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This week there was some pretty disgusting news that in New York the abortion laws were extended. It's not the first state in the US to allow it, but it's the first I'd heard about.
The new law allows a child to be killed up to 6 months for any reason. It also allow a child to be killed up until birth, for the nebulous "health reasons" of the mother. Tired of the sore back? That's a health reason. Stressed your life is going to change? That's a health reason. Worried about how the budget is going to stretch? Also a health reason.
The above chart is pretty shocking. Think about it – at 16 weeks the baby can suck it's thumb.
It makes me sick. It makes no sense that an abortion is legal 1 minute before birth, and considered murder 1 minute after.
Babies are treated with less regard than convicted serial killers; they at least get 20 years in prison. Let's dispense with the euphemisms and the rare outlier stories which make the law seem more palatable: what we're actually talking about is personal convenience (or responsibility avoidance) and corporate profit.
As a disabled man my parents could have decided that I wouldn't have a fulfilling life, or that I might be too much of a burden. Thank God they resisted the doctor's advice to give me a chance. I was only a helpless babe; I needed someone in my corner.
(I know some who read this, may be confronted and hurt by my words. I honestly don't want to hurt you, but neither do I want to permit the normalization of abortion or shield you from hard truths. It's only when we acknowledge our guilt before God that we can be forgiven (1 John 1:9)… and I too have much to confess myself (Rom 3:23). To ignore the guilt we have is to choose not to accept God's forgiveness).


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Katherine Z. Delzeit, 77, Oakley, died Friday, Feb. 7, 2014, at Logan County Hospital.
She was born Nov. 25, 1936, in Sheridan County to Joseph and Agatha (Heier) Zerr.
She married Fred S. Halbleib on March 21, 1957. He preceded her in death Dec. 31, 1986. She later married LeRoy "Bill" Delzeit on Feb. 28, 1992. He preceded her in death. She was a homemaker and worked outside the home.
She was a member of St. Joseph Catholic Church in Oakley. She enjoyed playing bingo, going to dances and watching her grandchildren play sports.
Survivors include a son, Richard Halbleib and wife, Vickie, Oakley; two daughters, Patsy Kammer and husband, Chuck, Silver City, N.M., and Joyce Kuhn and husband, Alan, Oakley;a brother, Steve Zerr and wife, Louella, Hoxie; two sisters, Margaret Richmeier and husband, Ben, Thorton, Colo., and Helen Normandin and husband, Gene, Damar; five grandchildren, Sarah Kammer, Silver City, Jacob Halbleib and wife, Ciara, Westminster, Colo., Jessica Orlovski and husband, Craig, Goodland, Kristin Yergey and husband, Michael, Colby, and Ryan Kuhn, Oakley; and a great-grandson, Karter Yergey, Colby.
She was preceded in death by her parents; and four brothers, Clem, Ted, Kasper and Melchoir Zerr.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday at St. Joseph Catholic Church, Oakley.
Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Monday at Baalmann Mortuary, Oakley.
A vigil will be at 7 p.m. Monday at the mortuary.
Memorials are suggested to St. Joseph Catholic Church or the National Kidney Foundation in care of the mortuary.
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On my Sony VAIO PCV-RX850 Desktop computer, operating on Microsoft Windows XP, Service Pack 3, 1GB RAM (originally 512MB), 200GB Maxtor Hard Drive, upgraded, I am having a persistant and annoying problem when my Sony desktop computer shuts down. At the end of the process of shutting down, an annoying Application Error Message informational window stating that 'UpnP Framework.exe' is using a wrong memory address, which actually happens to be the same one, anyways; 0x00000000. On my Acer V3 laptop computer with Windows 8.1, connected to a network, luckily I don't have this problem. However, on my Sony computer, home computer, whenever I Shut Down, this problem persists, 9 out of 10 times, at least! Could it be serious later on? I am very appreciative for any viable advice. You didn't think a Canadian can be pedantic and long-winded, too? Just joking. Actually, it is the way I normally write. Again, thank you for your consideration.
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That's one of the hits, if you search that error on google. Repeat the search for other hits.
How do you know when a politician is lying? His mouth is moving.
Thank you, guapo. I am going to check out the Sony VAIO Web site under "Drivers and Updates" for the 'VAIO Media Platform Update Program', by Karen Carter, eHow Contributer, from eHow Tech, eHow.com. I hope it works, worth a try. Thank you.
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Nice googling guapo,
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Ultrasonic catheter drug delivery method and device
An ultrasonic catheter drug delivery device comprises an ultrasound transducer to produce ultrasonic waves, which transducer is mechanically attached to a catheter body or chamber. The ultrasonic transducer has a distal tip with a distal radiation surface, and when a therapeutic agent from a fluid source is directed to the catheter body or chamber, the radiation surface creates ultrasonic pressure and delivers liquid and simultaneously ultrasonic energy to a patient's vascularity or a selected body lumen. The method applies therapeutic agent and ultrasonic waves to the vascular area, lung or any body lumen without requiring direct contact between ultrasound transducer and body, dissolves blood clots, and stimulates tissue cells.
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This application is a continuation of application Ser. No. 09/813,577 filed Mar. 21, 2001 now U.S. Pat. No. 6,623,444.FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention generally relates to medical devices and methods. More particularly, the present invention relates to apparatus and methods for the ultrasonically enhanced delivery of therapeutic or contrast agents within the vascular and lung areas or other corporeal lumens.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Despite the significant progress of medical technology, vascular and lung diseases, as well as arterial thrombosis (blood clots in arteries), remain frequent, costly and serious problems in health care. Current methods of treatment such as drugs, interventional devices, and/or bypass surgery are usually expensive and not always effective, even sometimes causing additional problems. For example, drugs can also dissolve beneficial clots or interventional devices can injure healthy tissue to cause potentially fatal bleeding complications or to form scarring or cellular growth which may itself eventually become a serious obstruction in, for example, a blood vessel (a process known as restenosis).
Ultrasonic energy has been used for enhancing the intravascular delivery of drug, to dissolve clot acoustically, disrupt mechanically and inhibit restenosis. Such energy can be delivered intravascularly using specialized catheters having ultrasonically vibrating surface at or near their distal ends. One type of ultrasonic catheter delivery system uses a wire or other axial transmission element to deliver energy from an ultrasonic energy source, located outside the patient to the internal organs, to desired corporeal lumens. (See, for example, U.S. Pat. Nos. 5,002,059, 5,324,255, 5,345,940, and 5,699,805, each of which is incorporated herein by reference.) Such catheters are rigid and cannot be easily inserted through narrow and tortuous vessels and may cause serious damage to vascular walls.
A second type of catheter has ultrasonic transducers mounted directly on their distal ends. See, for example; U.S. Pat. Nos. 5,362,309, 5,318,014, 5,315,998, 5,269,291, 5,197,946, 6,001,069, and 6,024,718, each of which is incorporated herein by reference. Despite enhanced safety and the fact that there is no need to employ a transmission element along the entire length, these catheters suffer from limited ultrasound energy, and the transducer-catheter design is still problematic.
Another type of catheter has an ultrasonic transducer or ultrasound transmission element with a central orifice in the distal end to impart ultrasonic energy into liquid and simultaneously deliver it to a corporeal lumen. See, for example, U.S. Pat. Nos. 5,735,811 and 5,197,946, each of which is incorporated herein by reference. Although these catheters are more effective and liquid delivery is more convenient, there are design difficulties and limitation of ultrasound energy from longitudinal waves.OBJECT OF THE INVENTION
It is an object of the invention to provide an improved method and device for catheter drug delivery.
It is also an object of this invention to provide a method and device for catheter drug delivery using ultrasound energy.
It is another object of the invention to mix different drugs ultrasonically and deliver them to a desired corporeal lumen ultrasonically.
It is a yet another object of the invention to mix drug-liquid solutions with a gas (for example, saline with oxygen) ultrasonically and deliver the mixture to a desired corporeal lumen ultrasonically.
It is a further object of the invention to provide a method and device for delivering drugs to an intravascular area or/and a corporeal lumen, to dissolve blood clots.
It is a yet further object of the invention to treat a blocked and narrowed blood vessel with ultrasound waves.
These and other objects of the invention will become more apparent from the discussion below.SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to apparatus and method for the ultrasonically enhanced delivery of therapeutic or contrast agents within the vascular and lung area or other desired corporeal lumens. Ultrasonic waves are applied to a vascular area, lung or any corporeal lumen without requiring direct contact between ultrasound transducer tip and the patient's body, particularly to dissolve blood clots.
According to the present invention, a catheter system comprises an ultrasound transducer having a distal tip with a radial surface and a distal end surface. The ultrasound transducer is disposed in a chamber at the proximal end of the catheter, and the transducer radiation surface or tip directs ultrasound waves or energy forward into the catheter coaxially via liquid. Longitudinal ultrasound waves induce wave motion in fluid adjacent to the transducer distal end. While particularly intended to enhance the absorption of therapeutic agents delivered to certain body lumens, the catheter system of the present invention is also useful for the delivery of ultrasonic energy to a desired location. The transducer radiation surface or transducer tip, may be cylindrical, flat, concave, convex, irregular or have a different shape-geometry to radiate ultrasound energy into catheter.
The catheter of the present invention may comprise a proximal tubing for delivering therapeutic agent from a reservoir by pump or syringe. The tubing may be located in front of or behind the radiation surface.
In a first embodiment of the invention, an ultrasound transducer and tip are mounted in a proximal portion of a catheter body, located outside of the body of a patient. The remainder of the catheter distal to the proximal portion may be inserted into a blood vessel or attached to a body lumen, to drive a therapeutic agent ultrasonically and/or deliver ultrasonic energy.
In a second embodiment, the distal tip of the transducer does not have an orifice, which is very important to create and deliver ultrasound energy fully to a vessel or body lumen.
In a third embodiment, the catheter system comprises a catheter body, mechanically coupled with an ultrasound transducer through a housing or tip node, which is where the transducer body is outside the catheter. In this way, the catheter body can be provided with two or more tubing inlets (sleeves) for different therapeutic agents, even one or more different gases such as oxygen, and agents to be mixed and delivered ultrasonically.
The catheter system of the invention is particularly advantageous on tissues for which local topical application of a therapeutic agent is desirable but contact with the tissue is to be avoided. Furthermore, ultrasound waves used in the method energize the drug, dissolve the clots and cause the penetration of the drug within the narrow and blocked vessels.BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
FIG. 1 is a perspective, partly cross-sectional view of an ultrasonic catheter drug delivery system for use according to the present invention;
FIG. 2 is a lateral view of an ultrasonic catheter system chamber of the invention with two horizontally located sleeves;
FIG. 3 is a frontal view of an ultrasonic catheter system chamber of the invention with three peripherally located sleeves;
FIG. 4 is a lateral, cross-sectional view of a catheter system chamber, mechanically coupled with an ultrasound transducer through the tip; and
FIG. 5 is a lateral, cross-sectional view of an ultrasonic catheter drug delivery system for delivering therapeutic agent to the catheter body or chamber through a central orifice of the ultrasonic tip.DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
The present invention is a method and device, which provides treatment of luminal conditions, particularly for the treatment of coronary and peripheral arterial disease and thrombosis, where the purpose is to dissolve or disrupt the clot, plague or other stenotic lesions which cause the disease, and for dilation of narrowed vessels. The method and device of the present invention also useful to enhance the administration of therapeutic agents primarily responsible for the disruption of the clots or other stenotic material. The ultrasonic energy agitates and promotes the penetration of the drug into the stenotic material. Due to delivery of therapeutic agent and ultrasound energy through the agent, this method and device of the present invention are further useful for treatment of other body lumens, such as the urethra, ureter, fallopian tubes, or urological disorders related with prostate gland (BPH—Benigh Proctatic Hyperplasia), and can be used for impotency (erectile dysfunction) treatment by ultrasonically stimulating sexual organs, urinary tract, and the like.
The present invention can be used for targeted and localized drug delivery for treatment of lung, vasculature, vasopasm and tumor treatment. In addition, this invention is very useful for the treatment of closed wounds as a fistulas, canals, etc., by destroying bacteria cells and stimulating healthy tissue cells.
The invention can perhaps be better appreciated by referring to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a perspective view of ultrasound catheter drug delivery system 2, comprising an ultrasound generator 4, a connector 6 operatively connecting ultrasound generator 4 with a transducer 8, a housing 10 surrounding transducer 8, and a catheter 12 having a proximal portion 14 with a chamber 16 containing a therapeutic agent 18. Transducer 8 has a tip 20 with a radial surface 22 and a distal radiation surface 24. Chamber 16 is in fluid communication through tubing 26 with a fluid source 28, and directly with at least one lumen 30 of the distal portion 32 of catheter 12 that extends to catheter distal end 34. Fluid source 28 can be, for example, a reservoir with a pressure pump or syringe.
The proximal section 36 of catheter proximal portion 14 sealingly engages housing 10. Preferably the inner surface 38 of proximal section 36 has threads 40 that engage reciprocal threads 42 on the outer surface 44 of housing 10. This arrangement will allow the operator to vary the distance between distal radiation surface 24 and the distal end 46 of chamber 16 to regulate ultrasonic pressure and energy level. While radial surface 22 can be smooth or substantially smooth, it is preferred that this surface is not smooth, for example, with rings, threads, barbs, or the like, which will create more ultrasonic pressure in catheter 12.
In the embodiment of the invention shown in FIG. 1, ultrasonic energy at a preselected frequency is sent through the catheter 10 with fluid such as a therapeutic agent as a transmission member. Ultrasound energy will pass through therapeutic agent 18 to catheter distal end 34. Catheter 12 may be formed from a conventional rigid or flexible material, dependent upon the application. It would be appropriate for catheter 12 to be flexible if the catheter is to be inserted into tortuous vascularity or if catheter distal end 34 is to be attached to a vessel, fistula, or the like.
A second embodiment of the invention is shown in FIG. 2, where transducer 50 is fixedly, optionally removably, attached to the proximal section 52 of the proximal portion 54 of a catheter 56. Transducer 50 has a tip 58 with a radial surface 60 and a distal radiation surface 62. Catheter proximal portion 54 has a chamber 64 with a therapeutic agent 66 that is in fluid communication with each of two fluid sources 68,70 through lumens 72,74, respectively. Fluid sources 68,70 may provide two or more fluids, e.g., liquid or gas, such as saline or oxygen, to be ultrasonically mixed and delivered through lumen 76 to catheter distal end 78.
FIG. 3 is a semi-cross-sectional view of the proximal end of a catheter according to the invention wherein three fluid sources 80 are each in fluid communication through a lumen 82 with chamber 84 of catheter proximal section 86. The distal radiation surface 88 of a transducer (not shown) is positioned within chamber 84.
In FIG. 4, a connector 110 operatively connects an ultrasound generator (not shown) with a transducer 112, which has a tip 114 with a radial surface 116 and a distal end surface 118. A catheter 120 has a proximal portion 122 with a chamber 124 containing a therapeutic agent 126. Chamber 124 is in fluid communication through tubing 130 with a fluid source 132, and directly with at least one lumen 134 of the distal portion 136 of catheter 120 that extends to catheter distal end 140. Fluid source 132 can be, for example, a reservoir with a pressure pump or syringe.
The proximal section 142 of catheter proximal portion 122 sealingly engages radial surface 116. Chamber 124 must be attached to ultrasonic transducer distal tip 114 at the mechanical resonant node, such as node 144. If chamber 124 is not connected to the resonant node (either a little before or a little after the mechanical node), the intensity of the ultrasound energy at distal end 140 will be attenuated, i.e., damped, and ultrasound waves and/or energy will be transferred to the walls of chamber 126, possibly damaging the chamber 126 structure assembly, which may cause leakage.
In the embodiment of the invention set forth in FIG. 5, a connector 150 operatively connects an ultrasound generator (not shown) with a transducer 152, which has a distal tip 154 with a radial surface 156 and a distal end surface 158. A catheter 160 has a proximal portion 162 with a chamber 164 containing a therapeutic agent 166.
Transducer distal tip 154 has a central orifice 170. Chamber 164 is in fluid communication with at least one fluid source 172 through central orifice 170, which can be smooth, waved, ringed, slotted, grooved, or threaded, and infusion lumen 174 within tubing 176. Two or more fluid sources 172 and infusion lumens 174 can mix and deliver different therapeutic agents. Chamber 164 is also in fluid communication with lumen 180 in the distal portion 182 of catheter 160 that extends to distal end 184. The non-smooth surface of orifice 170, such as rings or threads, increases the pressure of liquid in chamber 164.
Chamber 164 should be attached to ultrasonic transducer distal tip 158 at a mechanical resonant node, such as node 190. Similarly, each lumen 174 should intersect central orifice 170 at a resonant node, such as node 192.
The catheter systems herein are comprised of conventional materials. The transducer and catheter chamber are preferably comprised of suitable metallic or even polymeric substances. Most preferably the transducer distal tip is comprised of a metal such as titanium or nitinol.
As is mentioned throughout, the invention here can deliver one or more liquid or gaseous substances to a catheter distal end. Such substances include, but are not limited to, therapeutic agents such as antibiotics or antiseptics, saline, oil, water, oxygen, anticoagulants such as heparin or cumadine, or even liquid medical polymers, or mixtures of two or more thereof.
The preceding specific embodiments are illustrative of the practice of the invention. It is to be understood, however, that other expedients known to those skilled in the art or disclosed herein, may be employed without departing from the spirit of the invention or the scope of the appended claims.
1. A catheter system for ultrasound drug delivery, comprising:
- a catheter having a proximal portion comprising a chamber and a distal end, wherein at least one lumen extends longitudinally from said chamber to said distal end;
- at least one fluid source in fluid communication with said chamber and providing at least one fluid; and
- an ultrasound transducer having a distal end configured and dimensioned to propagate ultrasound waves through said catheter, wherein said ultrasound waves are propagated by the at least one fluid within at least a portion of said catheter by inducing wave motion in said at least one fluid to deliver fluid and/or ultrasound energy to the catheter distal end.
2. The catheter system of claim 1, wherein the transducer distal tip is positioned coaxially outside the chamber.
3. The catheter system of claim 1, wherein wave motion is induced in the at least one fluid adjacent to the transducer distal end.
4. The catheter system of claim 1, wherein the at least one fluid and ultrasound energy are delivered simultaneously to the catheter distal end.
5. The catheter system of claim 1, wherein the transducer distal tip has a central orifice in fluid communication with a fluid source of said at least one fluid source and said chamber.
6. The catheter system of claim 5, wherein the surface of the orifice is non-smooth.
7. The catheter system of claim 5, wherein the orifice surface is ringed, slotted, waved, grooved, or threaded.
8. The catheter system of claim 5, wherein the orifice is configured and dimensioned for admixing the at least one fluid from the at least one fluid source therein.
9. The catheter system of claim 1, wherein the transducer is capable of operating at a frequency of from about 10 kHz to 10 3 MHz.
10. The catheter system of claim 1, wherein the transducer distal tip comprises a radial surface and a distal radiation surface.
11. The catheter system of claim 10, wherein the radial surface is not smooth.
12. The catheter system of claim 10, wherein the radial surface is ringed, slotted, waved, grooved, or threaded.
13. The catheter system of claim 10, wherein the distal radiation surface is flat, conical, oval, circular, semi-spherical, square, or rectangular.
14. The catheter system of claim 1, wherein the at least one fluid is a therapeutic agent.
15. The catheter system of claim 1, wherein at least a portion of the ultrasound transducer can be moved backward and/or forward to change ultrasound pressure and/or delivered ultrasound energy level.
16. A catheter system for ultrasonically treating an interior area of the body, the system comprising:
- a catheter having at least one lumen;
- a transducer having a distal radiation surface configured and dimensioned for coupling with a proximal end of the catheter and for emitting ultrasonic energy therein; and
- at least one fluid source for introducing at least one fluid within the proximal end of the catheter, wherein the emitted ultrasonic energy is delivered to the interior area of the body by the at least one fluid through the at least one lumen for treating the interior area of the body with ultrasonic energy.
17. The catheter system according to claim 16, wherein the transducer operates at a frequency from 10 kHz to 10,000 MHz.
18. The catheter system according to claim 16, further comprising means for translating the distal radiation surface for regulating at least one characteristic of the emitted ultrasonic energy.
19. The catheter system according to claim 16, further comprising means for sealingly engaging the distal radiation surface within the proximal end of the catheter.
20. An internal treatment method comprising the steps of:
- inserting at least a portion of an ultrasound emitting catheter into a body to be treated, wherein said ultrasound catheter includes an ultrasound transducer with a distal radiation end in fluid communication with the catheter distal tip through at least one lumen, said at ultrasound catheter further including a chamber for introducing at least one fluid therein from at least one fluid source;
- guiding the catheter to an internal treatment site;
- introducing the at least one fluid within said chamber; and
- actuating the ultrasound transducer to emit ultrasonic energy for being propagated via the at least one lumen to the treatment site by said at least one fluid.
21. A treatment method as in claim 20, wherein the ultrasonic catheter has a user-adjustable ultrasonic frequency range including at least a plurality of frequencies between 10 kHz and 1000 MHz.
22. A treatment method as in claim 20, wherein said treatment is beneficial for the promotion of healthy tissue growth or treatment of conditions in the group consisting of ailments affecting urethra, ureter, and fallopian tubes, impotency, and urological disorders related with prostate gland.
Type: Grant
Filed: Jun 4, 2003
Date of Patent: Apr 20, 2004
Patent Publication Number: 20030229304
Assignee: Advanced Medical Applications, Inc. (Eden Prairie, MN)
Inventor: Eilaz Babaev (Minnetonka, MN)
Primary Examiner: Edward K. Look
Assistant Examiner: John K Fristoe, Jr.
Attorney, Agent or Law Firm: Carter, DeLuca, Farrell & Schmidt, LLP
Application Number: 10/454,654
International Classification: A61B/1720;


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I'm really late with this. August and September were very busy months, mostly related to upheaval at work. In the insanity I had trouble deciding on an inspiration and even more trouble finding the time and energy to focus on learning SketchUp. About a week before the deadline I finally came up with an inspiration. But despite my best efforts I couldn't get it together to submit on time. The final straw was primarily mental (no wise cracks, please). I really didn't want to use someone else's photo of my inspiration. And the timing was wrong for me to get there to take pictures myself. I had thought I had a few, but it turned all I had was one detail.
Despite hearing the sound of the deadline whizzing past I decided to finish up the design and post it when I'd had a chance to not only finish it, but also get some pictures of my own. Here's the result.
My inspiration is the Old North Bridge in Concord, Massachusetts. Americans will know this as the location of one of the opening battles of the Revolutionary War. The bridge was made famous by Ralph Waldo Emerson in the Concord Hymn which starts with the line "By the rude bridge that arched the flood". The current bridge is part of the Minute Man National Historical Park.
These pictures were taken from my kayak. You'll find more pictures from that paddle here. The river that runs under the bridge is the Concord River.
I happened to pass under the bridge as a tour was crossing the bridge. According to the tour guide the original bridge was narrower and had a shallower arch, but the construction is basically the same.
Here's the table inspired by the bridge. Basic dimensions are 68" x 42" x 29". Woods would be oak and walnut. Mostly mortise and tenon joinery. Breadboard ends on the top. I have no current plans to build this, although two of the people who read my personal blogs have volunteered to take it off my hands if I do.
The biggest challenge I had in creating this in SketchUp came from the curves. Never did figure out how to create a mortise in a cylindrical leg. The SketchUp model isn't perfect but it definitely shows what I want it to show.
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Total Domination: Nuclear Strategy is a Facebook game developed by Plarium that puts you in the shoes of an army commander in an intergalactic war. Gamezebo's Total Domination: Nuclear Strategy strategy guide and walkthrough will provide you with a quick start guide, tips and tricks, hints, and cheats to help you build an impenetrable base.
Getting Started
- Total Domination: Nuclear Strategy is played on Facebook and you will need to have a current account to play. If you need to register for a free account click here - http://www.facebook.com
- Once you have a Facebook account you are ready to play and can click here to get started.
- You will be asked to give permission to allow the developer to post messages on your profile page at Facebook. Click on "Allow" and proceed to the game.
- After watching the short intro animation, General Trevor Winters will walk you through a pretty lengthy tutorial, explaining the basics of the game and introducing you to all the buildings of your base.
Producing Resources
In order to run a successful military base, you need resources, and as in any post-apocalyptic setting, you need them bad! In Total Domination: Nuclear Strategy, there are three resources that you can gather, which you use for running the place.
In order to see how many resources you have, and how many resources are produced, you can check the statistics in the top left corner of the screen. While somewhat vaguely described, the "increase" number is the amount of resources you are currently receiving every hour. You will want to try and produce approximately the same amount of each of the resources to grow your base most effectively.


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All pupils use computer facilities including internet access as an essential part of learning, as required by the National Curriculum. Your child will have the opportunity to access a wide range of information and communication technology (ICT) resources. This includes access to: Computers and laptops, Internet, Ipads and Digital cameras.
St Peter's Primary School recognises the essential and important contribution that technology plays in promoting children's learning and development and offers a fantastic range of positive activities and experiences. However, we also recognise that there are potential risks involved when using technology and have therefore developed online e safety policies and procedures alongside the school's safeguarding measures including filtering, monitoring and specific use of personal devices.
The school takes responsibility for your child's online safety very seriously and, as such, we ensure that pupils are educated about safe use of technology and will take every reasonable precaution to ensure that pupils cannot access inappropriate materials whilst using school equipment. (eg filtering, supervision, controlled content). However, no system can be guaranteed to be 100% safe and the school cannot be held responsible for the content of materials accessed through the internet and the school is not liable for any damages arising from use of the school's internet and ICT facilities.
We request that all parents/carers support the school's approach to e-Safety by role modelling safe and positive online behaviour for their child and by discussing online safety with them whenever they access technology at home.
Parents/carers may like to visit the following sites for information about keeping children safe online.
Age restrictions on social media
Many children nowadays are using social media when 'officially' they are too young to sign up to the sites.
Lots of them say that Mums and Dads have signed them up – sometimes years ago. There's nothing illegal in that, but please keep in mind that if you signed your 8 year old up to Facebook five years ago, saying they were 13 years old – they now appear as an 18 year old on the site.
If an adult tries to groom your now 13 year old via social media, they will be able to argue that they thought they were talking to another adult. Remember to update their details, check their privacy settings, and talk to them about which pictures they use for their profile, so they're safe online. Thank you.


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Greens call for new GAO, Congressional Budget Office ...
Green Party of the United States 53%
... studies on Single-Payer health care
WASHINGTON, DC -- Green Party leaders and health care activists called for new federal studies on the economic feasability and impact of a Single-Payer (Medicare For All, HR 676) national health care program. The study should cover overall and ongoing costs and savings, not just government spending.
Greens cited past studies from the General Accounting Office (GAO) and the Congressional Budget Office in the 1990s showing that Single-Payer would reduce the cost of health care while covering every American. The Green Party will make health care reform and the demand for Single-Payer a major focus of the party's 2009 Annual National Meeting in Durham, North Carolina, July 23-26 (http://www.gp.org/press/pr-national.php?ID=222).
According to a 1991 GAO report, "If the US were to shift to a system of universal coverage and a single payer, as in Canada, the savings in administrative costs [10 percent of health spending] would be more than enough to offset the expense of universal coverage." ("Canadian Health Insurance: Lessons for the United States," http://archive.gao.gov/d20t9/144039.pdf). More reports are archived at pnhp.org (http://www.pnhp.org/facts/single_payer_system_cost.php?page=all).
"The overall savings we'd gain from Single-Payer will boost the ailing economy and will cut bankruptcies by nearly two thirds," said Jody Grage, treasurer of the Green Party of the United States, who noted a recent Harvard study showing that "Medical problems contributed to nearly two-thirds (62.1 percent) of all bankruptcies in 2007" (Physicians for a National Health Program press release, June 4, 2009, http://www.pnhp.org/news/2009/june/illness_medical_bil.php).
"The 'public health care option' supported by Sen. Kennedy and many other Democrats will leave the private insurance industry intact and lead to increased health care spending, especially if mandates lead to big taxpayer-funded subsidies for insurance and HMO companies and the high overhead they add to health care spending. Have you voted for or against Green Party of the United States ? We challenge Congress and President Obama to consult the GAO and Congressional Budget Office on the costs and benefits of Single-Payer," said Ms. Grage.
The Green Party has challenged Sen. Max Baucus and other Single-Payer opponents to hold a public debate, broadcast nationally, with Single-Payer advocates (http://www.gp.org/press/pr-national.php?ID=221). Sen. Baucus has received more campaign money from the health insurance and pharmaceutical industries over the last four years than any other Democrat in Congress -- $413,000 since 2005, with only Republicans John McCain and Mitch McConnell receiving more (http://www.Consumer Watchdog.org).
Greens said that such a debate is urgently necessary because of the lies and distortions about Single-Payer and health care reform coming from the Wall Street Journal (http://mediamatters.org/blog/200906160005), Conservatives for Patients' Rights, and other opponents of health care reform. Has changed the argument your opinion on Green Party of the United States ? See also "Debunking Canadian Health Care Myths" by Rhonda Hackett, The Denver Post, June 7 (http://www.denverpost.com/opinion/ci_12523427).
"Apologists for profit-making insurance companies are dishonestly trying to paint Single-Payer as expensive and radical. In fact, Single-Payer is more fiscally conservative, because it'll eliminate the high overhead of private insurance. Secondly, Single-Payer allows full choice of physician, which will restore the American tradition of family doctors who get to know their patients' health care needs. Instead of an insurance company or HMO bureaucracy restricting treatment and referrals, Single-Payer will bring back the days when patients and physicians made decisions about medical care," said Justine McCabe, Connecticut Green, clinical psychologist, and co-author of statewide Single-Payer bill, 1999-2000 (http://www.gp.org/speakers/detail.php?ID=35).
"And finally, under a Single-Payer plan, no one will suffer financial ruin because of medical expenses," said Dr. McCabe.
"Unfortunately, President Obama and congressional leaders insist that we all spend more money on health care, with taxes on health-care benefits, to pay for 'reform' that would still leave tens of millions uninsured and underinsured. Have you read details about GPUS (USA) ? At the same time, they don't want Americans to hear about the benefits of Single-Payer -- even though they admit it would save money, cover everyone, and give us the right to choose our doctors," said Angel Torres, co-chair of the Maricopa Greens (http://maricopagreens.o. g), which held a Single-Payer rally in front of the office of Arizona Rep. Harry Mitchell on May 30 to persuade him to sign on as a co-sponsor of HR 676.
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I too just started researching my Pulver line. I have two Wandals in my line. I didn't think that this was a common name until I found this site. Are these Wandals related? I have a Wandal born around 1793 and his son in 1833. I am descended from James (brother to second Wandal) 1833 - 1908. Wandal had 12 children - John, Sylvia, Betsy, Henry, Egbert, Salena, Charity, Wandal, James, Samantha, Myron and Harmon. They mostly lived in the upstate NY area. Does anyone have knowledge of any of these Pulvers?
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You'll devour these books like the demogorgon devoured Barb. For the last few weeks when we've been in-between books, we've been non-stop binging Stranger Things on Netflix. We are in wayyyy too deep to turn back now and are anxiously anticipating season 2 so we can find out if there ever will be #JusticeForBarb.
If you're feeling anything like we do about this show the wait for season 2 seems unbearable, so to ease the pain while we wait for season 2––and in addition to stalking our girl Millie Bobby Brown as she slays on a daily basis––we'll be reading these 13 hand-picked YA books.
Arclight by Josin L. McQuein
If you loved Stranger Things for the dark Upside Down and the creepy af demogorgon then you should check out Arclight by Josin L. McQuein. No one is safe when the lights go out. In this thrilling and thought-provoking teen thriller, one girl could mean survival—or utter destruction—for everyone around her. A riveting debut that's Stephen King meets The Passage meets Veronica Roth.
Add it to your Goodreads shelf here!
Replica by Lauren Oliver
If You loved Stranger Things for the government conspiracy theories, than this book is for you. Replica by Lauren Oliver is an upcoming YA scifi novel about two very different girls connected by dark pasts. Lyra, known by the number 24, is a replica—human model—who was born, raised, and observed in a clandestine research facility called the Haven Institute. When Lyra escapes from Haven and meets Gemma, a stranger on a quest of her own, earth-shattering secrets are revealed.
Start reading Replica here!
So Close To You by Rachel Carter
Fun fact: Stranger Things was originally called Montauk and makes many references to the experiments that supposedly occurred out on Long Island. So naturally, we had to recommend So Close to You by Rachel Carter which is a YA novel that dives deep into the mythos surrounding Montauk! Lydia Bentley has heard stories about the Montauk Project all her life: stories about the experiments that took place at the abandoned military base near her home and the people who've disappeared over the years. When Lydia is faced with proof that all the stories she's heard are true, she finds herself in the middle of one of the most dangerous experiments in history.
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Shallow Graves by Kali Wallace
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We are obsessed with the creepy, twisty and jump scare-y vibe of Stranger Things and know you'll get that same feeling when you read Shallow Graves by Kali Wallace. It's a gripping, hauntingly atmospheric novel about murder, revenge, and a world where monsters—human and otherwise—lurk at the fringes. When 17 yr old Breezy Lin wakes up in a shallow grave one year after her death, she doesn't remember who killed her or why. All she knows is that she's somehow conscious—and not only that, she's able to sense who around her is hiding a murderous past. Now she must set out to find answers and discover what is to become of her in the gritty, dangerous world to which she now belongs—where killers hide in plain sight, and a sinister cult is hunting for strange creatures like her.
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Girls On Fire by Robin Wasserman
This chilling novel is perfect for Stranger Things fans who loved the whole small town America plus weird mystery vibe of the show. Girls on Fire by Robin Wasserman opens with a suicide whose aftermath brings good girl Hannah together with the town's bad girl, Lacey, the two bring their combined wills to bear on the community in which they live; unconcerned by the mounting discomfort that their lust for chaos and rebellion causes the inhabitants of their parochial small town, they think they are invulnerable.
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The Outliers by Kimberly McCreight
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A girl goes missing and her friends must ban together to find her using cryptic clues which all leads to some crazy shit that somehow involves science experiments and basically everything isn't what it seems. Sound like something you just binged watched? Well it can also be your next read! Try The Outliers by Kimberly McCreight! It all starts with a text: Please, Wylie, I need your help. Wylie hasn't heard from Cassie in over a week, not since their last fight. But that doesn't matter. Cassie's in trouble, so Wylie decides to do what she has done so many times before: save her best friend from herself.This time it's different though. Instead of telling Wylie where she is, Cassie sends cryptic clues. But figuring out where Cassie is goes from difficult to dangerous, fast.
Start reading The Outliers here!
Paper Girls by Brian K. Kaughan
Those searching for more of that sweet sweet 80's vibe should absolutely pick up a copy of Paper Girls by Brian K. Vaughn. In the early hours after Halloween of 1988, four 12-year-old newspaper delivery girls uncover the most important story of all time. Suburban drama and otherworldly mysteries collide in this smashhit series about nostalgia, first jobs, and the last days of childhood.
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17 & Gone by Nova Ren Suma
Eerie, surreal, dark, and you aren't quite sure what is going on until the end. That is how we would describe 17 & Gone by Nova Ren Suma. Seventeen-year-old Lauren is having visions of girls who have gone missing. And all these girls have just one thing in common—they are seventeen and gone without a trace. As Lauren struggles to shake these waking nightmares, impossible questions demand urgent answers: Why are the girls speaking to Lauren? How can she help them? And… is she next?
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Beware The Wild by Natalie Parker
Need weird creatures and a seriously creepy setting after you finish Stranger Things? Try Beware The Wild by Natalie C. Parker. This Southern Gothic takes on a whole new twist in this debut novel. The swamp in Sterling's small Louisiana town proves to have a power over its inhabitants when her brother disappears and no one but Sterling even remembers that he existed. Now Sterling, with the help of brooding loner Heath, who's had his own creepy experience with the swamp, must fight back and reclaim what–and who–the swamp has taken.
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The Cemetery Boys by Heather Brewer
The Cemetery Boys by Heather Brewer totally has that weird, shit-just-ain't-right, small town vibe like Hawkins, Indiana in Stranger Things. When Stephen's dad says they're moving, Stephen knows it's pointless to argue. They're broke from paying Mom's hospital bills, and now the only option left is to live with Stephen's grandmother in Spencer, a backward small town that's like something out of The Twilight Zone. Population: 814. This is a coming-of-age story about the dangerous power of belief and the cost of blind loyalty.
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(Don't You) Forget About Me by Kate Karyus Quinn
The only place that might be stranger than Hawkins, Indiana is the town in (Don't You) Forget About Me by Kate Karyus Quinn. Kate is known for writing seriously weird and f-ed up books and this one is no exception. Welcome to Gardnerville. A place where no one gets sick. And no one ever dies. Except there's a price to pay for paradise. Every fourth year, the strange power that fuels the town exacts its payment by infecting teens with deadly urges. In a normal year in Gardnerville, teens might stop talking to their best friends. In a fourth year, they'd kill them.
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Adaptation by Malinda Lo
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Strange things are happening in Adaptation, so fans of Stranger Things should go get their hands on this book right away! If you liked the mix of mystery plus teen drama plus government experiments in the Netflix show then you should Reese can't remember anything from the time between the accident and the day she woke up almost a month later. She only knows one thing: She's different now. When Reese unexpectedly collides with the beautiful Amber Gray, her search for the truth is forced in an entirely new direction—and threatens to expose a vast global conspiracy that the government has worked for decades to keep secret.
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Another Little Piece by Kate Karyus Quinn
Another Little Piece by Kate Karyus Quinn (she's back at it again) is full of blood and gore and strange human-like demon creatures that force people to eat human hearts. If you're into stranger things for the horror, this book is for you. Sara Shepard meets Stephen King in this hauntingly powerful tale about a girl who remembers nothing about her past—except for the fact that she killed the girl whose body she is in.
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We clean everything else this time of year, why leave your fine jewelry out of the tradition? When your jewelry sparkles, you sparkle!
Why is cleaning important?
Think about your favorite pieces. How often do you wear them? What about your wedding ring? Your wedding ring is worn every single day of the year! It touches everything your hands touch! Over the year, your beautiful and precious wedding ring has been exposed to a list not limited to dirt, oils, soap, lotion, food, cleaning chemicals and who knows what else! While a diamond is rather resilient, the exposure to such things can leave your diamond looking dull or cloudy.
The benefit of In-Store cleaning!
When you bring your piece into Tennies Jewelry, not only are our experts able to clean and polish your piece, but they are also able to inspect it. The inspection process is very important as our goldsmiths are able to inspect for loose stones, worn prongs, or other signs that the piece needs repair. Once the piece has been inspected, your piece will be polished and cleaned in a way that cannot be done at home.
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Bill Crabtree and the Clinch Valley Boys send up the classic song about a hitchhiker's ghostly encounter with the driver of "Phantom 309" in this excerpt from the 1972 Appalshop film Music Fair. Instead of Big Joe and his semi truck, the narrator meets "Big Josie" and her wheelbarrow full of empty pop bottles. The song is brought to life with drawings and animation by Kentucky artist Glenn Palumbo.
Music Fair was shot on 16mm reversal film, and was preserved by Appalshop Archive in 2003. Original film and audio materials, as well as the original artwork by Glenn Palumbo, are in the Archive's collections.


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A U-shaped counter crosses the length of the tiny Kiosko Roca, dividing its voracious clientele perched on silver stools from the restaurant's wait staff, dandily-clad in matching radish-red aprons and floral button-downs. The ladies whizz around behind the counter toting plate after plate and glass after glass of Kiosko Roca's signature combo: choripan and leche con platano.
In May of last year, Chile's Culture Committee ran an open vote for Chile's best picada. If you're unfamiliar with the term, a picada is as Chilean as the empanada: a basic lowbrow eatery that serves up classic Chilean dishes and pioneers new favorites.
After polling Chileans from all over the country, Kiosko Roca in Punta Arenas came out on top as the country's most beloved picada, triumphing other fierce competitors like Manhattan in Concepción, inventors of the ferocious Manhattan sandwich. "If it doesn't drip its not a Manhattan," is their emblazoned slogan.
"[Kiosko Roca] has become an icon of local cuisine and since it was founded by Marcs Harambour it has brought together different generations," the Culture Committee wrote when declaring Kiosko Roca's victory.
After elbowing and waiting in line to get a prized stool at the counter, you'll find the Culture Committee hit the nail on the head. On your left, an aging Patagonian gent might be balancing slowly and deliberately while chasing down timid bites of sandwich with thick milk, while on your right a bubbling tangle of small children all sharing one stool may be wolfing down the same meal intermittently.
What is it precisely that makes Kiosko Roca so cherished across generations – and, in fact, the whole country? The only way to find out is by tasting their simple, cheap, and satisfying snack combo.
The first essential element, the choripan, is consumed widely across the Southern Cone and generally consists of sausage on a roll. At Kiosko Roca, they've invented a kind of tangy sausage paste that coats freshly baked buns and is then layered with cheese or homemade mayo. Accompanying the choripan comes a milky banana beverage, soft and sweet enough to make anyone feel like a child again.
It may not be flashy, gourmet, or cutting edge, but Kiosko Roca's no-nonsense goodness is enough to remind the whole city of Punta Arenas of home.
Kiosko Roca is located at 875 Roca just a block from Punta Arenas' central plaza. It opens from Monday to Friday all day and Saturday until 1:00pm. Choripanes cost US$.60 (CLP 300) while the choriqueso runs for US$.80 (CLP 400). A large leche con platano goes for US$1 (CLP 500).
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Ana Wu: Could you tell us your background and how you became interested in being an educator?
Prof. Wong: My journey in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) began in Hong Kong in the early 1970s. I am a 5th generation Chinese American. My ancestors emigrated from China to work in the gold mines and railroads in California in the 1850s. I grew up in Los Angeles outside of a Chinese speaking community. When I was a college student I became involved in the Asian American student movement and I volunteered to teach an Art workshop in Los Angeles Chinatown to work with Chinese immigrant youth. It was there that I realized that I needed to improve my Chinese to be an effective community organizer. My Cantonese was limited to simple phrases such as, "Is this yours? Very pretty." So after graduating from college I went to Hong Kong to learn Cantonese and learn about my Chinese cultural roots and heritage. It was there that I first got involved in English language teaching at a Catholic girl's school. Because I was myself a student of Cantonese, from the beginning, becoming an English language educator involved learning about China and immersing myself in Chinese language and culture with a view of bridging communities in Asia with Asian American communities in the U.S. For me, learning to teach was a dialogic experience of apprenticeship in which local Chinese teachers were mentors and guides and my own "hyphenated" identity" as a Chinese American was transformed.
Ana Wu: You are the 2007-2010 TESOL President Elect. What would you like to see the NNEST Caucus members do or initiate?
Prof. Wong: I have had the great honor to serve on the Executive Committee of TESOL with Past President Jun Liu and President Sandy Briggs. Jun Liu is the very first President of TESOL from Asia and the very first NNEST president of TESOL. He is clearly a pioneer, a leader of the NNEST Caucus who has done so much during his presidency to create awareness of the contributions of Non-Native English Speaking Professionals in the field of TESOL. I hope to continue to build on his work (Liu, 1999) and the work of our President, Sandy Briggs, who has also been very interested in promoting awareness of NNEST issues. She began her career as a Spanish teacher and as a non-native speaker of Spanish became an accomplished author of Spanish and English language textbooks (Briggs, 2007). I hope to follow in their footsteps in supporting and encouraging greater participation and leadership from NNEST Caucus members throughout our association.
The NNEST has done an outstanding job of recruiting and mentoring new members. I would like to see those from the NNEST Caucus continue to reach out and recruit new members to TESOL and mentor their involvement in presentations and publications and serving in various committees, affiliates and interest sections in TESOL. I would also like to see NNEST Caucus members continue their efforts with other Caucuses to create awareness of the importance of inclusiveness and equity in employment practices. Finally, I would like to see NNEST members continue to challenge us to address social and political dimensions of English Language Teaching, and be more inclusive as an association and profession.
Ana Wu: We quite often hear from international students in graduate programs of applied linguistics or TESOL confide that they do not receive substantial feedback on their teacher training, or that their professors, in the lack of sufficient internship offers, give opportunities to native speakers. There are still a large number of programs which do not include in their curriculum the discussion of NNES issues or World Englishes. What can TESOL do? What would you suggest graduate students in these situations do?
Prof. Wong: I had the great privilege of teaching at the Ohio State University where Dr. Keiko Samimy developed one of the first courses in NNEST at a North American university (Brutt-Griffler & Samimy, 1999). In my view, Dr. Samimy's course was very important to a major paradigm shift that is still occurring in our field. First, it brought forth visibility of NNEST as professionals, and provided a stimulus for the production of new theoretical contributions with respect to language and power. It also provided a space for support and encouragement to voices which had not traditionally been published in the academy and provided a model of scholarship of teaching through reflecting on one's own practice. Finally, it provided a support group for graduate students—a sounding board for collective expression of new models of professional identity—challenging the hegemony of the native-speaker as the best (and only) model.
If one is at a university where there is not yet a course offered on NNEST, perhaps the first step is to become more active in the NNEST caucus. I would also suggest that graduate students become actively involved in NNEST activities by participating in on-line discussions organized by the NNEST caucus or organize a study group among themselves to read and discuss books and articles about NNEST. They can then pose questions online to get other members' opinions. The key is to be connected to other NNES students and/or professionals.
As faculty, we need to do a better job in mentoring NNES students and making sure that programs that have traditionally had very few NNES students made accommodations.
The problem of scarcity of internships is an institutional program and in the long run faculty may make the best contribution through advocacy for bilingual and multilingual programs and through grants writing to develop more bilingual and Foreign and Second Language Education Programs.
It would be great if more opportunities were given to international students while still maintaining some internships for native speakers of English. By so doing, the nonnative students have more opportunities to both hone their English skills and apply what they have been taught into practice. I would also suggest that NNEST graduate students in TESOL/Applied Linguistics programs seek opportunities for internships in their native languages where possible (i.e. heritage language programs) and observe ESL classrooms or be volunteers to teach English in some settings if they can not be provided with opportunities of internship.
Ana Wu: You have extensively written articles on Asian women faculty in the teaching profession, minority students, multiculturalism, and language acquisition. What do you think of the NS-NNS dichotomy?
Prof. Wong: Many have criticized the NS-NNS dichotomy and some have suggested that the NNEST Caucus adopt a new name that better reflects the dimensions of ownership, investment and the hybridities of a changing world. In a previous interview in this column (Wu, June, 2007) Suresh Canagarajah argued:
It is time for us to reshape pedagogy and linguistic theories to address the concerns of those who enjoy (or those who desire to develop) hybrid proficiencies and identities as we all do. The time to be defensive, apologetic, and even confrontational is gone. There are no more battles to be fought. There is the serious task of living up to our responsibility of making knowledge that is relevant to the majority of people in the world—multilinguals. Perhaps that's the label we have to start using—not nonnative speakers of English but multilingual speakers of English.
Suresh Canagarajah's argument for a new label "multilingual speakers of English" is eloquent and his points well taken, especially if our audience is the multilingual speakers of English who are the majority of English speakers in the world.However, at the risk of essentializing, in my view conceptually the NS-NNS dichotomy still has some merit and pedagogical value, especially within the U.S. context where the majority of the teaching force is monolingual and where English-only perspectives are still pervasive.In the context of U.S. education a great deal of work needs to be done to critique deeply held beliefs that native speakers are the best linguistic models and best teachers.
Helping school administrators develop more of an appreciation for what it takes to learn another language is a process. It is important to address in concrete ways how teachers who are native speakers of English and monolingual can learn from their bilingual and multilingual colleagues who are non-native speakers of English and the value of collaborating as professionals and promoting the contributions of students and colleagues from multilingual backgrounds. We need to create more awareness among our monolingual colleagues and especially school leadership, about the value of teaching English as an additional language, rather than replacing the home language with English. We also need to educate around issues of accent discrimination, not only in education but in employment in all fields (Matsuda, 1991).
Ana Wu: In order to learn about your cultural roots, you began your teaching career in Hong Kong where you went as a Chinese American to work in a middle school. How was your experience? How did that experience change you as a monolingual language educator?
Prof. Wong:I was offered a position at Tak Nga Middle School, a Catholic girl's school in Kowloon, as a teacher of English language and literature. My only credentials were that I had graduated from a U.S. university and I was a native speaker of English.
Being a native-speaker didn't help me answer my students' questions. I frantically read A Midsummer Night's Dream one scene ahead of my students and relied, as they did, on Cliff notes. When the students asked me the difference between the "simple past tense" and "the present perfect", I had no idea.
As a novice teacher, I depended on my Chinese colleagues at the school and my friends—tutors at the Chinese University of Hong Kong—to interpret my students' second language writing. My friends' knowledge of Chinese enabled them to understand what my students wanted to express, for example when student writers translated Chinese idioms literally into English. My friends and colleagues clued me in on how to correct what was a new genre for me—the précis, a brief summary of an article.
The educational system in Hong Kong was like a pyramid, with many students at the bottom and few at the top. Each year students were evaluated and weeded out so that only the best graduated. Tak Nga Middle School's good reputation was based on a moderately successful pass rate of its students for the British school leaving exams; only its best students were allowed to continue from Form 1 all the way to Form 5.
In the 1970's, Hong Kong had only two universities. Admission, which was based on examination scores, was extremely competitive. Examinations also played a critical role in determining prospects for employment in a colonial economy. Students with better scores in English would be hired for white-collar jobs as clerks, as opposed to factory jobs in electronics.
But there were also harsh consequences to the weeding out process. During my first year of teaching at Tak Nga Middle School, there was a Form 2 girl who failed the examination which would allow her to continue to Form 3 and who was therefore asked to leave the school.She committed suicide.
The experience of beginning to teach English under British colonialism shaped my view of education in profound ways. I came to understand that education could be literally a matter of life and death. The Form 2 student's suicide caused me to look at the problem of examinations, language teaching and power. The girl's suicide raised questions for me: What did it mean to be a good ESOL teacher in the context of the examination system? How might one teach not just to but beyond the test?
(Exerpted from "Personal prologue", xxi-xxiii Dialogic Approaches to TESOL: Where the Ginkgo Tree Grows)
Ana Wu: As someone who lived, studied and worked abroad, what advice would you give to international graduate students or new instructors who want to have a fulfilling teaching career in an English spoken country?
Prof. Wong:Learning to teach is a dialogic process involving learning in community. Each teacher-student brings his or her own valuable cultural and linguistic heritages, experiences and gifts. Sharing those gifts, developing those gifts and using those gifts will enable one to have a fulfilling teaching career. Learn from your students, their families and communities. Keep a journal or diary of your experiences. (Rivers, 1983) Record your shifting feelings and struggles with language and culture. Seek opportunities for professional development through collaboration (Bailey, Curtis & Nunan, 2001). Form study groups and support groups and volunteer with social justice and immigrant rights organizations and professional associations such as TESOL. Try to find a mentor. Communities are forged through investment. Be active in cross-cultural learning by consciously seeking out critical perspectives and face to face involvement with diverse communities. Always remember that you are both teacher and learner: As a teacher you become an active learner and as a learner you will excel as a teacher.
Ana Wu: Thank you for this insightful interview!
Prof.Wong would like to thank Sandy Briggs, Ya Ling Wang and Keiko Samimy who shared their insights and gave her suggestions as she wrote this piece.
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Brutt-Griffler, J. & Samimy, K.K. (1999). Revisiting the colonial in the postcolonial: Critical praxis for nonnative-speaking teachers in a TESOL Program. TESOL Quarterly 33(3), 413-31.
Liu, J. (1999) Non-Native-English-Speaking Professionals in TESOL. TESOL Quarterly 33(1), 85-102.
Matsuda, M. (1991) Voices of America: Accent anti-discrimination law, and a jurisprudence for the last reconstruction. Yale Law Journal, 100(5), 1329-1407.
Rivers, W. M. (1983) Learning a sixth language: An adult learners's daily diary. In Communicating naturally in a second language: Theory and practice in language teaching (pp. 169-189). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Wong, S. (2006) Dialogic approaches to TESOL: Where the ginkgo tree grows. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.
Wu, A. (June, 2007) Interview with Athelstan Suresh Canagarajah. The NNEST Caucus Member of the Month blogsite. http://www.moussu.net/nnest/blog/2007/05/athelstan-suresh-canagarajah.html.


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The China Daily Focus highlighted two interesting discussions about Chinese students. Some poor college students were cut off the annual financial aid (about $300 dollars) from their sponsors who never received thanks. While a Chinese student who got the top sore for the National College Entrance Examination is getting a $90000 dollars scholarship. Read and find out what the public think:
Five needy college students in Central China's Hubei Province are being denied further financial aid because they never expressed their thanks to the benefactors who helped them pay their bills last year…
Sina.com asked more than 200,000 people what they thought of the subject Wednesday, and more than 83 percent of respondents said they thought it was right to cut off the financial aid to the students. Roughly 9 percent said they did not agree and the rest said no comment.
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Dark Souls III Discussion
Trainer Tools and Resources
Thanks team for this trainer
originally posted by silverboa
originally posted by richie863
As far as I have checked, the trainer still works fine after the patch.
Meaning all options are ok, except for 'no ill effects'. That one only hides the bar, but you still accumulate status ailments.
Can confirm this, everything I use (health, stam, fp, loot find) works except the non-functional status patch.
which ailments?
Curse Ailment.
I always die from cursed if I stay in the curse mist from big-eyed lizard.
does anyone know if saves are shareable? I would need you to send me the save game and tell me where it goes, etc. to look into this. the option seems to work fine here
Saves are shareable, as people are getting around their (possible) softbans by doing the same thing they did in Dark Souls 2: Family sharing the account their game is on and transferring savegames over.
But just today, received this message on logging in: -
Invalid game data has been detected on your account. The use of invalid data during gameplay is a violation of the online service end user license agreement. You will be penalized if you continue playing with invalid data. Please take this opportunity to remove the invalid data from your system/account and discontinue further use.
Is this related to Trainer (or triggered by its use)? Relaunching game with trainer not launched also gets the message. Unplugging third party controllers (x-box controller/gamepad) also the same thing.
Any one else experiencing this?
edit: re-installing game also has the same message present. removing saved game also has the same result.
p.s.: is it steam account-linked? is it even the trainer?
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Can i still use this cheat with the game? I dont want to be banned ..
Hey guys .. i think Dark Souls 3 implemented some kind of cheat detection ... i am not cheating against other players, at least im doing my best not to, however, i just want to cheat with single players. I have such a short attention span that games are hard for me to finish and Cheat Happens helps me get through games while im still interested.
Can i still use this cheat with the game? I dont want to be banned ..
Sadly, if you don't want to be banned from the game, you must do the following; Play offline, and ONLY and i mean ONLY use, inf health, magic and stamina, anything else will give you invalid game data, and flag your account for "possible" banning.
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She was running like crazy to catch the ball and she did.
In French, there's the expression 'tricotter', that's knitting in English, which is the expression when somebody with very short legs tries to run. The way the legs move, they look almost like knitting needles.
Bichon running like crazy to catch the ball and she did
I didn't enhance the colours (just make them come alive). It was later in the afternoon, almost sunset with half of the sky with big black clouds to enhance the sunset effect.
Before (left) and After (right)
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A dozen students at Church Hill Middle School are beginning to learn that their "true identity" is better than what they may have thought thanks to a program introduced by Principal Scott Jones based on the teaching of a longtime CIA agent.
The public is invited to attend a dedication ceremony Friday at Church Hill Middle School for the newly christened Christian-Wells Practice Field. The field is being named in honor of former Church Hill High School football players William Christian and Charles Wells, who went on to become longtime hometown coaches.
Former Church Hill Middle School football coaches William Christian and Charles Wells each offered emotional thanks to the Hawkins County Board and Education, and their community last Thursday (2-7-19) as approval was given to name the CHMS practice football field in their honor.
"We were strict disciplinarians, and (in 2015) they want to see if we'd come back (and teach) old fashioned, and work with the new kind of boys. We didn't change. They had to get used to it. We ran them. We pushed them. We did all we could do." — Charles Wells
VIDEO & PHOTO GALLERY: For November's "Superintendent Appreciation" schools across Hawkins County demonstrated their admiration for Bailey, not only for leading the school system for the past seven months, but also for more than 30 years as a teacher and administrator in Hawkins County.
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Church Hill Middle School is gathering food pantry donations to honor interim Director of Schools Reba Bailey in November, but students and faculty have also challenged themselves to demolish last year's contribution totals.
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Track athletes from both Cherokee and Volunteer high schools who qualified for the state meet this year were honored Thursday by the Hawkins County Board of Education, as were TMSAA state track meet qualifiers from Church Hill Middle and Surgoinsville Middle.
All eight 8th-grade classes conducted a food drive this month to benefit the Of One Accord ministry's Emergency Food Pantry in Church Hill. The donation of 1,532 food items was made in honor of Steve Starnes as part of Director of Schools appreciation week.
The Panthers won the title matchup 28-24 over Johnson County when Garrison Barrett capped a six-play, 48-yard drive with a 1-yard scoring run with just 10 seconds left to play.


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Limerick TD Dan Neville speaks on suicide awareness
COUNTY Limerick TD Dan Neville used his speech at the Fine Gael national conference to recall how he first got involved in suicide awareness.
Mr Neville has spent more than 20 years raising awareness around the problem of suicide in Ireland, and is the president of the Irish Association of Suicidology.
It was at a Young Fine Gael conference in 1990 when he decided to put the issue on the agenda, fighting for three years to have suicide decriminalised, while in Seanad Eireann.
At this event in Tralee, he took on a motion submitted by a delegate from Clare that it happen.
"I worked with Young Fine Gael and, in January 1991, I took his motion into the Seanad. In June that year, I wrote a Bill that suicide be decriminalised. In November 1991, I introduced that Bill, and had it accepted as Fine Gael policy," he recalled.
However, the Justice Minister at the time, Ray Burke voted it out, promising to bring in a similar Bill within a fortnight.
"It didn't happen of course.," Mr Neville said, "but I reintroduced the bill in May 1992. But it fell because of the election."
It was not until the third time Mr Neville brought forward the legislation that it was successful, and in 1993, president Mary Robinson signed it into law.
At that stage, he said he received a lot of encouragement from the psychiatric profession to carry on his campaign work.
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Quoting from the book by the now RTE health correspondent, Mr Neville said: "Dan Neville has remained silent on the issue. It is not due to loss of interest, but more an effort not to be labelled as the suicide senator." Mr Neville decided to embrace this, and worked alongside Dr Michael Kelleher to have a task force set up focusing on suicide, similar to that which had existed in Switzerland.
He developed proposals in 1994 to be put to the Health Minister Michael Noonan, paying tribute to his then programme manager, the late Richard Greene, for all his help.
"The credit for bringing suicide into the political domain to have something done about it goes to the Minister for Health at the time, Michael Noonan," he said to applause from the audience.
President of the Irish Association of Suicidology, he said: "We were told we are the most renowned organisation in the world. Finally, in the work we do, we only know our failures."
He also expressed solidarity with members of the 2,000 strong gathering, who have been affected by suicide, saying: "There are people in the audience who have been bereaved by suicide, so I just want to sympathise and empathise with you."
Mr Neville was first elected as a TD for Limerick West in 1997. He took a seat vacated by the late Michael J Noonan, who died last month.


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