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BrahmaputraThe Yarlung Tsangpo river in Tibet. In India it becomes very wide and is called Brahmaputra. Creative Commons licence
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One of the major rivers of Asia
From its origin in southwestern Tibet as the Yarlung (Imperial blood) River, the Brahmaputra flows across southern Tibet where it is known as Dihang to break through the Himalayas in great gorges. It flows southwest through the Assam Valley and south through Bangladesh as the Jamuna.
In Bangladesh it merges with the Ganges (Ganga) to form a vast delta. About 2,900 km long, the river is an important source for irrigation and transportation. In India, it accounts for nearly 30% of the total water resources and about 40% of the total hydropower potential of the country.1
The Brahmaputra River is one of the few rivers in the world that exhibit a tidal bore. A tidal bore is a tidal phenomenon in which the leading edge of the incoming tide forms a wave (or waves) of water that travel up a river or narrow bay against the direction of the current.
The endangered Ganges River dolphin inhabits the waters of the Brahmaputra.
Current threats
Climate change poses a serious threat to the people living in the low-lying areas of the Ganges-Brahmaputra Delta. According to the IPCC Fourth Asessment Report, more than 1 million people in the Ganges-Brahmaputra Delta will be directly affected by 2050 from risk through coastal erosion and land loss, primarily as a result of the decreased sediment delivery by the rivers, but also through the accentuated rates of sea-level rise.
In recent years soil erosion caused by deforestation in the valleys of Tibet and north-east India has caused frequent flooding of the delta region in Bangladesh on a massive scale. 1
Oil exploration poses a threat to some endangered species that live in the Brahmaputra River. Seismic work by oil companies could have large impacts on the endangered Ganges river dolphin.
India, Bangladesh, China (Tibet), Bhutan, Nepal
Basin population
Around 400 million people
651,334 km2
2,900 km
Key species
Ganges River dolphin
Livelihood facts
Agriculture (rice, jute, and mustard)
Related links
- Wikipedia contibutors. "Brahmaputra River". 3 Jul. 2007. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Brahmaputra_River&oldid=142215291 (6 Jul. 2007).
- Revenga, C., Murray, S., Abramovitz, J., & Hammond, A. " Watersheds of the World: Asia and Oceania - Brahmaputra Watershed" 1998. World Resources Institute, EarthTrends: The Environmental Information Portal.
http://earthtrends.wri.org/text/water-resources/map-347.html (6 Jul. 2007).
- Goswami, D. "Flood Forecasting in the Brahmaputra River, India: A Case Study". 2000. South Asian Floods. www.southasianfloods.org/document/ffb/4.html
(6 Jul. 2007)
- Microsoft Encarta contributors. "Brahmaputra". 2007. Microsoft Encarta Online Encyclopedia. http://uk.encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761565325/Brahmaputra.html (6 Jul. 2007).


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by guitarsmashley » Thu Oct 24, 2013 9:37 amAn uptick issue leading to the finale. This series shouldn't have been 10 issues it's dragged for the last 2-3. This issue has it's highlights and wtf time travel moments…Storm's a mother. Wolverine realizing he's had a kid with Mystique, "I'm never having sex again." Quentin Quire asking when he gets out of the school. But it all leads to Cape Citadel the place it all started where Xoobies is teaching the past/present/future X-men that the future is terrible because she's going to launch all of shields missiles at the base and the various time traveled X-men….so the future is terrible because Jean was plucked from the past, brought to the present, unable to go back to the past so she grows up to become Xoobies so she can go back to the past to missile everyone to show them how bad the future is? Yeah that doesn't at all make sense. I still look forward to the conclusion but they're definitely running close to tanking this series.
by Wally Brando » Thu Oct 24, 2013 10:42 amThis is probably my favorite X-crossover of the decade.
by guitarsmashley » Thu Oct 24, 2013 10:47 am
Having done my best to stay away from X-overs this has been a great series and rather than focus on the team that the book is in its just been a nice cohesive constantly progressing story. It's being done well.
by guitarsmashley » Thu Oct 24, 2013 2:31 pmAnd can someone remind me, that is Mystique as Dazzler still right?
by e_galston » Thu Oct 24, 2013 7:04 pm
i believe so
by Grayson » Thu Oct 24, 2013 7:07 pmAs much as I have enjoyed Battle of the Atom so far, this was probably my least favorite issues so far. That's really disappointing for me because I wouldn't have expected one of Aaron's issues to have been so lackluster.
There's so much going on right now, with the future Brotherhood abducting the original X-Men, the future X-Men attempting to prevent the current X-Men from discovering too much about their own future, they mystery of why the original X-Men couldn't travel back to their own time period, and everything else that's going on right now. Yet, suddenly there is still enough time for posturing from Wolverine's X-Men towards Scott's X-Men. Then, on top of all that, Xoobie's logic in this issue is just mind numbingly awful. You're going to convince the past X-Men that you are correct by controlling S.H.I.E.L.D. Hellicarriers to open fire on all of the X-Men?! What?
by guitarsmashley » Thu Oct 24, 2013 8:32 pm
Thank you.
And yeah I don't fully understand that at all….it's just mostly messed up. I really think 2-3, maybe 4 less issues and this would have been a great story arc. Instead it's a good crossover which well lets face it. The bar for crossovers is very very, low.
by Punchy » Fri Oct 25, 2013 1:32 pmThis is the penultimate chapter of 'Battle Of The Atom', and it pretty much does what penultimate issues are supposed to do, and that's set up the big finale with a doozy of a cliffhanger.
The issue opens inside of Cyclops' head, as Jean-Xorn tries to manipulate him, and she pretty much succeeds, buying the Brotherhood time to escape from the school. I liked how Aaron didn't just have the two sides of the X-Men immediately team up to go after them. The tensions between Wolverine and Cyclops have not gone away, and they argue here, with Wolverine initially not wanting Cyclops' team to help at all. It would have been easy to have this threat cause everyone to properly reunite, but I'm glad that's not happening, the X-Men books have been so good lately with all of the ideological and moral splits, I want it to continue.
The Brotherhood (I was surprised to see that Molly Hayes and Xavier weren't dead, but Xavier was appropriately crippled) and their prisoners, the OG X-Men, are still reeling from the discovery that the Originals can't be sent back in time, so Future-Beast moves on to Plan B, and that's to attack Cape Citadel, the military base that Magneto attacked waaaay back in Uncanny X-Men #1, and where the X-Men made their first ever public appearance. This of course draws the attentions of SHIELD, and we get the welcome return of Maria Hill's hatred of the X-Men, which is always funny.
Before the big battle, Aaron makes time for a small scene between Quentin Quire and his future, Phoenixed-up self, which was good stuff. I don't feel that Aaron has done as well as Wood has at making sure his own book's unique tone and characters have been present in the crossover, but this scene made up for it, and so did the fun stuff with the various Icemen.
The X-Men head to Cape Citadel, and another big-ass battle with the Brotherhood begins, and it looks like the X-Men are winning, but it was all a trap. Even with Xorn-Jean as the only one left standing, she is able to use her powers to cause the 3 SHIELD heli-carriers at the scene to open fire against their will, making the X-Men believe they are being attacked by the humans, which doesn't bode well for the future, dystopian or otherwise.
This was another very enjoyable issue of a fantastic crossover, and it really did feel like a big tribute to 50 years of the X-Men, not only because all of the characters were there, but because it returned to Cape Citadel, and even smaller stuff, like Jean-Xorn's last line of the issue being 'hope you survive the experience'. For long-time X-fans, this story has just been a treat, and Aaron has set things up very nicely for the final chapter next week. Giuseppe Camuncoli only provided breakdowns for this issue, and you could kind of tell, things looked a little rushed, but it was still strong stuff, and considering this event has been weekly, a small price to pay, especially since Esad fucking Ribic is drawing the finale.
by Juan Cena » Fri Oct 25, 2013 1:53 pmI'm starting to wonder if we'll begin to see in the next year that the Originals' inability to go pact to the past is related to the broken System in Avengers.
by habitual » Fri Oct 25, 2013 2:06 pmThis event started off strong, but, has really limped to the finish.
by guitarsmashley » Fri Oct 25, 2013 3:19 pm
Yeah this issue was an uptick but it's still no where near it's greatness what? A month ago?
by Flynn the Pirate » Sat Oct 26, 2013 9:00 amIt was a solid issue and really underscored that Future Jean is all kinds of bat-shit crazy. This cannot be understated, because I feel like so many times Jean Grey is treated like the Mutant Madonna and must always be presented in soft lights and somber tones and a heaven choir singling softly in the background or something. But here, there's a version of her that is the out-and-out bad guy. And while they had shown it several issues back, it really is front and center here.
The true Future X-Men... I kinda don't care. I mean, it's kinda cool, but they strike me more like the X-Men version of that Avengers Next movie that came out a few years ago. Everyone is either just an older version or a suprisingly-powered-up version or the child-of-so-and-so version. Again, just don't really give much of a shit about them.
As for the story of this issue itself, it's a little convoluted and there were a couple of parts that I had to go back and re-read just to figure out what in the wide, wide, world of sports was actually happening, but it wasn't terrible. Minor quibble though: I really wish that all of the people writing Maria Hill would have a pow-wow and decide how she's going to sound, because in Secret Avengers, she's like Jack Bauer with boobs, but here I get the impression that she comes to work at SHIELD after class lets out for the day. It's actually really jarring.
I've enjoyed this crossover a lot. Is it the best X-Event ever? No. But it's been fun and in the process, it has actually moved the meta-story of the X-Books forward by starting to get past the whole Logan vs. Scott thing. I'm a fan.
by IvCNuB4 » Sat Oct 26, 2013 10:11 am
Why hasn't Flynn been recruited for Front Page articles ?
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By ROBERT BARBOZA
By ROBERT BARBOZA
Twelve months ago, the new year crept quietly onto the pages of The Chronicle. There were no controversies or catastrophes on the news pages, or any hint of the community-wide debates to come in the following weeks: arguments over commercial solar farms and the bylaws that govern them; hard decisions about budgets and financial planning at the tail end of a long recession; and progressive initiatives proposed to improve the quality of life in Dartmouth, beginning to show some of the growing pains that must accompany a town that finally surpassed the 30,000-resident mark.
Let's begin our annual review of the year just completed, as seen through the headlines and highlights of the pages of The Chronicle, your hometown newspaper.
The January 4 edition seemed low-key and commonplace — Selectman Michael Watson, a high school science teacher, announced his candidacy for another three-year term on the Select Board — pledging to continue promoting fiscal responsibility, transparency in town government, and a growing commitment to municipal solar power initiatives if re-elected in April.
On the cultural front, the New Bedford Whaling Museum had just wrapped up the 16th annual Moby Dick Marathon, a 25-hour non-stop reading of Herman Melville's classic tale of the whaling industry, a central character in this region's development into an economic powerhouse in the 19th century.
Our ongoing Local History Series, meant to promote interest in Dartmouth's upcoming 350th anniversary celebration, featured an article about the town's suffering in King Philip's War, starting in 1675. We learned how most of the town's scattered colonists lost their homes and barns — and a few, their lives — when the frustrated Wampanoag took to the warpath that summer.
We read about how a local hero, Little Compton militia Colonel Benjamin Church led a relief column to Russell's Garrison in Padanaram, where the settlers had holed up when hostilities broke out, watching the town burn; how Metacom's wife Wootonekanuske and young son were captured by militiamen in Dartmouth and shamefully sold into slavery. We also learned that the modern-day Wampanoag are still alive and well, among us today, reviving their almost-lost language and their vibrant native culture.
A feature story by the editor detailed the history of Marshall Marine, the famed builder of world-known classic Marshall catboats, as it celebrated 50 years of business. The Padanaram shipyard was about to launch a new double-ended sailboat to help mark the anniversary, reported current owner Geoff Marshall. The boatyard was relocated to Dartmouth in 1962 by founder Breck Marshall; Geoff and wife Kristen Marshall are carrying on the boat-building tradition today.
Front page news included Harbormaster Steven Melo's report on four town grant applications for shellfish restoration projects he had filed with the Buzzards Bay Trustee Council, administrators of the Bouchard oil spill settlement fund. The applications sought funding for a shellfish management master plan, quahog transplants and monitoring for the three sections of Apponaganset Bay, and $50,000 for an upweller system to grow seed shellfish for local waters.
In the January 18 issue, the Dartmouth Pathways Committee met with Police Department representatives to talk about cycling and pedestrian safety ideas that could be incorporated into a town-spanning biking and walking path. By fall, the group would be announcing a new marked bike lane on Old Westport Road, and publish a map of the official town-wide scenic bike path.
Lara Stone announced her intention to seek a second term on the Select Board; her re-election campaign would be based on a record of improved communication between town officials, fiscal accountability, and community leadership, her statement indicated. Dartmouth Town Meeting members found out that they all had to run for re-election this spring, due to the recent re-districting as a result of the 2010 federal census.
On January 25, The Chronicle reported on the Select Board, Finance Committee and School Committee's joint meeting to discuss financial planning for Fiscal Year 2013 with the town administrator and budget and finance director. Lots of colorful seasonal photos showed us what fresh snowfall means for playful younger residents.
On February 1, the headlines moved on to town officials' expressions of support for a consultant's concept plan to revitalize the "gateway corridor" into Dartmouth on the east — Route 6, from the city line to Faunce Corner Road. The next week, there was a report on the high school stage being damaged by a fire of suspicious origin; a speedy police and fire investigation soon turned up a suspect in the case.
Our ongoing history series featured writer Christina Styan's report on historical researcher Bob Harding's report to the Dartmouth Historical Commission on the interesting Morton-Almy House on Old Westport Road, a site first settled by Philip Cummins in 1687.
The February 15 issue noted Dartmouth High student Amy de Silva's crowning as the 2012 Miss New Bedford's Outstanding Teen; we would hear of this talented young lady before the year was through, as her list of accomplishments grew.
On the hard news side, Dartmouth's finances earned a commendable AA/Stable rating from the Standard & Poors Rating Services, whose report cited a low debt burden, strong operating reserves, and a relatively healthy supporting economy among the reasons for the favorable credit rating. The Dartmouth DPW announced timetables for two big spring construction projects — the final phases of the state's Dartmouth Street reconstruction project, and the water main upgrade and repaving of Elm Street and Wilson Street.
That week also marked the first of the Letters to the Editor on a commercial solar energy project off Hixville Road that caught the neighborhood, and eventually the entire town, completely by surprise. It would be the start of a community-wide debate over solar energy "farms" in residential zones that continues a year later. Without public notice, Con Ed Solar began clear-cutting more than 10 acres of trees for the banks of photovoltaic cells, and launched a controversy.
February 22's edition also reported on the finalized ballot for the April 3 annual town election, where longtime Planning Board member John P. Haran would challenge incumbent Selectman Michael Watson for the three-year position. The Dartmouth Historical and Arts Society was granted a three-year lease by Selectmen for the Russells Mills Library, which began life as a village schoolhouse in 1872. In lieu of rent, the association promised to spend about $8,000 a year in maintenance and operating costs, in exchange for providing space for community gatherings, historical exhibits and activities, and arts and culture programs.
The month closed with Dartmouth residents, especially Precinct 1 voters, flocking to Town Hall to try to get Selectmen to stop the Con Ed solar project on Hixville Road. Town officials say they are powerless to halt it, noting such projects are allowed "by right" in any zoning district under existing bylaws. Opponents almost immediately start gathering signatures on a petition to change the bylaw.
On March 7, The Chronicle reported on Town Administrator David Cressman's proposal to use $600,000 in capital funding for a town-wide streetlight upgrade program, replacing old lights with low-energy LED bulbs; the Dartmouth Police Department is certified by a state accreditation commission for meeting high standards, and Police Chief Timothy Lee reports the department will now seek full national accreditation for being a well-trained, professional and progressive law enforcement organization.
Bowing to demands of voters, the Select Board votes to hold a Special Town Meeting on April 24 to act on a citizen petition to change the zoning bylaws dealing with commercial solar farms, banning them from residential neighborhoods. Over 350 residents signed on to the petition in a very short period of time. Meanwhile, residents are also finding out more about proposed solar farms on Fisher Road and High Hill Road, and a municipal lease creating another solar farm at the capped town landfill.
A March 21 headline reported on the Dartmouth School Committee's preliminary proposal for a Fiscal Year 2013 school budget of almost $40.4 million, a 3.1 percent increase over the current year's funding. Part of the increase would fund three full-time math specialists and a number of part-time instructional and support staffers, school officials indicate.
The March 28 edition included an article on the lively debate between Select Board candidates Watson and Haran at the Dartmouth Rotary Club's annual Candidate's Night. Alternative energy policy, the revitalization of Padanaram Village, and support for the school system were among the evening's hot topics.
The first edition of town government's quarterly newsletter comes out, featuring updates on the recent operations of the Conservation Commission, Police Department, Harbormaster's Office, and Dartmouth Community Television. The quarterly newsletter is available on the town website (dartmouth.ma.virtualtownhall.net) with hard copies sometimes available at the real Town Hall. The proposed consolidation of the Cemetery Commission and its duties into a revamped Parks & Recreation Commission is hotly debated in some corners of the town, in anticipation of Annual Town Meeting action.
April began with the announcement of Peter Shaughnessy being appointed as the new president and principal at Bishop Stang High School; he replaced longtime president Theresa Dougall and the retiring principal. Down the road, Dartmouth Superintendent Ana Riley got high marks from the School Committee on her first report card. Con Ed officials got some bad marks from North Dartmouth residents at a meeting at Town Hall to talk about their solar farm, and promised to be better neighbors; the project is slated to be completed in May, around the same time a Town Meeting vote will address future solar farms in other Dartmouth neighborhoods.
The April 11 issue reported that Dartmouth voters returned nearly every incumbent to office in the annual town election, where Selectman Michael Watson and Lara Stone were re-elected, Leslie McKinley and Stephen Medeiros were voted onto the Board of Health, and Gregory Jones was returned to the Dartmouth School Committee on a write-in campaign, having missed the deadline for getting on the ballot. Voters also approved all six charter change recommendations on the ballot.
A Planning Board hearing collected public input on five bylaw amendments to go before Town Meeting, including changes to commercial wind turbine and solar energy farm regulations. The Dartmouth Grange honored Neil and Sue Van Sloun, owners of Sylvan Nursery, with their Community Citizens Award, recognizing their decades of support for local agriculture.
In the April 18 newspaper, there was a preview of the April 24 Special Town Meeting warrant, highlighted by a citizen petition to amend zoning bylaws with language banning commercial-scale solar energy farms in residential districts. A photo essay in that issue detailed the Dartmouth Girl Scouts volunteer efforts at the Dartmouth Community Park on Dartmouth Street.
On April 25, we reported on the private solar energy farm off Old Reed Road, being developed by Dartmouth businessman Peter Hawes in a partnership with Borrego Solar Systems. The five acre facility will generate 1.3 megawatts of electricity when completed. In other news, the Board of Health continues their review of possible changes in the town's tobacco use regulations.
The May 2 report on the April 24 Special Town Meeting noted a vote in favor of banning solar farms from residential zones on a 146-52 tally; the decision overturns the existing bylaw allowing 250 KW or larger facilities "by right" anywhere in town. A 12 year-old boy admits to starting the fire that destroyed a vacant warehouse at the long-closed King Lumber facility on Russells Mills Road the previous month.
The next week, readers learned that town officials have told the School Committee to trim $150,000 from their $40.4 million FY13 budget request; the Garden Club of Buzzards Bay gears up for their famous annual plant sale, marking the unofficial start of spring.
The May 16 issue details the Dartmouth Police Department officially getting its state accreditation, becoming only one of 40 departments statewide with those credentials. That same week, the department's officers raided a pot farm on Tucker Road, seizing 50 full-grown marijuana plants, psychedelic mushrooms, and $10,000 in cash from the grower.
The month wound down with a feature article on the open house at the old Stone Barn at the Allens Pond Wildlife Sanctuary, part of the 104 acres donated to Mass Audubon by the late Gil and Josephine Fernandez. Town officials wrap up plans for a $71.4 million town budget for FY13, a $1.7 million increase over the present year's spending. The Dartmouth Library Foundation issues a call for new members to aid in its fundraising mission to support library operations.
The May 30 issue contained a feature story detailing DHS senior class president Steve Caravana's plans to attend the U.S. Military Academy prep school, helping him get ready for West Point and a military career. A photo spread in the same issue pays tribute to veterans attending the annual Memorial Day observances in Dartmouth.
June opened with a front-page story on DPW employee Chris Camara being honored at a Select Board meeting for his life-saving efforts on the job — giving CPR to a resident stricken with a heart attack at the town transfer station.
The June 13 issue reported news from the Annual Town Meeting, which approved the $71.4 million budget package, and banned commercial wind turbines from residential zones. The Dartmouth Historical Commission endorse the Housing Authority's plans to convert the former State Police barracks on State Road into nine units of affordable housing for veterans.
The June 20 front page featured the town's official dedication of the new Dartmouth Community Park, highlighted by the unveiling of a public sculpture created by UMass Dartmouth professor Stacy Latt-Savage and her senior sculpture students. In other news, the Park Commission, meeting with Selectmen, complain that the Cemetery Commission is not cooperating on the planned merger of the two boards; retiring UMass Dartmouth Chancellor Dr. Jean MacCormack is given an honorary degree by Leadership SouthCoast for her longtime support of the regional leadership training academy.
In the last edition in June, town officials announce the new Invoice Cloud System that will allow residents to pay tax bills and municipal assessments online starting July 1. It is the latest in a continuing series of municipal efficiency initiatives underway in town, reports Budget & Finance Director Gregory Barnes.
Next week, we'll look at the summer and fall headlines about Dartmouth, and conclude our year-end review with the arrival of winter and the impending start of the New Year.


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Big Bear Mountain ExploringPosted in Features on October 30, 2013
The government in California is FUBAR, the traffic on pretty much any highway at any time of day is stopped, and the state motto should be "Where the next red light is only 100 yards away." Why do we live here? Well, the weather is great, and in a relatively small area, we can go from suburbia to the desert, ocean, or mountains as our hearts desire. The car culture here is something to see, and our Jeeps don't rust out from under us in five years. That said, we've got the dog days of summer just like anyone else, and when 95 degrees all day every day just became too much, we decided to take a little weekend wheeling trip up to the mountains to go exploring.
We realize that it might be odd reading about a summer trip for the November issue just as most of the country is getting ready to face old man winter, but hey, use this story to remember the trips you did get to take last summer and to think about next year's trips as well. Most of the places we hit in this story we've never been to before, even though they are only a couple of hours from our home. Sometimes, it is OK to be a tourist where you live. Try it out sometime, and you might be pleasantly surprised.
So we packed our stuff into our Jeep and went from 95 degrees in the valley up to around 75 degrees at our base camp of 6,000 feet of elevation in the San Bernardino Mountains, commonly referred to as Big Bear, California, for a weekend of exploring and perfect temperatures.


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Proposed Coal Terminal at Longview
SPOKANE, Washington (AP) - A crowd of about 400 people attended a hearing in Spokane last night on a proposed coal terminal at Longview that would be served by trains rolling through Spokane. The Spokesman-Review reports environmentalists and other opponents said the environmental study should include impacts in Spokane. Another hearing on the scope of an environmental study will be held October 1 in Pasco.


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Choroiditis, Serpiginous
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- Geographic Choroiditis
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- Peripapillary Choroidopathy
- Serpiginous Choroidopathy
- Geographic Choroidopathy
Disorder Subdivisions
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General Discussion
Serpiginous Choroiditis is one of the conditions in a group termed the white dot syndromes which all involve inflammation of the retina and choroid and are defined by the appearance of white dots in the posterior inner part of the eye (fundus). Serpiginous Choroiditis is a rare recurrent eye disorder characterized by irregularly shaped (serpiginous) lesions involving two layers of the eye surface (the retinal pigment epithelium and the choriocapillaris). No symptoms are apparent unless a specific area of the retina (macula) is damaged. A sudden, painless decrease in vision in one or both eyes may be the first sign of Serpiginous Choroiditis. Patients may also notice blind gaps in the visual field (scotomata) or a sensation of flashes of light (photopsia). Both eyes are commonly affected, although the second eye may not develop lesions for weeks to years after the first eye. The exact cause of Serpiginous Choroiditis is not known.
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Unibroue's Grand Reserve 17—A Beer for the Ages
- March 23, 2012 |
- By Andrew Nagy
When Unibroue first released the beer that would ultimately become Grand Reserve 17 back in 2007, beer connoisseurs, citing the brew's complexity and aging potential, fought tooth and nail to get a taste of the Belgian-style dark ale, which also happens to pair well with a premium cigar.
Responding to this demand, Unibroue opted to increase production of 17 (albeit keep it a limited-edition brew) for 2012 and designated it a Grand Reserve, a brewery first. The old, but new, Grand Reserve 17 began shipping to retailers in the United States a few weeks ago and will continue to be rolled out in the next couple of months.
But what does Grand Reserve mean?
"Grand Reserve is there to tell people that the liquid could improve with aging," said Jerry Vietz, Unibroue's master brewer.
Yes, like fine wine, you can deliberately cellar fine beer to bring out its full flavor potential—and Grand Reserve, like almost all the beers from Unibroue, is a perfect candidate.
"As the liquid ages, the hoppy flavor will gradually fade away, but not disappear, and more of the spices will take over," explains Vietz. "Also, more of the fruits will come out. It will become more of a whole, balanced beer." Additionally, Vietz says the "hot," alcohol bite of Grand Reserve, a sign of its youth, will smooth out over time.
The aging potential of Grand Reserve is the reason brewheads are willing to shell out so much money for it. The beer has all the components that beer connoisseurs look for in an aged beer: it is a darker beer, it has a high alcohol content and, while it has a high level of hop bitterness, it's aromatically more malt-forward. Because it's bottle conditioned, and thus, better protected from oxidation, Grand Reserve can be cellared for up to eight years.
While Vietz would not go into great detail about Grand Reserve's recipe, he says it's brewed with American and Noble hops and uses a blend of malts that includes chocolate. To add a toasty vanilla and oak character to the liquid, Vietz says he abstained from traditional barrels and instead submerged oak spirals (long pieces of wood that resemble an Archimides screw) into the beer tanks. Whereas oak barrels need six to eight months to work, the spirals have a larger surface area so the infusion process takes only six to eight weeks to complete.
Vietz says the beer was first brewed in 2007 to celebrate the brewery's 17th anniversary and was meant to be a one-time only project, released in very limited quantities to friends and families of the brewery as well as the good people of Quebec, where the brewery is located.
(Tasting notes and cigar pairing on next page)
Soon, though, bottles of 17 (as it was known then) began to make their way to brewheads across North America via trades and eBay, in some cases selling for as high as $180 per bottle. The secret was officially out when 17 began to rack up a slew of medals and awards, including being named World's Best Dark Ale by The World Beer Awards.
According to Bernard Johnson, regional sales manager for Unibroue, 90,000 bottles of Grand Reserve 17 are going to be made available in the U.S.
While Unibroue, a small brewery known for producing some of the world's finest Belgian-style ales outside of Belgium, is available in 46 states, you can bet that this beer will be snatched up in a hurry.
if you are one of the lucky few to find it, try and grab a couple
bottles. One to enjoy now and one to rest, preferably somewhere between
46 and 60 degrees Fahrenheit.
Unibroue Grand Reserve 17 (10 percent alcohol by volume, $12.99 for 750-ml bottle)
APPEARANCE: Pours an opaque caramel with a craggy, beige head that remains until the very last drop.
AROMA: Roasted-malt notes hit the nose first followed by an elaborate, boozy bouquet of figs, pomegranate and apricots with traces of grapefruit and vanilla.
PALATE: A hot, complex beer from start to finish, the liquid begins with grapefruit hop and allspice notes before giving way to a cocoa, fig and caramel midpoint until a wonderfully toasty vanilla and honey finish that lingers in the mouth until the next sip. There's a certain meaty, leathery element to the beer's mouthfeel.
CIGAR PAIRING: The malty finish of this beer begs to be paired with cigar smoke, and its high alcohol content means you can go big with a medium- to full-bodied stick. We tested this with the bold La Flor Dominicana's Cameroon Chisel and the milder Viaje White Label St. Patrick's, a candela cigar.
The sweetness of the Chisel and its slight spice gave the beer's cocoa and caramel flavors a nice kick. The Chisel's leathery mouthfeel also danced well with the brew. The Viaja fared well in this pairing, too, as it brought out the liquid's toasty oak and rounded the vanilla component into a pleasant, buttery taste.


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My training was inadequate, and I knew that going in, but I tried to get some good, hilly trail runs in and build up the weekly mileage. I wasn't able to build up the distance for a weekly long run (the most important part of marathon training), but I did get a couple of 15-17 milers in and I was feeling faster than I have in awhile with a couple of good race performances at a 5K and a "hilly" half marathon (I now realize that hilly, like fast, young and hot, is a relative term). One of the challenges with the marathon distance is that it is much more difficult than two half marathons stuck together. My marathon half-way point hits at about mile 19. So, going into this race, I decided to treat it like an ultra, walk a lot of the steeper hills, take in the scenery, run the downhills, flats and not-so-steep sections. Too bad there weren't any not-so-steep sections, and as for treating it like an ultra, I didn't have a choice, the race treated me like an ultra.
The race had that ultra feel. On the ferry ride from Avalon to the start at Two Harbors, I noticed a lot of grizzled veterans in their day-glo dolphin shorts, 1,000 mile stare and a long and impressive string of finisher's bars hanging off their hats or shirts (they give these bars out at the finish line and the more you collect, the more bad-ass and respected you are in the town of Avalon for one weekend a year, and don't even consider wearing your bars unless you have at least 7, anything less just seems inadequate somehow). The war stories were flowing as we sat stuck in the boat, rolling, swaying and waiting for the other boat, the boat that barely beat us to the harbor and was in such a hurry to beat us that they got their line stuck in the propeller and had to get a diver to cut the line, so we sat, stomachs getting less and less settled. "One year it rained so hard that the trails were all muddy and a guy got his shoe stuck in a mud pit at mile 14 and his foot came right out of it; finished the race with only one shoe." "I heard Dean Karnazes ran from San Diego, kayaked to Catalina, then ran the race." This last one turned out to be true, but it was the Eco-Marathon, a slightly less cool, easier race that doesn't give out cool finisher's bars that you can wear with your matching Captain Stubing hat. I sat across the aisle from Heather Fuhr (hoping to eavesdrop and catch some last-minute miracle training tips, but she was calm and quiet and went on to finish 2nd overall and to smash the women's course record).
By the time we got out of the boat, I was so grateful for stable ground that the hills and the mountain we had to run over to get back to Avalon seemed inviting and non-rocking from side to side. I was ready to go, and that first 1/4 mile was so sweet and flat, then we hit the first hill.
The hills were pretty much non-stop, and I had to keep telling myself not to look up, because every time I did I would see some little miniature person at the top of the mountain and I would think no that can't be a runner all the way up there, must be a bison or a Catalina fox or a wild boar (none of which I saw on the course this year), but no, they tend not to wear bright orange shirts. The great part about the hills was being at the top and the views were simply amazing and indescribable, made even more so by the effort it took to get to the summit of some of those hills. The weather was clear and beautiful and the island was green from all the recent rains; it was paradise, or that is what I would have thought it was if I was on one of those island jeep tours.
I think there were some mistakes on this elevation profile, so I corrected them below
I'm going to have to count the boat ride
There was also a slight stomach problem and by slight, I mean at mile 21 it must have looked like someone turned a faucet at the back of my head to full blast and it wouldn't stop. I'm pretty sure it was the Gatorade (it just hasn't been the same since they dropped the Tiger formula), the extra time on the boat, the steak dinner the night before, the ginger pills I took to avoid getting seasick, the cookie I ate at mile 14, and the lack of sleep (I forgot to mention that we stayed at the 2nd oldest hotel in California and it was described as cute and quaint which are code words for small and old and the walls were paper-thin, I think they actually used paper instead of drywall back when they built this thing, but they did have coffee and bananas laid out for the runners at 4 AM which made up for a lot). I tried to keep everything down and I kept telling myself to hold it in, but positive self-talk only goes so far, sometimes you've just got to puke. A lot of people passed me as I was doing my best to fertilize the side of the trail, and most ignored me which was nice, some gave me some words of encouragement, which was also nice, but one guy said something rude like come on, or nice, but it wasn't what he said, it was the way he said it that really pissed me off, which was a good thing because I made it my goal to catch the guy and pass him, which I am happy to say that I did.
The last few miles were great. They saved all the downhill, all of that "banked" elevation gain for the last three miles, so I just relaxed, and let gravity do its job, it was a beautiful finish. My wife was there (she ran the 10K and placed second in her age group), Jeff was there (he was the 5th male finisher and ran it in an amazing time of 3:22), and the cold ocean was just waiting to wash the dust off my feet and numb the muscles in my legs. It was a beautiful day for a run and as I finished I swore to myself that I would never be back, but now it's two days later and I'm already wondering how many of those finisher's bars would I have to get before I actually wore the thing year-round.
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Thursday, June 23, 2011
More proof that publishing is changing....forever!
This will be yet another revolution in publishing. To have a site (and here's the important part) that is controlled by the author who has exclusive rights to electronic distribution is MAJOR!!
Rowling's won't have to share distribution fees with Amazon or Barnes and Noble. She'll not have to compete with other books - everyone who comes to the site is there to buy. She'll provide access to intellectual property that no one but she owns. It's brilliant and something that only someone with the clout of Rowlings could pull off but expect to see a lot more of this from authors who receive a popular following.
From a business perspective, she has a lot of partners helping in this and some are big players: Sony, Scholastic, and even Warner Brothers as they apparently own the copyright on the Harry Potter Characters (when did that happen??)
Since the ebooks have never been published I suspect that Scholastic did not have the rights to them. After all the series started when ebooks were still in their infancy and no contracts at that time could have predicted what was to become. But I suspect, that a non-compete clause has prevented her from selling, or releasing for herself the ebooks rights as well. So they were basically in limbo with neither party able to do anything about it.
A press release issued by Scholastic indicates they will be getting a "royalty" from the ebooks published so my guess is Rowlings had to "pay" to get out of the non-compete by offering them a piece of the action. I also noted that all digital rights (including audio) are now in her control so she also probably paid a pretty penny for that but in the long rung well worth it to have complete control of her digital rights.
I'll be watching Pottermore's developments with great interest, it might just be a blue print for others to follow. After watching the video, all I could do was channel Ron Wesley with a awed, "That's bloody brilliant" comment.
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- Cathy @ Abnormally Paranormal Reviews said...
So, does this mean she really is self-publishing the HP ebooks? There are some people out there screaming their heads off about how she's not actually self-publishing just because some royalties are going to Scholastic.
If they are getting paid just because they own copyright, then it sounds like she really IS self-pubbing the books.
- June 24, 2011 at 3:05 AM
- David Gaughran said...
She controls the rights. She is publishing the e-books through her own company, Pottermore. She is selling them exclusively through her own website.
It's more pure self-publishing than what I do.
- June 24, 2011 at 5:30 AM
- Robin Sullivan said...
@Cathy - I've heard some others say this is not "self-publishing" which is totally ridiculous - It's pretty simple - who has the control -- who maintains the rights - in both cases it is Rowling - so without question she is self-publishing.
- June 24, 2011 at 6:05 AM
- Robin Sullivan said...
@David - You bring up a good point - she is probably the ONLY true self-publisher because she sells "direct". The indies, for the most part, still rely on Amazon or B&N. There model is "more" direct then when a publisher is involved but it is when the money comes directly to the author that it is really true self-publishing.
- June 24, 2011 at 6:07 AM
I'll be following the progress of Pottermore. Its amazing at how the world of publishing has changed and I can see how many authors will follow her lead. Thanks for the clip and your article today.
- June 24, 2011 at 9:47 AM
- Robert Bruce Thompson said...
I keep reading things like this about a non-compete preventing Rowling from self-pubbing ebooks, but that makes no sense to me.
If Rowling retained her ebook rights, those rights would be meaningless if she didn't have the right to exercise them. There are many older authors whose contracts did not grant ebook rights because ebooks did not exist when the contracts were made. Are you saying that those authors do not have the right to self-pub their backlists as ebooks or sell those e-rights to another publisher? If so, there must be many authors, not least Joe Konrath, who are in violation of non-competes.
Courts generally interpret non-compete agreements pretty tightly, to the extent that they are willing to enforce them at all. (This is particularly true of employment non-competes, but I suspect it's also true for publication rights.)
- June 24, 2011 at 10:30 AM
- David Gaughran said...
What I'm more interested in is why the publishers didn't lock down e-rights in the later books.
In 1996/1997 e-rights weren't a big deal, but the seventh book was released in 2007.
- June 24, 2011 at 10:34 AM
- cidney swanson said...
@David, I would imagine she was savvy enough to refuse any contract where she would have had to relinquish digital rights in 2007. She certainly had the clout at that point in her publishing career to sign only what she wanted to sign. I like your point (and Robin's) about the fact she's selling from her own site--no middleman involved. And I think it's great Scholastic is getting royalties--Arthur A Levine took her on when no one else would. I bet she's happy to be in a position to send them a royalty. On many levels-tee-hee!
- June 24, 2011 at 12:00 PM
- Erin Edwards said...
This is the best explanation of what the Pottermore site is about and how it possibly came to be that I've seen so far. Thanks for the continuing insight into ebook publishing!
- June 24, 2011 at 4:57 PM
- Cathy @ Abnormally Paranormal Reviews said...
Some people just hate self-published authors, I suppose, and refuse to see this for what it is. Her own publishing company putting out the HP ebooks. Truly "self-publishing". It's the smartest thing she could have ever done.
- June 24, 2011 at 7:54 PM
- Robin Sullivan said...
@Robert - Yes that is exactly what I'm saying. When we got Michael's contract (with standard language) he maintained rights to a bunch of stuff including "multi-media" versions or enhanced ebooks. But the non-compete would prevent him from putting it out. We talked to a IP attorney that has done hundreds of contracts and he agreed with our intepretation of the contract. This was just one of the points we had to negotiate through.
As for Joe...its possible, even probable that his contract's non-compete lasted for some period of time (I hear that most do). So he couldn't put out an enhanced ebook in say .... 2 years after publication but once that time expired he could.
- June 25, 2011 at 10:17 PM
- mary jane cryan said...
Makes me feel good about selling my books on my own: to bookshops (distribution and getting payments are the hard part) and exclusively through my website. My publishers take care of sending off the e-book version.
- July 25, 2011 at 3:27 AM
- Chadchvj said...
Makes me feel good about selling my books on my own: to bookshops (distribution and getting payments are the hard part) and exclusively through my website. My publishers take care of sending off the e-book version.
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The DPR Foundation, the charitable arm of DPR Construction, one of the nation's top technical builders focused on highly complex and sustainable projects, announced its continued commitment to supporting youth organizations in need by awarding $590,000 in grants to 12 organizations in cities across the U.S.
The 2011-2012 grant money will be distributed across nine returning grantees and three new organizations featuring youth programs targeting disadvantaged kids from grade school to high school.
New DPR Foundation grantee organizations for 2011-2012 include:
- ICAN – Improving Chandler Area Neighborhoods (Chandler, Ariz.)
- The Milagro Center (Delray Beach, Fla.) and
- John Avery Boys & Girls Club of Durham (Durham, N.C.).
All nine remaining organizations are returning grantees including:
- The Boys & Girls Club of Metro Atlanta (Atlanta, Ga.)
- Maryland Multi-cultural Youth Center (Riverdale, Md.)
- New Hope for Kids (Orlando, Fla.)
- Future for Kids (Phoenix, Ariz.)
- Peninsula Bridge (Palo Alto, Calif.)
- Roberts Family Development Center (Sacramento, Calif.)
- StandUp for Kids (San Diego)
- Turning Wheels for Kids (San Jose, Calif.) and
- Seven Tepees Youth Center (San Francisco).
The DPR Foundation, established by DPR Construction in 2008, has awarded nearly $1.5 million to 17 different organizations over the past four years and is committed to helping disadvantaged children within each of the company's local communities by building lasting relationships with youth-focused organizations. The DPR Foundation is a company-wide outreach to help children who fall short of their potential due to socio-economic challenges.
In addition to financial assistance in the form of grants, the DPR Foundation selects organizations that also have a great need for volunteer help. The Foundation seeks organizations with after-school programs, tutoring, field trips and summer camps so DPR employees can get involved in the community effort. The Foundation also measures success of these program and volunteer efforts to ensure the program remains on mission and continues to achieve results. BD+C


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Is This the Worst Vacation Picture Ever Taken?
Be glad you aren't spending time with anyone in this photo. This is how we think this picture happened:
Despite the fact that Kanye West and Kim Kardashian are on 'vacation,' the day begins surprisingly early. Kim has to budget about two hours for a natural hair and make-up routine that will make her look fresh and flawless for when the paparazzi, whom she invited to the remote resort, happen to catch a few candid shots of her out by the pool or leaning over her suite's balcony railing in order to maximize the full cleavage shot. Kanye has to flex in front of his mirror and chant a variety of mantras and inspirational maxims he picked up from 'The Tao of Pooh,' a few Tony Robbins' seminars and the second 'Karate Kid' movie.
Meanwhile, Kanye's assistant is holed up in the closet weeping and frantically searching Google. Apparently, Kanye won't let her out until she finds a fur coat for his fur coat and she doesn't even know what that means. Sometimes she likes to remind herself that she went to Vassar. Who said that music theory degree was a waste of $100,000 dollars?
The most important morning activity involves the tweet selection. What salacious tweet will Kanye post about nailing the oldest Kardashian only to be deleted after the necessary gossip blogs snap their obligatory screenshot?
What scandalous picture will Kanye snap of the couple while doing the deed only to have it "hacked" out of his phone and posted online?
Before Kanye and Kim pull the trigger on each tweet, Kris Jenner is given final approval of all outgoing materials. She makes sure all faces are obscured to provide the necessary plausible denial and runs the verbal tweets through her stringent matrix of algorithms and SEO generators to make sure each is of interest to the various gossip blogs, news outlets, and comedians making up the panel of that evening's 'Chelsea Lately.'
The morning activities also give Joe Francis the head start he needs in the elaborate 'Most Dangerous Game'- type fantasy weekend they've constructed. It's the price Joe Francis pays to get to hang out with celebrities like Kanye and Kim. Sure, Joe has built an empire out of exploiting drunk college girls who are willing to expose themselves for some plastic beads, but he's only a few more lawsuits away from losing the villas and yachts and the other accoutrements that make the glitterati want to associate with him. Without all that, Francis is just a frat boy with a camcorder. He wasn't born a socialite like Kim and he hasn't achieved fame and celebrity through an artistic body of work like Kanye.
Plus, Kim can't help but turn her nose down at the legions of young women who flash themselves on camera in exchange for anything less than instant celebrity and a multi-season reality show deal. Talk about low self-esteem.
Anyway, in keeping with the hazing, Joe spends the morning running through the resort, trying to make the most of his head start. After breakfast, double K click some matching Louis Vuitton straps onto their tranquilizer guns and take their sweet time ambling through the resort, holding hands while Kim talks about what color Swarovski crystals she wants to glue onto her phone. They're also taking their sweet time because they know exactly where Joe is hiding out because they've paid resort workers to hide out along the grounds and keep an eye on him.
Some might say this takes all the fun out of the game, but then again, the thud Francis makes when he hits the ground after getting shot out of a tree with a tranquilizer dart is pretty satisfying. After Joe regains consciousness, Kanye and Kim haze him a little more before allowing him to take a picture and tweet it, thus giving him his precious celebrity story.


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Jan. 26 � Feb. 1
20 years ago � 1994
Members of the Freeport Assembly of God Church wanted the alcoholic beverage sales license revoked for nearby Lamberto�s restaurant.
A development company withdrew its request to seek approval of a miniature golf course in the Seagrove Beach area after it met with a great deal of opposition from surrounding businessmen and restaurant owners.
Walton County Board of Commissioners approved Environmental Waste System�s and Dayco�s request to raise collection fees $1.20 a month to compensate for the county�s landfill tipping fee increase. Also approved were requests by both companies for an additional 60-cent service fee per one cubic yard of trash.
Winner of the People�s Choice award at the fifth annual Great Southern Gumbo Cook-Off was Sunset Bay Cafe & Grille. Santa Rosa Golf and Beach Club Executive Chef Justin Gaffrey�s gumbo received the Critics Choice award.
10 years ago � 2004
A groundbreaking for the new SFWD station at WaterColor, with land donated, architectural services furnished and company to build provided by St. Joe/Arvida.
Garrett Horn of Seagrove Beach found a message, dated 1983 from San Andreas, Columbia, in a bottle as he was clearing trash and debris from his property. The bottle most likely was pushed ashore by Hurricane Opal in 1995.
Plans for the 10,000-square-foot, two-story Montessori Academy of Rosemary Beach, were presented to residents.
Sacred Heart Hospital on the Emerald Coast opened its Outpatient Cardiac Rehabilitative Unit.
Residents of Rosemary Beach were set to receive a fully signalized intersection with both a vehicular and pedestrian activated signal at Barrett Street and a pedestrian activated light at Water Street.
The long used beach access on Pine Street in Grayton Beach is now off limits.
About 100 snowbirds, who live up to six months a year at Topsail Hill State Preserve RV park, say they will move elsewhere in 2005 as the state has said maximum stay is 30 days.


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What to Expect
Radiation therapy or chemotherapy may cause mucositis (tissue swelling) in your mouth. You may have any of these symptoms:
- Mouth pain
- Mouth sores
- Infection
- Bleeding, if you are getting chemotherapy. Patients getting radiation therapy usually do not have an increased risk of bleeding.
In patients getting chemotherapy, mucositis will heal by itself when there is no infection. Healing usually takes 2- 4 weeks. Mucositis caused by radiation therapy usually lasts 6- 8 weeks. It will depend on how long you have radiation treatment.
Take Care of Your Mouth
Brush your teeth and gums 2 or 3 times a day for 2 to 3 minutes each time. Use a toothbrush with soft bristles.
- When you brush, rinse your brush in hot water every 30 seconds to keep the bristles soft.
- Let your toothbrush air dry between brushings.
- Choose toothpaste with care.
If toothpaste makes your mouth sore, brush with a solution of 1 teaspoon of salt mixed with 4 cups of water. Pour a small amount into a clean cup to dip your toothbrush into each time you brush. Use a toothpaste with fluoride.
Floss gently 1 time a day. Rinse your mouth 5 or 6 times a day. Use any of these solutions when you rinse:
- 1 teaspoon of salt in 4 cups of water
- 1 teaspoon of baking soda in 1 cup (8 ounces) of water
- One halfteaspoon salt and 2 tablespoons baking soda in 4 cups of water
Avoid rinses that have alcohol in them. You may use an antibacterial rinse 2- 4 times a day for gum disease. Rinse for 1- 2 minutes each time.
Do not eat foods or drinks that have a lot of sugar in them. They may cause tooth decay. Use lip care products to keep your lips from drying out and cracking. Sip water to ease mouth dryness.
Pain Relief
Ask your doctor about these treatments you can use in your mouth:
- Bland rinses
- Mucosal coating agents
- Water-soluble lubricating agents, including artificial saliva
- Painkillers
Your doctor may also give you pills for pain or drugs to fight infection in your mouth.
National Cancer Institute. Oral complications of chemotherapy and head/neck radiation (PDQ). September 16, 2011. Accessed May 19, 2012.
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David C. Dugdale, III, MD, Professor of Medicine, Division of General Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine; and Yi-Bin Chen, MD, Leukemia/Bone Marrow Transplant Program, Massachusetts General Hospital. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.


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Kilroy's 'Samba Pa Ti' Maintains The Key West Lead
19 January 2012
Key West, Fla. - After having the day off on Wednesday due to lack of breeze, the 19-strong Melges 32 fleet rallied back into action on Thursday at Quantum Key West 2012, adding three more races to the board. Standing firm, and officially in the lead is John Kilroy and tactician Lorenzo Bressani aboard Samba Pa Ti. In second overall, only four points behind, is Benjamin Schwartz and tactician Ed Baird on Pisces. Bob Hughes' Heartbreaker with Tovar Mirsky on tactics is third.
After a short, yet expected on-the-water postponement, PRO Peter 'Luigi' Reggio sent the fleet racing under warm temps, sun-shiny conditions and a light breeze. Over time, an approaching cold front ushered in more wind making for the perfect start to Race One of the day. At the top, with about 8-10 knots of breeze, Steve Howe's Warpath took the lead, followed by Hughes in second and Kilroy third. Terry McSweeney's Flat Stanley and Schwartz rounded fourth and fifth respectively. Downwind Hughes gained on Howe to take the lead. Howe and McSweeney split the difference passing through the gate dead even with one another for the second and third positions. More breeze pumped in helping the fleet zoom back upwind with Kilroy acquiring the lead for the final mark of the race, Hughes and Howe hot on his heels. Back downwind to the finish, Hughes came on strong once again to overtake for the win, Kilroy landed second and McSweeney had a great race to finish third.
Alec Cutler's Hedgehog got the upper hand in Race Two for their very first race win competing in the fleet. Cutler got a great start punching the line hard, rounding the top mark one short step behind Hughes. Vincenzo Onorato's Mascalzone Latino rounded third. Downwind, Cutler turned up the speed a notch to overtake the lead position. He extended just enough to secure the lead for the remainder of the race and ultimately, the win. Hughes rounded the final mark in second, but downwind Onorato challenged him, stealing second place from him right at the finish line. Kilroy maintained position to finish fourth, behind Hughes in third. Joel Ronning's Catapult grabbed fifth.
After an initial general recall at the start of Race Three, Reggio handed down a black flag to restart the third heat. Howe found himself back out front to turn the top mark in first, with Schwartz alongside and Kilroy close behind. Approaching in from the right, Kilroy took the lead and held on through the top mark, with Howe and Schwartz in hot pursuit. All things changed on the final downwind stretch as Howe forged ahead to take the win, Schwartz took second and Kilroy finished third.
Friday's conditions are expected to be a little bit more breezy than Thursday with two final races scheduled.
Tune in each day in Key West to the Official Class Blog of the International Melges 32 Class. Reports and updates are brought to you as it happens. Periodic updates are made at the class' Facebook Page. Be the first to know what's going on in Key West!
TOP TEN RESULTS (After 8 Races, 1 Discard)
1.) John Kilroy/Lorenzo Bressani, Samba Pa Ti; 1-1-[5]-3-4-2-4-3 = 18
2.) Benjamin Schwartz/Ed Baird, Pisces; 3-3-1-1-6-6-[8]-2 = 22
3.) Bob Hughes/Tovar Mirsky, Heartbreaker; 10-[13]-6-8-2-1-3-4 = 34
4.) Steve Howe/Morgan Larson, Warpath; 12-5-[15]-5-3-4-6-1 = 36
5.) Alec Cutler/Richard Clarke, Hedgehog; 4-2-8-4-7-[13]-1-13 = 39
6.) Vincenzo Onorato/Gabriele Benussi, Mascalzone Latino; 2-4-2-[11]-9-11-2-9 = 39
7.) Steve Rhyne/Johnny Lovell, Mojo; 6-12-10-6-8-9-[14]-6 = 57
8.) Keisuke Suzuki/Jesper Radich, Swing; 11-9-4-12-5-10-7-[15] = 58
9.) Joel Ronning/Chris Larson, Catapult; 5-6-13-[14]-13-12-5-7 = 61
10.) Terry McSweeney/Seadon Wijsen, Flat Stanley; 15-[16]-12-9-12-3-9-8 = 68
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Daily race reports, press release and photos will be available at the official website of theInternational Melges 32 Class Association. If you are unable to attend Quantum Key West 2012, stay in touch by subscribing to the IM32CA RSS Feed or visiting the Official Melges 32 Blog. The Melges 32 can also be found on Facebook and Twitter.


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He is not here. He is risen!" Two thousand years after the resurrection these words still have the power to startle us. When the women disciples first heard those words, they did not know what to make of them. The Easter alleluia came only after the disciples' repeated encounters with the Lord. Their first reactions were confusion, curiosity, disbelief. The community was hidden away in fear and grief until Jesus breathed his Spirit upon them. Today, as we grapple with the loss, disillusionment and brokenness in our own lives and in our church, those first encounters with Thomas, Mary and Peter, should be signals for us of the power of the Resurrection to heal and unite us in the body of the risen Lord.
The Easter story is full of paradox and surprise. Consider Jesus' wounds. Even in his risen glory, Jesus carried with him the signs of his suffering. Yet his woundedness did not prevent him from commissioning the disciples to preach. We too live in a wounded world, riven by sin and division, yet we still find our way to the empty tomb, to proclaim the glory of his resurrection.
The Apostle Thomas was the first to confront Jesus' wounds. Jesus challenged the doubter to touch his side to confirm that he had risen. Jesus' wounds are a reminder of his suffering and death. Though he is risen from the dead, Jesus has not abandoned the deepest marks of his life on earth. Far from scolding Thomas when he refused to believe, Jesus invited him to feel his wounds and thus welcomed him back to the community of believers. Like Thomas, we are invited to probe Jesus' wounds and to proclaim our faith in him. By his wounds, "we are healed." Jesus' wounds speak of his patient presence in the frail humanity that makes up the church. In his brokenness, we are made whole.
Jesus' wounds are also signs of his solidarity with a broken world. They invite us to see the face of God in those who suffer in our world: the victims of war, disease and natural disaster, the victims of torture, exploitation and repressive government. When we fall prey to anger or jealousy, or resign ourselves to apathy, we contribute to the suffering in our world. By allowing a broken relationship to fester or by failing to attend to the poor in our lives, we deepen Jesus' wounds. The wounds of Jesus in glory are reminders that his Spirit can empower us to bring comfort, healing and justice, just as he did.
In our church, too, we see signs of Jesus' suffering. The departure from the church of young Catholics, especially women, is a source of great sadness. Women religious helped build the church, and for centuries mothers passed on the faith to their children. Yet too often today women's voices, even distinguished ones, are dismissed. Without the support and perspective of women, the Catholic community is a sorely wounded one. Catholic women should know that just as Jesus had remarkable friendships with women during his public ministry, so Christ finds joy in their company today. They should be confident, too, that just as he sent Magdalene as "the apostle to the apostles," the risen Christ will have pioneering missions for them today among the people of God.
Like Mary and the apostles, we are called upon to proclaim Christ's rising, but we must not be afraid to accept our own wounds. We are a sinful people, and the church is marred by our sins. Yet these failings must not be an obstacle to our evangelization. How do we move ahead? In his company. There Jesus will bind up our wounds so that we may embrace the joy of the Resurrection.
Think of Peter, who denied Jesus three times on the night of his trial. By refusing to acknowledge his bond with Jesus, Peter placed himself outside the Christian community. But Peter wept over his betrayal, and then Jesus sought him out, invited his love and commissioned him to "feed my sheep." Peter, the first among the apostles, was always an imperfect disciple. His love for Jesus was not sealed until his death, when he was led, in perfect identification with his Lord, "where he would not go." Jesus reconciled Peter with the community of disciples. He recognized the wounds of division and healed them. By doing so, he enabled Peter to embark on his ministry. Jesus shows us the path to unity and inclusion.
By meditating upon the Easter mystery, we can discover the healing grace that Jesus brought to the early community of disciples and that he continues to pour out upon us today. Celebrating the Easter story deepens our companionship with the Lord and with one another. Just as Jesus commissioned Mary and Peter and then all those gathered around him in Jerusalem, he continues to commission us to spread his good news with joy to the men and women of our day. The wounded Christ helps us to live in a wounded world. The risen Christ can help us to redeem it.
Thank you, Editors, for your piece, "In Thy Wounds, Heal Me." Please, then, accept this comment in response: Beneath all the wounds that you mention is the ontological wound, often self-inflicted. In a Nation, the USA, in which political freedom is so precious, that freedom is often interpreted among her citizens as a personal liberty so libertine that one tends to think that he or she can become whoever one wants. But each one of us is made in the image and likeness of the Triune God, in a unique, irrepeatable way. We are born with this personal identity which can be so evident to our parents at the time of our birth. In our infant or adult Baptism, this identity is coupled in a willing way to the moral law of God through our baptismal vows made on our behalf or uttered by ourselves. As we grow up, though, we tend to lose sight of who each of us really is as we buy more and more into the false one that others want us to be. Tension then develops between the real self and the false self. This tension leads to inner conflict, which often bubbles out into the open in terms of our sinful behavior towards others. Open conflict within the community then spreads, unity not possible between persons who have chosen their own personal identities. Unity in the community is possible only when each member willingly accedes to who he or she really is as God the Father had wanted in the first place when in the mystery of the Incarnation he willed that a soul be joined to the body to make up the whole person. The remedy is simple though difficult, as real self knowledge comes from within rather than from social discourse with another, though each of us can help the other listen for and hear that tiny little voice within oneself saying this is who you are! But then that takes courage, to be that one that God had made, as there will be so many critics saying fallaciously that such a one does not have a right to exist, only the one we offer you has that right. Thus, then, the courage to be different in this very particular but holy way, regardless of what others think of us. Through this courage, then, the wounds of Christ on a Calvary that in our pride we raise up to Him can be healed.
The Church needs an adult-adult leadership structure among the women simply to deal with the aggression between women. An adult-adult culture is foreign to women, so the clergy will have to teach women that culture. And somewhere along the way, the Church will also have to allow women a voice in the Church. It isn't possible to say, "men and women are created equal" and not allow the women to speak publicly at Mass - ever.
It is all but impossible for a woman to make a positive contribution to the Church because women have no leadership structure among themselves and no dialogue with the clergy. The Church has no way to receive anything from women except housekeeping services. If a woman wants to cook and clean, the Church offers plenty of opportunities. If she wants to think and participate in the dialogue of the Church, the door is locked and no one can find a key.
Beautiful editorial. Thank you for it.
As one commentator put it, women indeed work tirelessly to build the church, minister to God's people, and keep a sacramental life alive in their own families. As someone who has had the privilege of running a leadership group for young adult Catholics for the past four years, I have known women whose faith lives are the center of their identities and whose commitment to justice is bold and courageous, even at the expense of more lucrative careers. Jesus is very present to them, indeed. Very few of these fiercely faithful women, however, would tell you that she believes her voice is being heard by those in leadership positions in the Catholic Church. Individual pastors and priests are often quite good at listening and understanding (and becoming friends), but even priests report that they feel powerless before a church leadership that is resistant to difficult, honest dialogue about the issues that affect us all. Perhaps this is why these faithful people identify so closely with Jesus, especially this week, as Jesus' message of expansive love and compassion is shut out by powerful religious authorities whose preference for order makes Jesus seem like a threat, not an ally. Many women, the Church's greatest allies, wait for the day when their voice is not considered a threat, but a gift. The enduring hope is that such a day will come...
Sometime I wonder if too much attention is focused on the suffering Jesus, for as a purely historical event, crucifixion was very common: the two thieves next to Jesus on Calvary suffered at least as long as Jesus…and three hours on a cross was not a long time. That is not to minimize the significance of the event, but rather to note that even in His suffering Christ was filled with charity…conferring mercy on the thief, praying to His Father to forgive those who condemned Him to the Cross. The triumph of charity and of love over the evil deeds of humans invites us all to rise with Christ every day.
The responses to this article from women have prompted me to add to my original comment in which I suggested that perhaps too much attention is paid to the suffering Jesus. By focusing so intently on that aspect of the Easter story, we tend to ignore the significance of other elements, including the role of the women who followed Jesus. They are the ones who stood in watch; and it was the two two Mary's at the foot of the cross, while the men were elsewhere. A woman was the first tabernacle and women were the first to proclaim the Lord has risen. So why is it that women may not continue their historical leadership roles in today's church?
Women will have different leadership roles than men in the Church when the day comes that women have leadership roles at all, simply because women have different strengths and weaknesses than men. Jesus calls all of us to adulthood in the community, and the community includes everyone. But the Church is a deeply fractured community where men decide what the community will be, and if it suits men, then the assumption is that it suits women, too. Being women are never asked, and membership is voluntary, the women who find the community less than satisfactory are given the "my way or the highway" choice. The Church needs to find a way to ask women what they want, and what women want to build. Women are entirely capable of creating and building what would nourish them, but the opportunity simply isn't there. No one is asking women. No one is giving women an opportunity to speak. We can have anything we want as long as it can be accomplished without speaking, or money - and then we have to have permission to start on it.
Women need teaching in how to lead as adults because women haven't been in institutional communities long enough to learn those lessons. Teaching adult-adult leadership skills is the first step the Church needs to take. But teaching women how to lead as adults will change the Church also. No one likes change, but the alternative is decline.
It is almost insulting to suggest that we need instruction in leadership and aggressiveness.
What we need is a break in the brick wall or, in my opinion, access to the pulpit. Why can't a woman give a homily during Mass? Wouldn't it be interesting to hear a woman's insights into the parable of the woman at the well - or - the thoughts we might share with Mary on the upcoming birth of her chiild - or - the pain of a mother who witnessed the very public, painful death of her son.
Women bring a different perspective to many passages in the Bible.
Women's presence in the pulpit would enrich our understanding of the Scriptures and allow disenfranchised members of the Church to have a VOICE.
I appreciate your comments, but it is not true that women have much, if any, understanding of how men lead. The Catholic church, the masculine part, has a culture very similar to an industrial construction site. I have been in both for a matter of years. I find it almost impossible to explain to women how masculine and feminine cultures differ, but there is no doubt that they are very dissimilar. The first thing to learn is that a different culture exists. The second is to learn how it differs. That masculine cultures are much easier to tolerate explains a lot about why men get to the executive suite ahead of women, even though it is true that women face discrimination. The fact that women undermine each other and fail to mentor only adds to the problem. I also have spent a matter of years in a very feminine work culture, and feminine aggression is finally becoming a topic in professional magazines in that culture.
Yes, women read and understand Scripture in a manner different than men, and the Church needs a feminine viewpoint. Women need a voice in the Church. I agree wholeheartedly with that. But we aren't going to make much progress until we realize that we are talking across a cultural divide, and learn how to speak the same language.
It is almost insulting to suggest that we need instruction in leadership and aggressiveness.
What we need is a break in the brick wall or, in my opinion, access to the pulpit. Why can't a woman give a homily during Mass? Wouldn't it be interesting to hear a woman's insights into the parable of the woman at the well - or - the thoughts we might share with Mary on the upcoming birth of her chiild - or - the pain of a mother who witnessed the very public, painful death of her son.
Women bring a different perspective to many passages in the Bible.
Women's presence in the pulpit would enrich our understanding of the Scriptures and allow disenfranchised members of the Church to have a VOICE.
Is there a response or just a repetition? Easter blessings either way.


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