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Well i promised i'd get copies of my results and after some form filling, a nice letter from my endocrinologist, a £10 payment to the NHS and help from a nice lady at RAEI x-ray department i picked up my disk of images this morning.
I had to run a little programme to view the images and it only runs on windows but after a few hours of playing around with the viewer and the files here are some slideshows of images from different views along with a video which is really quick but just pause it and move the cursor along to see things clearly.
When i get home tonight i will try and extract some better images from my media pc
In this first set of pictures the tumour appears first on picture 6 of 25. Spot the bust nose
In this next set of pictures the tumour comes into show on picture 7 of 12
In this next set of pictures the tumour comes into show on picture 4 of 12
And lastly here's the video. It is super quick so let it start, pause then move the slider to skip through the sequence

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I may have mentioned this previously, but throughout the cold winter months, my creativity, productivity, etc. slows down considerably. The cold, wet, grey days, one after the other, just put a damper on my energy, motivation and (though, I hate to admit it) overall attitude. But, in a moment of positivity, I said to myself – that's no excuse! So, today, I decided to blog about one little thing in particular that sometimes brightens my mood, and often delights my eyes, during this otherwise seasonal downer. That thing is the soft fall of a light snow as it gently lay on, well, everything. It adds a certain beauty to things we see everyday, and turns things that are ordinarily 'nothing to write home about' into lovely vignettes.
So, I've included a few shots that I thought made the winter a bit more pleasant! Some of them are shots of the recent snow we've had around here, but I've also included some photos I've snapped over the last few years, as well as one I snagged browsing the web.
So, if you're like me, and feeling hum-drum with all this cold weather, take a break and enjoy the beauty found in it!
These next few pics are from our time in NYC - they are views from our 3rd floor terrace (a tiny luxury in our 400 sq. ft. home) during one of New York's big storms.
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Data is growing exponentially, but only a small fraction is effectively leveraged today. As government leaders prepare for the next phase of business intelligence, they must be smarter in how they approach data to unlock its full value. We suggest they focus on contextual computing.
Context allows an individual to draw meaning from a word based on the conditions and other words surrounding its use. Context extends beyond words though. A value multiplier, context provides meaning to data and is a key success factor in the big data world. Since context is used by humans to decipher the meaning of words, can it similarly be used by systems or solutions to decipher meaning from volumes of large and seemingly complex data? That question and the challenges it addresses form the basis for contextual computing.
We believe the greatest future potential for context in computing can be found at the enterprise level – gaining contextual insight into vast amounts of data to support decision making. Introduced by IBM researchers in 2013, the concept of the contextual enterprise will have a deep impact across both traditional and emerging IT domains over the next decade.
Government organizations have long been one of the biggest generators, collectors and users of data. As such we sought to identify the opportunities, implications and planning considerations for implementing contextual computing solutions in government environments. We found that only 32 percent of government industry experts surveyed were highly familiar with contextual computing. However, they seem to recognize its potential, as almost 60 percent indicate their organization is likely to implement a contextual computing solution in the next three years.
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I try to sprinkle some excitement into the many hours of applying to jobs by going to new places in the city. I have enjoyed getting a coffee at a local restaurant while mooching off the free wifi to perform my job search. It's also nice to be able to just take a walk and see new things after staring at a screen for many hours.
I was thinking I would like to eventually become a User Interface designer. Now that I'm out here and applying to jobs, I see that I'm not exactly qualified or have the work to prove that I would be a successful UI Designer, even though I'm confident I would be. However, there are a lot of jobs for experienced UI, UX, and Interaction Designers in San Francisco.
Currently, my portfolio and experience covers a broad range of design styles and types. I am applying to essentially all design jobs that don't list experience as a requirement, and just hoping to make some contacts and possibly get an interview.
One of the roommates in the flat I'm staying at works in marketing at a tech company and gave me good advice. Based on my observations and what she told me, I think I will have the most luck finding a job as a Visual Designer or with getting an internship.
I have to admit that in my mind, an internship sounds like a step down, but that isn't the case with large tech companies and ad agencies. Internships often lead to full-time positions and provide valuable experience and insight for the job search.
This list is more something for my reference, but it could prove useful to other designers thinking of moving out here:
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SNOW-Shoot with Kayleigh
I absolutely love shooting and working with other photographers. It's a sort of camaraderie that only photographers know about. It's a time to dish, vent, gush, and of course, shoot. I was so so so excited to shoot with Kayleigh because not only is she one of my personal favorite area photographers but she's also A BEAUTIFUL MODEL. I mean, seriously... She has the 'fierce look' down like no one else.
We spent the evening in 4 inches of snow and freezing temperatures but it ended up working out just fine because of the awesome shots that came out of it. This field was actually behind the most random store out in the middle of no where and it just goes to show that photographers really can make something out of nothing!
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CINCINNATI, OH - The crisis caused by the current heroin epidemic is widespread and has done much damage. The epidemic has also caused the unintended consequence of news reports about the epidemic rising to epidemic proportions.
"It's a tragedy within a tragedy," said professor of journalism and sociology Dr. Kevin Hatfield. "One must look further than just the tragic users whose lives have been ruined by their use of heroin. People should also look at the tragic lives of people in the media who have to find a new way to tell their viewers about how heroin is a problem. They've got to come up with three or four stories a week about the same subject. I think I would rather have an empty bank account and track marks than be faced with that task."
The epidemic of news stories about the heroin epidemic may, in fact be tragic. However, many reporters are bravely facing the reality of the heroin news story epidemic with determination and a strong work ethic. "Look, it's May sweeps," said WLWT anchor Sharee Paolello "Viewers were getting pretty bored with the prostitution stories and the stories about moms who like to fire guns while dressed in bikinis. We look at the epidemic of heroin stories as feel good stories for our viewers. If nothing else, at least their lives aren't as bad as your average junkie."
Other news anchors share the sentiment, but look forward to the end of the epidemic of news stories about the heroin epidemic. "I'm losing my patience with it, to be honest," said Tricia Macke of Fox19. "Yesterday we ran two stories about the heroin epidemic in the first five minutes, and we also had a segment on the weather about how the pollen count is impacting heroin users, and then we had Joey Votto's thoughts on heroin during sports. I'm looking forward to when we can go back to covering other important things. Like running my eighteenth, three-part, up close and personal interview with Jeff Ruby. Damn, I guess I should have asked him what he thinks about heroin."
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A similar approach has been taken during the launch of Operation SOPHIA/EUNAVFOR MED. In addition to Cyber awareness seminars and the use of EDA-developed human resources management software, EUNAVFOR MED is using the MARSUR networking project developed within the framework of the Agency to facilitate common maritime situational awareness. OHQ SOPHIA is also testing a software application, named GeohuB, developed jointly by EDA and EU SatCen which provides a centralized environment for geospatial information sharing and analysis.
The European Defence Agency has also been testing in the EU Training Mission (EUTM) in Mali an EDA-funded "Smart Energy Camp" demonstrator since end 2015 which analyses the benefits of integrating new technologies into traditional power grids for deployed camps.
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When capabilities required in operations are not available, contracting commercial solutions to alleviate shortfall can be an option. The Agency, has a combination of industry knowledge, in-house technical expertise and experience in procurement, which can support CSDP operations/missions and Member States in their procurement procedures and save scare resources. EDA offers support for ad-hoc procurement as well as pre-missions solutions.
In 2014, the expertise of the Agency was called upon by Operation EUFOR Althea in Bosnia-Herzegovina. The EDA provided assistance for the contracting of Air-to-Ground Surveillance (AGSR) services. A procurement arrangement was signed with the Operation Commander and allowed the Agency to assume the lead role in administering the procurement procedure.
Further to this pilot case, a Cooperation Arrangement was signed in 2015 with Athena, the mechanism established to administer the financing of the common costs of European Union operations having military or defence implications, to facilitate contracting support to CSDP operations. Under this arrangement, the Agency has supported several missions to assist interalia procurement of special and armored vehicles, medical equipment or to analyse cost-benefit of outsourcing camp management. EDA also offers a web-based Contractor Support to Operations (CSO) Platform, to serve as a forum for interaction between contracting authorities and economic operators.
In June 2015, the Athena Mechanism joined the EU SatCom Market ad hoc project of the European Defence Agency. As part of ongoing efforts to improve the procurement process of the different operations, this allows Athena and all EU CSDP military operations to pool the purchase of satellite communications and related services with other EU Member States that are already part of this initiative. Since February 2016, CSDP civilian missions are also making use of this joint procurement scheme in Niger, Mali, Ukraine and Somalia. This is a perfect example of concrete and effective civil-military synergy in the framework of CSDP.
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I am happy to participate in a group show of Seelevel Gallery, with a.o. Laurence Aegerter, Ola Lanko and Marijn Bax during ART Rotterdam 2016. ART Rotterdam will take place from February 11 until February 14 in the old VanNellefabriek. Visit the gallery at booth 54!
One of the works on show will be Hundred Years. It is a double image of the Bromo volcano, Java, Indonesia. The first image is a drawing from a more than hundred year old geography schoolbook, which I found in my father's collection of antique books. The other one, is a photograph made by me in 2009.
As this one composed image reveals, not much has changed in the hundred years that passed. Sometimes, traveling back to the past is not a hard thing to do.
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The Mirena IUD: Is It Safe?
You're a modern woman with a modern outlook on sex. You're positive your boyfriend/husband/sex partner doesn't have any STD's and you're sick and tired of condoms. You want a spontaneous sex life, like your aunt Trixie had back in the 60's. Well, so do I, girlfriend, so do I.
What I don't want, is an unplanned pregnancy. And, since you're obviously Googling IUD's, I'll just assume you're in the same boat. Like me, you've probably been reading about the latest birth control methods science has to offer – and scratching your head over the multitude of conflicting reports on how each will affect you. The Mirena IUD is becoming quite popular, but is it safe? How often do people have problems with it?
If you skip to the comments below, you'll find a long list of personal reviews and opinions from women who have used the Mirena IUD. While it seems to work well for some women, others have been less fortunate. If you've got a story to add, please feel free to post it.
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What is it and what does it do?
An IUD (IUS, for the Brits) is a small, plastic, T-shaped device that your OB/GYN inserts into your uterus. The old-fashioned IUD's (sans hormones) are famous for nasty side-effects, but the Mirena is often touted as getting around most of these due to the Levonorgestrel. This IUD works by preventing sperm from reaching the egg and fertilizing it. It also thins the lining of the uterus, which is what leads to reduced bleeding over time.
Why's this better than other methods like The Pill which also contain this hormone?
Well, for starters, it contains far less of the Levonorgestrel hormone than you find in The Pill. And, it sends it directly to the uterus lining, as opposed to filling your circulatory system with it. Much safer, for obvious reasons. It's also praised by some women for it's effect on the menstrual cycle – it reduces bleeding, and, in some cases, eliminates menstruation altogether for the duration of its placement. Let's see The Pill do that.
How long can it be in there for?
Up to 5 years – you can take it out sooner if you want to.
Who can use it?
It's important to read the Mirena site carefully – they actually say this is intended for women who've already had a child. Pharmaceutical companies do not say things like that without a very good reason and that's definitely something to take note of. They also mention women who've had cancer should avoid Mirena because of the hormones. Other than that, it seems like anyone with a uterus can use it.
How effective is it?
Bayer claims Mirena is 99.9% effective. That means 1 in 1000 women will still get knocked up. Believe it or not, you supposedly get the same efficacy from sterilization.
How much does it cost?
If you live in the UK, their National Health Service covers it. If you live in the US, you already know health insurance companies often suck and do anything they can to make you pay out of pocket. This is actually covered by some of them, however, cos having a baby costs them a whole lot more than an IUD. If your insurance does not cover it, it will cost you about $585. You can pay it all upfront, or you can put it pay monthly installments. Let's hope they don't mean Layaway… Ok, it all sounds cool thus far, right? Even with that price tag. Well, let's get down to the real issues. The ones that have kept me from having this thing inserted.
Side Effects:
Bayer alleges there are very few side effects, and that 9 in 10 women recommends the Mirena to their friends. I assume that means 9 in 10 women don't have trouble after it's in there. Bayer does mention the following are possible, however: Weight gain, acne, cramps, pain, dizziness, headaches, breast tenderness, mood changes.
Wow, kind of sounds like what many women go through once a month without using this thing.
Ok, maybe not. They say these effects are rare and, when experienced, tend to go away within a few days. So, fine. The problem I have, is all the women posting all over the internet with their horror stories about devastating acne, weigh gain up to 15 pounds despite healthy eating and exercise, and pain akin to being stabbed with a needle. Obviously, as with anything that changes the body drastically, there are going to be some people who don't tolerate it well.
Bayer claims this has been used safely, and without incident, by 8 million women for the last 16 years.
I don't know any of them personally, so I can't do much more than ask those I know who've recently started using it.Truthfully, everyone I know currently using it doesn't report problems. They say they haven't experienced weight gain, acne or other distressful symptoms. I find this comforting, but for me the jury is still out on whether or not I want one of these things living inside of me.
My recommendation:
The Mirena website is biased, obviously, but they do have loads of info posted and it will help you figure out whether or not you're a candidate. Once you've determined that, scour the internet for real woman with real experience, and keep it in mind when making your decision. At this time, I'm not any more in favor of Mirena than anything else, but that doesn't mean you shouldn't be. Just be sure you do your research!
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What's this? Another post already? That's right I'm goin' classic rock with a Two Fer Tuesday edition posting.
First off. I would like to address the previous post and say that I am not opposed to rap music. I think there has been groundbreaking music from the hip hop genre over the last 30+ years, and I am a fan of the music of NWA, Public Enemy, Outkast, and the Wu Tang Clan. Yeah I know they aren't cutting edge anymore, but I like some new stuff like Rocky ASAP and Shabazz Palaces too.
What I detest is the stuff that is Pop music, which is slightly hard to define. Just like New Wave, Alternative, Indie, and Classic Rock; they are stupid names invented by music journalists, or THE ENEMY if you've seen the movie Almost Famous. New Wave was just a new wave of rock music, because they were still playing guitars, bass, drums, and keyboards, but they had cut their hair and the sound was evolving. Alternative was an alternative to the heavier rock sounds of the '80s and was originally bands like They Might Be Giants, New Order, The Smiths, and Siouxsie and the Banshees, until Nirvana, Alice In Chains, and Soundgarden showed up and they were Alternative too, but they were also Grunge because they wore sleeveless flannel and Doc Martens, had a heavy Black Sabbath influence and looked like they needed a shower. I hate the term Grunge. Anyone who grew up in the Pacific Northwest knows that you could always find used Pendleton flannels at secondhand stores. They are logger shirts. And for a poor, unsigned musician, they were cheap.
Black Sabbath were considered the Godfathers of Heavy Metal. And what's Heavy Metal? Not only is it a funny old cartoon movie with a very un-Metal soundtrack, it's a line from Steppenwolf's Born To Be Wild. As in "Heavy Metal Thunder." Which is in reference to racing a car or motorcycle down the road. Classic Rock was invented in 1985, right after the failure of New Coke brought about Classic Coke and suddenly music made by bands in the '60s and '70s had shown some staying power. Rock N' Roll was invented by a Cleveland DJ referring to what you wanted to do with your girlfriend in the backseat of your Chevy. What's weird is how bands who emerged in the '80s and weren't a part of Classic Rock are now on those stations. Do you think Ludwig Von Beethoven set out to write Classical Music? What do you think he called his music when he hit on girls at bars? And most importantly, where did teenagers of the day go to have sex since it was at least a few hundred years before the invention of the automobile?
Of course Pop music just means it's popular and sells singles, and makes hits, and next year it's so uncool. But at the moment the coolest of the cool is to be Indie, which started out as independently produced music that avoided major labels yet somehow became "Pop"ular and tended towards whiny songs by guys in skinny jeans with ironic facial hair.
The point of my rant is that I love music from all of these genres, and have taken different things from these different influences. The best bands and musicians in my opinion have this attitude. Nothing more boring than a band that never listened to music outside of the genre they chose to play. Much of this is the fault of the industry itself, because it's purely about making money. If you look at much of the entertainment business today, the CEOs all have a background as accountants. It all about the bottom line. Quality and originality are secondary to finding ignorant people to buy, buy, buy. Generally its kids because they just don't know any better through lack of exposure. And the media sells them on the attitude that you're young and nobody's ever done it like you before. All your parent's music that came before was nothing. Yeah, The Beatles never really did much.
I've been around long enough to see bands come and go, and it's interesting to see their legacies. Time gives an interesting perspective. Remember when Creed was popular?
Last night I dropped in on a Blues Jam in the East Village because I want to get my guitar playing chops up. I didn't play, I felt more like scouting the competition, this being New York and all. Now when I say competition it's in a friendly way, because I don't want to "beat" the other musicians, but yeah, I want to look good. Guitar players especially seem to have fragile egos when it comes to their craft, and may not always be friendly. Back in college I would go to the Monday night Blues Jam at Good Times, and it was a lot of fun with a mix of old and young but as always there was a little bit of that, "I'm better than you" attitude.
Last night had a few impressive performers, Black, White, Asian, old, young. There were also more than a few dogs as well. There was the Heavy Metal guy who didn't know how to play rhythm and his leads didn't say much either; the white kid who was up there only to sing, but had bad pitch, sung too quiet, and had no stage presence; and the old guy who got up to sing and play and really couldn't do much of either. He bore a striking resemblance to Skeletor from the He Man cartoons and when he stiffly sang "I'm gonna rock you baby all night long" or some sexual reference I nearly snorted beer out my nose.
But it wasn't all bad. There was an older black guy in a fedora that sang soulfully and played some great guitar, and a few young black kids that were impressive on the guitar. One of which was paired up with Skeletor, and I later heard Fedora tell him he needed to be louder, at which point he said Skeletor told him to turn down. Which goes to show you how in the fragile world of guitar player egos, the worst skilled will always try and find a way to sabotage you. Right Ian?
In all fairness, there were some good white guitar players, and an Asian kid that was good on the drums. And this Puerto Rican guy in all leather was playing some great saxophone, I'd even seen him playing earlier in the day in the subway. In all it seemed a decent blues jam, and one I could definitely keep up with, because I'll admit it, more than a few times I thought, "I'm waaaay better than that guy. At singing too." And while far from the oldest, I certainly wouldn't be the youngest person there either. The crowd was a good mix too, with NYU nearby there was also good talent from a visual standpoint. So I'll make my way back to be a part of the music and hopefully like in college, have some Good Times.
Thanks for listening, this is Stevie Tre Pay signing off the digital airwaves with a Two Fer from the guy that first inspired me to pick up the electric guitar. James Marshall Hendrix.


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Julien Roubinet
Born in France, lives and works in New York
Julien seeks to document tracts of American counterculture using a variety of photographic mediums including digital, Polaroid, 35mm and medium format. Some of his most recent work includes the tapes serie, in which he offers a reflection on the intangible aspect of the music industry today. The large scale prints of these cassettes are an attempt to embody this absence.
Roubinet's photos have appeared in various magazine, he also co-published a photography essay about the World of Speed in Utah, Voila Bonneville. and had his first solo show in The Great Frog, 72 Orchard Street, New York in 2014.


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Opinion: Iran in Latin American
WSJ's Americas columnist Mary Anastasia O'Grady discusses Argentine prosecutor Alberto Nisman and Iran's strategy in Latin America. Photo: Associated Press.
This transcript has been automatically generated and may not be 100% accurate.
... all on Dan Henninger well but we think a bar and Iran as the rest of the world we normally think of the Middle East ... Iraq Syria and even Israel ... the mini will we should be thinking about his Iraq as a threat in Latin America ... here to talk about that with me is are America's columnist Mary Anastacia O'Grady carry ... and so on ... apparently there is a prosecutor in NAU in Argentina ... who is looking in deeply to the radiance of participation ... AW I in in full training in penetrating Latin America and he has just released a report all Slavov about it ... right well time Alberton east mine was named to the prosecutor in the case involving a terrorist attack on a Jewish community center ... in Wenger's side is that happen in nineteen ninety four ... I he was named that ... the prosecutor in the case in two thousand five ... in two thousandsix he didn't die aided seven Iranians and one Lebanese foreign member has a lot ... in that case ... aam none of those people have been captured their Interpol red notices out for them but know that have been brought in ... as many times he kind of picked up this the red and started to follow it when he found what is that ... the ... structures that were built by the rain Aeon's in order to carry out the bombing of the Jewish community Center a ninety four when very similar ... to the structures that were built ... in order to ... plan ... and ... potentially execute although it didn't happen ... the bombing were the odd that the plot to blow up John F Kennedy Airport in New York in two thousandseven ... I've that this similarities between the two cases were so that audience in and really frightening ... day he began to look more more at this and what he found was that ... you're on really has a methodology ... in order to it's it's designed to export revolution ... to the rest of the world and in Latin America it's been doing it in a number of different countries ... from relieve the Caribbean all the way down to the sudden Connor loves chocolate about which countries ... that have been penetrating and what their normal modus operandi is how they operate the country will he said the thing that in any early eighty s and that from that meeting they put one Diane argentino which was sadness that called for by me ... I think when Denver's sale and they had as an agent a guy who was Ardi winning Indiana ... which is in the northern part of South America ... working for them and that I was living Diana is a guy who was actually convicted and is now in Zhao ... of foreign plot ... involving the attention of JFK ... his job was not just to do that but basically this bread ... by this idea of revolution throughout the Caribbean for recruiting and radical eyes me as I mean basically named proselytize an unnamed radicalized people but they also collect money ... I and a plant in a ... planned what they're going to do but the whole idea is to spread in Islam through revolution ... with the vitamin a was Mary I suppose we should talk all been about what's going to be calm of of Mr nice month's report though he has fallen to some ... people tend to ... controversy and difficulty with the Argentine President ... wellies as I'm present and has been trying to make friends when ... I Kiron ... and out last year they announce that they would have rather than using the findings of the prosecutor ... Dave would have a truth commission which would supposedly reveal everything a truth commission ... would be tight ... and so are headed by Iraq and ... an Argentine and alot Argent IDs found that rather appalling ... I do think that this five hundred page report that he's for lease ... is a response to that in other words he's saying look what I really getting into the bottom that says if we have a truth commission whiff that I the criminals on the commission or accusing them people move on the commission ... and what he wants is instead to bring this intention of the world you know at large which is why he put on the south there are potentially disturbing report Mary thanks for discussing with the ...


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By PHILIP M. BOFFEY – The New York Times
AT a time when many American cities are in despair over unsuccessful efforts to move mental patients out of mammoth asylums and treat them back in the local community, there is at least one city in the world that seems to have made it work – Trieste, in the far northeast corner of Italy.
Since the early 1970's Trieste has drastically reduced the size of its traditional mental hospital and has developed a series of neighborhood clinics that provide services to patients living in small groups in apartments, in their homes or at the clinic itself, which is open 24 hours a day and maintains a handful of beds for use in emergencies.
The few foreign experts who have studied developments in Trieste have come away favorably impressed. A recent visit to the city found psychiatrists and social workers enthusiastic in extolling the benefits of the new approach.
This apparent but little-known success in Trieste stands in marked contrast to the highly publicized failures of "deinstitutionalization" in major American cities.
The original goal of deinstitutionalization, both in this country and abroad, was to replace the mammoth, remote, impersonal mental hospitals, where patients were often locked up and given little care, with community clinics that could provide care and supervision while the patient continued to live and function in the neighborhood.
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The first half of the process has been carried out vigorously in this country, where the number of patients in state mental hospitals has been cut by almost three-quarters in the last three decades. But the second half of the process, the provision of a strong network of community services, has been largely neglected.
In New York City, for example, thousands of mentally ill people wander the streets, where they fall prey to thieves and muggers, unscrupulous landlords, or the complexities of urban life.
The situation in some of Italy's largest cities may not be much better. In 1978, Italy adopted a mental health law that virtually required the phasing out of mental hospitals. It forbade the admission of new patients to large state mental hospitals, The new law made involuntary commitment much more difficult, encouraged those already in the hospitals to leave if they could and required the treatment of patients through community-based services or small wards in general hospitals.
Although outside experts consider this the most radical deinstitutionalization law adopted by any Western country, many Italian communities have not provided alternative services to replace the big hospitals. The Italian press carries frequent stories about mentally ill people clogging the streets of Rome and Milan, driving their families to distraction and suicide, brutalizing innocent people or falling victim to brutality or misfortune themselves. Leaders in several Italian political parties are now pushing to reinstate some form of state mental hospital, at least on a small scale.
But in Trieste, according to mental health leaders there and outside observers, deinstitutionalization seems to have worked pretty well. Trieste's achievement offers clues to some of the ingredients needed if deinstitutionalization is to succeed.
The process started in 1971, when the late Franco Basaglia, a radical, charismatic psychiatrist, took over as director of the mental hospital in Trieste. Driven by a leftist ideology that viewed asylums as prisons used by society to deprive individuals of their rights, he soon attracted a band of loyal, young psychiatrists to carry out his dream of community clinics, and he reached out for broader support, forming alliances with radical students and workers, and winning the backing of the Communist Party and the local leaders of the Christian Democratic Party, among others.
The mental health centers he established now serve communities ranging from 16,000 to 55,000 people. The largest, San Vito, in the center of the city, handles about 450 patients a year and is staffed by four psychiatrists, two social workers and 22 nurses or attendants, about half of whom once worked at the old mental hospital. Patients wander in and out of the clinic, chat with the staff, watch television, eat lunch or dinner at the center's free dining room across the street, and stay overnight, if necessary, in one of the clinic's eight beds.
Vincenzo Pastore, director of the San Vito center, and Bruno Norcio, director of a similar center outside the city, said in a joint interview they took a "global approach" that tried to meet all the patient's needs, personal, practical and social, not just the mental health problems. Each day staff members visit the small groups of patients living in apartments or offer counseling to families caring for patients at home. The chief forms of treatment are drugs and talk.
How much psychiatric care is being provided is not entirely clear. Douglas Bennett, a British psychiatrist who reviewed the program in Trieste for the World Health Organization in 1978, found that the care was more "supportive" than "medical" in nature and that there was little evidence of psychiatric treatment. Even so, he concluded, those attending the centers or living in the group apartments appeared to be in "much better" condition than those patients who remained in the hospital.
The contrast is palpable. A reporter's visit to two group apartments found the patients up and about and proud to show off the cleanliness of their rooms. A visit to a ward still operating on the old hospital grounds, the province of a holdout psychiatrist who refused to adapt to the new ways, found 45 patients in bed, dozing or staring at television, bathed in an aroma of urine behind locked doors and barred windows.
Loren R. Mosher, an American psychiatrist who spent nine months studying the Italian mental health program in 1980 and 1983, concluded that strong professional leadership, a political climate that welcomed social reform and the availability of national health insurance money to pay for both medical and social services were key factors in successful deinstitutionalization. "Where there is strong leadership and commitment by the provincial government, it does work," he said in an interview.
Jeffrey L. Crawford, an American psychologist who studied Trieste in 1980, concluded that charismatic leadership was perhaps the most important ingredient in Trieste's relative success. "Quite frankly, one of the reasons we haven't been doing well here is that we don't have any charismatic people," he said. "We also don't have the political base they had in Italy."


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Today is the day I can show you what I made from my bead soup partner Magda; our brief was we had to use the focal and clasp our partner sent us but could use the beads sent or use some from our own stash. I tried to use as many of the items Magda sent me as I could and just added one bead and some vintage brass chain of my own to finish off.
I made an asymetrical necklace, I loved the hand made beads and clasp she made for me, so the clasp had to be seen, but I had great difficulty deciding how to hang the focal circle of wood, I wanted to use the long wire wrapped bead she had made me in a different way. So this is what I eventually came up with.


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My thoughts on a lot of different things.
The Value of the Semicolon
The semicolon is a form of English punctuation that separates two independent clauses. The Punctuation Guide describes it as "stronger than a comma, but weaker than a period".
As a copywriter, I understand the editorial value of a well-placed semicolon. But I love that this "little" punctuation mark has a much bigger meaning. A semicolon marks the place where a sentence COULD have ended but it DIDN'T. That is why the semicolon has become the symbol of Suicide, Depression, and Self-Harm Awareness.


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I gave an interview to Lisa Grove for the California Journal of Poetics, which has just launched its first issue in its new online format. You can read the interview here:
This issue features many celebrated contemporary poets, as well as a lot of great artwork, including the poetry comics of Bianca Stone. My comics adaptations of Edna St. Vincent Millay's "Witch-Wife" and Salvatore Quasimodo's "And Suddenly It's Evening" also appear.


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I always had a problem when painting with a hard brush in Photoshop. I found that the default would leave spaces. I never looked into fixing this until today, I used to go over the same area a few times. Not very productive I know.
In Photoshop open the Brush Tab by selecting Window - Brush or pressing F5. In there with the Hard Brush selected change the spacing to 1% rather than 25%. And there you are, a nice smooth brush.
To save the new brush hit New Brush Preset and OK.
Then hit Brush Preset (top left of the pop-out) Preset Manage and move the new brush to where you want.


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Originally published at Siam Voices on September 13, 2011 "Tongue-Thai'ed!" encapsulates the most baffling, amusing, confusing, outrageous and appalling quotes from Thai politicians and other public figures – in short: everything we hear that makes us go "Huh?!". Check out all past entries here.
Education is one of the many problems hindering Thailand from being competitive compared to its regional neighbors, often due to anachronistic attitudes towards teaching (for example foreign languages). While Prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra said in a press conference in July that the Thai education system has to change in order to support "life-long learning", the new government has not made any far-reaching proposals yet other than handing out free tablet PCs to school children (more on that in a future blog post).
One of the issues plaguing Thai parents is to get their children into better schools. And normally, when there are no good schools in the district they're living, they of course would try for one somewhere else more prestigious - in many cases parents are willing to pay bribes in order to send their children there.
The new education minister Woravat Auapinyakul wants to tackle this problem head-on, but not in the way many would have thought...
นายวรวัจน์ เอื้ออภิญญกุล รมว.ศึกษาธิการ เปิดเผยกรณีมีแนวคิดเปิดช่องคนรวยจ่ายแป๊ะเจี๊ยะเข้าโรงเรียนดัง ว่า (...) ต้องยอมรับว่ามีการจ่ายแป๊ะเจี๊ยะกันอยู่ ตนอยากจะเอาสิ่งที่อยู่ใต้ดินมาอยู่บนดิน (...) ต้องไม่กระทบสิทธิคนอื่น
Woravat Auapinyakul, Minister of Education, has hinted at the idea to pave the way for rich people to pay 'additional fees' for the attendance to prestigious schools, saying (...) that "we have to accept that there are some 'hidden payments' being made. Thus, I want to bring out what's hidden below to the surface (...) It must not affect the rights of others"
(...) สิ่งที่ทำแบบหลบๆซ่อนๆ มีการฝากกันเพื่อให้เข้าเรียนในโรงเรียน แต่ไปเข้ากระเป๋าคนบางคน ต่อไปต้องรายงานและชี้ให้ศธ.รู้ใครอยากจะรับก็รับได้แต่ต้องบอก (...) ตนไม่อยากให้มองว่าเป็นเรื่องการแลกที่นั่งเรียนอย่างเดียว
"Money paid for a school entry has been done in secret [in the past], but that [money] sometimes goes into someone's pockets. From now on, they have to report [such payments] to the Ministry of Education - whoever wants to receive can do that, but they have to report. (...) I don't want the people to think that this is just [an issue of] exchanging money for a school seat!"
"รมว.ศึกษาดัน"แป๊ะเจี๊ยะ"ขึ้นบนโต๊ะ", Daily News, September 12, 2011, translation by me
Woravat suggests that this money should be used to in order to improve the school and this initiative should provide more transparency where actually that money goes into. While never directly uttered by the minister, the use of the word "แป๊ะเจี๊ยะ" in that article is noticeable, which actually means "tea money" (as in bribe). So, in an effort to prevent the payment of bribes in order for parents to send their children to prestigious school, Woravat basically endorses the payment of bribes (as long as it is 'transparent') and thus also supports the idea of competitiveness among schools and parents instead of trying to raise the quality standards of all schools onto the same level.
But hey, if there's enough money left to burn, then there's enough money left to learn - except for those who don't!
h/t to a reader for the link
Just because we have a new government, it doesn't mean they all suddenly stop saying stupid things. If you come across any verbosities that you think might fit in here send us an email at siamvoices [at] gmail.com or tweet us @siamvoices.
Saksith Saiyasombut is a Thai blogger and journalist currently based in Bangkok, Thailand. He can be followed on Twitter @Saksith and now also on his public Facebook page here.


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Louisiana Lottery Results Powerball
State and Federal Laws and Regulations require participants be a minimum of 21 years of age to purchase lottery tickets.Since 1995, Louisiana residents and its visitors have had the pleasure of playing the PowerBall lottery. The PowerBall lotto is a multi-state lottery with a multi-million dollar jackpot. Tickets are only one dollar ($1) and are available at any Louisiana State Lottery Retailer.
Louisiana Lotto is another exciting lottery game available in Louisiana. Lotto was the first lottery available starting in 1992.
Lotto is easy to play and best of all, the jackpot gets paid out to the lucky winners in one huge lump sum. Cash prize jackpots start out at two hundred fifty thousand bucks ($250, 000) and keeps on growing until someone wins it. That lucky someone could be you!
To play Lotto simply obtain a playslip from your local lottery retailer and choose six numbers between one and forty. Mark them on the playslip or choose Quick Pick and the computer terminal will randomly select them for you. You may also ask the retailer for a Lotto Quick Pick and it would equate to the same thing.
You may choose Multi-Draw by selecting the appropriate box on the playslip and play up to twenty consecutive drawings. This may also be accomplished by asking the retailer for Multi-Draw and telling them how many drawings you desire to play.
Lotto drawings are on Wednesday and Saturday evenings after 9:30 pm at which time ticket sales stop until after the drawing.
The overall odds of winning when playing Lotto are 1:30. The odds of winning the jackpot are 1:3, 838, 380. Match five of the winning numbers and win an estimated cash prize of two thousand dollars ($2, 000). The odds of matching five numbers are 1:18, 816. Matching four numbers can win fifty dollars ($50) and the odds are 1:456 of doing so. Matching three numbers will win three dollars ($3) and the odds of doing so are 1:32.
As you can see, it can pay cash money to play Lotto.Another hot lottery game in Louisiana is Cash Quest. Players can win as much as fifty thousand dollars ($50, 000). Playing this lottery is easy, winning is easy, there are seven chances to win on each ticket and it�s fun too. With these odds and the rewards attached, it's no wonder it's a favorite among many.
To play Cash Quest lotto, players simply obtain a playslip from their local lottery retailer and fill it out. Tickets only cost one dollar ($1). To fill out the playslip, players choose four numbers between one and fifty. Players may also choose to have the numbers chosen for them by the computer by selecting a quick pick.
The computer then randomly selects six more sets of numbers for each play and assigns them to different payout groups.
Cash Quest Lottery Results: Drawings are held every Tuesday thru Saturday night. Match two, three or four numbers in any of the three prize groups and win money. Players may not only win more than once on each ticket, but they may win more than one cash prize in the same group.
The overall odds of winning a Cash Quest ticket are approximately 1:5. The odds of winning the jackpot of fifty thousand dollars ($50, 000) by matching all four of the winning numbers in the first group are 1:230, 300. Players can win three thousand dollars ($3, 000) by matching four numbers from any one set of numbers in group two. The odds of doing so are 1:115, 150. My matching four numbers in any one set in group 3, players can win five hundred dollars ($500). The odds of this win are 1:57, 575. With odds of 1:178.8, players can match 3 numbers in any one set in any group and win ten bucks ($10). Players who match two numbers in any one set will win on dollar ($1). The odds of this are 1:5.3.
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Over the last five years, one of the most significant areas of concern for Florida condominium associations, especially those with no-pet policies, has been the rise in requests by occupants for associations to provide "reasonable accommodations" in their rules and regulations by permitting an emotional support animal (ESA). Given the potential for legal repercussions in the event that a legitimate request is denied, associations and their boards of directors and property managers should seek expert guidance on how to address these requests.
The laws governing emotional support animals emanate from the Fair Housing Amendments Act of 1988, and its state and local counterparts. The act prohibits discrimination in the provision of housing to disabled persons, and it requires that a reasonable accommodation in an association's rules and regulations be provided to a disabled person so that they can use and enjoy the property to the same extent as a nondisabled person.
Disabilities can take many forms: some physical and others emotional and/or psychological. For emotional and/or psychological disabilities such as depression, there are rarely obvious, external symptoms.
The process for condominiums typically begins with a written request by an owner or resident notifying the association of their disability and asking for it to grant an accommodation for an emotional support animal. Such a request may or may not be accompanied by a letter from a treating physician or therapist. Since being disabled, as that term is defined in the law, is a necessary prerequisite to exercising one's right to be granted a reasonable accommodation, the individual who is making the request will need to demonstrate a disability. The act defines a disability as a condition that impairs or substantially limits a major life activity, e.g., walking, working, attending school, exercising, etc.
It is imperative for associations and their directors to understand that simply because the disability is not readily apparent, but rather emotional or psychological in nature, does not mean that the request is illegitimate or deniable out of hand. For example, if the individual is being treated for depression, especially if they are receiving psychiatric therapy as well as perhaps also medication, it will be difficult to deny a doctor's claim that the animal provides the emotional support that the requestor requires to perform even the most basic major life activities.
The owner/resident must be able to demonstrate to the association that the disorder qualifies as a disability under the act and the emotional support animal alleviates it. The accommodation must be deemed necessary to provide the disabled owner/resident with an equal opportunity to use and enjoy the residence, so they must demonstrate that the emotional support animal mitigates their symptoms.
Once a request for reasonable accommodation is made, an association must approve or disapprove the requested accommodation within a reasonable time period. Unlike with obvious physical disabilities, associations may request information regarding the nature of the psychological/emotional disability so that they can make a meaningful evaluation as to whether the request for accommodation is reasonable. They are entitled to inquire about how the disability affects major life activities and how maintaining the animal will assist the requestor in fulfilling these activities.
Once all of the requested information is received and reviewed by an association, it should render a decision and issue it in writing to the unit owner/resident. If the request is denied, the requesting member may then file a complaint with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development or the Florida Commission on Human Relations, which would then investigate the complaint to determine whether or not discriminatory conduct has occurred.
The association will then be required to respond to the complaint and explain its position and reasoning behind the denial. If the investigating agency concludes that discrimination has occurred, the effected party would then be able to file suit against the association. Liability for such discriminatory conduct may be found against associations, managers and, in some cases, board members in their individual capacity.
While there are many legitimate psychological and emotional disabilities that benefit from the use of emotional support animals, it is also widely known that the rules governing ESAs are frequently abused in order to circumvent legitimate association pet restrictions, as well as travel restrictions for animals. In fact, a cursory search of "emotional support dog" on Google produced more than five million results and provided links to multitudes of kits with "emotional support dog certifications" for sale.
Given the growing popularity of requests for emotional support dogs and other animals for both legitimate and illegitimate purposes, community associations with pet restrictions should work closely with highly experienced legal counsel in order to avoid potential legal pitfalls stemming from denials of these requests.
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Xena slowly came back to her senses a long time later. A small hand was patting her cheek and a tiny voice was calling to her. "Mama! Mama! Wake up, mama! Gab ... Gab ... Gab ... lilelle says I gotta ask you if I can play. Please mama, wake up! I wanna go play!" Blue eyes slowly opened to find a young face inches from her own. Smacking her dry lips, Xena nodded her head slowly and the child ran off in search of adventure.
"Don't go too far!" Xena tried yelling but it came out no more that a harsh croak.
"I won't!" The child's voice carried back to her on the warm breeze.
What time is it? She looked up at the sun to find it nearly at its zenith. Great MotherHera! A good eighteen candlemarks had passed. She knew she had been tired yesterday, but she had never slept that long in her life.
"Well, hello there." Gabrielle's voice was a welcome balm to her tired and aching body. "I think I should be thanking you for saving our lives." Xena's gaze softened as she looked on her heart's desire.
"No need to thank me, Gabrielle. It was only self-preservation on my part."
Xena could see the quizzical look on her partner's face. "If I hadn't rescued you then my life would not have been worth living."
Who knew Xena was such a romantic? Gabrielle reached out her hand and brushed away her lover's errant dark locks.
"So what have you two been up to while I had a nice sleep?" They both knew she was changing the subject and decided it was probably for the best at the moment.
"Well, your daughter has been itching to go and play. I kept her busy as long as I could. As you can see, we've found some dry wood for a fire at least. I was waiting for you to tell me what to do next." Gabrielle looked over to her partner and as Xena contemplated the question, a slow, sexy smile crossed her lips.
"What I'd like to do next involves a bed, but that would need some explaining, and I'm not quite up to that yet. I'm sorry it's been so hard for you Gabrielle, but with Marina around it's been a bit awkward." She saw the look of sympathy in those pale green eyes. "I'll talk to her in the next day or so since it looks like we'll be here for a while at least. I'm not going that long without touching you!" She added a waggle of her well-defined eyebrows to illustrate her point.
Gabrielle let out a laugh at Xena's antics. Things may not be so bad after all. She moved her body into a seated position, preparing herself for whatever Xena was about to tell her. "So, what is our situation here?"
Xena thought for a moment. "Well, stating the obvious, we're shipwrecked."
Gabrielle gave her a look of astonishment. "No!" She pursed her lips before continuing. "Even I figured that out!"
Xena chuckled and looked out to the reef. The ship had broken in two but the two halves still seemed intact. "First impression is that we've been blown off course to an island that I didn't know existed."
Gabrielle's gaze dropped to the ground, then lifted to where Marina was playing. "So, it's hopeless then."
"Not hopeless, no. I don't have all the facts yet. I managed to salvage some of the goods off the ship yesterday when I found you. I'll swim out again this afternoon if you two are alright to manage by yourselves for a while. I want to get as much off the ship before the sea takes her."
Gabrielle nodded in agreement. Time was of the essence.
"Can you stay with Marina while I scavenge? I don't want her wandering off."
"Not a problem."
A large hand moved over to grab her much smaller one. Gabrielle looked up into vibrant blue eyes that shimmered in the noonday sun. "Don't worry, we'll be fine. I'll get a shelter up when I get back and there are plenty of fish out in the water. We won't starve."
"What can we do while you're out at the ship?" Her partner seemed to be bearing the brunt of the workload and she wanted to contribute her share.
"Well, a little more firewood would help if you can find it. Some branches or fronds that we could use for covering our shelter would be good too. And keep an eye out for any type of fruit or tubers that we could eat."
Gabrielle made a mental checklist, ensuring that the jobs would keep her little helper close at hand and busy.
"Ummm, Gabrielle?"
She's asking. That can't be good... "Yeah?"
"Can you cook?"
"Er, yeah. A little. Why?"
"That's good, because I can't."
Well, here's my contribution to this little adventure. "You may change your mind though. I haven't had a lot of practice lately."
"Honey, as long as it isn't incinerated, I'm there."
"In that case, while you're out there, see if you can find a pot or two to cook in."
"I'll try. In the meantime, how about I see if I can catch a fish or two for lunch?"
"Sounds good. Can you help me with the fire before you go?"
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Marina watched her mother with her new friend, Gablilelle. She turned her young mind to the problem, trying to figure out what was going on. She absently patted the wet sand into a pile, adding more and more until it was up to her chest. They had kissed. What did that mean? It wasn't like when she and mama kissed. She compared it to all the events of her life, trying to find that elusive jigsaw puzzle piece that would make the picture whole.
The two adults sat together, heads bowed in quiet conversation. Her mama reached for Gablilelle's hand and kissed it. She knew that mama really liked her but how much? She had a faint memory of seeing a young couple back in Rome who acted this way. What was it her teacher had said? They were in love. She didn't fully understand what that meant, but they acted like how other mamas and papas acted towards each other. She studied the two women closely, noting their nearness to each other and the easy conversation between them.
Do they love each other like other mamas and papas? They seemed happier together than the mama and papa she had when she was growing up, who acted as strangers both to her and to each other. She knew they didn't want her but they had to look after her. The only thing that had made it worthwhile was the time she had with her real mother - those little spots of sunshine in an otherwise drab life. So, could she accept these two women in front of her as her new parents? I think so.
Her mind put the piece into the puzzle and to her it was complete. She would consider Gablilelle as part of her family. As to what that entailed she had no idea yet but now that her mind had given it a name, she was content with the way things were for the moment.
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"Now you two behave while I'm gone." Xena couldn't help but smile at her small family. Despite their dire situation, she was very happy to have the chance to spend time with them without the intrusion of civilization. "Here, take this." Xena handed over a dagger to Gabrielle. She could read the question on her face before Gabrielle even asked it. "Just in case." Her eyes flickered down to Marina. "You could use it to cut down fruit and dig up anything worthwhile."
"C'mon Gab .. Gab .. li . lelle." A small hand grasped her own and tried to drag her away.
Gabrielle lowered herself down onto one knee. She could see the child was having trouble getting her mouth around the Greek name, having only spoken Latin all her life. "Marina, come here. How about you call me Gabby?" She looked up to the benevolent eyes of her partner. "Only you though. I know your mama can say my name." Please, oh please keep saying my name.
"Gabrieeelllleeee". That low alto voice pierced through her to her core, setting off a wave of tremors through her body. She looked up to piercing blue eyes that shone with mischief. And you know it too, you wench.
One final glance and a 'be careful' look and Xena sprinted off down the sand to the water. She grabbed the two rafts and began her half-league swim out to the reef. Gabrielle grabbed the child's hand and they disappeared into the brush in search of firewood and food.
"So, honey, you gonna help me with some chores? Your mama is relying on us to help her. You think we can do that?"
The young face nodded enthusiastically. "Look, there's some wood over there Gabby!" The child practically dragged her to the spot, Gabrielle having to lift her feet quickly on a couple of occasions to avoid tripping. She is so much like her mother.
She had a momentary pang of her own. What would it be like to have life growing inside me? To have the child grow up to look like me? Her thoughts stopped when she thought of her current situation. If she stayed with Xena, and she knew that was pretty certain to happen, then the odds of her ever having a child were poor. She would only want to have Xena's child but the impossibility of that left her with only one other choice. If she really wanted one she thought Xena wouldn't object, but would she end up killing anyone who came near her? She put herself in Xena's position and hoped she could be magnanimous enough to let it happen. Who am I kidding? I'd kill them all.
She put the thought away for another day and helped Marina, who was struggling with a tree branch that was nearly as big as she was. They began dragging dead wood towards the beach.
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The waterline in the wreck was now up to her knees and she was wading through rooms that, up till yesterday, had been mostly dry. As requested, she found the galley and managed to find a pot or two, a skillet and some utensils. She carefully searched the stores for any food that could be salvaged. Sealed pots were carefully checked and some valuable herbs and spices were a pleasant discovery. She found a couple of canvas sacks and began filling them with small items that had been missed on her first search yesterday.
A couple of short swords had been found tucked away in the Captain's cabin and she took them. Since the rescue yesterday, the safety of the three of them weighed heavily on her mind. While her own fighting skills were more than adequate to protect them from danger, she knew logically that she couldn't protect them twenty-four candlemarks a day. That would mean that Gabrielle was going to have to learn to defend herself.
She looked down at the sword in her hand. Could she ask Gabrielle to kill someone? Despite her life, she knew Gabrielle was still an innocent inside. So what could she teach her? She had an answer, but would Gabrielle agree to it?
Xena searched both halves of the wreck for another couple of candlemarks, pain-stakingly going through each cupboard and box for anything they could use. She had managed to fill up the two rafts again, and felt that they could be quite comfortable with what she had found.
In one last final sweep of the entire ship, she found a piece of parchment that had fallen to the floor and ended up under the Captain's bunk. She tucked it away in the canvas bag for later perusal.
Standing on the broken deck in the afternoon sun, Xena closed her eyes and let the warm breeze flow over her damp skin. She could almost feel the floor beneath her sway. It was a feeling she had never gotten tired of. Her eyes turned towards the beach and saw two small figures moving around. Scanning up and down the beach, she thought she saw movement up the far end. Had someone survived? That was possible.
Tomorrow she was going to have to go looking for other survivors. Today, she would make her family comfortable. She spent a moment longer absorbing the feel of the sea before diving into the water and steering her precious cargo back to dry land.
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Gabrielle felt that their search had been quite successful. A pile of dead wood sat in the middle of the sand near their fire. An even smaller pile of food sat next to it, a handful of figs and a few tubers being the most exciting discoveries from a full candlemark of looking.
Marina was getting restless, so Gabrielle had her help put everything out to dry on the warm sand. There was nothing worse than trying to sleep with a wet blanket. This gave her the chance to look through what Xena had found on the ship the day before. There was some dried and salted food that could be added to the stores, plus any fish that Xena could catch. As she had said, they wouldn't starve.
Gabrielle joined Marina at the shoreline and helped her build a castle out of wet sand as Xena slowly made her way towards the beach. Marina's skin was getting a little pink and she felt her own skin prickle with sunburn.
She was about to move back towards the shade of the nearby trees when she looked up and saw Xena emerge from the sea. "Sweet Aphrodite..." The woman stood up in the water, cascading droplets in all directions as her flimsy cotton shift clung to her, outlining every muscle and sinew in sensuous detail.
Gabrielle had never felt a hunger so deep as she did looking at this woman who strode out of the sea like a nymph. A siren more likely - her attraction reaching so deep inside that she thought she would die from want. Those blue eyes, that outshone the sea from which she had just emerged, looked deep into her own and held an answering glow. If the child had not been there, she would have taken her there and there on the sand.
Xena watched in amusement as Gabrielle quietly panted. I must have been a picturecoming out of the water, if that look is anything to go by. She couldn't help but react to Gabrielle's sensitised state. I can't wait much longer.
"So, what have you two been up to?" Is my voice lower than usual? She thought Gabrielle was about to dissolve into a puddle. Must be...
Marina watched the exchange with some confusion. It's this love stuff again... "Come on, mama. You said you would build a shelter. Can I help?"
"You sure can, sweetie. First, let me get this stuff off the rafts and then we'll start." She turned to a bewildered Gabrielle. "How about you build up the fire while shortie and me here start on a shelter?"
"Huh?" She was having enough trouble trying to collect her scattered wits, let alone trying to get anything comprehensible out of her mouth. Nothing ... nothing had affected her like this. It was all she could do to stop herself walking over to the woman. C'mon, stop this! There's nothing you can do about it at the present.
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The shelter went up without incident and the three of them sat around the fire eating dinner in the dying light. "So how was today, Marina?" Xena suspected that her daughter saw this as one big adventure.
"Mama, it was fun. Gabby and me found lots of wood. Can we go back for more tomorrow?"
"We sure can. In fact, we'll go for a little walk tomorrow. You like that idea?"
"Can we? You and me and Gabby?"
"Sure can, little one. It's been a long day and it promises to be an even longer one tomorrow. How about you get some sleep?"
Marina came up and gave Xena a big hug and a sloppy kiss. She threw herself into Gabrielle's waiting arms and did the same. "Goodnight, mama, Gabby."
The two women joined in unison, "Good night."
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Xena looked across the fire to a pensive Gabrielle. Dark emerald eyes caught her attention and smouldered with unfulfilled desire. Oh by the Gods! The poor girl looked like she was going to explode. Both sat in silence, impatiently waiting for Marina to fall asleep.
Xena stood and looked inside the shelter at her sleeping daughter. Without a word, she extended her hand to the seated woman. Pulling her to her feet, Xena steered Gabrielle into the forest behind them. When they were at a suitable distance, Xena turned her around and pushed her up against a tree. Passions overrode any hint of propriety. They were both too far gone to worry about where they were and time was short.
It had been way too long and the simmering tension that had been present since the afternoon sent them both into a frenzy. Love was shuffled to the side as lust, passion and want drove their desires to a frantic pinnacle, ending in them both sated and panting.
Xena's ears listened for any sign that the child had woken. She pressed her forehead to the smaller woman plastered against the tree in front of her. "Sorry."
"Please, don't be sorry about this."
"Never. I'm just sorry that I had to resort to a tree instead of a bed, my love. You deserve better than this." As an afterthought, "I didn't hurt you, did I?"
"Don't be silly. Did you hear me complaining? Gods, Xena, that was amazing."
A sexy smile crossed Xena's face. "I aim to please."
Gabrielle swatted her shoulder. "Very funny." Under the light of a full moon, she looked into the cooling azure eyes, still seeing desire swirling around in their depths. She pulled the dark head in and lovingly kissed her, searching out and finding her lover's tongue in a slow, sensual dance of seduction.
Gabrielle flipped them over so Xena was leaning against the tree. "My turn," she whispered, and then slowly and deliberately showed her lover how much she had come to mean to her.
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Back at camp later, "I'm going to have to talk to Marina, aren't I?"
"You don't have to Xena. If we can keep control of this and be careful, she doesn't have to know." Gabrielle knew logically the smart thing to do would be to protect the child from sexual matters. Wasn't life hard enough to cope with at the moment without throwing in sex on top of it? She felt a pang of hurt that maybe Xena didn't want to acknowledge their relationship to the child.
"No. She has to know. After all, next to her, you are the most important person in my life. She should know that." She looked down to find her large hand captured by two smaller ones.
"I'll find a way." The thought terrified Xena.
"WE'LL find a way," Gabrielle reassured her.
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A truck worker found guilty of disrupting public order has had his conviction overturned after he submitted a news clip proving his innocence.
Leung Chi-hang, 28, sought a review of the verdict after presenting video evidence to a magistrate, according to Apple Daily.
He said he is relieved with the decision, adding justice has prevailed.
The case stemmed from an incident in which he is alleged to have removed a police barricade during the street protests in October.
Two police officers testified Leung shoved the barricade onto the street while shouting "kill the cops".
Leung was arrested on the spot.
In his defense, Leung said a girl came from behind and pushed the barricade and that he was misidentified as the culprit.
He said he was a spectator, not a protester.
But magistrate Yuen Wai-ming convicted Leung on the police evidence, saying it was unlikely he was misidentified given that he was wearing a distinctive yellow Brazil football jersey.
Yuen ruled the police testimonies were credible and reliable.
He granted Leung bail, pending sentencing.
On Thursday, Leung's lawyers presented a Cable TV news clip of the incident and sought a reversal of the conviction.
Yuen said he was satisfied that there was no sign Leung moved the barricade, although his hands were on it.
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Only a half hour away from Amman is Jerash, an entire Roman provincial city. A virtual outdoor museum complete with remarkably well preserved boulevards, temples, fountains and a unique forum. It was an administrative and cultural center of the Roman Decapolis.
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Generalist vs Specialist
Ever since I were a child, I've always believed that specializing in one specific field or discipline was key to creating a pleasurable working life.
In school we had many discussions about who and what we wanted to be in the future.
Being a footballer, dancer, doctor, F1 driver or a police/fireman were always the most common choices among us, however it always seemed like we could only choose one.
You're either a fitness instructor or a dietitian.
Either a psychiatrist or a motivational speaker.
You could never be both or more than one.
However it isn't encouraged nor promoted.
I feel that society dictates and pressures us into making certain career decisions (e.g. degrees that exude status and money) without asking us whether we'll feel happy doing it.
Popular phrases such as "who wants to be a jack of all trades, but a master of none.", makes people feel that specialization is the only way you will find salvation in your working life.
From my experience, this is anything but the case.
Is Specialization For Insects?
A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects.
– Robert A. Heinlein
I vehemently disagree with the notion above, just as much as those who scoff at others for dabbing in a little bit of everything.
My stance on this is as follows:
You just need to follow your heart with regards to the type of work you wish to do.
Of course we can't do everything there is to offer in the world, but if you're really passionate for several disciplines or lines or work, then why not do them all?
Whilst you could earn more as a specialist providing a unique service very few can do, it doesn't guarantee that you'll lead a pleasurable working life.
For me I have to ask myself, is the work I'm doing engaging?
Do I derive pleasure from it?
And most importantly, is there any meaning behind what I'm doing?
Once I can answer yes to all three questions, the monetary gain I receive is nothing but a bonus – as I'll be forever working in a state of happiness.
Why I Enjoy Being A Generalist
I enjoy it because I'm doing work that I truly enjoy.
I don't wish to be a bird in a cage – having to wait for permission before I can move on.
I was born to explore and to realize my potential, so I'll set out to do just that.
I'm not interested in becoming the best at any one particular thing, my heart lies solely in creating a suite of services and products of value, which solves the problems of a group of people.
Taking each component of a balanced life separately, there are a number of careers and opportunities open to me.
I could be anything from a fitness instructor, nutritionist or psychologist, to a relationship expert, a philanthropist, a career coach or even a financial adviser.
This blog post by Emilie Wapnick at Brazen Careerist here highlights my sentiments very well.
Of course, being "kinda good" at many things can also be a curse if you're not careful.
It requires discipline.
It's tempting to do things, not because you enjoy them, but simply because you know you can.
But it's impossible to do everything.
A better approach is to take note of the activities you enjoy and the ones you don't.
Once your business grows to a place where you can afford to outsource or hire employees, have them take over the activities you could do but don't enjoy.
With regards to my own working life, I think of it more like a blank canvas.
I have a paintbrush and all seven colors of the rainbow at my disposal.
I simply want to paint a beautiful picture, and personally for me, one colour simply isn't enough.
I'm not indecisive about my career, I just want to have the freedom to love what I do, and do what I love.
How do you feel about the ongoing generalist vs specialist battle?
On which side of the fence are you sitting on?
Do you think it is possible to be both a generalist and a specialist at the same time?
Let me know your thoughts below.


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Calling 1985 YFC team
WALES YFC wants to hear from past members who attended European Rallies prior to 1986. A dinner dance has been organised at the Metropole Hotel, Llandrindod Wells, on April 26, for Rural Youth Europe veterans. Wales YFC especially wants to hears from the 1985 Wales YFC European Rally Team. Tickets are £23.50. Lisa Jones, 01982 553502.
Fun rides
FRIENDS of Betws GG primary school, Corwen, have organised a series of charity fun rides for Sunday, May 11. Leisure rides, at £12.50, can be along 12 or 24-mile routes, while competitive endurance rides, at £30 are over 25 miles. Rides start between 9.30am-12noon. Advanced booking preferred. Christine Jones, 01490 460443 or firstname.lastname@example.com.
Ladies shoot
THE growing enthusiasm by woman for clay shooting has compelled BASC to organise a special ladies country sports event at Anglesey Shooting School, Presaddfed Hall, Bodedern, on May 17. All equipment provided. Includes instruction in clay target shooting, falconry and archery. Cost is £30. BASC Wales, 01686 688861.


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"It is a tremendous honor to be involved with this event that raises the awareness of HIV/AIDS in the Gallup and surrounding area," said Jordon Johnson, committee member for World AIDS Day and coordinator for McKinley Community Place Matters, an event sponsor. "Where we live impacts our lives," Johnson said. "With creating spaces such as this on campus and raising the visibility about HIV/AIDS in the surrounding area, it intervenes on the stigma and discrimination that still may exist."
Anyone attending the Dec. 2 UNM-Gallup World AIDS Day can get tested for HIV with confidential results in about ten minutes, Johnson said. HIV is the virus that causes AIDS. While advances have been made in the treatment of HIV/AIDS, it is still considered a very deadly disease. There has been tremendous amount of work done by the Navajo Nation, yet there are high rates of HIV that is important to address. Prevention and early detection are still the best ways to deal with the disease, Johnson said.
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