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On February 27th, 2016 when a local rights advocate traveled to Buffalo NY to meet up with a victim of the corrupt elements of Cattaraugus County. They discussed and went over evidence of how the county buys off law firms to throw cases that attempt to hold county officials accountable for their crimes that would reduce the liability of we the taxpayers and protect our rights. He almost did not make it home alive…
The Activist was handed documents that proved beyond any reasonable doubt what was occurring in the county and placed them in his car. On his way home once he entered the county and close to home he started to be followed by the corrupt elements. On the last leg home he passed one of their vehicles that was pulled off the roadway on his right. This vehicle then attempted a u-turn, in doing so it cut off the other vehicle. They almost collided. The next thing you know one of these vehicles is right behind him and they turn on their spotlight and blind the victim though the rear view mirror. Worried he was about to be taken out by the "back country injustice squad" he decided to go straight to a safe, lit location that had 360 degree video surveillance. But that was not to be. He maintained his lane a proper speed. He was then stopped of his forward motion by being blocked in by two "law enforcement" vehicles…
Within two seconds of him stopping he had guns pointed at him. He raised his hands in fear of being shot dead (in this country you can get shot for raises you hands now). His stereo was on so he could not hear what anyone was saying and did not have the time to turn it off. The video proves it. The corrupt elements of the local cabal ran to his driver's side window with guns still pointing at him. They were yelling something so he looked over at his stereo to determine if it was safe to turn it off so he could hear what they were shouting. That was a mistake, as he looked back towards his driver's side window he heard a loud bang. Gun shot? The next thing you know glass is flying everywhere. He is then pulled from the car and violently thrown to the ground and knocked out. Then they start stomping on him. He awakes with either a knee or jack boot pressing down on his upper right back. He then remembers his hands behind his back and lifted to his feet by his wrists. The pain was excruciating. Luckily there were other motorist's in the area at the time.
He was then taken to the Hospital from the injuries he sustained then arraigned on three accusatory instruments in the form of simplified information (SI's) charges [People v. Tyler 1 N.Y.3d 493 "defendant was 'charged' when he was ticketed"] WST25CXCWC, WST25CXDQG and WST25CXDSW. This all occurred on February 27th, 2016.
Three supporting depositions were gratuitously filed [People v. Key 45 N.Y. 2d 111, 116, 408 N.Y.S. 2d 16, 19 (1978)] along with the original SI's. They did not meet facial sufficiency [People v. Smith 163 Misc.2d 353 621 N.Y.S.2d 449 "information was insufficient… and hence without any facts providing reasonable cause, it is unacceptable that absence of a factual allegation in the deposition is nonwaivable." ].
On February 28th, 2016, "Police Officer" Cori Kowalski, one of the stompers superseded the original simplified traffic informations with new ones; WST25D3Q97, WST25D3QCB, WST25D3N3L. Simplified informations are not allowed to be superseded pursuant to CPL § 100.50, therefore the superseding accusatory instruments were also null and void [People v. Greco, 12 Misc.3d 83 (2006), 819 N.Y.S.2d 630 "The Criminal Procedure Law does not provide for the filing of a superseding simplified traffic information." "The next day, the complaining officer executed an accusatory instrument denominated a "SUPERSEDING SIMPLIFIED TRAFFIC INFORMATION" and "SUPPORTING DEPOSITION TO SIMPLIFIED TRAFFIC INFORMATION(S). Judgment of conviction reversed on the law and accusatory instrument dismissed.", see also People v Finch, 19 Misc 3d 840]. Kowalski would also write a letter to the court stating as such. If they would have obeyed the law, i.e. followed due process, which never occurs in Cattaraugus County they could have moved forward [People v Flood 25 Misc.3d 843, 844]. Criminals to the last….
"[a] valid and sufficient accusatory instrument is a nonwaivable jurisdictional prerequisite to a criminal prosecution" [People v. Williams 32 Misc.3d 135(A) 936 N.Y.S.2d 61]. [People v. Green 192 Misc.2d 296 745 N.Y.S.2d 656, see also People v. Cullen 99 Misc.2d 646 (1979) "People cannot use the device of supersedure to continue a prosecution"]. Further the supporting depositions were blank again.
It appears the reason Kowalski illegally replaced them was because he misspelled the victims last name. When it comes to this type of mistake SI's are required to be amended. [People v. Kurtz 175 Misc.2d 980, 670 N.Y.S.2d 1008 "Correct errors to time, place and names of persons", People v. Johnson, 104 N.Y. 213, 10 N.E. 690 [1887] "Amendment of names is permitted to situations where a name is misspelled"], which requires the court to approve it before they do it. The District Attorney's office would attempt to claim that because a "supporting deposition" was filed the proper conversion was made. Sorry, but that does not hold water either.
The document is actually a Bill of Particulars and does not support anything. It contains no facts as related to what was observed when it came to the two violations. Further it also was created on, or after the 28th of February, 2016 and not served until March 10th, 2016, over the objections of the victim we might add. But the best part is it lists the superseding simplified information numbers WST25D3Q97, WST25D3QCB, WST25D3N3L appear on the Bill of Particulars, not the original superseded simplified information numbers. WORTHLESS – Let's see if this is "overlooked" by the court and that they will attempt to claim it was from the originals, or will other fraudulent documents just appear out of nowhere like they have done in the past in an attempt to cover up their criminal conduct? The a copy of the original BOP is here and this is considered a public record, the 50-H hearing saw to that. Thank You.
At this point by law it's over. But this is Cattaraugus County, New York…
What is even more amazing is the fact that THE COUNTY COURT EVEN ADMITTED THAT THE ORIGINAL SIMPLIFIED TRAFFIC INFORMATION'S WERE SUPERSEDED. On page six of the court order and decision it is a clear as day. They can't back out now unless fraudulent 'documents' just appear out of nowhere like they have in the past in other cases in violation of both state and federal law. So the court also claimed the traffic tickets were superseded. That's it, at least in a real court of law. But this is Cattaraugus County after all. You would think the criminal elements within Cattaraugus County would call it after all the injury they caused and the fact they have no authority to move forward to prosecute. The order also states it was moved by divestiture to the county court.
Not having any authority to prosecute the matter the District Attorney's Office still proceeded in violation of the law and perjury to oath of office and fraudulently used CPL 170.20 (2) to move it to the county court. The law is very clear, People v. Correa 70 A.D.3d 532, 897 N.Y.S.2d 14 spells it out; "while CPL 10.30 (1) (b) states that the Criminal Court's trial jurisdiction over misdemeanors is "subject to divestiture"… by a [superior] Court, CPL 170.20 and 170.25 are necessary to implement that divestiture" . If the court had dismissed (acting sua sponte), or the people moved for dismissal in the lower Ellicottville Court, the illegal superseded informations, the District Attorney's office the could have refilled new ones if they had done so within the CPL 30.30 time limits, making everything legal. However this is Cattaraugus County, New York where the rule of law is on permanent vacation and justice goes to die.
In other words there has to be a misdemeanor charge present and in order to be charged you have to be ticketed. The only misdemeanor charge in this matter was superseded one day later as stated above rendering it null and void. Therefore the DA Office was without authority to present to the Grand Jury. It lacked jurisdiction.
Further, depending on who wishes to move it determines how it can be moved. A superior court can move it on their own authority if they follow a specific procedure and completely bypass a grand Jury process, however if the District Attorney's office wishes to it has to follow another procedure, that being CPL 170.20 (2), which requires it to be placed in front of the Grand Jury to move it which they could not do because they did not have a misdemeanor charge. So on April 18th, 2016, they served the victims Attorney with an alleged CPL §190.50 Notice of Presentment claiming the victim had been "charged" with seven accusatory instruments while he is in county court for another hearing .
However the Notice of Presentment was also fatality flawed. Of the seven alleged 'charges', the victim was only charged with possibly only one of them listed on the Notice… We say "possibly" because in the usual fashion for the victim the District Attorney violated standard practice and procedure by not citing the law that the victim was allegedly charged with. In all other presentations they cite the actual laws violated, but not for the victim. Proof of a personal vendetta against the victim.
Of the seven alleged charges, six were traffic violations and one was a misdemeanor. The misdemeanor was a "Obstruction of Government Administration" which he was never was charged with. [People v. Tyler 1 N.Y.3d 493 "defendant was 'charged' when he was ticketed"]. This would have made it impossible for the victim to determine exactly what he was charged with so if he decided to go before the Grand Jury he would not know how to properly defend himself. For example "Obstruction of Government Administration" can be one of three charges. Each with its own parameters of conduct that need to occur in order to be held liable for it;
- Obstructing governmental administration (in the first degree. E Felony)
- Obstructing governmental administration (in the second degree. A misdemeanor)
- Obstructing governmental administration (by means of a self-defense spray device. D Felony)
See how the District Attorney's Office purposely confused the victim if he wished to appear before a Grand Jury? The other issue is the modern Grand Jury is nothing but a rubber stamp for the District Attorney's Office. Members are not properly informed on what their actual powers are. They are constantly being fed you have to do what you are told or "follow the law".
The grand Jury came back with ten count, nine were traffic violations and one was an A misdemeanor "Obstructing governmental administration in the second degree." This appears to be another historical first in Cattaraugus County. However even if the original charges were valid and they were properly taken to the county court the video clearly shows that the victim was not under arrest until he stopped when the guns were drawn on him. by law you cannot be charged with Obstruction in the second until you have been arrested and in this matter the 'police' who stopped the victim did not give him the time to react to what was occurring. The video clearly shows that.
Quoting People v Offen 96 Misc.2d 147 (1978) "The defendant has not been charged with a crime, since this court recognizes as a matter of law that "fleeing" from an officer prior to arrest is not a crime." Consequently, the motion to dismiss the charge of obstructing governmental administration (Penal Law, § 195.05), upon which the court reserved decision, is now granted and the charge is dismissed.
Quoting People v. Iannone 45 NY 2d 589 (1978), "A word of caution is in order. It is beyond cavil that a defendant has a basic and fundamental right to be informed of the charges against him so that he will be able to prepare a defense. Hence the courts must exercise careful surveillance to ensure that a defendant is not deprived of this right by an overzealous prosecutor attempting to protect his[her] case or his[her] witnesses," see also People v. Fitzgerald , 45 NY2d 574 (1978).
Here is the issue with that in New York; the Grand Jurors can tell the DA to pound salt, take over the proceedings and investigate anyone and anyway they see fit when it comes to dealing with corruption. Fraud upon the Court is very clear in this matter.
New York State Constitution, Article I, Section 6, Paragraph 2; The power of grand juries to inquire into the wilful misconduct in office of public officers, and to find indictments or to direct the filing of informations in connection with such inquiries, shall never be suspended or impaired by law. No person shall be deprived of life, liberty or property without due process of law. (Amended by Constitutional Convention of 1938 and approved by vote of the people November 8, 1938; further amended by vote of the people November 8, 1949; November 3, 1959; November 6, 1973; November 6, 2001.)
In other words if the DA or ADA starts spouting "well you can't do that because of CPL blah, blah , blah, they can ignore it, i.e. "shall never be suspended or impaired by law."
Further the Notice of Presentation was not filed by the District Attorney. Now why would they do that?
Also, when an indictment is handed down a divestiture of jurisdiction form has to be created and sent along with the original charges to the superior court. The divestiture also lists the charges and a host of other information. That was also not filed by the District Attorney's Office. Why?
CPL 170.20 (2) At any time before entry of a plea of guilty to or commencement of a trial of an accusatory instrument specified in subdivision one, the district attorney may apply for an adjournment of the proceedings in the local criminal court upon the ground that he intends to present the misdemeanor charge in question to a grand jury with a view to prosecuting it by indictment in a superior court.
The key here is "misdemeanor charge in question"…
There was no "misdemeanor charge in question", the victim was never charged because of the superseded informations and the he was never charged/ticketed with an "Obstruction of Government Administration" [People v. Tyler 1 N.Y.3d 493 "defendant was 'charged' when he was ticketed"]. Even the county court personal were asking where the misdemeanor charge was on May 25th, 2016 and the DA's office claimed that they did not need one, that the misdemeanor charge.
In other words there has to be a misdemeanor charge present and in order to be charged you have to be ticketed. The only misdemeanor charge in this matter was superseded one day later as stated above rendering it null and void. Therefore the DA Office was without authority to present to the Grand Jury. It lacked jurisdiction.
In all cases the blood has to be analyzed by the State Police crime lab in Albany New York which takes about three months to get the results. But they rushed this job. All the blood samples were taken at the same time and they sent it to the Erie County Medical lab for forensic testing by hand delivery on Monday, the first business day after the attack. They wanted the test results back quick. Why? Simple they had a vendetta against the victim. The results from the lab were different from the hospital. Further the test kit was handed over to the cop with no seal placed over the vials. Further the box itself was not sealed. The test results from Erie county came back even lower at 0.04%, proving tampering possibly occurred. However, the hospital blood tests that produced the higher results use the Enzymatic Immunoassay method that combines all alcohols in the blood and other substances can also be included. Some of the other alcohols are methanol, acetone and isopropyl. Further, injury, specifically head and soft tissue injury can also produce higher results. Even with these possibly tampered with results they are by law is prima facie evidence that a driver is not intoxicated pursuant to VTL 1195 (2) (a). They even attempted to tamper with the results during the blood draw itself, they applied copious amounts of rubbing alcohol in violation of NYCRR: 10 CRR-NY 59.2 (d) to the blood draw area and destroyed the videos of it happening, about two hours worth. Who knows what they did to the vials afterwards. How convenient. It is a standard policy and practice in this county to destroy and/or edited videos which of course is completely illegal.
The Enzymatic method does not factor out and measure specifically ethyl alcohol, the alcohol that is considered the intoxicant that a person is held liable for and this test method confirmed by the hospital and thoroughly documented. It is also very easy to tamper with blood samples. Further proof of why they wanted a blood sample and not a Breathalyzer sample. Some of the tampering methods are using another persons blood or injecting ethyl alcohol using a syringe into the sample. As a side note breathalyzer's measures only ethyl alcohol however there is serious issues with the calculation mathematics of Breathalyzers. To this day ALL Breathalyzer manufactures have refused to release their source code in order to study it to prove the mathematics that determine the BAC is reliable. When this occurs the corrupt elements may attempt to use use the junk science approach of retrograde extrapolation to claim that the BAC was higher.
Not only did they not have the authority to present the matter to the Grand Jury because they had superseded the original simplified traffic informations, the only misdemeanor charge they listed the victim was never charged with originally. Further no plea offer was made before the presentment unlike other Defendants [People v. Adams, 20 N.Y.3d 608, 964 N.Y.S.2d 495, 987 N.E.2d 272 (2013)].
Even one of the county court clerk assistants was asking the same question by the e-mail correspondence. Sr. Court Office Assistant Jillian Koch asked why there was no "Misdemeanor complaint" and where it was. There were no pending charges whatsoever in the lower court that would have allowed the people to move the matter pursuant to CPL § 170.20 to a superior court and the matter could not be prosecuted, therefore the District Attorney's Office had no authority to take tot he grand Jury and indictment itself is null and void "[a] valid and sufficient accusatory instrument is a nonwaivable jurisdictional prerequisite to a criminal prosecution" [People v. Williams 32 Misc.3d 135(A) 936 N.Y.S.2d 61], the e-mail from court personal and District Attorney's Office proves that also.
Also, when you are injured by a "police officer" the court has a duty to call the People to account for the injuries. This would include being handcuffed to a metal chair and being assaulted by a sheriff's deputy and knocked out, and said deputy has a history of such actions and has been sued in federal court for such conduct. It would also include when your window is shot or smashed out and are violently pulled from your car, thrown to the ground, knocked out and stomped upon and blood starts flowing from your ear drum indicating a possible concussion or skull fracture, all for a minor traffic violation. But this is Cattaraugus County New York where the courts will ignore their duties and in doing so cover up the injuries brought about by the criminal conduct of public employees. People v Valletutti 297 NY 226, No effort was made by the prosecution to show (aside from the denials by the policeman of any violence) how or where these injuries were in fact inflicted, nor did the prosecution call as a witness the physician who made the entry in the jail records. This court said in People v. Barbato, 254 N.Y. 170, 176, 172 N.E. 458, 460: 'The district attorney on this evidence was called on to account for the defendant's condition.' A similar duty was on the People in this case, and no sufficient accounting is in the present record at page 461: '…on the weight of evidence the physical facts corroborate defendant's statement that injuries were inflicted by the police officers to procure a confession.'
Since the District Attorney, i.e. the People, did not have jurisdiction the court has to review the issue. There is no room for 'discretion", the most popular word in a judges dictionary. Judges use it all of the time to deny rights.
"There is no discretion to ignore lack of jurisdiction." Joyce v. U.S. 474 2D 215.
"The law provides that once State and Federal Jurisdiction has been challenged, it must be proven." [Main v. Thiboutot , 100 S. Ct. 2502 (1980)] "The burden shifts to the court to prove jurisdiction." [Rosemond v. Lambert, 469 F2d 416.]
In law, sua sponte (Latin: "of his, her, its or their own accord") or suo motu "on its own motion"[1] describes an act of authority taken without formal prompting from another party. The term is usually applied to actions by a judge taken without a prior motion or request from the parties [U.S. v. White, 139 F.3d 998 cert den 119 S.Ct 343, 525 U.S. 393, 142 L.Ed.2d 283 (1998)]
"Accordingly, the Court has an independent obligation to review for facial sufficiency as a means of assuring that it retains subject matter jurisdiction… Having undertaken a sua sponte review of the Information, the Court readily concludes that it is facially insufficient as to Counts One and Three, as well." [People v Barber, 42 Misc. 3d 1225(A) 992 N.Y.S.2d 159; 2014 N.Y. Misc. LEXIS 638; 2014 NY Slip Op 50193(U)].
Whenever any officer of the court commits fraud during a proceeding in the court, he/she is engaged in "fraud upon the court". In Bulloch v. United States, 763 F.2d 1115, 1121 (10th Cir. 1985), the court stated "Fraud upon the court is fraud which is directed to the judicial machinery itself and is not fraud between the parties or fraudulent documents, false statements or perjury. In other words when the judge becomes aware of "fraudulent documents, false statements or perjury" the judge or another officer of the court has a duty to take action on these issues and hold the perpetrator(s) accountable. It is where the court or a member is corrupted or influenced or influence is attempted or where the judge has not performed his judicial function — thus where the impartial functions of the court have been directly corrupted." "Fraud upon the court" makes void the orders and judgments of that court. A judge is not the court. People v. Zajic, 88 Ill.App.3d 477, 410 N.E.2d 626 (1980).


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Nollywood actress Beverly Naya, one of the stars in award-winning movie, 'The Wedding Party' hosted fans, friends, and celebrities to a barbecue party at Sao Cafe, Lekki, Lagos.
MTV Base video jockey, Ehiz, and other celebrities were present at the Amstel Malta-sponsored event.
The barbecue party was an opportunity to encourage youths to be the best they can be through her #Fiftyshades campaign. Sherewarded her fans by giving out cash prizes to those who participated in the #FiftyShades and #WhyAddMore challenge.
#FiftyShades is a campaign developed by Beverly Naya to encourage young women and men that no matter what shade of black they may be, they can achieve great things.
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Fox Needs to Give 'Brooklyn Nine-Nine' Its Own Night
FOX Broadcasting Co.
Andy Samberg's ensemble cop comedy Brooklyn Nine-Nine had quite the first year campaign, winning the Golden Globe for best comedy series. As a reward for the good work, Fox will move the show next season to Sunday nights, sandwiched between The Simpsons and Family Guy. For anyone wondering, Brooklyn will in fact still be a live action show next season, even if the Fox move might make you wonder if the programming executives realize that.
Tuesday Was Bad Enough
Brooklyn Nine-Nine spent its freshman season already leading into two sitcoms that it didn't mesh with: New Girl and The Mindy Project (with Dads providing a weak lead-in). The fact that it survived is a testament to the show's strong writing and the outstanding performances of Samberg, Andre Braugher, Terry Crews, Joe Lo Truglio, and the rest of the cast.
Fox's reasoning for moving the show is to put it in a grouping with other male oriented fare, since Samberg's core audience really isn't too much different from his Saturday Night Live predecessor Adam Sandler.
On the surface, the reasoning makes some sense, but is the audience for Brooklyn really the same as those of either The Simpsons (at this point in the show's run anyway) or Family Guy? Samberg's show is closer in tone to some of the workplace ensemble comedies of the '70s… a descendant of programs like Barney Miller and Taxi by way of The Office. Even when it veers into broad comedy, there's a certain level of sophistication in the way that Brooklyn approaches its funny business.
A Scheduling Problem (and Solution)
Unfortunately, Fox boxed itself into a corner with its schedule, given the number of hour-long shows the network has on its grid. In a roundabout way, they tried to partner Brooklyn with freshman sitcom Mulaney, which also comes from the Lorne Michaels tree. It follows former SNL writer John Mulaney as an aspiring stand-up comedian working for Martin Short. Mulaney is set to follow Family Guy on Sunday nights. That show faces much the same problem as Brooklyn… how much of an audience does it share with Seth MacFarlane's long-running series? Family Guy, though, is still a proven ratings winner so Fox isn't going to move it… meaning that Brooklyn and Mulaney are stuck on either side of it.
Both shows would've been better served being paired together on Wednesday night in the 8 – 9 PM time slot. While Survivor continues to pull decent ratings for CBS there, neither ABC's offering of The Middle and The Goldbergs nor NBC's new series The Mysteries of Laura would have been impossible to overcome. With a Golden Globe in its back pocket, you would think that Fox would have confidence in letting Brooklyn lead off a night of its own.
While bouncing a show around a network's schedule is a time-honored way of killing it, Fox should consider making another move with Brooklyn Nine-Nine the next time that it's making scheduling adjustments when a couple of its new show inevitably fail and build a block of programming around Samberg and his merry band of cops… instead of trying to squeeze them into the schedule wherever they can.


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Clinic A-Z
Patients and visitors will find useful information on staying at the hospital, including campus-specific information
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Our central switchboard numbers are as follows: Campus Benjamin Franklin 8445-0, Campus Charité Mitte and Campus Virchow-Klinikum 4505-0.
All telephone numbers listed here comprise the direct dial number for Charité and the relevant extension number. For local calls to offices/staff on Campus Benjamin
Franklin, all telephone numbers start with '8445', followed by a four-digit extension number, e.g. 8445 1234.
All Campus Virchow-Klinikum and Campus Charité Mitte telephone numbers start with '450', followed by a six-digit extension number, e.g. 450 123456.
For internal calls between different campuses, the extension numbers are used without the direct dial codes that normally precede them. The following internal dialing codes apply for calls between the different campuses:
• '98' for calls from Campus Charité Mitte and Campus Virchow-Klinikum to Campus Benjamin Franklin
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For calls from within Germany, please use the '030' area code for Berlin. For calls from outside Germany, please use this as well as the international dialing code for Germany, i.e. '0049 30', followed by the desired Charité telephone number.
For further information on making and receiving calls from your bedside, please refer to the information provided under TV & Telephones, or consult the information leaflets provided. You can also use public pay phones, which are available on all of the campuses.
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On Campus Benjamin Franklin, taxicabs can be booked free of charge by using the dedicated and clearly marked telephone, which is situated inside the lobby at the northern end of the campus. Should you prefer to walk directly to the taxicab stand, please go to the taxicab stand on Klingenorstraße, which is accessible via the northern exit.
On Charité Campus Mitte, the taxicab stand is situated on Luisenstraße, near Robert-Koch-Platz; on Campus Virchow-Klinikum, near the exit on Seestraße. Alternatively, you may wish to use the taxi stand outside the German Heart Institute Berlin (DHZB), which is situated near the exit Augustenburger Platz.
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A pamphlet explaining the use of bedside telephones and the TV/radio system is available at each ward desk. Public telephones that accept pre-paid cards or coins are also available at each Campus. Please understand that the use of mobile phones is prohibited in many areas of the Charité. These areas are marked accordingly.
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If you're into modern masterpieces but bored of basic paintings, the Andre Woolery Push Pin Art is a collection so kickass and contemporary it's the best pick for a prickly decor piece.
Woolery's artwork is mainly focused on African American leaders or lyrical genius', which he creatively captures by primarily using tacks as a medium. An epic Jay-Z piece is cleverly dubbed 'The Tackover,' and an equally inspiring Kanye creation is named 'Tacks on Tacks on Tacks,' proving Woolery to be more than just a push pin pro but a witty one at that. 'The Mixtape Experience' sums up the whole collection that includes a Jimi Hendrix installation along with an amazing Obama rendering to lead the pack.
The Andre Woolery Push Pin Art embodies cool craftsmanship while both successfully and effortlessly mixing tact and tacks.
The Andre Woolery Push Pin Art is Prickly Portraiture
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活動類型: 一週靜坐營
The summer retreat is an opportunity for self-exploration and social interaction in an international environment. The scenic surroundings provide a perfect setting for meditation, yoga and stimulating talks and discussions.
Intensive practice of Acem Meditation makes deep layers of mental stress and muscular tension give way to a calmer and more receptive frame of mind. Refining your meditative practice gradually enables you to recognise patterns and emotions previously hidden from your awareness.
One aim of the retreat is to help you master the three-hour level of long meditations. Small guidance groups led by experienced instructors provide you with ample opportunity to discuss your meditative experiences. This enhances meditation skills and deepens insights into central personal issues.
Evening seminars by Acem initiators explore the psychology of meditation and help you to enhance your meditative practice.
Small guidance groups led by experienced instructors provide you with ample opportunities to discuss your meditative experiences. This enhances meditation skills and deepens insights into central personal issues.
Basic instruction in Acem Yoga facilitates the practice of long meditations.
The activities of the retreat will enable rich and varied social interactions in an international milieu.
The retreat is for all who have learnt Acem Meditation, both beginners and experienced meditators. International participants may learn Acem Meditation at the retreat.
The Acem International Retreat Centre at Halvorsbøle is situated outside Oslo in beautiful and peaceful surroundings. Participants will be accommodated in single rooms, most of them with a direct view of the Randsfjord lake.
The Halvorsbøle cuisine is based on lactovegetarian food well suited for long meditations.
Born 1961. Consultant in rheumatology at Rigshospitalet and an external clinical professor in rheumatology with emphasis on am arthritis at the University of Copenhagen. Begun meditating in 1980, has taught in Acem meditation since 1983. Member of Acem International's board since 2003.


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YOU Dig-Ette-al Kit
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Scrap about love, for people you love or just anything you would love to scrap with colorful kit by Fayette Designs. With 11 patterned papers, 5 textured paper and lots of beautiful elements, you will definitely enjoy scrapping. A separate You Wordart pack is also available. You can use it with your favorite kits too. Both of them are on sale for less 25% for a limited time. Here are the preview.
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Here is my layout of our son ,James and wifey, Marv.
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Now, wasn't I right. A simply photo can make it stunning with her templates. The Monsters are Back!!! They arrived almost 3 am . I could not sleep anymore so I am here blogging. Pardon me again if i'll be late again with my blog. Hope the twins are more cooperative now. LOL. They are still sleeping so I am taking advantage . LOL.


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The episode begins with a scene from the distant past, when He Lan Jing (known as 'Ah Xi' in this life) was a boy. He spends his evening admiring the full moon when Huiyan silently sneaks up on him. Of course it doesn't work as Ah Xi says, "Huiyan, is that you?" Huiyan giggles as she asks him how he knew it was her. Ah Xi, giggling himself, says that of course he knows. Cute. We learn that as a young boy, He Lan Jing didn't have the ability to see at night. He must've grown out of it, or somehow overcame it over time.
When Huiyan asks what he's doing, Ah Xi tells her that he's "moon-bathing" since his father said it was good for him. After Ah Xi tells Huiyan that he is growing tired of moon-bathing, Huiyan sits down next to him to keep him company. She tells Ah Xi that looking at the moon makes her think she can see her inner heart. Ah Xi: "I really wish I'll be able to see the moon with you one day". Huiyan says his wish will definitely come true, and Ah Xi shyly moves his hand closer to hers. These two are so adorable, I just love them.
Wang Xuan decides to take a different (and rude) approach by asking Qian Hua whether she has many suitors. Qian Hua looks up from the papers she is reading on her desk, and glares at Wang Xuan. She's done putting up with Wang Xuan's nonsense (that makes two of us) and asks Wang Xuan if she really is a loyal customer, because loyal customers would know that the company values the environment and refuses to test its products on animals.
In fact, the lipstick that Wang Xuan has on are made by companies that engage in animal testing. Qian Hua asks Wang Xuan if it was worth the lives of hundreds of animals to be killed for Wang Xuan's "not so pretty" face. Qian Hua is awesome. She calls Wang Xuan stupid for trying to land a scoop with such shallow questions.
Qian Hua then calls Wang Xuan by her real name. When Wang Xuan shows her surprise, Qian Hua declares that her people have done a thorough background check. She has her assistant give Wang Xuan a free sample of her company's natural lipstick, before Wang Xuan rushes to leave, completely flustered. Serves her right. I'd want Qian Hua on my side going into any fight - she doesn't pull any punches.
Xiu Xian – He Lan Jing's comrade – arrives as Wang Xuan is leaving and says that Qian Hua's temper is as bad as ever. Qian Hua is a member of the Fox Clan as well and He Lan Jing's right hand woman. She is helping He Lan Jing decode some ancient Fox Clan texts. Xiu Xian arrived to give her a map to find the elders of the Fox Clan who might be able to help. Xiu Xian says it's all right if she can't figure it out – after all, she's been trying for so many years, she can always try again later. Qian Hua said that He Lan Jing should send Kuan Yong next time – he doesn't talk as much.
Wang Xuan storms back into the newspaper office, yelling about how Qian Hua is a psychopath for talking to her that way. Really? Because I think Qian Hua is pretty awesome, and you're the one acting crazy right now. I also notice how Wang Xuan didn't have the nerve to say any of this directly to Qian Hua.
The reporters decide to try a different method, and interview the mysterious 'Mr. He Lan'. A coworker points out that Wang Xuan's identity has already been exposed, and they decide to send Pi Pi (who had been napping in the background for most of the conversation) to go to He Lan Jing's home to try and take some pictures.
That evening, Pi Pi climbs a tree near He Lan Jing's house and has her camera out ready to take pictures. Over the phone, Xiao Ju asks if Pi Pi really intends to become a paparazzi, instead of becoming a real reporter. Pi Pi says that being a reporter is her dream, but she has to earn a living. She doesn't realize that He Lan Jing is standing at the foot of the tree, and he calls up to her, "What are you doing?" Surprised and still sick, Pi Pi has a nosebleed and then falls from the tree.
He Lan Jing carries her inside an feeds her a bite of an apple to help her recover before she falls out of consciousness again. We flashback to the past where a young He Lan Jing had given a young Pi Pi an apple to eat before he removed his mask to let her see his eyes.
Pi Pi wakes up and finds He Lan Jing on the chair next to her. Thinking he is asleep, Pi Pi comments about how rich and handsome he is, but that it's unfortunate that he can't see. He Lan Jing suddenly speaks up: "What are you doing?" He admits that he was awake the whole time, of course.
Pi Pi asks He Lan Jing what he's doing, and he responds that he is moon-bathing. Pi Pi says that she's only ever heard of sun-bathing. Pi Pi: "You're not blind?" He Lan Jing: "I'm only blind during the day time, I can see at night." Pi Pi finds this really hard to believe. She stands up to leave, but she's not fully recovered and collapses back onto the chair. He Lan Jing tells her to stay and enjoy the moonlight with him. He tells her that he started moon-bathing when he was a child, and at the time there was a beautiful girl who would accompany him.
Back then, he couldn't see during the day or night. By the time he could, the girl was gone. Aww. She was his first love. In an echo of the past, Pi Pi says that when she looks at the moon, it's like seeing her inner heart. He Lan Jing says she's right in that the moon represents a person's subconscious, or inner heart. Pi Pi falls asleep.
The next morning, Pi Pi wakes up inside the house to see Qian Hua standing nearby. She brought a huge selection of clothing, shoes and makeup for Pi Pi to choose. It turns out that He Lan Jing had reached out to her to bring new clothes for Pi Pi to wear to work, Qian Hua, being the only woman he knows. She also hands Pi Pi an invitation in a black envelope before leaving.
It turns out there is extremely tight security around the building, and they decide to follow their original plan to steal the orb that evening. Just then, a members of the building's security team tells them they can't park there and they have to leave.
Pi Pi takes the bus to go to work, dressed in a long white dress that she had selected from the rack of clothes Qian Hua presented. I think she looks pretty in it, though very out of place sitting on the bus. Pi Pi opens the invitation Qian Hua had given her, to see that it's for an exclusive auction that evening. Pi Pi hurries into work, and bumps into one of her coworkers who notice her outfit. Pi Pi is wearing the same dress that's being featured on the magazine that she's reading.
Pi Pi makes it to the meeting where Wang Xuan is telling the group that she's learned that He Lan Jing has a strong interest in antiques, and will be attending an auction that night. The same one that He Lan Jing gave Pi Pi an invite to attend as a VIP.
Pi Pi's boss intends for Pi Pi to attend, when Wang Xuan immediately disagrees. She says they can deal with Pi Pi not having the right clothes, but even if she did go, she doesn't have an invitation. Only a few guests have been invited as VIPs, while everyone else has normal entrance tickets and she has managed to get an entrance ticket from her uncle.
Wang Xuan's thrown out every argument she can think of for Pi Pi not to attend, but their boss still tells them to go together. Wang Xuan says that at the event, she'll have no time to look after Pi Pi. I can't stand this girl one bit, she's so stuck up and annoying thinking she's better than everyone else, especially when it comes to Pi Pi. I really hope we don't have to see much of her in this drama. Jia Lin texts Pi Pi to ask her if she's free that evening, but Pi Pi responds that she has to work that night. Pi Pi starts to look up information online on visas to the United States, where her boyfriend is going to study.
Pi Pi goes to see Xiao Ju at her café and she runs into Xiu Xuan and Kuan Yong. Xiu Xuan and Kuan Yong are there to deliver the dress for Pi Pi to wear at the auction when Pi Pi says that she's actually not going. Xiu Xuan jokes that she should return the invitation then, and is taken aback when Pi Pi doesn't think twice about giving it back.
After a brief call with He Lan Jing, Xiu Xuan tells Pi Pi that if she agrees to attend the auction, He Lan Jing will agree to an all day interview with her. She sees how great a deal this is, and decides to accept the dress.
Xiao Ju sees that Pi Pi is reviewing information on visas to the United States, and tells her that even with a visa, Pi Pi still wouldn't be able to stay long with Jia Lin. The only way for her to stay in the US long term is for her and Jia Lin to get married. Pi Pi says that Jia Lin hasn't mentioned anything, to which Xiao Ju says "So you did notice?"
We learn that Pi Pi has booked an expensive restaurant for her and Jia Lin to have dinner, and is daydreaming about how romantic it will be, as Jia Lin will bring her roses, and then they will go and ride the ferris wheel. Xiao Ju can't believe it when Pi Pi pulls out a letter that Jia Lin wrote to her in fifth grade promising to marry her. This girl desperately needs to wake up and get a reality check. I don't think she sees that while she's making up all these dreams in her head, Jia Lin is thinking about something else entirely.
Just then Jia Lin goes to see Tian Xin at her classroom. Tian Xin's classmate jokes that her boyfriend has come to visit her, and is surprised when Tian Xin says isn't actually her boyfriend, even though he has been coming to visit her everyday. Jia Lin invites Tian Xin to dinner as thanks for helping him with his recommendation letter, just the two of them. I think it's obvious that Jia Lin's feelings for Pi Pi are not as serious as they were before, and I think he's started liking Tian Xin instead.
Pi Pi comes to visit them at school, and when Tian Xin sees Pi Pi's papers on applying for a visa, she offers to help translate them for Pi Pi. She bails on dinner with Jia Lin and tells him that they shouldn't make plans to have dinner when it's just the two of them. I'm not liking Jia Lin – he's being a terrible jerk. If he doesn't love Pi Pi anymore, he should tell her and break up with her, instead of stringing her along when she's making plans and dreaming about their future together. On the other hand, I think Tian Xin is doing her best to be a good friend by trying to maintain a distance between her and Jia Lin, even though she likes him.
At home, Pi Pi opens the box from He Lan Jing to find a beautiful white dress. In a voiceover, Pi Pi says that when a person loves someone, they will do a lot of wishful thinking and put in a lot of effort to make the other person happy. Even when they know that all the effort may not go anywhere, they don't know what else to do.
Her words are relevant for most of the characters of this drama, including herself, who wants to go to the United States to be with Jia Lin. It applies to Xiao Ju, who likes one of her friends, and Qian Hua, who is working hard to help He Lan Jing. Of course, it applies to He Lan Jing as well, who is doing his best to win Pi Pi over. Qian Hua is visited by Zhao Song, another member of the Fox Clan and a nemesis to He Lan Jing. He calls her a 'backup' to He Lan Jing, but warmly welcomes her to visit the North where he lives. He clearly likes her!
Thanks everyone for reading!


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The 21-year-old beat Moya 6-2 3-6 6-3 on Tuesday despite losing his cool in the second set.
Roddick lost his serve for the only time in the match following the row, but recovered to win the decisive set.
Earlier, Rainer Schuettler beat Guillermo Coria 6-3 4-6 6-2 in the Red Group they share with Roddick.
The American, who is battling with Spaniard Juan Carlos Ferrero to end the season as world number one, launched into a heated exchange with umpire Mike Morrissey over his second-set ruling.
Roddick, who served 14 aces, broke Moya three times in the first set, blasting the Spaniard with his powerful serve and superior shotmaking.
The turning point came in the second game of the second set after Roddick sent a backhand wide to give Moya his first break
Roddick hit a serve that he thought was an ace but instead was
dubbed wide by Morrissey.
Roddick accused the umpire of being "blind", before serving a double fault to hand Moya the break for a 2-0 lead in the set, and was still livid at Morrissey after Moya held again for a 3-0 edge.
"I probably should have kept it together a little bit more and not hit an angry double-fault.
"But luckily I was able to recover in time for the third set."
Moya took advantage of the break to win the second set, but never broke Roddick again.
Roddick broke Moya in the eighth game of the third set, taking advantage of three consecutive errant forehands by the Spaniard for the break, then holding serve for the triumph, the last point coming when Moya sent a backhand wide.
Schuettler took the early advantage against Coria, breaking at the first time of asking and then holding points for a 4-0 lead.
And although Coria hauled back to 3-3, Schuettler won the next three games to clinch the set.
Coria took a 3-0 lead in the second set, and went on to win it 6-4.
Schuettler opened a 4-1 lead in an error-strewn third set and then broke again to win it 6-2.
Roger Federer beat Andre Agassi in the black group on Monday, while David Nalbandian beat Juan Carlos Ferrero.


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I love reading about all the new challenges that are being posted for the new year. I am oh so tempted.
A nephew came by the other day and helped me with Instagram. I guess I can post from the camera roll on my laptop, I managed to get my first photo up. Talk about baby steps, at least it is progress.
I packed up the Christmas decorations.
I spend too much time on Netflix and reading posts about plans. In reality, I just like to dream.
So I have joined the 2018 Ready to wear Fast on Goodbye Valentino, Sara is hosting 1029 people in this challenge and it will give me incentive to post to Instagram. I am seriously considering the challenge from Bra Makers Supply as well. A new Challenge per month and the one for January is the colour of the year Ultra Violet.
Introducing ultra violet to my unmentionable drawer is a real leap. but then I dream of that dye pot. Just maybe, I can do it.


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XXL – Gibt es ein Adipositas Paradox? Therapeutische Bedeutung ?
C. A. Schneider Klinik III für Innere Medizin Universität zu Köln
Was lehrt Bacchus uns? Bacchus Gott des Weins
(150 Kb); Oil on canvas, transferred from panel, 191 x cm (75 x 63 1/2 in); Hermitage, St. Petersburg Rubens, Peter Paul The Flemish baroque painter Peter Paul Rubens, b. June 28, 1577, d. May 30, 1640 was the most renowned northern European artist of his day, and is now widely recognized as one of the foremost painters in Western art history. Created in the last years of Rubens' life, this painting amazes the viewer with its virtuosity of style and unusual interpretation of the image of the god of wine and merriment. Bacchus is depicted as a grossly obese man, surrounded by a satyr, a maenad and putti. The rich palette, in which all the colours blend into one golden stream, and the natural, sketchy technique, enabled the artist to create a genuine sense of debauchery, or bacchanalia. This is a paean to human flesh. According to Rubens' nephew, Philip, this was not a commissioned work, and the artist kept it in his studio till the end of his life p
Leitlinie der Deutschen Adipositas-Gesellschaft aktuelle Version 2007
Overweight, Obesity, and Mortality in a Large Prospective Cohort of Persons 50 to 71 Years Old
Gesamtsterblichkeit 89 kg /1,60 m 51 kg/1,60 m Background Obesity, defined by a body-mass index (BMI) (the weight in kilograms divided by the square of the height in meters) of 30.0 or more, is associated with an increased risk of death, but the relation between overweight (a BMI of 25.0 to 29.9) and the risk of death has been questioned. Methods We prospectively examined BMI in relation to the risk of death from any cause in 527,265 U.S. men and women in the National Institutes of Health–AARP cohort who were 50 to 71 years old at enrollment in 1995–1996. BMI was calculated from selfreported weight and height. Relative risks and 95 percent confidence intervals were adjusted for age, race or ethnic group, level of education, smoking status, physical activity, and alcohol intake. We also conducted alternative analyses to address potential biases related to preexisting chronic disease and smoking status. Results During a maximum follow-up of 10 years through 2005, 61,317 participants (42,173 men and 19,144 women) died. Initial analyses showed an increased risk of death for the highest and lowest categories of BMI among both men and women, in all racial or ethnic groups, and at all ages. When the analysis was restricted to healthy people who had never smoked, the risk of death was associated with both overweight and obesity among men and women. In analyses of BMI during midlife (age of 50 years) among those who had never smoked, the associations became stronger, with the risk of death increasing by 20 to 40 percent among overweight persons and by two to at least three times among obese persons; the risk of death among underweight persons was attenuated. Conclusions Excess body weight during midlife, including overweight, is associated with an increased risk of death. Normalgewicht Normalgewicht Follow up 10 Jahre NIH-AARP Kohorte Kenneth F. Adams et al. N Engl J Med 2006;355:
Body-mass index and cause-specific mortality in adults: collaborative analyses of 57 prospective studies Summary Background The main associations of body-mass index (BMI) with overall and cause-specifi c mortality can best be assessed by long-term prospective follow-up of large numbers of people. The Prospective Studies Collaboration aimed to investigate these associations by sharing data from many studies. Methods Collaborative analyses were undertaken of baseline BMI versus mortality in 57 prospective studies with participants, mostly in western Europe and North America (61% [n= ] male, mean recruitment age 46 [SD 11] years, median recruitment year 1979 [IQR 1975–85], mean BMI 25 [SD 4] kg/m²). The analyses were adjusted for age, sex, smoking status, and study. To limit reverse causality, the fi rst 5 years of follow-up were excluded, leaving deaths of known cause during a mean of 8 (SD 6) further years of follow-up (mean age at death 67 [SD 10] years): vascular; 2070 diabetic, renal or hepatic; neoplastic; 3770 respiratory; 7704 other. Findings In both sexes, mortality was lowest at about 22·5–25 kg/m². Above this range, positive associations were recorded for several specifi c causes and inverse associations for none, the absolute excess risks for higher BMI and smoking were roughly additive, and each 5 kg/m² higher BMI was on average associated with about 30% higher overall mortality (hazard ratio per 5 kg/m² [HR] 1·29 [95% CI 1·27–1·32]): 40% for vascular mortality (HR 1·41 [1·37–1·45]); 60–120% for diabetic, renal, and hepatic mortality (HRs 2·16 [1·89–2·46], 1·59 [1·27–1·99], and 1·82 [1·59–2·09], respectively); 10% for neoplastic mortality (HR 1·10 [1·06–1·15]); and 20% for respiratory and for all other mortality (HRs 1·20 [1·07–1·34] and 1·20 [1·16–1·25], respectively). Below the range 22·5–25 kg/m², BMI was associated inversely with overall mortality, mainly because of strong inverse associations with respiratory disease and lung cancer. These inverse associations were much stronger for smokers than for non-smokers, despite cigarette consumption per smoker varying little with BMI. Interpretation Although other anthropometric measures (eg, waist circumference, waist-to-hip ratio) could well add extra information to BMI, and BMI to them, BMI is in itself a strong predictor of overall mortality both above and below the apparent optimum of about 22·5–25 kg/m². The progressive excess mortality above this range is due mainly to vascular disease and is probably largely causal. At 30–35 kg/m², median survival is reduced by 2–4 years; at 40–45 kg/m², it is reduced by 8–10 years (which is comparable with the eff ects of smoking). The defi nite excess mortality below 22·5 kg/m² is due mainly to smoking-related diseases, and is not fully explained. -0,5 Jahre -3 Jahre -9 Jahre Lebenserwartung FU 8 Jahre Prospective Studies Collaboration 2009; Lancet 2009; 373: 1083–96
Association of bodyweight with total mortality and with cardiovascular events in coronary artery disease: a systematic review of cohort studies Summary Background Studies of the association between obesity, and total mortality and cardiovascular events in patients with coronary artery disease (CAD) have shown contradictory results. We undertook a systematic review to determine the extent and nature of this association. Methods We selected cohort studies that provided risk estimates for total mortality, with or without cardiovascular events, on the basis of bodyweight or obesity measures in patients with CAD, and with at least 6 months' follow-up. CAD was defi ned as history of percutaneous coronary intervention, coronary artery bypass graft, or myocardial infarction. We obtained risk estimates for fi ve predetermined bodyweight groups: low, normal weight (reference), overweight, obese, and severely obese. Findings We found 40 studies with 250,152 patients that had a mean follow-up of 3·8 years. Patients with a low bodymass index (BMI) (ie, <20) had an increased relative risk (RR) for total mortality (RR=1·37 [95% CI 1·32–1·43), and cardiovascular mortality (1·45 [1·16–1·81]), overweight (BMI 25–29.9) had the lowest risk for total mortality (0·87 [0·81–0·94]) and cardiovascular mortality (0·88 [0·75–1·02]) compared with those for people with a normal BMI. Obese patients (BMI 30–35) had no increased risk for total mortality (0·93 [0·85–1·03]) or cardiovascular mortality (0·97 [0·82–1·15]). Patients with severe obesity (≥35) did not have increased total mortality (1·10 [0·87–1·41]) but they had the highest risk for cardiovascular mortality (1·88 [1·05–3·34]). Interpretation The better outcomes for cardiovascular and total mortality seen in the overweight and mildly obese groups could not be explained by adjustment for confounding factors. These fi ndings could be explained by the lack of discriminatory power of BMI to diff erentiate between body fat and lean mass. 40 Studien N= FU = 3,8 Jahre Bek. KHK Gomero-Corall A. et al. Lancet 2006; 368: 666–78
The relationship between body mass index, treatment, and mortality in patients with established coronary artery disease: a report from APPROACH Alberta Provincial Project for Outcome Assessment in Coronary Heart Disease Aims Our objective was to examine the association between body mass index (BMI) and survival according to the type of treatment in individuals with established coronary artery disease (CAD). Methods and results Patients with CADwere identified in the Alberta Provincial Project for Outcome Assessment in Coronary Heart Disease (APPROACH) registry between January 2001 and March Analyses were conducted separately by treatment strategy [medical management only, percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), or coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG)]. Patients were grouped according to six BMI categories. Multivariable-adjusted hazard ratios (HRs) for mortality were calculated using the Cox regression with the referent group for all analyses being normal BMI (18.5–24.9 kg/m2). The cohort included patients with a median follow-up time of 46 months. In the medically managed only group, BMIs of 25.0–29.9 and 30.0–34.9 kg/m2 were associated with significantly lower mortality compared with normal BMI patients (adjusted HR 0.72; 95% CI 0.63–0.83 and adjusted HR 0.82; 95% CI –0.98, respectively). In the CABG group, BMI of 30.0–34.9 kg/m2 had the lowest risk of mortality (adjusted HR 0.75; 95% CI 0.61–0.94), whereas in the PCI group, BMI of 35.0–39.9 kg/m2 had the lowest risk of mortality (adjusted HR 0.65; 95% CI 0.47–0.90). Patients who were overweight or have mild or moderate obesity were also more likely to undergo revascularization procedures compared with those with normal BMI, despite having lower risk coronary anatomy. Conclusion A paradoxical association between BMI and survival exists in patients with established CAD irrespective of treatment strategy. Patients with obesity may be presenting earlier and receiving more aggressive treatment compared with those with normal BMI. N= 31021 FU 84 Monate Oreopoulos A et al. European Heart Journal (2009) 30, 2584–2592
BSTRACT Background Extreme obesity is recognized to be a risk factor for heart failure. It is unclear whether overweight and lesser degrees of obesity also pose a risk. Methods We investigated the relation between the body-mass index (the weight in kilograms divided by the square of the height in meters) and the incidence of heart failure among 5881 participants in the Framingham Heart Study (mean age, 55 years; 54 percent women). With the use of Cox proportional-hazards models, the body-mass index was evaluated both as a continuous variable and as a categorical variable (normal, 18.5 to 24.9; overweight, 25.0 to 29.9; and obese, 30.0 or more). Results During follow-up (mean, 14 years), heart failure developed in 496 subjects (258 women and 238 men). After adjustment for established risk factors, there was an increase in the risk of heart failure of 5 percent for men and 7 percent for women for each increment of 1 in body-mass index. As compared with subjects with a normal body-mass index, obese subjects had a doubling of the risk of heart failure. For women, the hazard ratio was 2.12 (95 percent confidence interval, 1.51 to 2.97); for men, the hazard ratio was 1.90 (95 percent confidence interval, 1.30 to 2.79). A graded increase in the risk of heart failure was observed across categories of body-mass index. The hazard ratios per increase in category were 1.46 in women (95 percent confidence interval, 1.23 to 1.72) and 1.37 in men (95 percent confidence interval, 1.13 to 1.67). Conclusions In our large, community-based sample, increased body-mass index was associated with an increased risk of heart failure. Given the high prevalence of obesity in the United States, strategies to promote optimal body weight may reduce the population burden of heart failure. (N Engl J Med 2002; 347: ) Framingham Heart Study SATISH KENCHAIAHN et al. Engl J Med 2002; 347:305-13
Body Mass Index and Prognosis in Patients With Chronic Heart Failure Insights From the Candesartan in Heart failure: Assessment of Reduction in Mortality and morbidity (CHARM) Program Background—In individuals without known cardiovascular disease, elevated body mass index (BMI) (weight/height2) is associated with an increased risk of death. However, in patients with certain specific chronic diseases, including heart failure, low BMI has been associated with increased mortality. Methods and Results—We examined the influence of BMI on prognosis using Cox proportional hazards models in 7599 patients (mean age, 65 years; 35% women) with symptomatic heart failure (New York Heart Association class II to IV) and a broad spectrum of left ventricular ejection fractions (mean, 39%) in the Candesartan in Heart failure: Assessment of Reduction in Mortality and morbidity (CHARM) program. During a median follow-up of 37.7 months, 1831 patients died. After adjustment for potential confounders, compared with patients with BMI between 30 and 34.9, patients in lower BMI categories had a graded increase in the risk of death. The hazard ratios (95% confidence intervals) were 1.22 (1.06 to 1.41), 1.46 (1.24 to 1.71), and 1.69 (1.43 to 2.01) among those with BMI of 25 to 29.9, 22.5 to 24.9, and 22.5, respectively. The increase in risk of death among patients with BMI 35 was not statistically significant (hazard ratio, 1.17; 95% confidence interval, 0.95 to 1.43). The association between BMI and mortality was not altered by age, smoking status, or left ventricular ejection fraction (P for interaction 0.20). However, lower BMI was associated with a greater risk of all-cause death in patients without edema but not in patients with edema (P for interaction 0.001). Lower BMI was associated with a greater risk of cardiovascular death and noncardiovascular death. Baseline BMI did not influence the risk of hospitalization for worsening heart failure or due to all causes. Conclusions—In patients with symptomatic heart failure and either reduced or preserved left ventricular systolic function, underweight or low BMI was associated with increased mortality, primarily in patients without evidence of fluid overload (edema). (Circulation. 2007;116:&NA;-. Satish Kenchaiah et al. Circulation. 2007;116:
Weight-change as a prognostic marker in patients following acute myocardial infarction or with stable coronary artery disease Gesamt-Sterblichkeit >3% 3% Aims To examine the prognostic importance of weight-change in patients with coronary artery disease (CAD), especially following acute myocardial infarction (AMI). Methods and results In 4360 AMI patients (OPTIMAAL trial) without baseline oedema, we assessed 3-month weight-change, baseline body mass index (BMI), demographics, patient history, medication, physical examination, and biochemical analyses. Weight-change was defined as change kg/baseline BMI-unit. Patients were accordingly categorized into three groups; weight-loss, weight-stability, and weight-gain. Our findings were validated in 4012 AMI patients (CONSENSUS II trial) and 4178 stable CAD patients (79% with prior AMI, 4S trial). Median follow-up was 2.7 years, 3 months, and 4.4 years, respectively. In OPTIMAAL, 3-month weight-loss (vs. weight-stability) independently predicted increased all-cause death [n ¼ 471; hazard ratio (HR) 1.26; 95% CI 1.01–1.56; P ¼ 0.039] and cardiac death (n ¼ 299, HR 1.33, 95% CI 1.02–1.73, P ¼ 0.034). Weight-gain yielded risk similar to weight-stability (HR 1.07, P ¼ and 0.97, P ¼ 0.866, respectively). In CONSENSUS II, 3-month weight-loss independently predicted increased mortality (HR 3.87, P ¼ 0.008). Weight-gain yielded risk similar to weight-stability (HR 1.11, P ¼ 0.860). In 4S, 1-year weight-loss independently predicted increased mortality (HR 1.44, P ¼ 0.004). Weight-gain conferred risk similar to weight-stability (HR 1.05, P ¼ 0.735). Conclusion In patients following AMI or with stable CAD, weight-loss but not weight-gain was independently associated with increased mortality risk. N= 4360 OPTIMAAL trial Kennedey L et al. Eur Heart J 2006; 27:
Weight-change as a prognostic marker in patients following acute myocardial infarction or with stable coronary artery disease Aims To examine the prognostic importance of weight-change in patients with coronary artery disease (CAD), especially following acute myocardial infarction (AMI). Methods and results In 4360 AMI patients (OPTIMAAL trial) without baseline oedema, we assessed 3-month weight-change, baseline body mass index (BMI), demographics, patient history, medication, physical examination, and biochemical analyses. Weight-change was defined as change kg/baseline BMI-unit. Patients were accordingly categorized into three groups; weight-loss, weight-stability, and weight-gain. Our findings were validated in 4012 AMI patients (CONSENSUS II trial) and 4178 stable CAD patients (79% with prior AMI, 4S trial). Median follow-up was 2.7 years, 3 months, and 4.4 years, respectively. In OPTIMAAL, 3-month weight-loss (vs. weight-stability) independently predicted increased all-cause death [n ¼ 471; hazard ratio (HR) 1.26; 95% CI 1.01–1.56; P ¼ 0.039] and cardiac death (n ¼ 299, HR 1.33, 95% CI 1.02–1.73, P ¼ 0.034). Weight-gain yielded risk similar to weight-stability (HR 1.07, P ¼ and 0.97, P ¼ 0.866, respectively). In CONSENSUS II, 3-month weight-loss independently predicted increased mortality (HR 3.87, P ¼ 0.008). Weight-gain yielded risk similar to weight-stability (HR 1.11, P ¼ 0.860). In 4S, 1-year weight-loss independently predicted increased mortality (HR 1.44, P ¼ 0.004). Weight-gain conferred risk similar to weight-stability (HR 1.05, P ¼ 0.735). Conclusion In patients following AMI or with stable CAD, weight-loss but not weight-gain was independently associated with increased mortality risk. Kennedey L et al. Eur Heart J 2006; 27:
Weight loss and mortality risk in patients with chronic heart failure in the candesartan in heart failure: assessment of reduction in mortality and morbidity (CHARM) programme S. Pocock et al. European Heart Journal (2008) 29, 2641–2650
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TI - Intentional weight loss and mortality among overweight individuals with diabetes [In Process Citation] AU - Williamson DF; Thompson TJ; Thun M; Flanders D; Pamuk E; Byers T SO - Diabetes Care 2000 Oct;23(10): OBJECTIVE: To estimate the effect of intentional weight loss on mortality in overweight individuals with diabetes. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS: We performed a prospective analysis with a 12-year mortality follow-up ( ) of 4,970 overweight individuals with diabetes, years of age, who were enrolled in the American Cancer Society's Cancer Prevention Study I. Rate ratios (RRs) were calculated, comparing overall death rates, and death from cardiovascular disease (CVD) or diabetes in individuals with and without reported intentional weight loss. RESULTS: Intentional weight loss was reported by 34% of the cohort. After adjustment for initial BMI, sociodemographic factors, health status, and physical activity, intentional weight loss was associated with a 25% reduction in total mortality (RR = 0.75; 95% CI ), and a 28% reduction in CVD and diabetes mortality (RR = 0.72; ). Intentional weight loss of lb was associated with the largest reductions in mortality (approximately 33%). Weight loss >70 lb was associated with small increases in mortality CONCLUSIONS: Intentional weight loss was associated with substantial reductions in mortality in this observational study of overweight individuals with diabetes. 12 Jahre N= 4970 40-64 Jahre Williamson DF et al. Intentional weight loss and mortality among overweight individuals with diabetes Diabetes Care 2000 Oct;23(10):
Adipositas Paradox – epidemiologisches Artefakt ?
Analyse des Bauchumfangs besser?
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Obesity and the risk of myocardial infarction in participants from 52 countries: a case-control study Veränderung der Odds ratio für Herzinfarkt pro Zunahme des Parameters um 1 SD Waist = Bauchumfang Hip = Hüftumfang W-H Ratio:= Verhältnis Bauch Hüfte Yusuf S et al. The Lancet 2005; 366:
Measures of Obesity and Cardiovascular Risk Among Men and Women
Tödliche und nicht-tödliche kardiovaskuläre Ereignisse Männer (body mass index) (waist to height ratio) (waist circumference) (waist to hip ratio) Objectives This study examined associations between anthropometric measures (body mass index, waist circumference, waist-to-hip ratio, waist-to-height ratio [WHtR]) and risk of incident cardiovascular disease (CVD) (including nonfatal myocardial infarction, nonfatal ischemic stroke, and cardiovascular death). Background Controversy exists regarding the optimal approach to measure adiposity, and the utility of body mass index has been questioned. Methods Participants included 16,332 men in the Physicians' Health Study (mean age 61 years in 1991) and 32,700 women in the Women's Health Study (mean age 61 years in 1999). We used Cox proportional hazards models to determine relative risks and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) for developing CVD according to self-reported anthropometric indexes. Results A total of 1,505 CVD cases occurred in men and 414 occurred in women (median follow-up 14.2 and 5.5 years, respectively). Although WHtR demonstrated statistically the strongest associations with CVD and best model fit, CVD risk increased linearly and significantly with higher levels of all indexes. Adjusting for confounders, the relative risk for CVD was 0.58 (95% CI: 0.32 to 1.05) for men with the lowest WHtR (0.45) and 2.36 (95% CI: 1.61 to 3.47) for the highest WHtR (0.69; vs. WHtR 0.49 to 0.53). Among women, the relative risk was 0.65 (95% CI: 0.33 to 1.31) for those with the lowest WHtR (0.42) and 2.33 (95% CI: 1.66 to 3.28) for the highest WHtR (0.68; vs. WHtR 0.47 to 0.52). Conclusions The WHtR demonstrated statistically the best model fit and strongest associations with CVD. However, compared with body mass index, differences in cardiovascular risk assessment using other indexes were small and likely not clinically consequential. Our findings emphasize that higher levels of adiposity, however measured, confer increased risk of CVD. (J Am Coll Cardiol 2008;52:605–15) Physiscians' Health Study Womens Health Study N= 16332, N=32700 Mittleres Alter Jahre FU 14, 2 Jahre kg/m² < 20 22.5 to 24.9 > 35 Gelber R et al J Am Coll Cardiol 2008;52:605–15
Adipositas Paradox – epidemiologisches Artefakt ?
Bauchumfang besser als BMI? Dicke früher diagnostiziert? BNP niedrig –Luftnot? Dicke besser therapiert? Dicke besser gegen Nebenwirkungen von Medikamenten geschützt? Niedrigeres Blutungsrisiko bei Herzkathetern Dicke mehr Muskelmasse? TNFalpha -Schutz durch Fettgewebe (Rezeptoren)? Veränderte Zytokine-Balance Leptin, Adiponektin, Anti-Inflammation?
Adipositas Paradox – Zusammenfassung
Es spricht mehr dafür als dagegen! Kein Anhalt für Gewichtsreduktions-Empfehlung bei Dicken mit KHK und Herzinsuffizienz Diabetiker? Was empfehlen wir den Normal-gewichtigen/Untergewichtigen mit KHK oder Herzinsuffizienz? Katabolismus Bremse? Ernährungs-Empfehlungen?
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C is for CATS…
8 Cats!
Welcome to "C" day of the A to Z Blog Challenge!
Today's topic is
C is for CATS!
I make no apology for being a lover of "fur babies" because animals are such wonderful companions in the home, especially when you work from home and don't get much chance to socialize "out there" in the real world.
So we have CATS – 8 of them to be exact! All rescues; 5 from one litter of ferals in our back yard 7 1/2 years ago; 3 more from a pregnant mama cat about 1 1/2 years ago, who would have been euthanized if our vet tech had not rescued her!
Our five formerly feral kittens
Our three newest feline friends
They all are so different from one another – as if they have different "purr-sonalities." They each have their own habits, and even "catitudes" regarding how they treat us. While they are all friendly and comfortable with us, some are friendlier than others. Some of them enjoy cuddling with us, while others will submit to petting, but not so much holding. If we had a bigger home, we would most likely have even more!
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I'm not what most would call a "coffee connoisseur." I don't drink it that often and when I do, I go half-caff and super weak. It's bitter and requires a healthy dose of cream and sweetener.
Until now. While visiting a friend, she blessed me the morning of my departure with "Peruvian cold brew coffee." I didn't even know cold brew coffee was a thing. It is–and you will be glad to hear of it, too. Maybe I am behind the curve on this, but no one I know has mentioned it– in fact, I am sure if they did, I would no longer see them walking around with $4 cups of hot-brewed bitterness.
First of all, I have to mention the TASTE. The taste is amazing. You know how coffee usually smells great until you try it? Cold brewed coffee preserves the full flavor of the bean. It doesn't have the bitterness associated with hot brewed varieties.
Secondly, it has lower acid. This makes it more stomach friendly and more gentle on your tooth enamel. I don't have the raw statistics that compare hot brew to cold brew, however, it is a known fact– so someone, somewhere has the research to support it. I can also tell you as someone with a very sensitive stomach– it is much gentler on the stomach.
Third, it is very, very easy. Like mason jar easy. No big hefty maker or pot on your countertop. All it takes is a standard wide-mouth mason jar. There are lots of tools you can use to make it easier (my favorite is this set-up HERE from Amazon). You don't need anything fancy or expensive to make the best cup of coffee ever. I like to use a drop-in stainless steel filter. That's all it takes. Maybe I am becoming a connoisseur.
How to cold brew your best cup
You don't need Peruvian beans, but I do recommend high quality, organic coffee beans like First Colony Organic Fair Trade Whole Beans. Set your coffee bean grinder for a coarse setting. You will want about 12-14 tablespoons of ground beans.
I use the metal filter that slides into a standard wide-mouth mason jar. Add in the coffee grounds, and slowly add filtered water. As the grounds rise on the water surface, I tap them down so they are completely saturated and fill the jar. I give the jar a few side-to-side gentle shakes. Then, screw on the lid, place it in the refrigerator, and wait 12-24 hours.
The coffee will be concentrated. You will need to dilute it to your taste with either additional ice water or, if you like your coffee hot, you can add boiling water for dilution. Most recipes recommend starting at a one part coffee concentrate to two parts water dilution and adjust as needed.
Add your flavorings, cream, and sugar sparingly
I also recommend you taste it black, then add your cream, sugar, or anything else at a reduced quantity than usual. The flavor is much more enhanced; you will likely need less of your add-ins to make it palatable. I find I can easily drink it black. If you are on a program like Whole 30, this is highly beneficial.
The drawbacks? Well, cold brew coffee takes 12-24 hours. This is something you can't decide to do at the last minute. Another drawback is you won't have the smell of brewing coffee permeating your house. For those who are serious coffee aficionados, you may even find the lack of acidity offensive.
For the rest of you? Enjoy what I consider to be the best cup of coffee ever. And, I mean EVER.


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Last Sunday was an incredible experience, one that I will never forget. Despite doing a lot less training due to a knee injury and having to unexpectedly replace my trainers 3 weeks before the event, I finished!!
I think my dad was in my head all the way round the route. Knowing that I was running for him, gave me a huge sense of pride.
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September 4th 2016
Sermon by,
Dennis Jones
The Teaching of Jesus
As we begin to look at the teaching of Jesus let us look at one time when He was teaching about teaching
Jesus is the master of the cartoon. He could paint a silly picture of an event in life to bring home a truth.
In Luke 6 we find a perfect example of this.
Read Luke 6: 39. Absurd! Blind leading the blind but it can happen You don't go to an atheist to lead you to God. And this is happening in our schools today.
Read Luke 6: 40. A student is not better than his teacher, but everyone who is fully trained will be like his teacher. if you are taught by a Pharisee, you will become a Pharisee.
You need the best guide and teacher, Look in the book. He's there
To add to this blind leading the blind, is that story of the plank in the eye.
Read Luke 6:41-42. Like a father who was angry with his son for lying. But it was the father's life style that was teaching his son to lie. The Father's plank is the fact that could not see that he is the problem.
Bible Study Mat 12:8-37. The Pharisees They wanted to correct Jesus but had the plank of religion in their eyes.
Churches can get bogged down in incidentals. Once the Russian church was holding a meeting about robes while at the same time the Bolshevik Revolution took place. Blind to the real problem.
Read Luke: 43-45 figs on thorn bushes?
Only where there has been good Christian moral teaching and example is there good fruit.
Finally, we come to the summation of the student teacher relationship.
Unless you apply the things you have learned, your house will fall down.
What these parables are saying is, you need to base your life on the best teacher, Jesus, the rock, and His teaching.
Blessings Dennis


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The iPhone mess and corporate conversations
Sunday, January 14, 2007
I just came across this post on Mario Sundar's blog about the iPhone debacle that Apple is in with Cisco. I left my comment there, but wanted to touch on this a little more.
Apple is in a unique position where its community base wages most of its wars. If someone, anyone decides to pick a fight with Cupertino, Apple's army of fans decends upon them like the plague (I am one of those people fyi). Apple, however, does not arm its army properly. The lack of real conversation (via a blog, press release, video statement, etc.) only hurts the troops on the firing line. But this is an army so large and so passionate, that they tend to overwhelm their opponent by pure force.
Other companies are not this lucky, which is why I write this post. Their customers don't have the company kool-aid running through their blood and some are looking for reasons to switch away.
So what can blogs (or any other form of personal communications) do to help them? The problem with most companies right now is that they use the web to conduct a monologue. They speak to everyone with the same voice and with the same message. They don't engage customers in a conversation, don't give them the opportunity to contribute or share their ideas.
New, progressive companies are open to this conversation and encourage it. This new company sees the value in engaging the customer, making a personal connection through dialogue and growing true fans. These companies may make commodity goods, easily switched at the drop of a hat. If that company has done its job, used the web to make those connections in a cost-effective manner and kept the conversation open, they can prevent the switch, make more people aware of their benefits and grow customers into die-hard evangelists.
Without creating this conversation, the customer is left to create their own conversations and those conversations will usually end at your competitor's door.
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