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Bamboo fibre is a sustainable composite material with a smooth matte finish. It has the weight and feel of ceramic, but the durability of plastic.
Dimensions: 8.5cm tall x 8cm wide x 7cm deep.


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scribble away (at something)
To work hard and hastily writing something down, especially by hand. The students were all scribbling away so intensely that they didn't even notice their teacher leave the room. I could sit in a coffee shop all day scribbling away at my novel, but they don't like it when I loiter there for more than a few hours at a time.
scribble away (at something)
to write hard and fast at some task. He scribbled away at his notes as the lecturer droned on. Jane sat in the library scribbling away.


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i've spoken about this before. unbelievable as it may sound now, seventeen years ago people were on a mission to be nicer to each other and connect more. sound alien? well that's because it didn't quite work out.
after the summer of love (1988), when people took lots of drugs and decided that everyone wasn't so bad after all. we bought into the idea of a caring, sharing nineties. we all rushed out and bought a crystal – well, i wasn't allowed one so I sulked. clearly i had this new age thing on lock….
the fashion…hmm. well i'm getting to that sorry age where certain fashions have started to come back to haunt me. leggings, pixie boots, batwing jumpers and jelly shoes all formed part of my childhood. i can always say that i didn't exactly choose to wear them the first time round, since no one but my mum was there to witness umpteen tantrums over not being allowed a puffball skirt. i don't envisage needing to explain away the fact that i chose to wear paisley shirts, pasties and global hypercolour t-shirts in 1990. they ain't coming back, there will be no second round.
so suddenly, after 80s excess, came social conscience. other good buzzwords for 1990 – unity, collective, family. the soul music of 1990 was so far away from the flash and swagger of today's r&b its actually surprising its not more than 17 years. the daisy age was really a de la soul movement, but their influence and the new age influence of the time filtered through everything and sat alongside rave, new jack swing and indie.
twelve huggy classics – download here
bassomatic – fascinating rhythm
is it rave? is it soul? is it house? i miss music of indeterminate genre such as this. it was good, you liked it, you danced to it – it didn't matter.
beats international – won't talk about it
much was made of the fact that vocalist lindy layton was once in grange hill. now, every british celebrity has been in grange hill or eastenders, usually both, then they either make it big or end up in the bill.
chimes – still haven't found what i'm looking for
this is a rare example of the cover version being so much better than the original. plodding guitar dirge from pious irish rockers or tinkly, shifting grooves from cool acid jazz band? no contest.
de la soul – the magic number
sesame street inspired rap from the original hip hop hippies. as cute and colourful as the boys themselves.
dream warriors – my definition of a boombastic jazz style
jazz hiphop. what a fantastic concept. it sounds as fresh and as alien now as it did back then.
family stand – ghetto heaven
unique, moody soul. about a hooker, no less. i can't track down any of their other material but if memory serves it was nothing like this track.
innocence – a matter of fact
great soul group that sat between r&b and ambient. the aural equivalent of sitting in a spring garden surrounded by dewy flowers.
jt and the big family – moments in soul
sampled art of noise's 'moments in love' to great effect. another one of indeterminate genre.
movement 98 – joy and heartbreak
chillout soul at its best, but another casualty of the 90s trend for faceless one hit wonders.
neneh cherry – kisses on the wind
immensely likeable in a jordin sparks kind of way, but a lot more street. neneh was the first woman to go on tv and perform whilst heavily, and therefore obviously, pregnant.
seal – crazy
probably the most commerical of the conscious soul contingent, but success was a sitting duck after 'killer' with adamski.
soul ii soul – back to life
i post this track in its 12 inch glory for my friend who dragged me round countless record stores looking for it, just after it became unavailable.


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SPRINGFIELD -- A proposal by Tenaska Energy to build a $3.5 billion electric generating plant in Taylorville, Ill., near Springfield, fueled by gas produced from coal, is headed to the Senate for the second time.
The proposal has been on the table in various forms since 2008, but didn't make its way to the floor until this year's spring session when it was approved by the House and failed in the Senate.
Through legislation, the project's developers are asking legislators to force the state's utilities to purchase the plant's output for the next 30 years, a tact that two other coal-to-gas developers used last session with success.
A bulked up version of that bill that includes additional provisions to allow the Illinois Power Agency, which procures power for the state, to purchase renewable energy, energy efficiency and distributed electric generation, passed the Senate Executive Committee Tuesday afternoon and will next arrive on the Senate floor.
The new bill also attempted to allay the fears of businesses who, in the last bill, wanted a limit on how much their electricity rates could increase because of the project. Residential customers under the bill would have increases capped at 2 percent over 30 years; whereas all other customers would see a cap between 3 and 4 percent over the same time period.
Bart Ford, vice president of business development for Tenaska, blamed Chicago-based Exelon Corp. for opposition that has stalled the project, saying the electric generation giant has put its money and might into stopping to project in order to avoid competition. More electric generation in the market would mean less money for Exelon for the electricity it produced from its nuclear plants.
"No force was greater over the last five years than ComEd's parent Exelon," Ford said.
He said that ComEd's smart grid bill stands to impact consumers far more than the Taylorville project because increases under the ComEd bill are cumulative and Tenaska's are not.
Exelon said in a statement that it welcome competition, but thinks the project undermines Illinois' competitive electricity market. As part of the legislation, the Illinois Commerce Commission would determine Tenaska's return on equity, a mechanism that is generally reserved for regulated utilities, not power generators. Under the legislation, the company could receive no more than 11.5 percent return on equity.
"Tenaska wants legislation that would give special treatment to the company by forcing the state to buy its overpriced, unnecessary and highly uneconomic power. That kind of unfair treatment raises electricity prices for customers and undermines a decade of restructuring in Illinois," Exelon wrote in a statement.
Senator Dale A. Righter (R-Charleston) said the legislation was akin to lawmakers playing favorites. In a deregulated energy market, he said, companies should be able to find their own investors rather than rely on ratepayers.
"If you can't make it, you're out of business," he said.
Environmentalists expressed concerns about pollution the plant would bring. Tenaska's developers say they intend to sequester carbon dioxide emissions underground, but in their quest for an air pollution permit are requesting permission to emit 10 billion pounds of greenhouse gases and 200 pounds of mercury.
Ford countered that the intention is still to sequester carbon dioxide, but said with the rules about sequestration still up in the air, they would be unable to gain investors for the project if the permit didn't include the possibility that sequestration falls through.
"We can't have an air permit that requires sequestration. We would never be able to move forward," he said.
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About the book: Does passion and desire guarantee success? Can friends really be trusted? Can true love be found beneath lust and deceit?
These are questions tenacious street dancer Elena Martinez faces as she struggles to compete against the most talented students at New York's top Performing Arts High School. Along with her best friend, the carefree and mischievous Sebastien Duval, they are determined to make center stage.
But the singing diva Letitia has other plans. Beautiful, talented and popular, her desire for revenge could ruin everything for Elena and Sebastien. Now, they must fight against prejudice, treachery and deceit as Letitia sets out to destroy Elena's friendships, her romance, her dignity and her dreams. Can Elena win the battle for true love, happiness and success?
*contains mature content - recommended for 15+*
About the book: Can secrets stay hidden forever? Can people really change? Are some mistakes unforgivable?
As Elena and Sebastian embark on a fresh start, will Letitia keep his secret, or will she use it to destroy them?
As Veronika falls in love, Frankie is out of rehab and trying to make amends, but will it last for either of them?
Meanwhile, as Anya is torn between loyalty to her Nana and love for Darius, could Darius fall for the new temptress, Rosa? With her stunning looks, her powerful, sensual dancing and her desire to seduce, she has everyone nervous but what secret is she hiding?
Continue the roller-coaster journey with your favorite characters as they try to survive junior year at the country's top performing arts school.
Kathy Petrakis was born and raised in Sydney Australia by Greek immigrant parents. She always had a passion for the performing arts - dancing, acting and singing but they were hobbies giving way to a traditional professional career in banking. Before this book, her writing was used to entertain friends with her unusual, and often disastrous travel adventures from around the world.
By the hand of fate, Passion and Pain and Bittersweet were born while living in London, heaven for lovers of the performing arts. After launching Passion and Pain, she returned to Sydney for the launch of the sequel, Bittersweet.
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Sex, sex sex – is that what it's all about?
By Kathy Petrakis
One of the biggest controversies with New Adult is that it's given the label of Young Adult with sex. Sometimes, it even borders on erotic. I have no problem with sex in books or erotica. However, for me, when writing contemporary novels about teenagers aged over sixteen, I feel it's important to treat sex with the delicacy, confusion and angst that it often creates. And I feel erotica should be identified as erotica.
Is there sex in the Dancers and Divas series? Of course there is. These are teenagers who are entering the world of adulthood and who have different life experiences, values and hormones!
The important thing to me, is that sex is not a matter of being in love and hence having a wonderful sex life – wouldn't it be great if it was always like that? I think characters approach and deal with this experience very differently, especially as teenagers.
In the Dancers and Divas series there are characters who fear it, others who have seen the worst of it from a young age and others who use sex as a weapon against those less experienced. There are characters who avoid it, others who experience great love and pleasure from it and others who see the often realistic initiation into loveless sex.
Often sex itself is not just about sex – it's about self-doubt, insecurities, pressure to please or be loved, or fear of missing out. It sometimes is about sharing a unique and intimate experience with someone you love. Whatever it is, it's part of a mature teenager's life – whether in participation or abstinence.
Do I think all teenagers should be having sex at sixteen? Definitely not. Some teenagers are really just not ready for it. Do I think we should talk about it realistically? Absolutely. And that is something I've tried to include in this series which deals with so many other issues apart from a character's decision about whether to have sex.
Not only are these teenagers growing up, but they are following the dream of success in the performing arts, where so few make it and so many try. They have to face so many things about themselves every day which is what makes this series interesting for me to write and hopefully, for you to read. Sex is only one aspect of their complex and constantly evolving lives.
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Surveying the sorry sad sacks, to use a WWII slang for slackers and loo-zers, populating the blogosphere [I noticed how many Sad-Sack loo-zers won in the Blog contests], it's easy to forget that our nation still retains a strong sense of esprit de corps even while liars like Scott Beauchamp and other low-life loo-zers stain the internet with their lying distortions.
USA Today has a story on how our soldiers in Iraq memorize the answers to traumatic head injury tests in an effort to remain in the field with their units. [h/t: WSJ]
One of the many reasons I'm proud to be an American.
"Much have I seen and known; cities of men And manners, climates, councils, governments, ...the fortune of us that are the moon's men doth ebb and flow like the sea, being govern'd, as the sea is, by the moon" [Henry IV, I.ii.31-33] HISTORY NEVER REPEATS ITSELF, BUT IT OFTEN RHYMES "There is a Providence that protects idiots, drunkards, children and the United States of America." Otto von Bismarck
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The 2009 Reno Air Race would be my very first experience of this kind. (See the gallery above.) Sure we've had more than a few Air Force and Navy air shows in Hawaii but nothing like Reno. The trip to Reno-Stead was inspired mainly by my father's life long fascination with aircraft and flying; in part by a chance meeting earlier this year, in Hawaii.
I had done some architectural work for a regular client and the home owners happened to be Mr. & Mrs. Mike Brown. Yes, that same Mike Brown of Reno Air Race fame! Captain and patriarch of the 2006, gold medal, "Mike Brown Air Force": September Pops, September Fury, and Big Boss Man. I knew very little about pylon racing and probably insulted Mike by asking, "Is it like the Red Bull?" He sorta straightened me out and outlined his experiences and small fleet of very impressive aircraft. I was hooked! And I promised myself that I would bare witness to a "real air race", this year!
Well, we did it! Although it was "a day late and a buck short". While at Reno-Stead, I constantly wondered, "Where is Mike?" The MB Air Force was no where to be seen. Only after returning to Hawaii did I realize why. Apparently, late 2008, Mike had made the decision to retire from air racing and sold EVERYTHING. I felt like more of an ass for making the Red Bull comparison!!! The reasons are the Browns' alone and I respect that… I just wish I could have had the chance to see the MB Air Force fly, at least once!
We actually had purchased tickets for the entire weekend but after a long, MB-Air-Force-free Saturday, we decided not to return on Sunday. With MB absent, I was far less enthused to watch the Unlimited's. And I knew enough about Strega to know that she and her new pilot would more than likely win their class… it's no fun when you know who is gonna win before the race is run.
I am glad we attended the 2009 Reno Air Race. I may return. But I am sure there are many who were also very disappointed by the lack of the MB Air Force. I am glad I met Mike Brown and his lovely wife, when I did, and I wish them all the very best that life has to offer!


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Linlithgow is a 16th Century town 18 miles outside of Edinburgh, that is easily visited by train, that was the birthplace of Mary Queen of Scots. The main attraction is Linlithgow Palace which remains largely intact and makes a fascinating attraction, with displayed artefacts and illustrations of the way life was lived in Tudor times and what passed for the then Scottish Court. Linlithgow is also the home of the Edinburgh & Glasgow Union Canal Centre from where boats can be hired to experience the Falkirk Wheel or for the two and a half hour canal trip to the fantastic Avon Aqueduct.
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Our department is of moderate size compared to other departments around the country and the ratio of physics majors to professors is about 3 to 1, which means there are excellent opportunities for undergraduates to pursue substantive research opportunities under the guidance of faculty mentors. It is not uncommon for our majors to start doing research in their freshman or sophomore year and then continue until they graduate.
There are a number of outstanding and unique features that make our department a particularly attractive academic home for undergraduates, including:
- We have a very active chapter of the Society of Physics Students, which won recognition as a national outstanding chapter in 2016-2017. We also have a chapter of the physics honors society, Sigma Pi Sigma.
- Beyond the third semester, our classroom sizes tend to be small ranging from 5-30 students. Almost all of our classes, including the introductory courses, are taught by professors or full-time lecturers.
- We have an excellent undergraduate lounge for our majors, which serves as a gathering place where students can study and work with their peers on assignments.
- We have an open and collaborative environment for undergraduate research in our department. Many of our majors seek out and find research opportunities with faculty in our department, some starting as early as their freshman year. And these students are not just given busy work; many are put on projects that are important to the research goals of that lab and end up being an author on one or more publications before they graduate. During the years 2015-2018, we had 9 undergraduates as co-authors on refereed journal publications.
- Many of our students have the opportunity to serve as Undergraduate Teaching Assistants, providing support in our introductory physics courses. Student can earn course credit for this work.
- The STEPUP program – Searching for Transiting Exo-Planets at the University of Pittsburgh – is entirely run by undergraduates. This group uses a telescope at Allegheny Observatory to make nightly observations of stars identified by NASA's Kepler Satellite as possible hosts of transiting planet systems. The students search for as-yet undiscovered planets around distant stars. Students from this group have co-authored two refereed papers based on their observations.
Learn more about some of the internships and scholarships that our undergraduate students can take advantage of.
Meet Award-Winning Advisor and Faculty Member Russell Clark
For more information about our department, or to schedule a visit or tour, please contact the Dietrich School's recruitment coordinator, Madeleine Fahlbusch at email@example.com.


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Lutherstadt Wittenberg, a Protestant place of pilgrimage, is regarded as the cradle of the Reformation. It was here that Martin Luther nailed his 95 theses to the door of the castle church on 31 October 1517.
Although there is, in fact, no historical evidence to support the public display of the theses, the town has clearly been shaped by the historical legacy of the Reformation right up to the present day. The famous sites of the Reformation in Wittenberg are among the most important places in German history.
Luther's former home is probably the world's largest museum dedicated to the history of the Reformation. The Church of St. Mary, where Luther preached and shared both bread and wine during Holy Communion for the first time, and the castle church, where Luther's grave is located, attract visitors from all over the world every year.
It wasn't only Luther who lived in Wittenberg – his close friend and supporter, the famous painter Lucas Cranach the Elder was also resident in the town for a long time. He lived and worked in the Renaissance-style Cranach courtyards in Wittenberg. Today, the renovated complex is home to an exhibition on the life and times of the famous painter. Visitors can also watch artists at work or soak up the historical ambience over a leisurely coffee.
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During a 2012 interview with Passport Magazine, Beauty and the Beast director Bill Condon said that he wishes he could "rip pages out of the Bible" as soon as he arrives in a hotel room, though, to Condon's disappointment, there are usually none available.
"And likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust one toward another; men with men working that which is unseemly, and receiving in themselves that recompence of their error which was meet." Romans 1:27 (KJV)
EDITOR'S NOTE: Usually when we report on these types of things, we will receive emails from people berating us for saying that Hollywood has a very definite anti-Christian bias and agenda. But as you can see, Hollywood hates Christians, hates the Bible, and will do anything they can to promote the LGBTQP lifestyle as they are now doing in the latest Beauty And The Beast remake. The movie's director wants to "rip the pages out of the Bible" whenever he checks into a hotel room as he travels. What does that tell you about the agenda of this movie?
"What is first thing you do when you get into a hotel room?" asked Passport Magazine, in a now-archived interview.
"I wish I could say I'm like Ian McKellen and immediately go rip pages out of the Bible, but there don't seem to be bibles in the hotel rooms I stay in these days," answered Condon. "So it's figuring out how to get online."
Condon's latest resurfaced remarks are sure to not sit well with already disillusioned potential movie-goers, particularly of the religious strain. The openly gay director generated controversy last month when he announced that his adaptation of the 1991 classic would feature Disney's first "exclusively gay moment."
Beauty And The Beast Has A "Gay Moment"
As previously reported by The Daily Wire, LeFou, who is Gaston's sidekick in the flick, will reportedly "explore his sexuality and feelings" for Gaston.
"LeFou is somebody who on one day wants to be Gaston and on another day wants to kiss Gaston," Condon told Attitude magazine. "He's confused about what he wants. It's somebody who's just realizing that he has these feelings," added the director.
In the remake, LeFou is played by actor Josh Gad, who Condon says "makes something really subtle and delicious" out of the character's sexuality. In the end, there is a "nice, exclusively gay moment," he said.
Displeased with the gay messaging, conservative groups have already moved to boycott the film.
LifeSiteNews, for instance, has already garnered nearly 130,000 signatures on their petition calling for a boycott of the film and it's "LGBT agenda."
Colorado Christian University has also called for pro-traditional family Americans to abstain from the film. "We will not allow you to bully us into going against our Biblically-based beliefs in natural marriage, and we will certainly not let you circumvent us as leaders of our families to force these beliefs on the impressionable young minds of our children," says the CCU petition, addressed to Walt Disney Company CEO Robert Allen Iger. source


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Understanding Natural and Therapeutic Magnetic Fields
To better understand how the body interacts with and responds to magnetic fields, we must appreciate how much our bodies themselves are electromagnetic. The body's own internal magnetic fields are generated by the extraordinary amount of internal electrical activity that keeps our bodies alive. These biomagnetic fields interact with all of the other magnetic fields on the planet and control our basic chemistry.
The adult body is comprised of more than 70 trillion individual cells, and that's not counting the millions of bacteria we carry in our gut. Each of those trillions of cells carries out several thousand metabolic processes every second. In order for that level of complexity to function smoothly, there must be a great deal of communication between and within these trillions of cells. Thankfully, our cells are programmed for this type of communication, and are able to make changes in a fraction of a second when necessary.
Do Humans Have A Magnetic Field?
The human body produces complex electrical activity in several different types of cells, including neurons, endocrine, and muscle cells – all called "excitable cells". As all electricity does, this activity also creates a magnetic field.
The biomagnetic fields of the body, though extremely tiny, have been measured with techniques including magnetoencephalography (MEG) and magnetocardiography (MCG). These techniques measure the magnetic fields produced by the electrical activity in the body. The findings through objective basic research of these endogenous fields serves to determine their magnitudes as well as leading to the development of new non-invasive means of measuring cellular function. This is clinically useful in order to help guide treatment of the brain and heart.
Cells normally go through at least 7,000 chemical reactions per second, which is an indication of the complex and continuous process involved in adaptation. This level of complexity is beyond the scope of simple biochemistry. By using electromagnetic stimulation, modern measuring techniques have increased the understanding of electromagnetic bio-communication that makes the coordination of the living system possible.
How The Body Creates and Uses Electromagnetic Fields
The body's electrical activity happens primarily in the cell membrane. It is hugely important that the cell membrane maintain an appropriate "charge" or voltage. A healthy cell has a transmembrane potential of about 80 or 100 millivolts. A cancer cell, for comparison, has a transmembrane potential often as low as 20 or 25 millivolts. When a cell becomes damaged or sick, the voltage of the membrane drops, causing an increased voltage in the interior of the cell. When the membrane voltage is low, the membrane channels can't function properly, leading to a domino effect of disease-causing actions (or inactions).
The cell membrane is there both to protect the contents of the cell and to act as a sort of gatekeeper – opening and closing channels (like doorways) through which ions can flow. These channels are sometimes referred to as "pumps."
The cell membrane itself has a voltage called a "potential" (or membrane potential, or transmembrane potential). Membrane potential refers to the difference in electrical charge between the inside and outside of the cell. The channels in the membrane are opened or closed based on the polarity of the membrane. When the channels are closed, a cell membrane is at its "resting potential" and when it is open it is at its "action potential."
Action potential (channel opening) requires electrical activity. During this process, the electrical potential of the membrane rapidly rises, allowing the channels to open up. As the channels open, ions flow into the cell, causing a further rise in the membrane potential, prompting even more channels to open up. This process produces an electric current (and therefore magnetic field) across the cell membrane, and the cycle continues. Once all channels are open, the membrane potential is so great that the polarity of the membrane reverses, and then the channels begin to close. As the entry channels close, exit channels are activated. Once the process is complete, all channels close and the membrane returns to its resting potential.
What Are Therapeutic Electromagnetic Fields?
Only certain ions flow in and out of a cell this way. Most commonly these are sodium, calcium, and potassium. The primary type of action potential is often referred to as the "sodium-potassium pump", during which sodium flows into the cell via an entry channel and potassium flows out of a cell via an exit channel.
Action potentials play different roles depending on cell type, but are generally responsible for cellular communication or to activate a cellular process. Muscle cells, for example, use action potentials as the first step to achieving muscle contraction.
If a cell is injured or otherwise not well, this activity slows or stops. The energy required by action potentials is relatively small but can be insurmountable for a sick cell. Applying an external, therapeutic magnetic field to the body supports this function by providing the cell with the energy it is incapable of producing itself.


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30th ANNUAL UCLA SYMPOSIUM:
Course Chair: Wesley S. Moore MD
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September 10-13, 2012
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This four-day course provides an in-depth review of the specialty of vascular surgery. This will be the 30th year of offering an in-depth review for those preparing to take the vascular board examinations as well as providing the basic didactic education for the vascular residents in training. The course recognizes four major pillars of vascular surgery practice, which include (1) conventional open operations, (2) catheter-based intervention (endovascular surgery), (3) the medical aspects of patient management, (4) diagnostic imaging and noninvasive testing. An internationally recognized faculty will present a comprehensive survey of generally accepted views, including basic science, pathogenesis, diagnosis, and management of the broad spectrum of vascular disorders. In addition, each speaker has been asked to take a portion of their allotted time in order to review the important new developments, as related to their topic that have taken place within the last year. We have also requested that each speaker begin or end their presentation with 2-3 questions appropriate to their topic.
In recognition of the increasingly important role of endovascular intervention in the vascular surgeon's practice, we continue to add topics that provide an update on endovascular surgery together with interactive case presentations involving those techniques.
This course addresses the needs of practicing vascular surgeons who wish to review the specialty and update their knowledge of new topics in this rapidly expanding field. In addition, vascular surgery residents will find this course a comprehensive overview of the subject that is designed to supplement their training and to provide a foundation of basic science necessary for their complete understanding of the subject. It conforms to the clinical and basic science curriculum as outlined by the vascular surgery program directors (APDVS).
The course is supported by a textbook in vascular surgery. The chapters have been written by the course faculty. Participants attending this course will receive the textbook, Vascular and Endovascular Surgery: A Comprehensive Review, edited by Wesley S. Moore MD.
30th Annual UCLA Symposium:
A Comprehensive Review and Update of What's New
in Vascular and Endovascular Surgery
Monday, September 10th, 2012
|7:00 am
|8:00 am
|Welcome and Introduction – Wesley S. Moore MD
|Moderator: Wesley S. Moore MD
|8:15 am
|Anatomy, Physiology, and Pharmacology of the Vessel Wall – Gale Tang, MD
|8:55 am
|Principles of Imaging in Vascular Disease – Antoinette S. Gomes, MD
|9:35 am
|Coffee Break/Visit Exhibits
|9:55 am
|Hemodynamics for the Vascular Surgeon – R. Eugene Zierler, M.D.
|10:35 am
|The Vascular Diagnostic Laboratory –Ankur Chandra,M.D.
|11:15 am
|Exposure of Blood Vessels and Related Structures – Jeffrey L. Ballard, MD
|12:00 pm
|Lunch Break
Moderator: Peter F. Lawrence, MD
|1:30 pm
|Drugs Commonly Used in Vascular Disease Patients: Dosage and Pharmacology -Jessica O'Connell, M.D.
|2:00 pm
|Vasculogenic Erectile Dysfunction – Ralph G. DePalma, MD
|2:30 pm
|Primary (Arterial) Vascular Infection: Etiology, Diagnosis, and Management – Hugh A. Gelabert, MD
|3:00 pm
|Coffee Break/Visit Exhibits
|3:20 pm
|Surgical and Endovascular Management of Vascular Trauma – David A. Gillespie, MD
|4:00 pm
|Hemodialysis and Angio Access-Samuel E. Wilson, MD
|4:30 pm
|An Introduction and Highlights of the VESAP II Examination-Kim Hodgson, MD
|5:40 pm
|Interactive Case Presentations
Moderators: Brian G. DeRubertis, MD and Wei Zhou, M.D.
|6:40 pm
|7:10 pm
|Satellite Symposium
Tuesday, September 11th, 2012
|7:00 am
|Moderator: Hugh A. Gelabert, MD
|7:30 am
|Introduction to Endovascular Surgery: Arterial Access, Guidewires, Sheaths, Angioplasty Catheters, and Stents – Michael B. Silva, Jr., MD
|8:20 am
|Cerebrovascular Disease I: Surgery of the Carotid Artery – Wesley S. Moore MD
|9:10 am
|Cerebrovascular Disease II: Surgery of the Aortic Arch Trunks and the Vertebral Basilar System- Ramon Berguer, MD,PhD
|10:00 am
|Coffee Break/Visit Exhibits
|10:20 am
|Vascular Malformations – Peter Gloviczki, MD
|10:50 am
|Angioplasty and Stenting for Cerebrovascular Disease: Technique and Results – Peter Schneider, MD
|11:30 am
|Surgical Management of Chronic Venous Obstruction – Peter Gloviczki, MD
|12:00 pm
|Lunch Break
|Wesley S. Moore MD, and Anthony J. Comerota, MD
|1:30 pm
|Atherosclerosis: Pathology, Pathogenesis, and Medical Management –
Ralph G. DePalma, MD
|2:05 pm
|Non-Atherosclerotic Vascular Disease – Gregory J. Landry, MD
|2:55 pm
|Risk Factor Management: Tobacco, Statins, Beta Blockers and ACE Inhibitors – Peter F. Lawrence, MD
|3:25 pm
|Coffee Break
|3:45 pm
|Antiplatelet Therapy – Anthony J. Comerota, MD
|4:15 pm
|Influence of Diabetes Mellitus and its Complications on Vascular Disorders – Charles M. Peterson, MD
|4:55 pm
|Panel Discussion – Q&A
Moderator: Anthony J. Comerota, MD
Panelists: Drs. DePalma, Landry, Lawrence, and Peterson
|5:30 pm
|Interactive Case Presentation
Moderators: Brian G. DeRubertis, MD and Wei Zhou, M.D.
|6:30 pm
|7:00 pm – 10:00 pm
|Satellite Symposium
Wednesday, September 12th, 2012
|7:00 am
|Moderator: David A. Rigberg, MD
|7:30 am
|Aneurysms of the Abdominal Aorta and Iliac Arteries – Jerry Goldstone, MD
|8:10 am
|Endovascular Repair of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm: Comparative Techniques and Results of Currently Available Devices – Ronald M. Fairman, MD
|8:40 am
|Thoracoabdominal Aortic Aneurysm: Diagnosis, Prognosis, and Surgical Management – Hazim Safi, MD
|9:10 am
|The Hybrid Approach to Thoracoabdominal Aortic Aneurysm – William J. Quiñones-Baldrich, MD
|9:40 am
|Coffee Break/Visit Exhibits
|10:00 am
|Endovascular Repair of Thoracic Aneurysms: Currently Available Devices and Results – Michel Makaroun, MD
|10:30 am
|Fenestrated and Branched Endograft Repair of Aortic Arch and Thoraco-Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm-Roy K. Greenberg, M.D.
|11:00 am
|Panel Discussion: Moderator-Dr. Rigberg. Panelists- Drs Goldstone, Fairman, Safi, Quinones, Makaroun, and Greenberg
|12:00 Lunch Break
Moderator: Juan Carlos Jimenez, MD
|1:30 pm
|Hematologic Problems in Vascular Surgery: Bleeding and Thrombosis – Timothy Liem, MD
|2:00 pm
|Venous Thromboembolic Disease – Thomas Wakefield, MD
|2:30 pm
|Thrombolysis and Mechanical Thrombectomy for Arterial and Graft Occlusions: Technique and Results –
Vikram Kashyap, MD
|2:55 pm
|Thrombolysis and Mechanical Thrombectomy for Deep Venous Thrombosis and Pulmonary Embolism: Technique and Results – Anthony J. Comerota, MD
|3:25 pm
|Coffee Break/Visit Exhibits
|3:40 pm
|Management of the Incompetent Saphenous Vein – Endovenous Ablation and Sclerotherapy – David A. Rigberg, MD
|4:10 pm
|Chronic Venous Obstruction – Catheter-based Intervention – Seshadri Raju, MD
|4:40 pM
|Surgical Management of Aorto-Iliac Occlusive Disease-Michael Belkin MD
|5:10 pm
|Angioplasty and Stenting for Aorto-Iliac Occlusive Disease: Technique and Results-Ruth Bush MD
|5:40 pm
|Panel Discussion: Moderator-Dr. Jimenez. Panelists- Drs Liem, Wakfield, Kayshap, Comerota, Rigberg, Raju, Belkin, and Bush
Satellite Symposium
Thursday, September 13th, 2011
7:00 am
|Moderator: Jessica O'Connell, M.D.
|7:30 am
|Surgical Management of Renovascular Hypertension – Kimberly J. Hansen, MD
|8:10 am
|Diagnosis, Surgical and Endovascular Management of Intestinal Ischemia – Bruce Gewertz, MD
|8:50 am
|Angioplasty and Stenting for Renal Artery Disease: Technique and Results – Douglas Hood, MD
|9:30 am
|Coffee Break/Visit Exhibits
|9:50 am
|Visceral Artery Aneurysms – James C. Stanley, MD
|10:30 am
|Aneurysms of the Peripheral Arteries, Including a Comparison of Open and Endovascular Techniques – D. Preston Flanigan, MD
|11:10 am
|Non-Infectious Complications in Vascular Surgery – Glenn C. Hunter, MD
|12:00 pm
|Lunch Break
Moderator: William J. Quiñones-Baldrich, MD
|1:00 pm
|Vascular Graft Infection: Etiology, Diagnosis, Management, and Prevention – Julie Freischlag, M.D.
|1:40 pm
|Surgical and Endovascular Management of Ruptured Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm – Frank J. Veith, MD
|2:20 pm
|Management of the Thoracic Outlet Syndrome – Hugh A. Gelabert, MD
|2:50 pm
|Coffee Break/Visit Exhibits
|3:10 pm
|Infrainguinal Arterial Occlusive Disease: Surgical Management – Frank Veith, MD
|3:50 pm
|Catheter-Based Intervention for Infra-Inguinal Occlusive Disease: Technique and Results – Joe Mills, M.D.
|4:20 pm
|Management of the Non-Reconstructable Ischemic Extremity-Steven Farley, MD
|4:50 pm
|Lower Extremity Amputation for End Stage Vascular Disease-Juan Carlos Jimenez, MD
|5:30 pm
|Course Adjourns


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von Loeffelholz, Ottilie and Jiang, Qiyang and Ariosa, Aileen et al. (2015) Ribosome–SRP–FtsY cotranslational targeting complex in the closed state. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 112 (13). pp. 3943-3948. ISSN 0027-8424. PMCID PMC4386334. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20150318-091732909
von Loeffelholz, Ottilie and Knoops, Kèvin and Ariosa, Aileen et al. (2013) Structural basis of signal sequence surveillance and selection by the SRP–FtsY complex. Nature Structural & Molecular Biology, 20 (5). pp. 604-610. ISSN 1545-9985. PMCID PMC3874396. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20130625-102457328


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On Offers and Promises
There's an eatery near where I work that advertises that it offers "Free WiFi."
As a man with a cheap cell phone, I love discovering new places with WiFi service. I eagerly whipped out my iPod Touch.
"I can check my email, maybe do a quick browse of Facebook before we have lunch," I thought as I selected the network and waited for it to connect.
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…and waited…
…and waited…
…and all through lunch I would periodically check to see if the connection had established. It never did.
I've been back there several times over the past few months, and it hardly ever connects. If I went there today, I probably wouldn't bother checking.
What's the difference between no WiFi service and poor WiFi service? Functionally, there's almost no difference. Expectationally, there is a world of difference.
Offering a service is the same as making a promise, even if it's a "free" service. Our failure to provide that service has the same effect on our reputation as breaking a promise. Our word means a little less. Our name is a little less trusted.
And with every incident that goes unaddressed, it keeps getting worse.
Eventually, your customers will stop being your customers. Or your constituents will stop supporting you. Or your spouse will stop asking you to do things. Or…or…or. In every type of relationship, the results are fatal.
You can try to make excuses. You can try to spin. You can pretend nothing is wrong. That won't heal the relationship, though, and it just barely delays the inevitable.
The only real cure is honesty.
No one faults the restaurant that doesn't offer free WiFi. The owners know that they don't want to expend the time, money or personnel to provide that service well, and they're up front about it. If they focus at being a great restaurant, their customers will be happy.
So, it's past time to get clear about what your time, your resources, and your vision will allow you (or your business) to commit to. If you're saying "yes" to a commitment, you better be ready to answer how and when you will keep it. If you're not able to keep it, then it's past time to come clean and admit it.
Your reputation depends on it.


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Ricetami Organik Food
Ricetami Organic Food
Organic rice that is produced through a series of organic process, planted in the fields that are actually environmentally friendly,pollution-free, irrigation systems and not mixed by non-organic land use contour terraces, and of course without the use chemicals fertilizer, Organic Rice also has a delicious flavor of the fragrant aroma and fluffier thus more resistant, the rice is very suitable to be consumed by diabetics because it is low in sugar, and best to help process of diet will can maximize results.
The Benefits of Organic Rice
- Organic Rice certainly deliver more nutrients much better, rich in vitamins, proteins and mineralsand very Good for diet or lose weight
- Prevent various diseases
- Lowering cholesterol in the blood.
- Contains lots of vitamins B1, B6, B12
- Having content of fiber and have high phosphorus
- Prevent degenerative diseases.
- Contains more magnesium, which is very helathy for heart.
- Rich in fiber fatty acids that make you more satisfied and not hungry faster.
Health is very EXPENSIVE so we are obliged to keep with Stop Eating all kinds of food contaminated with chemicals, Children familiarize us early with organic food is very influential on the intelligence and the growth and development of the child, All Organic Products today are not expensive and the quality is getting better with a variety of verification tests.
Know the type of Rice in RICETAMI ORGANIK FOOD
Organic Red Rice
Organic red rice has a distinctive flavor, very delicious even when eaten without vegetables or side dishes. Rice is already known to be very long and widely used as a drug to treat a variety of diseases. Because red organic rice has numerous ingredients that are good for health that can increase growth hormone in humans. Learn more detailed articles and discussion can be found in the news pages, Organic rice we will do testing in the lab certified periodically and will be updated on the news
The following results of the test of web LiveStrong
Carbohydrates – 85% (8% comes from protein and 7% fat)
Fiber – 7% (of fiber is needed for a 2,000 calorie diet)
Vitamin B – (A small amount of thiamin, riboflavin, vitamin B-6, folate and niacin).
Magnesium, phosphorus and calcium
Potassium – for fluid balance and cardiovascular function
Cooking Organic Red Rice
- Rinse once (organic rice has been through the processing stage of our quality standards), Put 3 cups of organic brown rice into the rice cooker
- Enter 4.5 cups of water into the container of a rice cooker, if you want fluffier, add enough water.
- During the cooking process do not open and stir the rice so that the rice aroma is maintained.
- Once cooked, rice is ready to be served to eat, of course will be more delicious in hot conditions
Organic black rice contains many aleurone and endospermia that produce anthocyanins that color purple rice becomes concentrated near black. Has a lower carbohydrate content so that if consumption is converted into energy in the body is not converted into fat. organic black rice has different names, depending on where the black rice is located. In Solo, known as the Rice Wulung, in Sleman with Ireng Cempo or Jlitheng Rice, in Bantul called Melik Rice and in the area of Subang, this rice is known Gadog Rice.
The Benefits of organic black rice
- Good for diet or lose weight
- Overcoming interference Kidney Stones
- Blood flow and repair cell damage
- Low Glycemic Index (sugar content)
- Cleaning poisons and toxins from the body (detoxification)
- Contains more magnesium, which is very beneficial for heart health.
- Rich in fiber fatty acids that make you more satisfied and not hungry faster.
- Helps maintain the body's defenses (immunity)
- Increase breast milk (containing flavonoids)
- organic black rice has a content of polyphenols, isoflavones and Antisianidin able to shed the fat that clog the heart channel
Red and Black Rice Cereal Organic
The best products of ricetami organik food organic rice cereal in red or black. very practical and easy to take with variants that you can customize as you want. We will update the news section for variations in the menu that you can try every day. With red and black rice seral you will become healthier with a delicious meal. Without prejudice to all the benefits of organic rice. ricetami organik food is the right choice for healthy snack foods for your family. All the positive effect by eating this cereal in a long time. Health is an investment lets your child is eating black rice cereal. it will be very helpful in the process of its growth and development the brain.
Stay Delicious and Healthy (Ricetami.com | RTM)


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Classes in Urban Arabic and Modern Standard Arabic from beginners to advanced levels.Read more
Saifi Urban Gardens is a lively hub for the community of Gemmayze in Beirut, as well as a hand-crafted, owner-managed hostel.
Outdoor and indoor gardens are available for you to relax, interact or just have fun with friends.
25 private and dorm rooms, as well as a shared apartment are housed in two converted Beiruti buildings dating from the early 20th and 19th centuries.
Rooms are spacious and simple with modern bathrooms and daily cleaning.
Due to the lively restaurants on site as well as the traditional architecture Saifi is not the place for peace and quiet, it's a place for meeting others, going out and experiencing the real Beirut.
Classes in Urban Arabic and Modern Standard Arabic from beginners to advanced levels.Read more
Great views, good food and lots of fun on the rooftop of Saifi Urban Gardens - Beirut's only alternative rooftop. Open year-round.Read more
Serving home cooked meals and mana2eesh for breakfast, lunch, dinner and drinks every day 7 days a week 8am-4am.
Live Arabic music every Friday, and Saturday night, and Quiz night every wednesday.


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Online Matching System for Special Needs
For Unificationists the Marriage Blessing is the most sacred sacrament. Parents who have adult children with extreme challenges may very well still want their child to receive the Marriage Blessing. The Online Matching System wants to support such families by providing a venue where they can meet and talk.
We have families across the world with adult children who might be severely challenged. It may never be possible for these individuals to live independently outside of a full-time care team. Some may not be even able to recognize their own situation. However, each of them is still precious and their lives should be honored. Offering the Marriage Blessing through their family is a gift that should not be withheld. That is why this service is offered—With gratitude and love.
General Resources
Easter Seals:
- Easterseals provides exceptional services, education, outreach, and advocacy so that people living with autism and other disabilities can live, learn, work and play in our communities.
- The U.S. federal government website for information on disability programs and services nationwide.
List of Organizations for People with Disabilities:
- Comprehensive list of organizations for people with disabilities.Center for Parent Information and Resources:
- Offers multiple resources for parents of children with disabilities.
Administration on Disabilities (AoD)
- The Administration on Disabilities works with states, communities, and partners in the disability networks to increase the independence, productivity, and community integration of individuals with disabilities. Under authorities provided by the Developmental Disabilities Act (DD Act), the Rehabilitation Act, the Help America Vote Act, the Assistive Technology Act of 1998, and the Public Health Service Act, the AoD works to improve opportunities for people with disabilities to access quality services and supports, achieve economic self-sufficiency, and experience equality and inclusion in all facets of community life.
National Alliance on Mental Illness
- NAMI, is the nation's largest grassroots mental health organization dedicated to building better lives for the millions of Americans affected by mental illness, an association of hundreds of local affiliates, state organizations and volunteers who work in your community to raise awareness and provide support and education that was not previously available to those in need. – See more at: http://www.nami.org/About-NAMI#sthash.esQJl7nV.dpuf
Tutoring for Students with Learning Disabilities
- All students learn at their own pace and in their own way – this is especially true for students with learning disabilities. Special education services are a regular feature of the public school system, but with classroom sizes growing and resources shrinking, those students don't always get the individualized attention they need. Tutoring services can help to bridge the gap for students with learning disabilities or other disorders that interfere with learning.
Autism Spectrum Disorder Resources
Autism Speaks:
- Autism speaks strives to raise public awareness about autism and its effects on individuals, families, and society: they work to bring hope to all who deal with the hardships of this disorder.
- Website of the National Autism Society of America. Offers various resources and a generous amount of information about Autism Spectrum Disorder.
- Behavior analysis focuses on the principles that explain how learning takes place. Positive reinforcement is one such principle. When a behavior is followed by some sort of reward, the behavior is more likely to be repeated. The field of behavior analysis has developed many techniques for increasing useful behaviors and reducing those that may cause harm or interfere with learning. Behavior analysts are qualified to provide services to clients with a variety of needs, including improvements in organizational functioning, skill deficits, and problem behavior, among others. ABA is a widely accepted form of therapy for children with autism-spectrum disorders.
National Autism Society of America:
Introduction to Behavior Analysis:
Down Syndrome Resources
National Down Syndrome Society:
- The mission of the National Down Syndrome Society is to be the national advocate for the value, acceptance and inclusion of people with Down syndrome.
- The mission of the National Down Syndrome Congress is to provide information, advocacy and support concerning all aspects of life for individuals with Down syndrome. The vision of the NDSC is a world with equal rights and opportunities for people with Down syndrome.
- The International Down Syndrome Coalition (IDSC) is dedicated to helping and advocating for individuals with Down syndrome from conception and throughout life.
National Down Syndrome Congress:
International Down Syndrome Coalition:
Intellectual and Developmental Disability Resources
American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities:
- AAIDD promotes progressive policies, sound research, effective practices, and universal human rights for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
- The Arc promotes and protects the human rights of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities and actively supports their full inclusion and participation in the community throughout their lifetimes.
The Arc
Orthopedic Impairment Resources
United Cerebral Palsy:
- United Cerebral Palsy (UCP) educates, advocates and provides support services to ensure a life without limits for people with a spectrum of disabilities.
- Gateway to an abundance of disability- and rehabilitation-oriented information organized in a variety of formats designed to make it easy for users to find and use.
- The Spina Bifida Association (SBA) serves adults and children who live with the challenges of Spina Bifida. Since 1973, SBA has been the only national voluntary health agency solely dedicated to enhancing the lives of those with Spina Bifida and those whose lives are touched by this challenging birth defect. Its tools are education, advocacy, research, and service.
National Rehabilitation Information Center:
Spina Bifida Association:
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke:
- The mission of NINDS is to seek fundamental knowledge about the brain and nervous system and to use that knowledge to reduce the burden of neurological disease.
Speech and Language Impairment Resources
Center for Speech and Language Disorders:
- The Center's mission is to help children with communication disorders reach their full potential through family-centered services.
- ASHA'S mission is to make effective communication, a human right, accessible and achievable for all. It is the national association for language and speech specialists, and provides resources to connect to helping professionals in the area of speech and language.
- Small Steps in Speech is a 501(c)(3) charitable non-profit organization which provides grants on behalf of children with speech and language disorders for therapies, treatments, communicative devices, and other services aimed at improving their communication skills.
American Speech Language Hearing Association:
Small Steps in Speech:
"Forgiving a Nation"
By Annie Hapeman – Unificationist mother of a child with down syndrome
I knew right away that something was very wrong environmentally when my son was born with Down syndrome, just two doors down from where another child was born with DS two years earlier. We lived way out in the country, and the odds of these two children being born on the same rural road were phenomenal.
I soon came to realize that our neighborhood was the epicenter of a cluster of children that were born with this chromosomal abnormality. Eventually, the Dept. of Public Health verified that the birth rate of these children in our neighborhood was 400% higher than the national average.
We suspected the nearby nuclear facility's routine release of low-level radiation as a contributing factor.
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I couldn't believe it when a friend of mine shared a copy of the Congressional BIER REPORT with me. The report, in essence, was a Benefits/Risk analysis that weighed the estimated financial profits of running nuclear power plants, against the probable medical consequences. In other words, "how much money can be made, verses how many cases of birth defects and cancer cases are expected if these power plants are up and running?"
When the newly formed NRC questioned if the nuclear industry would assume responsibility for the predicted medical consequences, the industry refused to be held accountable; instead, Congress gave them the green light to proceed.
I felt angry and betrayed by the country that I loved. How could Congress consider our children simply as collateral damage? Nevertheless, the greatest religious leaders have always taught that forgiving one's enemy is the keystone for world peace and peace within one's own heart
"With clenched teeth, you have to go up to the stage where you find that you can pledge to heaven and earth, 'In God's name, I love him more than anyone else,' about the person you cannot love. You have to try to pledge in God's name that you will reach the place where you will be able to sincerely relate with a full heart to someone who you can't relate to." – Sun Myung Moon.
One of the children who was born in this neighborhood was born with a collapsed lung and a very rare form of mitochondrial malfunction. I was hired to do overnights with this child. At first, I was a bit intimidated by the machinery that regulated his feeding tube; but over time caring for this special child's physical well-being became second nature.
Sometimes I would hold him in my arms in the middle of the night and pray that God's loving white light could surround us, like a healing blanket.
Together we basked in the heart of God, by the soft glow of a night light and children's songs humming in the background on his tape recorder. Many nights I wished that those who sanctioned the start-up of the nuclear power plants in our country could spend a night or two, with this frail child. He was one of the children that scientists advised Congress to consider, before sanctioning nuclear facilities.
During one of overnights, I had an incredible experience while holding this child in the dark silence. I thought about the people in the nuclear industry and in our government. I knew that they were well-meaning people, who simply had no idea of the consequences of their choices. I prayed for them that somehow their souls could be with me and with this child in this sacred moment. Tears for my enemy wet my cheeks; not angry tears, but tears of deep compassion. How I wished that they could be touched by the love that I felt from God for these special children. How I wished that they could taste, could experience how drastically their choices sliced through this family's life. How I wish they could hold this child's frail body that struggled to breathe without choking. Most of all I wished that they could enter this realm of God's heart.
That night, I prayed that God would forgive my country and that my country would come back to God. Forgiving those who gave the nuclear industry the green light, without holding them responsible for the pain and suffering that was expected, took a long time, and it seemed like endless tears. Eventually, I came to a place in my heart in which I simply wanted to share the sacred joy, the eternal love of God that I experienced in the dead of night with this child. That innocent love was stronger than my own anger or pain.
The next day that little boy's mom asked me if I had done something special with her son that night. I said no because every night I prayed when I held him in my arms. But that night had been different because I found tears of love for my enemy.
Previously this child's chest was concave; it changed dramatically. The deep indentation that was present from birth remarkably had rounded out overnight. Forgiving the unforgivable with tears brought amazing results.
We have so many laws that protect big business from financial ruin, allowing industrial giants to prosper without holding them responsible for the health problems that their pollution is causing. It's as if we had worshiped big business as our provider; only to watch it turn into a tyrant over our lives.
I have to remind myself to breathe deeply and to remember the goodness that big business and our government once expressed, and is still capable of expressing.
These special needs children showed me how limited logical thinking is all by itself; and they constantly seem to insist in their often, silent ways, that I dig deeper into the heart of God; into the heart of mankind, and learn how to see everyone with eyes of compassion. Perhaps we needed these special children to remind us of that sacred love and vision that moved our forefathers as they wrote out our Constitution, which guarantees our right to life.
I look forward to the day when Congress has the courage to take responsibility for its choices and to honor these young people and their families for the sacrifices they made so that our nation could move into a more industrialized age. For now, I want to take a moment to honor these special children as great heroes and great peace-makers. These children were sacrificed for the advancement of our country, and yet they smile gently and without resentment.


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New martyrs in Bahrain and Saudi Arabia as AI reports first water-boarding claim
A young Bahraini youth has been martyred while receiving treatment at hospital. Jaffar Ahmad Al Durazi passed away today after he was left without care following numerous sessions of severe torture. He was arrested in January with a group of youth who had been active in the pro-democracy movement. While in police custody, they were all subjected to extreme forms of torture including sexual abuse, electrocution and beating. They were then transferred to Rafaa police station to recuperate from their horrific injuries before their trial. But Jaffar's conditions deteriorated as he was suffering from sickle cell blood disorder. He was transferred to the military-run Salmaniya Hospital where he was ill-treated further and denied proper medical care. He passed away in the early hours of this morning.
A kangaroo court run by the ruling Alkhalifa family has ordered the detention for one more week of a juvenile. Mahdi Ali Jaffar Shuja'a, 11, has been ordered to stay behind bars for one more week in revenge for joining a peaceful demonstration calling for democratic rights.
At the Awwamiyah Town of Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia two people were martyred by police on Thursday 20th February. Heavily-armed thugs of the Al Saud regime attacked the town and raided houses. Although he raised his white shirt to indicate his submission, Hussain Ali Al Faraj was hit with live bullets and died instantly. Shortly afterwards another house was raided and Ali Ahmed Al Faraj was also hit with live bullets which killed him on the spot. This criminal behaviour has enraged the people and pushed many of them to chant anti-regime slogans during the funerals of the martyrs.
On Sunday 23rd February, the people who were sitting in mourning at a congregation hall at Saar Town were bombarded with large amounts of chemical and tear gases. An armoured vehicle manned by members of Alkhalifa Death Squads targeted the audience at the town congregation hall as they took part in mourning the late pro-democracy journalist, Sayyed Ali Al Mousawi. A video showing the horrific crime was posted on the internet. In such circumstances (ie when there is irrefutable evidence of an Alkhalifa crime against the people) the regime would always promise to investigate, but none of the perpetrators of the crimes has ever been charged).
The Alkhalifa court has extended the illegal detention of three orators for unspecified periods for chanting pro-democracy slogans at one of the demonstrations. Lawyer Yousuf Rabi'e said that his clients; Abdul Jabbar Al Durazi, Mohammad Jaber Al Durazi and Poet Mohammad Al Yousuf were detained for 38 more days in the absence of their lawyer. An elderly citizen, Hajji Majeed, also known Hajji Sumood (steadfast) is among those detained for taking part in peaceful demonstrations. Al Wefaq Society described these harsh sentences against Bahrainis as revenge and unethical exploitation of power. Bahrain's jails are overcrowded with more than 3000 political prisoners.
On 20th February, Amnesty International issued an Urgent Action about a young Bahraini prisoner of conscience. It said that Ahmed Mohammad Saleh al-Arab saw his family for the first time on 10 February, a month after he was arrested, and again on 18 February. During the visits Ahmed al-Arab told his family that he was still suffering the effects of shoulder injuries, especially on his right side, which he said he had sustained as a result of severe beatings at the National Security Agency headquarters in the capital, Manama, and being hung from his wrists while they were twisted behind his back and handcuffed. He also told his family he had numbness in his hands and a tooth which was broken during the beating was bleeding every day. He said he had not received any medical attention for any of his injuries. He told his family that he had been severely beaten, on his genitals and elsewhere, at the National Security Agency and a detention facility in Riffa. He also said he had had his face covered with a cloth and water poured over it to make him feel as if he was drowning; he was threatened with having his nails pulled out and being raped. He was also made to sign papers while blindfolded but did not know what they were. During their first visit, the family saw that Ahmed al-Arab had scars on his face, black marks around his wrists and a broken tooth. Amnesty called on the regime to provide Mr Al Arab with urgently needed medical care, stop torturing him and allowing him access to his lawyer.
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So I have been really busy. Not only that but I have been having writers block. Real bad. That being said however, this websites second birthday is coming up, and so is my 18th! Expect some comics to celebrate!. I am also hoping to also get a few animation out, I'm working on one based on Frozen (how amazing is that movie!). I am also working on some Tumblr Exclusive comics so be sure to follow me there!
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Rather outspoken (with help)
Let's pause for a moment.
We have been struggling to understand the actions of newspaper owners who fire their youngest, most tech-savvy employees while maintaining their costly distribution networks and their expensive presses.
Let's put that fruitless quest on hold.
Let's think instead about the aging faces of another declining news medium: network television news – specifically, one of the old lions of U.S. television, a tribe on the verge of extinction.
Dan Rather is speaking to us again.
A couple of weeks ago we left Rather, the formerly famous face of CBS News, in the fairly gentle hands of his predecessor Walter Cronkite.
Now we can assess Rather in his own words, or perhaps in the words of his literary collaborators.
The title page of Rather Outspoken: My Life in the News names the author as Dan Rather with Digby Diehl. The publisher describes Diehl as "one of the most trusted and successful literary collaborators in America."
Rather takes a step farther in his acknowledgments, crediting Digby and Kay Diehl. "This man-and-wife team were indispensable in helping me get this book down on paper and ready for publishing."
There's nothing wrong with collaboration on a book. But perhaps these writers could have involved a copy editor in the process.
The students in my Editing Print and Online Media class spotted three typos in one nine-line passage.
And the usual practice when borrowing a vivid phrase is to credit the author. Recalling meeting the woman who became his wife, Rather says, "She also had a figure that would make a bishop kick out a stained-glass window." Raymond Chandler wrote that first, I think.
Rather opens the book on a bitter note, reporting his feelings in 2006 after being squeezed out of CBS News, where he had spent his career reporting and anchoring.
"But hey, I said to myself, this is the big time; you've been privileged to play the game at the top for a long while. These are the major leagues: Envy, cowardice and betrayal are part of life. Stuff happens, and people will always surprise you; take it for what you can learn from it and take it like a man, like a pro."
CBS and Rather parted ways very publicly "because I reported a true story," the newsman asserts. That was "President George W. Bush's dereliction of duty during Vietnam."
The story may have been true, but Rather's rush to get it on the air and the network's refusal to deal calmly and rationally with criticisms after the broadcast overwhelmed the truth of the report.
Rather blames the corporate owners of CBS for caving in to pressure from the U.S. government and right-wing propagandists.
In our conspiracy-obsessed era, that argument just might fly.
Now 80, Rather professes himself happy and busy reporting for Dan Rather Reports on AXS.tv.
Coming soon: the memoirs of a Canadian television news icon: The Kind of Life It's Been by Lloyd Robertson of CTV News.
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A party attended by about 50 Central Washington University students resulted in "multiple" assaults and drug overdoses, authorities said Saturday.
Police initially were called to help one assault victim and one poisoning or overdose victim, according to a statement from the Cle Elum, Washington, police department.
Friends of those two victims directed authorities to the party, where police say they interrupted a possible sexual assault and found several other people suffering from assaults or poisonings/overdoses of an unknown substance, the statement said.
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Nope. If you watch Malibu's Most Wanted its what the reporter calls Jamie Kennedy's wigger character in response to a chain of robberies. Its just a funny name cuz I dislike suburban wanna be thugs.
Oh. Well since I've never owned a television, I'm at a loss.
Whitekong78....to explain: when I was young I read this book "The Impact of Electronic Media on Social Behavior" and decided I didn't want "that" happening to me nor my future family. On TV, the news comes at you so fast there is little time to pause and reflect, to compare what was just said to what you know to be true. When reading, those opportunities abound. I would sum up this book in one phrase: "the more we stare at the TV, the less relationship there is between what whe know to be true, and where we stand concerning current events" Not having a working knowledge of tv shows does hamper my ability to communicate with others, and is probably the only "side-effect" associated with not owning TV's.
You're not missing much. Allow me to fill you in. Editorial and opinion has replaced facts in the news. Even when they offer opposing viewpoints they leave out any real compromise on an issue, so the viewer is left deciding which moron is lying or telling the truth. In fact they are both lying and telling the truth at the same time. I really only watch movies because at least I know it's fiction.
Sounds like TV confuses people. I've experienced what you said speaking with friends and colleagues. It's as if they can only parrot what the tv news told them, and are totally incapable of forming their own opinion. Nice discussion w/you thise eve. goodnight.
There is nothing anyone can do about the behavoirs of these college students... They're adults and gonna do what they want to do...theres no changing that.
what happened to my comment from yesterday?
@Education First....your comment? Simply post it again. While I'm here....after 9/11, Congress voted in the largest increased prison funding in US history.(saying these funds would be used to build the prisons needed to house the thousands of "terrorists" sure to be arrested) Yet, education funding was only increased by a small amount that year, and accounting for inflatiion, the new funding was in reality a reduced amount from the previous year. So has "education first" lost it's meaning....and by the use of your s/n are you trying to revive it?
Stupid freshman! They learned their first college lesson. Allways carry your drink with you. When cops arrive at party drop drink and go out the back door fast!
Forget the ruffies guys! Just flex your arms and sweet talk the ladies, don't worry youl score.
@marines123....that strategy only works when "your lady" is an illegal immigrant.
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Being diagnosed a schizophrenic, paranoid type, there's no peckin way i'd let anyone mix my drink, much less hand me a beer thats already been opened! I havent the slightest idea why they call it ( common sense ), IT ISNT!


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The Weekly Dracus #4: Merry Christmas, Hot Deals, Dracus' Fave Game
HO HO HO to gamers all around the world! Tis a time of celebration today, of love and gifts! From everyone, to everyone!
And, naturally, from Steam as well.
So the Steam Store is being, like every year, a very generous Santa to every gamer, in all corners of the earth.
Sales are going wild, wallets are starving out, people are enjoying some random games they bought because of the big discount tag they had, without considering their content at all, as always. (just kidding, this is the fun of it!)
Anyways. So, today we will be covering three topics: Hottest games on sale, the Steam Awards and my favorite game of ALL TIME (well, of 2016, to keep it proper).
Well well, would you look at that! Good ol' Gabe has done it again!
The 2016 Holiday Sales arrived last Thursday, December 22nd, worldwide, debuting with excellent day zero sales across a wide variety of titles, Triple-A and others.
It's expected to get lost in the rain of discounts and the beautiful minus green tags slapped on games considered untouchable before. Some, however, specifically caught my attention.
► Grand Theft Auto V 29.99$ (-50% discount)
The game that shook the world a bit in 2015, when it was released for PC. (two years after its initial release on consoles) It had initially brought severe controversy over its pricetag, which has finally begun to be butchered down to scrap.
An open world sandbox, full of possibilities and adventure, intense co-op action and online multiplayer. Definitely recommended at this price.
► Arma 3 17.49$ (-50% discount)
The greatest military simulator of all time. Although arguably unoptimized (users have been reporting suspiciously low performance even on capable hardware), this is undoubtedly one of the most realistic military combat simulation games ever created. Expansion packs and a myriad of mods, all add to the game's already extensive content. At half the price, it will not disappoint fans of the genre.
► The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt – Game of the Year Edition 29.99$ (-40% discount)
An RPG game truly deserving of the "GOTY" title, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt will let you embark on epic adventures as Geralt of Rivia, the legendary "Witcher" with superhuman abilities. The game has been praised by critics and players alike, for its atmosphere, story, lore, gameplay, and all-around for its features as a Triple-A title. The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt has justifiably overthrown previous RPG games from their thrones of glory, and it further solidified itself in the hearts of its fans with its gripping story and character progression, as your choices have consequences.
► Fallout 4 19.79$ (-67% discount)
Bethesda's much anticipated sequel in the Fallout franchise, Fallout 4 yet again marks a milestone in the nuclear post-apocalyptic open world survival genre. Players start out in a world torn asunder by nuclear war, and they have to make do with their surroundings and adapt to win in the struggle for survival and dominance. Although met with bugs and glitches on release, the game still rose to become very popular among the fans of the franchise and the genre in general. With a 67% discount, Fallout 4 is definitely worth considering.
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In the previous "North Star Chronicles" back on Friday, we brought up how the latest Steam Sale for Winter 2016 brought along a new awards system for Steam. While you can go check out the full thing at the previous N.S.C., we'll be saying a few new things that have begun over there.
For instance, a new award has gone up, now the 3rd award to be voted on. Today, it's the "Just 5 More Minutes" award, featuring entries like "Rocket League" and "Fallout 4"! Keep in mind that each award goes up for only the day that it goes up, and that the final award winners will be announced on December 31st. It'll be ending on January 2nd, 2017, so while all of the sales that are currently up will still up until that date, that still doesn't mean you should simply push it to the last minute!
You did not see this coming, did you? Well, you probably did.
I am going to say that this is a very biased review. I made the choice of selecting my favorite game of 2016, in a fully emotionally charged point of view.
Why, you might ask? Well, the answer is, that this game simply captivated me. There was no more room for objectivity for me, when it came to this game.
Dark Souls 3 is an action role-playing game developed by FromSoftware, directed by Hidetaka Miyazaki (the guy behind Demon Souls, the forerunner of the Dark Souls series), and is the third installment in the critically acclaimed "Dark Souls" series, notable for their punishing difficulty level and their cryptic, yet alluring, lore.
Dark Souls 3 combines majestic boss fights of arcade-like difficulty, with action-RPG gameplay in direct, fast-paced combat, in which every wrong step might lead to death. Death, unlike most games, is actually fully integrated to the lore. This makes dying every two slashes, not a mere mechanic. (no spoilers on this, the Dark Souls 3 story is very spoiler sensitive, you see…)
The player is welcomed to the game with an introductory cinematic, followed by the typical character creation screen of RPG games. Once you create your character, you are thrown right into the fray.
The level design in this game is exemplary, in that details are rendered with careful planning to properly populate the grim, dark fantasy world of Dark Souls. Oftentimes, one might find themselves gazing at the aging ruins in the distorted temporal domains of this fantasy world.
The soundtrack is terrific and blends beautifully with the level design, setting the most suitable atmosphere for this dark, brooding world. The quality of audio effects is also superb, making the swooshes of magic and clanking of swords very satisfying to hear.
The gameplay and combat are intense and, when mastered, very rewarding. Dark Souls 3 combines the best characteristics of the Dark Souls games, in combination with the fast-pasted gameplay of the "Bloodborne" game, to deliver palm-sweating, action-packed moments of monster slaughter and self-punishment. You'll need to practice every boss fight, test out strategies, and complete multiple playthroughs to thoroughly master the battles of Dark Souls 3. Do not forget that you may also test your skill against other players in Player vs Player matches.
The story will be a very touch nut to crack, given you do not give in to the temptation of the accursed wikis and the spoiler-infested interwebs. You will find little direct story-telling in this game. Most of the story you'll have to piece together by yourself, gathering pieces of lore from items, NPCs and the world itself. Despite the multiple endings, none of them is a happy one, and barely any of them are neutral at best. Dark Souls didn't get its name for nothing.
This game has done right by me, in every way. I haven't found so much enjoyment in a video game experience in a long time. Most games kept me jumping to other games while trying to finish them or to progress, because I simply needed a break from them. Not this game. I have died countless times to get to the level of completion/mastery which I have achieved, and I am very grateful for the effort I have devoted in this masterpiece.
I'm certain, with a little faith, so will you. As others have before you.
After all, it is but our duty to kindle her, who quivers at the Kiln, fading slowly, dying, unattended.
If you want a game to satisfy all your masochistic needs, this game is for you. Also, it's a gem, so there's that.


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Effective Immediately - The Prayer group will now meet on Wednesday at 7 pm instead of 2 pm until further notice. We gather each week at St. John's in our side chapel by the St. Francis Window to have a time of communal prayer and an opportunity to offer intercessions for our parish and those in need. All are welcome to attend. Speak to Vicki or Bonnie for more info.
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