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Memory Loss May Not Be Present in Early-Onset Alzheimer's
November 4, 2011
More than a third of people with early-onset Alzheimer's, a form of Alzheimer's that typically occurs before age 60, do not have memory loss as their chief complaint, a new study reports. Instead, many have behavioral problems or problems with vision or language that raise red flags, and Alzheimer's often goes undiagnosed in such patients.
Early-onset Alzheimer's is rare compared to the late-onset Alzheimer's that typically strikes after age 65. But the findings highlight the fact that although memory loss is the most prominent feature of Alzheimer's, thinking and perception problems also typically afflict people with all forms of the disease. The study was published in Neurology, the medical journal from the American Academy of Neurology.
For the study, investigators in Barcelona, Spain, reviewed cases of 40 middle-aged people, ages 46 to 60, whose Alzheimer's was confirmed on autopsy. Fifteen of them did not have memory loss, but had personality changes and acted erratically or had problems with vision or language or with carrying out day-to-day tasks.
More than half of those without memory problems were diagnosed by doctors as having a disease other than Alzheimer's, often another form of dementia. By comparison, when memory problems were present, Alzheimer's was almost always diagnosed.
"People who develop early-onset Alzheimer's disease often experience these atypical symptoms rather than memory problems, which can make getting an accurate diagnosis difficult," said study author Dr. Albert Lladó of the Alzheimer's Disease and Other Cognitive Disorders Unit at the Hospital Clínic of Barcelona. The authors call for more accurate tests to detect Alzheimer's early, so that proper treatments can be given.
Men and women with the far more common late-onset of Alzheimer's disease that typically afflicts those in their 60s, 70s or older are more likely to have memory loss as one of their chief complaints than younger people with the disease. But it is important for doctors and family members to recognize that memory loss is not the only problem that affects those with Alzheimer's. In some cases, behavioral problems can be treated with medications and other therapies.
By ALZinfo.org, The Alzheimer's Information Site. Reviewed by William J. Netzer, Ph.D., Fisher Center for Alzheimer's Research Foundation at The Rockefeller University.
Source: M. Balasa, M.D., E. Gelpi, M.D., Ph.D., A. Antonell, Ph.D., et al: "Clinical Features and APOE Genotype of Pathologically Proven Early-Onset Alzheimer's Disease." Neurology, Vol. 76, May 17, 2011, pages 1720-1725.


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We are very happy to announce that we will be attending Camberwell Arts Christmas Market again this year, and this time it's going to be in the Tiger pub – which should mean extra festive cheer, mulled wine and toasty warm toes!
We will be bringing along new, extra glitzy Christmas products and all of our high Christmas spirits! Hope to see you there!


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Deva Weitman has been involved with Suffolk sheep since she was 12-years-old and is convinced the eating quality of the breed is hard to beat.
Growing up in the United States, her love of Suffolks began as a child on her grandparents' farm.
Hoping to make her feel at home, her husband Mark Clements bought her a small Suffolk flock as a wedding present when they moved to his family's 40-hectare property, Eden Park, near Romsey.
The Blue Rock stud was officially registered in 2007 with the purchase of six stud ewes from Deppeler Suffolks at Derrinallum.
Ms Weitman is focused on producing a well-muscled, fast growing animal with superior eating quality.
This year the stud will lamb down 60 ewes and sells 10-15 rams annually as terminal sires for prime lamb production.
Bloodlines have been introduced from leading breeders throughout Australia and Ms Weitman is also planning an artificial insemination program next year to increase the stud's genetic diversity.
With assistance from daughters Sequoia and Chenoa, Ms Weitman has been attending the Australian Sheep & Wool Show in Bendigo since 2012.
This year she will return with a team of three ewes and three rams.
The stud also exhibits at Hamilton Sheepvention, the Royal Adelaide Show and the Melbourne Royal.
Ms Weitman said her biggest show highlight so far has been winning the interbreed short wool champion at both Hamilton Sheepvention and the Melbourne Royal in 2015 with a quality young ewe.
"It's important to keep promoting the breed, you can't keep them a secret," she said.
Ms Weitman also markets her Suffolk meat to a local butcher and restaurant.
"The comments on the eating quality, tenderness and flavour are always very positive, people say it tastes the way lamb used to taste," she said.
The story Quality Suffolk lamb produced at Blue Rock first appeared on Stock & Land.


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Does the wilderness of an infinite desert entice you as much as an enormous ocean does to swimmers? Do you ever gone for dune bashing, sand surfing and camel riding in the desert? If yes, then fly to Dubai and go for desert safari, which is a must do and one of the most loved activities in Dubai. People from across the globe come to Dubai to venture on this activity.
And as the weather changed pleasantly in Dubai, October is an ideal month to explore desert and have an adventuresome Dubai desert safari with your family and friends. It is the best way to spend an ideal vacation in Dubai.
If you want to make the most of your desert safari trip, it is good to pick evening desert safari deal, which will be completed in almost 6 hours. Generally, the pickup time is in afternoon for this deal around 4pm from anywhere across Dubai. Depending upon the Dubai desert safari operator, the chauffer can come to pick you up from Sharjah as well. Most of the operators have 4×4 Land Cruisers, which are ideal vehicles for dune bashing in and around sand dunes. The twists, twirls and slides while going up and down the might sand dunes will leave you screaming both with excitement and fear at the same time.
The Fun and Adventure of Dubai Desert Safari
Hop on to camel's back to weave gently on dunes. Do not forget to take your camera along, otherwise you will miss taking pictures and repent it later. Do not forget that dune bashing is an extremely thrilling and equally exciting opportunity so you must experience this activity in a number of ways. Sand boarding is another key activity of Dubai desert safari. It involves gliding down the sand dunes on a board from top of the dune. Only a few can reach down the dune without toppling.Arabian Desert Safari
Hold on for some time and take a refreshment break. Take snacks, coffee, tea or whatever you like as the next activity is waiting for you. Quad biking is the next activity, which certainly not everyone dares to undertake. It takes special license and experts instructions to complete this venture. Don't worry, if you want to skip it, you can – and ask your tour operator to escort you to the camp.
At the camp, you can take rest for a while or ask a henna painter to get temporary henna tattoos on your body and get your pictures clicked in Arabic costumes. During this entire course, Arabic music is mostly played in the background. Next is the scrumptious and finger-licking good Arabian BBQ dinner with a number of dishes for everyone. Fresh fruits, Qehwa, Sheesha and selective sweet dishes will also be served to you under the starlit sky.
Hold on! You are yet to enjoy the most attractive activity of Dubai desert safari trip and that is tanoura dance and belly dance. Now the trip has come to an end and you will be escort back to your hotel.


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The National Institute of Rural Development (NIRD), an Autonomous Organisation of Ministry of Rural Development, Government of India, is a premier national centre of excellence in rural development. The sustainable rural development is basically the development which meets the need of present generation of rural people without compromising the capacity of future generations to fulfil their own needs.
Name of the Course: Postgraduate Diploma Programme in Sustainable Rural Development (PGDSRD)
Important Dates
- Last date for request of application form from centre: 18 November 2011
- Last date for sending application at NIRD, Hyderabad: 5 December 2011
- Last date for sending application (from remote areas): 15 December 2011
- Last date for sending application (for international students): 12 January 2012
Eligibility Criteria
Educational Qualification: Graduation in any discipline from a UGC recognised University. For foreign applicants, degree of their University should be recognised by their Government and their competence in English should be ensured.
Programme Duration: One year; Maximum 3 years
Course Fee: Admitted students will deposit Rs 17,000 (Rs 15,000 for SC/ ST/ PH) in two equal instalments at the commencement of each Semester. The Sponsoring Organisations, however, have to deposit full fee at the time of registration of their candidate(s). Admitted students will deposit as Programme Fee of US$ 1700 at the commencement of First Semester.
Selection Procedure: Selection of candidates including Indian in-service candidates will be made through a process of All-India Entrance Test which will test the verbal, quantitative, and analytical competencies of the students including English Language. Group Discussion and Personal Interviews will be conducted for the short-listed candidates. However, a separate merit list will be prepared for the Indian and International in-service candidates.
Application Fee: Application fee of Rs 500 (Rs 300 for SC/ ST and PWD candidates) through an 'Account Payee' Demand Draft drawn in favour of NIRD-DEC-PGD-SRD, payable at Hyderabad (on reverse side of draft, name of applicant and name of Programme to be written).
How to Apply: The filled in application form along with Demand Draft and attested documents should be sent to the Programme Coordinator, PGD-SRD, Distance Education Cell, National Institute of Rural Development, Rajendranagar, Hyderabad-500030 (AP), India, so as to reach before the last date.
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Students who may be considered for special education under the Emotional or Behavioral Disorders (EBD) category need specialized services for emotional or behavioral supports for a wide range of complex and challenging emotional or behavioral conditions. Medical, biological and psychological conditions as well as genetic dispositions can affect these students' ability to learn and function in school.
S.M.E.C.'s flight program is housed inside the lyle public schools and serves students in grades k-5 with emotional behavioral disorders.
s.m.e.c.'s success program is housed inside the southland public ms/hs and serves student in grades 6-12 with emotional behavioral disorders.
Click the button below to view Q&A: Functional Behavioral Assessments and Behavioral Intervention Plans from the state of mn.


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Hypnosis and Hypnotherapy: Answers to some commonly asked questions
In just a short time you can get better, feel better, look better. You can banish shyness, lack of confidence, low self-esteem and other symptoms of social phobia, habits and addictions.
Hypnosis has a long history in many cultures and has been in use for centuries. Nevertheless, many people to have misconceptions about the use of hypnosis. However, in recent years after many scientific studies there is a greatly increased understanding of hypnosis and its many benefits.
Click here to read an article in The Scientific American on one such study.
Hypnotherapy is accepted as a very effective compliment to orthodox medicine and is recognised by both the British and American Medical Associations. It is also used by many doctors and dentists in their practices. With hypnotherapy you can learn how to control pain, recover faster from injuries or surgery and promote your own healing.
Hypnotherapy does not use drugs. You will simply experience a pleasant and relaxing state of enhanced awareness and concentration.


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Pac Blue Vs. Rusty Bellies!
goldfishclub posted a topic in Offshore Fishing ReportsPac Blue vs. Rusty Bellies ! Looks like Todd Randa is putting on a clinic with the Jumbo RG's. He has been on a Serious Roll lately with these end of season beauties. Judging from the size of those plump nuggets, we are going to have a great fall fishing season!. "My friend Brian Willis and I went fishing. he got his first keeper grouper weighing around 15lbs. great day.. I also caught a keeper grouper and we also caught around 10 shorts ... Also caught a squid. all caught on the miracle jig.. Nekid Ball Jig. Even the squid couldn't resist it. My friend Todd, the owner of the patent really created an awesome jig. Works on pretty much any fish. Its unique design triggers the bite. Everyone needs to try it. Even my friends in MN. I'm serious.. All my poles have those jigs on them.." TR Thanks for the offshore field report Todd, Nothing more satisfying than seeing the results of a great day on the water with friends and family. Cheers TK
Always Bet On Red!
goldfishclub posted a topic in Offshore Fishing ReportsHello TOF Crew, Just got this NBJ offshore report from Trent Nelson " Where can I get these in the Tampa area? They killed it on the Red Snapper, but lost a couple. Need more for this Saturday, Thanks." NBJ Hello Trent, Please visit our website and click the retailers tab for the location closest to you. Can you tell me about your Snapper trip? Did you take any pics? Cheers, TK " Well, we had 2 rods out of 6 started with your jigs, and by 10 mins. into the trip all 6 anglers had them on. We had a limit of 12, all over 20" in about 20 minutes. Biggest went about 20lbs on a Pink jig, also caught Red grouper too" Trent Nelson Congrats Trent and thanks for fishing Nekid Ball Jigz. Cheers, TK
Nekid Nuggets
goldfishclub posted a topic in Inshore Fishing ReportsHello TOF Friends, It's been a while since I posted a report, have been very busy filling Nekid Ball Jigz orders, but today was one of those special trips that reminded me of why I love Florida Spring Fishing. Invited our neighbor Ohio Jack to join NBJ Pro-Staffer Bryan Holton for some inshore fun. Jack had never fished NBJ and was mostly a freshwater angler. We hit the crab traps at dead low tide, as soon as the incoming began the action was amazing. Nice sized Speckled Trout joined some Bigger Mack's to begin the day along with tons of ladyfish and about a dozen different species. After we had enough of the tasty speedsters to fill the smoker, we decided to try some of the Island passes of St Joe Sound for some Pompano. Didn't know if they would be there, but sure enough within a few minutes of getting into the drift along the beach...Bang - Pomp On! These weren't little Golden Nuggets, but full bodied bruisers who gave all three of us a work out. Hit after hit, the Pompano kept coming over the rail, hitting on all three colors - Hot Pink Flash, Yellow Flash & Green Flash. Every time I looked over Jack had a Big Smile on his face, as he scored time and time again. Jack will be heading back to Ohio next week for the summer, but as of today he was our newest NBJ All Star. Have a safe trip home Jack and we will see you in the fall. Cheers TK


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I've discovered that my favorite type of mani has one accent nail. I find I have been doing this more and more. What is your favorite style of mani?
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Glitter Base-Kleancolor Holo Green
Indie Glitter-D & R Apothecary Cala Lily
Striping-It's So Easy Green, Yellow, White
|I love how some of the white glitter made little flower patterns :-)
Did I mention that I also love the Kleancolor polishes? I bought a bunch of new ones from Beauty Joint. They are quite pretty.
Thanks for looking and I appreciate all of your comments!


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The great disconnect
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Why so many think a covid vaccine is our only option
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Is high-def the new piracy excuse?
The ABC will simulcast Doctor Who every Sunday morning, but you can be sure that some Aussies will still turn to the BitTorrent channel.
Australians are slowly running out of excuses for illegally downloading movies and TV shows. It's true that Hollywood and the Australian commercial broadcasters have treated us with contempt for decades, but they're slowly coming around and plenty of legitimate online rivals are also appearing.
Local networks have also been "fast-tracking" foreign television shows for the last few years, screening shows like Homeland within hours or days of them screening in the US, rather than weeks or months. Now the ABC has gone a step further by deciding to simulcast every episode of Doctor Who this season – screening it at 4.50am every Sunday in sync with the BBC, putting it up on iView and then screening it again at 7.40pm Sunday evening. Foxtel did something similar with Game of Thrones this year, showing it here on Monday afternoon as soon as it finished screening on the east coast of the US and then repeating it in the evening.
Personally I don't think it's unreasonable to wait 15 hours until Sunday night to watch Doctor Who, but the early morning simulcast should satisfy die-hard fans who are concerned about online spoilers coming from the UK. What I do think is unreasonable is that Australian viewers are forced to watch quality BBC programs like Doctor Who in standard-definition while the ABC's high-definition channel is wasted on 24-hour news.
Australians got swindled when it comes to high-def broadcasting – early adopters were encouraged to spend top dollar on Full HD televisions but both the government and commercial broadcasters abandoned their high-def strategies after a few years. These days they're happy to screen repeats of Gilligan's Island on their high-def channels, while programs which were actually shot in high-def languish on their standard-def channels.
Shunning high-def broadcasts is a strategy which played right into the hands of Foxtel, especially if you want to watch sport in high-def. Foxtel's new BBC First is also available in high-def and you can be sure the pay TV giant will lock away more UK content from free-to-air viewers over the next few years.
It's a similar story online, with the standard-def subscription content from Australia's Quickflix and Presto looking rather shabby compared to the high-def content from Netflix. Even if you've got a slow broadband connection, Netflix's adaptive streaming looks and sounds better than its local rivals. Quickflix offers high-def pay-per-view content like Game of Thrones, but later this year it plans to ramp up the high-def content in its subscription library. Until then, you can be sure some Aussies will see picture quality as a legitimate reason to stick with Netflix rather than spending their money locally. It will be interesting to see Stream Co's approach to high-def content.
Likewise, you can be sure that some Doctor Who fans will hit BitTorrent every Sunday morning and hold out a few hours to download crisp high-def rips from the UK – as it was intended to be watched – rather than tolerating the ABC's standard-def offering.
Do you care whether your favourite shows are in high-definition, or is it just another excuse for people who don't want to play by the rules?
Adam Turner is an award-winning Australian technology journalist and co-host of weekly podcast Vertical Hold: Behind The Tech News.


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The Swedish National Center for Rett syndrome & related disorders
The center is the specialist healthcare center, originally only for Rett syndrome, and now also for related disorders. Families with patients from foreign countries are very welcome to the center. Special arrangements have to be made for these visitors.
The center, situated in Frösön Östersund, started in 1995 as a specialist healthcare center for Rett syndrome. Since January 2017, the center is also open for patients with related disorders, such as:
- Angelman syndrome
- CDKL5 syndrome
- FOXG1 syndrome
- MECP2 syndrome
- Mowat Wilson syndrome
- Phelan McDermid syndrome
- Pitt Hopkins syndrome
For further information, please contact the center :
The Swedish NATIONAL CENTER for Rett syndrome & related disorders
PO Box 601
SE-832 23 Frösön
Marianne Olsson, Medical secretary
Telephone: +46 63 15 48 10
Fax: +46 63 15 45 00
E-mail: email@example.com
Referral for patients originating from abroad
Families with patients from foreign countries are very welcome to the Swedish National Center for Rett syndrome & related disorders to take part in the centers transdisciplinary assessments. Special arrangements have to be made for these visitors.
In order to come to the National Center it is necessary to pre-arrange payment. Patients from EU countries should use the form S2 (previously E112).
The languages used at the center are Swedish and English. An interpreter can be arranged at extra cost for those who do not understand English. The medical report can be written in English (in addition to Swedish) and the translation to a different language can be made at extra cost.
Information for patients outside the EU
A Visa (for medical treatment) is often required for patients coming from outside the EU, and pre-payment has to be made before a Visa is issued. A medical certificate (including a price quote) must be written from the National Center showing when you will receive your assessment and what it includes. A statement has to be shown that you have deposited money for the planned treatment.
Conditions in general can be found at the following links:
http://www.migrationsverket.se/English/Private-individuals/Visiting-Sweden/Medical-treatment.html (in English)
http://www.migrationsverket.se/Privatpersoner/Besoka-Sverige/Medicinsk-behandling.html (på Svenska)


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RFE/RL NEWSLINE Vol 2, No. 238, Part I, 11 December 1998
________________________________________________________ RFE/RL NEWSLINE Vol 2, No. 238, Part I, 11 December 1998 A daily report of developments in Eastern and Southeastern Europe, Russia, the Caucasus and Central Asia prepared by the staff of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. This is Part I, a compilation of news concerning Russia, Transcaucasia and Central Asia. Part II covers Central, Eastern, and Southeastern Europe and is distributed simultaneously as a second document. Back issues of RFE/RL NewsLine and the OMRI Daily Digest are online at RFE/RL's Web site: http://www.rferl.org/newsline xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Headlines, Part I * NEW REGIONAL FOOD RESTRICTIONS IMPOSED * IMF SLAMS GOVERNMENT'S TAX PLANS * AZERBAIJANI JOURNALISTS RESUME HUNGER STRIKE xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx RUSSIA NEW REGIONAL FOOD RESTRICTIONS IMPOSED. In a repetition of events in the regions after the mid-August devaluation of the ruble, the Vologda Oblast administration announced on 10 December a ban on the export of milk and meat outside the oblast, while Krasnoyarsk Krai Governor Aleksandr Lebed issued an instruction the next day limiting shipments of flour, meat, pasta, butter, and other food products beyond the krai's borders. Sergei Gromov, deputy governor of Vologda Oblast, told ITAR-TASS that measures are necessary in order to defend the interests of the local food industry. Meanwhile, in Yaroslavl Oblast, Governor Anatolii Lisitsyn slashed subsidies for collective farms that sell their products to consumers outside the region who are able to pay higher prices (see "RFE/RL Newsline," 10 December 1998). JAC IMF SLAMS GOVERNMENT'S TAX PLANS. IMF First Deputy Managing Director Stanley Fischer told reporters in Washington on 10 December that the IMF is "very worried about cutting taxes without improvements in tax collection." Fisher added that while Russia's tax system is overly complicated and needs lower rates, a reduction in value-added tax is ill-advised, Reuters reported. The previous day, Federal Tax Service head Georgii Boos told reporters that IMF Managing Director Michel Camdessus believes that Russian taxes should be lowered and that Camdessus "would be revising his position." He added that the government's package of tax cuts is primarily designed to boost economic growth and that tax collection will likely not increase until 2000. Tax policy will be a key issue at upcoming talks with the IMF mission that is scheduled to arrive in Moscow in January. JAC GOVERNMENT TO SUBMIT BUDGET LATER... Finance Ministry spokesman Oleg Zhukov told Reuters that the government will probably not submit the budget to the State Duma on 11 December as had been previously scheduled. He cited the need for additional calculations and said it would most likely be submitted over the next few days. The government approved the budget the previous day. According to "Trud-7," the budget is based on an exchange rate of 21.5 rubles per dollar, which is close to the previous day's official exchange rate of 20.86 rubles per dollar. Annual inflation is estimated at 30 percent. The final figure for the budget deficit is 101.5 billion rubles ($4.9 billion), which is 3 billion rubles lower than the budget deficit considered by the Finance Ministry at the beginning of this month (see "RFE/RL Newsline," 1 December 1998). JAC ...AS FOREIGN CREDITORS REJECT GKO PLAN. The deficit will wind up even bigger should the government not be able to arrange more than $7 billion in new loans from foreign lenders, including the IMF and World Bank, and limit its foreign debt repayments to $9.5 billion, as the budget plan projects. Finance Minister Mikhail Zadornov told reporters on 10 December that the government is "counting on understanding by creditors and investors in restructuring of both foreign and domestic debts." Meanwhile, foreign holders of short- term treasury bonds have rejected the government's plan to start swapping new bonds for old defaulted ones as early as next week. CS First Boston, which co-chairs a committee of foreign banks, issued a statement saying that Russia will "aggravate its financial isolation if it unilaterally imposes unfair restructuring terms on foreign investors." London Club creditors have not yet responded to a government proposal to restructure debt of the Soviet Union, Interfax reported on 11 December. JAC HOW THE MIGHTY BANKS HAVE FALLEN. Smaller regional banks have displaced some of Russia's once powerful banks from the rankings of the country's largest financial institutions compiled by "Kommersant Dengi," "Kommersant-Daily" reported on 9 December. Menatep, Inkombank, and Rossiiskii Kredit have plummeted from the ranks of the top 10 based on capital, falling below even the top 200 banks. Meanwhile, the "Moscow Times" reported on 11 December that Gazprombank, Sobinbank, Toribank, and the Bank of Moscow have boosted their standing. The Bank of Moscow, in particular, soared from 32 to 8 on a ranking compiled by the Rating Information Center, increasing its capital from July to October by 48.7 percent, the daily reported. Former customers of Menatep, Most and Promstroibank have withdrawn only 33 percent of their accounts from Sberbank, ITAR-TASS reported on 8 December. JAC DUMA COMMITTEE FORMED TO INVESTIGATE STAROVOITOVA CASE. The Duma on 9 December formed a committee to investigate the murder of slain deputy Galina Starovoitova. Deputy Valerii Vorotnikov (Communist Party) will chair the committee and Nikolai Astafiev (Liberal Democrat Party) will be his deputy, "Segodnya" reported. The committee will report to the Duma after 20 January on the results of its investigation and on how much money it has spent. JAC DUMA, FOREIGN MINISTER ENGAGE IN MORE NATO-BASHING. The so-called Anti-NATO group within the Duma wants to link ratification of START-II to a guarantee of no further NATO expansion. Interfax reported on 10 December that any recommendation adopted by the group would be non- binding. Deputy speaker and member of the People's Power faction Sergei Baburin, who heads the group, said NATO's eastward expansion signifies "a systematic destabilization" of Europe aimed at creating a new world order that excludes Russia and Serbia. The same day, Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov said that attempts to place NATO at the center of a world collective security system are "counter productive" and "extremely dangerous." JAC CHECHEN BEHEADING SUSPECT ARRESTED. Chechen Deputy Prime Minister Atgeriyev told ITAR-TASS on 11 December that Grozny has arrested Apti Abitayev in connection with the beheading of four Western hostages. Atgeriyev said that the Chechen authorities are continuing the search for others involved. The previous day, Grozny officials indicated that they would be happy to have the assistance of Britain's Scotland Yard for the investigation. And they showed a seized film in which the hostages were forced to confess to being agents of Western and Israeli intelligence services. Also on 10 December, Chechnya's senior prosecutor, Mansur Tagirov, was abducted on 10 December by as yet unidentified individuals and then released the next day. PG CHECHNYA TO EXPEL ARAB TERRORIST GROUP. Deputy Premier Yusup Soslanbekov told the "Al-Hayat" newspaper on 10 December that Grozny intends to expel an Arab terrorist group led by Hattab, a native of Jordan, ITAR-TASS reported. Soslanbekov said that his government opposes the republic being converted into a "terrorist morass." But neighboring republics reportedly closed their borders with Chechnya on 10 December in order to prevent terrorists from moving to their territories. PG YELTSIN BACK AT KREMLIN. President Boris Yeltsin reported for work at the Kremlin on 11 December, two days after leaving the hospital to recuperate at his home in the country. On his agenda are meetings with several top aides. JAC RIGHTIST DEMOCRATS HOLD FOUNDING CONGRESS. The new coalition of rightist democrats held a founding session on 10 December in a Moscow hotel. According to "Izvestiya," the question of leadership of the new alliance was avoided by having Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev's adviser Aleksander Yakovlev give the opening address and head the alliance's political commission. Former First Deputy Prime Minister Boris Nemtsov will chair the regional commission, former Federal Tax Service head Boris Fedorov the economics commission, former acting Premier Yegor Gaidar the program commission, and former First Deputy Prime Minister Anatolii Chubais the organization commission. Former Prime Minister Sergei Kirienko, deputy chief of the presidential administration Oleg Sysuev, and mayors of several cities such as Abakan, Tolyatti, Tambov, and Tver also participated in the conference. Fedorov told reporters that he would not want to be in a party headed by Gaidar or Chubais and that "people who have less chance of attracting votes will be less visible." JAC SOLZHENITSYN TURNS 80. Celebrated Russian writer and Nobel Prize winner Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn turned 80 on 11 December. President Yeltsin signed a decree granting Solzhenitsyn the order of Saint Andrei, according to press spokesman Dmitrii Yakushin, Interfax reported. "Kommersant-Daily" called Solzhenitsyn the only writer living in Russia who can be called great without a second thought. JAC TRANSCAUCASUS AND CENTRAL ASIA NO DETAILS YET ON MURDER OF ARMENIAN DEFENSE OFFICIAL. Armenian authorities on 10 December announced they have formed a special prosecution team to investigate the murder of Deputy Defense Minister Vagram Khorkhoruni earlier that day, ITAR-TASS reported. Yerevan has not yet provided any further details on this latest of a series of murders of Armenian officials. PG AZERBAIJANI JOURNALISTS RESUME HUNGER STRIKE. Seven newspaper editors on 10 December continued their hunger strike to protest the government's crackdown on press freedom, Turan reported. The protest began on 18 November but was interrupted for the previous 10 days as a result of disagreements among the organizers. After several days, the seven will be replaced by other journalists, who will then be replaced by a third group. The journalists say they will continue their protest until the government ends its "pressure" on the press. PG SHEVARDNADZE URGES INTERNATIONAL GROUPS TO PROTECT REFUGEES... Speaking on the 50th anniversary of the adoption of the UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Georgian President Eduard Shevardnadze called on international groups to provide more help to protect refugees from Abkhazia, ITAR-TASS reported on 10 December. Shevardnadze said that what is taking place in Abkhazia is a form of "ethnic cleansing and genocide." PG ...WHILE OPPOSITION PROTESTS ON HUMAN RIGHTS DAY. Some 400 opposition supporters staged a protest in Tbilisi on 10 December to call attention to what they say are human rights abuses by President Shevardnadze, ITAR-TASS reported. A few of the participants clashed briefly with the police. The protesters called on the UN to investigate and assess the events that led to the overthrow of former President Zviad Gamsakhurdia. PG GEORGIAN OFFICIAL SEEKS COOPERATION WITH RUSSIA. Georgian State Minister Vazha Lordkipanidze told Interfax on 10 December that his recent meetings with Russian Prime Minister Yevgenii Primakov have convinced him that there are no "objective obstacles" to improved ties between the two countries. Lordkipanidze added that Georgia's involvement in an East-West transport corridor is not directed against Russia in any way. At the same time, however, the Georgian leader said that Tbilisi is not exploring "prospects for cooperation with NATO" at the present time. PG TAJIK GOVERNMENT OFFERS ZIYOYEV GOVERNMENT POST. The government has offered UTO field commander Mirzo Ziyoyev the post of deputy defense minister (see "RFE/RL Newsline," 9 December 1998), Interfax reported on 11 December. The UTO nominated Ziyoyev as defense minister several times but the government rejected that nomination on each occasion. The head of the UTO press service, Sulton Hamadov, said that if Ziyoyev accepts the offer, he will likely be named chairman of the joint chiefs of staff and have a seat on the Security Council. BP HUMAN RIGHTS IN KAZAKHSTAN CRITICIZED. At a 10 December roundtable discussion in Almaty to mark the 50th anniversary of the UN Declaration on Human Rights, the deputy director of Kazakhstan's International Bureau on Human Rights, Jemis Turmagambetova, criticized the country's progress in this are, ITAR-TASS reported. Turmagambetova said Kazakhstan has "only declared" the right to freedom of speech but has done nothing to implement it. She added that laws on elections are "not fully developed" and do not meet internationally recognized standards. BP AZAMAT TO BECOME POLITICAL PARTY. Leaders of Azamat have decided to turn the movement into a registered political party, RFE/RL correspondents in Almaty reported. Petr Svoik, Murat Auezov, and Galym Abelseitov said that the first session of the new party will be held before year's end. They also criticized the political activities of former Prime Minister Akezhan Kazhegeldin, who they say has become more concerned about his own political agenda and is paying little attention to the plight of the nation. Kazhegeldin intended to run in presidential elections next month but is barred from doing so because of misdemeanor charges. Auezov said that since there is no way to stop the 10 January presidential elections, it is all the more important to form political parties that take "into consideration the realities and current situation in the country." BP OFFICIAL SAYS $160 BILLION NEEDED TO DEVELOP KAZAKHSTAN'S CASPIAN OIL. 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Swami Vivekananda's Speeches Special Pack
Price : Rs 300/-
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This special pack of Audio/ MP3 CDs contain a beautiful collection of Swami Vivekananda's speeches and poems in Malayalam.
1- Sanyasa Geetham - The Malayalam version of four of the most stirring poems of Swami Vivekananda, that reflect the spirit of Vedanta. Beautifully rendered by Prof V. Madhusoodanan Nair in modes that delve into the soul.
2- Mahabharatham - The Malayalam version of Swami Vivekananda's speech on Mahabharatham, delivered in California at the Pasadena Shakespeare Club on January 1900. Prof Aliyar has lent his voice to this audio CD.
3- Ramayana and Prahlada Charitham - Swami Vivekananda's speeches on these two subjects , delivered in California. Presented in Malayalam by Prof Aliyar.


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Fact Sheets,Tasting Notes and Shelf Talkers
Wine fact sheets with tasting notes for our current release wines can be found below. In instances where we have received reviews on a wine, we have added those to the fact sheet as well. The fact sheets and reviews are also available on the actual wine page on this website under Our Wines. To get the printable pdf fact sheets, click on the highlighted links below.


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The following side effects and adverse reactions are the most common for dogs who are prescribed antibiotics, corticosteroids and non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDS).
Holistic vets feel that all three of these drugs are being over prescribed by most traditional veterinarians.
It's important to understand that holistic health involves treating the body as a whole which is vital to it's complete recovery. This is the difference between a holistic veterinarian and a conventional veterinarian. Holistic vets treat the whole body, where conventional vets only treat symptoms. This is why most pet owners find themselves back at the vet for the same reason over and over again.
The Most Common Side Effects of Antibiotics, Corticosteroids and NSAIDS (anti-inflammatory meds) in Dogs:
Antibiotics- Side Effects
Watch for any of these symptoms when your dog is on antibiotics:
- Bacterial resistance
- Diarrhea
- Dry eyes
- Allergic reaction
- Fever
- Anemias and platelet issues
- Joint inflammation
- Yeast infections – See my article
- Vomiting
Corticosteroids Side Effects
Watch your dog if any of these symptoms appear while he is taking any type of steroidal drug. See how Dr. Becker feels about the over use of steroids in pets:
- Increase in cartilage destruction
- Pancreatitis
- Obesity
- Abnormal results in lab work
- Cushings Disease
- Addision's Disease
- Hyperactivity
- Diabetes
- Osteoporosis
- Lethargy
- Increase in water consumption
- Increase in urination
- Appetite increase
- More infections
NSAIDS – Side Effects
Keep an eye out for any of these side effects. Many years ago before I new better, the conventional vet placed my Doberman "Gretchen" on Etogesic for hip dysplasia and the dosage was way too high. My girl developed liver problems a couple of months later. She literally could not hold her stool and went into liver failure.
Watch your dog if any of these symptoms appear while he is taking any type of steroidal drug:
- Liver disease – change in stool
- Kidney disease
- Gastrointestinal ulcers
- Destruction in cartilage
Don't Assume That Your Vet Really Cares About Your Pet's Well Being
I know, the above statements sounds harsh, but nonetheless, it's true. Although you have your pet's best interest in mind when you take your dog to the vet; many veterinarians don't! Traditional veterinarians are pushing the use of steroids, vaccinations and antibiotics on our pets. Why? Because they make the bulk of their money with it.
As a pet owner, you MUST educate yourself. You owe it to your fur baby! I'm not saying that all traditional vets think this way. One of my favorite vets was a traditional vet, but she also educated herself about food and supplements and never took advantage of pet owners who did not know better. She was the only traditional vet that I ever met that was like that. A "diamond in the rough". After she retired, I switched to using holistic veterinarians and never looked back.
I highly recommend learning more about treating your dog as a whole through holistic veterinary care and not just treating symptoms with conventional medicine. Discover how conventional veterinarians are also over vaccinating our pets here and the health consequences our dogs and cats are facing because of it.
Hey Janie,
Thanks for the response. Scoobs is not taking probiotics at this time. He is take two types of antibiotics and has been taking two types of eye drops. He also just finished an ear drop treatment as well.
This dog has never taken any medicine.
He does have a sort of respiratory sounded thing now and he is hacking on occasion. He was doing this prior to taking the most recent antibiotics. but has developed this cough only after he went to the vet.
Does this make sense?
ultimately I feel like he caught kennel cough from some other dog at the vet and now it has progressed into other stuff becuase he is an older dog. Or this side effects from meds.
Anyway, any and all expert advice/opinion is welcomed. 🙂
Hello Sandra,
My boyfriend's dog is 12 years old and a full bread beagle. He has never had any problems/illnesses, etc.. And has gone to the vet on occasion for regular check up. Nothing more.
Scoobs had a growth under his tail that he lived with just fine. It did become irritated and ultimately had it removed(it was not a dangerous growth- no bad results came back after tests) This happened just a few months ago. He was in a bandage and e-collar for a few weeks. He took antibiotics, etc. He seemed fine. Then went in for follow up; he then had a ear infection; then went back left him in vet for 5 hours; the next day or so he developed kennel cough; now he has uveitis(and eye infection). He has been on ear medicine, predilsone(sp), and now they have added another eye drop and more meds. Now he is taking another generic antibiotic and one for parasitic infection…. He is getting worse. He got a urin test- showing high proteins and blood. Then the blood test showed nothing wrong.
To make a really long story longer; I feel like he has all these problems because he spent time in the vet with other sick animals. The vet is preparing us for cancer- Wants to do an ultrasound. I just feel like he has gone from A to B so quickly and only after all this "care".
What are your thoughts? I mean i am willing to be realistic as he is an older dog but I can't help but wonder what scoobs would be like if he had never gone to the vet and taken all these meds.
I mean I feel terrible after taking one allergy pill.
Thanks so much for your time and response.
If there are any pet owners out there with experience in MDR1 and would like to share their info for Joanne on the web site, and then with Janie's permission, allow me to interview you via phone or e-mail from here in Switzerland, please respond! Some dogs have died due to this defect, others quite ill and those stories need to be told to pet owners all across the US. So many vets and other pet caretakers are unaware of this. Please help us!
And if anyone wants a list of meds that are in question, I shall gladly send (and they will be in my first article in the Grand Traverse Insider, Traverse City, MI). I am looking for some pet magazine editors too! Danke Schoen!
My dog is currently being treated for skin bacteria infection with prednisone 5 mg (steroid) & cefpodoxine proxetil 100 mg antibiotic.
I have always been skeptical of over medicating & vaccinating. I had many animals growing up & they never had to have what my vet says is absolutely necessary. Please send me information.
Since her trip to the vet (where they took a heart worm blood test & another that I can't remember at the moment) she has had terrible gas & as soon a she walked in the house had a very big bad #2 accident. This is obviously from the medications.
I took her because she was scratching so much and benadryl wasn't even taking the edge off anymore. Please help, no more room.
Thank you so much for sharing the valuable information. The more people post info such as this, the more people will realize these problems exist.
Sure will Janie . Hope to have it out within a few weeks and will send the link. Am contacting as many local vets as I can back in Traverse City area, northern MI USA, the four I contacted today were not yet aware of the MDR1.
Hi Janie, actually it goes beyond Ivermectin. Here is a limited amt of info (am writing an article for my local paper): "The first test from the College of Veterinary Medicine's Veterinary Clinical Pharmacology Lab can determine whether a popular parasite-control product or other commonly used drugs are dangerous for a dog before a veterinarian or pet-owner uses them. Specifically, they test for the MDR1 gene for multidrug sensitivity in herding breeds.
Some of the breeds most commonly affected by this mutation and these drugs include the Australian Shepherd, Collie, Long-Haired Whippet and Silken Windhound. Dogs with this condition can become critically ill or die from the use of common parasite-control products, antibiotics, sedatives and pain medications.
The second test is from the College of Veterinary Medicine Veterinary Cardiac Genetics Lab and tests for genetic heart mutations in Doberman, Boxer dogs and Maine Coon and Ragdoll cats. They test Dobermans for Dilated Cardiomyopathy Mutation (DCM), Boxers for Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cadiomyopathy Mutation (ARVC) and Maine Coon and Ragdoll cats for hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM).
Knowing whether your pet has the mutation can help you take steps to mitigate the condition or be aware of the age of onset and know what to expect and do. "
"Many different drugs and drug classes have been reported to cause problems in Collies and other herding breed dogs that carry the MDR1 mutation. We and other researchers have documented the toxicity that occurs with several of these drugs." -College of Veterinary Medicine
Washington State University
You truly should cover MDR1. My collie could have becomes severely ill, or worse, died, as my USA vet knew nothing of the defect – am here in Switzerland and fortunately she had Laddie tested for the defect and he came back double positive.


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You are reading an article from The world's best start-up hubs series, to read more about this you can visit the series homepage.
- Population: 35,000
- Pros: A small, vibrant community, cheap prices and a genuinely unique start-up experience.
- Cons: Internet access isn't quite as reliable as you'd wish, lack of any 'ordinary' start-up community.
- Cost: One of the cheapest you're likely to find, both in terms of living and working costs.
- What to expect: Something the likes of which you're not likely to experience in any other start-up hub, prepare to look at things through a different lens.
Jonny Miller and his team at Maptia know a thing or two about start-up hubs, having based themselves in Europe, North and South America over the past few years. We took some time to speak with Jonny about Maptia's experiences in Taghazout and why it might be the perfect place for your start-up to relocate to.
What are best aspects of doing business in Taghazout?
There is a 'Moroccan' time difference. Not only in the sense of the literal transition between PDT to GMT, but our temporal perception shifted gears. In Morocco, life and work beat to a different tempo. Stepping outside the start-up echo chamber we all felt a welcome sense of perspective and clarity, working on our own 'makers schedule' - to adopt Paul Graham's term - has done wonders for productivity.
What are the downsides to doing business in Taghazout?
Lacking access to an entrepreneurial network and investors might be perceived as a downside for many companies, however it enabled us to focus on building the first version of Maptia, important conversations with mentors and users could be held via Skype and we could be in London within five hours if something essential came up. Although there are a growing number of location independent and local Moroccan entrepreneurs visiting Taghazout, it is quite different from being in a major city start-up community. However, we also found value in being part of a vibrant and like-minded offline community relevant to the storytelling tools we were building at Maptia - many travellers passed through Taghazout.
The internet access was better than we expected (between 4MB/s – 8MB/s) but there were also occasional power cuts which could occasionally happen at crucial moments of pushing code or during important Skype calls!
How would you describe the business culture in Taghazout?
Like most young and tenacious start-up teams we have a tendency to burn the candle at both ends. However, there was a point where we realised that this lifestyle (or lack of) was unsustainable and quality of output suffered in the long run - it is important to manage energy not time. In Taghazout, our team all found their own ways to recharge the batteries - from surfing world class point breaks a few minutes walk away, to attempting rooftop yoga, ocean swimming, cliff jumping, hiking in the nearby 'Paradise Valley', reading in hammocks or intense massages in the local hammam.
Despite still working long hours pretty much seven days a week and constantly pushing ourselves to move Maptia forwards, the time we did take off meant that we hadn't felt happier or healthier in a long time and as if receiving a power up in a computer game, our energy levels shot up, resulting in better quality output.
What are the costs of doing business in Taghazout?
Living in the US, we were so time-strapped that our eating habits lapsed and we resorted to living off convenience food. In Morocco things were a little different - we all took it in turns to carry a backpack and stock up on colossal quantities of fresh food from the weekly local market in the aptly named 'Banana Village'. Anything imported tended to be twice the usual price so we stuck to the local produce. The upshot of eating fresh local produce was twofold - we felt more energised and healthy and avoiding imported food kept the company bank account healthy too. Our weekly food shop equated to roughly $10 per person per week, leaving spare funds for occasional meals out together. We all took turns to cook each evening and experiment with some of the more colourful Moroccan flavours, which (for the most part) are very successful.
There were several cafes in town however we tended to work in our rented apartment and converted the lounge to our team's office space. To save Dirhams (the national currency) we even made a trip to the chaotic Agadir scrap yard to obtain a few discarded school tables and chairs, haggling with mixture of broken French, naive smiles, and frantic sign language.
What tips would you give to an entrepreneur thinking of starting-up in Taghazout?
In terms of accommodation we didn't commit to anything beforehand, instead I flew out a week early and spent time knocking on doors and asking for a suitable place to stay. It would have been possible to pre-book somewhere, but the cost would likely have been much higher. Not all apartments are equipped with broadband either so it is definitely worth confirming this in advance before making any commitments.
In terms of seasonality, the summers there do get quite hot, over 40 degrees on some days and it is much more pleasant to live there during the winter months. Ramadan falls in June/July this year (moving by a couple weeks each year) and means that most shops will close during the day, which means that you have to plan ahead for food shops. As for the language the locals speak a mixture of Berbere, Arabic and French, however most also understand some English and it is possible to get by without being fluent in any of the above languages.


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The Holmes Brothers
Drivin' in the Driving Rain
My Word is My Bond
Stayed at the Party
The Darkest Hour
Amazing Grace
Candi Staton
Even the Bad Times are Good
Take My Hand, Precious Lord
Stand By Your Man/Stand By Me
Bob Thompson
The Preacher
The Paul Thorn Band
What the Hell is Going On
Everything's Gonna Be Alright
Mediocrity is King
This is a Real Goodbye
Lucky Man
Bull Mountain Bridge
Mission Temple
Billy Joe Shaver
Georgia on a Fast Train
Honky Tonk Heroes
Hard to be an Outlaw
I'll Love You as Much as I Can
The Get Go
Larry Groce & Co.
It's All Over Now
Originally broadcast June 29th, 2014
Billy Joe Shaver - Texas singer/songwriter Billy Joe Shaver's music is imbued with a timeless Texas honky-tonk and the rich journeyman style of poetry that transforms life into a series of songs. Year's ago, Shaver distinguished himself by penning every song on Waylon Jennings' classic "Honky Tonk Heroes" LP. His first LP, "Old Five and Dimers Like Me," was released in 1973. To date, he has released 25 titles and his songs have been recorded by Kris Kristofferson, Willie Nelson, Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings, the Allman Brothers and Elvis Presley. Bob Dylan, who rarely covers other writers, often plays Shaver's "Old Five And Dimers Like Me" in concert, and Johnny Cash called him "my favorite songwriter." Shaver recently served as "spiritual advisor" to Texas independent gubernatorial candidate Kinky Friedman and the Americana Music Association awarded him their Lifetime Achievement Award in Songwriting. In 2012, he released a CD/DVD package of a live show titled "Live at Billy Bob's Texas." His first release in six years is due out in August - just before his 75th birthday - and is aptly titled "Long in the Tooth."
The Holmes Brothers - With their soulful blend of gospel, country and rhythm & blues, the Holmes Brothers have rightfully been called a "national treasure" and rank as one of the country's best and most important roots groups. Brothers Wendell and Sherman have played together for more than a half-century while "late-comer," drummer "Popsy" Dixon, joined in 1980. The group combines city and country influences with stirring harmonies and barn-burning grooves to come up with an encyclopedia of blues and gospel. The group has been championed by heavyweights like Peter Gabriel (who recruited them for his WOMAD Festivals and released the album "Jubilation" on his Real World label) and Joan Osborne - who produced both "Speaking In Tongues" and 2010's "Feed My Soul." The Holmes Brothers' music is universal in its appeal and the band has won multiple Blues Music Awards and shared stages and recordings with: Bob Dylan, Van Morrison, Bruce Springsteen, Patti Smith, Willie Nelson, Lou Reed, Peter Gabriel, Merle Haggard, Keith Richards, Al Green, Ben Harper, Lucinda Williams, Steve Earle, Levon Helm, Rosanne Cash, Odetta, and The Jungle Brothers. Following up "Feed My Soul" (which included a song by WV native John "Some Kind of Wonderful" Ellison), the CD "Brotherhood" has been called its "most bluesy album to date."
Candi Staton - Once known as the "First Lady of Southern Soul," thanks to a string of gritty southern fried early '70s R&B hits that included "I'm Just A Prisoner," "Stand By Your Man" and "In The Ghetto," Candi Staton also scored major dance hits including 1976's No. 1 "Young Hearts Run Free." A native of northern Alabama, Staton did her early recordings at Rick Hall's legendary FAME studio in Muscle Shoals, AL. After singing gospel for two decades, she returned to secular music in 2006 with the critically acclaimed CD "His Hands," with Bonnie "Prince" Billy penning the title track. Her latest release - and 27th to date - is titled "Life Happens." The album was produced by her son Marcus Williams and, for three tracks, reunites her with Grammy winner engineer/producer Hall. Her songs have been sampled and recorded by Christina Aguilera, Susan Tedeschi, and Janiva Magness. She's also been championed by fellow Alabaman Jason Isbell who, with his band The 400 Unit, put his stamp on her 1969 track "Heart On A String."
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Dear Straight Dope:
Here's a biblical question for you. Some years ago, the professor in my Philosophy 100 course stated that there were actually two endings to the Book of Job. The original ending had Job accepting his misfortunes as part of life; but people found that ending far too depressing, and so the ending that appears in most bibles, wherein Job essentially hits the lottery in exchange for being God's good servant, was written. Was my professor correct? (Mind you, I have no reason to doubt her, but I've never found a reference to this outside of her classroom.) If so, where can we find the original ending?
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This is a long though interesting story. Here's hoping you've got the patience of Job.
The best we can say about your professor's claim is, well, maybe, but not very likely. If there ever was a such version, it hasn't survived. The burden of proof would be on your professor to produce such a document (or evidence that such a document once existed).
The difficulty in dealing with the history of almost every Biblical book is that we don't really know very much for sure. With the book of Job, there isn't even general agreement within the religious community, and certainly not within the scholarly/academic community, on basics such as when the book was written. Or even whether the book was written by one author, or by several. The oldest actual scrolls of Job that we have are from the Qumran sect, the so-called Dead Sea Scrolls, in use about 100 BC. The first sixteen chapters are missing, but what has survived is very, very close to our present book.
On the other hand, the book that we have today is obviously fragmentary. Clear patterns are disrupted by missing text. It is possible that there was major accidental damage after the text was finalized, so that no complete versions have been passed on. Thus, much of the analysis is surmise and guesswork.
First, it might help to summarize the text and story.
PROLOG Chapters 1 and 2
The Prolog is a prose description of how the Satan (See NOTE 1 below) is suspicious that Job's piety is put-on, fair-weather, and makes a wager with God that if Job were not so well off, he would lose his faith. Job loses his wealth and his children, to both man-made and natural disasters, but his faith is not shaken. The Satan then afflicts Job with a skin disease (often mistranslated "leprosy," but not the bacterial leprosy that we know today), and three friends (Eliphaz, Bildad, and Zophar) come to comfort him.
The middle section of Job is in poetry, not prose.
In Chapter 3, Job laments his fate, says that he cannot stand the burdens of life and wishes he were dead. For the next 25 chapters, there is a pattern or cycle: each of the three friends makes a speech, and Job responds. This cycle is repeated three times, although we only have fragments of the third cycle. The friends argue basic religious dogma, that suffering is punishment brought on by sin. Job finds these words meaningless and irrelevant; he responds that he has not committed any major sins, and that the punishment is way out of proportion to any minor sins. Job is angry with his friends for not being helpful, and with God for being unjust. His tone is fiercely accusatory and argumentative, that the universe is not governed by morality, and he calls God to justice (might does not make right.) Job calls God a capricious tyrant (9:18), a savage beast (16:7), and a treacherous assailant (16:1).
The after the cycle of argument and response, there is a hymn to wisdom (Chapter 28)
Job then delivers a Soliloquy (Chapters 29-31), remembering happier days, expressing his misery in the present, and setting forth a "code of honor," ethical behaviors that he did not violate. He calls upon God to answer him.
Another person (Elihu) then makes four lengthy speeches (Chapters 32-37). Elihu presumably is one of several witnesses to the debate. He takes a middle ground, angry with Job for impugning God's justice, and angry with the three friends for defending God so inadequately. He rejects the notion that suffering comes from sin, and the notion that God is unjust; instead, Elihu says that suffering is sometimes a trial or test or warning.
God then speaks to Job from a whirlwind (Chapters 38-41), challenging Job to understand creation, expressing joy in living creatures, and stating explicitly that the universe is a mystery to man. Implicit is the notion that the universe was not created exclusively for mankind, and cannot be judged by human standards.
Job responds in the first few verses of Chapter 42, and submits. There is reconciliation and vindication.
Back to prose, the narrative describes how Job is restored to wealth and a new family.
The Book of Job is fascinating, and the last 2,000 years volumes have been written about it. The theological and philosophical questions are beyond the scope of this report, except to note that the book raises but does not actually answer the question of why suffering exists. Instead, we'll focus on the literary and historical implications.
We start by trying to date the story itself — when did Job live? The text gives no references. The Talmud cites eight different rabbinic opinions, ranging from the time of Jacob (say 1700 BC) to post-exile (after 580 BC). There is even a Talmudic opinion that Job is a parable and did not exist at all. We do know that the name "Job" was fairly common — an Egyptian text from about 2000 BC refers to a Canaanite chief by that name, and there are other archaeological findings that name other Jobs.
In analyzing the text to try to determine when it might have been written, we note (as above) that the book of Job is divided into three sections — a prolog in prose, a lengthy dialog in the middle in poetry, and an epilog in prose.
The poetry in the middle section shows a very different Job from the prose at the beginning and end. While the Job of the prolog and epilog is stoic, the Job of the middle section curses the day of his birth, protests strongly to God, and throws a temper tantrum (modern psychology describes anger as one stage of reactions to loss). Although Job has come to be regarded as the paragon of patience, the text shows a very impatient Job — this guy is NOT long-suffering.
Finally, the narrative sections (prolog and epilog) reads almost like a folk tale — the Satan sets up a wager with God, Job is tested and comes through with flying colors, and is restored to wealth and position. The middle poetic section is far more profound, argument and debate, with Job quoting his friends to refute them.
These differences have led most scholars to believe that there were at least two authors, one for the poetry section and one for the prose sections.
If we try to date the authors, we have problems. As with the other Biblical books, there is no external evidence, only internal, and not much of that. There is no hint of an historical period in the text itself — no comment about "during the reign of so-and-so," for instance — and no interest in traditional motifs, like the history of Israel, that might help to date the text.
There are some possible clues. Job is not an Israelite but an Edomite. Around the 500s BC, the Edomites invaded Judean territory, and were viewed negatively (see Obadiah chapters 10-14, for instance). It is hard to believe this story would have circulated during a time of animosity towards the Edomites. Hence, the prose story most likely pre-dates the 6th Century BC.
The most common scholarly opinion is that the folktale is indeed ancient, perhaps earlier than 1700 BC, perhaps written down around 1000 to 800 BC. The poetic middle section was probably added later, perhaps written around 6th Century BC. The poet took the older prose story as the frame for his poetry, wrestling with the philosophic questions of suffering. Elihu's speech may have been an even later insertion by someone who felt that the text did not uphold orthodoxy strongly enough.
The poetic section has some parallels of thought with the second Isaiah writer (around 540 BC), but which came first, there's no way of knowing. Job is mentioned by Jeremiah, so probably the book as we know it was finished by (say) 600 BC, although some date it much later — for example, Jeremiah could have known the folktale, but not the poetry.
On the other hand, the book is possibly the work of one author, who took a well-known, familiar folktale for his prolog and epilog. One tradition says that the single author is Moses. The differences of style and language and content are noticeable, but not totally irreconcilable. The theory of a single author portrays a poet who wrestled with the problem of justice and suffering for many, many years. Sections of poem may have been written at different times of his life — thus, for example, the speech by Elihu could have been written many years later than the debates with the three friends, as the poet had new ideas and put them in the mouth of a new character. The poet could have changed his vocabulary, concepts, poetic style; all those could change during the course of a lifetime — indeed, we know for fact that some modern authors, such as Goethe, did exactly this with their works.
In short, the differences in style, vocabulary and content mentioned above are not incompatible with the theory of one author. Thus, the question of authorship and dating is far from settled.
Now, one more area before we get to the question at hand: the subject matter. The topic of Job is the universal human situation, not confined to a particular time or place. Regardless of social level, historical concepts, or religious tradition, Job raises the question: what is the meaning of my life? The poet looked internally, and intensively, using one person's existence to raise the broad human question.
The earliest biblical books pose a fairly simple concept of justice: good is rewarded, evil is punished. Sometimes the reward or punishment is long coming, sometimes it is not immediately perceivable to the characters, but it is always perceivable to the astute reader. There is no "unnecessary" suffering, in the sense that we think of it today.
Job raises the question of how absolute goodness and absolute justice can be reconciled in God. The book does not pose answers, but wrestles with the question, and probes into the nature of the personal relationship with God. As such, it stands as a profound work.
Martin Buber noted that God's answer to Job from the whirlwind does not respond to Job's challenge — in fact, doesn't even touch on it. Job is told that he is not the one to ask questions, or to test God — it is God who asks the questions to test man. Job is told that he is frail creature with finite vision, and cannot judge the Creator of the universe. God's response to Job is: (a) Where were you when I founded the earth? I am the Creator who began the cosmos; and (b) God is the one who upholds the cosmos, so that it remains ordered and does not fall into chaos. Job had presumed to know too much, and is silenced by this answer, admitting that he has no grounds for arguing with God (other than his personal unhappiness), retracts his charges and repents humbly.
So, now, finally, to your question of whether there could have once been a different ending.
If there were multiple authors, it is possible that God's speech from the whirlwind was added later. God speaks of the beauty of nature, and barely mentions mankind or the human condition, let alone Job's individual situation. It is possible, therefore, that God's speech was an independent composition. In that case, the original poem could have ended with Job simply challenging God to respond, with no answer provided. A minority of scholars believe this interpretation, and that would have been a "different ending" as per your inquiry.
However, no copies of Job exist that would prove or disprove this opinion.
The ending you suggest seems unlikely. The epilog and prolog seem to be a much older folk-tale than the middle section. So, most likely the earliest versions did indeed have Job restored to wealth and a new family. It is possible that the poet, in creating his new version from the older familiar story, changed the ending. But frankly, that does not sound plausible.
My guess is that your professor got the scenario of two authors confused, and thought this implied an earlier version that was suppressed. As we said earlier, this is possible — lots of things are possible — but there is no evidence supporting such a theory, and there is lots working against it.
On t'other hand, if you mean, was there an ending where Job accepts the Satan's offer to become a rich and famous baseball player and lead the Washington Senators to the pennant, then no. That's a different story altogether.
NOTE 1: The term in the Hebrew book of Job is clearly "The Satan," with the definite article. In the early Biblical books, such as Samuel and Numbers (say, before 1000 BC), "the satan" is the foe, the adversary. By Zechariah, around 520 BC, "the satan" seems to be a superhuman opponent, and by the book of Chronicles (perhaps 400 BC), "Satan" has become a proper noun and the definite article is dropped. In the book of Job, there is implication that "the Satan" is one of the heavenly host, but there is no background or history as a character; rather, it seems to be a position, like "prosecuting attorney."
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Rainforests are also home to around 50 percent of the world's animals and plants and it is believed that there are still millions of species of plants, insects and microorganisms that are still yet to be discovered.
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The Sundarbans is a 10,000 square km forest reserve, which lies in India (40%) and Bangladesh (60%). The entire region is densely covered by mangrove forests and is the home to the Bengal tiger.
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Located in Sri Lanka, the Sinharaja Forest Reserve was declared a World Biosphere Reserve in 1978. Although the reserve is only 21 km (13 mi) from east to west, and a maximum of 7 km (4.3 mi) from north to south, it is home to many species of including trees, insects, amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals.
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Located in Costa Rica, this reserve consists of over 10,500 hectares (26,000 acres) of cloud forest. This reserve consists of 6 ecological zones (90% of which are virgin forest) with over 2,500 plant species, 100 species of mammals, 400 bird species, 120 reptilian and amphibian species, and thousands of insects species.
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