be continued if verified by a physician that it doesn't affect the course of HAE attacks.
- Mental and physical condition allowing patients to complete baseline assessment, to self-administer icatibant and to follow other study procedures.
- Ability to provide signed written informed consent after all aspects of the study have been explained and discussed with the patient.
Exclusion Criteria:
Patients who meet any of the following criteria will be excluded from the study.
- Participation in a clinical trial of another investigational medicinal product within the past month (except a previous icatibant study).
- Diagnosis of angioedema other than Type I or Type II HAE.
- Evidence of symptomatic coronary artery disease based on medical history, in particular, unstable angina pectoris or severe coronary heart disease.
- Congestive heart failure (NYHA Class 3 and 4).
- Stroke within the past 6 months.
- Treatment with angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitor.
- Pregnancy and/or breast-feeding.
- In the opinion of the investigator: mental condition rendering the patient unable to understand the nature, scope and possible consequences of the study.
- In the opinion of the investigator: unlikely to comply with the protocol, for example, uncooperative attitude, inability to return for follow-up visits, or unlikely to complete the study for any reason.
- In the opinion of the investigator: inability to manage study medication or self-administration of an injection.
To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT00997204
|Hospital Britanico Unidad de Alergia
|Buenos Aires, Argentina, C1035AAT
|Universitätsklinik für Dermatologie und Venerologie
|Graz, Austria, 8036
|Odense Universitetshospital-OUH
|Odense, I og Alergicentret, Denmark
|Centre Hospitalier Universitaire/ Service de Dermatologie
|Angers, Angers Cedex 09, France, 49933
|Hospital Edouaed Herriot
|Lyon, Cedex 03, France, 69437
|Clinique Universitaire de Medicine/ Centre National de reference
|Grenoble, Grenoble Cedex 09, France, 38043
|Hopital Claude Huriex/ Service de medicine interne
|Lille, Lille Cedex, France, 59037
|Hopital Europeen Georges Pompidou Immunologie Clinique
|Paris, Paris Cedex 15, France, 75015
|Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Klinik für Dermatologie, Venerologie und Allergologie, Charité
|Berlin, Germany, 10117
|Universitäts-Hals-Nasen-Ohren-Klinik Essen, Universität Duisburg-Essen
|Essen, Germany, 45127
|Klinkum der Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universitat
|Frankfurt am Main, Germany, 60590
|Hautklinik und Poliklinik, Universitätsmedizin der Johannes Gutenberg-Universität
|Mainz, Germany, 55101
|Bnai-Zion M.C. Clinical Immunology and Allergy Division
|Haifa, Israel, 31048
|Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center - Allergy Unit
|Tel Aviv, Israel, 64239
|The Chaim Sheba Medical Center, The Allergy and Clinical Immunology Unit
|Tel Hashomer, Israel, 52621
|Ospedale Luigi Sacco
|Milano, Italy, 20157
|Universita degli Studi di Napoli 'Federico II'
|Napoli,, Italy, 80131
|Hospital Universitario Vall de Hebrón / Sección de Alergia, Escola Infermeria
|Barcelona, Spain, 08035
|Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Maranon
|Madrid, Spain, 28007
|Hospital Universitario La Paz, Servicio de Alergia
|Madrid, Spain, 28046
|Hospital Universitario La Fe, Servicio de Alergia
|Valencia, Spain, 46009
|Luzerner Kantonsspital
|Luzern, Switzerland
|Universitätsspital Zürich / Dermatologische Klinik
|Zurich, Switzerland, 8091
|United Kingdom
|Southmead Hospital, Department of Immunology
|Bristol, United Kingdom, BS10 5NB
|Barts & The London NHS Trust, Pathology and Pharmacy Building
|London, United Kingdom, E1 2ES
|Derriford Combined Laboratory, Department of Clinical Immunology & Allergy
|Plymouth, United Kingdom, PL6 8DH
|Study Director:
|Anja D. Lachmann, Dr.
|Jerini AG
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|Other Study ID Numbers:
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|First Posted:
|October 19, 2009 Key Record Dates
|Results First Posted:
|July 28, 2014
|Last Update Posted:
|July 28, 2014
|Last Verified:
|June 2014
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Skin Diseases, Vascular
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Physiological Effects of Drugs
Anti-Inflammatory Agents
Antirheumatic Agents
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*Alternately titled: When Mamas Go Wild
On Thursday night of last week, I joined Julie, Heather and Melissa for a drive down to the Warwick Hotel in Denver where we met up with more Boulder county bloggers Nicole and Alison and a whole lot of other Mile High Mamas (and an auntie) for a night of fun.
There was lots of mingling, eating, laughing and drinking wine tasting, all while supporting a good cause. Mile High Mamas teamed up with #GNO (Girls Night Out) Mom It Forward to support Office Max's national initiative A Day Made Better to provide one million dollars in school supplies to teachers in need. Many of us brought school supplies to donate to the cause.
I saw many familiar faces, but met some new fabulous women too (like Chris, Megan, Melitsa, and Kellie).
After the party on the patio of the Randolf Restaurant officially ended, we were invited by the hotel staff to go see the pool up on the rooftop – the only rooftop pool in Denver. I don't know if they realized they were asking for trouble when they extended that invitation or not. 😉
Once the mamas broke into their Charlie's Angels poses, it all went downhill from there (or rather, that's when the fun really began). Is this not the best pic evah?!
We decided to dip our toes into the warm water which soon turned to kicking and splashing.
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And that's when it happened. Aimee and Jyl were the first to JUMP INTO THE POOL (fully clothed, is there any other way? Oh yes, there is. Ask Julie and Alison about that. *wink*), followed by Heather (who was celebrating being cancer-free now!! Woohoo!) and Julie. Alison went in next, then after consulting Twitter who urged me to jump, I decided to step daintily down the ladder and went into the pool myself. I was greeted with lots of splashing. 😛
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More Charlie's Angels and synchronized swimming ensued.
Finally, we got out and dried off (and turned back into proper ladies) and made our way down to the bar for some more chit-chat before heading home.
There's no telling what a bunch of mamas will do when they get together. Next time, however, I'm bringing my bathing suit – just in case. Even with the heated seats (what a nice touch, Julie), that car ride home was still awfully wet! ;P
Thanks to Mile High Mamas, Amber, Barb, Jyl and the Warwick Hotel for a great night out I won't soon forget. 🙂
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TIMESBANYUWANGI, DENPASAR – The Ministry of Communication and Information of the Republic of Indonesia (Kemenkominfo) held an Online Shopping and Selling Socialization Forum: Cheap, Fast, and Safe in the hall of Mahasaraswati University, Denpasar, Wednesday (05/12/2018).
On this occasion the Ministry of Communication and Information held training and facilitate and online sales simulations to invite MSME entrepreneurs (Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises) or UMKM to participate in building and driving ecommerce businesses in Indonesia. This is because Indonesia considered as the great potential place for developing online transactions.
Kemenkominfo cooperates with the Denpasar city government, LPP RRI Denpasar, and the marketplace of Bukalapak to educate MSME regarding the use of e-commerce, it is expected that MSME players can be increasingly stimulated to maximize e-commerce in developing their businesses.
Moreover, Indonesia is considered to have enormous potential to become the largest digital economy country in Asia, regarding that currently there are penetration of internet users more than 132 million, e-comerce users who fulfill various needs of the community today.
Director General of Information and Public Communication of the Ministry of Communication and Information, Rosarita Niken Widiastuti, in her speech said that since the end of 2014, the Ministries and Associations together with the Institutions under the coordination of the Coordinating Ministry of Economic Affairs worked together to prepare a good ecosystem to develop the local e-Commerce industry.
The result is the givernment regulation No. 74 about the Indonesia e-Commerce Roadmap which contains solution initiatives related to e-Commerce issues to support and encourage the growth potential of Indonesian e-commerce.
The growth of e-commerce in Indonesia must be done together with related institutions to produce a comprehensive and synchronous policy.
"The government also formulates the main principles of e-commerce development through affirmative action with the main points of local e-commerce businesses, especially beginner businesses players and MSMEs, they get decent and priority protection," Rosarita continued.
Well, Director of Economic and Maritime Information and Communication, Septriana Tangkary, also attended the event
In his statement, Septriana said that online transactions through e-commerce portals are increasingly popular in the wider community, and this can be considered as positive development, because it is easier to connect current sellers and buyers.
It is important to say so to MSMEs (UMKM) to understand the potential large market.
"The initial steps have been exercised, but education on the use of e-commerce portals is important to continue to do," said Septriana. This economic development must continue to be stimulated, and the public must continue to be encouraged and supported to continue to make online transactions so that the industry can continue to grow rapidly. But it is important to remember, the community also needs to be protected by the knowledge of safe digital transactions, "she explained.
Septriana explained that through the event, she also wanted to do a socialization movement 'Ayo UMKM Jualan Online'.
Currently from the Central Statistics Agency (BPS) data, the contribution of MSME to Indonesia's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) reaches 61.41%, with the number of MSMEs reaching almost 60 million units. However, only about 8% or as many as 3.79 million MSME players have used online platforms to market their products.
"Though the consumer movement trend is really getting bigger in online transactions," she explained.
The event was divided into two sessions, the first session was the presentation of the speakers in a panel discussion format about buying and selling transactions in e-commerce in general.
Then the second session is an online selling workshop for MSME players, market traders or anyone interested in marketing their products online.
Also present and give a speech from the Rector of Mahasaraswati University, Dr. Drs.I Made Sukamerta, M.PD and Head of RRI Denpasar Dr.Drs. I Made Sukamerta, M.PD. The Director General of Information and Public Communication of the Ministry of Communication and Information, Rosarita Niken Widiastuti, also gave a keynote speech at the event.
There are also testimonials from several MSMEs who have successfully sold online.
Therefore, to overcome the reluctance of MSME to participate in the development of Indonesian e-commerce, KEMENKOMINFO invited several related speakers to help to show the onboard process for MSME, the introduction of online sales registration and how to sell online.
At present there is a large potential that must be explored in Indonesia, because the number of people who have access to the internet allows Indonesia to become the largest online transaction market in Asia. In 2020, e-commerce transactions in Indonesia are targeted to reach US $ 130 billion.
This can be achieved, if MSME are also involved in building markets from the provider of goods.
KEMENKOMINFO and all parties involved in this event believe that through the education and training provided, MSME can immediately take a role in the development of the e-commerce industry in Indonesia, and present a variety of items that are attractive to the growing market.
KEMENKOMINFO hopes that this effort can be carried out massively and sustainably. In the future, the role of KEMENKOMINFO is no longer a leader but as an enabler, which encourages the Regional Government to take a leading role in efforts to encourage MSMEs to grab the local and the global market while keep to show solid cooperation between Government, Business and Communication. (*)
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