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Re: Caring4Corny
You deserve that @Faith-and-Hope . As women, self sacrifice fits like a glove and it is modelled to us by the previous generations, unless the women in the family are very self-focused, which also can happen a lot.
Narcissism is on a continuum. We are all self focused and we are all looking out for ourselves, but if your husband experienced the top end in his childhood from his parents that would have completely warped his thinking and changed his sense of identity in a bad way.
You grow up with a heady mix of feelings of worthlessness but also having to be the saviour and self sacrificer... you begin to believe that your worth is only realised when someone else is taking from you and it becomes a pattern. Expressing your needs can result in rage and aggression from the self absorbed parent. You end up feeling empty and you don't know why.
I feel for him if he was subjected to that, its been really interesting how many people on the ward have vocalised similar home environments and personality in at least one parent.
I hope that your marriage can come back to life but it does take two to do that.
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I believe continuum applies to a lot of things @Corny and you mention people taking from you.
I believe that in order to thrive any living creature both gives and receives and if that cycle is broken/out of balance then there are negative consequences.
I believe as people we too are hard wired to give, but also to recieve. Put somewhat simply problems occur when what we have to give is plundered or we in turn demand more than is ours to take.
I think to some extent we all like want to know why something has happened and we think that will help give us closure, it may for some, but it often does not. Even if we know why, the injustice of the imbalance of giving/recieving can still eat at us. Knowing someone's circumstances if they have taken from us or who have failed to give in the manner we are hard wired to do may help explain a situation and perhaps modulate/exacerbate our response toward the offender.
Again, very simply put, I think though that even if we know the why, it does not fix the damage that has been done. This is not a simple thing. It is often multi leveled and multi faceted. When things are broken, there is no pain free solution. However, to effect a remedy to the extent it is possible (there will likely be scars) one needs willing participation.
I guess in these forums, rather than look at what is broken, I try to focus on the things we can do and encourage the disciplines that when applied will help us live better in spite of any diagnosis that we have, mental health or other (and yes it is tough going to do this).
@Corny In what areas do you feel you need gentle encouragement that I could help you with?
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Re: Caring4Corny
Thank you @Darcy for your kind words. I agree with you that lots of medical conditions and personality traits and styles occur on a continuum. With Google all the search algorithms are generated from America, so the results we receive and what we read, are all biased towards American knowledge systems, and their cultural and social values. People use terminology from the DSM to diagnose or describe themselves before they even step into a doctors office, and I think that that disadvantages people with the chronic and severe mental health conditions if Google is creating a situation where every single person can say they have a disorder.
I guess one of my problems is that I know logically that we are all wired to receive, the give and take, and mutual care is what creates connection, friendship and intimacy, but my up bringing trained me otherwise. I won't bore you with my childhood stuff, but my father's personality was very domineering to say the least, and learning to receive when he was so successful at making me feel utterly worthless, undeserving and unworthy is a tough task for me to turn around. He was very manipulative, aggressive, demanding and self focused.
You said, "put somewhat simply problems occur when what we have to give is plundered or we in turn demand more than is ours to take", the problem with people like my father is that they always manage to find someone who supports, validates and is complicit in their demands, giving them even more strength to do damage because they get enablers like my mother on board to legitimise their behaviour. It becomes normalised.
I don't discuss my father's narcissism anywhere really but with some friends that get it, and on this forum. I find I can't because the term is used very flippantly and mainly in the context of romantic relationships where one partner says they are an empath and go onto Google and describe how they escaped and broke up with their narcissistic wife/husband/partner. My sibs and I could not divorce our parents, we were in captivity and from birth this affected our sense of self, and our ability to receive.
Narcissism is a continuum also, my sib was emailing me some of Trumps posts from Twitter about "Presidential bullying" that were just hilarious & we were cracking up, because a narcissist feels bullied by just about everyone that doesn't give them their way or questions their behaviour, but my fathers narcissism was much more nuanced than the stereotype of Trump. He also still had his own personality, and he was abusive, not all NPD sufferers are, but he was.
I guess I am just trying to retrain myself in some way. To learn that I have needs also, and that I am worthy of having my needs looked after. I know I do a great job of looking after other people, I'm just not that great at looking after myself and feeling like I deserve to.
I will get there @Darcy.
There's lots of grief that comes with having a MI, a friend was saying how robbed he has felt and that we will never reach our potential. I found the bluntness and frank way of saying the blooming obvious very refreshing. It made me realise that I have to carve a new life for myself and focus on what I can do and can enjoy. If I focus on everything that has been taken away from me or I missed out on, it just becomes unbearable and despairing.
Do you mind me asking di your husband develop Bi2 later in life or were there signs in his teens or 20s?
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Yes, it was simply put and there are other many intertwined issues which which include but are not limited to selfishness, power and greed, once again on a continuum. I quote Dr Tim Jennings "Love can only exist in an atmosphere of freedom. Violate freedoms in relationships and three predictable and damaging consequences will occur.
- Love is damaged and eventually destroyed.
- Rebellion (desire to break away and get free) is incited
- Individuality of the one dominated will be eroded and eventually destroyed if the violations do not end."
Yes, I believe that it was not until I faced the reality of our situation and stated the obvious as you put it, that I was then able to come to terms with what had happened and get on with life.
Mr Darcy showed mild anxiety/ OCD symptoms, starting with one and then adding to it, has a collection happening 😵 all of which individually are not adequate enough for a true OCD diagnosis (to use the word of the monent - above normal on the "continuum"). In his 20s it started with lining things up, in his 30s added hand washing, in his 40s word pronunciation and in his 50s what he refers to as 'flashbacks' concern over seemingly benign things like dropping (+ scattering contents of) a bag of peanuts in a shopping centre and getting the car bogged in an unsealed driveway in the 1980s but are possibly a reflection of deeper issues.
In his early 40s things went down hill with a possible trigger subsequently identified. he had one episode of going AWOL - 2 days/ 1 night. After this he started therapy. In his late 40s he was started on meds and became hypomanic. We moved interstate as he was keen to do so. A couple of years on, In his early 50s he became more acute going walkabout a few times, in between the docs were upping doses, adding or changing meds. Despite this he became increasingly suicidal and delusional /psychotic. He was acute for a couple of years and an attempt in his mid 50s resulted in a long hospital stay. At the time on the advice of a pdoc I looked things up, reported things I did not know were symptoms and that is when BP ii was included in the list of "diagnosis hypothses" which included cluster B/C personality traits, MDD and GAD. Since being on BP meds he has been stable with mood and that diagnosis has remained. He is still anxious and has an ongoing medical issue relating to his attempt.
When looking things I came across a website thay gave me hope uniCorny, it spoke about living well in spite of a diagnosis. When I faced reality and activated appropriate responses, things changed. We now have a good system in place and with a bit of support from myself Mr Darcy has been managing quite well. We are now in transition and setting up new supports with our move ... hoping these will be adequate and Mr Darcy will remain in remission from the more debilitating symptoms.
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Your poor husband must have been so frightened @Darcy, how scary for him. Psychosis is harrowing.
I guess that would be classified as late onset? Bipolar 1 & 2 & schizophrenia are in my family so I still get anxious that I could still develop either. Some people can present with it around menopause years. I don't really suffer from health anxiety, but every now and then I have a jolt of anxiety about developing Parkinson's Disease. My grandmother got it before she was 50 I think it was, and it has also sprung up on the other side of the family, it is a horrible disease. I read that people with PTSD are at a %30 higher risk of getting it.......I do my best to live a lifestyle that minimises my risk or at least may delay onset through nutrition, and a anti-inflammatory diet, and I was running before I injured myself, but the biological lottery has a mind of its own. I can only do so much, but it is normal to worry about yourself when you have been in hospital so long.
The progression of your husbands condition sounds similar to quite a few patients I have met on the ward. I must admit I have been uneducated and haven't had any exposure to people with OCD until this admission, but it can be quite psychotic like, or does seem to be the brain revving up to something more severe like full blown psychosis. Two guys on the ward, their psychiatrists have diagnosed them with Bipolar and OCD, and Schizoaffective & OCD, so the ODC has been added as its own separate condition. One of the guys was telling me that before he got Bipolar the OCD came first, after he was set on by 7 males walking home late at night and attacked with weapons. That trauma unravelled some chemistry and he was never the same since.
It's interesting how much traumatic stress is hidden within statistics. You read articles that say something like, "millions of people experience trauma everyday but only %x of people will develop PTSD", but being on the ward, hearing patients stories, they may not develop PTSD, but they can develop another MI that is stress induced. On the ABC program that was on a few years ago, I remember there was a women that developed Bipolar in her 40s after her brother's suicide. Its scary how vulnerable we all are, but I guess we are vulnerable to lots of illnesses.
Even though your husband has stabilised I am sure that he has had to deal with really difficult emotions. And having a physical reminder of his attempt on his life would bring on shame and guilt.
I guess whats difficult in my situation is that my parents did a lot more than "violate freedoms in relationship", they definitely did that, but they didn't even treat me as a human being, my most basic dignity was destroyed, and as you say, the "love" and my "individuality" was destroyed, and I don't know who I am anymore.
The first hump is to feel worthy of love, but it feels the hardest challenge, I don't know if I will get there in this life time, it has been entrenched in me from such a young age, and apart from my parents every single person in my life from the bus driver in my local town, to doctors and authority figures high up have let me down somehow or betrayed me. I have always felt like a mistake.
Its just been soul destroying and I don't think I will ever recover. I think there is no shame to walk through life with life long wounds, and that it is OK to die with unfinished business in your heart. There is so much pressure to heal and fix every area of your life, but I feel more freedom if I accept the wounds will always be there but learn to ride the waves of emotions that come with them. I don't know if that makes any sense, but fixing mode of thinking hasn't worked for me, and neither has more knowledge.
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Good morning to @Faith-and-Hope @Former-Member @Maggie @outlander @Hope4me
@Shaz51 and anyone else following that I have missed,
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Keep writing @Corny .... we are listening, and care about what you are saying.


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1. Once you've decided to do a fighting robot movie, you have several decisions to make. The good news is that you've already made the most important one: You're making a fighting robot movie! Congratulations: Fighting robots are awesome. Everything else is secondary. Now, you can make a pop lunacy Happy Meal psychedelic mind destructor like the "Transformers," but that's only if you're Michael Bay, and if you're Michael Bay, you're too busy buttoning and unbuttoning your shirt in front of a mirror right now to read this. So forget that. You can turn it into a futuristic war for civilization, good robots fighting bad robots with the existence of the human race at stake. You can turn it into a humanist fable, a Who Is The Real Machine Now? metaphor for technology's creeping dominance in modern civilization. Shoot, in a pinch, you can literally break into Lucasfilm and program 95 minutes of robots beating the lugnuts out of each other, without context, motivation or narrative. People would eat that up; I'd eat that up. Or you can do what "Real Steel" does: You can turn it into a kid's movie.
2. "Real Steel" has scenes of fighting robots, and they are impressive, as far as they go: The movie, somewhat cleverly, imagines a universe of robots that are essentially professional wrestlers, who fight in the World Robot Boxing circuit, with names like "Midas," "Ambush" and "Noisy Boy." There's also an underground circuit, in which unproven or past-their-prime robots fight for whatever crash they can scrape up. You can work your way up, if you win the right fights, if the right promoter spots you. In other words: It's like human boxing now, only less corrupt. Now, robots, not being sentient beings, don't have much need for cash, which is why there are so many damn humans in this movie. "Real Steel" has too many humans. It wants you to get behind the inspiring story of a fighting underdog robot via the humans who "care" so much for it. But can a robot be an underdog? Isn't that sort of like cheering for the ping-pong balls in the lottery?
3. The movie lays it on thick, though, with Hugh Jackman mustering up every rogue charm cliche in the book to play Charlie, a robot boxing promoter who lives out of a van and constantly owes somebody money, somebody who's always looking to beat the cash out of him. (Humans only fight out of rage or credit in this movie; they leave the show-fighting to the robots.) Charlie, in a rather lazy conceit, discovers that his son, whom he's only met once, just lost his mother (you never find out how she dies, or even hear her name or see here; she's just "dead parent" so we can get onto the plot), and Charlie needs to show up and sign off on his rich aunt (Hope Davis, for some reason) to take care of him. As you might suspect, Charlie and the boy share a love for robot boxing, and once they've discovered an old "sparring bot" named Atom, a decade of parenting neglect is forgotten in a rags-to-riches tale of metal violence.
4. This is all incredibly silly, and the father-son business is handled in such a hokey manner that you'll find yourself tapping your foot waiting for people to stop talking so the robots might start punching each other again. It's sort of amusing, watching "Real Steel" contort itself into sports movie tropes that you wouldn't think would be possible in a movie about boxing robots. I understand why Atom would need to mimic Charlie's boxing moves; his programming allows him to complete any move he watches someone make. (Oh, Charlie's a former boxer, so you can probably guess where that's going.) I do not understand, however, why Atom would need to train, let alone necessitate a training montage. But this movie sneaks one in anyway, because we expect it, because this movie wants to be "Rocky" with robots so badly that I'm honestly surprised they didn't spring for rights to the Survivor song. Except with a cute kid, which I guess makes it "The Champ." Except robots can't die. "Real Steel" is undiscriminating in its derivativeness.
5. Charlie's storyline is ridiculous -- the movie undersells his louse-ness as a father and then oversells the inspiration of him finally "getting it" -- but Jackman pulls out every trick in the book; Charlie's a huckster, then a lover, then a dad, then a champion, and you can sort of see Jackman sweating trying to keep it all moving. It doesn't help that the kid who plays his son is from the Cute Kid 101 school, not so much acting as batting his eyes and mugging like he's in a commercial for some sugary cereal. The whole thing culminates in, of course, a Big Fight, completely with villains and underdogs and a whole crowd chanting Atom's name. Director Shawn Levy is a pro, and he milks this for all it's worth, and it's tempting to just give yourself over to the hokeyness of it all. But then you remember that this was supposed to be a movie about fighting robots, and instead it turned into a little kid hanging out with his dad and a big metal friend. I shouldn't have to say this -- this is a movie called "Real Steel," for crying out loud! -- but seriously, this movie about robot boxing needs a lot more robot boxing.
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Here's what I'm thankful for this week:
1. Costco pre-made dinner entrees
2. Children who mind their mama and do their homework without complaining
3. Isabella gave me the biggest hug around my neck when I was walking out the door.
4. Even though it's still blasting hot outside, there is just the smallest hint in the air that fall is coming. It's so beautiful in the morning!
5. Kirk took me outside late last night for no other reason than to look at the stars and to tell me that he loves me.
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4 comments:
- Cheri said...
Thankful for blogs like yours that are so positive and happy! It makes for a fun, pasttime read, and I feel like I have a friend that I've never met face to face but know a lot about! Cheri
- September 4, 2008 at 6:15 PM
- Susie said...
I am so with you girl, I love Costco pre-made meals. I am just thankful for my Savior...if you have Him, everything else falls in to place. And you get to meet great friends like you whom say day I hope to meet. God Bless, Susie
- September 5, 2008 at 8:14 PM
- Becca said...
What a great post! I am tahnful for my daughter...
Peace and Hugs,
- September 6, 2008 at 2:15 AM
- Steve & Amy said...
I second the costco premade dinners. I am just thankful for Costco period:) I love their churros too:)
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This past Saturday, Youth Musical Theater Company (YMTC) graced El Cerrito High School's theater with its opening performance of A Man Of No Importance, the last show of their 2018-19 season. The night before, director Jennifer Boesing reminded the cast, "you have to really listen and respond and that keeps the scene alive." She has stressed this throughout the entire process, to depart from the pattern of saying a line the same way in every rehearsal, like muscle memory. On the last rehearsal before tech week, the cast did the traditional "living room read," returning the actors to the words and their intentions in the director's house. "You're going into tech and there's going to be costumes and light and mics and so many things that are going to throw you off," said Zev Marx-Kahn, a senior at Berkeley High School (BHS). Boesing, the genius that she is, said, "The most important part of theater is the words and relationships, and you have to come back to that."
Tanaka Ngwara, a junior at BHS, who directed The Colored Museum this fall at BHS, said that YMTC "combines the best parts of straight theater with the best parts of musical theater." She said that one of the main criticisms of musical theater is that it is "too campy or it's not realistic and that straight theater is a lot more able to embody and portray real life and be dramatic and deal with harder issues. But this show does all of that and in many ways feels like a straight play, but it still uses music to create the magic that you can only get in musical theater."
The songs in the play express the characters in a way dialogue cannot; it's acceptable to immerse oneself in musical soliloquies at any given place. "Music is more elevated than speech," Marx-Kahn said. "The music is used at parts of the story when you need something that's more elevated. It's super purposeful," he continue.
Alfie Byrne, played by Marx-Kahn, is an older man living in Dublin, Ireland, where Catholicism is largely the context of the community. Every day, throughout working as the ticket collector on a bus, he reads his passengers poems and phrases from the Bible. Meanwhile, Alfie is living with his sister, trying to direct Salome, a play his ensemble would call a "semi-professional" production. Within this situation, Alfie embarks on an exploration of love. "It's funny because it's an older man," said Boesing. "But it's kind of a coming of age story." A driving part of his self realization is his sexuality, which he is only now understanding.
Alfie has always lived in self-denial, but wholeheartedly gives love and acceptance to anyone in his community. To Ms. Rice, the lead female in Salome, played by Ngwara, he promises, "there's no fault in loving. No call for shame." Ms. Rice has just told him that she is pregnant by a man she is not married to. Alfie is not as kind to himself. When he said, "there's no one but me to blame," it's an internalization of homophobia within his community and religion. It is hard for him to stomach what he believes at this point: that he does not get to experience love because of his sexuality.
As Dawn Nakashima, the prop and set designer, said, "[homosexuality] is not accepted, it's almost criminal. [Alfie] hasn't done anything or even acted on his impulses, but he's kind of a prisoner in his own mind, because of society."
YMTC consistently puts on thoughtful, relevant productions, and this show is no exception. Catch A Man Of No Importance before it closes on March 17 and see some of the East Bay's most talented teenage actors, including six BHS students.


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Join us for a festive and magical candlelight walk for all the family through the beautiful gardens of RHS Hyde Hall, Chelmsford, Essex.
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The Stanford Center for Buddhist studies was originally founded in 1997. In 2008 it was renamed The Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation Center for Buddhist Studies at Stanford as a result of a generous endowment from The Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation with matching funds from the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation.
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Speke Resort is located in Munyonyo, which is southern Kampala, 12KM away from the capital city of Uganda. It averagely takes about 30 minutes on to get to the resort. If coming from Entebbe, one can use the Kampala – Entebbe Express highway which has was recently opened. This averagely 25 mins to get to the resort.
Checking in
Upon check-in, your mind experiences a cathartic moment; you automatically plug into a new world with state of the art beauty miles away from the city's hustle and bustle! At this point, take your time at the reception lobby – kick off your shoes (if you trust the smell of your socks), sit back, relax, lean into the comfy chairs and pause. Whenever you are ready to go to your hotel room, check in at the desk and within a minute everything will be processed and good to go.
The hotel Rooms:
On the weekends the hotel has a special package for all guests; regardless of nationality, height, size, dietary requirements e.t.c. If you want to spend less yet have the best, I would recommend the deluxe rooms; especially if you are coming along with someone special say your sister or brother, or your other half. The deluxe double is the best plan with a full board experience at $188 all through the weekend – this kind of package includes 3 meals, numerous activities at the wellness center (gym, steam, sauna, swimming, and the spa), half hour boat ride and if you have kids 10 minutes boat ride for them.
If you are an extra person – in personality and bank account – then the perhaps executive suites or presidential suites would be more to your liking. Trust me it is all worth it, go for it and enjoy like a someone from the rich gang.
The activities:
There is a lot to do at the resort which by the way is on a 90 acres estate! You will literary need a to-do list and an activity planner. You weekend includes; From my experience, this what I would recommend;
Check in on Friday, settle into your room, start with the activities at the wellness centre; do a swim, a steam bath, sauna, or perhaps a spa treatment.
At 7:30 pm freshen up and head-over to Nyanja restaurant for dinner, while listening to a live band that plays till 10pm.
Next day, go horse riding in the early afternoon and in the evening have a boat ride. Literally ride away everything on Saturday.
On Sunday, enjoy and live on the other side of the resort, have fun, play, and be one with the serenity of Speke Resort. In the evening there are a number of activities that happen; usually on First Sundays of the month a live band plays, and other Sundays they host acrobatics gurus, and others they have a market. while at any of these you catch and watch the sunset seated on the shores of Lake Victoria, sigh.
There are five restaurants on this resort, personally, I like the meals served at the Nyanja restaurant and there is a lot to choose from and with every choice your taste buds are overwhelmed with things, good things.
Your weekend will be a beautiful stay when you experience it all, and most importantly you will create profound memories that will last a lifetime!


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To gear up as one of the opening acts for Selena Gomez's Revival Tour, DNCE just performed an epic rendition of "Hands To Myself" during their recent visit to BBC Radio studios in London yesterday. But instead of taking a play-by-play from Selena, Joe Jonas and the band stayed true to their unique style.
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QMobile, Leading Smartphone company in Pakistan, started their marketing campaign with popular Pakistani actors and actresses then moved on to a new Bollywood face Aditya Roy Kapoor and finally pocketed Kareena Kapoor for its most expensive smart phone, Z4.
But QMobile has not stopped yet and its next move can be to hire a Hollywood actress for its upcoming commercial.
Yes rumor has it – Angelina Jolie will do the next television commercial for QMobile.
The cellular company had shortlisted three names from Hollywood for their next campaign including Brad Pitt, Julia Roberts and Angelina Jolie.
But they settled for Angelina as she is widely accepted in Pakistan due to her UNHCR work.
If Angelina really appears in an ad for Qmobile then it will be definitely a bang-on entry for the brand in international market. And also, the company might earn the confidence of upper class in Pakistan, which is fond of iPhone, BlackBerry, Nokia Lumia, Samsung etc.
A brand similar to Qmobile in India, MicroMax has recently featured Jack Hughman of The Wolverine in a Christmas advertisement. Experts called it an outrageously expensive move but also a great way to debut in the international market.
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Healthy Smile Secrets
Everyone needs to visit an expert dentist every six months. However, visiting the dentist alone is not enough to maintain your oral health and keep a healthy smile. To keep your gums and teeth healthy, need to brush your teeth two times a day using expert recommended soft-bristled toothbrush and fluoride toothpaste. You want to avoid sipping juice and soda all day long since it only bathing the teeth in acid and sugar. Watch out the foods you eat, go for low-fat dairy, lean proteins and leafy vegetables while avoiding starchy and sugary diets.
Here are the expert guides about the secrets to maintain that healthy and gorgeous smile.
Regular visit to your dentist
The first step towards keeping your mouth healthy is to pay a regular visit to your dentist. Most expert dentists recommend that an individual attends to a dentist session every six months. The dentists are trained to examine your mouth, identify any potential problems and recommend solutions. The dentist also professionally cleans your mouth and teeth, removing the plaque and make your teeth shine in a way you cannot do at home.
Brush and floss on a daily basis
ADA (The American Dental Association) requires people to brush their teeth two times on a daily basis for at least two minutes using a soft-bristled brush. They recommend that you floss daily in between the teeth to remove the plaque.
Rinse with mouthwash
Mouthwash makes your mouth smell fresh, giving you the confidence to speak and smile in public. Mouthwash also kills the harmful bacteria on your teeth and gums, keeping you away from teeth problems.
Eat healthily
The starchy foods are often a great treat, at least once in a while, however, for the sake of your teeth you do not want to destroy your cavities and decay the tooth. Promote healthy teeth and gums by eating more leafy vegetables and healthy fruits. To keep your gums and teeth intact. Remove extra sugars by immediately brushing every time you eat a sugary diet.
Stop smoking
One of the worst enemy to your teeth is the cigarette tar and nicotine. It creates a conducive environment for bacteria in your mouth, makes your teeth yellow, harms the gum tissue, pokes holes in the enamel and you stand a chance of losing a tooth or two.
These are some of the simple things you need to do and the secrets to maintain healthy smile. It is very important that you give ample time for caring for your mouth since it is the beginning of having and maintaining a great smile.


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China takes the world stage in fighting hunger
By David Beasley | China Daily | Updated: 2018-11-02 07:03
With hunger on the rise over the past two years because of conflict and the impact of climate change, the world needs some success stories to keep all of us optimistic and encouraged. China is one of those stories, not just for what it has achieved in the past, but what it is doing now and will do in the future to help the world achieve "Zero Hunger".
I came to China this week as executive director of the World Food Programme to learn about these success stories and form new and stronger partnerships to help us achieve the global goal of Zero Hunger by 2030.
That goal is No 2 of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals set out by world leaders and adopted by the United Nations General Assembly in 2015. Getting there will be challenging, but China helps show us a path. With only 9 percent of the globe's arable land, China feeds 20 percent of the world's population, so I know there is something being done right here.
China devotes a great deal of attention to rural students, something that is important for the entire globe. As we know at the WFP, students who have the right nutritional support are ready to learn and more likely to achieve their true potential in the years and decades to come. Since 2011, China's National Nutrition Improvement Program for Rural Compulsory Education has helped 36 million students in rural areas.
The WFP continues to work with China on these efforts. Just this year, we began work on a nutritious lunch project for pre-school age children (ages 3-5) in Hunan province. More than 1,500 children are getting meals through this program, about one-third of the food for these meals comes from local smallholder farmers.
It is this kind of efficiency and focus that has seen 800 million Chinese lifted out of poverty since 1978. The country is working toward an ambitious goal of ending poverty by 2020, 10 years ahead of the No 1 Sustainable Development Goal: No Poverty.
Building on these successes, China is playing a greater role in helping the world learn from its expertise. Africa, plagued by conflict and hunger, has especially benefited from Chinese expertise and aid. China is training young African researchers in agricultural science and encouraging African entrepreneurship in agribusiness. China is also providing agricultural assistance programs across Africa and supporting emergency humanitarian food assistance programs around the globe.
This is what experts call South-South cooperation, and learning more about how the WFP can work more with China on such projects is why I am here this week. What I hear and learn from Changsha in Hunan province when I attend the Ministerial Forum on Global South-South Cooperation in Agriculture will help pave the way for even more work together to defeat hunger.
Well before this week, the WFP's work in 80 countries feeding 91 million people was a major beneficiary of Chinese government support and expertise. And now it is not just the government, as the Chinese private sector is playing a larger role.
The WFP has more than 50 years of experience and expertise across a wide variety of categories, including logistics and a deep knowledge of food security and nutritional needs. And since I became executive director in April 2017, we have focused even more attention on our digital capabilities. Here is where Chinese companies are stepping up to the plate to work with us, in areas such as cloud computing, so we can create even more digital solutions to fight hunger.
One major example for us is the Alibaba Group, which has a mission to leverage its advanced technology for good. I will meet with Alibaba officials this weekend to discuss more work together, especially in ways we can use technology to respond more quickly, efficiently and effectively to emergencies. That kind of work may sound simple, but quicker response when disaster strikes is the difference between life and death in many instances.
Quicker, more efficient, more effective-this is the task ahead for all those fighting hunger. Like China, the world had been making progress against hunger in the past decade, but in the last two years, wars and other conflicts have caused hunger to go back up. The number of severely hungry people-those who do not know where their next meal is coming from-is up 55 percent in two years.
Therefore, world leaders must double their efforts to end conflicts, because without peace, defeating hunger by 2030 will be difficult. But I am an optimist, and I believe we can defeat hunger if the nations of the world work together more closely, apply what they've learned and share experiences and expertise. That's what has been happening with the WFP and China, and I look forward to seeing the next great achievement that's right on the horizon.
The author is executive director of the United Nations World Food Programme.


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Move follows deployment to Afghanistan
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (Radio New Zealand International, July 29, 2010) – Tonga is to recruit more soldiers over the next couple of months after agreeing to a British request to send troops to Afghanistan.
270 Tonga marines, in four rotations, are to provide security at Britain's Camp Bastion base in Helmand province, from this November.
Britain is to pay the costs involved in the deployment.
The Tonga Defence Service's Joint Operations Commander, Colonel Siamelie Latu, who will lead the first contingent, says they intend launching a recruitment campaign to build up numbers.
"At the moment we should be able to accommodate the two years' deployment, but of course we need soldiers to look after the fort here in Tonga, and yes, it has been approved to increase the number of soldiers. We are going to recruit more in the next couple of months."
There are presently around 700 personnel in the Defence...
Government mulls action against retailers
By Rachna Lal SUVA, Fiji (Fijilive, July 29, 2010) - An investigation by Fiji's Commerce Commission into the country's hardware sector has revealed that hardware companies have been marking up retail prices by as much as 34,000 percent.
Commerce Commission chairman Dr. Mahendra Reddy has handed over the investigation report into 'unscrupulous practices' by manufacturers, suppliers and retailers, to Attorney General Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum.
Reddy said there were five issues in particular that stood out.
These were:
"We have given some recommendations to the government how to deal with the investigation result and will now await the decision by the government," he said.
Sayed-Khaiyum at a press conference said the government will go over the findings and make a decision after that.
"I hope the hardware companies will be ashamed by this report which actually affects the people,"...
Economy must be built before referendum held
By Winterford Toreas PORT MORESBY, Papua New Guinea (PNG Post-Courier, July 29, 2010) - Bougainville is not yet ready to go for a referendum to decide its political future, according to Bougainville President Chief John Momis.
And he has warned that if Bougainville is not prepared to go for a referendum, it will be seen as a "failed state" or "banana republic."
Mr. Momis said though it is clearly stipulated in the Bougainville Agreement that Bougainville should go for a referendum between 10-15 years, with that time frame starting from the formation of the first House of Representatives, there is still a lot of work that needs to be done.
According to that timeframe Bougainville now only has five years left with the referendum scheduled to be held between 2015-2020.
One of the issues highlighted by the president that still needs to be immediately addressed is improving the capacity...
California's Tri-Marine strikes deal
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (Radio New Zealand International, July 29, 2010) – An agreement has been reached in American Samoa for the purchase and taking over of the COS Samoa Packing cannery plant, which closed last September.
However, specific details remain under wraps following a meeting in Pago Pago between officials of Tri Marine International and Chicken of the Sea International, the owner of the Samoa Packing plant.
Samoa News quotes a government source, saying that the deal has Tri Marine International purchasing the remaining Samoa Packing fixed assets at a price of less thanUS$5 million.
An official statement about the deal is expected to be announced today.
Palau government spends $700,000
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (Radio New Zealand International, July 29, 2010) – A spokesperson for Palau's Micronesian Games Organising Committee says they're expecting over 1,000 competitors to participate in 15 sporting events at this year's games starting on Sunday.
Apart from Palau there'll be competitors from Guam, the Northern Marianas, the Marshall Islands, Nauru, Kiribati and the four Federated States of Micronesia - Yap, Chuuk, Kosrae and Pohnpei.
Baklai Temengil says the Palau Government contributed US$700,000 towards the event with the organising committee raising an additional US$350,000 through donations and sponsorships.
She says this year's theme is the "Green Games" and as well as the usual sports there're competitive cultural events planned.
"We host the more regular sports like athletics, wrestling, basketball, baseball volleyball. And then we have more traditional sports, one is outrigger...
PNG'S OIL SEARCH SPENDS $220 MILLION IN GAS STARTUP Mobilization, construction as massive development ramps up
By Eric Tapakau PORT MORESBY, Papua New Guinea (PNG Post-Courier, July 29, 2010) - Papua New Guinea's energy company Oil Search Limited has spent US$220.6 million [PGK567 million] in the second quarter of this year on the PNG LNG project.
Oil Search, which owns 29.9 percent of the project, said that following the announcement in March that full execution of the PNG LNG project had commenced, activities ramped up considerably during the second quarter of 2010.
Key activities during the quarter were focused on the ongoing mobilization of people and equipment to various locations in PNG, site preparation and early construction works.
During the quarter, Oil Search and its joint venture partners discussed LNG expansion opportunities. In addition, consolidation and optimization of Oil Search's license interests continued, with a number of acreage...
PNG economy to take quantum leap
By Harlyne Joku PORT MORESBY, Papua New Guinea (PNG Post-Courier, July 29, 2010) – The proposed Sovereign Wealth Fund (SWF) to be set up to invest funds generated from the LNG project abroad will boost the country's economy to about PGK50 billion [US$18 billion] in GDP (Gross Domestic Product).
[PIR editor's note: Gross Domestic Product is the market value of all goods and services made by a country in a year. ]
This is double the current GDP rate of PGK25 billion [US$9 billion], PNG's deputy secretary of Treasury and chairman of the SWF working group Anthony Yauieb revealed yesterday.
Mr. Yauieb said huge dividends estimated at about PGK50 billion in GDP would flow into the fund in 2014 when the LNG project was in full operation. "This is a significant amount and will have a huge impact on the economy," Yauieb said.
He made the comments at the National Research Institute (NRI) during the launching of...
FIJI'S TAVEUNI FESTIVAL CELEBRATES MULT-CULTURE Annual event aimed at racial harmony
By Serafina Silaitoga SUVA, Fiji (Fiji Times, July 29, 2010) - Irrespective of race and creed, people from all walks of life gathered at the Bucalevu Secondary School's Miss Tagimoucia Festival last week to celebrate the annual event, aimed at bridging the culture gap.
The Taveuni festival featured seven contestants from each form as teachers, parents and students worked together to raise funds for various school projects.
School principal Satya Shandhil said the theme of the week-long festival was "Bridging cultural gap."
"The event was successful in terms of having students realize that we are one nation, one people and we felt it was important for them to be informed about how different people can live together as a nation," Mr. Shandhil said.
"The fundraising activities were directed at improving better the washing area for our girls."
Shandhil told...
By Liam Fox BOUGAINVILLE, Papua New Guinea (Radio Australia, July 29, 2010) – Residents of Papua New Guinea's sinking Carteret Islands are known as the world's first climate change refugees but international attention has not translated into relief from their plight. A relocation process started several years ago but only a handful of islanders have moved to nearby Bougainville. They are pleading for help to save their relatives from their sinking island homes.
The isolated islands are slowly disappearing under the Pacific Ocean, with rising water inundating crops and spoiling water supplies.
Charles Tsivi moved his family to Tinputz on Bougainville's north-east coast last year and built a house on land donated by the Catholic Church.
He says he is glad he made the move.
"I saw the population was increasing as well as that strong winds blow the waves onto the land and spoils the food gardens," he said.
On a windy hill...
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If you want to host a static website, a site where the content does not change, you do not have to use a server. Instead, you can use the Rackspace Cloud Files service.
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Use the following steps to create a Cloud File container to house your site:
Log in to the Cloud Control Panel.
In the top navigation bar, click Select a Product > Rackspace Cloud.
Select Storage > Files.
On the Cloud Files/Containers page, click Create Container.
Type a name for your container and select the region where you want to host your site.
Select the Static Website option and then click Create Container.
Note: Selecting the Static Website option automates the following Cloud Files API operations: - Sets the index page to index.html for both the container and any pseudo directories within the container. - Sets your container to use CDN, so that users can retrieve your content faster.
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Kristy prides herself on making her clients feel welcome, understood and in safe hands from their very first meeting. Her 16 years of residential and commercial experience in the Melbourne property market has taught her to ensure every 'i' is dotted and 't' crossed and how imperative this is when transacting property.
Softer market ripe for buyers
With the Melbourne property in a much-awaited cooling off period, now is the time for buyers with finance pre-approval to swoop. Yes, there are fewer discretionary vendors offering their property for sale as they are waiting for a more vendor weighted market, but we are still seeing good numbers of quality properties ripe for the picking.
Our advice to clients remains unchanged no matter what time in the property cycle we happen to be buying in. Avoid the bargain hunter mentality. What we mean by this is, steer clear of making property selection decisions based on which property appears to be the biggest bargain. Properties that are inferior in terms of location, quality of accommodation, proximity to amenities and architectural style will continue to underperform as the factors are unlikely or impossible to change.
The way to spot an undervalued property is to track the market in your chosen area and keep an eye out for properties that have good access to amenities, are well positioned in the block (if buying an apartment), have a functional floorplan, are part of a well-maintained building and possibly have one or two features that are turning other buyers away. It could be dated presentation, lack of a balcony or outdoor space or communal laundry facilities to name a few. These features or lack thereof are not deal breakers in terms of investment potential but may be enough to either keep the competition to a minimum or to keep their purchase limits lower making it easier to buy the property at a reasonable price.
We are seeing more properties pass in at auction either on a vendor bid or to a genuine bidder. Last weekend, we purchased two properties in blue chip Melbourne suburbs for clients after a pass in negotiation with minimal interest from other buyers. Pass ins shouldn't be feared, they can be a great opportunity if you are the person it passes into. Remember that you always want to hold the bid when the property passes in to have the exclusive right to negotiate at the vendors reserve. We would not recommend this as a strategy, rather an opportunistic way to purchase a property when the vendors position is weaker. An auction pass in if negotiated correctly can be a win/win situation.
Another way to take advantage of a softer market is to make offers prior to auction. Drawing the process to a head earlier than the scheduled date can reduce the number of buyers who have a chance to inspect the property and put them under pressure due to the time constraints for legal work, building inspections, finance approval etc. If the campaign is going well, agents will generally not recommend entertaining early offers, however it can be a good way to ascertain the vendors expectations if an early offer is rejected as the quote range must be adjusted to reflect the rejection of a written offer.
To sum up, do not compromise on the investment fundamentals of the property selection and think rationally about the compromises you are willing to make. Track the market and be willing to act quickly for a property that meets your criteria to cut the competition off at the knees.
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BRATTLEBORO—Upon appeal, the Vermont Supreme Court upheld the Windham Superior Court's ruling in Kurt Daims and Craig Newbert v. The Town of Brattleboro.
The court, during its March term, decided that the Selectboard did not overstep its authority when it published an information sheet prior to a town-wide vote.
Daims and Newbert, members of Brattleboro Common Sense (BCS), filed suit against the town last year claiming the board had practiced voter suppression during the March 2015 election.
BCS supporters asked in the suit that the court overturn the 2015 election results and order the town to hold a new town-wide vote.
The two alleged that the Selectboard misused its authority and swayed the outcome of a town-wide vote on three charter amendments submitted through a petition.
In previous interviews with The Commons, Daims said that the proposed amendments would have restored rights citizens lost during the 2012 Town Charter revision.
The Selectboard released an information sheet before the spring election stating its unfavorable views of the multiple charter amendments. Voters overwhelmingly defeated all three amendments.
Last July, the Windham Superior Court ruled in the Town of Brattleboro's favor.
According to Judge John P. Wesley's 2015 decision, "The [Superior] Court finds Plaintiffs' claims fail to demonstrate any violation of law, and are largely contradicted by the facts."
"There is nothing to suggest the Selectboard acted willfully to deceive voters," Wesley wrote.
BCS members responded in August 2015 to Wesley's writing, saying, "Had the proposals been defeated without the Selectboard's interference, we would have believed that the outcome of the vote was the will of the people."
"But the misinformation provided by the board clearly affected the results, and we cannot rest until this matter has been heard by Vermont's highest court," the members wrote.
According to court documents, the Vermont Supreme Court justices, in agreeing with the lower court's decision, believed the Selectboard colored within the lines when it released its information sheet. The court saw nothing to warrant a second election.
In this decision, Judge Harold E. Eaton Jr., noted that Daims and Newbert — now represented by counsel Paul S. Gillies of Tarrant, Gillies & Richardson of Montpelier — had dropped earlier claims of constitutional violations.
According to court documents, the plaintiffs still argued that the board's information sheet "was unauthorized by, and inconsistent with the purpose and letter" of state law.
"In essence, plaintiffs argue that any action taken by the selectboard beyond that set forth in the statute with respect to a voter-initiated petition to amend the charter — including taking a position on the petition — is beyond the selectboard's authority," wrote Eaton.
The justices disagreed.
"Plaintiffs read too much into the statute," Eaton wrote.
According to court documents, Daims and Newbert claimed that the Selectboard's authority extended only to those powers "explicitly granted by the Legislature."
The court, however, cited other Vermont case law that towns were not limited to the strict readings of the law.
The court also noted that the Sixth Circuit of the United States Court of Appeals in Ohio found in the 2006 case of Kidwell v. City of Union (Ohio) that governments could officially speak on ballot measures that pertained to its functioning.
Eaton said the VSC agreed with the reasoning, that "limiting government speech with respect to ballot measures concerning government 'would allow hecklers to silence the government on issues in which it has an interest and expertise — and on which citizens have an interest in hearing their government's perspective.'"
Finally, wrote the court, the Selectboard did not distribute its information sheet at the polling place the day of the election.
The court saw no reason to require a re-election.
"Ordering a re-election is an extraordinary remedy that is available only in extreme circumstances in which the right to vote was affected," wrote Eaton.
Calls to BCS and Town Manager Peter Elwell were not returned by press time.


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Analysis Services answers to query in MDX, in DAX (by now just for Tabular models) and has a limited capability to answer SQL queries. It is not useful for any development or client tool, but I wanted to write a blog post on it in order to be able to retrieve these information I gathered during study of DAX and MDX queries sent to Tabular models.
If you create an OLE DB connection using the MSOLAP driver you can send queries to BISM models according to the following schema:
- Multidimensional (aka UDM/OLAP)
- Tabular
The SQL support exists mainly for creating local cubes from a Multidimensional model and it is also used by BISM Tabular model editor. The feature is not documented and not supported outside the syntax that is required for supporting local cubes (for example, it is used when you create an Offline cube in Excel).
You can see some examples of SQL syntax used to query an OLAP cube in two blog post of 2005/2006: one from Mat Stephen and the other from Chris Webb. You can use the same syntax also to query a BISM Tabular model. In such a case, you can also add the SQLQueryMode=DataKeys in the connection strings in order to improve performance, because there is a more direct translation into a Vertipaq request balanced by further restrictions in SQL syntax.
I haven't found a good reason to use such a SQL syntax and the fact that it is not documented and not completely supported means that it is not something that should be used anyway. However, I think it is good to know what is the SQL support existent in Analysis Services (someone might remember some presentation of UDM in early days of SQL 2005 beta) and I'd like to get your feedback about reasons for which this feature should be supported (but before answering, please remember this is a very particular SQL dialect, with syntax like NATURAL JOIN and no support for many standard ANSI constructs).


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After 35 years, it's over. Timothy Coggins' killers will spend many years, if not the rest of their lives, in a Georgia prison.
Bill Moore, the second man involved in the racially motivated 1983 slaying, entered a plea Thursday and will receive a 20-year sentence, plus 10 years of probation, according to two Coggins family members inside the courtroom.
Moore pleaded guilty in Spalding County Superior Court to voluntary manslaughter and concealing the death of another. He will get credit for time served. Moore claims to be in poor health and appeared before the judge in a wheelchair.
Judge Fletcher Sams also banned Moore, should he ever be released, from ever returning to Spalding County, or the surrounding counties of Fayette, Pike and Upson, the family members said.
Coggins' niece, Heather Coggins, told CNN in a phone interview from the courthouse that she was within arm's length of Moore when she addressed him before the judge.
"I told him that what he did to our family 35 years ago tore our family apart. Our grandmother went to her grave not knowing what happened to her son. I said, 'We forgive you. I hope that whoever you pray to, you ask for forgiveness and are forgiven. I also hope that you spend the rest of your natural life behind bars,'" she said. "He just looked at me."
Peggy Richards, Coggins' oldest sister with whom the 23-year-old was living when he was slain, said after learning of the plea deal last week that she was sad that her parents weren't alive to see justice served.
"We cried, we cried, we cried, we cried for (35) years, but now, we're here. We're here now," said Richards, 61, outside the Spalding County Courthouse in Griffin, 40 miles south of Atlanta.
CNN was the only news outlet in the courtroom when prosecutors Ben Coker and Marie Broder presented Moore's plea to the Coggins' family August 8. Ultimately, Coker said, the prosecutors would make the final decision on whether to accept it, but he wanted to hear the family's sentiments before OKing the deal.
"Thirty years is not a weak plea," Coker said. "(Moore) wouldn't take this deal if he didn't have some involvement."
The family gave its blessing, with Timothy's brother, Tyrone Coggins, telling Coker and Broder, "You guys are outstanding, man."
Plea follows shocking trial
Moore's brother-in-law, Frankie Gebhardt, was sentenced in June to life in prison plus 30 years after a jury found him guilty on counts of malice murder, felony murder, aggravated battery, aggravated assault and concealing the death of another. Before his plea, Moore had been charged with the same.
Gebhardt was angry, witnesses testified, because Timothy Coggins had been socializing with his "old lady." He and Moore were accused of taking Coggins to a field in Sunny Side, about 30 miles south of Atlanta, and slicing and stabbing him more than 30 times, puncturing both of his lungs, mutilating his genitals and tying him with a logging chain to the back of a truck before dragging him up and down a field along a rural road.
Hunters found his body two days later, clad only in blue jeans and a beige sweater, according to local news reports at the time.
Prosecutor: 'You will hear a crime scene scream'
Gebhardt's trial featured a rogue's gallery of witnesses, including convicts, a child molester, a white supremacist and a man imprisoned for methamphetamine, all of whom testified that Gebhardt boasted that he and Moore had disfigured and killed Coggins -- always referring to him as "that n****r," rather than by his name.
Prosecutors also were forced to overcome what they called a "shameful" and dated investigation. One of the original investigators testified he couldn't focus solely on the Coggins case because he had to look into smaller crimes, such as vandalism to mailboxes. Evidence also had gone missing over the years.
Gebhardt had essentially preserved other evidence by tossing it down a well on his property, prosecutors said. Investigators were able to retrieve several items critical to the case, including a knife blade, a thick chain, burned clothing, a shoe and an argyle sock. Coggins was barefoot when hunters found him in 1983.
Three more are facing charges
The original investigation was closed in mere weeks. The case would remain stone cold through six sheriffs' administrations until Sheriff Darrell Dix and the Georgia Bureau of Investigation reopened it in December 2016.
The family laments that Coggins' mother, Viola Dorsey, died 10 months earlier and didn't get to see the men who killed her son placed in handcuffs. But even on her deathbed, Dorsey "knew that this day would one day come," Heather Coggins, Dorsey's granddaughter, previously told CNN.
Killers meant to 'send a message,' sheriff says
Dix in July 2017 warned the killers and their accomplices that he was "coming for them," and in October of last year, he delivered on that threat, arresting Gebhardt and Moore, along with Gebhardt's sister, Sandra Bunn, Gebhardt's nephew, Lamar Bunn, and Gregory Huffman.
The latter three were charged with obstruction for their actions after the case was reopened, Dix said. Huffman and Lamar Bunn both worked in law enforcement before their arrests, Huffman as a Spalding County correctional officer and Lamar Bunn as a police officer in Milner, a 25-minute drive south of Sunny Side. Lamar Bunn is suspended without pay pending the outcome of the investigation. Huffman was fired, Dix said.
"Their cases essentially involve the passing of information to Frankie Gebhardt which hampered the investigation. That is all that I can provide you at this time," Coker said in an email Wednesday.
He did not provide a timeline for their trials, saying only that he hoped to resolve them after the Moore plea was complete.


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News Headlines - 27 October 2014
▽Army orders soldiers into isolation after returning from Ebola mission - Stripes
The Army has ordered apparently healthy U.S. soldiers returning from a mission to combat an Ebola outbreak in Africa into medical isolation amid growing fears about the spread of the disease, the Defense Department announced on Monday.
▽Stem cells that can kill cancer have been engineered by scientists - The Independent
The team of scientists, who experimented on mice, used genetically engineered stem cells that released cancer killing toxins, while leaving healthy cells unaffected.
Most importantly, the modified cells were able to emit the tumour killing poison without succumbing to its effects.
▽BBC News - 'HS3' rail link for north of England backed by HS2 boss
Prime Minister David Cameron has given the green light to plans for a high-speed "HS3" rail link in the north of England, following a report by HS2 boss Sir David Higgins.
▽Revealed: London plot to hijack the Loch Ness Monster from the Scots - London Evening Standard
Bosses at the Natural History Museum hatched a plan to hunt and kill the Loch Ness Monster to display its carcass in London, it has been claimed.
▽BBC Sport - Zinedine Zidane: Real Madrid coach gets three-month coaching ban
World Cup winner Zinedine Zidane has been suspended from coaching for three months for taking charge of a team without the right qualifications.
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Having worked as Assistant Professor at University of Colorado Health Sciences Center for some time, he returned to India to set up and lead the research program on human virus at ICGEB, New Delhi.
Dr. Shahid Jameel is at present CEO of The Wellcome Trust/DBT India Alliance, a joint funding initiative by The Wellcome Trust UK and the Department of Biotechnology, Government of India, for the best and brightest of biomedical researchers who aim to pursue their research work in India.
He joined the Wellcome Trust/DBT India Alliance after over 25 years of experience as a Scientist and Group Leader of Virology at the International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (ICGEB), New Delhi. His research at ICGEB dealt with human viruses – the hepatitis E virus (HEV) and HIV, where his group explored the role of viral proteins and host noncoding RNAs in disease. He is considered an expert in the area of hepatitis E – a viral disease that results in inflammation of the liver. He has also worked on the development of a vaccine that would be employed to prevent hepatitis E.
Dr. Shahid Jameel did his BSc from AMU, MSc from IIT Kanpur, and PhD from the Washington State University, USA. His post-doctoral work in Molecular Virology was carried out at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, USA. Having worked as Assistant Professor at University of Colorado Health Sciences Center for some time, he returned to India to set up and lead the research program on human virus at ICGEB, New Delhi.
Dr. Jameel was born in Aligarh and comes from a family of academicians and intellectuals. His father, Prof. A. Majid Siddiqi, had earned a PhD in Biochemistry from the University of California in 1962, returned to teach at AMU where he established the Department of Biochemistry and the Faculty of Life Sciences. His mother, Mrs. Jamila Siddiqi, taught Biochemistry at the JN Medical College, AMU and his grandfather, Prof. Abdul Aleem was a Professor of Arabic & Islamic Studies and later the Vice Chancellor of the Aligarh Muslim University.
Dr. Jameel is a Fellow of all the three prestigious science academies in India. His academic and research work is also recognized through various awards and honors, namely, International Senior Research Fellowship in Biomedical Sciences, The Wellcome Trust, UK, 2001; Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award in Medical Sciences, 2000; B.M. Birla Sci0ence Prize in Biology, 1995; Young Muslim Scientist Award in Life Sciences, 1994; Biotechnology Career Fellowship, Rockefeller Foundation, 1991; Outstanding Graduate Student Award, Phi Lambda Upsilon, 1984; C. Glenn King Memorial Scholarship, 1979; University Medal, AMU, 1977; University Medal, AMU, 1975; National Science Talent Scholarship, 1974. For carrying out his research on HEV and HIV, Dr. Jameel has received grants from DBT, ICMR, Wellcome Trust (UK) and NIH (USA). He is the Editor (Medical Section) of the Indian Virological Journal and serves on the Editorial Boards of Journal of Biotechnology and Biomedicine, Journal of Biosciences and PINSA. Dr Jameel frequently comments on infectious disease issues to the national and international press. He is also on the Editorial Boards of various international and Indian journals, and serves as a member or Chair of various key committees at DBT and ICMR.
Dr. Shahid Jameel, Welcome to Kashmir! Your keynote lecture "25 years with Hepatitis E: The Kashmir Connection" delivered at BIOCME 2015 tells us that your association with Kashmir and scientists from Kashmir is deep since you started working on Hepatitis E Virus. Twenty five years is a very long time. This also means that you would know a great deal about the research infrastructure and the kind of research being done in some of the known departments in KU and other institutions of Kashmir? Could you tell us more about your Kashmir connection?
Thank you very much. It is always a pleasure to be here. I am honored to be considered by the organizers of BIOCME 2015 for a keynote lecture.
My professional connections with Kashmir are indeed deep. When I returned from USA as a 30-year old to pursue virus research in India, I already knew of Prof. Mohammad Sultan Khuroo at SKIMS. Khuroo Saheb had described a new disease, then called non-A, non-B hepatitis, and I wanted to find out its causative agent. I came to SKIMS in the summer of 1989 to meet him. Khuroo Saheb was most gracious and offered all possible help. This started a long association with him and his student Saleem Kamili, who spent a few years in my lab in Delhi. Saleem is now in a senior position at CDC, USA, and I am extremely proud of his achievements. I have many other friends from Kashmir, both in India and overseas. So coming here is also an occasion to meet them and their families.
Allow me share some candid thoughts. The research infrastructure at KU is good and improving. Infrastructure is important but equally important is the freedom and encouragement given to young people to express their creativity. I find the students here to be sharp and inquisitive. As teachers and mentors, we are duty bound to help them do well. For this, teaching and research should be even better. It is critical for KU and other institutions in Kashmir to recruit high quality young faculty members and to give them the time, space and independence to establish themselves. At the same time, people have to be pushed out of their comfort zones and made to challenge themselves. For this you need visionary and confident leadership.
Scientific research is all about the meeting of minds; it cannot be done in isolation. KU and SKIMS are two fine institutions but they hardly work together. They should have collaborative programmes on biomedical research, which are relevant to the health needs of this area. Show that you can work together and funds will not be a problem.
How far are we from developing a vaccine to prevent the onset of the diseases like HEV and HIV? You were recently doing research on macaques to find answers in collaboration with scientist at Emory University Vaccine Center/ Yerkes Primate Center, USA. Tell us something about that research.
Two vaccines for HEV have been developed – in USA and China. The latter has also been licensed for the market. A vaccine for HIV is still far, but while researching it scientists have learnt much about HIV and AIDS.
My research on HEV and HIV has focussed largely on understanding the basic biology of the viruses and the processes through which they cause disease. Though I am trained as a biochemist and molecular biologist, I realized early that meaningful work on human diseases cannot be done without the help of those who treat patients. Throughout my career, I have collaborated extensively with clinicians. Just like Prof. Khuroo, many others have been most generous with their time and effort. In the process, I have learnt to appreciate the human face of disease and this has kept me grounded. It has also reminded me continuously to pay attention to detail and never to compromise on quality.
For the HEV vaccine, my group engineered a hepatitis B virus-like particle that carries parts of HEV that generate protective immunity. Tests carried out in mice showed good hepatitis B and E immune responses, indicating that this could potentially be a dual hepatitis vaccine. I hope ICGEB will partner with some company to take this forward. Our HIV vaccine work was done in collaboration with scientists at the Emory Vaccine Center, in which we engineered a virus-like particle for HIV-1 subtype C, which is the dominant strain in India. With scientists at Emory seeing good results in monkeys, I hope the Government of India will take this partnership further.
You are presently CEO of the Wellcome Trust/DBT India Alliance. Tell us more about the aims of this program, and your role as CEO?
The India Alliance is a biomedical research partnership, which is funded equally by the Wellcome Trust (which is a British charity) and the Department of Biotechnology, Government of India. With about Rs. 1300 crores at our disposal, we aim to create a culture of excellence in biomedical research in India. This is done primarily through fellowships given to outstanding basic, clinical and public health researchers at various stages of their career. Besides the fellowship programme, India Alliance undertakes many public engagement and outreach activities. We are aware that almost all research in India is funded with public money, and the public has a right to know what scientists do with that money. My job as CEO is to ensure that our processes are completely transparent, our standards are world class and that we support the best and brightest researchers. We aim to identify, nurture and prepare the next generation of science leaders for India.
The Wellcome Trust/DBT India Alliance is conducting Science Communications Workshops for PhD students, MDs, and junior scientists at the University of Kashmir. What is the main objective behind this workshop, and how will this benefit the participants. Also, do you plan to conduct such workshops in future, may be at other institutions of Kashmir?
Communicating clearly and sensibly is important for every professional and scientists are no exception. We have very good students who have good ideas. But their communication skills are pathetic. So, the main objective of these workshops is to improve that. We talk about ethics and the proper conduct of research, about the value of good communication, and teach young scientists to write research papers and give good research talks. Funding is important for research, so we also teach the basics of writing good grant proposals. The main aim of these workshops is to teach our young scientists the value and method of good communication – written and oral. This gives them the confidence to move ahead.
We do such workshops all over India and have been trying to bring these to Kashmir for two years. But unfortunate human and natural interventions prevented us from doing that till now. Our team is very excited at this opportunity and for this I must thank Dr. Shaida Andrabi of KU who never gave up. Prof. Akbar Masood, Prof. Khursheed Andrabi and other senior faculty have also been very supportive. It is heartening to have such a good response not just from KU, but from other institutions in Srinagar. If there is sufficient interest, we can make this an annual affair. Our only condition is that multiple institutions should come on one platform. This is the age of collaboration and silos have to be broken.
This seems to be a great opportunity for the young Kashmiri scientists who are passionate about pursuing biomedical research and learn skills in science communication as well as getting valuable guidance and counseling for achieving their research goals. You have shaped the life and career of many scientists, including many from Kashmir. During your workshop, are you planning to spend time with students who would wish to discuss their research work with you?
I enjoy interacting with students and young scientists. Their enthusiasm and energy helps me stay mentally alert. It becomes difficult at busy events such as these workshops to discuss research with individual students. My advice would be for KU and other institutions to join hands and organize an annual Young Scientist Conclave, in which students present short talks and posters. To do this they can invite established researchers to listen and advise. There are many people who will come happily for such an event. Let this be organized by students and young scientists. It will not cost much and will be a great learning experience for them.
Please tell us about the major research grants of the Wellcome Trust/DBT India Alliance for biomedical researchers?
We support biomedical researchers at multiple career stages. Our Early Career Fellowships aim to create a good postdoctoral culture through which our brightest PhD students are encouraged to work in the country and still train at the best institutions globally. The Intermediate Fellowships are designed to attract the best young scientists from overseas to start their research career in India. The Senior Fellowships are for established researchers who want to ask bigger and more challenging research questions. Finally, the Margdarshi Fellowships are for leaders to set up Centres of Excellence, which are internationally cutting-edge and which offer opportunities to mentor younger scientists. More details about our activities can be found at www.wellcomedbt.org.
Any message for the students who want to pursue a career in scientific research?
Pursue a career in scientific research only if you are passionate about it. There will be a lot of hardwork all your life if you want to stay competitive. Be honest with yourself and your profession. Read extensively and pay a lot of attention to detail.


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The story itself follows a Princess from an obscure, failing kingdom, whom happens upon two different powers, one of which is the primary focus of the gameplay. Traps! The player will use traps/weapons to combat enemies, but rather than defeating or even killing them, they become transformed.
But yes, it's a game that, at current features 24 transformation scenes, with more to come! Currently the game features: Farm animals (currently cows and horses) Domestic animals (currently cats and dogs) Bimbos
Most TF's are MtF, with a few being same-sex or sissification...de-masculinizing...You'll see!
I'm only just now realizing I programmed but didn't write the player transformations as well, but for now, this is bug testing. And hype... and interest. Yeah, totally checking for interest! Hopefully Istill have a good rep among my fanbase.
Currently there are NO sexual interactions, though in general, the transformations are erotic in nature, sometimes comical.
However there is a violence warning, which is entirely optional. A choice is provided upon starting the game to enable or disable the traps that kill, and the scenes resulting from that are quite brief and should be pictured like a low-budget horror movie. Those lead to their own player transformation path as well.
There's not much there at the moment, but what is there is solid. I'd play an expanded version.


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I'm not devoted to very many organizing products. In general, I think organizing products are overrated and overpriced. But I do love Really Useful Boxes. Watch the video to find out why!
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