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The experimental use of hypothermia in people with nervous system trauma came about after years of laboratory research conducted by W. Dalton Dietrich, Ph.D., and his colleagues. Their work, beginning in the 1980s, showed that cooling the body temperature a couple of degrees resulted in improved recovery of walking in paralyzed rats. Currently, they continue their work to gain a better understanding of the biochemical, histological and physiological effects of hypothermia. It took some years to begin testing this therapy in people partly because reliable methods to cool patients still needed to be developed. By the year 2000, several companies had developed devices to control a patient's temperature. An initial goal of using cooling devices was to counteract fever in patients with stroke, heart attacks, head trauma and spinal cord injury. Fever is common in these patients and studies by various investigators, including Helen Bramlett, Ph.D., at The Miami Project, report that small increases in body temperature can worsen neurological outcome.
Today's very sophisticated cooling devices now allow clinicians to accurately record and manipulate a patient's body temperature. With this degree of control, it appears possible to safely cool injured patients and, with further study, potentially give them a chance for better neurological recovery.
Clinical Trials Pipeline - Where are we and where are we going? And the ever-burning question...when will we get there?
As everyone knows, repairing the damaged spinal cord is no simple task. There are multiple types of nerve cells and glial cells that are damaged or lost, there are ascending and descending nerve fibers that are interrupted, there are local spinal circuits that are lost or begin functioning abnormally, there is demyelination and remyelination, there are inhibitory molecules, and there is scar tissue. And that's not including the changes that occur in the muscles as a result of paralysis. During the 25 year existence of the Miami Project, however, significant progress has been made in understanding how to begin to repair the injured spinal cord. Four key components to developing cures for SCI involve neuroprotection, cell replacement, regeneration, and rehabilitation. Miami Project scientists are currently translating 3 of these 4 components as part of the Clinical Trials Initiative (neuroprotection, cell replacement, and rehabilitation) and are diligently moving forward with the fourth component (regeneration). Each of the 3 components being translated is described in the links below along with updated progress.
Neuroprotection - Therapeutic hypothermia
Cell replacement - Schwann cell transplantation
Rehabilitation - SCI Boot Camp
Investigational New Drug Process
IND Submission
IND Approval
Schwann Cell IND Progress
December 2007
Started organizing Schwann Cell (SC) clinical trial team
January 2008
Wrote first draft of SC clinical trial
February 2008
Discussed SC clinical trial draft with External Consultants
Feb - April 2008
Obtained additional guidance with FDA consultants
August 2008
Held pre-pre-IND discussion with the FDA
Developed GMP cell processing & manufacturing procedures for human SCs
Obtained supportive data from chronically injured non-human primate studies
Conducted toxicology & tumorigenicity experiments in rodent models, xenografts
Performed SCI studies in pig model to determine safest cell injection procedure
December 2009
Additional guidance from FDA consultants
July 2010
Held pre-IND discussion with the FDA
Conducted toxicology & tumorigenicity studies in rodents, allografts
Used pig model to determine safest dose/volume for clinical protocol
Initiated autologous SC transplantation studies in pig model
Finalized CMC qualifications & optimization on human SCs
April 2011
Held External Advisory Board meeting
May 2011
Held Data Safety Monitoring Board meeting
September 2011
IND application submitted to FDA
July 2012
IND approval by FDA
October 2012
Approval obtained by UM Institutional Review Board
November 2012
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Midland students' use of Ogle leads to arrest
Local schools released a joint statement afternoon asking parents to check their children's phones after a social media app called Ogle caused alarm and eventually resulted in a student being arrested Wednesday at Midland High School.
The app acts like a "school-wide forum" -- as it is described on the developer's website -- in which students can post photos, videos, questions and comments completely anonymously. On the iTunes store, the app states users must be at least 17 to download it. However, Ogle does not ask for any age verification when downloaded.
MISD heard of Ogle earlier this week from a concerned parent, said Jeff Horner, executive director of Secondary Education for MISD. School technicians had been monitoring the app throughout the week, during which comments were mostly "typical teenager banter," according to the press release from Midland ISD, Greenwood ISD, Midland Christian School, Trinity School, Midland Classical Academy, Richard Milburn Academy, Bynum School and Grace Lutheran School.
However, on Wednesday, the comments escalated to an alarmingly vulgar and threatening level, Horner said in a phone interview.
"As we were watching, quite literally today it went from being a few comments to as viral as any social media thing I've experienced in the school district," Horner said. "The postings went viral in a very short time. They started out putting a name of a kid, talking about him or her, and it just got to be more and more vulgar, then just making really mean cyberbullying-type comments that we began investigating."
One student eventually made a threat toward the school. Though no MISD officials were able to confirm the nature of the threat in detail, the Reporter-Telegram received a Facebook message from an MISD parent with screenshots from her daughter alleging that a student had threatened to kill himself after "shooting up" the school.
MISD technicians acted quickly, identified the student who made the threat, and arrested him, said Horner.
"Because we got him so quick we didn't have to go into lockdown," Horner said. "But it was on there long enough that parents were afraid, kids saw it."
The post had more than 1,000 comments at one point, Horner said.
"Midland High had the largest number of postings and caused the most amount of concern," he said. "But this app exists and targets all of our local schools, public and private alike. The pornographic material on there, the meanness about specific students, is appalling. Just the nature of being able to post those appalling things is what got everybody's attention in the first place."
Private schools such as Midland Christian and Trinity told the Reporter-Telegram that they had also had students targeted on the app.
Ogle is similar to apps such as Yik-yak, Kik, Whisper, SnapChat, Vine, Kik and Streetchat, but it is somewhat different in that it allows users to post pictures anonymously and to an audience of users that they have not had to "friend."
"Anybody can post to any one of those schools," Horner said. "You can be in Midland and post to a school in California or vice versa. It's so scary because anybody can post. It doesn't have to be a kid."
Ogle can be downloaded for free to iPhone, iPad and iPod touch. Users can post thoughts, photos and videos that all users who have selected the same campus can comment on anonymously.
Midland Freshman, Midland Senior, Lee Freshman, Lee Senior, Midland Christian, Early College High School, Trinity School, Richard Milburn Academy, Midland Classical and Greenwood High School are all listed campuses in the app. If a campus is not listed, users can request the campus to be listed.
Ogle is not only a problem for Midland, but has also caused serious issues around the country. Police arrested a 15-year-old student and two adult alumni of an Anaheim, California, high school last week for allegedly posting anonymous threats against the school, according to the website for Southern California Public Radio.
Horner emphasized that schools can only do so much in curbing this kind of hurtful and potentially violent behavior.
"We really need parents to talk to their kids," Horner said. "There's no value of this app. If parents can talk to their teens and remove it from their phones, that would be a huge help. Kids can choose to delete it and move on."
Unfortunately, Horner doesn't expect this problem to end overnight.
"I quite honestly do think it'll be a problem for a long time," he said. "We're used to dealing with issues on Facebook and Twitter; we deal with social media quite often. This one caught our attention, but there are lots of apps out there. For example Whisper … all it takes is one vindictive or mean-spirited comment to cause harm to somebody."
Though much of the activity on the app that the Reporter-Telegram could see appears relatively harmless, albeit mostly unkind, the pictures and comments that amount to cyberbullying or sexual harassment, or conversations about buying and selling drugs can quickly become serious criminal issues.
"I know (MISD) police department is working with other entities, and we are expanding every avenue we can to find out who would be posting such things," Horner said.
The hope is that a community effort of parents, students, law enforcement and school district personnel coming together can keep students safe from the unnecessary pain and embarrassment or even jail time and suicide that immature social media use can lead to.
"I would ask parents to understand what their kids are doing on the phone, what apps they have and what these apps allow them to do," said MISD superintendent Ryder Warren. "If it's catering to kids and offering a safe anonymous platform to do this kind of stuff, that's a dangerous thing. So parents and caregivers really need to dive into those phones. Not only that, but really talk to your kids about these apps.
"We're gonna continue to monitor and that's one thing we promise parents and caregivers: If there's any kind of issue all the way up to cyberbullying or threats being made, we're gonna pursue it and we're going to make decisions based on what we feel is warranted," Warren said.
Students and parents are asked to report harassment to their school administrators and include as much information as possible -- i.e. screenshots of the offending material. They also ask students or parents use the "report" function on the app to report directly to the company.

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Ask.fm advertisers to quit site in cyberbullying row
Several large companies are among those pulling adverts from social media website ask.fm, after the death of a teenager who was bullied online.
The Sun newspaper, EDF, BT and optical retailer Specsavers are among those distancing themselves from the site.
Ask.fm has issued an open letter saying it does not condone bullying of any kind on its site.
The controversy comes after the death of bullied 14-year-old Hannah Smith from Leicestershire.
Earlier, David Cameron said social network sites must "clean up their act" or face boycotts from users.
Her father has said she killed herself after being targeted on ask.fm where she faced anonymous taunts and comments urging her to end her life.
'Troll kings'
Police are investigating claims that, since her death, Hannah's 16-year-old sister has also received abusive web messages.
A source at the Sun, which on Wednesday described ask.fm as a "suicide site", told the BBC it would cancel the advertising package which saw an advert for the paper's new online service appear on the site.
It had said the men behind ask.fm were "troll kings" on its front page.
Vodafone, Specsavers, Save the Children and Laura Ashley have also moved to withdraw their adverts.
Advertising space is often bought through agencies. Organisations can buy "bundles" of advertising to showcase their brands on multiple sites - so can be unaware of exactly where their adverts appear.
Ask.fm, the Latvia-based website used by Hannah, allows people to post comments anonymously. Her father David said he had found posts telling her to die.
'Happy to co-operate'
In an open letter from ask.fm on Thursday the site said it had an "in-question reporting function" which had been in place since 2012 and was "similar to the in-tweet function announced by Twitter this week".
"This means that anyone can report anything they see that may be of concern. If parents see something on their teenager's ask.fm page that they are concerned about, they too can click the in-question reporting button and alert our moderators," the letter said.
The letter also says a team of moderators was present "around the clock - 24 hours a day, seven days a week, and 365 days per year" who manually check all content posted to its site.
It continued: "We believe one of our site's advantages is that everything is open - rather than hidden in private inboxes. This means that anyone can report anything they see that may be of concern."
Earlier this week, ask.fm described Hannah's death as a tragedy and said it was "happy to co-operate" with the Leicestershire police investigation into the circumstances around it.
Among organisations offering parents advice on helping their children stay safe online is Childnet International - which has its own guide for parents about the safe use of social networking websites.
The BBC also has internet safety tips for parents, including keeping children safe on social networks.
Ceop - the police-linked Child Exploitation and Online Protection centre - also allows parents and children to directly report sexual or offensive chat through its report centre.


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This post is part of my 2019 Pride Month series "Proudly Reaffirming Identity, Diversity, and Equity," exploring present-day issues facing the LGBTQ+ and allied communities.
The streets shine with rainbows. Pride flags wave in the wind, snapping back and forth in a sudden gale. LED screens flash in scrolling letters, "HAPPY PRIDE MONTH! <3 <3"
And yet, standing at the street corner, turning around to take in all the colors, I'm not smitten by feelings of inclusion, but concerned that I'm being commercialized.


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Niagara-on-the-Lake is rich in history. It lies in every building, down every street, and at the end of every country lane.
While much of this history is on full display for tourists to see, some of it is almost hidden from view, requiring some effort to unearth. Such is the case with Butler's Burial Ground, a rarely visited cemetery in an area of Niagara-on-the-Lake that tourists don't often frequent.
Butler's Burial Ground isn't scenic, but there's a distinct sense of history there. Indeed, it's one of the most historically significant locations in all of Niagara. This significance begins with the man after whom it was named: Lieutenant-Colonel John Butler.
John Butler, the man credited with founding Niagara-on-the-Lake, was a man of contradictions. Rarely has there been a soldier as loved and hated at the same time. To Canadians he was a hero, a patriot who fought bravely and with notable success on behalf of the British Crown during the American Revolution. To people south of the border he was a traitor, a man who turned his back on his country and as the head of his Rangers sought to suppress the rebellion. The real John Butler is probably somewhere in between.
Butler was born in New London, Connecticut in 1728, the son of Lieutenant Walter Butler and Deborah Dennis. While still a young child, his family moved to the Mohawk River Valley of New York State, which was then the frontier of colonial America. John was raised during the turbulent years of the French and Indian Wars, and entered into service with the British Indian Department with which he saw action in several battles.
Eventually, Butler amassed an estate of 26,600 acres, making him one of the wealthiest men in the Mohawk Valley.
Sadly, he lost it all—his home, his lands, and his wealth—as a result of the American Revolution and his decision to remain loyal to King and Country.
He once again volunteered his services to the Indian Department and led a force of Natives to victory at the Battle of Oriskany in New York on August 6, 1777. This success led British commanders to urge Butler to raise an elite corps of Rangers to serve alongside the Natives and fight in their style. This unit came to be known as Butler's Rangers.
A pattern of bloody campaigns along the frontier followed, with the Rangers emerging from the darkened depths of the forest to put villages to the torch, destroy crops, defeat rebel forces, and instill in the enemy populace a crippling terror.
Butler's Rangers became so notorious for their ruthlessness that when the conflict ended with an American victory there was little hope of reconciliation between former enemies. The Rangers could never return home.
So, they packed up their families and headed for British protection in Niagara to establish new lives.
Butler was a towering figure in the refugee community. He served as Justice of the Peace, member of the Land Board of Niagara, commander of the Nassau and Lincoln county militia, leader of the Church of England, and a member of the local Masonic Lodge. He was so prominent and highly regarded that the young village of Niagara-on-the-Lake was originally named Butlersburg in his honour.
Butler died on May 12, 1796, after a long illness. He was buried on a family cemetery on the corner of his farm, known today as Butler's Burial Ground, alongside family and at least four other Rangers. After Butler, Rolfe Clench is perhaps the most noteworthy figure. Born in Pennsylvania in 1762, he served as a lieutenant in the Rangers under John Butler. After the war, he settled in Niagara-on-the-Lake where he served in a number of prominent positions, including town clerk, judge of the Surrogate Court, and member of Provincial Legislation. Upon his death in 1828 he was initially buried at Butler's Burial Ground. Later, however, his will was uncovered and clearly specified that he wished to be buried beside his daughter, Eweratta, who died in 1797 and was buried at St. Mark's Cemetery. As per his wishes, Clench's body was disinterred and removed to St. Marks to rest forever alongside his beloved little girl.
And then there was William Claus, who in the 1790s had a stone crypt built to hold his remains and those of his family and who may have been a Ranger as well. Claus spent his career in the Indian Department, rising to the rank of deputy superintendent during the War of 1812. Though he was a prominent and respected citizen of Niagara-on-the-Lake, Claus abused his position of authority among the natives to line his pockets with gold. At the time, members of the First Nations of Upper Canada were forbidden to sell their property without first consulting his department. Claus was known to have profited largely on bribes from prospective owners, since he had the final say in any proposed sale. He died in 1826 and was buried in the vault. His home, The Wilderness, still stands at 407 King Street. Butler's Burial Ground isn't just a place where former soldiers are laid to rest: it was also a battle field. During the War of 1812 a skirmish took place on the Butler Farm—land that today encompasses the cemetery and the subdivision that backs onto it. The Action at Butler's Farm, as the skirmish is generally known, took place on July 8, 1813. On that day an outpost of the American army encamped near Fort George was ambushed and defeated here by a band of Six Nations and Western Natives led by Chiefs John Norton and Blackbird, and Indian Department interpreters Michel Brisebois, Louis Longlade, and Barnet Lyons. Lieutenant Samuel Eldridge and 22 soldiers of the 13th United States Infantry were killed during the engagement and another dozen taken prisoner.
A century later, the cemetery was abandoned, neglected and almost forgotten.
The fences around the burial ground had rotted away, the plots were overgrown, and cattle were allowed to roam between the graves. Most headstones were broken or lost. Even John Butler's headstone could no longer be found. The crypt belonging to the Claus family had been partially destroyed by a large tree that had fallen onto it, leaving the interior open to the elements. Vandals would break into the crypt and scatter bones.
While the cemetery was never truly restored, efforts were made to prevent further vandalism. The crypt was initially sealed with an iron grilled gate, but vandals kept breaking in despite this precaution so a steel plate was welded in place over the entrance. Eventually, the entire crypt was buried in sand.
More than the vault is buried beneath the knoll at Butler's Burial Ground. Dig deep and you'll strike any number of secrets and historical stories, each one reflecting the early years of Niagara and indeed our nation. There are no grave markers today, but with a bit of historical knowledge it's easy to imagine the early decades of Niagara-on-the-Lake when Lieutenant-Colonel John Butler and his Rangers settled the region. TM


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On Monday, Punxsatawney Phil saw his shadow… which means we've got another 6 long weeks of winter. This also means our skin will likely be suffering. Skincare is a unique thing. There are hundreds (thousands!) of products claiming to be a "one size fits all" cure. Our team of editors can assure you this is not the case! Dryness, acne, aging, scarring, and sensitivity are just some of the many issues that interfere with a glowing complexion. Regardless of what the next "miracle cream" will tell you, almost everyone needs a well-planned regimen catered to their own specific needs. We sat down with our favorite skincare expert, Kimmy Williams, to get her top tips for the most annoying skin issues. Based in San Francisco, Kimmy is a licensed esthetician, acne specialist, and the owner of Acqua e Sapone – a treatment center in the bustling North Beach area. No matter what your problem area, Kimmy has the solution. Follow her tips for your best skin – you'll be thanking her later!!
"Replace mechanical exfoliants like scrubbing beads and exfoliating brushes with a gentle chemical exfoliant. Give your skin a chance to rest and rehydrate by using only a gentle cleanser and moisturizer with SPF until it no longer feels dry. Then, try integrating an alpha hydroxy acid with a percentage of no more than 5% into your daily regimen by only using it once every few days and increasing or decreasing the frequency of usage based on how dry or moisturized your skin feels."
"Apply sun protection whether you are going outside or not. The UV rays that are largely responsible for wrinkles, sun spots, and saggy skin penetrate glass so you are being exposed to them even when you are indoors. Use a product with broad spectrum sunscreen and an SPF of at least 30 every morning to keep skin looking young."
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"Ditch the liquid makeup for a mineral powder. Liquid makeup including foundation, concealer, and tinted moisturizer is meant to fill in the pores to make the surface of the skin appear smooth which means more congestion for acne-prone follicles. Stick to a mineral powder that will sit on the surface of the skin and not contribute to acne cosmetica."
"Do not pick at pimples. Dark spots that appear on the skin can be due to various triggers including sun exposure and hormones but post-inflammatory hyperpigmentation (PIH) is caused by trauma to the skin, often as a result of inflammatory acne. If you have dark spots caused by acne, the most important thing is to not pick and cause more trauma to the skin as this will likely create deeper and darker marks. Instead, take an ice cube and gently place it on pimples for a few minutes everyday to help reduce the inflammation that causes dark spots in the first place."
"If it hurts, don't use it. Many people avoid the stinging sensations that accompany certain skincare products because they mistakenly think this as a sign that the product is working. But the stinging that comes from skincare products is a sign that something is too strong for your skin at the moment and ignoring it will just lead to ineffective absorption by the skin coupled with potential flaking, redness, and increased sensitivity."
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American Pie Necklace from the Dominican Republic has a circumference of 19". The pendant measures 3.13" x 1.25". Eduardo is an amazing metal artist, making everything from tiny earrings to chandeliers and sculptures. As a young man, a local artist took him under his wing and sent him to study at a workshop in the city where he grew up. He now has his own small workshop that supports his wife and teenage son. He has created a place for young students to learn the craft as was done for him. He hopes to someday have a larger workshop to help even more of the youth living on the streets, giving them the opportunity for a more stable future that a vocation can offer.


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Jerry Bezencon has announced the release of Linux Lite 1.0.4, an Ubuntu-based distribution with a customised Xfce desktop: "Linux Lite 1.0.4 final for 32-bit processors with PAE support has been released. If you already have the CVF version installed, there is no immediate need to install this final version, just keep updating via Install Updates on the Menu. The only change of note is the updating of the Help & Support manual. Changelog: all system software updated; Firefox 18.0, added new default theme and icon set; added Steam for Linux (requires NVIDIA driver 304.22 or higher or ATI experimental drivers); added keyboard shortcuts information to the Help & Support manual; added open USB storage device in file manager on insert; added two new right-click menu options, Task Manager and Screenshot; replaced PCManFM with Thunar...."
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A Bulb Isn't Just A Bulb – Know the types!
A light bulb is just a light bulb, right? You buy it, screw it in, and it works. Yet bulbs are designed differently for different uses. The brightest light possible in a surgical room isn't necessarily what you might like shining in your eyes when you wake in your master bedroom. Each type is created for different uses and reasons.
Incandescent is the most commonly used light bulb for consumers. The most affordable when it comes to cost, this type of light is warm and complimentary to skin tones and variations. It's also been known to do wonders for mood when dark rooms make you feel a little blue. Incandescent bulbs can last between 700 and 1,000 hours. Although they can be used on a dimmer for a broader range of light, they are not known to be the most efficient bulb on the market.
Halogen light bulbs shine brightly. More cost effective, they can last twice as long as standard bulbs do. Halogen bulbs are a "spin off" of incandescent bulbs. Known for the "white light" they emit, these bulbs give off a glow close to daylight. Colors appear brighter and sharper when in the presence of these bulbs. Considered more energy efficient than incandescent bulbs, these do cost more.. This bulb is popular for its use in under-cabinet lighting, pendant lights and recessed canned lighting. Halogen lights also burn at a higher temperature so never use bare hands while changing halogen bulb and always let bulbs cool first.
Fluorescent lighting is a frequent choice when it comes to ceiling lighting fixtures. Fluorescent bulbs provide a glow that often tends to look "bluish." Many feel it isn't complimentary to skin tones and seems harsh, or flat. It gives you the look and feel of daylight, yet cannot be put on a dimmer to adjust the amount of light given. Types of fluorescents include warm, cool and special-colored bulbs. They are known to produce more light and have more stamina than incandescent bulbs. If you need to install light in a large area like a basement, workshop, or attic, this can be a good choice.
Compact fluorescent light bulbs are a fantastic way to save energy in your home. Compact fluorescent bulbs (CFLs) use one quarter of the energy incandescent bulbs need to run and last about 10 times longer, too. CFLs are quiet and turn on instantly so there's no wait time for them to generate light. Known for their warm, color correcting hues, use them anywhere you might normally use an incandescent bulb.
LED lights, or a "light-emitting diode," is an extremely energy-efficient source. They are not your one stop shop for lighting, however. They provide great directional light, yet not diffused illumination, so these are a great choice for under-counter lighting. They are not designed to light up an entire room. Some newer models cluster LEDs together to give more brightness to a larger area, yet these bulbs come with a hefty price tag.
Not all bulbs perform the same function, so don't be hasty in throwing away your current bulbs in favor of only using one type. Having an idea of how bulbs work might make it a little less frustrating and overwhelming in the aisles when shopping for new ones. Take a little time to become familiar with the types manufactured. Know which ones you need to perform tasks in your home. From providing workspace lighting in the laundry room to showcasing a piece of art, bulbs are designed with purpose and practicality. Make sure you select ones that are right for your fixtures and your needs.


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So I was delighted that the American Association for the Advancement of Science Professional Ethics Report invited me to write Making Public Communication Part of Research Responsibility: What Scientists Can and Should Do. In it, I share my observations on some of the factors that keep researchers from communicating with broader audiences, and simple steps they can take to make communicating an integral part of their research activities. My take: Scientists should view the public and the media as shareholders in their work, and approach them that way. I offer some simple steps toward the goal of fitting communication into the scientist's research, and hope you'll share this with a scientist or expert near you.
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Communicators hoping to connect experts with reporters might want to try this exercise. Have you asked them this question?
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Administracinės prievartos priemonės: žmogaus teisių pažeidimas ar visuomenės saugumo garantas
Mikalauskaitė -Šostakienė, Kristina
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The aim of this article therefore is to disclose the most important human rights and the types of coercive measures in Lithuanian legal documents and international legal documents, implementation issues of coercive measures in legal documents. In international and in national legal acts the most important thing is respect for Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms. State has direct responsibility to protect rights of every and each human being. This obligation state realize with the police forces. The most important, that police Can "not violence Human Rights. In this respect, police play a vital role in all the member states that they are frequently called upon to intervene in conditions which are dangerous for their members, and that their duties are made yet more difficult if the rules of conduct of their members are not sufficiently precisely defined. Although legal coercion as a legal institute, is widely considered and analyzed, but the vast majority of scientific publications related to legal coercion, which is applicable in criminal justice. This article is for abuse of legal instruments for administrative justice in the analysis. Practice shows that administrative responsibilities and administrative coercive measures are applied significantly more often than coercive measures, which apply to criminal proceedings. This article examines cases in which administrative coercive measures should be applied and what conditions must be satisfied that the abuse of administrative measures would be considered as an option, albeit extreme, public safety, rather than as government officials committed human rights violations.
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Apr 27
Barry Manilow brings hits, emotion and charm to Gwinnett
By: Melissa Ruggieri
Published: April 27, 2013
It's hard to imagine the type of pop craftsmanship so expertly presented by Barry Manilow existing 30 years from now.
Aside from selling 80 million records worldwide, stringing up 57 singles on the charts between 1974 and 2012 (it was a Christmas song, if you're wondering) and now planning a musical that opens at the Alliance Theatre in the fall, Manilow is a masterful performer.
He knows that a PG-rated hip thrust during an amped-up dance version of "Could it Be Magic" will still send the ladies squealing and that any of the tender and/or lovelorn ballads in his insanely full repertoire will keep them swooning.
Manilow brought those songs and about 20 more to a nearly full Arena at Gwinnett Center Saturday night for his "Manilow on Broadway" hits parade, a show based on the one he performed for a month on Broadway earlier this year.
Though he turns 70 in June and walks a bit more stiffly since his hip surgery at the end of 2011, Manilow has rarely sounded better (and this is coming from a veteran Fanilow who has seen him perform dozens of times during the past two decades).
With a crackerjack six-piece band behind him and two spirited backup singers adding fancy footwork as well as vocal flourishes, Manilow plowed through "Somewhere in the Night," "Can't Smile Without You" (the always over-long bring-a-fan-on-stage shtick has mercifully been axed) and the spunky "Bandstand Boogie."
Audience cheers escalated when "American Bandstand" footage of Dick Clark appeared on the onstage video screen and the glow sticks handed out at the door were in full overhead swing.
Throughout the well-paced show, Manilow cracked several self-effacing jokes. "My nose looks as big as those buildings," he said when a snapshot of the "Even Now" album cover with the New York skyline behind his silhouette popped onscreen and then, after "I Am Your Child," joked, "That was on my first album, which we released in 1821."
Sure, it's all a little ba-dum-bum, but even when Manilow is sticking to scripted patter, he comes off as the relatable Brooklyn boy he referenced on the slinky "Brooklyn Blues" and "This One's for You," which he dedicated to his grandfather, Joseph.
Manilow is a consummate musician, a melody man who attributes his love of music to his days in the school orchestra. To that end, Manilow created the Manilow Music Project and is donating a piano to a school district (Gwinnett County Public Schools here) in every city he plays. He also mentioned Jackson's Music store on Horizon Parkway in Buford as the locale to drop off used instruments for school donations.
But back on stage, Manilow, who moved between a grand piano and a keyboard throughout the 90-minute show, unleashed a powerhouse vocal during the swelling "Weekend in New England" and referenced the four "decades" albums that kept him busy in the mid-2000s with a trot through Frankie Valli's "Can't Take My Eyes Off You."
While fans obviously relished the timeless emotion and heart-hugging sentiments of "I Made it Through the Rain" and "Trying to Get the Feeling" and those glow sticks slashed the air mightily during the irresistible deep-fried cheese that is "Copacabana," a highlight came with a hint of "Harmony."
Manilow is staging the musical for the Alliance – "You guys are so lucky to have such a beautiful theater in your hometown," he said – and performed the love song from the show, "Every Single Day."
It's a beautiful, cascading ballad stocked with the perfect amount of chest-heaving emotion for a theatrical production – and Manilow nailed every note.
No, we won't likely see a songwriter of Manilow's stature any time soon – if ever again – but it's heartening to know that he isn't done yet.


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How to Change a Murray Riding Lawn Mower Tire
Sooner or later you will end up with a flat tire on your Murray riding mower. You have a decision to make when changing the lawn mower tire. You can either purchase a replacement tire that is already mounted to a rim or you can simply remove the flat tire from your existing rim and place a new tire on the rim. It is less expensive to use your existing rim.
Removing the Tire
- Park your Murray riding mower on a level part of your driveway or garage floor.
- Position the floor jack under the middle of the front frame, if you are changing the front tire.
Park your Murray riding mower on a level part of your driveway or garage floor. Avoid changing tires on the lawn. The jack or jack stands can sink into the ground, making removal or reinstallation of the tire difficult.
Place a block of wood on each side of the tire on the opposite end of the mower that you will be working. Place one block in front of the tire and one block in back of the tire.
Position the floor jack under the middle of the front frame, if you are changing the front tire. If you are changing the rear tire, position the jack under the rear frame.
Raise the mower with the floor jack until the bottom of the tire is off the ground. Put a jack stand on each side of the jack under the frame. Adjust the jack stands so that they make contact with the mower frame. Lower the mower with the floor jack until all the weight of the mower is on the jack stands.
Remove the plastic cap in the center of the rim. Use a pair of pliers to twist the cap away from the rim. When removing front tires, bend the retaining cotter pin straight with a pair of pliers and pull the cotter pin out of the axle. Rear tires use a retaining ring; pry it off with a flathead screwdriver.
Remove the square key that is in between the axle and the rim with a pair of vise grips, if you are changing the rear tire. Do not lose the key, because it is necessary for reinstallation.
Remove Old Tire and Install New Tire
- Lay the tire and rim on a flat surface.
- Place the new tire onto the rim using the crowbars to pry the tire over the rim.
Lay the tire and rim on a flat surface. Remove the cap from the valve stem and press a flathead screwdriver in the middle of the valve stem to release the remaining air.
Remove the tire from the rim using two crowbars to pull the tire beads from the rim. Insert one crowbar between the upper tire bead and the rim and pry up until you can insert the second crowbar. Insert the second crowbar and pry up and then slide the crowbar around the circumference of the rim to completely remove the upper bead. Remove the opposite side of the tire the same way.
Place the new tire onto the rim using the crowbars to pry the tire over the rim. Use care when doing this so that you do not damage the tire. Brush tire bead seal around the outside beads of the tire using a small brush.
Wrap a ratchet strap around the circumference of the tire and tighten the strap until the tire bead walls make contact with the rim on both side. Begin filling the tire with air as you slowly release the ratchet strap. Once the tire is halfway full of air, remove the ratchet strap. Finish filling the tire with air to the recommended PSI on the sidewall of the tire.
Install New Tire on Mower
- Place the tire over the axle.
- On front tires, place the cotter pin back into the axle and bend the ends to secure the tire.
Place the tire over the axle. If you are working on a rear tire, position the notch on the inner rim with the notch on the axle. Tap the square key into the notch with a hammer.
Place the retaining ring over the axle to secure the rear tire. On front tires, place the cotter pin back into the axle and bend the ends to secure the tire. Snap the plastic cap over the end of the axle.
Raise the mower with the jack just enough to remove the jack stands. Lower the mower to the ground and remove the wood blocks.
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Things Needed
- 2 blocks of wood
- Floor jack
- Jack stands
- Pliers
- Flathead screwdriver
- 2 small crowbars
- New tire
- Tire bead seal
- Ratchet strap
- Hammer


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If you are in the trial room or bathroom of a showroom or a shop, then check the glass installed there. To test the camera hidden in the mirror, first place a finger on the mirror. If there is a gap between the finger placed and the finger visible in the mirror, then there is no camera attached to it. If there is no gap between the finger and the visible finger on the glass and they are visibly connected.
So this means that, from the other side of the mirror, you are being monitored. And a hidden camera has been installed at that place. Apart from this, if you go to the trial room, your phone network goes away or if the call does not come from your number, then it should be understood that there is a camera there.
Identify with smartphone
By the way, there are many such applications on the play store, with the help of which you can get information about hidden cameras. For this, you will have to install it on your smartphone. After this, you have to go to any public or private place and turn this app on the smartphone. After which you will get the option of Start to Detect, after selecting this, this app will start scanning hidden cameras around you.
Whenever a camera location is found on your smartphone, then red or black light will appear on your screen. With which you will be able to easily find out where at the place your spy is being done by putting a camera.


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ENRICH in China is organising a webinar focusing on "The Future of China's Healthcare Industry" to present the most recent report produced within the Centre's work by one of its partners - Tsinghua University, taking place on May 29th at 10:15 CET.
Ms Pan WANG, research associate in the Institute for Global Industry of Tsinghua University, will give interesting insights and highlight results from her report "Dual-Track Dynamics: The Future of China's Health Care Industry".
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For some reason, probably the slippery easy-to-fray fabric, this project just took forever. I couldn't start any other projects until I finished this one or it would never get done, so it just lingered around for a long long time. However, this week I decided to clear my path for other, more-fun sewing, so I tried to work on it every day. Finally I remembered that I would be seeing my daughter on Saturday when we would go to a family event (my nephew's wife graduated from nursing school!) so I made the effort and finished sewing on the last button Friday night.
Since we were down in Monterey when I gave A the shirt, she said she would send me a picture of her wearing it. We have a rule: if I sew something for you, there is an obligatory try on of the garment. Here is her selfie:
It doesn't look too bad after being squished in a ziplock bag all day. Her mirror is one of a set of curvy, wavy mirrors.
Now I am free to start another project. I usually hem a tablecloth for a palate cleanser, so that's what I'll do. I have some nice blue and white decorator fabric I got at the craft thrift store that will do nicely.


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"Take this pill," the medicine man said when the moon was overhead,
"Strike me dead if it doesn't make you young and full of pep again."
I believed his words because; diplomas hanging on his walls put me in awe
of how accomplished he was, so I took the pills to be young again.
Instead, they put me into a stupor for a month or more. One day I awoke and my head was clear, but what I treasured more than anything, had disappeared.
Before taking those pills, something within spoke to me throughout the day, not in words,
but in thoughts that turned everyday objects and happenings into heavenly moments of joy.
I could write a story or a poem anytime I put a pencil in my hand, and always had an ending that twisted and turned and spurned the main theme, like a dream to the reader's eyes.
I'd see colors so bright, they'd blind anyone else, and music of any kind filled me with joy before those pills killed God's gift to me. Is it worth staying alive now that the best part of me is gone?
Before that part got lost, I enjoyed my own company more than any others. I was free to think and design, whatever my imagination sent my way. It was my best companion and friend.
I wanted to stop the pharmaceuticals but was told, "Take them for the rest of your life or you'll die."
As I lay in the dark, I cannot see what choice to make, because my imagination has died and without it, I cannot see or hear things that are beautiful to me.


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Insuring Your Health columnist Michelle Andrews helps you navigate the new insurance marketplaces that are scheduled to launch on Oct. 1.
Q: How does someone qualify to enroll in a marketplace? Are the rules the same in every state?
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Even though practically anyone can shop for coverage on a state exchange, only certain people will qualify for subsidies to make coverage more affordable there. Subsidies will be available to people with incomes up to 400 percent of the federal poverty level. That's about $46,000 for one person or $94,000 for a family of four.
Subsidies will only be available to people who don't have good coverage available elsewhere. So if you're eligible for Medicare or Medicaid, you can't get subsidies on the exchanges. Likewise, if your employer offers good coverage you won't qualify for subsidies. Good coverage in this case means a plan that doesn't cost more than 9 1/2 percent of your income and pays at least 60 percent of your covered medical expenses. If your employer plan comes up short in either of those areas, you could qualify for subsidized coverage on an exchange.
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The seniors opened their league campaign with a good home win over Mullingar Shamrocks last Saturday. Both sides had a number of absentees, including county players, but Garrycastle will be happy with their overall display. They showed plenty of determination and good teamwork all through the game and deserved their victory. They started positively with quick points from Conor Cosgrove (free) and Damien Rushe, and these two players continued to show great leadership in attack. A further four points from Cosgrove (two from frees) and another from Johnny McGuire gave Garrycastle a lead of 0-7 to 0-3 at half time.
Kenny Dolan gave Garrycastle a good start to the second half with a neat point and another marvellous point from Cosgrove gave his team a six-point cushion. Shamrocks scored their only point of the second half to narrow the gap and almost added a goal but were denied by a great save by Sean Brennan. In the final ten minutes two more Cosgrove points from distance put the seal on a fine performance. Apart from the scorers, Garrycastle had good performances all over the field and all the players contributed to an encouraging victory.
Garrycastle: Sean Brennan, Tom McHugh, John Gaffey, Anthony Larkin, Enda Keena, Mark McCallon, Gary McCallon, Doran Harte, Mark Curley, Matthew Guiheen, Damien Rushe (0-1), Justin Barrett, Johnny McGuire (0-1), Conor Cosgrove (0-8, 3 frees), Kenny Dolan (0-1).
Subs: Liam Flynn (for Guiheen), Ciaran O'Neill (for Dolan), Seanie O'Donoghue (for Rushe) and Frank Farrell (for G. McCallon).


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I am happy with my E-PL2..............having said that I am really interested in the touch screen display on the E-P3, not to mention the speed, especially using the touch screen.
I read the PR review, PJ's comments, posts and photos. I also did more research through google so I'm getting quite familiar with this camera. BTW, one of the major draws are the images that PJ has posted.
IQ is the most important feature for me - and the E-P3 IQ is comparable to the E-PL2 without the red dots. The red dot issue does bother me in the sense that I found myself doing a lot of scenes which include the sunsets/rises. Until now it hasn't been a deal breaker, but looking at the E-P3 I'm very tempted to seriously consider it.
Touch Screen question:
I just found one comment about the touch screen that I have a question about. I read where the touch screen can be turned off by using the "J" menu which I am not familiar with. Can anyone tell me if this is an easy "switch" or a longer process? Here is a copy/paste of the only reference I could find about turning off this feature.
Any information or other thoughts? Thanks.Quote:
You can also turn all touchscreen functions off completely, using the Custom J menu


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Want to know how Baha'is exaggerate their numbers in India?Posted: August 26, 2010 Filed under: Uncategorized Leave a comment
Read this…..
A-Once a Baha'i is registered in their record (By whatever means) he becomes immortal and he never dies. So the Indian Baha'i census has all those Bahais who registered themselves since the time of Abdul Baha and Shoghi effendi.
B-It is a universal phenomenon, every where that Bahais usually signed the card not knowing that it is an independent religion. After his realization he leaves the Faith and he is no more a Bahai. But the Baha'i administration believes that "Once a Baha'i Always a Baha'i". The process is irreversible.
C-Bahais usually multiply their number many folds thinking that every Baha'i must be married and therefore must be having a wife and few children.
D-Those paid workers in the Baha'i Faith, to justify their salaries and their effectiveness have collected a number of non existing addresses
Reality of Bahai faith is assessed after ,
1-removing the name of Bahais once they die.
2-removing the Cards of the Bahais once they leave the Faith.
3-checking all the addresses collected by the National Office, whether those people exist or not.
It is only then that the number 11,000 is the most appropriate figure as given by Official census of Government of India.
At the end I would like to quote your sentence, "For a religion to progress and propagate, sincere service is required to attract the masses and not lip service to attract the masses and then believing that they have abandoned the religion of their ancestors".
Comment by S.Khare Bhopal M.P.
Cracks in the CovenantPosted: August 25, 2010 Filed under: Uncategorized 4 Comments
Bahais present their "Covenant" as something unique to their religion. They present it as an undisputable documented contract of inheritance, a will and testament, if you will, that is protected by God so that any violaters against it will be rendered impotent by it.
The Bahai Faith's history is full of fragmentation, and the course the Bahai Faith has taken has taken quick surprise turns on a number of occasions.
Bahai Faith is itself a product of Covenant Breaking
First Covenant Breaking
The act that brought the Bahai Faith itself into existence was in defiance of such a covenant. The Bab's successor, was actually Mirza Yahya and Not Bahaullah. Bahais produced evidence that Bahaullah was the Bab's intended successor, but did not deny that the Báb appointed Mirza Yahya.
Second Covenant Breaking
Mirza Muhammad Ali
Bahaullah appointed his eldest son Abdul Baha as his successor and after him his younger son Mohammed Ali. After the death of Abdul Baha although Mohammed Ali was alive still many followed , Shoghi effendi the grandson of Abdul Baha. Not following Mohammed Ali was Covenant Breaking of Bahaullah's writing.
Third Covenant Breaking
Later, the third Bahai leader, Shoghi Effendi, died childless. Having failed to produce a will, and having failed to leave any clear indication of a successor, Shoghi left the Bahai world in a precarious situation. What he did was in apparent violation of the Bahai Covenant.
The Bahais whose allegiance lies with the heterodox organisation, those loyal to the Universal House of Justice currently seated in Haifa, Israel, maintain that those who are true to the Covenant will be empowered by the Covenant.
Bahai history shows us a different picture. At many times, the Bahais who eventually prevailed were nearly vanquished. Only recently has there been such a dominant sect in the Bahai Faith, but even that denomination seems impotent and obscure, lacking the influence to even familiarize the world with the word Bahai in this information age.
Bahai history is mottled with inheritance disputes. In defense of their Covenant, Bahais regard the darker periods as divine tests, arguing that egos are often tested by opportunities for power.
Copper converted to goldPosted: August 11, 2010 Filed under: Uncategorized 2 Comments
In Kitab-i-Iqan or the Book of Certitude, Bahaullah claims that copper, in a span of 70 years would be converted to gold.
"For instance, consider the substance of copper. Were it to be protected in its own mine from becoming solidified, it would, within the space of seventy years, attain to the state of gold. There are some, however, who maintain that copper itself is gold, which by becoming solidified is in a diseased condition, and hath not therefore reached its own state.
Be that as it may, the real elixir will, in one instant, cause the substance of copper to attain the state of gold, and will traverse the seventy-year stages in a single moment. Could this gold be called copper? Could it be claimed that it hath not attained the state of gold, whilst the touch-stone is at hand to assay it and distinguish it from copper?" [12]
Certainly interesting for Alchemists who have turned into Biochemists!
Regarding Bahaullah's scientific wisdom, I can only add that such ignorant and incorrect statements, presented by Bahaullah as solid and clear facts, naturally questions his credibility and mental sanity.
Now let's look into some of Bahaullah's and Baha'ism's universal and superior directives.
The punishment of theft
In the Kitab-i-Aqdas, Bahaullah instructs his followers to punish thieves [13].
On the first offence the thief is exiled, on the second, imprisonment is prescribed and on the third offence a mark is placed on the thief's forehead. This means that if a thief is caught for the first time, he is to be exiled. In the new city he continues to steal and when caught people will not know of his past, so he will be exiled to another city and will keep on stealing.
Let's though assume that a thief is recognized and caught on the third offence, will the mark on his forehead now prevent him from stealing if exile and imprisonment did not? Is the mark on the thief's forehead a license to continue his crimes? What about those caught for the fourth time? How will they be punished?
The punishment for adultery
Adultery and fornication according to Bahaullah is punishable by a fine paid to the Universal House of Justice, (UHJ). On page 15 of Kitab-i-Aqdas (The Most Holy Book), he writes, "It is a must for every adulterer and adulteress that they must pay to the Universal House of Justice and give 9 mithqals of gold. And should they repeat the act, the atonement will be doubled."[14] However if the adulterer/adulteress cannot afford it, then "the poor are the trust of God in your midst"[15] This means that the rich will easily commit adultery and the poor who can't afford the adultery penalty, will still very easily commit adultery as they are "in the protection of God"!
Further, I am very curious to know why adultery and fornication have the same punishment- are both crimes considered equally destructive and injurious to the society and the individuals involved?
Also what an honorable way for the men of Universal House of Justice to fill their coffers and 'fulfill their responsibilities'! (The UHJ consists only of Baha'i men since Bahai women are not allowed to participate in the law making process in their faith's supreme governing institution…Now, that's called gender equality!)
Although Baha'i proponents seem to preach 'unity, peace and equality among mankind' their history, marred by violence, and their teachings, which are in fact twisted and changed Islamic laws, contradict their averred concept of world peace and gender equality.
[13] Kitab-i-Aqdas, text nr. 45
[14] Kitab-i-Aqdas, text nr 49
[15] Kitab-i-Aqdas: its place in Baha'i literature
Published in The Baha'i World 1992-93 pages 105-117 Baha'i World Centre, 1993, ISBN 0-85398-996-6, Original written in English. Haifa: 1993
See the part on 'Government'
Infallibility of UHJPosted: August 8, 2010 Filed under: Uncategorized Leave a comment
As a historian of religion, I would argue that the disenrollment of Sen McGlinn is another in a series of signs that the Baha'i Faith is becoming a churchin the Weberian sense, bound together by doctrinal considerations rather than informal enthusiasm (as was often the case in the 1960s and 1970s).The two doctrines, departing from which has resulted in sanctions, are the absolute infallibility of the Universal House of Justice and its future role atthe head of a global theocracy wherein Baha'i administrative institutions will also form the civil government. I know that Baha'i readers will object thatShoghi Effendi expressed reservations about the phrase "theocracy," but I would argue that the doctrine of theocracy now being imposed from Haifa isanyway incompatible with the plain texts of the holy figures. So I am using the word as a social science term, since social scientists would typicallyconsider the assertion that religious institutions will exercise temporal rule a form of theocracy.
The doctrine of the infallibility of the Universal House of Justice has evolved radically in recent decades. Abdul-Baha called the institution ma`sum or"guarded from sin by God," but said its `ismat was derivative, which certainly makes it sound not very strong, and far from absolute. And, of course,he had also expressed the hope in The Secret of Divine Civilization that the Iranian cabinet would prove "ma`sum," or protected by God from makingbig errors. Orally, he denied his own infallibility. So he did not mean by the term anything approaching "absolute infallibility." Once a body calling itselfthe Universal House of Justice was actually elected, at a time when the original plans for the structure of the religion, found in the writings of the holyfigures, had clearly fallen through, there was a natural tendency for that body and its appointees and clients to put very strong emphasis on infallibility.It is a way of asserting leadership of a disparate community. They developed the doctrine into one of absolute infallibility. This process is a form of theiron law of bureaucracy, wherein entrenched elites inevitably have far more power over time to shape things than rank and file "citizens." The absoluteinfallibility of the Universal House of Justice is an implicit, assumed belief, and for those who uphold it, it is one of the things that define being a Baha'i.The doctrine of theocracy is mysterious in its origins, though Sen McGlinn has given many clues as to its development in the Western communities. Itcertainly directly contradicts the position of the Baha'i holy figures. Precisely because it is contrary to the scriptural texts, policing this doctrine is allthe more crucial for those who believe in it (and who have somehow managed to make believing in it a criterion for rising high in the religion).Otherwise, as a doctrine it is volatile and unstable, constantly in danger of deconstructing itself. Actually, insofar as the most great infallibility wasreserved by Baha'u'llah for the Manifestations of God, the absolute infallibility of the Universal House of Justice is likewise not scriptural. (And sinceBaha'is have to live every day with numerous errors made by that body, it is also contrary to common sense). It, too, is an unstable doctrine and somust be imposed zealously if it is to survive.
All of the Baha'i scholars and intellectuals who have been threatened, harassed or sanctioned by the Baha'i administration since the late 1970s havebeen guilty of publicly disputing one of these two doctrines. Since the high administrators believe that these two doctrines define Baha'i orthodoxy andlegitimate membership in the community, an open, public, and vocal challenge to them is almost always met with sanctions. The Baha'i administration iswell aware that most Baha'is probably have not yet accepted these two doctrines, but is willing to chalk this phenomenon up to the immaturity of thebelievers. They are not sanctioned because they are not writers, and have no particular influence, and are not so much opposed to the New Orthodoxyas they are just not convinced of it.
The sociological mechanisms whereby Baha'i administrators and intellectuals throughout the world are inducted behind the scenes into this two-foldNew Orthodoxy are unclear and need investigation. Many of the signals given by high administrators lack explicitness.
So, it is clear that the Universal House of Justice has called upon members of the National Spiritual Assemblies throughout the world (is that 1100persons or so?) to refute Sen McGlinn's book, a powerful signal that they must uphold the doctrine of theocracy. It is also clear that removal of McGlinnfrom membership in the community is a form of excommunication or takfir (takfir is simply saying that someone who considers himself or herself abeliever is not actually a believer, because of some essential deficit). And the basis for the takfir is his public refutation of the key doctrine ofTheocracy.
Doctrinally-based churches, such as Roman Catholicism, always impose sanctions on believers who publicly reject key doctrines. This move isnecessary in part to protect the doctrines themselves, since sanctioning an author brands his or her work with a sort of taboo, making the work lesslikely to prove able to challenge the Orthodox doctrine within a community eager to stay on the right side of orthodoxy. The Baha'i faith has simplybecome such a doctrinally-based church. Since so many rank and file believers came in via the old "sect-like" route of popular enthusiasm, theadministrative Church above presides unevenly over the remnants of the Sect (in the technical sense) below.
That is why the New Orthodoxy must remain a secret orthodoxy, but must nevertheless be policed, putting the "heretics" in the Kafkaesque positionof not knowing exactly why they have been sanctioned. The "doctrine" may not be named as such, the "heresy" may also not be named, and even thesanction, of excommunication of various sorts, may not be called that, either. Naming these things would signal to the rank and file that theiradministration had become a doctrinal church, of a sort many of them joined the Baha'i faith to get away from.
Juan Cole
History, U of Michigan
Was Abdul Baha's "Will and Testament". produced to the general public after His death? Or, was it known to have existed before His death?Posted: August 6, 2010 Filed under: Uncategorized Leave a comment
I don't think Abdul Baha's "Will and Testament" was known to have existed before his death. If it was, then at least the part appointing Shoghi Effendi as "Guardian" was unknown, because even Shoghi himself wrote that he had no idea before Abdul-Baha died that he would be given any position in the faith except possibly the ceremonial convener of the Universal House of Justice.
Bahiyyih Khanum played a big role in persuading Bahais to accept the will and its appointment of Shoghi Effendi to Guardianship. In fact, for a couple of years after Abdul-Baha died, Bahiyyih was running the faith and seen as its temporary head (at least among those who had rejected Mirza Muhammad Ali). She was the biggest champion of the appointment of Shoghi, and remained highly influential even after he returned to the Holy Land to assume the mantle of Guardianship following his years of vacationing in Switzerland after his nervous breakdown.
If the will was forged, I suppose one would have to consider Bahiyyih Khanum as one of the logical suspects for who might have done the forging — as shocking as that thought may be — since she actually was leading the (non-Unitarian) Bahais at the time of Abdul-Baha's death and continued to do so for a long time. She had the power and thus the opportunity.
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My DD is acting like a teenager ... and she's only eleven. Uh oh. Woke her this morning at 7:00 (which is later than MOST kids have to get up for school) and she fussed and grumbled and complained. Used to be she was a total morning person and popped out of bed like she slept in a toaster. When she was a baby, she woke up singing and I'd lay there and listen to her on the monitor for ten or fifteen minutes because it was such a happy sound.
I'm thinking, "Go away!" isn't such a happy sound.
We didn't start school yesterday as planned because the LASR anniversary party put me behind. So, yesterday I worked on her schooling and set up her schedule so (in theory) we'll finish the first week in June. If nothing happens. :::insert laughter here:::
My LASR biz partner, Judy, is committing to write on her lunch hour at her EDJ and I told her to ping me on IM when she's ready and we'd do it together. It'll help me realize where the day and time is going. Most days, I lose track, look up and it's dinnertime.
In any case, wish me luck with day one of school... we'll see how DD does (besides grumbling).
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Learning a new language would broaden your perspective and give you an inside look at another area of the world.
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Art, forensic astronomy, and Edvard Munch's Krakatoa sky 12 May 2009Posted by admin in volcano culture.
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Texas State University astrophysicist Donald Olson practices what he calls 'forensic astronomy' – using science to investigate artistic, literary and historical puzzles. An article in Smithsonian Magazine looks at his work and some of the puzzles he has investigated, including where on the English coast Julius Caesar's invasion fleet landed in 44BC, why the United States Marines ran aground offshore during their amphibous landing on Tarawa in 1943, when Ansel Adams took some of his most celebrated photographs, and why Edvard Munch's The Scream (1893) has that anguished blood-red sky (a memory of the effects of the eruption of Krakatoa in 1883, Olson suggests).
Interesting and controversial stuff from the art/science frontier zone: Jennifer Drapkin and Sarah Zielinski, 'Forensic astronomer solves fine arts puzzles', Smithsonian Magazine, April 2009 (via SciTech Daily Review).


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If you couldn't tell by my recent writing, Rob and I are really struggling. And we've both been coping (or rather not coping) in our own ways.
I cope either by eating everything in sight, or by not eating at all. There have been times when things were so bad that I only ate about 1 meal a day. I once lost about 15lbs in 2 weeks. It's not a good way to cope. But it keeps me sane(-ish). My other brilliant coping mechanism is to either wallow or shove my feelings aside. For the past few months, I've been shoving and now I've gotten to the wallowing part. Basically, I cry, watch TV, and do nothing other than write, cry, and watch TV with occasional spurts of manic cleaning. Again, not the healthiest, but I'm still here, I've made it through every rough patch and I don't see why I won't make it through any future rough patches. It might not be the healthiest way to handle things, but it seems to work for me.
Rob used to cope with things by doing very destructive things. Drinking, smoking, etc. Basically any vice you could think of is what he would tun to. But over the years he's moved away from destructive habits. There would be times when he was struggling and he would buy a can of dip, or backslide in some other way, but he has done so well the last several years, and I am so proud of him. But he is struggling more right now than he has in a long time.
Today, he was talking to me about how he's been backsliding into one of his less-destructive habits: overspending. We have a pretty strict budget, and part of that is our weekly 'mad money'–cash that we can spend on fast food or any other splurge items that we want. We withdraw a certain amount, and once your share is gone, it's gone. But for the past few nights, Rob has been buying food that he didn't have the cash for and just been putting it on the card instead of only buying what he could afford. I was a bit freaked out at first. This used to lead to bigger and bigger spending, and more and more destructive habits, until he swung manic.
But then he talked to me about how since he doesn't want to fall back to even worse habits (he had considered buying dip and cigarettes) he is just sort of accepting the fact that he will overspend a little as a coping mechanism. He said he didn't want to freak me out by talking about the things he was thinking about, that he didn't have a plan to 'misbehave', he just knew what he was prone to and wanted to think through every possibility. So we talked about our different ways of coping, and we both agreed that neither of us have that great of coping skills. We also agreed that being aware that we are struggling is more than half the battle. He's going to get in touch with his therapist on Monday and we have a couple's appointment on Friday, and until then we are just going to cope as best as we can and be there for each other.
I was so glad that Rob was willing to talk to me, and I told him that. How only a year ago he would have just shut me out. And what he said back to me really made me stop. He said he was glad that he felt he could talk to me, because before with the PTSD he felt as though he had to watch what he said because he was never sure how I would react. And when I stopped to think about it, I realized he was right. I really did get confused sometimes, and sometimes I did really overreact. Granted, sometimes my responses were completely warranted, but looking back I can see where it would be disorienting to try and figure out who would be responding, me or the PTSD. In a way, it must have been like me trying to figure out if I was dealing with Robby, manic Robby, or depressed Robby. And I had never realized that before.
So I thanked him for being willing to work with me even when I had the PTSD, because he was willing. He was always willing. And I am so glad (and so is he) that I started EMDR. It's been a long, hard fight, but so worth it.


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A variety of homes will be provided to meet different local needs. A number of affordable properties will also be provided.
Our plans include space for new businesses, totalling 6.08 hectares, which could include a mix of light industrial and distribution uses, with some offices, creating new job opportunities for local people. The proposals could create 130 direct full-time jobs during the construction phase and 750 full-time jobs during the operational phase; in addition to indirect jobs in the supply chain and more generally.
The primary access for the site will be provided via Titan Way, with Paradise Lane remaining closed to cars. Paradise Lane will operate as a bus-only access route, controlled via a bus gate. The employment area will have its own access points from Titan Way, as well as access points through the existing industrial area. Finally, Longmeanygate will be transformed by a new traffic calming scheme including a stretch of "quiet lane".
A full Transport Assessment will accompany the planning application
A combination of conservation and enhancement of existing habitat and creation of new woodland, meadows and wetlands will provide a network of green spaces through the site. No protected species have been recorded but the conservation and creation of biodiversity features and the commitment to long-term habitat management will be of benefit to fauna and biodiversity such as common toad, nesting birds and butterflies. A detailed ecological impact assessment will be submitted as part of the planning application, which will assess all environmental influences upon the surrounding area and consider the following: transport, ground condition, archaeology, drainage, noise, air quality, ecology, landscape and climate change.
Paradise Park remains under the ownership of South Ribble Council and this will not change as a result of any planning application. No building development is proposed for Paradise Park. We are keen to hear residents views on potential enhancements to Paradise Park.
The redevelopment of the site will bring a variety of benefits to Moss Side and South Ribble. Major revenue streams will be secured for the Council through:
A mixture of homes will be developed for working age families, including new affordable homes. Other benefits include a new local centre with shops and services, enhancements to green spaces and lots of permanent jobs in new businesses.
The application will be brought forward in phases. It will be a hybrid application with the entire site falling under an outline application, which provides the principle for development. The hybrid application will include a detailed application for Phase 1A for the infrastructure and Phase 1B for new homes.


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I harmonized this melody as an exercise and as a way of keeping up my "chops" so to speak. The idea was to harmonize "Home on the Range" in a chorale style with an independent bass line that would hold up well on its own and then fill in the inner voices. This was done in a traditional classical style paying attention to the principles of voice-leading and counterpoint so masterfully displayed by composers like Fernando Sor whom I greatly admire and was my model for this little arrangement. Briefly, this classical style involves writing in a way that maximizes the independence of the voices by incorporating more contrary motion and less parallel motion; the parallel motion being more characteristic of a jazz harmonic approach. I still wanted to incorporate modern harmony with a jazz bent as I usually do since jazz harmony has always fascinated me, and show how this more modern harmony can be seen as a natural development or extension of previous harmonic vocabulary. This is the same approach I used in writing my book of studies: Influences, 21 Intermediate Etudes for Guitar. As I completed it I thought it made a good study similar to Etude 8, Op. 6 by Fernando Sor. I also recently finished a set of six of these arrangements called An American Medley available for purchase.
The challenge in playing a piece like this is maintaining a legato sound as well as balancing the voices. From a technical point of view, I think I spent more time trying to figure out a fingering to achieve this than it took me to write the piece. I think eventually through natural selection guitarists will have a minimum of seven or eight fingers on the left hand (right for lefties).
I hope you enjoy this little study. I find it quite challenging to play and an excellent left hand workout. It really does keep my chops up in more ways than one. I know you have probably had enough of this harmonic exploration for a while, so I will move on to other things. Please let me know of any topics that you might find interesting. Even if I don't have a clue about it the research will keep the dementia in check for a while. Happy New Year!


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Sunday, May 24, 2009
Featured Stamper 120- Mercy Kerin!!!!
Hello Y'all!!
The featured stamper over at SCS this week is the one and only......Mercy Kerin!!! I love Mercy's work and I am so glad that I got to case her today!!! If you would like to check out her gallery please go here. This is the card that I cased from her right here. Thanks for looking and have a great Sunday!! I also have some exciting news to tell you in a few so stay tuned!!
Card Recipe for I Love You Card(All materials by SU! unless otherwise noted)
Stamps: Damask Designs(PTI)
Paper: Hammermill White Cardstock, Going Gray, DCWV DP
Ink: Basic Black
Accessories and Tools: Ribbon, Scallop Edge Punch, Bling(The Paper Company)
21 comments:
- Xonetra said...
very elegant ! I could never think of anything like this...well and actually put it together. LOL
i need to make a wedding card for my dad. he is getting married in about 2 weeks...i am drawing a blank on what to do !!!
- May 24, 2009 at 4:28 PM
- Maria said...
Gorgeous card, Tenia! I love the elegant look to it. The patterns on your design is beautiful!! Pretty bow too!
Hope you have a wonderful Memorial Day!
- May 24, 2009 at 5:52 PM
- Cindy Haffner said...
Perfect, awesome job. Cindy xxoo
- May 24, 2009 at 8:21 PM
- Cassie said...
i love her too! great feature of one of her cards tenia! i love all that black and white!
- May 24, 2009 at 9:36 PM
- Marilyn (mlj-mlj) said...
stunning, beautiful!
- May 25, 2009 at 12:08 AM
- Cathleen said...
Oh, I saw this in the gallery today, and I loved it, such an elegant card!
- May 25, 2009 at 12:59 AM
- Beverly said...
Tenia! I love your cc on your hinged card! It is gorgeous.. I also love your 'happy' music...
- May 25, 2009 at 7:12 AM
- Sue said...
Very elegant! Love it!
- May 25, 2009 at 8:02 AM
- Rebecca said...
I love the elegance of this! It's great, nice case-ing of another gorgeous card!
- May 25, 2009 at 8:34 AM
- Lisa Brown said...
Beautiful card...love the black and white!
- May 25, 2009 at 11:54 AM
- Joan Ervin said...
This is sooo beautiful, Tenia....I love the elegant color combo and the ribbon is gorgeous!!!! Love your wonderful music, too!!!
- May 25, 2009 at 12:15 PM
- Ann said...
Beautiful! I love the elegant colors and the bling!
- May 25, 2009 at 1:12 PM
- Darlene said...
This is GORGEOUS!!!
- May 25, 2009 at 1:15 PM
Beautiful CASE!! Very elegant!
- May 25, 2009 at 4:10 PM
- Susie M. said...
Wow...this is gorgeous! so glamorous. Very nice!
- May 25, 2009 at 6:54 PM
- Judy Rozema said...
A wonderfully classy card!! So chic but elegant too!
- May 25, 2009 at 7:05 PM
- Wendy said...
Gorgeous card Tenia!! I love the way you did the bling! Beautiful!!
- May 25, 2009 at 8:11 PM
- TanishaRenee said...
I love this, very classy and elegant!
- May 25, 2009 at 9:04 PM
- Julia Aston said...
Love the gray with the B&W on this Tenia - very pretty!
- May 26, 2009 at 6:03 AM
- Emily (stampingout on SCS) said...
This is sooooo elegant! LOVE it! :)
- May 27, 2009 at 3:50 PM
- Abi Bundy said...
this is gorgeous!
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Namibia vs Italy Live Stream :: Namibia are making their sixth successive appearance at the World Cup. However, they are still looking for their maiden win at this competition. They made it to the biggest stage tournament by winning the Rugby Africa Gold Cup. However, the World Cup is an entirely different challenge for the Africans who truly lack quality to compete against the rest of the world.
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The Italy will have a nice chance to open their World Cup campaign with a victory on Sunday when they are to battle group underdogs Namibia. The Italians have never gone beyond the pool phase at this competition and it is highly unlikely the 2019 edition will bring them anything different. They've been drawn to the same pool as the likes.
The Italians do not have the quality to hurt the better teams. Their limits were notable in the previous Six Nations Cup tournament which saw Italy lose each of five matches They lost ten of the last eleven outings in all competitions. The only victory came in a friendly against Russia (85-15).
For the sake of comparison, the Namibians lost 0-20 to Russia in the Nations Cup tie this summer. They failed to pick up a single win four years ago in England in spite of having the likes of Georgia and Tonga in the same pool. Namibia conceded 174 points in four matches at the previous World Cup.
The difference in quality between the two sides is massive and we expect the Italians to win by at least 31 point difference with ease here. Such an outcome
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The alternative bet will be Over 49.5 points in the match at the same 10/11 odds. Namibia are too weak defensively and we can't see them holding the Italians down here.
As with their yearly outings in the Six Nations, Italy head to the Rugby World Cup with little expectation hanging over their heads.
The Azzurri have failed to make any real impact on the game's grandest stage. Although they've qualified for every tournament since its inception in 1987, not once have Italy progressed beyond the group stages.
They seem destined to meet a similar fate in Japan, too, having been drawn in Pool B alongside New Zealand, South Africa, Canada and Namibia. In reality, Conor O'Shea's men will be targetting a third-place finish in the group.
Italy will be hoping for a clean bill of health from Leonardo Ghiraldini who is fighting to be fit for the tournament after rupturing knee ligaments during the Six Nations earlier this year. The 34-year-old Toulouse hooker offers more than just experience but a battling presence at the breakdown.
Sergio Parisse, meanwhile, will be playing in his fifth World Cup as he once again leads out his side as captain.
Forwards: Simone Ferrari, Andrea Lovotti, Tiziano Pasquali, Nicola Quaglio, Marco Riccioni, Federico Zani, Luca Bigi, Oliviero Fabiani, Leonardo Ghiraldini, Dean Budd, Federico Ruzza, David Sisi, Alessandro Zanni, Maxime Mbanda, Sebastian Negri, Sergio Parisse (c) Jake Polledri, Abraham Steyn
Backs: Callum Braley, Guglielmo Palazzani, Tito Tebaldi, Tommaso Allan, Carlo Canna, Tommaso Benvenuti, Michele Campagnaro, Luca Morisi, Mattia Bellini, Giulio Bisegni, Jayden Hayward, Matteo Minozzi, Edoardo Padovani
Head coach
Conor O'Shea. The Irishman has been fighting something of a losing battle during his time in charge of the Italians. The promise of a renaissance has always been lurking just beyond the horizon, with O'Shea unable to turn the perennial wooden spooners into a genuine European force.
Key player
Matteo Minozzi. The young full-back caught the eye at the 2018 Six Nations where he impressed with a series of dynamic attacking displays that saw him score four tries and earn a place in the team of the championship. His ability to beat a man, and proficiency in crossing the white lane, will prove invaluable for the Italians as they look to take the fight to their opponents in Japan.
The only hitch? Miozzi has been out of action since August 2018 after injuring his ACL. Last month he returned to training with Wasps, whom he signed for at the start of the year, and is set to be a part of Italy's warm-up preparations. But given the nature of his injury, it's unclear whether Minozzi will be able to hit the ground running come Sunday 22 September.
Past record
Italy have never progressed beyond the pool stages.
See above. 2019 won't be any different for the Azzurri.
Matteo Minozzi in action during the Six Nations last year (Getty)
Sunday 22 September – Italy v Namibia (Osaka), 6.15am
Thursday 26 September – Italy v Canada (Fukuoka), 8.45am
Friday 4 October – South Africa v Italy (Shizuoka), 10.45am
Saturday 12 October – New Zealand v Italy (Toyota), 5.45am


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