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I wanted to share some of my favorite eco friendly Etsy finds, this group of finds are all local to Pure Naked Soap and handcrafted here in Connecticut.
These delightful votives from Bright Edge Candles located in Ashford, CT. Soy candles are cleaner and longer-lasting than regular paraffin wax candles. They avoid the carcinogens, headaches, and staining of walls and ceilings that often come with burning 'traditional' candles. Soy wax is washable with hot, soapy water, making it easy to reuse containers! Pick up an 8 pack here for $20.00
Beautifully crafted earrings from Persimmon Pearl made with recycled and fair trade materials! Recycled blue sari silk cocoon earrings…..Fair trade recycled sari silk in a gorgeous iridescent sea blue-green is wrapped onto blackened brass wire, with blackened copper, and silvery glass seed beads. Very beachy bohemian!! These fiber earrings are eco friendly with two beautiful aqua recycled glass beads beneath. Oxidized sterling silver ear wires. Total length is 2 1/2 inches. Find them here for $38.00.
Organic cotton tote bag perfect for the farmers market, from And Morgan located in Bristol, CT. This 100% certified organic cotton tote bag features packets of seeds…perfect for the gardeners and veggie lovers in your life! This bag is perfect for the farmer's market, as a grocery tote bag or for everyday use. It is printed here in forest green ink, but can be printed in a different color. Just message us and ask! We screen print these tote bags to order in our shop in Connecticut. Since these tote bags are each hand crafted and made to order, there may be slight variations in placement, but they are all beautiful! Find one here for $22.00
Natural dryer balls from Haddam, CT. They are made with 100% wool roving – no yarn, no styrofoam centers, no tennis balls wrapped in wool. Use in place of smelly dryer sheets containing fragrance that have to be thrown in the garbage after each use. Find a set of 8 here for $44.00!
Don't forget! To help support some of my fellow Etsy sellers I will be posting a monthly update featuring some unique items found on Etsy, with some background information on the Etsy shop owner. I will be looking for products created in the spirit of Pure Naked Soap, natural, renewable, environmentally friendly and unique. If you sell on Etsy and have an item you would like featured in October, please post a link in the comments and a brief overview of some of your background information. What motivated you to create or collect? What makes your products special? What is your story? What are your business goals for the next year? What do you love most about selling on Etsy? What advice do you wish someone had shared with you when you first opened your Etsy shop?


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Editor's Note
Welcome to this year's second Reader Contribution Issue. In this issue you will find more submissions from our readers, as well as a few columns from our regular contributors. -more-
Welcome to this year's second Reader Contribution Issue. In this issue you will find more submissions from our readers, as well as a few columns from our regular contributors. -more-
"I talked to Elizabeth yesterday. Can you believe she's 90-years-old? Anyway, she wants to see you," Mother said on the phone. Miss Elizabeth had been our landlady when I was in junior high school. This was right up my alley—I'm always thrilled to take a walk down Memory Lane. -more-
With a three-foot acacia branch, Bwana, the then massive male gorilla at the S.F. Zoo sits down, shucks the leaves off and stuffs them in his mouth and begins to chew. -more-
Soon after Ruff joined our household, my husband and I hosted a family event to introduce him to everyone. -more-
Last week at Whole Foods -more-
A 78-year-old Berkeley woman was arrested early last Friday morning after she allegedly shot another woman in the abdomen near the corner of Sacramento and Russell streets. -more-
Dear Santa, -more-
"That's the way the Tookie crumbles," jokes KGO's Pete Wilson on his San Francisco-based radio show the day before Stanley Tookie Williams is scheduled to die. Upon hearing Wilson's snide, callous attempt at humor, I am incensed. Even if considered guilty, as Wilson believes him to be, does that make Williams undeserving of even the most basic courtesy and respect as he faces the last few hours of his life? -more-
A plethora of local and internationally known favorites will ring in 2006 around Berkeley and the bay, with an array of festivities to choose from: nostalgia to glitz, humor to hillbilly music, jazz to DJs, cruise to battle ships, circus to Japanese bell-ringing. Prices also vary from high ticket extravagance, to high or low culture on the cheap, or for free. -more-
Just in time for the December holidays and the New Year, musical troubadour Donovan is releasing The Autobiography of Donovan: The Hurdy Gurdy Man. -more-
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Our vegetable love would grow -more-
A man showers happily. He is singing to himself. Not bellowing, but really singing. It's a torch song … no, it's Donovan. "Mellow Yellow" I think. He's smiling. He's soapy. Suddenly a shadow falls across the shower curtain, a figure looms, then a sound, Ahh … Ahh … Ahh … He screams, backing away ... He screams, scalded by the remaining 125-degree water. -more-
Winter's a good time to ponder seeds as well as books. The local world's way of bestirring itself and greening up has a way of urging us hairless, featherless bipeds indoors to be warm and dry; most of us like being cold and soaked to—or through—the skin rather less than seeds and bulbs and roots do. And the gray skies of today make us gloomy if we can't stir up our own knowledge that they contain possibilities for tomorrow. -more-
This morning I went to the Lab on Telegraph for a fasting blood test. This means 12 hours of no food, starting, say, at 8 p.m. I get to the lab at 8 a.m. Then, phew, that's over. I got there at 8:14 a.m. (not bad, eh?). The waiting room was crowded, and only one Blood Tech was on duty. My stomach was grumbling, and I felt like growling along with it. -more-
In a not-so-simple twissssst of fate, the Republican Party and major corporations have joined a mythicky battle over the naming of hurricanes in 2006. Ironically, it would mean the elimination of individual (rugged?) names to identify the late summer and fall big blows. -more-
There's a whole dictionary of used beds I have tried out for size in my life time. The iron cot in the room I shared with my small sister when I was 5 years old. I dream of a pretty, long, cold snake lying next to me. It wasn't scary, but that's what happens to a bed wetter when the sheets are wet in a cold winter morning. Mommy, I really tried to wake up. -more-
A candle defies the darkness, -more-
When I turned 50 my mother gave me an heirloom, her mother's only piece of real jewelry. I was surprised that it had not already been given by seniority to my older sister, Cheryl. The gift was a rose gold ring set with pieces of opal arranged as a blue flower. -more-
I look again at that black and white photo from more than 30 years ago. I am 2 years old, sprawled on the sand at Foreshore Beach clad in tiny pants and full-sleeved top, busy with my bucket and spade. My mother is pointing her finger telling me to look at the camera. My aunt and mother are wearing similar nylon 644 saris in that photo. I recollect my mother's sari, large purple flowers on a white background. My uncle was on the other side taking the photo. -more-
The cable traces the treacherous line -more-
Light sounds drench the world. -more-
For the first 11 years of my life I lived in a small town outside Newport, Delaware, which was on the map, but barely bigger that the bedroom community where I lived. Winters were severely cold, rarely more than six or seven inches of snow, but often freezing rain. When the ground froze, no mother would dream of keeping a child home, and certainly not for a little ice or snow. Schools didn't close for weather in those days, and since there were few automobiles, we were in no danger from traffic. The trackless trolleys continued their routes, and most used them to get to work. -more-
Eunice tucked her thin strands of pale red hair behind her ears, as was her nervous habit, and peered about the dining room. She was seated at her regular table in the Palace of Secretarial Eats. There was no sign of Amanda amidst the trill of anxious voices and the unsteady clatter of coffee cups refilled far too many times. The carcasses of single-serve packets of non-caloric sugar substitutes lay dismembered in unceremonious heaps on the other tables. The sight of this made Eunice swell with a perverse pride. Of the secretaries assembled, she and Amanda were the ones who ate. -more-
it's the bottom end -more-
It was hot and humid as it always is in East Texas during the months of June, July and August. The year was 1956 and I was 6 years old. It wouldn't be long now according to my daddy before I would be joining my two brothers, going to school and learning how to read and write. My daddy gave me the only head start that I got before starting first grade because my little hometown did not have a Head Start or kindergarten program. -more-
For months I've dreamed -more-
T he beauty and tranquility of Tilden Park, a few minutes above the city soundscape, await our Tuesday Tilden Walkers. Although we have enjoyed our "secret" treasure for over 10 years, the park constantly changes and we never tire of its birds, flowers, and waterways. -more-
MONTEREY MARKET I -more-
Takes smokes -more-
Tough love? Unconditional love? Disney-Channel love? Quality-time vs. quantity-time love? The 13 different Greek words for love? The roof-over-your-head and food-on-the-table love of my parents? The pile-the-presents-so-high-you-can't-see-the-Xmas-tree love. What's a 59-year-old man with a 2-year-old son supposed to do? Will I heed my ancestors: "kids should be seen and not heard," or subscribe to a New Age permissiveness that would give every kid a portable microphone? -more-
Beautiful land of lakes and -more-
Mary saved our night blooming -more-
FRIDAY, DEC. 30 -more-
Police Blotter By RICHARD BRENNEMAN 12-30-2005
Beyond Curry Powder and Soy Sauce By DEBBIE CHANG 12-27-2005
Dream Of The Earth By Nozomi Hayase 12-27-2005
Fred Korematsu, Hero By Kay Wehner 12-27-2005
The Bus Poet By RUBY LONG 12-27-2005
Christmas Cookie Head By William smith and Lisa Wenzel 12-27-2005
If Your Blind Friends Don't Tell You... By Arlene Merryman 12-27-2005
Merry Christmas 12-27-2005
When Yosemite Calls By Janis Mitchell 12-27-2005
The Collector By IRENE SARDANIS 12-27-2005
Light Your Candles By MARY WHEELER 12-27-2005
Man of Courage By David Bunnell 12-27-2005
Editor's Note 12-30-2005
A West Oakland Visit By Mertis L. Shekeloff 12-30-2005
About a Gorilla By Sherry Bridgman 12-30-2005
The Secret Ingredient By RUBY LONG 12-30-2005
Supermarket Love By JUDY WELLS 12-30-2005
Elderly Woman Arrested in West Berkeley Shooting By RICHARD BRENNEMAN 12-30-2005
Column: The Public Eye: Ten Christmas Wishes By Bob Burnett 12-30-2005
Column: The View From Here: Tookie and Tina: A Christmas Carol By P.M. Price 12-30-2005
A Guide to Bay Area New Year's Eve Celebrations By KEN BULLOCK Special to the Planet 12-30-2005
Forty Years of Donovan By Patrick T. Keilch 12-30-2005
Arts Calendar 12-30-2005
Plant Seeds Are a Letter of Life to the Future By RON SULLIVAN Special to the Planet 12-30-2005
About the House: If the Shower Scalds With Each Flush By MATT CANTOR 12-30-2005
Ask Matt 12-30-2005
Garden Variety: Winter Is a Good Time to Choose Seeds for Planting By RON SULLIVAN 12-30-2005
Sweetie By LENORE WATERS 12-30-2005
Hexclusive! GOP, Fortune 500 Battle Over 2006 Hurricane Branding By ARMIN A. LEGDON 12-30-2005
Beds. Beds. Beds. By MAYA ELMER 12-30-2005
A Candle for Cindy By Melanie Wendell 12-30-2005
Heirloom By JANIS MITCHELL 12-30-2005
Lost Love By Roopa Ramamoorthi 12-30-2005
High Ropes By J. Steven Svoboda 12-30-2005
Christmas After Mastectomy By Ellen Scheiner 12-30-2005
Soup, Glorious Soup By Claudia Pessin 12-30-2005
To Excess By ALLISON FLOYD 12-30-2005
Holiday Spirit By GERALD COTE 12-30-2005
Lake Merritt by Michael Howerton 12-30-2005
A Holiday By Linda J. Rawls 12-30-2005
I Dream of Circus Characters By Judy wells 12-30-2005
Strolling Through Tilden By Yvette Hoffer 12-30-2005
Monterey Market By lENORE WATERS 12-30-2005
Welcome to the Readers' Issue 12-27-2005
The Life and Times of a Berkeley Kid By MINA EDELSTON 12-27-2005
Baked Goods Make For Good Neighbors in Westbrae District By HEJI KIM 12-27-2005
A Thank-You Note For December By ANN SIECK 12-27-2005
I Have Become A Local By Patrick Fenix 12-27-2005
Once Upon A Christmas By Maya Elmer 12-27-2005
Cat Notes By ELLEN SCHEINER 12-27-2005
Berkeley Recycles By C.C. Saw 12-27-2005
The Worm Of Thought By Nancy Schimmel 12-27-2005
Cat Nap By GREGORY PEDEMEINTE 12-27-2005
December Morning By Sandra J. Whittaker 12-27-2005
Holiday Cheer, Grandpa Style By Rachel Trachten 12-27-2005
Berkeley: Then and Now By CAROLYN SELL (Berkeley High School class of '67 and proud of it) 12-27-2005
a dance of Berkeley seasons By C.C. SAW 12-27-2005
Alright By Donna Cummings 12-27-2005
My Grandmother's Holiday Cookies By Charron-Tae Barnes 12-27-2005
The Fugleman By Phyllis Henry-Jordan 12-27-2005
Merry Christmas (I Think) By madeline smith moore 12-27-2005
CLAUS-trophobic By Sonja Fitz 12-27-2005
Coffee Coffers By Estelle Jelinek 12-27-2005
Sending In The Troops By Margot Pepper 12-27-2005
Elevator Paranoia By PAUL DALMAS 12-27-2005
Street Corner Society By TED VINCENT 12-27-2005
Ambling Toward Christmas By Dorothy V. Benson 12-27-2005
LISTEN TO ME, Jack By RHODA LEVINSON 12-27-2005
Merry Christmas From UC By James K. Sayre 12-27-2005
At The Table By CRAIG FAIRBURN 12-27-2005
The Legend By CRAIG FAIRBURN 12-27-2005
Visiting Jane Austen Chawton, Hants By Phyllis Henry-Jordan 12-27-2005
Fathering 101: Tyranny, Tuning Out or FINE-Tuning By PETE WALKER 12-30-2005
Kashmir By Roopa Ramamoorthi 12-30-2005
Mary's Poem By JUDY WELLS 12-30-2005
Berkeley This Week 12-30-2005
A Modern Atlantis By MELISSA KIRK 12-27-2005
In My Museum By Phyllis Henry-Jordan 12-27-2005
Serve With Crackers, Aquavit, and Love By D. E. Gilbert 12-27-2005
O' Hanukkah, O' Hanukkah By Eva M. Schlesinger 12-27-2005
Mary, Queen Of The Cosmos By Carmen Hartono 12-27-2005
John Lennon Was Shot to Death Last Night By JULIA ROSS 12-27-2005
That's The Thing About. . . By Paul Vontron 12-27-2005
Gambler's Last Exit By Joe Kempkes 12-27-2005
Celebrating Diwali By Roopa Ramamoorthi 12-27-2005
One Fourth Monday In October By Garrett Murphy 12-27-2005
Mont St.-Michel By Esther Stone 12-27-2005
The Day After Christmas By Claudia Pessin 12-27-2005
Another Night In Paris By MONK LUNG 12-27-2005
Forgive Yourself By William Warren Smith 12-27-2005
Berkeley This Week 12-27-2005
Arts Calendar 12-27-2005

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At Circulars Unlimited we can help you create an advertising strategy that will be personalized and tailored to your store's audienceContact us Today
Circulars Unlimited was formed in 1981 and is one of the country's largest producers of advertising circulars. Our client list includes major distributors in the lumber & building materials, hardware, pet, feed, equine and the lawn & garden industries as well as leading retailers and corporate partners.
"The team at Circulars Unlimited jumped right in to help when we lost our in-house graphic designer. They quickly adapted to our style and worked with our vision in mind to produce quality ads that truly represented our company. Even if we presented them something that needed quick turnaround, it was never a chore… they treated each job like it was a priority for them, too. Our sales representative was always available and a real pleasure to work with – I know we're not their only client, but it honestly feels like we are. They continue to amaze us with both their skill and their service time and again; I highly recommend Circulars Unlimited."
Jolene Lajoie, Marketing Manager
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"I started using Circulars Unlimited in 1989, and now, 27 years and 300 plus flyers later I still am using them, and I have never regretted the decision to go with their program! LMC chose wisely back in 1987 when they selected Circulars to offer a flyer program to it's dealers. Back in 1977, when I became Curtis Lumber's advertising manager, I was doing all of the composition work on our flyers and used a local printer to print them, it was tedious and time consuming, and the results were mediocre. That all changed in 1989, Circular's program produced a better product, with less time spent on my part. They have always been creative, flexible, and all their people are a pleasure to work with! I have total confidence in their ability to do any print job, not just flyers but catalogs, brochures, custom mailers, etc. I use them for everything! Their abilities are truly "unlimited", and I would give them my highest recommendation!"
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"I cannot say enough about the great team that I get to work with every year at Circulars Unlimited as I plan our very busy pet store's color circulars and other advertising projects. Throughout the process, from booking through to the creative work, they become part of 'my team'. I know they are on my side and want me to get the results I desire.
Beyond the efficiency, accuracy and patience they exhibit there is also alot of creative work that goes into this circular so that the end result, though based on a cost and time saving template, ends up having the character and tone I want to represent my store instead of a cookie cutter publication.
Excellent communication with the team leader, short response times and timely proofs ensure the process is as painless as possible as I fit it around the regular operations of our store. Our regular customers look forward to the circular and we always see a boost in sales and new faces come through the door!"
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You are assigned your own individual service representative. Your service representative will walk you through the process from start to finish. We make it easy.
Multiple design teams create layouts that maximize the visual appeal of each page we create. Our production team consists of graphic artists, resource specialists, art management specialists, typesetters, quality assurance specialists and pre-press specialists. We are fully qualified and have been creating advertising that works for over 30 years. Our team takes pride in everything we create.
We currently house over 250,000 pieces of artwork in our library and our resource team adds to this daily. Our mission is to make sure our customers and artists have the right pieces of art at the right time.
At every step in the process our Quality Assurance department is there to be sure that every product, price and logo are exactly what our customers ask for.
We can accept merchandise in various formats, including Excel spreadsheets. Our goal is to make it easy for our customers. All we ask is that you provide us with the name of the item, manufacturer, model number, price and any special instructions that may be pertinent, such as what items you may want featured. We take it from there. We are just a phone call away with any questions you may have.
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Let our Co-Op Claiming Service save you money! Manufacturers know that by giving you co-op advertising dollars to spend, you will increase your ad budget and give their products maximum visibility. CU provides two levels of co-op services through our Co-op Connection. You choose the right level of participation that best suits your needs and your budget.
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Mrs. Kerry Bush
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2018 Ed.S Library Media Specialist University of West Alabama
2009 M.S. Library Media Specialist University of West Alabama
2000 B.S. Elementary Education Athens State University
2000 B.S. Early Childhood Athens State University
Certified within the state of Alabama and Tennessee.
2014- Media Specialist
2014-2015 7th/8th Grade Girls Basketball Coach
2006-2014 Kindergarten
2010-2011 Summer Program Activities Coordinator
2005-2007 Summer Program: Taught 3rd grade
2005-2006 Taught grades 6-8th; 5th Special Education; Kindergarten; & 4th by filling in teacher leaves.
2000-2002 6-8th grades in Benton County,Tennessee
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2014- AEA Representative
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I grew up in Douglas and attended school at Douglas K through 12. I graduated in 1992. I then moved to Tennessee pursuing my degree from Athens State University earning certification from Alabama and Tennessee. I taught 2 years in Benton County, Tennessee. After these two years, I took a leave from the teaching profession to begin a family. I have two girls, Riley and Carlea. I returned to Alabama in 2005 with the opportunity to return to my home school and begin a new teaching career. I have been teaching for 15 years within the Marshall County School System. I look forward to a new journey in my teaching career as our schools Media Specialist. I am married to Tim Bush of Crossville. We have 5 children; Caleb, Myranda, & Erin as well as Riley, Carlea. We also have an occasional exchange student or two that will be staying with us at any given time. So, our home is constantly filled with children. I look forward to meeting you and/or your child as well as a wonderful and exciting school year!


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0.1 CEU Wednesday, June 14th 11am-12pm
Our lives have been affected by a renewed interest in wellness. We have modified our thinking and our behaviors to be more focused on health and well-being. This rethinking has now permeated the office…where many of us spend most of our waking hours. What if our workplaces supported our well-being on multiple levels, and didn't just aim to be 'less bad' but were truly regenerative, healthy environments? How do we, as an industry, design interior environments that support the physical and psychological well-being of the people who inhabit them? Activity-based design is an important part of the answer. Jennifer Busch, Vice President A&D, Teknion will address the concepts and value of activity-based design in healthy planning for the modern office, and Sean McKenney, Senior Designer, Product Application, Teknion, will discuss and illustrate real project challenges and applied solutions related to activity-based design.
Jennifer Busch, Vice President A&D, Teknion
Sean McKenney, Senior Designer, Product Application, Teknion
Luke Pearson and Tom Lloyd founded PearsonLloyd design studio in 1997. Since then, the London-based practice has served many sectors— including healthcare, office furniture, aviation and urban design—with a focus on identifying and responding to the shifting patterns of behavior in contemporary life. PearsonLloyd takes a collaborative approach to its work, embracing the restrictions imposed by production, the market, and other factors that define a brief. Its work is grounded in research, and at the core is an attempt to understand the relationship between a product, its place, and the way people use it. In 2008, Tom and Luke were awarded the distinction of Royal Designers for Industry by The Royal Society of Arts. In August 2012, they were named one of the Top 50 Designers Shaping the Future by Fast Company magazine in New York.
Suzanne Tick is the founder of Suzanne Tick Inc., a firm specializing in material development for commercial and residential interiors—including textiles, carpet, hard surfacing, glass, woven metal screens and lighting. She is currently the Creative Director for Textiles at LUUM. Suzanne is known for her intelligent and enthusiastic approach to design in evolving markets, as well as for her dedication to providing innovative solutions. In addition to her work in commercial interiors, Suzanne maintains a hand-weaving practice and creates woven sculptures from repurposed materials. Suzanne also maintains a distinguished career as a textile designer and studio principal in New York City. She is partnering with Tarkett on brand strategy and product development and is a design consultant for Tandus Centiva. Suzanne's past clients include KnollTextiles and Skyline Design.
After earning a degree in industrial design from the Elisava School of Design in Barcelona, Spain, Mario Ruiz began his independent professional career in 1995. For more than ten years, he lectured at the Eina and Elisava design schools in Barcelona. In 2003, the first monograph on his work, "Mario Ruiz/Costa Design," was published by Actar. Mario has undertaken projects in diverse fields including residential and office furniture, lighting, textile design, product design and graphics. Due to his skill and multi-disciplinary experience, Mario has won the confidence of more than 120 leading companies around the world, including Studio TK, Siemens, Steelcase, Thomson, Schneider Electric, Dynamobel, Sellex, Gandia Blasco, Haworth, HBF, Metalarte, Offecct, Castelli, Citterio, Lapalma and Schiavello. He has also served as a creative director—defining product catalogs, brand and graphic identities, and developing showrooms and trade-fair stands. Mario's work has been acknowledged with more than 40 prestigious awards in Europe and the United States.
Toan Nguyen is a French industrial designer living in Milan. He graduated from the ENSCI in Paris in 1995 and began his career working with Italian architect, furniture designer and industrial designer Antonio Citterio. At Antonio Citterio's practice, Toan took over as head of design. Over ten years, he co-signed more than forty products for Axor-Hansgrohe, B&B Italia, Flos, Iittala, Kartell, Technogym and Vitra, among others. Toan founded his own studio in 2008. He has since designed numerous collections renowned for their elegance: the Bellows collection of occasional tables and poufs for Walter Knoll; the MU outdoor range for Dedon; the Wow table for Lema; the Lagunitas system with Coalesse; the Contemporary Collection for Fendi Casa; and the iconic Penta armchair for Viccarbe. Toan's style pushes design details to their maximum. In 2015, he designed the innovative INO range in SaphirKeramik developed by Laufen; the architectural and complex Algorithm lighting system for Vibia; and the Infinito lounge sofa and Masalla table collections for Studio TK.


text: Volume 11.19 | May 24 Cell Therapy News 11.19, May 24, 2010. In this issue: Science | Policy | Business | NIH | CBER | Regulatory | Events Subscribe | Unsubscribe TOP STORYFirst Self-Replicating Synthetic Bacterial CellResearchers published results describing the successful construction of the first self-replicating, synthetic bacterial cell. The team synthesized the 1.08 million base pair chromosome of a modified Mycoplasma mycoides genome. [Press release from J. Craig Venter Institute discussing online prepublication in Science] Animal Protein-FreeFeeder-Independent Maintenance Medium for hESCs & hiPSCsby STEMCELL Technologies WATCH THE TeSR™2 VIDEO SCIENCE NEWSCombination Therapy Targets Stubborn Leukemia Stem CellsNew research discovers a combination of drugs that may prove to be a more effective treatment for a lethal form of leukemia. [Press release from Science Centric discussing online prepublication in Cancer Cell]Technique Might Boost Women's FertilityScientists have found a way to awaken dormant ovarian follicles, possibly making more eggs available for reproduction during a woman's lifespan. [Press release from Health Day discussing online prepublication in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA]Oncolytic Viruses Mediating Anti-Tumor Immunity in Human Cancer Patients Published by Oncos Therapeutics and University of Helsinki Oncos Therapeutics published initial results from its Advanced Therapy Access Program. The results demonstrate anti-tumor immunity of oncolytic viruses — published for the first time in humans — and indicate strong efficacy of the next generation viruses against solid tumor cancers. [Press release from Oncos Therapeutics discussing online prepublication in Cancer Research]Mayo Clinic Researchers Find Gene They Believe Is Key to Kidney CancerResearchers have discovered a key gene that, when turned off, promotes the development of common kidney cancer. Their findings suggest that a combination of agents now being tested in other cancers may turn the gene back on, providing a much-needed therapy for the difficult-to-treat cancer. [Press release from the Mayo Clinic discussing online prepublication in Oncogene]Spanish Researchers Reprogram Adult Stem Cells to Help Cardiac Muscle RegenerationSpanish researchers have employed for the first time adult cells extracted from a human heart to turn stem cells from adipose tissue into cardiac myocytes. [Press release from The Medical News discussing online prepublication in Cytotherapy]Progress in Exploring New Avenues for Brain RepairResearchers showed how astroglia can be directly converted into the two main classes of cortical neurons. [Press release from Ludwig-Maximilians University discussing online prepublication in PLoS Biology]Cellmedicine Stem Cell Clinic Case Report of Successful Treatment of Heart Failure Patient PublishedThe Cellmedicine Institutes reported publication of a heart failure patient who underwent profound recovery after receiving adult stem cell therapy. [Press release from Medical News Today discussing online prepublication in the International Archives of Medicine]Process of Cancer Cell Self-Digestion Is Target of New Cancer TherapiesIn an effort to improve current anticancer treatments, investigators have been targeting autophagy. While preclinical studies have shown that inhibition of autophagy sensitizes tumor cells to treatment, researchers recently have had an opportunity to observe these effects in early-stage clinical trials involving a drug commonly used to treat malaria. [Press release from The Cancer Institute of New Jersey discussing research presented at the 2010 Annual Meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology]Estrogen-Lowering Drugs Minimize Surgery in Breast Cancer PatientsA nationwide study has confirmed the benefit of giving estrogen-lowering drugs before surgery to breast cancer patients. The treatment increased the likelihood that women could undergo breast-conservation surgery, also called lumpectomy, instead of mastectomy. [Press release from Washington University in St. Louis discussing research presented at the 2010 Annual Meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology]CA-125 Change Over Time Shows Promise as Screening Tool for Early Detection of Ovarian CancerEvaluating its change over time, CA-125, the protein long-recognized for predicting ovarian cancer recurrence, now shows promise as a screening tool for early-stage disease. [Press release from University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center discussing research presented at the 2010 Annual Meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology]Geron Announces Positive Study Data on GRNCM1Geron Corporation reported positive preclinical study data showing that GRNCM1, Geron's cardiomyocyte product derived from human embryonic stem cells, does not cause cardiac arrhythmias after transplantation into a model of chronic heart damage designed to test this potential safety concern. [Press release from Geron Corporation]Amsterdam Molecular Therapeutics Reports Promising Data from Cholesterol Lowering Gene Therapy StudyAmsterdam Molecular Therapeutics reported positive preclinical data from a study using an adeno-associated virus gene therapy product to lower cholesterol. [Press release from Amsterdam Molecular Therapeutics]Jennerex Reports Positive Phase 1 Results for JX-594 Administered IntravenouslyJennerex, Inc. reported positive results from its Phase 1 dose escalation study evaluating the intravenous (IV) administration of JX-594 to patients with metastatic cancer. [Press release from Jennerex, Inc.]Celgene's Revlimid Positive in Maintenance TrialsAccording to preliminary data patients who took Revlimid on a continuous basis following a stem cell transplant kept their disease in check longer than those who took a placebo. [Press release from Reuters]CURRENT PUBLICATIONS (Ranked by Impact Factor of the Journal)Creation of a Bacterial Cell Controlled by a Chemically Synthesized GenomeResearchers report the design, synthesis, and assembly of the 1.08-Mbp Mycoplasma mycoides JCVI-syn1.0 genome starting from digitized genome sequence information and its transplantation into a Mycoplasma capricolum recipient cell to create new Mycoplasma mycoides cells that are controlled only by the synthetic chromosome. [Science]Effective Targeting of Quiescent Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia Stem Cells by Histone Deacetylase Inhibitors in Combination with Imatinib MesylateTreatment with HDAC inhibitors combined with imatinib mesylate (IM) effectively induced apoptosis in quiescent chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML) progenitors resistant to elimination by IM alone, and eliminated CML stem cells capable of engrafting immunodeficient mice. [Cancer Cell]Sonic Hedgehog Is a Critical Mediator of Erythropoietin-Induced Cardiac Protection in MiceThese results suggest that erythropoietin protects the heart after myocardial infarction by inducing angiogenesis through sonic hedgehog signaling. [J Clin Invest]Activation of Dormant Ovarian Follicles to Generate Mature EggsShort-term in vitro activation of dormant ovarian follicles after stimulation of the PI3K-Akt pathway allows the generation of a large supply of mature female germ cells for future treatment of infertile women with a diminishing ovarian reserve and for cancer patients with cryo-preserved ovaries. [Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A]Oncolytic Adenovirus Coding for Granulocyte Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor Induces Antitumoral Immunity in Cancer PatientsAn oncolytic adenovirus coding for granulocyte macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GMCSF) was engineered and shown to induce tumor-specific immunity in an immunocompetent syngeneic hamster model. Subsequently, 20 patients with advanced solid tumors refractory to standard therapies were treated with Ad5-D24-GMCSF. [Cancer Res]Directing Astroglia from the Cerebral Cortex into Subtype Specific Functional NeuronsResearchers show that strong and persistent expression of neurogenic fate determinants driven by silencing-resistant retroviral vectors instructs astroglia from the postnatal cortex in vitro to mature into fully functional, synapse-forming neurons. [PLoS Biology] POLICYCancer Center Marks Signing of Act on Screenings for Breast, Cervical and Colorectal CancerThe new measure gives statutory authority for breast, cervical and colorectal cancer screening programs to the Alabama Department of Public Health. [Alabama Department of Public Health, United States]House Nixes More Research Spending in COMPETES BillCatching the Democratic leadership by surprise, members voted 292 to 126 to block passage of a 5-year authorization bill that would have provided healthy increases in the research and education budgets of the National Science Foundation and research programs at the Department of Energy and the Department of Commerce. [House of Representatives, United States]Statement by HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius and NIH Director Francis Collins Regarding the President's Intent to Appoint Dr. Harold Varmus as Director of the National Institute of Cancer at the National Institutes of Health [Department of Health and Human Services, United States]Responsibility of Applicants for Promoting Objectivity in Research for Which Public Health Service Funding Is Sought and Responsible Prospective Contractors; Proposed Rule [Docket Number: NIH-2010-0001] [Department of Health and Human Services, United States] Detailed Product Tracking…Electronically.by STEMSOFT SOFTWARE THE CELL THERAPY SOFTWARE EXPERTS™ | WWW.STEMSOFT.COM BUSINESSAstraZeneca Reaches US Agreement with Teva Pharmaceuticals Regarding Entocort EC CapsulesAstraZeneca announced that it has entered into an agreement with Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. to settle patent litigation regarding Teva's proposed generic version of AstraZeneca's Entocort EC (budesonide) capsules. [AstraZeneca Press Release]HemaCare Announces First Commercial Cell Therapy Collection AgreementHemaCare Corporation announced an agreement with Dendreon Corporation to provide cellular collection services in Los Angeles and Maine for their new autologous cellular immunotherapy, PROVENGE® (sipuleucel-T). [HemaCare Corporation Press Release]Maryland Stem Cell Research Commission Announces 42 Projects for FundingThe Maryland Stem Cell Research Commission has completed its evaluation of the 141 applications in response to its three official Requests for Applications during the FY 2010 funding cycle. [Maryland Stem Cell Research Commission Press Release]HHMI Awards $79 Million for Science Education to Research Universities, Top ScientistsHoward Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) announced new grants totaling $79 million that will help universities strengthen undergraduate and precollege science education nationwide. [Howard Hughes Medical Institute Press Release]United States FDA Clears Phase 2 Trial for Cervical Spinal FusionAustralia's regenerative medicine company, Mesoblast Limited, announced that it has received clearance from the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to begin Phase 2 clinical trials of its "off-the-shelf" or allogeneic stem cell product NeoFuse™ for fusion of the cervical spine in the neck. [Mesoblast Limited Press Release]Pfizer to Cut 6,000 Jobs, Close Eight PlantsPfizer Inc. plans to eliminate 6,000 manufacturing jobs over the next 18 months to five years as it closes eight plants and reduces operations at six others. [St. Louis Business Journal] NIH NIH Wants More (Not Total) Disclosure of Financial ConflictsThe federal government proposed an overhaul of regulations covering financial conflicts of interest in biomedical research. The rules would expand the amount of information that researchers must report to their institutions, make some of it public, and require that more details than in the past be submitted privately to the National Institutes of Health (NIH).NIH Human Microbiome Project Researchers Publish First Genomic Collection of Human MicrobesThe Human Microbiome Project published an analysis of 178 genomes from microbes that live in or on the human body. The researchers discovered novel genes and proteins that serve functions in human health and disease, adding a new level of understanding to what is known about the complexity and diversity of these organisms.NIH Requests Comments on the Proposed Rule Applicable to Regulations on the Responsibility of Applicants for Promoting Objectivity in Research for which Public Health Service Funding is Sought and Responsible Prospective Contractors (NOT-OD-10-099)Notice of Format Clarification and Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) for Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA): RFA-HL-11-006, Next Generation Genetic Association Studies (U01) (NOT-HL-10-110) Notice of Intent to Publish a New Funding Opportunity that will Reconfigure and Consolidate The Millennium Promise Awards: Non-communicable Chronic Diseases Research Training Program (NCoD) (NOT-TW-10-457) CBERCharter of the Blood Products Advisory Committee (Update) REGULATORY FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION (United States)FDA Transparency Initiative: Draft Proposals for Public Comment Regarding Disclosure Policies of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration; 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This whale was having fun and happy to be alive. This is a good life lesson. Once the season is over in Hawaii this whale will head back to Alaska to feed. Hopefully her baby will make the journey as there are many perils ahead. The same is true for people. Life circumstance will change during our journey and there will be challenging times. The trick is to accept what is happening and stay positive. Don't live in the past, live in the moment. Its ok to plan for the future as when your doing it your doing it in the present moment. Don't live for the future as it has not happened yet, and may not.
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I know that for a while I've been relatively silent in general on this blog and I have been especially silent in terms of our return and reintegration to the US. Honestly, I just don't know what to say. I've got so much going on inside my own head, it's kind of hard to get it out and also to translate the feelings into words.
As of today we are 1 month and 1 day away from departing TZ, our home for the past 3+ years. How do I describe the mixed emotions that this entails? This picture says a lot to me but I'm not sure if it'll mean much to others.
This is pretty much my office view. I sit with a bunch of girls on a mat. Now, this is cool and it's fun but it's also dirty and it's hard. It's hard on my body; my legs and back hurt after an hour of sitting this way. I get pooped on regularly by birds or bees or whatever else. And it's hard on my head; it's difficult to keep up with what's being talked about and sometimes I wonder if I'm really contributing anything. Many times over the past 3 years I have felt so inadequate. Take for example the other day when the girls were learning about the transmission of HIV/AIDS. The asked me a question, which they had to repeat like 5 times for me to understand. Then I bumbled out an answer in broken Swahili that I hope conveyed the gist of what I was trying to say, clearing up any of their misconceptions and stigmas and elucidating what it was they were trying to understand. I fear I failed miserably at it and I thought for the zillionth time that it would so much easier to do this in English. It's just so hard and I'm not going to miss this.
On the flip side, I really love this work. I love when I am sitting with the girls and they're just chatting about normal life and they ask me my opinion about something or other. It's a great opportunity to make a real impact in a way that I never would have with any other work in the US. Or I love when the girls make a joke and I ACTUALLY UNDERSTAND IT! I feel so good about meeting them on that level. And they are so funny! Tanzanian humor is a little dirty, a little self- or other-depreciating and I just love it. I see so much opportunity in my work here and love contributing in this way. It provides a sense of fulfillment like I've never felt before and I know I'm going to miss this.
Sigh. Life. As my brilliant husband once said, life is a good kind of sadness.
I know how lucky I am to have had this opportunity, not only to fulfill a life-long dream of mine, but to have lived here. For all it's hardness. For all it's pain. The ups and downs. I know I am just. So. Lucky.
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Mike Prysner and Abby Martin recovering from tear gas in Venezuela
Mike Prysner is a former US Army soldier turned documentary-maker, who produces and co-writes The Empire Files for Latin American broadcaster teleSUR English with Abby Martin. He was, until recently, in Venezuela covering the troubles there.
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Active Vacations: Cape Disappointment & Ecola State Park
Neil and I used to like to do a lot of city vacations before we had Edith and as much as we love those types of trips we have become more attracted to active outdoorsy vacations. This past weekend we took a spur of the moment trip to the Oregon Coast (who says you can't take spur of the moment trips with a baby?). We really didn't have anything on the agenda except to get outside and enjoy the beautiful warm weather.
Saturday we wandered around Astoria and then found ourselves hoping into the car and heading overthe bridge to Washington. We weren't really sure what to do so we followed the signs to Cape Disappointment, a Washington State Park. We found a parking area and took a short hike out to a viewing area and lighthouse. We didn't do much hiking on Saturday but definitely found a spot we'd like to return to.
Sunday we headed south to Cannon Beach were we visited Ecola State Park. We arrived just as the fog started to lift and the sun came out. We headed first to the viewing area where we saw some of the most beautiful postcard-worthy sites. After we took in the view we changed into our hiking shoes and headed out on the path to the beach. The path was described as a gradual assent and a steep descent so we weren't sure what to expect but we headed out anyways. I strapped Edith on my back and we hiked in about a mile before hitting some trees that were down making it too much of a challenge to even attempt to get under them (there was no going over) with a baby in tow. So be grudgingly we headed back to the car where we promptly devoured half a container of hummus and carrots before heading home.
I'm looking forward to doing a lot more hiking this summer and hopefully at least one more trip to the coast.
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Hi there fellow addicts.
Believe it or not it's over a week since we all celebrated New Year with one of my polls, lol. But now the results are in, I guess I'd better share them with you all you nice peeps.
Hi there fellow addicts.
Believe it or not it's over a week since we all celebrated New Year with one of my polls, lol. But now the results are in, I guess I'd better share them with you all you nice peeps.
Hi there fellow addicts.
Yes, finally they're in, sorry about the slight delay but things have been pretty full on with the new event, I'm sure you'll all agree with me there.
Hey there Grinches!!
Figured I would bounce on by to see just where you all are as of now in this Christmas cracker of an event.
This information is very useful not only to Myself and the Addicts Helpers to see if there is anything else we need to focus on, but it also is information I do share with TinyCo so they can visually see as well just how the Players are getting along in the Event so far. If there are areas of improvement needed, areas working well, etc.
Hey there readers, I'd like to welcome you to Addicts Land, where today I'm going to be talking, ok waffling about rainbows, witches, flying monkeys, or to put it simply the event that just was, There's No Place Like Quahog. After 3 weeks of munchkins, wizarding and wickedness it's all over but for the poll, and hey we all made it out the other side of the rainbow. And when it came to the Wicked Witch, well I think victory was ours!!! Or was it? She lives!!! She lives!!!
It's no secret I've wanted an Oz event since FGQFS was in its beta infancy, I'm a fan of the books, movies, musicals, anything Oz. In fact I sit writing this on my iPad which has an Oz case, I've a cold drink at my side sitting on an Oz coaster and when I have my supper tonight I'll use my Oz salt & pepper pots. I've Oz voodoo dolls, Russian dolls…. I think you get the message, I'm a MASSIVE fan.
Calling all scaredy cats!!!!
Now he's the king of the jungle, a jungle V…… Oops sorry, wrong song, wrong movie. If Cowardly Lion Joe were the king of the jungle, you'd probably find him hiding up a tree, his fearsome teeth chattering as flying monkeys and wicked witches tease him with shouts of, I thought I saw a puddy cat. But fear not Cowardly Lion Joe as now you're in Quahog the only kind of courage you'll need is probably Dutch courage.
Greetings Munchkins!!
It's been a tough weekend without much nerve and courage, so hopefully I can join the Cowardly Lion and learn to be a lil braver!
With this new There's No Place Like Quahog event, we also get some new Characters. Like Cowardly Lion Joe!
Let's take a look at what Cowardly Lion Joe can do in our silly lil games.
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Hey there fellows addicts!
Just bouncing on by to bring you some important information, especially for those of you still trying to unlock characters. TinyCo has extended the event by 1 day, so you now have until tomorrow, 30th November @ 3PM Pacific to finish up anything you're working on.
And they've also dropped new items into the store, and yippee they all cost emeralds..
AND AGAIN…. THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE QUAHOG EVENT NOW ENDS TOMORROW 30TH NOVEMBER AT 3pm PACIFIC.
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So Addicts, tell me, do you want a good witch or a bad witch? Or are you greedy like me and want both?
TinyCo obviously don't know what side they're on in this event, light side, dark side, good side, bad side? But I think i can safely say they're on my good side after giving us the chance to earn both Oz witches, Glinda The Good Witch of the North and The Wicked Witch of the West.
So reader, tell me, are you a good witch or a bad witch?
With a tap of TinyCo's magic wand, Glinda, The Good Witch of the North has arrived in Quahog, and she looks like she's going to be a lot of fun.
Let's take a look at what Glinda can do in our silly lil games.
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A tragedy out of Illinois after Christmas resulting in the death of a 15 year old boy.
A Wilmington, Illinois teen-ager was shot and killed inside the Christian Faith Center December 27, 2017, when the teen and his cousin took a rifle to investigate what they believed to be a break-in at the church. According to news reports, the 17 year old young man, the son of the pastor at the church, while holding the rifle, tripped over an extension cord to an industrial fan in the church. As he fell, the rifle he was holding accidentally discharged and struck the 15 year old boy.
According to family, when the boys heard noise from the church (which is connected to the home), they retrieved a rifle and went to investigate. The 17 year old was running toward the gymnasium where the sound was coming from and tripped. The victim was struck in the left arm pit. Arriving crews worked on the juvenile, but he was pronounced dead at 12:20 AM.


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Demi Moore Steps Out In Unflattering Jumpsuit
Demi Moore has the perfect frame to rock almost anything, but the star wore a questionable look while attending the Target Presents AFI's Night at the Movies on April 25. Are you loving or loathing Demi's jumpsuit?
The freshly bronzed Demi Moore stunned in a black Valentino jumpsuit while at an April 25 event in Hollywood, California. The 50-year-old star typically impresses us with her creative ensembles, but we could only wonder what happened with this particular number.
Demi Moore's Unflattering Jumpsuit
The sheer jumpsuit was complimented with a blouse bodice that was enhanced with a button-down detailing. The star made the alluring attempt to play up the black-and-white trend by playing up the jumpsuit's white collar and cuffs that gave a chic, elegant contrast against the sheer black material.
The high-waisted styled pants held a very care-free feel to them, but did absolutely no justice to Demi's toned figure. The ensemble held way too much fabric against her petite frame, making her look wider and rather frumpy. Demi should have considered going down a size while picking the Valentino design. The star has the frame to rock all of Hollywood's finest frocks and this was by far her most unflattering pick of them all.
Demi's Attempt To Save Her Look
While the beauty looked confident while posing for the photogs, her outfit didn't do her frame, nor her usually stylish self any justice. Taking a smart cue from the runway, the starlet paired the jumpsuit with a black lace camisole, making a coy attempt to polish up the over-sized look. The star's most stylish accessory had to be her Sorellina 'Victoria Serpente' spiral earrings that contrasted glamorously against her blown-out tresses. Hopefully the star will don a more tasteful look next time around!
Were you impressed with Demi's over-sized jumpsuit, HollywoodLifers?
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"The devil was preparing me to become a terrorist, but God's plan for me was to become an evangelist for Jesus Christ," Rabi says.
Rabi grew up in the typical Egyptian Muslim home. While his father loved him, he clearly favored Rabi's siblings. Longing for a God who would love him, Rabi delved deeper into Islam. He joined groups to learn the Quran and practice Islam to please God—groups run by the Muslim Brotherhood that taught what Rabi calls "the real Islam."
Disillusioned by Islam, many Muslims are crying out for God to reveal Himself to them—and the Lord is answering their prayers daily. This is just one of their stories.
As his group was preparing to send him to Afghanistan, Rabi learned from a sheikh that "Allah is the Humiliator." Rabi was repelled by this concept. As an early teen, he denounced Islam altogether, turning to the world in search of happiness and love.But decades later, Rabi's desire to know the one true God would be inescapable.
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Searching for Truth
As a married adult with two young children, Rabi renewed his search for truth.
It was obvious to him that Islam was humanly composed to accommodate the desires of the original author. Desperate, Rabi cried out to God."I don't know You," Rabi prayed, "but You created me and know me. I want You. Maybe I make no difference to You, but You do to me."
As he prayed, his heart replied: Jesus.
Rabi was startled. This couldn't be right; he was sure Jesus could not be God—only a prophet. So he tried another approach.
All religions agreed that Abraham existed. So Rabi called out, "O, God of Abraham, I want to know You. Let me know You. Reveal Yourself to me."
Rabi's heart again said, Jesus.
No! Rabi was sure this could not be right. He went with someone more guaranteed: Adam. The God of Adam who created Abraham.
"O, God of Adam. I need to know You, and I want You."
Rabi's heart resounded once again: Jesus.
No! Maybe Adam himself was a lie; maybe there never was an Adam.
"O, Creator of this universe, Creator of heaven and earth, I need to know You, and I will not let You go until You reveal Yourself to me. I am at a loss," Rabi cried out.
But again and again his heart whispered, Jesus.
Rabi was in tears. Who was this Jesus who could shake his whole being, making him weep? Was Jesus really God?
He still did not know the gospel story; he had no Bible and obtaining one took a long time. All Rabi knew was that the name of Jesus brought him joy—and his life started to change.
Persecution and Family Rejection
Rabi's wife Azhara, however, was afraid of the changes she saw in Rabi. Though the changes were for the better—he treated her with kindness and patience and stopped beating her as is the right of the Muslim man over his wife—Azhara was suspicious.
When a Bible was brought into the house, she could no longer bear it. She shared her troubles with Rabi's family, who confronted him and then beat him, leaving him with scars, hearing loss and other permanent bodily damage. Azhara left Rabi, divorcing him and taking their two sons to live with her father.
Azhara recalls, "I agreed because I thought this was something for God—as if it was a sacrifice to God."
An infidel, Rabi was now dead to them.
Sorrow May Last for a Night ...
Rabi was tormented with loneliness during that time.
"The devil used to attack me with thoughts like, 'You lost your home, your possessions, your wife and children. Now you are all alone. Who has helped you?' Frankly, no Christian had helped me. But God was with me."
God provided for Rabi in every way, financially and emotionally. Rabi clung to the verse, "But David encouraged himself in the Lord his God" (1 Sam. 30:6). And not knowing if he would ever see his wife and children again, he prayed.
... But Joy Comes in the Morning
While Rabi was away, things were no better for Azhara living with her family. She could no longer participate in the Islamic prayer rituals like she used to. She wrestled with what she believed in. Her brother tortured her sons "lest they become blasphemous like their father," Azhara says.
"Although I could not stand Rabi, I called him and told him I wanted to meet him," Azhara said. "He talked to me so happily and without fear. I asked him why he was so happy. He told me he knew I was going to call; it was a feeling he had. I asked him if he was afraid. What is this joy?"
They agreed on a meeting place. She gathered the children and left.
Azhara struggled for a long time, wrapped up in her thoughts about the opinions of her family and Rabi's siblings. But her husband's Christian witness began to shine a light of hope into her life.
"At that time, Rabi was praying and having his devotional time. He would spend maybe two hours or even the whole day. He played hymns," Azhara says. "When he told me to sit with God, I would go into the room and sit quietly, maybe say a word or two. I was accustomed to the Islamic prayer rituals—I wasn't used to just talking [to God]. Finally, I decided that this [kind of] prayer is good. I would spend my whole day praying and worshiping God while working or tidying up the house."
God had touched Azhara's hardened heart so that she, too, found joy in the love of Christ. "I became alert and felt as if a heavy burden fell off my back," she says. "At that time, I thought of nothing—no fear or anything else. I was so happy."
Equipped to Share
Rabi and Azhara were baptized and remarried on the same day. Together they endured persecution and poverty, relocating regularly and struggling to find housing even from Christians, simply because they were former Muslims. But they continued to grow in Christ. Rabi says that the teachings of Leading The Way's 24/7 satellite TV channel THE KINGDOM SAT were instrumental in his spiritual growth.
"I used to sit and learn in front of THE KINGDOM SAT. It was like seminary for me," he says. "The programs are so focused on the Bible, and that is why I watched it. I had a deep need to study the Bible."
Though Christianity has brought with it persecution, Azhara has no delusions about what she has gained:
"Life in Islam was miserable. We were living a very comfortable life financially and in every aspect. But there was no happiness. ... I am happy that I accepted Christ and that we are now living by grace, and my children are now learning the true religion. I am very happy with that because there is no guarantee in life. But the eternal life is guaranteed. Thank God. God is good."
Today, Rabi and Azhara see God's faithfulness in their lives. They are passionate about discipling others and continue to testify to God's goodness.
"The devil was preparing me to become a terrorist, but God's plan for me was to become an evangelist for Jesus Christ," Rabi says. "I want everybody to taste the same good taste that I am enjoying."
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I wasn't sure it was possible for one person to cry so much!
I feel so pathetic today. Mum just asked what I wanted to do on Christmas day…stay at home with the family or go somewhere else. The thought of having to pretend to be ok at someone else's house made me feel so nervous I burst into tears! That isn't normal.
All I want is to feel normal. To not burst into tears at the tiniest thing, to not feel sick due to a Facebook update or a tweet, to sleep properly, to not cry when someone is nice to me. Is that too much to ask??
I wish there was a way that I could click my fingers and everything would be ok. One day I know it will be. One day I will get up in the morning and not have to find the energy to put on a smile and pretend that I am ok because I wont need to pretend any more. Until that day I guess I just have to accept that there will be days when my mascara gets ruined, my heart hurts and my sleep pattern is just none existent!
I say this every post but I am so thankful for my amazing friends and family for getting me through the bad days. Your support means the world to me.


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He is the award-winning writer and producer of one of the country's most beloved soap operas. She is a production assistant for a network TV News program, married to a highly successful advertising professional. He is a lovable, hug-able, sensitive father and ex-husband. She proves that life imitates art, as she becomes a doormat for her husband who divorces her when she refuses to abort their child that is accidentally conceived. He falls for her immediately. She takes us all on a roller coaster of emotions while she works out the details of her "real life" soap opera, torn between loyalties for him and her ex-husband.
It is the exquisite torture of a fabulous romance novel. I found myself chiding him, "Stop being so sensitive!" And, scolding her, "Tell the truth! Tell the truth, already!!"


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The following story was written by hipbonegamer. This piece is a featured entry from the Art of Future Warfare project's "Great War" war-art challenge that called for a fictional front-page style dispatch from the outbreak of the next major global conflict.
Flashing across my sub-eyes and a few dozen others today, those tiny edge of vision thunderclouds that when my saccade leaps to them indicate increasing war chance – lit by a single bolt of miniscule lightning. As my transport turns itself into its parkplace, too far from the Ed's for me to throat her a quick morning buzz, I flipvision up and "Temple" appears in yellow and red across the sub-world, and an accompanying jolt from the adrenals gets me out of the comfort of my now stationary pod, through visual check-in and up to my console where I can dig into deets
I was the key-chooser of "Temple" for an accelerated, amplified and psychenhanced notification, having back in the day read Gorenberg on Temple Mount as the "most hotly contested piece of real estate on earth" – a phrase which haunts me still, since the clashing "end times" beliefs of the three relevant belief systems – all three messianic, one mahdist into the bargain – are undercurrents I track "out of the corner of my subs" on the principle that we shouldn't overlook what seems vaguely irrational to us, when it's passionately real to others. That way lies blindsiding, never a pleasant outcome.
In out-reality, which my in-reality strives to keep accurately mapped and understood — though that's a clear impossibility in practice… in out-reality, then, attempts to wipe one holy place off another's sacred site are standard fare in crisis sparks, have been since the Ayodhya riots, hey, maybe since Hagia Sophia became a mosque or the Mezquita in Cordoba sprouted a cathedral. I could go back into antiquity, if any of my throatees are interested.
Today's specific deet, then: a bomb in the al-Aqsa mosque. The Who? To be determined. As I pro-think my first "w" word, "firestarter" moves across my subs, standard for "source as yet unknown" in arson and bomb cases. "Plausibles?" "One, direct aggression, Christian or Jewish attempt to wipe mosque in prep Temple rebuild. Two, false flag, Muslim, prob cultural, willing to ignite world".
That phrase "willing to ignite world" is another of my keys, autosets a "rate from black to blaze" column in left of sub, and I rate an orange – "seven" for those who echo me in numeric. Pretty damn serious, but "blaze" is reserved for multiple targeted atomics in flight by general consensus – the idiots who hit it by accident or as some kind of joke notwithstanding. Hotdamn. More augmentation from the adrenals, I hope I haven't set my levels too high and called a conference-meld by mistake. I need far more deets and back memory in place before I go through this on group-mind verbal level, even if it's opt-in only. But Sally will know, she monitors our levels, and can get the "Temple" key, do a quick scan herself. Good to have someone friendly between you and the Ultimate Boss.
Jay-dam-Rusalem. Knew it. A quick take on the previouses and analogs, current status on all nodes with second order connectivity, all best done on deskscreen for scaling "size" to "complexity of view", also excellent for permanent record keeping, that secret of searchable, retired information overload.
What are the vectors, what tensions? Emotions in the red to purple range on the Palestinian side, Muslims as far afield as Detroit and Jakarta tuning in, spiking on global news feeds, global apathy levels only mildly disturbed, and zooming on stats, Israeli opinion sharply split three ways. Scanning for fictional analogs, Rosenberg's "Temple Trilogy" uploaded for rapid access, Gorenberg's 19-point exec brief available on the nonfic side.
Oops. I have an emotive coloration on right of sub-world indicating BCR – "bias correction required" – and will take a vagus breath pause …
Returning: the nodal graphics are up, optically substacked with more focused zoomins underlaid to right, wide angle contextual zoomouts subbed to left. Basic graph has three nodes, three religions, each claiming importance of sacred site.
Hm. Players include HaMephorash, Temple Rebuild consortium — Judaic-extreme, Christian support, both hoping rebuilt Temple will usher in Messianic Age with potential division over Messiah, J or C, at that point. Islamic world variously deployed, threat to current Al-Aqsa Mosque if Temple built there, usual Iran / Saudi split – special note: Jordan as broker via Temple Waqf.
Nodal news graphs are never exactly static, but they can stay close to motionless for months, then erupt into sudden flurries of info and emotion. On the primary, the Palestinian vector is the one doing all the jumping, Israel and adjunct US support picking up slack but with far less ferment. Some bank action, apparently, but I caught that from an econ colleague's throating, it's not my angle, I won't zoom it. No –for me it's Palestine > Arab > Islam with branchings for Arab-Israeli, Tolerance, Schism, Secular input, Diplo – the Diplo feed is probably the one to watch here, Jordan, Great Britain, Israel — preferably in that order to avoid my maternal bloodline's influence.
Jordan concern running high, it's the King vs the recently integrated refugees, a monarch who fits the global scene, a people inextricably local. Britain? Left leaning but too timid to commit to much of anything. Israel – seems even some of the haredim are crossing over to the secular side of the split. Successive heads of Shabak and Mossad have consistently warned of this eventuality, cooler headed and more experienced than the PM's office will ever be. I should quickly check their feeds, yup, same old same old, with a touch of "we warned ya" – no tactical details of course, but maybe I can backchannel a friend or two as things begin to settle. Wish I had use of our top level inhouse drone on this one, but its covering the Spratlys unsurprisingly – last week's kerfuffle, and in my view not nearly as hot button as this one. It never stops, it just never stops.
Perhaps that should be our worldflash today – "it never stops – this time it's Jerusalem".
Nope. Not sexy. Besides, they'll lede with a hot graphic, our stuff will get buried in "to see more" if I or my colleagues don't come up with some kind of eye- and breath-catching flash splash. People don't pay to know, they pay to hurt, to fear, to enjoy the rumble.
Moving through the levels about as fast as eye can scan screen and sub-world, catching alerts from colleagues throated across the floor, taking lapses for breath calmings and mental integration, roughly up to speed as alert breaks of rioting, Peshawar. Widen scope to include 17 top hotspots global concern for Is-Pal ripple effects, mapped and with spot-rings indicating emotional heat. Seems Tehran, Riyadh both mustering special ops forces – forward IRGC in case of Iran. Flash message from Najaf ayatollahs: stay calm. Thank God, despite decades of turmoil, Najaf still holds to quietist pre-Khomeini views on the importance of religion staying out of (way up above) politics.
Cyprus, Malta as our likely staging grounds. Uh, oh.
Don't want WH view to cloud judgment, but Presidential alert noted, will check once primary hypothesis is formed. She Who Must Be Obeyed, however, will want her views incorporated before we flashbrief the world – journalism is inherently not just editorial but edictatorial, c'est la vie…
Still cortically aroused – exhilarated, concerned, both – but that sickly feeling that signals an integrated insight coming on, and the almost stomach turning release of biochemicals with cognitive slowdown that accompanies it, creating "enough space to land a complex thought on" – whoosh! — as always, I wonder how much of this my friends have caught, how much has been recorded for eventual playback, Pulitzer consideration and lessons learned, how many bias-catchers I may have tripped, but let's see…
Unbidden, a fragment of midrash from my pre-journo past floats into old-style memory:
As the navel is set in the centre of the human body,
so is the land of Israel the navel of the world…
situated in the centre of the world,
and Jerusalem in the centre of the land of Israel,
and the sanctuary in the centre of Jerusalem,
and the holy place in the centre of the sanctuary,
and the ark in the centre of the holy place,
and the foundation stone before the holy place,
because from it the world was founded…
Midrash Tanhuma that is, if I recall correctly. And beautiful – not that that's a category too many people care about these days.
Belay that, my biases are showing.
Time to go to work. Set sub-world default to far background – enough already, I don't and won't need no more damn news for a while – open matrix, pull in grids & associated briefs of colleagues' hypotheses, and begin competitive hypothesis testing…
I'd be an analyst in one of the three-letters – we all would, if the pay wasn't so piss poor. But that's the way it goes, we're doing our best to be analysts-light, open source only, and on the journo floor. As much truth as can make it past the filters, at digital speed, and spun together with pre-digitally evolved brains.
Up periscope: Are we still alive? Excuse me if the next war flies right past me one of these days…
Ahem. Suggestion, open-cast:
"We are interrupting your rap-rock for those of you who have requested level four and up global alerts. Topic: Jerusalem > Israel > Middle East. Please select from high, medium or low detail or ignore."
"Thank you. High detail will receive a menu of options including five initial and eighteen secondary perspectives. Thanks for awareness."