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'Star Trek' 2008-2009 Book Projects AnnouncedBy T'Bonz
April 20, 2008 - 3:35 AM
A list of Star Trek books projected to be released through early 2009 was released today at the New York Comic-Con.
As reported by TrekBBS, the Star Trek Book panel at Comic-Con, run by Marco Palmieri, Margaret Clark, David Mack, Christopher L. Bennett and Keith R.A. DeCandido, announced the forthcoming Star Trek books that will appear in bookstores from May 2008 through May 2009.
Terok Nor: Night of the Wolves by S.D. Perry & Britta Dennison will be released in May of 2008.
June 2008 will see the appearance of two books: DS9: These Haunted Seas by David R. George III & Heather Jarman, and Terok Nor: Dawn of the Eagles by S.D. Perry & Britta Dennison
Two books will also be offered in July of 2008: Myriad Universes: Infinity's Prism by Christopher L. Bennett, William Leisner and James Swallow and DS9: Fearful Symmetry by Olivia Woods.
In August, look for Myriad Universes: Echoes and Refractions by Keith R.A. DeCandido, Chris Roberson and Geoff Trowbridge; and TNG: Greater than the Sum by Christopher L. Bennett.
September 2008 will see the publication of Star Trek 101, authored by Terry J. Erdmann and Paula M. Block. Star Trek 101 is a primer for the new or casual Star Trek fan, who may be interested in Star Trek XI. There will also be some fun things included for more dedicated fans. Also in September, look for Enterprise: Kobayashi Maru by Michael A. Martin & Andy Mangels.
October's books are: COE: Wounds by Ilsa J. Bick, Keith R.A. DeCandido, John J. Ordover, Terri Osborne and Cory Rushton plus Destiny: Gods of Night by David Mack.
Two more books by David Mack will appear in November and December 2008: Destiny: Mere Mortals and Destiny: Lost Souls.
2009 begins with the January release of Mirror Universe: Shards and Shadows. The authors will be: Christopher L. Bennett, Margaret Wander Bonanno, Peter David, Keith R.A. DeCandido, Michael Jan Friedman, Jim Johnson, Rudy Josephs, David Mack, Dave Stern, James Swallow, Dayton Ward & Kevin Dilmore and Susan Wright. January will also offer: TOS: Errand of Fury: Book 3: Sacrifices of War by Kevin Ryan.
A Singular Destiny, a follow-up novel to David Mack's Destiny Trilogy, will be released in February of 2009. A Singular Destiny is about the political fallout from Destiny's events, and is written along the lines of a Tom Clancy-style political thriller. A Singular Destiny is written by Keith R.A. DeCandido.
March 2009 will see the appearance of TOS: Mere Anarchy by Mike W. Barr, Christopher L. Bennett, Margaret Wander Bonanno, Dave Galanter, Dayton Ward & Kevin Dilmore and Howard Weinstein. March will also see the release of Titan: Over a Torrent Sea by Christopher L. Bennett. Titan: Over a Torrent Sea picks up where Destiny leaves off.
Voyager: Full Circle by Kirsten Beyer will debut in April of 2009. It will pick up where Star Trek Voyager: Spirit Walk: Book 2 left off and will take Voyager all the way to Destiny and will also set the tone for future post-finale Voyager fiction.
Vanguard: Book 4 by Dayton Ward & Kevin Dilmore is on tap for a May 2009 release.
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TV One Taps NBC Exec for Top Programming Spot
TV One Tuesday named veteran television-programming executive Lee Gaither as its executive vice president of programming and production.
Gaither will oversee all program production, acquisition, scheduling and development for the African-American-targeted network.
Gaither joins TV One from NBC, where he was VP of programming and development for NBC Entertainment.
"Lee's breadth and depth of experience in all aspects of the programming business will prove invaluable as we build an entertainment-programming strategy designed to make TV One the premier television destination for African-American adults," TV One president and CEO Johnathan Rodgers said in a prepared statement.

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Trying to use the Authorization header with a WSGI application (e.g. using token authentication with Django REST Framework) with Apache and mod_wsgi? It doesn't work or it falsely uses the sessionid Cookie instead? Either make sure your
TokenAuthorization is tried before the
SessionAuthentication or ensure that Apache is configured to pass the Authorization header to your Python app:
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This also explained way better in the DRF docs which sadly I found out about a little too late:


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Lisa Strazza
Lisa Strazza, feels blessed to have the beautiful landscape of the North Carolina coastline to inspire her new paintings. Prior to moving to the beautiful village of Southport, Strazza was an accomplished painter from the New York, New Jersey region where she was recognized for her abstract paintings and Hudson Valley landscapes. Strazza's bold new Southern portfolio explores all of the color, light, and character, of the Carolina coast and low county in an impressionistic and painterly style that she calls "Southern Impressionism."
If you have any questions about a painting that you have interest in, please contact us by using the Contact page.
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PPMOV Expands Engineering Team and Machine-Assembly Squad
In its effort to focus on engineered printing solutions, Pad Print Machinery of Vermont (PPMOV), East Dorset, VT, added four members to its engineering team and doubled its machine-assembly squad. "This expansion brings our engineering and machine-assembly team to a full one-third of our staff," says Julian Joffe, president of PPMOV. "One of our major areas of expertise is customizing automation systems for our clients, and we have been fortunate to find the quality of engineering talent we required to fulfill our needs.... This broadening of engineering expertise allows us to respond quickly to our customer's needs and be flexible to changing market dynamics. Especially with US-based companies resourcing back home, efficiency through automation is the name of the game."
Paul Poulin, vice president of engineering, says, "We now have a greater representation in the areas of CAD modeling and design, automation design, new-machine conceptualization and execution, automation process control engineering, and Microsoft systems software programming."


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Grau Landscape & Design, Inc. is one of the premier full service landscaping companies in South Florida. Our services include landscape design/installation, landscape maintenance and debris removal, lighting, tree trimming and irrigation. Our experienced landscapers guarantee clean, prompt service. We are a certified, professional landscaping company that has been serving the Palm Beach area for nearly twenty-five years. We serve both residential and commercial properties.
Don't trust your landscaping to anyone with a lawn mower. Grau Landscape & Design, Inc. is licensed and bonded. We offer a wealth of experience and expertise at a fair price.


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Announcement - 21 December 2016
NCAT has released new application forms for guardianship and financial management.
The application forms are now available as separate forms and rewritten in plain English to improve accessibility. A detailed guide is also available at the back of each application to help people when completing the form.
Guardianship application form [PDF, 179kB]
NCAT's Guardianship Division can appoint a guardian under the Guardianship Act 1987 for a person who has a decision making disability. A guardian can make decisions about the person's health, accommodation, services or other lifestyle decisions.
Financial management application form [PDF, 224kB]
The Guardianship Division can appoint a financial manager to make decisions about a person's financial affairs under the Guardianship Act 1987.
A financial management order can only be made if the person does not have the capability to manage their own finances and informal arrangements are not working.


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Matthew 7:12, NKJV.
On Thursday, I received an email from a good friend of mine Joe Quattro, who works at the First Assembly of God church in Brookefield, Connecticut. He forwarded to me the message below with hopes that anyone may be able to help this single mother, who lost her fiancée in a tragic car accident on Friday evening, September 21, 2007.
This is a legitimate request and situation having confirmed it myself. Please read the message below and if there is anything you would like to contribute, a mailing address is provided at the bottom. All items can be shipped to Peter Brady's home address, which is provided as well.
If you have any additional questions you can email me at firstname.lastname@example.com
Please circulate this as much as possible. God bless you all.
On Friday evening, 9/21, my nephew was tragically killed in a car accident. He was only 21 years old. He leaves behind a fiancée, Shannon, and a 3 week old baby girl, Ariana. My nephew did not have life insurance and Shannon is faced with having to go back to work 3 weeks after having her baby. Needless to say, the whole family is distraught over how we can help Shannon and baby Ariana.
I thank you for your offer to open up the request for help for Shannon to your subscribers. We are hoping to be able to provide her with enough supplies to relieve some of the financial burden so that she can enjoy her maternity leave with her baby. I have witnessed first hand the miracles that the HDHM has performed (from helping bring food to the pantry, to raising money for single moms, to making Christmas for a family).
Your network is truly amazing and I thank everyone for any little bit that they can do to help our family. Paul was a wonderful man with a zest for life and a heart of gold. He was a hard worker and was so excited to be a new dad. I have attached a picture of Shannon, Paul and baby Ariana taken just three weeks ago. Below is a list of items they are in need of.
Thank you again for anything you can do.
- Diapers - any brand, needs increasing sizes from size 1 and up (has enough newborn)
- CVS gift cards - for prescriptions for the baby, as needed
- Playtex drop in bottle liners
- Wipes - any brand, non scented
- Baby wash
- Similac powdered formula
- Gas cards - to help her get around to doctors appointments while she is on maternity leave
- Stop & Shop gift cards - to purchase baby items
- Babies R Us or Kohl's gift cards
- Clothes - she received a lot of small clothes from her baby shower, could use size six months and up - spring clothes (should be on clearance now)
They are also doing a scholarship fund for Ariana. Any cash donations would also be appreciated.--
Pete Brady Boss Man
Handy Dandy Handyman
26 Shamrock Drive
Brookfield, CT 06804
203-740-1243 (Phone)
203-740-2524 (Fax)
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Our Story
- Leafy Greens Cafe and Shop
- Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa
- At Leafy Greens we support, sustainable organic agriculture and responsible business practices. This reflects our deep respect and love for the planet and for those around us. We use organic ingredients wherever possible, and guarantee that our products are free from refined sugars, 100% dairy-free, free from any added preservatives, are mostly gluten-free, no additives and no animal products whatsoever!
Saturday, November 5, 2011
The Story of Milk
Friday, October 7, 2011
wow, what a whirlwind of a trip.
The live Blood analysis training in Atlanta was fantastic. Learned so much about health and eating from seeing the details in the blood. I am qualified now and am able to see clients and recommend eating plans.
Today we finished week 2 of Matthew Kenney. I am learning so much at the Academy. We are half way through and the information is just so amazing! Please see my facebook page for all the pictures of the dishes that we have been preparing.
So many exciting things on the horizon for Leafy Greens. Its just the beginning.
Again, thanks for your love and support.
Wednesday, September 21, 2011
I just arrived in Atlanta, I am going to be doing a 3 day full on, one on one, Live Blood Analysis Training. I am about to start the training now. Will keep you all updated on how it goes.
Also been checking out, there seem to be quite a few raw vegan places in Atlanta so I will see if I can get to any of them.
Exciting times ahead!
Yours in Health & Greens
ps. for my dinner last night I had a NAKED Green Smoothie. They are sooooo good. They are available just about everywhere and has the following ingredients:
apple, banana, kiwi, mango, pineapple, spirulina, garlic, chlorella, barley grass, wheat grass, ginger, parsley, broccoli, spinach and blue green algae. Only 140 calories per serving. Looks weird but tastes amazing!! (that's their slogan), cute, I like that. xx
Sunday, September 18, 2011
USA Trip Sept-Nov 2011
I then met up with a friend and ate a lovely salad from Pret a Manger in Bryant Park in the sun. Getting some vitamin D after the long flight over from South Africa.
This week I have been in Philadelphia with my family. They live here. My aunt and uncle and their 7 children. What a struggle it is to feed such a large family. I have been making banana smoothies every morning for the children and green smoothies for the adults. I am so grateful for green smoothies as they are much easier and faster to make than green juice is. Thank you Victoria Boutenko.
This mornings' green smoothie was extra special:
frozen banana
one small cucumber
romaine lettuce
cabbage leaves
Fruits of the Earth Superfood Powder
Earth Superfood powder
Maca powder
soaked almonds
almond milk
cacao nibs
raw honey
frozen blueberries
we drank it in the car on the way to church. everything in this household happens on the go.
For dinner tonight i made a vegan ranch dressing. My cousins love ranch and so I made a healthy one in the Vitamix with cashews, lemon, garlic, olive oil and herb salt. They loved it and couldnt tell the difference:)
My cousin Luke and I got the dehydrator out and were playing with different dried fruits. We sliced up some bananas and stuffed them with raw maple syrup and cinnamon. Also dried kiwi fruit, apples and sprouted almonds and walnuts. Its great gettig the kids involved in the making of their own foods. They can then take these to school with them instead of eating a bag of chips or something.
I start my Live Blood Analysis training on Wednesday in Atlanta. Will let you all know how it goes. I am super excited!!! Moving towards being a health practitioner and increasing my knowledge. Oh, I am so blessed and for this I thank the Lord!
Lots of love to you all, keep up the healthy lifestyle, it will all be so worth it in the end.
Blessings, love and light
18 September 2011
Wednesday, August 10, 2011
I will be at Matthew Kenney from 26 September for 4 weeks.
In the mean time, I have been doing vegan food from Casalinga. It is going well so far. Please see pictures of dishes on our Leafy Greens facebook page.
Thank you again to all of our loyal and much loved customers for all your kind words and positive feeback. We will see you all soon!
Thank you and love
Serna has got a few workshops coming up.
SWEET TREATS – SUNDAY – 28th August
MULDERSDRIFT: Leafy Greens Conference Centre.
11:30 – 14:30
(R350, no lunch)
MULDERSDRIFT: Leafy Greens Café
Sunday 11th September, 11:30 – 14:30
(R350, no lunch
Jono Quail has got a freedom from Fear workshop coming up to, see info below:
Date: Saturday, the 3rd of September, 2011
Time: 8 a.m. - 10 p.m.
Venue: Leafy Greens Café, Plot 328 Rocky Ridge Rd, Muldersdrift (next to Casalinga Restaurant)
Your Investment: R980, including all meals, refreshments, course material and a guided meditation CD
This transformational process facilitated by spiritual teacher, speaker, trainer and life coach Jonathan Quail will change your perception of reality and therefore, both the 'you' who is the perceiver and the world this new 'you' is perceiving, radically. This new 'you' will see a vision of the real world where neither fear nor any of its associated negative emotions, such as guilt, anger, greed, envy and apathy, exist, and you will start to live by the single law of this real world, the world of Divine Truth, while you are apparently living in this world. This law is the law of unconditional love for all living things, which is a law that eliminates all fear and the separation that goes with it from your mind.
This new world and the results you will experience living in it will be so transformed that you will be astonished and delighted with the transformation that starts to take place in your life after this truly life-changing workshop. The fear that binds you to the 'lead' of the negative conditions and circumstances you may be experiencing in your life currently - poor health, financial scarcity, bad relationships or any of the numerous other outward manifestations of fear that seem to be an unavoidable consequence of being human – will be transmuted into the love and the gold of true 'wealth' it produces, which is authentic happiness and the good health, loving relationships and abundance in every aspect of life that we all want but so few seem to enjoy.
The programme for the workshop, or Lifeshop™, as Jonathan prefers calling it, because the day is about life and is a lot of fun rather than being hard work, includes:
- an introduction to the Integral Model developed by Ken Wilber, which is a framework for
understanding the ideas and concepts that will be covered during the weekend and all the integral transformative practices you will be learning during the weekend to help you to understand why you will be doing what you are doing and integrate it all in a way that makes sense to your conscious, rational mind;
- a session that will help you to understand what your mind and your ego are and how your conscious, rational mind governed by your ego creates the 'reality the world you see, then perceives its self-created version of 'reality' as real to confirm its belief that its egoic identity is who you really are in order to keep you stuck in its controlling 'comfort zone' doing the same things over and over again and experiencing the same frustrating results;
- powerful experiential processes to show you how your beliefs limit you in your life that will also help you to think 'out of the box' in future and to see other people as they truly are rather than through the distorted filters of your own fearful mindset;
- a detailed explanation of the origin of fear and the universe the fearful mind has created, the perception of which is the primary way the mind seeks to limit you and what you believe you are and can do;
- a group process that will help you to understand clearly the 'game' you have been playing to sabotage your life, your happiness and your highest success and prevent yourself from living a life of love, peace and joy where you are doing what your soul calls you to do;
- a simple yet extremely powerful forgiveness process used by a Hawaiian doctor to heal an entire ward of mentally disturbed patients that you will be guided through to practise forgiveness on yourself and the person whom you feel has hurt you the most in your life;
- a powerful rebirthing breathing process that will help you release deep-seated emotional and energetic blockages and open yourself up to experience love's presence and the profound sense of peace and joy that automatically come with it (Jonathan and Janice, who co-facilitates the process with him, have healed someone of advanced colon cancer before working together using this rebirthing technique and have helped other people to profoundly transform their lives through this truly life- changing process);
- a fire walk where you will walk over a 5-metre stretch of hot coals without burning your feet at all as conclusive proof to you that your mind controls your reality and that you have the power to do anything you truly believe you can do, no matter how impossible it may previously have seemed to be to you.
- as the culmination of the transformation process, a final session where you will identify the Fundamental Life Operating Programme (FLOP), the core negative programme, that has been running your life up to that point and then 'flip your FLOP' by turning this belief around into its opposite positive belief and then discover your true calling in life that pursuing will give you the lessons you need to finally learn that this is who you really are.
If you are wondering if this process will work for you, see below for the testimonials of people who have attended the 'Freedom From Fear' Experience and whom it has worked for:
"I have truly had a shift and am without fear and am totally inspired." - Stephanie Benjamin, 'Freedom From Fear' (FFF) workshop attendee
"Contents was explained in a simple clear manner and process was powerful. I have valuable info to take within into my life and growth process forward". - Leigh van den Hurk, FFF workshop attendee
Your investment for these life-changing Lifeshop™ includes delicious vegetarian lunch and dinner, two teas, the fire walk, recordings of the session and a guided meditation CD. To book your place/s for the 'Freedom From Fear' Firewalk Experience on Saturday the 3rd of September at Leafy Greens, a raw food restaurant in Muldersdrift, click here and send the email that pops up, being sure to tell us which Lifeshop™ you want to come to and include your name, cell number and the number of places you want to book in the body of the email.
Busting Out of the 'Illusion' and 'Money Game'
Date: Sunday, the 4th of September, 2011
Time: 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Venue: Leafy Greens Cafe / Restaurant, Plot 328 – Rocky Ridge Road, Muldersdrift
Investment: R600 per person
Are you feeling like you can't cope with the daily grind of having to make a living to pay all your bills and debts? Are these bills and debts seemingly never-ending and ever increasing, causing you to despair sometimes that you will never escape the trap you seem to be in? And does playing this never-ending'Money Game' seem futile and destructive to you, yet you don't know how to escape it? If you answered 'yes' to any of the above questions, you are invited to come to a workshop I am doing on Tuesday next week (the 9th of August, a public holiday) at the Shanthi Sanctuary in Bedfordview that will show you how to bust out of this gigantic illusion the whole world is caught up in and free yourself to start living a life where you do what you love and love what you do without being financially constrained.
If this sounds impossible to you, I challenge you to come to the workshop and learn for yourself how you can:
- Fundamentally change your attitude towards money and yourself in the process;
- Free yourself from the enslavement of extortionate debt and taxes lawfully;
- Attract a regular flow of money into your life by finding your 'flow', what you were born and love to do;
- Start on the path of your destiny that will reveal your true purpose in life to you over the next few years;
- Be the change you want to see in the world by being part of a worldwide movement creating a brave new world where the sick illusion of
the 'Money Game' and the bondage it results in no longer exist and the majority of people are free to pursue their true calling in life.
Attending this workshop will immediately save you hundreds of thousands or even millions of Rand in debt repayments and taxes you would have had to pay in future and free up this money, which is really a proxy for your time, for investing in the more important things in your life, such as finding and following your true calling in life, what only you can do to add value to others and the world by extending love in your own unique way. (For more information about how you can do this and the fraud that the financial system we all buy into is, click here to download an article I recently wrote on the subject). It will also release your inner blocks to the abundance that is rightfully yours and allow it to flow in miraculous ways and means into every area of your life that you can scarcely conceive of.
Ask yourself if you could do anything more beneficial and productive with your time on Tuesday than learn how to save yourself years and years of hard labour to pay debts and taxes that are in fact financing your own enslavement and the enslavement of humanity, and then make the right decision to come and bust out of this insane illusion and the fear that binds you to it forever! Click here and send the email that pops up to take the first step in doing this now or email us at email@example.com to book your place/s now. A Vegan Lunch will be provided.


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Developing Effective Leaders with Checkpoint 360° Feedback System
Employees don't quit companies, they quit bosses!
Designed for people who lead, manage, or influence the activities of others! It gives managers feedback from peers, direct reports and multiple bosses on soft people skills. Sets priorities, includes individual development plans and measures progress. Managers get a new perspective on their strengths, opportunities for development and blind spots!
The chart to the left is the first page of our 360 and compares how the manager (Maroon circle with the S inside) sees his performance versus all coworkers including the boss (Blue circle with the A inside). Ratings of 1-5 represent frequency of behavior from never (1) to always (5).
Checkpoint a Year Later Measuring Progress…
This section reviews the changes between the previous reporting period and the current reporting period. When the average score for a Skill Set increases, this suggests a significant positive change. Conversely, when that average score decreases, this suggests that some time may be spent examining your behavior in those areas.
A comparison of the current report with the previous Checkpoint shows that there has been a change in those Skill Sets designated as Strengths or development Areas.
These four Skill Sets were listed as either "Critical Development Areas" or "Build on this Strength" on the previous Checkpoint Assessment. For convenient comparison, the ratings from that previous report are shown here along with the current ratings. There is an indicator shown if the ratings changed significantly between two assessment periods.
The Research: What We Did
40,000 manager-leaders assessed for their leadership charisma… by almost 400,000 'Direct Reports'
What Our Customers Say
What impressed me most about the results of [the] surveys was the fact that in every case, people come out where I expected them to. It proved to be reliable and foolproof. I found it particularly interesting that the lower performers on my team were also the lower scorers on the assessment.
The Success Patterns generated by your studies prove to be very valuable and certainly has helped us to focus on the important traits of our most successful managers. The Profiles assessment system is an excellent tool for training and promoting employees as well as new hires.
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Advocates Plead for a Citizens' Commission on Jail Violence
Eva Flores had never spoken publicly about her son's story. But at a recent Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors meeting, the young mother from Maywood worked up her courage to talk about the beating her son suffered last August at the hands of sheriff's deputies. He was pepper sprayed, handcuffed and suffered several broken bones in his back and his nose after being beaten, she said, by sheriff's deputies. Since that day he has suffered from headaches.
"My son deserves respect and dignity; nobody deserves to be treated this way," she said in Spanish. "I am concerned for the safety of my son and I don't want this to happen again."
Flores was one of more than 100 people that attended the Board of Supervisors meeting Tuesday to push for the formation of a citizens' commission on jail violence to oversee the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department. Ever since the department came under intense public scrutiny for allegations of violence in the County jails, Chairman Mark Ridley-Thomas proposed that the Board establish a permanent citizens' commission to oversee the department. At the meeting Tuesday Supervisor Gloria Molina said she was "leaning" in the direction of supporting the citizens' commission.
The group of advocates, called the Coalition to End Sheriff's Violence in LA County Jails, is made up of nearly a dozen organizations including the American Civil Liberties Union, Youth Justice Coalition and the California Drug Policy Alliance. It was formed in response to the violence that has been plaguing Los Angeles County jails and the need to have civilian oversight of the treatment of inmates.
Patrisse Cullors, founder of the coalition, also became an advocate for personal reasons. Her brother was beaten so badly while in custody that he blacked out. She said he was later denied water and meals. He did not have a history of mental illness when he went into jail, but now he needs medication to handle the trauma he endured, Cullors said.
"It changed my family's life," she said. "The citizens' commission is crucial to holding the sheriff's department accountable and restoring any sort of faith in the community. It is easy to turn a blind eye to the people who are inside jail. But every single one of those people has a family that loves them. This is a community issue."
The Rev. Peter Laarman, a member of the coalition and executive director of the organization Progressive Christians Uniting, said they will not stop until long term structural change happens.
"This will take courage and persistence to make the change we need and it will be difficult because it will shake the foundation of the sheriff's department," said Laarman. "We know that it is not simply the passion for change but the persistency in advocacy that will achieve an outcome that will serve the people of our county."


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In flight the males are very similar to dark green fritillary, which are often found in the same habitat. When feeding from flowers the species can be told apart by distinctive underwing markings.
The high brown fritillary has seen a large decline in range (up to 94%) and in 1995 only 51 colonies existed in the whole of the UK. Due to this significant decline it is now classified as vulnerable in the UK Red Data Book.
It breeds in two main habitat types: bracken stands where larval foodplants (violets) grow and woodland clearings on limestone outcrop. The latter is believed to be restricted to the Lake District, and all known Welsh sites are bracken covered slopes with:
Butterfly Conservation
The Alun Valley in the Vale of Glamorgan supports what is thought to be the last population in Wales of the high brown fritillary. Two other species of fritillary are also found there: dark green and small pearl-bordered.
In 1999 the population of the high brown fritillary in the Alun Valley had declined to a dangerous low.
In 2003, Butterfly Conservation applied for funding from the Aggregates Levy Sustainability Fund on behalf of the Vale Biodiversity Partnership to undertake a habitat management and restoration programme.
With the help of the Glamorgan Heritage Coast project and a dedicated team of volunteers, scrub clearance and coppicing has taken place every winter since 2003 to try to restore breeding habitat.
Since the work began, the high brown fritillary has undergone population increases each year and has appeared on all the managed patches. In May 2006, habitat quality assessment was carried out to give a "before and after" comparison which showed that:


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B.o.B: The Sky Is Not His Limit
Words by: Amir Shaw Images by: DeWayne Rogers
Bobby Ray Simmons Jr. took a moment to stare at Atlanta's skyline from the 23rd floor of the W Hotel. Along with looking at the city's towering buildings, he pointed out various sites that have changed drastically since his youth. "They tore down all of those apartments," Simmons said while pointing at an area where America's first public housing projects, Techwood Homes, stood. The property has since been replaced by a mixed-income development.
Just like many American cities have stripped away struggling communities, the music industry has a way of tearing down true artists until they conform to the standard of what sells.
Enter Simmons, aka B.o.B.
The Decatur, Ga., native grew up during a time when Southern rap was finally gaining a place within mainstream hip-hop and developing music that proved to be irresistible to fans and profitable for major record labels.
But instead of diving deep into ATL's street-influenced rap that drove record sales from that region, B.o.B picked up a guitar, harmonized and created music that fans of any music genre could enjoy.
The payoff for making music on his own terms was tremendous. His critically acclaimed debut, B.o.B Presents: The Adventures of Bobby Ray, sold more than 600,000 copies and was nominated for six Grammy Awards.
Within months of the album's release, B.o.B found himself anchoring the Grand Hustle record label during T.I.'s absence by releasing several chart-topping hits and even performing for President Barack Obama.
B.o.B has done the unimaginable and has the pedigree to do it twice. He is looking to take his career into the stratosphere with the release of his sophomore album, Strange Clouds.
Musically, B.o.B is light-years ahead of his peers. It'll be awhile before he slows down, so most artists shouldn't even try to catch up.
Your music seems to come from a variety of places. How were you first introduced to music?
Music always began from a fun place. I was never forced into it. I would pick up an instrument whenever. I played trumpet up until I felt it wasn't cool anymore in high school. But I really started taking music as a career seriously when I was about 14. I always thought that I was doing things in music that were normal, but everyone else thought it was something different about it.
How did the Southern rap movement of the late '90s and early aughts influence you in the beginning of your career?
Growing up in Decatur, I was really into a lot of different music. But most importantly, the influence of groups like Trillville, Lil Scrappy, Lil John, T.I., Goodie Mob and OutKast. That was an era when the "New South" movement was really at the forefront of the music world. It's interesting to me, because I got signed at 17 and the next year I put out "Haters." That song allowed me to travel to different places around the world. In Germany, for example, they're in love with Southern hip-hop. To see how Atlanta's music has influenced the world is crazy. I don't think a lot people in Atlanta realize how much it's recognized in places like Germany and Japan.
Take us back to the day you signed your record deal with Atlantic Records. What do you remember most about that day?
It was funny, because I went up to New York and performed on a Monday. The next day, we went to Miami to meet Jim Jonson who owns Rebel Rock and is also a producer. He heard the music and he believed in it and we stayed in Miami until they got the contract right. The next day, we flew back to New York and I walked into the conference room at Atlantic Records. I had to perform all of the songs off the demo on the spot, without a mic. I put it all on the line, but I got signed that day. It was Oct. 3, 2007.
You were signed in 2007, but it took several years for you to release your debut. At what moment did realize that your career was taking off?
The most dramatic change was after "Nothing On You" came out and then the world started catching on to me. I've always felt close to my fans and just people who are aware of my existence, because it wasn't always a fortunate endeavor when I was an aspiring artist.
Back when you were an aspiring artist, I'm sure you had to figure out how to remain creative while moving forward with business. How did you balance both?
You have to have a balance between the creative side and the balance between business side. You need a business plan and a vehicle to move it. But I'm a Scorpio and I'm emotional. I put my heart in my music. But I also know that you have to put yourself in the listener's shoes and, at the same time, stay true to yourself.
Who are your top three lyricists out today?
When I think about lyricists, I think about rappers who can ride any beat. My three favorites are Tech N9ne, definitely Andre 3000 and Eminem. Those are my favorite, hands down.
On "So Good," you talk about spending time with the perfect woman. What makes a woman stand out from the rest in your eyes?
I like a woman who can take the time to genuinely understand a man and what he deals with. That makes a woman stick out from the rest. Also, to have good hygiene (laughs) and a sense of style and cleanliness. It's like having a house and someone comes into your house and it's a mess. That shows a lot about what type of person is living in the house. So I don't feel like it's superficial to be stylish and clean. Because actions can speak louder than words.
What's the most important thing you've learned from T.I.?
The most important thing I've learned from Tip is him just being genuine. He's not a person to tell you a lie or how he's not feeling. He's 100 percent honest with you. In this industry, there can't be any gray areas. You have to be honest and articulate what you are trying to say. If everybody operated like that, the entire industry would be better.
Did you ever imagine performing for President Obama?
I didn't think I would live to see a black president [elected], let alone perform for one. So that was definitely a larger-than-life moment. You start to feel as if it's just a dream. Those type of situations make you think, "I hope I don't wake up."
You've had a tremendous amount of success over the last two years. What inspires you to continue working once you've reached goals that seemed unimaginable?
Throughout high school, I had to get up at 5 a.m., every day. But nothing is as hard as performing a late show and getting up for an early flight. But you have to get up and go get it. You can't ever get comfortable while you're able to work and make more and do better for yourself. Balance it out. On the seventh day, God rested. But if you feel like you're satisfied and complete, I feel like you have failed at life. You should always keep going and continuing. There should never be stale energy.


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China has numerous events going on throughout the year. We have listed some of these below, and we think they are a great time to come visit! Even if you can't make it during one of the listed events, there is sure to be something interesting happening when you do come - just send us an email and we'll be sure to let you know. We currently have event and festival listing for:
Kuoshi Festival is one of biggest and traditional festival for Lisu minority. Lisu people in different places use different ways to celebrate it!
Sanduo Festival celebrated on lunar Feb 8th each year, Sanduo Festival which is the most significant celebration of Naxi people in Lijiang. During the day many Naxi people from all around came to visit Beiyuemiao Shrine, offering sacrifice to Sanduo God,and has been a traditional and legal holiday for Lijiang.
the Bangbang festival (also called Lantern Festival) is one of the grand festivals for Naxi people in Lijjiang. It's celebrated on Jan.15 Chinese Lunar Calender.On that day, the Naxi people cook glutinous rice ball(Chinese Tianyuan) themselves,In the evening,Naxi people go to the ancient Lijiang city, floating lanterns on river
Qingming Festival is one festival of importance for people to visit the graveyard of their ancestors.
This is predominantly a Yi minority Festival, but is now also celebrated by the Naxi and Bai minorities.
There are 2 exchange markets in Lijiang, one is during March, and the other is in July. Both last about 15 days.
The Musuo people of Lugu Lake are revered as the only living matriarchal society in the world. For the Zhuanshan Festival, this Naxi minority sub-group dress in their best clothes to worship the Gemu (Lion) Goddess Mountain and pray for her protection.
The 15th in August of lunar calendar is the Chinese traditional Middle Autumn Festival, on that dayhe family will sit together to eat moon cake and fruits and candies, view the beautiful moon, enjoy the atmosphere of the reunion.. on that day most family should stay until up mid night, because in that day the moon is larger and more bright and clear than other day.


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February 2018 is your chance to "go for the gold" as a party-thrower extraordinaire. When the world's greatest skiers, bobsledders, and skaters gather in PyeongChang, South Korea, for the 2018 Winter Olympics, take this quadrennial opportunity to gather family and friends together for a party of Olympian proportions. From food to fun, here are some tips for throwing a party that lands you atop the winner's podium.
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- "Then he returned to the Gaunt hovel, performed the complex bit of magic that would implant a false memory in his uncle's mind, laid Morfin's wand beside its unconscious owner, pocketed the ancient ring he wore, and departed."
- —Theory that Voldemort used this spell[src]
The false memory charm (incantation unknown), also known as the Memory Modifying Charm[citation needed] is a charm which can be used by a witch or wizard in order to add a memory to their victim's mind without the victim realising it was not originally theirs. It differs from the Memory Charm in that the latter erases memories whilst this one adds them, albeit wholly artificial ones.[2]
Tom Riddle cast this charm twice; firstly in 1943 upon his uncle Morfin Gaunt,[3] then sometime later on the house-elf Hokey.[4] Both instances were to hide his crimes and make the victims believe they were responsible.
Later that same year, Tom Riddle may have used the spell to make Harry Potter believe his godfather Sirius Black was being tortured by him in the Department of Mysteries.[5] However, it is possible that Voldemort simply created an image in Harry's mind through his tight Occlumens connection with Harry (due to the Horcrux connection) so that Harry would see what Voldemort's imagination dreamt up. It may have been up to Harry whether or not to believe it since he is persuaded by Hermione to check to see whether Sirius is really in the Department of Mysteries (not in Grimmauld Place). Voldemort is relying, therefore, on Harry's concern for Sirius's safety to get him to come, just as he is sure Harry will come to him in the forest during the break in the Battle of Hogwarts.
It is possible that Professor Horace Slughorn used this in the next school year to hide his memory of Voldemort asking him about Horcruxes,[6] although as he retained awareness of the true memory his spell may be a different one. It is also possible that he simply repressed it to such a degree that it could not be extracted from him against his will, as the memory he gave Dumbledore simple went blank at the right times and was replaced by a disembodied shouting, rather than images; this was noted to be crudely done.
Hermione Granger used this in 1997 to make her parents believe they were named Wendell and Monica Wilkins respectively, that they have no childrens, and to make them move to Australia in order to protect them from Voldemort and his Death Eaters.[7]
Known practitioners
Behind the scenes
- In Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, Newt Scamander may have cast this charm or the Confundus Charm on a muggle that witnessed his creatures being unleashed from Jacob Kowalski's apartment. Visually, the spell resembled the mist-like appearance of the Imperius Curse as it appeared in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2.
- The actual name and incantation for this charm are unknown.
- This spell is reversible, as Hermione found her parents after the war and lifted it.
- Albus Dumbledore could use Legilimency to extract the true version of the memories that Riddle falsified using the spell, although he admitted it was difficult and required a great deal of skill in the art.
- In the film, Hermione uses Obliviate instead of this spell.
- In the film Half-Blood Prince, the effect of Slughorn's memory modification is different, appearing as a muffling of sound, followed by Slughorn ordering Riddle out personally.
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (First appearance)
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (film)
- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (film)
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
Notes and references
- ↑ http://web.archive.org/web/20100205155451/http://www.jkrowling.com/textonly/en/wotm.cfm "Mnemone Radford 1562 - 1649 Developed Memory Modifying Charms. First Ministry of Magic Obliviator." this potentially means she made this charm, because its plural.
- ↑ 30 July 2007 WebChat with J.K. Rowling
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Chapter 17 (A Sluggish Memory)
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Chapter 20 (Lord Voldemort's Request)
- ↑ Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Chapter 31 (O.W.L.s)
- ↑ Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Chapter 23 (Horcruxes)
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Chapter 6 (The Ghoul in Pyjamas)


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Twitter suspended WND News for 12 hours for revealing that DNC insider Donna Brazile reportedly panicked over the private investigation into the death of staffer Seth Rich.
The social media giant even admitted WND's tweet "Bombshell: Donna Brazile warned off private eye on Seth Rich murder" was the reason for the suspension.
"A WND company official confirmed the tweet was deleted per the company's instructions," reported WND's Bob Unruh. "The news story was about a private detective's revelation that former Democratic National Committee interim chairwoman Donna Brazile was the high-ranking DNC representative who allegedly called police and the Rich family and demanded to know why a private investigator was 'snooping' into the case."
And that's definitely news: why would Brazile care whether a private detective was looking into the case, as the source claimed?
Interestingly, the tweet apparently didn't violate any of Twitter's policies concerning copyright, harassment or spam, meaning that the content of the tweet – the news that Brazile allegedly freaked out over the private investigation into Rich's murder – was the sole reason for the suspension.
Of course the story will now go more viral than it did before Twitter tried to censor the article.
"Brazile is the high-ranking DNC representative who allegedly called police and the family of murdered DNC staffer Seth Rich and demanded to know why a private investigator was 'snooping' into Rich's death, the private eye revealed to WND on Monday," the article in question stated.
Brazile made headlines last year when she was caught providing Democratic Party nominee Hillary Clinton with debate questions before they were asked at a televised CNN town hall so Clinton could prepare her answers ahead of time.
In March, the Rich family hired the private detective, Rod Wheeler, to look into the case, who later said there was information on Rich's laptop that links him to Wikileaks.
"I have a source inside the police department that has looked at me straight in the eye and said, 'Rod, we were told to stand down on this case and I can't share any information with you.' Now, that is highly unusual for a murder investigation, especially from a police department," he said.
However, on May 16 the Rich family's spokesman, Brad Bauman, denied the claim and publicly blasted Wheeler for bringing up Wikileaks.
The family, along with Bauman, sent Wheeler a "cease and desist" letter to force him to stop the investigation.
Interestingly, Bauman manages a "a crisis communications and full service public relations firm," according to his LinkedIn account, and has deep ties to the Democratic Party leadership.
And, even more interesting, Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-Fla.) was caught on tape threatening the U.S. Capitol Police Chief for holding a laptop as evidence in an investigation into her former technology adviser Imran Awan, a Pakistani IT specialist who was accused of data breaches at the Capitol.
"The laptop in question was used by Awan and was found 'hidden in an unused crevice of the Rayburn House Office Building," reported HotAir. "Police seized the laptop believing it could be important to their investigation."
"Obviously, Wasserman Schultz is claiming the laptop belongs to her and therefore should be returned regardless of who was using it or what information might be on it."
Does the Democratic leadership bully and control the DC police the same way?
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Penn State University Libraries will host the world premiere of 217 Films' new documentary on Lynd Ward (1905-1985), the father of the American graphic novel and one of the most prolific book illustrators and printmakers in the history of American art, at 2:30 p.m. on Friday, April 20, in Foster Auditorium, 102 Paterno Library, University Park.
The film, "O Brother Man: The Art and Life of Lynd Ward," will be introduced by filmmaker Michael Maglaras with Robin Ward Savage, the artist's daughter, in attendance. Featuring more than 150 wood engravings, drawings, and illustrations by this important American artist and storyteller, the 90-minute film brings the creativity of Ward to life and illustrates his mastery of narrative without text. Ward is best known for his six "novels without words" produced between 1929 and 1937. His work chronicles American life in the 20th century, and demonstrates his deep personal commitment to social justice and the plight of the workingman surrounding the years of the Great Depression.
217 Films is an independent film company founded by Michael Maglaras. The Sacramento Bee newspaper called Maglaras a filmmaker of "Bergman-like gravitas." His work has been described as "virtuoso filmmaking" (National Gallery of Art), "alive and fresh" (Art New England), and "elegiac and insightful" (Naples Daily News).
New York Times writer Eve M. Kahn has more on the film at http://goo.gl/vs0VD A preview of the film and other projects by 217 Films, the work of Maglaras and Terri Templeton, can be viewed at www.two17films.com/viewclips.php
Housed at Penn State University Park in the Rare Books and Manuscripts Collection of the Special Collections Library, The Lynd Ward Collection is an example of the University Libraries' strong holdings in fine printing, printmaking techniques, children's books, graphic novels and original artwork for illustrated books. A gift from 217 Films to the Libraries has helped to digitize Ward's work and expand research opportunities for scholars and students interested in learning more about the creative process, illustration and the book arts.
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Washington • Mitt Romney has gone to church several times since the Secret Service began guarding the Republican nominee, but he's yet to take in the more sacred Mormon rite: visiting an LDS temple.
As the first Mormon heading a major-party presidential ticket, Romney's newfound position with a Secret Service detail raises a question of how his around-the-clock protection would affect his ability to visit The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints' most holy buildings.
While the general public can worship at an LDS meetinghouse, only church members in good standing are allowed inside temples, including one just outside Washington, D.C., in a Maryland suburb.
"There's no way the Secret Service is going to put up with that [restriction], with all due respect," says Ronald Kessler, author of "In the President's Secret Service: Behind the Scenes With Agents in the Line of Fire and the Presidents They Protect." "They will get permission and, of course, the church will understand and want him protected. They will go in."
Kessler says protectees, like presidents or presidential candidates, do get a say in the level of security they need, though they also understand the threats against them at all times and are smart enough to know it would be too risky to go it alone.
"It would be ludicrous if his Secret Service couldn't protect him in any area like that where there are so many people. He would be a perfect target," Kessler says. "Even Mormons can be criminals."
Romney's campaign referred questions about the candidate's security detail to the Secret Service, which also declined comment, noting that it doesn't speak publicly about its means and methods of securing its charges.
LDS Church spokesman Scott Trotter, likewise, said the church wouldn't comment on security matters.
Other Mormons have held positions where security is mandatory, most notably Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, who has at least two Capitol Police officers with him at all times.
A Capitol Police spokeswoman, Sgt. Kimberly Schneider, declined to say how Reid's security is handled with regard to LDS temples.
"We don't discuss our security operations related to members of Congress," she said.
Reid does attend temple services on occasion, according to people close to the Nevada Democratic senator, but they were not clear if his security accompany him into the temple.
It wouldn't be an option for Romney with Secret Service protection, which, in the case of the president, stands close guard even in the secure compound of the White House.
But there might be other ways for Romney to attend services if he desired.
Bill Nixon, a Washington lobbyist and president of the Mount Vernon, Va., LDS stake, says the easy solution likely could be to send Romney in with temple-recommend-carrying agents.
"I imagine that there will be a very pragmatic solution to this," Nixon said, "not the least of which [could be that] some of many, many very sharp LDS members of the Secret Service could accompany on that specific kind of detail."


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From the author of the popular newsletter That's What She Said, Nobody Cares is a frank, funny personal essay collection about work, failure, friendship, and the messy business of being alive in your twenties and thirties.
As she shares her hard-won insights from screwing up, growing up, and trying to find her own path, Anne T. Donahue's debut book offers all the honesty, laughs, and reassurance of a late-night phone call with your best friend. Whether she's giving a signature pep talk, railing against summer, or describing her own mental health struggles, Anne reminds us that failure is normal, saying no to things is liberating, and that we're all a bunch of beautiful disasters — and she wouldn't have it any other way.
Anne T. Donahue is a writer and person from Cambridge, Ontario. Her work has appeared in publications and websites such as Esquire, Marie Claire, Cosmopolitan, Playboy, Nylon, Flare, and Rookie. She is the host of the podcast Nobody Cares (Except for Me), and has contributed to CBC's q. You can absolutely find her on Twitter and Instagram at @annetdonahue, baking or screaming into the night.
"I don't know how anyone could read her and not immediately fall in love." — Scaachi Koul, bestselling author of One Day We'll All Be Dead and None of This Will Matter
"Donahue's tight collection of essays is perfect for anyone struggling to break free from the idea that the world is watching his or her every move. Smart, funny, honest, and as encouraging as an hour-long phone call with a faraway friend." — Booklist
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Consisting of seven tracks, six of them clocking in at eight minutes or more, Still Life is an exercise in stamina. The fourth studio album from Sweden's Opeth takes progressive metal to the extremes of ambitious journeys intent on meandering, and the outcome is an uneven experience with unpleasant moments easily vanquishing good memories.
And some tracks simply lack cohesion, with inspiration alone insufficient to sustain the lengths that the band insists on always achieving. Security Painted Death struggles for 9 minutes of mid-tempo mediocrity, exploring half a dozen avenues and several dead ends before getting abandoned literally mid-strum due to a production fail.
Better are the two opening tracks, The Moor displaying some tenacious muscle and a relatively sustained dose of energy, while Godhead's Lament finds a soul and weaves it through an evocative melody.
But the enjoyable music is strangled by unsustainable structures. Still Life succumbs to the disease of progressivitis tiresomous.
Mikael Åkerfeldt − vocals, guitar
Peter Lindgren − guitar
Martin Mendez − bass
Martin Lopez − drums
Songlist (ratings out of 10):
1. The Moor - 8
2. Godhead's Lament - 7
3. Benighted - 5
4. Moonlapse Vertigo - 7
5. Face of Melinda - 6
6. Serenity Painted Death - 6
7. White Cluster - 7
Average: 6.57
Produced by Opeth, Mikael Åkerfeldt, and Fredrik Nordström.
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Excerpt from EM News Saturday, July 24, 2010
ABPS Pressures Texas to Endorse Its EM Board Certification
By Polly Ross Hughes
An emotional battle over which emergency physicians should be allowed to advertise their board certification in Texas shows no sign of a quick resolution.
After more than two hours of contentious testimony in June, the Texas Medical Board postponed a decision, deciding to tinker more with hard-fought wording in a key certification rule. "We're not going to make everybody happy. We have no delusional thinking there," said Board President Irwin E. Zeitler Jr., DO, after the board's latest attempt at compromise wording failed to satisfy either faction.
At stake is whether some 175 Texas emergency physicians will be allowed to continue advertising themselves as board certified by the American Board of Physician Specialties (ABPS), the certifying arm of Tampa, FL-based American Association of Physician Specialists (AAPS). Opponents argued that ABPS requirements for emergency medicine don't rise to the level they called the "gold standard" set by the American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS): completing a supervised three-year residency before candidates are allowed to sit for a board exam.
"This really boils down to an argument between these two groups. They each want us to do what they want," Dr. Zeitler said. "I would remind the board this is really a rule about advertising, and you have to do what is right for the citizens of Texas."
AAPS, however, is strongly encouraging the Texas board to see the issue its way: Its lawyer, Joseph M. Nixon, sent the Texas Medical Board a letter on March 29 warning that "several legal issues will arise" if the board ultimately bars practice-track emergency physicians from advertising certification through ABPS and its subspecialty group, the Board of Certification in Emergency Medicine (BCEM). (Read Mr. Nixon's letter to the Texas Medical Board on EM-News.com: http://bit.ly/NixonTMB.)
That's no idle threat. The association filed suit against the New York Department of Health in December 2006, claiming the state agency illegally prohibited physicians certified by ABPS from advertising themselves as board certified. (http://bit.ly/NYdoh.) A federal district court granted New York summary judgment last September, finding "no genuine issue of material fact." AAPS has appealed that decision. (Read the summary judgment on EM-News.com: http://bit.ly/NYJudgment.)
Emergency physicians opposing AAPS told the Texas Medical Board at its June meeting that ABPS's alternate certification for emergency medicine misleads the public, calling it "disingenuous" and "fraudulent."
"The problem with the rule as it's currently written is it creates apparent equivalency between those who did a supervised training program and those who have work experience," said Patrick Crocker, DO, the chairman of the Texas Medical Board committee charged with hashing out a new certification rule. "You've got the American Board of Medical Specialists, the Board of Osteopathic Specialists, the Texas Medical Association, and everyone on [that] side saying, 'It's time that ends … for there to be a legitimate specialty of emergency medicine.'"
Traditional certifying boards recognized by name in the Texas Medical Board rule — ABMS, the Bureau of Osteopathic Specialists, and the American Board of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery — took notice, and soon the full board began holding a string of meetings bent on rewording rule 164.4. The rule's latest proposed version, which met resistance on both sides of the warring factions in June, is set to undergo another round of revisions. While doctors with ABPS emergency medicine certification feared losing their right to advertise outright, doctors with ABMS board certification said the remaining vague language in the rule could open up new loopholes for ABPS to slip through.
Otto Marquez, MD, couched the issue for ABPS doctors as one of job security. "Forty percent of the emergency doctors in the state of Texas are not ABMS board [certified] in emergency medicine," he said, adding that he has practiced emergency medicine in Dallas for 18 years. "My hospital advertises that I'm board certified [in emergency medicine]. The day the board changes that rule, I lose my job. It will affect my future patients. Leaving the rule the way it is benefits the patients of Texas. Changing this rule hurts the patients of Texas."
Board President Dr. Zeitler called that logic "flawed" because the Texas Medical Board merely decides which doctors can advertise they are board certified. Each hospital's medical staff, on the other hand, sets rules on which emergency doctors can practice at that hospital.
"While it seems like a simple advertising rule, I really believe we can be disenfranchised by it because we could be fired so easily," countered Mike Fawcett, MD, who has ABPS certification in emergency medicine.
If the Texas Medical Board does not allow ABPS practice-track physicians to advertise their board certification, argued AAPS attorney Nixon, it should exclude physicians certified by the ABMS practice track before it was closed in 1988. "Today, approximately 45 percent of ABMS EM board certified physicians are 'grandfathered,' meaning they did not complete a[n] AGCME residency in emergency medicine," Mr. Nixon wrote in a May 26 email to Ms. Robinson, the board's executive director. During the board's June meeting, he said, "[C]riticisms that are launched against ABPS's pathway are valid if they are valid against 45 percent of the ABMS physicians."
Debra G. Perina, MD, the president of the American Board of Emergency Medicine, said, however, that only 19 percent of the board's current members were board certified through the practice track. "Eighty-one percent of ABEM's 26,665 active diplomates completed a residency in emergency medicine," she said.
The problem with AAPS's argument, said Dr. Crocker, is that every new medical specialty, in order to establish itself, has an early but limited period in which doctors can become certified through a practice track. The difference, in the case of ABPS, is "they want to extend that forever."
Angela Gardner, MD, the president of the American College of Emergency Physicians, said the Texas Medical Board is ultimately responsible for the health and welfare of the people of Texas, and setting criteria for board certification is a legitimate part of that duty. "I believe that the public expects a certain level of training when they hear the words 'board certified,'" she said. "You simply cannot say that practicing and taking a board exam from an alternative board is equal to doing a residency in emergency medicine, not in the year 2010."
Full article on EM News
–It should be noted that the ACEP President Dr. Angela Gardner herself and a significant number of the ACEP leadership have not finished an Emergency Medicine residency. If they claim that Texas ER physicians can not advertise themselves as "board certified" simply because they did not do an EM residency, then Dr. Gardner and the members of the ACEP leadership who did "primary care residencies" similar to the 40% of Texas ER physicians they are attempting to disenfranchise, should also not claim they are "board certified". If we're talking honesty and truthfulness, then it should go both ways.
– How did EM residency become a "gold standard" anyway, and what does that even mean? There are no studies demonstrating that EM residency trained ER docs have better outcomes than experienced ER physicians who did primary care residencies. In countries like Canada, both EM residency trained and Family Medicine physicians can be considered "board certified" in Emergency Medicine.
– Another fact glossed over in this article is that after more than 20 years, the EM residency track has failed to provide enough ER physicians to staff the nation's ERs (Camargo 2008) at least till 2038, if ever. There is no other "legitimate specialty" where 45% of the services are provided by physicians who did not do residency/ fellowship training in that particular field 20 years after that specialty was introduced. This statistic clearly shows that Emergency Medicine is not like other "specialties" and
demonstrates the failure of the EM residency track approach in addressing the problem of providing Emergency services to meet the population's rapidly growing demand.
Rather than a specialty, Emergency Medicine is really an "area/ field of expertise" like Primary Care where serivces are provided by physicians from multiple disciplines.
-ABPS attempts to address the Emergency Care staffing needs, particularly of rural populations who are underserved by ABEM certified physicians. If ABMS/ ACEP were truly concerned about protecting the citizens of Texas and other states, then they should worry more about providing access to good Emergency Care than protecting their turf and worrying about who calls themselves "board certified".


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The weight of diamonds today is reckoned by the "carat," a term which means different quantities of mass in different countries, though it is practically the same in those markets of the world where most of the gems are handled. It is nowhere recognized by a government as a definite legal weight, but is an evolution, peculiar to the diamond trade, out of ancient and primitive conditions. According to Charles Edward Guillaume of the International Bureau of Weights and Measures at Sevres, as reported from the Commission of the National Bureau of Weights and Measures in France, during the late endeavor to establish an international decimal weight for the weighing of diamonds and other precious stones, there exists at present, the following variations in the milligramme weight of the carat in different cities and countries :
Alexandria 191.7
Amsterdam 205.1
Antwerp 205.3
Arabia 254.6
Berlin 205.5
Bologna 188.5
Brazil 192.2
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East Indies 205.5
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Lisbon 205.8
London 205.5
Madras 205.5
Moka 194.4
Spain 199.9
Turin 213.5
Venice 207.
Vienna 206.1
Pearl carat 207.2
The carat of 205.5 milligrammes, it will be noticed, is used in the chief centers of the diamond trade, and it is the weight in use in the United States. One of these carats equals four grains avoirdupois or 3.174 grains troy, and 151.42 carats equal 1 ounce troy.
With the extension of the diamond trade during the last twenty-five years, these variations have proved confusing, and an effort has been made in Europe to abolish the old system of carat weight with its divisions by two into 1/2, 1/4, 1/8, 1/16, 1/32, 1/64, and establish a decimal system on a base of 200 mgs. as the metric carat. The dealers in diamonds, however, feared that such a radical change would disturb trade, and the at-tempt failed. Governmental recognition of the carat as a weight was sought in Germany, but the proposition could not be entertained, as it was contrary to the laws in force regarding the metric system. It is now pro-posed to substitute for the carat now in use, one standard carat weight of 200 milligrammes, leaving the metrical divisions to be acquired gradually, as the trade becomes familiarized to the idea. On October 17, 1890, the Association of Diamond Merchants of Amsterdam, fixed the value of the carat on a basis of 1 kilogram = 4,875 carats, which is practically the same as the old Amsterdam carat value.
The origin of the word " carat" is obscure. It is said to have been derived from " kuara " (sun) an African tree whose fruit and blossom are of a golden color. As the bean when dried was always of about the same weight, it was used in Shangallas, the chief market of Africa in Galla-land south of Abyssinia, as a standard of weight for gold. Others trace it to the " keration," a word taken from the Greek by the Romans, which they described as the name of a very small weight or measure. An old book says, " Monardus writeth that he saw diamonds in Bisnager (Visnapour) that weighed one hundred and forty ceratia, and every ceratium weighed four grains."
Mr. Leonard J. Spencer, assistant in the Mineral Department of the British Museum, who has made a very interesting appeal for the adoption of the metric system, favors the theory that the word and weight are derived from the seeds of the Ceratonia Siliqua (carob or locust tree). He found that the seeds of this, and those of the Erythrina Corallodendron (Linn) aver-aged alike in grams 0.197, but that the seeds of the latter in the various species were not so constant as those of the former. Kuara is a native African name for a species of Erythrina or coral tree. A Greek word refers to the horn-like shape of the fruit pods of the ceratonia, whereas " carat " is an obsolete English name for the seeds. It seems probable that the seeds of both had an influence in establishing a certain amount of mass as a quotable weight which finally became known definitely as the carat. According to writers of the seventeenth century, the carat was divided into four grains, but they were not the ordinary grains of standard weight, nor do they appear to have been reckoned as equivalents of any standard weights outside of the trade. In the eighteenth century, 150 carats were considered equal to about one ounce troy. In the early part of the nineteenth century, the weight was established more definitely in England as 151% to 151 1/2 carats to the ounce troy. The weight decreased in value evidently as the things it weighed became more generally recognized as precious. The Greek weight (ceratium) and the Roman siliqua were a little heavier than our present carat (3,174 grains troy), as they were equivalent to 31/3 grains.
Whatever the origin, or however it may have been used in India or by Indian merchants in their trading with foreigners within or without the borders of their own land, the weight does not appear to have been adopted in India as a standard. Early travelers in India found the " rati " or " ruttee " and the " mangelyn," to be the weights generally used. The rati also had its origin in a seed; that of Abrus precatorins (Linn). Evidently weights bearing the same name varied materially in value in India, not only at different times, but at the same time in different principalities, as they do yet. The rati varied from about 1.85 grains to 2.49 grains. In Sambhulpur it was equivalent to about 1.86 grains. The ruttee of India now, for pearls, equals 2.85 grains, but in Delhi, for gems and the precious metals it is equivalent of 1.25 grains : in Surat = 1.95 grains ; Bengal = 2.25 grains ; Sindh = 2.49 grains. Tavernier rated a rati at 7/8 of a carat, which, if he used the French carat, would equal about 2.78 grains.
The " mangelin " or " mangelyn " of Golconda and Visapur was equivalent to 1 3/8 carats.
The oitava of Brazil equals about 17 1/2 carats or to be exact, 55.34 grains. The grao is .77 grains, or about 1/4 of a carat.


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April 30, 2000, Section 1, Page 44Buy Reprints
Robert L. B. Tobin, a Texas art collector and patron who built one of the most important theater design collections in the country, died on Wednesday at a hospital in San Antonio. He was 66.
The cause was complications from cancer, said his friend and lawyer, Bruce Bugg. He said that Mr. Tobin, who had been ill for years, had been arranging until the end how to give away more of his large art collection.
Mr. Tobin served on the boards of the Metropolitan Opera in New York and the Santa Fe Opera. He was also on the boards of the Museum of Modern Art and of the Spoleto Festival in Italy. He endowed libraries and museums, underwrote operas, sponsored symphony premieres and championed artists and composers in many places.
The major beneficiary of his philanthropy was the McNay Art Museum in San Antonio. Mr. Tobin's mother, the late Margaret Batts Tobin, was president of the museum's board of trustees for many years. She built a special wing for the museum on the 50th birthday of Mr. Tobin, her only son.
Mr. Tobin filled it with his collection of theater art and design. The wing includes the original drawings and models for Broadway productions like ''South Pacific'' and ''Into the Woods.'' The collection features more than 1,000 set and costume designs.
''He and his mother were two of the most generous patrons of the arts I have ever known,'' said Beverly Sills, chairwoman of Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, saying Mrs. Tobin underwrote the production of ''The Siege of Corinth'' in which she made her debut at the Metropolitan Opera.
Mr. Tobin served as chairman of the McNay's board from 1990 until his death, and helped the museum acquire work by Rodin, George Grosz, Arthur Dove, Albert Gleiz, Toulouse-Lautrec, Rene Magritte, Henry Moore and David Hockney.
Mr. Tobin was born in San Antonio on March 12, 1934, the son of Edgar Tobin, founder of Tobin Aerial Mapping Company, which later became Tobin Aerial Surveys. He discovered his love for the theater and opera as a teenager. He attended the University of Texas at Austin. When his father died in an airplane crash in 1954, Robert Tobin joined the family business, which made maps for the oil industry.
Mr. Tobin and his mother were friends of Marion Koogler McNay, who established the McNay museum in her former home, a Mediterranean villa, in 1954. After his mother built the wing, Mr. Tobin gave the McNay more than 8,000 books, dating from the Renaissance to the present, to establish the Tobin Library.
He began collecting art as a young adult, and soon became a patron of cultural institutions in New York and Santa Fe, where he maintained homes. With his 6-foot-6 frame, long white hair and beard and his flamboyant opera capes, he became a familiar and dramatic presence on the art scene.
His primary residence in recent years was his family estate in San Antonio called Oakwell, on the Salado Creek. About 100 friends gathered there last month to celebrate Mr. Tobin's 66th birthday with a party that the honoree was too ill to attend.
William J. Chiego, the director of the McNay, said though Mr. Tobin could not attend the party, he asked to see his guests one by one; they were shuttled from one house on the estate where the party was held to the house where Mr. Tobin lay in bed.
On his birthday the previous year, Mr. Tobin bequeathed a $3 million gift of Russian theater designs to the McNay. It was the first phase of a five-year gift that will continue. The second part of the gift to the museum arrived this month. It was a collection of 20th-century American theater designs and 30 American paintings.
Mr. Tobin, who leaves no immediate survivors, once tried to explain his love of collecting. ''It's a constant search for that moment when lightening strikes,'' he said.


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More than 700 people gathered to experience "Bodies As Works Of Art" created by thirty-two artists, from more than a dozen countries, displaying unimaginable works of art on living canvases. Arriving early in the morning, the artists and models setup individual studios including work lights, paints, brushes, sponges, stencils, airbrush sprayers and compressors, drawings of their intended masterpieces, headdresses, and accessories of all kinds. Employing nude models wearing minimal yet discreet covering, the artists went to work focusing on this year's theme, "The Human Condition." After six to seven hours of painting extremely patient models, the "artwork" emerges from the studios for judging based on creativity, technique and interpretation of the artist's statement into the visual artwork… simply amazing. After the judging was completed, the artistic models were photographed and then retreated for a bite to eat and "touchup paint" before the evening festivities: a dynamic performance by body-painted, Angela Reign of Southern Rock and Hip Hop, followed by a narrated catwalk show of the artistic models accompanied by the artists on stage.
Awards for this North American Bodypainting Championship were presented to Cheryl Ann Lipstreu of the USA in first place and Alex Hanson of Canada in second place in the professional division. Additional awards were presented to other artists. Closing out the evening was a "meet and greet" with the models, and entertainment by the rock group, Motor Earth. At the end of the day the artists, models and volunteers were exhausted after being on their feet from 8 am until midnight.
The body painting festival, sanctioned by the World Bodypainting Association, was produced by Living Art America as a benefit for The Chelko Foundation Scholarship. Follow upcoming events at livingartamerica.com and bodypainting-festival.com/en/
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3 ways to be an all-star advocate
Excerpted from page 25 of the November/December 2016 edition of AOA Focus.
All doctors of optometry and students can play a crucial role in supporting AOA's ongoing advocacy work.
Here are three simple ways to get involved:
1. Become an AOA Federal Keyperson. Personal involvement in the political and legislative process is among the most important contributions AOA members can make to the profession. The Keyperson Program is an integral part of optometry's legislative strategy with a goal of connecting at least one volunteer keyperson to every member of Congress, serving as a conduit for the profession.
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2. Become an AOA-PAC investor. The AOA Political Action Committee (AOA-PAC) is one of the most effective ways for a doctor of optometry or student to participate in the political process, and through AOA-PAC, optometry has gained a national presence as a political force. Help keep optometry's voice heard in the nation's capital.
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3. Connect with your representatives. Reach out to your lawmakers and urge their support for AOA's top legislative priorities. Stay current with these latest issues by visiting the AOA Online Legislative Action Center, where doctors and students can find template letters to petition their representatives, legislative updates, and additional information on federal and state topics.
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Doctors of optometry can get involved with advocacy at any stage of their career. Read about AOA-member advocates for optometry in the March 2016 edition of AOA Focus (member login required), and learn how you can get become one, too.
Read about AOA's advocacy wins in 2016 in the November/December 2016 edition of AOA Focus (member login required).