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breaking forth, then residing,
breathing in, breathing out,
A rhythmic nature mantra.
It is such a gift to be soaking my soul
with the sight and sounds of the Pacific.
A small dried rose bud, fading gently with memories tucked in between its petals to enchant.
Sing the song of your memories, it is a beautiful gift to give. Petal after petal ...especially those that include others who need to hear how their lives have touched yours.
Antique angel motif buckles, I kid you not. They were pretty cool, I regret I didn't buy at least one of them.
I have noticed in these last few weeks after my father's death, that I feel my father is right beside me. I find myself talking to him, seeing with him, believing that he is living within me... in my heart, or cells or imagination...most likely all three all at once, do you know what I mean? Have you or did you ever feel like this about someone who you have loved who has died?
Little girl with a pin curl, do you know how sweet you make the day go by?
Pigtails and ice cream, the tender moments of childhood that keep a smile tucked safely in one's heart pocket.
A few weeks ago an American flag folded tightly into the shape of tri-angle was handed to my mother in honor of my father at his grave-site. Later we were told that if we donated his flag to the American Legion, it would fly on Memorial Day with the other flags of those who served our country.
Before giving back the American Flag we were told to write (on the band that attaches the flag to the pole,) my father's name, where and how he served, and in what war.
Over 350 flags are flying today in our small town. One of them says: George Amaro WWII... Navy.
--------------------- One of my favorite memories of my father's is when he talked about the first night at base camp:
"The first night in the bunk hall, young men from every part of the Untied States gathered for bed. Most of them farm boys, barely eighteen-years old, and who had never been passed the city limits of their own towns. I was one of them. Like those other boys, I was proud to be there and scared too.
In the dark of the night the sounds of homesickness started to rumble. Within a few minutes every guy there was bawling. We knew the road ahead of us and the country road behind. We were just young boys who had never left home sharing the same feelings..."
Peace on Earth, we are all the same.
Photo: A piece of French 18th century toile du Jouy. One angel welcoming another.
Dare to Dream.
Find a link about dandelions and add it to the comments, then make a wish in silence.
If you cannot find a link that is okay, just add your wish.
Remember the wishes do not need to be said, you need only to write the word
The song continues to play, while the words carry me back, I am standing there for a split second and death cannot steal the memory that feels so real....
Grief has it own map, and it takes time to walk along the unknown path it puts before you. Walking, running, or standing still... the view remains the same, the rhythm beats on. I feel its strangeness, the sudden urge to run or cry or wrap myself up a blanket and hide. But grief does not let you go, no it might change its song and dance routine but it plays on. The pain is either embraced, or it embraces you without you knowing it gets under your skin.
It does not matter if the person you loved died young, old, after a long illness, or suddenly, or if you got to say goodbye...death sting and mourning has a song all its own.
As the floodgate open swirling memories around me, my heart hears a sad song...and dares not move-
Each step forward is one further away from the moment of when my father was alive. It is a new world and the song has me somewhat off balance. So I whisper to the new day,
"Sing softly I will listen."
Typepad changed their format today, and the minor glitches are causing me to think out loud. You know how it is when your are use to doing something one way, the groove feels comfortable, and you can go through the motions with your eyes closed? It is the beauty and beast of routine. Then changes comes along and throws a new learning curve ball teaching you how to play differently.
Today marks the 1000th time I have posted, everyday rain or shine, happy or sad, antiques or babies, France or California, feeling like it or not since November 2005. Thank you typepad for shaking it up a bit and adding some new spice to the ol' bag of tricks. Did you do it just for me?
Since Chelsea's friend asked her to go to the Cannes Film Festival at the very last minute... Chelsea told me, "I stuffed everything into my purse in ten minutes and dressed on the train."
I love that wild, spontaneous, free-spirit, kind of fun, don't you?
Early this morning Chelsea called, she was giddy and made me laugh. She told me that she didn't dare take any photos at Cannes Film Festival... "Mom it just wasn't the thing to do, and secondly I was afraid someone might take my camera and smash it."
"Well okay no photos, but tell me did you recognize anyone?" Since Indiana Jones was playing at the festival she saw Harrison Ford and Cate Blanchett. Lucky duck that Chelsea girl.
Above is a photo of two stars that light my path since I haven't any glitter, snap, crackle, or pop- nor Brad or Depp to offer you from last night's red carpet extravaganza.
On another note- A high school friend came to visit me today. She told me that on her birthday her husband asked her what she would like and she said, "I would like a memory." I found that to be the perfect idea for a gift... a memory.
Chelsea sure gave me a sweet one.
Walking up the red carpet (or the Tapis Rouge in french) at the Cannes Film Festival.
Connections can-can!! Chelsea's-friend's-mother's-sister who works for a famous designer (I am sworn to secrecy) was given two tickets to attend the Cannes Film Festival.
Chelsea's-friend's-mother's-sister passed them on to Chelsea's friend who called Chelsea asking, "What are you doing today wanna grab your prettiest dress, heels, and makeup (?) we are going to walk up the red stairs in Cannes!"
French Husband called yesterday morning filling me in on the "stars" and sending me the picture above, which Chelsea had someone take with her cell phone.
Much later French Husband wrote:
"I talked to Chelsea and V. 2 hours ago they have been invited to a VIP dinner with the actors of the movie .... She could not talk much on the phone... (may be she was in conversation with... Johnny Depp or Brad Pitt!!!) .... more later."
What fun n'est pas? Ah dancing over the moon wishing on stars. A sweet escape.
Photo: Taken in Versailles late last December. A very small detail from the base of an 18th century candlestick. Eternal flame held by a waiting angel.
I should have...
Kübler-Ross lists that there are five stages that a grieving person goes through. The five stages she states follow a progression: denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance.
I woke up around 7am this morning. Opening one eye I saw my mom dusting my bed frame. I asked, "Mom are you dusting or am I dreaming?" She replied through a steady stream of sadness, "I just have to keep busy."
Keeping busy is one way to cope with the sense of loss. Though I dream of sleeping. Both are part of denial and eventually acceptance.
Since it is part of my Mother's culture that after the death of a loved one a person dresses in black or navy as a way to show respect and give a sign of mourning: I have been wearing mostly black too. Mostly because the other day I walked into the kitchen and my mom looked at my feet. My eyes followed her eyes to my red shoes. I saw the red flash its bright color and thought to myself...oops and quickly kicked off my shoes.
Because the stages of grief look and act differently on each person I think a black ribbon around one's arm was a good idea that the last generation had and used to signify a person in mourning.
Each person must find their way to express the depth of emotion, to process the many thoughts that come with loss. Kübler-Ross has defined them, though we must learn to ride the wave without drowning.
When my boyfriend died many years ago I ate a dozen glazed donuts in one sitting. With each bite I grew more angry thinking to myself, "Nothing matters, I can do what I want! In the end nothing matters." After wards I went to Mass with a bloated stomach, a very angry heart and under my breath called God every bad word imaginable several times over. I waited for some sort of punishment to strike me. I even dared God to strike me.
In the end being angry at God was healing too. I saw that my anger was at me...
Life is unfair, I am not perfect, and still love happens. The real miracle after all is accepting that as painful as life and death can be it is worth every phase it takes to becoming whole and loving again and again.
the spirit moves. stillness is a lovely dance.
it helps to have flowers up your sleeve.
tied with a bow.
let the spirit move.
There is a first time for everything.... and a second time for most things. Each day the face of this new journey (my family is on) makes itself known. Popping up in the most familiar places starring nakedly while a wave of emotion rolls over us...
My Mother opens the closet that she has opened many times before, but this time around my father's clothes seem awkwardly different. The mail comes in with my father's name on it front and center knocking my mother off her feet. My brother looks up a name on his cell phone and my father's name appears... he wonders if he should erase it but he cannot and becomes sad thinking about it. I hear a Harley running down the road, I look up and tears roll down. My mother folds clothes finding a pair of my father's socks and sobs into them....
There is a second time for the familiar things in our lives to come back and address us anew. We stare, catch our breath, and hold on with the knowledge that many others are and have walked this way before.
As a friend of my mother said, "When those "first times come around" and they will for a long time to come, whatever you feel let it be without holding back. If you want to cry, cry. If you are angry, be angry. Whatever feeling overtakes you, let it be."
Do you think by allowing our feelings to take place safely we welcome the slow change to our broken hearts and not succumb to blurry numbness? Though I must admit sometimes that numbness seems like a welcoming path.
The first steps of this well worn path yet newly discovered.... I think I'll hold on to those of you who have walked this way before.
Sacha called to talk. With each of his words I wanted to jump through the phone and pinch his cheeks. Somehow to get back to the days where he was a little boy and I could hug him for hours without him minding a bit.
Listening to him made the soft spot that I have and hide ache....
I asked him if he thought I could be his Mom again, "You know the one who tells you that your shirt doesn't match your pants, or that you need to sit straight, or to clean your room, or that you better stay home to do your homework... In short after four months away do you think it will feel strange me telling you every now and then what to do or how to be?"
He reassured me by saying, "Mom, I think as soon as we see one another we will take off right where we left off and it will be very good."
... with that I felt a million hugs all at once.
Later in the day Chelsea called. We talked and talked as only "girls" can do. I asked her how her "friend-who-is-a-boy" was doing and she said without skipping a beat, "Oh the-friend-who-is-a-boy is now my boy-friend."
Though being the kind of mother that I am I didn't skip a beat either and asked, "Have you kissed?"
Chelsea chuckled, "Mommy!" But before she could answer and before I could ask the next question she said,
"... it was worth the wait."
Ah Life the unpredictable, unending path that leads us! Thanks for giving me a spark of sweet joy today.
a little girl,
in my father's easy chair.
moment by moment
healing in the evening...
Little souvenirs. Tucked in pockets, stuffed in the corner of the drawer. Left unattended in a box on top of the closet or under the bed. Moments treasured, stored within the heart, bobbing in the back of one's mind, singing ever so softly bringing a smile to one's face then fading into the background.
I remember this feeling... the feeling of emptiness and unbearable lost. I remember this feeling, where the days haunt, and reality stings as it sinks in. I remember these days where tears sprout in unusual places and numbness a welcome remedy. I remember the feeling when my boyfriend died years ago... and I remember it takes time to go through it... but this is far greater as it takes in my entire family. As my little niece said to my mother,"It doesn't feel the same without Vovo here..."
When someone dies I believe they come to you in your dreams. I often ask those who have lost someone if they have had a dream of their loved one. French Husband and Chelsea both have seen my father in their dreams... the rest of us are still waiting.
Though I have dreams and day dreams over and over again of my time in my father's hospital room. Recurring dreams, dreams without faces or structure...I call them processing dreams, the need to work through the reality of these last ninety days to accept the events that took place and let them go.
French Husband went back to France. He will return later next month with Chelsea. Sacha arrives in a few weeks. I will remain by my mother's side, I cannot imagine leaving her at this moment. I cannot imagine being away from my children and family in France either... though they cannot imagine me being anywhere other than where I am.
My blog will process the enormous feelings I am carrying around. It will notice the steps to living life without my father, it will share about my family and watch my mother accept the hole in her heart. This blog, this healing tool, this therapeutic office, this gathering of friends will hoepfully listen and help me surrender and carry on.
Please bear with me as I sort-out this depth of time.
My heart is full... more-so it is overflowing. It is heavy with love, tenderness... it aches. I have seen your love, tasted your love, felt your love...love's messages pour from your steady, strong heart with such power that the darkest of nights feel like summertime at noon.
Where would I be without you?
I wish that I could somehow make these days easier, softer... whole again for you. Your grief, your suffering is a testimony to the greatest love you had. The black you wear, the silence you endure, the distance you put between you and your activities, are symbols of respect for dad. I admire your strength and your weakness, to grieve openly. To hold out your heart and look at its emptiness and not fill it. Mother's Day.... Thank you for being such a good, strong, giving mother even in this time of sorrow.
While my father was in the hospital I stayed with my cousins Judy and Chris, since going home to Willows was too far away to be a daily option. Their back bedroom (or as nicknamed, "The Green Room at the Walnut Inn")became my home away from home.
Since I stayed at the hospital at night I slept during the day. Every morning I would come into Judy's home to find my bed turned down, flowers at my bedside, a picture book on my pillow. Later when I would wake up their table would be set charmingly with a home made meal and a glass of red wine waiting for me.
I was spoiled beyond words. Treated like a Royal Princess. I soaked-up every bit of their kindness and was able to hold vigil by my father's heart because I had their faithful foundation underneath me.
All this is to say... Happy Birthday Judy! Thank you for giving me a safe refuge everyday unconditionally.
When was the last time your love helped someone help another? I am amazed each day by the lessons of love I am receiving. Compassion comes from experiencing something first hand, and then being able to share from what you have gained, witnessed and learned to another.
Everyday there are ways to love one another. To give to another. What an extraordinary gift to receive someone's compassionate heart and feel it breath into your own...
The rice fields are flooded, the seeds are taken root, the harvest will come months later.... yet today the water stagnates; it is bittersweet. Life in its many moments, rich are the cycles, the seasons, the different stages...
Everything reminds us of my father...and he is no longer here....
Molly jumps the muddy overflow from the nearby rice field. Having little nieces and nephews around in this moment aids healing...they simply live, rejoice and beg us to do the same. Jump!
Yet jumping is not as easy as Molly makes me believe it is...life goes on....with each day moving us further away from my father's physical being and begs us to find him spiritually.
Jump. My heart is not stagnant, and my tears make everything muddy.
The tenderness that surrounds our hearts is healing. Soft and caring, full and rich. My family and I thank you. We are overwhelmed by our grief, yet your generous constant support cushions our sadness. Thank you for each and every word of sympathy, prayer uttered, thought of hope given. Thank you for every flower, fern, plant, and seeds of hope. Thank you for the plates of cookies, casseroles, side dishes of rich friendship and servings to feed an army of weakness. Thank you for the cards chosen and sent, the candles lite all over in churches near and far. Thank you for sharing your stories, your pain, your compassion, for leaving comments that have helped me and MANY others. Thank you for the CDs of music, books, sweets, and your full open hearts and virtual hugs. Thank you for listening to me for three months, for holding my family up and telling me that my sharing was a healing ministry for you as well. Thank you for praying for my father; for keeping him in your thoughts. Thank you a million times over. Thank you for bearing witness to suffering and not running away from it. Thank you yesterday, today and tomorrow.
I hope that the tenderness that I have felt in your friendship, returns the blessing to you today.
The days unfold, a tiredness slips into the empty space. The fragrant petals of yesterdays long gone soothe but cannot replace the thorn of sadness.
I knew that the day after and days to come would carve deep, and release the fullness stored...
but to such depth do the petals unfold?
Many layers, petal by petal as tears nourish the wounded heart.
Looking out I see many family and friends... It is such a healing gift to be surrounded by your love for my father. Thank you for coming and showing my family and me that my father holds a special place in your heart.
Your friendship allows us to know that my father will be nearby because of the memories stored within you. Please share them with us…never hold back, not now or in the years to come.
After 90 days at the hospital my mind’s eye and heart were full of my dad’s journey that he bear-ed with such grace.… My dad showed me courage, he showed me that he could endure much pain; he showed me dignity is his suffering.
My father’s death was beautiful… my family gathered around his bedside, prayed, saw him gaze lovingly into our eyes, knowing- trusting he was going to the heart of God, that his family on the other side was waiting for him with arms wide open.
It was a long and brave journey made whole.
I have struggled to find the right words, the right stories, the right note that would speak truly of my father...
But there are simply too many….. Family, faith, Ferndale, farming, fiesta, Westport, motorcycles …..
Single words that hold a lifetime connecting you, my family... to my dad. He had a rich life… a giving life and life that I admired even to his last breath…
I only hope I can be so strong…that I can be as generous in my love as he was in his abundant love for life and family.
He was a man of faith, and the rosary was never far from his lips.
Our family is the way it is because of my father’s and mother’s faith, their faith in God. It is a legacy of love that cannot be taken even in death. It lends us grace and gives us courage.
My Mother and Father shared a special love story, one that was real, honest, and paved the way for us their children to follow: Before my father died my mother told him: That out of all the beautiful women she was luckiest because he choose her, and that she was so happy to be his wife, and the mother of his children.
Listening to my Mother in that moment sharing with my dad her love… oh how he beamed, his face lit up full of love before starting his journey home.
My mother’s love was sacred to him.
This is what I know to be true….
My father loved unconditionally, it didn’t matter what you did or didn’t do, and it didn’t matter if you where his color or how old you were…. it didn't matter what opinion you held, or if you rode a motorcycle or not….My dad loved and was loved. Who could ask for anything more? What a valuable gift I saw in my father’s attitude.
My brother Marty said, “That dad stopped aging at 60 or maybe 40….he simply did not grow old.” Life was something he enjoyed. And he lived it everyday to the fullest, in style and young at heart.
Every child should have a Father who shows them what love is all about. I could tell you over 81 reasons in a blink of an eye, why my Dad was a gem. How he was a generous man, how he would give you the shirt off his back, his wrangler jeans, boots and helmet too....even if he was standing, stranded outside, in a snowstorm, and you had a snowsuit on. He was loving down to the bare bone.
Every child should have a Father who tells them that the world is a beautiful place, and that they are worthy of it..
Oh Dad how you were so strong, so beautiful so extra cool!
We will see you Dad, yes we will see you in the rice fields as they flood and take root. We will see you in the eyes of your grandchildren and in all those that loved you. We will hear you in the memories that are stored in our hearts and that will be told and retold and remain vibrate for eternity. We will hear you with each Ninety, Harley, Honda and skid of the bicycle wheel. We will hear you when we turn on the radio and see Mom grabbing one of the grandchildren to teach them to jitterbug in the kitchen. Oh yes Dad you are here I see you in the eyes of those gathered here, of the many familiar faces, I see you greeting them with your sideways smile and easy laugh.
We will see you as the seasons turn, unfold and render… We have an abundant harvest in your love and you will be missed…
Last night we entered the church early and sat up front. The community came later and sat behind us. The feeling to sit in a large church, silently with others is one that creates my heart to feel connected to something beyond.
Though last night as my family and I sat upfront, I did not know who or if anyone was behind us. It was that quiet, that peaceful, a silent night....
When the priest started to say the rosary the response from behind was incredible. Like a tidal wave of love pouring over us, flooding our hearts, washing us of our sorrow, holding us up...
The beauty of living in a small town and witnessing the lives of many interconnected.
Last night I felt joy! I felt the love my father and mother have planted with years of devotion to their faith, their family, friends and community.
Thank you also blogging community for your tremendous support...
I will read the eulogy today. I have gathered courage and a big splash of support from your holding me up these last few months.
I am doubly lucky and it feels so good.
1. French Husband arrived for my father's funeral and will stay a few days.
2. School, the distance, and timing do not permit Chelsea and Sacha to come; Though they arrive in early June.
2A. I am trying not to think that French husband and I are in California while our children are clear across the world....
3. The amount of incredible food that keeps coming into my mother's home makes the scale tip higher and higher. Who has willpower at a time like this?
4. Holding emotion in is exhausting.
5. Funerals are exhausting too.
6. The eulogy...or I should say the blank piece of paper starring me in the face is haunting. Where do I begin? Each time I try to put something down on paper I see my father in the dark hospital room and his gallant desire to live... and I hear myself telling him to let go- Three months of bearing witness to my father's heroic effort and his dying days has my heart far too sad to create a worthy eulogy.
7. My sister in laws are the best beyond helpful and supportive.
8. Having little children around is natural healing medicine.
9. My mother... my brothers keep my father ever on their lips. Story after story.
10. I must focus on the eulogy.... please, please, please give me the words to share and the courage to speak without turning into a puddle. Where does one begin?
A dream like state called reality,
Rainstorms in the middle of nowhere or-
Tears mixed with laughter... as each person recalls and relives memories of my father. I feel him in their stories and see him in their eyes. He lives in their hearts. Oh memories!
A sacred time before the wake...flowers, food, friends, feasting on family.
The normal everyday question, "How are you?"
I am here...blue skies, partly cloudy, big chance of rain.
We pass through these days with memories of my father coming to the surface, we hold each like a treasure from the bottom of the sea, a ripple of joy extends, it is healing.
My five year old niece Molly was on the swing set in the back yard, swinging back and forth giggly cute. Suddenly she looks at me seriously, drags her feet bringing the swing to a stand still... She jumps off, comes up to me and says, "Aunt Coco are you sad that Vo died?" I responded that I was very sad. With that she says, "I think you need a hug."
Her hug was like a sweet life jacket in these days of swelling emotion.


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Just a word of warning – I am feeling like I am becoming a Carrie Newcomer obsessive. But I am so grateful for the timing of her music and poetry coming into my life over the last 6-7 months. In two of her songs – Where the Light Comes Down and Stones in the River, she refers to the “ache and awe” of life.
From Where the Light Comes Down:
It took awhile before I saw
That the world is mostly made of ache and awe
From Stones in the River
The empty self still hears a call
To live in the center of the ache and awe
It’s there the hope of the whole world shines
In her book of poetry where she writes about the first song, she shares a story from a poem called Monet Refuses the Operation:
In the beautiful poem “Monet Refuses the Operation” by Lisel Mueller, the French Impressionist painter Claude Monet tells the eye doctor that he does not want the cataract surgery that would restore his eyes. He says it took an entire lifetime to learn to see the world as he does now. What the doctor considers an affliction is actually the outcome of long work and effort. It takes a long time to see the world as mostly made of light and to sense ache and awe at every turn. It takes practice, forgetting and remembering to learn how to pay attention to small things. There is great reward as well as a cost to living such a life. But for the painter, it could not have been any other way.Newcomer, Carrie. The Beautiful Not Yet: Poems, Essays and Lyrics (p. 94). Available Light Publishing. Kindle Edition.)
Ache and awe. Both are a part of it all. I have been doing a practice for the last several years about sharing daily gratitudes in my journal but I have noticed over the last few months that I have also been using that time to also write about needs, concerns, hurts, or…aches. I feel like it is a message that the Spirit has been sending me about how to integrate both. Yes, I need to be one who is intentionally looking for gratitudes in life. But at the same time, I need to honor the aches of life as well – in my life, in the lives of others, in the life of the world as a whole. It is all in there together. Just as the the poem, reflection, and these songs speak of them both together, so the Psalms speak of this – honestly lifting up the aches of life but also holding up the awe – sometimes in the very same Psalm. God honors and holds them both (and everything in between).
Take some time to listen to these two songs (linked above) and read the poem – what are your aches? What are your awes?

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Doubt, uncertainty and criticism are the driving forces in science. Ensuring that patients are not harmed in research should be a top priority.
The music therapy study was initially published 9th April 2020. (1). Read about the study in Science Norway: Norwegian researchers have tested music therapy for chronic fatigue.
I published my analysis of the article on 8th May 2020: Curing ME with music? Two days later, the Norwegian journal Dagens Medisin published my take on the study: ME-patients suffer from research.
Michiel Tack also commented on the article, and his eLetter response was published in BMJ: Inaccuray in reporting CEBA part II. The eLetter response I submitted was rejected. Read it here: : Switched outcome measures, cherry-picked results and unfounded conclusions.
On October 1st, 2020 BMJ retracted the article. The editors thanked Michiel Tack in the retraction notice for bringing problematic issues in the paper to their attention.
The same day, an amended version of the article was published with a new identification number. (2) The editing history and Tack’s comment is thus lost. It is stated that the new version is peer-reviewed, however the reviews are not published. The results of the study are worse than initially reported. Read more here: The Music therapy-study was retracted, amended and re-published: The results are worse than first reported.
Unfortunately, in the republished version of the paper, most of the issues raised remain unresolved. I submitted a new eLetter response about this which was rejected by BMJ – again. My response summarizes the facts which the researchers themselves have documented in their own article. Furthermore, the conclusions drawn were already pointed out by peer-reviews of the first draft:
“An analysis shows that the article is full of contradictions and illogical conclusions, and that the results disprove the researchers’ hypotheses.” Read the eLetter response here: Serious concerns, by Nina E. Steinkopf
Michiel Tack has also submitted an eLetter response, not only once, but twice. His response was also rejected. Read the eLetter response here: This is a resubmitted version of a retracted paper and many issues remain unresolved, by Michiel Tack.
In the response, Tack argues that there are inconsistencies in the retraction notice, the paper doesn’t explain that the study was designed to test large effect sizes, there is little data to support the conclusion that the intervention is “feasible and acceptable”, the outcome measure for post-exertional malaise was added post-hoc and that the reported recovery rates risk misleading readers.
I have asked Tack about his opinion about BMJ’s decision. He says:
“I’m disappointed that they rejected my comment without clarification. Although my letter highlights inconsistencies, it is constructive in nature. I don’t think that it violates any of the terms and conditions for electronic letter submission the BMJ has specified on its website.
There’s a discrepancy between the retraction notice where the editors of BMJ Paediatrics Open thank readers from bringing issues to their attention, and the refusal to publish my rapid response on the republished version. It gives the impression that BMJ Paediatrics Open does not want further discussion of this paper. The practice of rejecting e-responses without clarification discourages readers from bringing issues to light.
I still hope that BMJ Paediatrics Open will take the concerns expressed in my comment seriously.”
As per their own statement, “BMJ Paediatrics Open will maintain a rigorous and transparent peer review process and adhere to the highest ethical standards for research conduct.” Furthermore, “……the journal will be a strong advocate for children’s health, both within the UK and overseas. Health professionals not only have the right to act on behalf of children, they have a responsibility to try and ensure that children have the best possible health outcomes.”
In the study, adolescents with chronic fatigue after EBV infection were treated with a mental training program which has many similarities with the pseudoscientific method Lightning Process (LP). The treatment did not only reduce the participants activity level, but it is also manipulative and victim-blaming.
The participants and their parents were told that personality, thoughts and feelings influence the development of the disease.
Long-term fatigue after an infection is described by the researchers as negative illness behaviour, disease attribution and «avoidance». The parents were involved in the therapy because the researchers believed that parents’ influence could strengthen negative disease behaviour and attribution, which in turn could have a negative impact on the prognosis. During the program, the focus was aimed at the personality of the children, the parents and family dynamics. Both participants and parents were thus implicitly made responsible for the «situation» and the outcome of the therapy. And even though the outcome was clearly negative, the researchers conclude that “This study provides important baseline data for a larger trial”.
LP is based on the pseudoscientific methods neuro linguistic programming. BMJ has published one article about a study where the method was used (3). This article has been subject to serious concerns and has a 3,000-word correction notice. 55 scientists, academics, and other experts has appealed to BMJ to retract it. Read more in Statnews: BMJ should retract flawed chronic fatigue syndrome research paper.
In this context it is interesting that dr. Esther Crawley of the University of Bristol, was the lead investigator of the LP-trial. Crawley has published many papers about this illness in BMJ journals and is an associate editor at BMJ Paediatrics Open.
Norwegian health-authorities classifies LP as an alternative method. Recently, a planned study where 120 ME-patients are to be treated with LP has been approved: Controversial study on ME-patients receives ethical approval.
The study design shows that the study is cynical, unethical and indefensible.
In the music therapy-study, the LP-organization Recovery Norway contributed to the study design. They will now also contribute with “user involvement” in the planned LP-study. Lead author of the music therapy-study Vegard B. B. Wyller, and Esther Crawley are also contributing.
If this LP-study is completed, what are the odds that the article will be published in BMJ?
This is all happening at the same time as British health authorities publish the draft guidelines for ME/CFS where LP is especially advised against. Read more here: NICE backtracks on graded exercise therapy and CBT in draft revision to CFS guidance. (4).
Doubt, uncertainty and criticism are the driving forces in science. Ensuring that patients are not harmed in research should be a top priority. We can only hope that BMJ’s editors change their minds and see the value in readers getting involved.
Nina E. Steinkopf
Formerly HSE and Quality Director
Now; ME-patient and writer
1. Malik S, Asprusten TT, Pedersen M, et al Retracted: Cognitive–behavioural therapy combined with music therapy for chronic fatigue following Epstein-Barr virus infection in adolescents: a feasibility study BMJ Paediatrics Open 2020;4:e000620. doi: 10.1136/bmjpo-2019-000620
2. Malik S, Asprusten TT, Pedersen M, et al Cognitive–behavioural therapy combined with music therapy for chronic fatigue following Epstein-Barr virus infection in adolescents: a randomised controlled trial BMJ Paediatrics Open 2020;4:e000797. doi: 10.1136/bmjpo-2020-000797
3. Crawley EM, Gaunt DM, Garfield K, et al Clinical and cost-effectiveness of the Lightning Process in addition to specialist medical care for paediatric chronic fatigue syndrome: randomised controlled trial Archives of Disease in Childhood 2018;103:155-164.
4. NICE backtracks on graded exercise therapy and CBT in draft revision to CFS guidance, BMJ 2020; 371 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.m4356 (Published 10 November 2020) BMJ 2020;371:m4356.
Tilbaketråkk: Trial By Error: Update on BMJ’s CBT-Music Therapy Study (h/t Steinkopf and Tack)

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By selecting and enabling ‘Site’, users control lighting across many networks and can adjust scenes, timers, user accounts and user privileges. For example, the scenes in ‘Site’ can include luminaires from any of the networks that have been added to it.
Casambi also offers the possibility for partners to develop their own rotary switches based on the CBM-001 and CBM-002 Bluetooth modules. Besides the basic functionality of a rotary switch that can be pushed to turn luminaires on, or rotated for dimming and adjusting colour temperature, the switch can also be used to cycle through scenes or modes.
Several fixture modes have been added to enable warm dimming. Suitable for Casambi’s CBU-ASD, CBU-PWM4, CBM-001 and CBM-002 modules, the ‘WarmCool’ modes implement ‘warm dimming’ with a single dimmer and two outputs (warm/cool) that are mixed according to calibration graphs in order to gradually decrease the colour temperature as the dimming level is reduced.
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SYDNEY, August 19, 2009 (AFP) – Australia touted itself as a “global energy superpower” after shrugging off diplomatic tensions with China to sign a record 41.3 billion US dollar resources deal. In Australia’s biggest ever trade agreement, PetroChina ordered 2.25 million tonnes of liquefied natural gas (LNG) a year over two decades from ExxonMobil’s share of the still-undeveloped Gorgon plant off the country’s west.
The huge contract comes despite weeks of deteriorating ties over China’s detention of a Rio Tinto mining executive and Australia’s decision to allow a visit by leading dissident Rebiya Kadeer.
The signing ceremony was held behind closed doors in Beijing and announced by Australia’s Resources and Energy Minister Martin Ferguson late on Tuesday.
“The ExxonMobil 50 billion (Australian) dollars LNG export contract to China represents the biggest export contract in the history of Australia,” he said, according to public broadcaster ABC.
“It also potentially underpins the biggest single construction project in the history of Australia, which could see 6,000 workers on the job at the peak construction period.”
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Yesterday, I decided to spend most of my time wandering through the streets of Hollywood. As someone with an east coast perspective, I saw walking down Hollywood Blvd as equivalent to taking a stroll through Times Square in New York City.
In some ways the two largest cities in America are very similar to each other. There are plenty of pizza joints, tattoo parlors, strip clubs and city tours available. Crowds of tourists from all walks of life roam the city streets (the size of which much less in LA than in NYC), and costumed people and unknown rap artists peddle their wares to those who inevitably cross their paths.
Side note: — I can’t tell you how many times I refused a picture with Catwoman and Spiderman or turned down the next Jay Z’s CD that was offered to me free of charge.
My day began as they normally do whenever I visit a new town – by seeking out the nearest Starbucks. While sitting there drinking my morning java this attractive blonde walks in, orders some sort of high-tech drink and sits down at the table next to me where a gentleman is already seated.
Unaware of my nosiness, the woman proceeds to pull out a portfolio and begins chatting with this fellow about all of the things she’s involved with. In this impromptu meeting session she tells him about her artwork, the photographs she’s taken for local magazines, how she’s in the process of making a video for some musical group I’ve never heard of, but one which made the dude sitting across from her sit up straight with curiosity.
Before long the two of them are exchanging email addresses and Facebook account information with the promise of connecting again soon. It felt like a twenty-first century version of “have your people call my people”.
That’s when it hit me. There is so much creativity in this town.
I know. I know. This sort of thing happens in every town all across America. But there’s something about it happening in Hollywood that feels different.
There’s no doubt that Hollywood is one of the hardest places in the world to make your dreams come true. And yet, that’s where thousands of amazing artists, musicians and actors continue to pound the pavement every day trying to make it happen.
I liken it to winning the lottery. There’s a million to one chance that you’ll succeed. So much riding against you that it makes it easy to just give up. But the people here seem to take the “if you don’t play, you can’t win” attitude very seriously, and it’s inspiring to be around.
The rest of my day was spent wandering the streets in search of a little fame and fortune of my own. I made it a point to look down at the stars on The Walk of Fame as much as possible. What I discovered was: A) There are a lot of people who made significant contributions to radio, television and film whose names I didn’t recognize and B) About 80% of the names I did recognize were people who were long dead.
The Chinese Theatre was another interesting place to visit – if only briefly. I loved seeing all of the hands and footprints that were left in the cement. Seeing dates as far back as 1928 was surreal and I pictured what life must have been like in this town nearly a century before Hollywood became “Hollywood”.
Then there was the a-ha moment on the walk back to my hotel.
In my touristy slowness, this dude with shoulder length blond hair passes by with a Gibson hardshell guitar case in his hands. He’s wearing a denim jean jacket and ball cap along with a pair of bright red Chuck Taylor converse sneakers. No doubt he is either en route to band practice or just coming from a rehearsal.
I imagined the backpack he was also carrying over his shoulder contained cables, picks and guitar strings as well as the chord changes and secret lyrics to the next big radio hit.
I quickly fumbled for my camera to capture the moment. Not because taking a picture of just another kid with rock star dreams would be so typical of Hollywood. No, my intention was much more selfish.
Thirty years ago, that dude would have been me.
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I finally get to live Hollywood through the eyes of my friend Jim Wood. Go Jimmy Go!


Back in the day we were one of the first on our street to get a colour TV. It caused quite a commotion. Neighbours' kids would peer through the windows just to see what it looked like.
These memories popped into my head while reviewing LG's Hybrid TV because the 'gee-whiz' I got from it reminded me a lot of the wow factor I got from that 24" wood veneered boob tube from my childhood.
Upon first hearing the name Hybrid TV, I wondered if LG had created a petrol/electric TV with exceedingly low mileage per adverts consumed.
It turns out that the Hybrid TV moniker came about because of close collaboration between LG and Freeview. The Hybrid TV has both UHF and satellite tuners built in which means if you live outside of Freeview UHF coverage but have an old satellite dish on your house, the Hybrid TV should still work.
Look and feel
The first thing I noticed about the Hybrid TV was just how light it is. Reviewing TVs usually means large boxes and frequent trips to the chiropractor. Not so with the Hybrid TV. It was so light I thought they'd forgotten to pack it back at the factory.
The Hybrid TV was thankfully in the box as were remotes, batteries and half an Amazonian rainforest worth of manuals.
The Hybrid TV is an attractive beast. A metallic bezel defines the edge of its screen which is punctuated by a small red LED in the centre of its bottom bezel which lets you know you're plugged in.
There's also two remotes included. The first remote is a conventional rectangular slab with all the usual buttons.
The other is a curvy number that LG call the "magic remote". The magic remote will be familiar to anyone who's ever used a Nintendo Wii. A small on-screen pointer moves on-screen as the TV tracks how you've moved the magic remote.
There's just half a dozen buttons located exactly where my fingers expected to find them. LG have also added a scrollwheel (just like on a PC mouse) and a microphone (the Hybrid TV also has a speech recognition function baked in).
Spinning the Hybrid TV around reveals a ton of connectivity options. As well as a UHF antenna there's a satellite socket plus HDMI and component/composite video inputs. There's also a SCART socket, 3 USB ports, Ethernet, plus an optical digital audio out socket and a PC card port.
Getting set up
Setting the Hybrid TV up was a relatively pain free experience. Should the urge ever take me and I buy my very non tech savvy parents a smart TV, this would be it. The clever cartoony graphics hold your hand throughout the entire set up process, making the set up process a complete no-brainer.
This is largely thanks to a character called Beam Bird. Beam Bird gives plain kiwi English tips and tells you when something isn't quite right, even exclaiming "Sweet as!" once set up is finishing.
Aside from its animated cuteness factor, Beam Bird makes the set up process a whole lot less intimidating. He isn't too in your face too much so hopefully won't become the smart TV version of Clippy.
Having connected it to a UHF antenna (I also tried it on my Sky dish) and tuned it, the Hybrid TV asked for a data connection. Using its in-built Wi-Fi, the Hybrid TV detected my router, asked for a password and went about getting connected. I was good to go. Total set up time from unboxing to viewing - a mere 15 minutes.
Freeview mightn't compete much on content, but the picture quality of what was broadcast was stunning. A quick play with the settings menu also revealed both a home and store mode plus a Picture Wizard. These let me calibrate colour, contrast and brightness levels in my lounge to get the picture just right.
Local LED dimming meant that the Hybrid could dim LED backlighting on screen areas displaying black or dark colours. This helped deliver impressive contrast levels considering the Hybrid TV's screen is an LED backlit IPS LCD panel. Blacks were dark while whites remained bright.
Colour accuracy was also bang on. Skin tones looked natural rather than oversaturated or sunburnt pink or Bart Simpson yellow. Greens and reds were also constrained and didn't bloom. Picture sharpness for both Freeview HD and Blu-Ray content was crisp, defined but not over sharpened.
Another area that often tends to separate the wheat from the chaff when it comes to LCD TVs is motion. Left to their own devices, LCD TVs deliver juddery video when it comes to fast moving on screen objects. These can be pretty distracting, especially with sports viewing.
Getting around this requires some pretty clever video processing. Early motion processing techniques often led to artifacts around edges of fast moving objects which is at least as distracting as unprocessed juddering. The Hybrid TV's video processing was pretty flawless. On-screen motion was silky smooth.
Bells and whistles
Picture quality aside, there isn't much that the Hybrid TV doesn't do. Plugging a USB hard drive into one of the spare USB ports on the Hybrid TV's rear adds PVR capabilities, allowing users to pause, record, rewind and fast forward live TV.
The Hybrid TV is powered by WebOS, that was originally developed by Palm and used by HP. In use it was pretty slick. Hitting a home button on the magic remote brings up a series of coloured blade-like mini buttons. These present a heap of options ranging from a web browser, through to YouTube and music services plus live TV. Unfortunately the LG app store wasn't available. Here's hoping it launches in NZ soon as a strong ecosystem for apps will make WebOS hum as a smart TV platform.
The Hybrid TV also played nice with most of my media collection, streaming video and audio as well as displaying photos. It was also 3D capable, making use of LG's passive 3D glasses (which handily also work at the cinema). The 2D to 3D mode delivered convincing synthetic 3D with minimal crossover interference for TV shows, photos and gaming.
Speaking of which, LG are sweetening the deal for gamers via a promotion that'll see Xbox One consoles given away with 50"or larger LG TVs including the Hybrid.
There's a lot to like with the Hybrid TV. It earns brownie points for having both UHF and satellite digital TV connectivity built in, allowing it to work wherever you are in NZ. Picture quality is great and it's dead easy to get set up regardless of how tech-challenged you happen to be. LG have crafted a great accessory for couch-spud kind.
RRP: $1,599.95 RRP
Screen: 42", Full HD 1080p IPS LED backlit LCD (w/Local LED Dimming)
Aspect ratio: 16:9
Viewing angles:Viewing angles (H/V) 178°/178°
Video processing: TruMotion 100Hz/Triple XD Engine
Tuners: Twin Freeview satellite and terrestrial tuners
PVR Functionality: Freeview recordings to built-in memory (4.9GB) or external USB HDD
Audio: 2 x 10w speakers
3D: LG Cinema 3D
2D to 3D converter mode
OS: webOS Smart TV Platform
Accessories: 1x LG Remote, 1x Magic Remote
Additional controls: Finger Gesture/Voice Recognition
Dimensions: (W x H x D) 960mm x 606mm x 238mm


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More than a year after France’s military intervention drove out Islamist militias, northern Mali appears to have regained some stability. However, Malian refugees at the Mentao camp in neighbouring Burkina Faso are wary of going back, citing security problems and unresolved political issues.
At the same time they lament that deteriorating camp conditions and the poor quality of life are forcing some to return.
“When you talk about food, water and health, we are in a very bad situation,” said Almahi Ag Almouhak, who heads a committee of the southern sector of the Mentao camp near Burkina Faso’s northern town of Djibo.
The camp is home to around 12,000 Malian refugees. Djibo has been a sanctuary for Malian refugees since the early 1990s when insurgencies in northern Mali led to a long period of instability and violence. The same migration recurred in January 2012 as Mali tumbled into conflict once more. Mentao was rapidly refurbished and brought into service and took in its first wave of new arrivals in February 2012.
“In the past, if the poorest of us had run out of food, we would organize contributions to help out. But now everyone is in the same predicament. We have nothing to spare. In the past, you would see refugees heading into the market in Djibo to buy supplies. But now no one has got credit,” Almouhak said.
Row over food rations
The refugees raise other concerns: the quality of medical care, the sometimes-intrusive security presence, the lack of entertainment possibilities for the young. But mostly they complain about food rations, arguing that monthly allocations of rice, oil, corn-soya blend, salt and “top-up” cash payments are inadequate and poorly scheduled.
In January 2014, following consultations with the refugees, the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) and the World Food Programme (WFP) started combining food rations with cash distributions. Refugees were handed a monthly payment of 3,500 CFA francs (US$7) to buy much-requested items like milk, condiments and meat, supplementing the rice and other rations received from WFP.
But refugees in Mentao (and elsewhere) say the scheme has not worked, pointing out that the cash meant to compensate for halving the 12kg monthly rice rations is insufficient. “What we get is not nearly enough,” said Almouhak.
“When you hear about refugees going back to Mali, it is not because they feel secure enough to return, it is because of hunger,” said Mohamed Ag Mohamed Ibrahim, the deputy head of Mentao’s southern sector committee.
Worries over insecurity
Despite the 2013 elections that ended Mali’s post-coup transitional government and brought in a new president and parliament, Mentao residents are wary. There are still sporadic attacks and ambushes around key northern cities like Timbuktu, Gao and Kidal. The refugees also talk disparagingly about a seemingly grounded peace process, with no real dialogue between the government and the Tuareg- separatist National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad (MNLA).
“Nothing is on the right path,” said Daouad Ag Ghali, a Mentao resident. “None of the meetings between the different parties [government and rebel movements] has produced anything.”
But some internally displaced people and refugees have been going back and taking on the challenges of restarting their lives, with the backing of the Malian government.
Others at Mentao say the camp will be deserted en masse within a month if conditions do not get better regardless of concerns about security back home.
“You find people organizing collections,” said Almouhak. “They will get enough money together, find themselves a truck and then go. Many simply want to find the animals they left with friends.”
“It has got to a stage where people here are selling off the mats they sleep on to get some extra money,” Ibrahim pointed out. “We are pastoralists but we don’t have our animals with us. This is poverty.”
UNHCR stresses that spontaneous return is a basic right for refugees and one that it does not oppose, but the agency is keen to keep track of returnees and know how they get on. Relief officials and refugees acknowledge that some Malians are clearly crossing over and coming back again.
Mass return is not for now
Whatever improvements there have been in northern Mali - fewer security incidents, an expanding UN presence, the gradual restoration of state administration - UNHCR has made it clear that mass return was never an option for 2014. “The situation in Mali will remain fragile and will not yet allow for large-scale returns,” the agency said.
According to UNHCR and the Burkinabe state-run National Commission for Refugees (CONAREF), refugee numbers have dropped significantly, from a peak of close to 50,000 in 2012 to just under 34,000 in February 2014. The UNHCR’s own projections suggest there will still be around 14,300 Malian refugees on Burkinabe territory by the end of 2015.
Angèle Djohossou, UNHCR’s deputy representative in Burkina Faso, said a tripartite agreement must be signed by the governments of Burkina Faso, Mali and UNHCR before any serious repatriation programme can be set in motion.
There is a grim acknowledgement from both the UNHCR and partners that the level of services at Mentao and other camps is under threat from shrinking budgets and a perceived lack of concern from donors, which is fuelling the refugees’ sense of abandonment.
Djohossou warns that “the situation of Mali has not received the level of funding that it merits,” referring to donors’ attention being diverted to other priorities elsewhere such as the Central African Republic, South Sudan and Syria.
UNHCR’s budget for refugee operations in Burkina Faso in 2014 is $25.7 million, down from $32.8 million in 2013 because of the projected return of 5,000 refugees. Djohossou says funding in 2013 for Mali was 50 percent below what it should have been, and the UNHCR is facing similar constraints in 2014.
The budget breaks down into 30 different sections, covering everything from water provision to donor mobilization.
Some areas, including child protection and education, are given priority in the allocation of funding; but there are other areas where shortfalls are anticipated. For example, Djohossou says funding constraints have compromised the agency’s attempts to monitor the 25 percent of refugees living outside the main, consolidated camps as effectively as it would like.
“Donors need to get the message,” a senior NGO official in Mentao told IRIN on condition of anonymity. “We get a lot of missions coming here, which is encouraging for us and for the refugees, but donors need to realize that nothing here has changed. If the funding is not there, what will a refugee eat?”
“If a refugee has to pay for hospital treatment, what money will that person use? If they want water, where will they get their supplies from?”
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This more complex, light and airy lacework pattern is perfect for the advanced knitter. A 12 row repeat forms a pattern of falling snowflakes.
For best results, this alpaca shawl should be wet blocked.
Included in this kit is a skein of lace weight 80% alpaca/20% nylon yarn and shawl pattern. Your choice of 6 hand dyed colours, including 2 Outlander-inspired colourways: Full Moon Over Skye and Jamie & Claire.
Handcrafted by Alpaca Time in Harriston, ON.
Difficulty Level: Advanced
Finished Size: Approx. 13” wide x 60” long, unblocked
– Approx. 536 m (586 yds.) of fingering weight yarn
– 5.5 mm needles, or size needed to obtain gauge
Gauge: 22 sts to 4” in lace pattern, unblocked
1. Hand wash in cool, soapy water. Do not agitate.
2. Rinse in water the same temperature as the wash water, squeeze gently.
3. Roll in a towel and gently press to remove as much water as possible.
4. Lay flat to dry. Block with pins if needed.
*Colours may not be exactly as shown.


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Robert B. Edgerton is an author, professor of anthropology and psychiatry, and researcher of African society and history (and their correlations). Knowing this, the great amount of humanity and realism that he manages to exhibit in his distinctive writing style should come as no surprise. Edgerton’s background in various studies allows him to unravel the mystery shrouding the culture and psychology of both sides of the war. At the time of this novel’s creation, no novels had adequately told the tale of the Anglo-Zulu War as it truly occurred. In the years between Edgerton’s novel and Morris’s The Washing of the Spears (one of the first “readable account[s] of this war” ), new documents regarding the war had surfaced, including military testimonies, diaries, letters, and interviews. These materials coupled with Edgerton’s understanding of the psyche of both European man and non-European man made it possible for the creation of such an expansive study of this dramatic war. Edgerton’s novel offers incredible insight on the brevity of the men on both sides of the war, their confidence, their pride, and their ability to fight like lions. Edgerton’s primary reasons for writing this novel are likely the wealth of information regarding the war that came about in the years before the writing, his understanding of both European and non-European man, and his ability to talk about the war from the Zulu's and British people's perspective.
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The decision of the party candidates at the video conference with Tarique Rahman
Chairman of the BNP Tarique Rahman. Picture files
The BNP will file a lawsuit before the High Court on allegations of irregularities in eleven parliamentary elections. Documents on the irregularities of one of the seats will be presented to court in all 64 districts. The BNP will form a legal team to fight the legal battle It is known that they will file the case on 15 February.
On Saturday, a decision was made to file a lawsuit with the Chairperson, Tarique Rahman, via Skype, with 60 candidates at the central office of the party. In addition, we are talking about moving to the movement for the emancipation of President BNP Begum Khaled Zia.
Barisal-1 candidate Zahir Uddin told Swapan Ittefaq: "We decided that on February 15, every candidate from all counties would file lawsuits on behalf of all." In addition, you can submit an example as much as you like. The parties will help everything.
Accordingly, in accordance with Article 33 of the Rules of Procedure of the electoral procedure – 2008, the electoral court can be sued within 45 days after the publication of the electoral list. On 11 January, 298 fruit seats were published in eleven parliamentary elections. It is time to submit the case by 15 February. The High Court of Elections will remain in effect until then.
According to sources, the party announced a program to file a lawsuit in the eleven national elections on 30 December, which claimed various irregularities, but the GNP finally returned. The case of the court was uncertain. However, after a series of discussions and reviews, the decision to file the case was finally taken.
One of the leaders of the party said that no matter how much the judiciary is biased, no one can deny the evidence they have given. In view of this, the BNP decided to make a symbolic case by promising the demand of leaders and general people.
At yesterday's meeting, 60 candidates participated in three groups separately. In this regard, almost every leader spoke about the elections and the forthcoming elections. They said that the process of robbery and fraud in the dark of night did not happen anywhere in the world. If they do not get justice from the judicial system, this case is important as national and international documents.
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One candidate said that one or more cases from 64 counties would be filed at the electoral court. Tarique Rahman instructed all candidates from each constituency to work together with the information.
Most of the candidates were present at the meeting, Hafizuddin Ahmed Birbhikram from Bhola, Zahiruddin Swapan in Barisal, Ruhul Amin Dulal from Piroipur, ABM Mosharraf Hossain of Patuakhala, Nitai Roy Chowdhury from Magure, Habibur Rahman Habib from Pabna, Nabiullah Nabi and Irfan bin Aman Omi from Dhaka, Shama Obaid from Faridpur.
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eSport has long since become more than an unusual niche sport. Analysts predict that this high-level gaming will positively boom. The role being granted to computer games played on a professional level is confirmed by the fact that successful football clubs such as Schalke 04 and Paris Saint Germain currently have their own League of Legends teams (a multiplayer online game). The strategic consultancy LSP Digital compared revenue and viewer numbers for eSports with those for other sports leagues and events. The comparison shows that the digital competition has not quite yet reached the national sport level.
But the figures are still worth presenting. In 2016, over 300 million viewers watched eSports events. The final of the 2016 League of Legends World Championship was streamed by 15 million viewers. That’s more viewers than during the DFB Cup final in 2016.
The chart shows revenue and viewer numbers for eSport compared to other sports leagues and events.


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The Department of Agriculture’s (DA) move to consider slashing the tariff on corn imports coming from non-ASEAN countries was lambasted by a group of farmers.
In a statement, the Federation of Free Farmers (FFF) said that DA’s initiative was ill-timed, considering that the peak harvest season for corn starts this August.
FFF’s statement came after Agriculture Secretary William Dar’s issuance of Special Order No. 540, which formed a technical working group on decreasing corn import duties so as to provide poultry, livestock, and fisheries sectors with access to cheaper animal feeds.
The FFF noted that, with corn tariff currently at 35 percent, feed millers have been allowed to import unlimited volumes of corn substitutes like feed wheat VAT-free and at a lesser tariff of 7 percent. The government has also reportedly turned a blind eye to corn imports illegally transshipped through ASEAN countries in order to avail of the preferential 5 percent tariff under the ASEAN Trade in Goods Agreement.
“Excessive importation of feed wheat and corn has in fact been the main reason for the sudden and recurrent drops in local corn prices,” FFF National Manager Raul Montemayor said.
“DA has been powerless to help corn farmers weather low farm gate prices, claiming that the price support system previously run by the National Food Authority (NFA) had been terminated by the Rice Tariffication Law (RTL). Now, DA will take the extra step of being directly responsible for depressing corn prices,” he added.
The FFF declared that a tariff cut will not trim livestock production costs significantly. It also contested the DA’s insinuation that corn constitutes up to 70 percent of the production cost of chicken.
“You need two kilos of feeds to produce a kilo of chicken. 50 percent of your feeds are made up of corn. If the import cost of corn is P15/kilo and you reduce the tariff from 35 percent to 5 percent, the cost to produce one kilo of chicken will drop by only P4.50. This is less than 4 percent of the current retail price of chicken,” Montemayor said.
Montemayor added that the cost reduction arising from lower tariffs will translate to savings of only P0.17 per day for consumers, given the average annual per capita consumption of 14 kilos of chicken a year.
He asserted, however, that even this small saving will not necessarily be passed on to consumers and will just be pocketed by feed millers and middlemen, as what happened in the case of rice and pork.
The FFF further noted that DA’s previous assurances to help corn farmers have not been translated into adequate budgets and credible programs. It added that efforts to raise local corn production may only backfire on farmers, since unlimited imports at reduced customs duties will result in supply gluts and plunging prices for local maize.


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Luxury ski chalet Les Arcs in France. Large ski chalet for families and big groups. Self catering ski accommodation....
Luxury self catering villa near Les Arcs in France. Large summer villa for families and big groups. Self catering accommodation....
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Basic Self Catered, accommodation, 4/6 pers to a room. Cooking and shower facilities provided. Bed sheet, pillow and pillow case provided but do bring a sleeping bag.
Situated in the beautiful unspoilt little Alpine village of Nancroix we are ideally suited for the winter & summer sports enthusiast.
During the winter season there is a free shuttle bus leaving from Nancroix every half hour during the day linking us to the Les Arcs/Peisey-Vallandry lift system (5 minute trip). The first bus in the morning takes us directly to the \'Vanoise Express\' cable car which is the link lift between Les Arcs and La Plagne. There is also a reduced bus service in the Evenings running until around 11pm (monday to friday). During the summer mountain bike trails run right past the hostel and it is an easy ride down to the lift system.
Nancroix is a quiet little village and there is no bar in the village but the bars in main resort can be accessed via the free winter evening buses or a taxi or during the summer via a 20 min walk to the next village.
As a small hostel we cannot provide separate male/female dorms and although we will do our best to separate the dorms this is not always possible (particularly at busy times).
There is no age restriction as such but we cannot accept young children, the hostel is not suitable.
If you have expectations of luxury accommodation then the hostel is not for you but if you want to ride one of the best ski/mountain bike areas in the world on a budget and stay with like minded individuals then this is the perfect place and we look forward to welcoming you.
- Please contact the owner to arrange check in once you have made your reservation.
- Local tourist tax of 0.44 Euros per person per night is not included in the price and is to be paid on arrival.
- The ski lifts will also be open in July and August for the summer mountain bike season.
**Please note that we do not accept credit cards as payment on arrival**
By Train - Landry is the closest station. Bourg st Maurice is the main station in the area (Eurostar from London Waterloo arrives there.
By Coach - Bourg st Maurice.
There is a train and bus service between Landry and Bourg st Maurice (1 train stop) and from Landry there is a bus service details can be found on the www.peisey-vallandry.com website or contact the owner who will be happy to help you with your travel plans. Arrive early or a taxi may be your only option.
A taxi transfer from Landry costs around 28 Euros and from Bourg st Maurice 48 Euros.
If you want to save money it is also possible to ski or hike across the mountain using a combination of lifts or free buses - contact owner for details which will be given on your confirmation e-mail.
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Purpose of review: Provides an update on research on Heidelberg retina tomograph (HRT) imaging of the optic nerve head in glaucoma. Particular reference is made to work assessing recently introduced software developments.
Recent findings: Three main areas of investigation are covered: new developments in the third major revision of the HRT operational software (HRT-3), HRT's ability to correctly classify glaucomatous optic neuropathy, and HRT's role in monitoring disease progression. The software now incorporates a larger normative database of white patients as well as new ethnic-specific databases. The main classification tools in the new software are the Moorfields regression analysis and Glaucoma Probability Score. The performance of these classification systems is influenced by the new normative databases. A number of HRT rim area progression strategies has been proposed. These appear to complement visual field progression analyses, identifying a largely different subset of progressing patients. HRT measurement variability has recently been better characterized, and promising methods of improving measurement repeatability have been described.
Summary: The HRT is a promising tool for monitoring patients with, or at risk of, glaucoma, although the relationship between progressive structural and visual field change has yet to be fully elucidated. Each refinement to the instrument software requires evaluation to establish whether it constitutes an improvement in our ability to manage patients.

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Monday, April 12, 2010
London Types: Flower-Girl
There's never a delicate nurseling of the year
But our huge London hails it, and delights
To wear it on her breast or at her ear,
Her days to colour and make sweet her nights.
Crocus and daffodil and violet,
Pink, primrose, valley-lily, close-carnation,
Red rose and white rose, wall-flower, mignonette,
The daisies all-these be her recreation,
Her gaudies these! And forth from Drury Lane,
Trapesing in any of her whirl of weathers,
Her flower-girls foot it, honest and hoarse and vain,
All boot and little shawl and wilted feathers:
Of populous corners right advantage taking,
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- Xander Arizala once again ranted about Christian Merck Grey, a.k.a. Makagwapo
- According to Xander he does not have a wife anymore and that he could no longer spend time with his son Xeres
- Xander claimed that the person to blame for his current woes is Merck
- In an earlier video, Xander had a phone call with Merck where he slammed the latter for a uploading a video of their money transaction
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Xander Arizala has continued to post against Christian Merck Grey, a.k.a. Makagwapo, even after receiving ₱350,000 from the latter.
Xander recently posted that he does not have a wife anymore and that he could no longer spend time with his son. According to Xander, the person to blame for his current woes is Merck. Xander’s partner is Gena Mago and they have a baby boy named Xeres.
“Dahil sayo Merck wala na ako asawa at hindi ko na makasama ang anak ko,” Xander wrote.
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Earlier, Xander also uploaded a video of him having a phone call with Merck, slamming the latter for uploading a video of of their money transaction. Merck explained that he took a video of their meeting as a proof that he gave Xeres ₱350,000 as a baptismal gift. Xander also threatened to go to the “Face to Face” show on TV5 to air his side of the story as well as saying that he will return the money to Merck.
Xander Ford or Marlou Arizala, is an actor, performer, and social media celebrity in the Philippines. He became the talk of the town many years ago when his plastic surgeries were featured on the ABS-CBN program, “Rated K.” He has a child named Xeres with influencer Gena Mago.
In a previous report, Donnalyn Bartolome offered to pay the P195k bill of Xian Gaza at a club in Singapore. However, Xander Ford asked if she could just give the P195,000 to him instead. He needs the money to pay for the hospital and medical bills of his pregnant partner’s parents.
Earlier, Xian Gaza and Xander Ford had a conversation on Facebook Messenger. In an FB post, Xian shared a screenshot showing their exchange of personal messages. According to the screengrab, Xian and Xander were talking about the latter’s gender reveal party and baby shower for his upcoming baby.
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November 16, 2011
How to enhance your greens
powder’s ability to fight cancer
You’ve probably heard about the cancer fighting wonders of broccoli. But there’s an easy way to boost broccoli’s ability to prevent and treat cancer. And it tastes fantastic.
Broccoli is rich in sulforaphane, a highly touted and researched natural anticancer molecule. But in order to absorb sulforaphane effectively, you have to separate (hydrolyze) it from its parent molecule (glucoraphanin). Fortunately, it’s relatively easy to separate it.
Broccoli has an enzyme (myrosinase) that easily hydrolyzes the parent molecule into sulforaphane. You activate this enzyme when you chew the uncooked plant. If you can get myrosinase activity while the food is in your upper digestive tract, you get terrific absorption. Otherwise, absorption might have to wait until it reaches your colon. There, bacteria work on it and release the precious cargo. But in your colon, absorption is much slower.
The great news is that broccoli isn’t the only source of myrosinase. Spicy foods, such as mustard, horseradish, and wasabi, have an abundance of myrosinase. If you combine these foods with your broccoli, active myrosinase will release the ingested broccoli’s precious sulforaphane in your upper digestive tract.
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Elizabeth Jeffrey is a professor of nutrition at the University of Illinois. She was part of the team that conducted a study that found these spicy foods enhance broccoli’s cancer-fighting ability. She cautioned against overcooking broccoli. (The excess heat destroys its inherent myrosinase.) But she added that you can recover much of the otherwise lost benefit by pairing overcooked broccoli with a myrosinase-containing food. Other foods that can boost broccoli’s effectiveness (when paired together) include broccoli sprouts, radishes, cabbage, arugula, watercress, and Brussels sprouts.
The researchers studied combining broccoli powder (which might not have any myrosinase due to processing) with myrosinase-loaded broccoli sprouts. The combination dramatically increased absorption of sulforaphane in human volunteers over the powder alone. The results were astounding. The sprouts almost tripled the absorption!
The researchers used broccoli powder because processing broccoli into powder can reduce or even lower its important myrosinase activity. That’s why I’ve always recommended eating it raw. Fortunately, the spices worked despite the processing and made the broccoli power even more effective. They will work for over-cooked broccoli as well.
So if you’re currently taking a greens powder, such as Advanced Greens Powder, this gives you a great way to make it even more effective. All you have to do is eat one of these myrosinase containing foods at the same time you take the powder. This will significantly enhance the powder’s ability to fight cancer. The richest source of glucoraphanin, and hence sulforaphane, is broccoli sprouts.
While adding broccoli sprouts or any of the other foods I’ve mentioned here can help you fight cancer, I don’t recommend relying on this alone to treat cancer. It’s vital you use an integrative approach with multiple therapies. On Friday, I’ll show you a very successful cancer treatment program that’s readily available
Ref: Br J Nutr. 2011 Sep 13:1-6. [Epub ahead of print].
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by Daniel Catán
April 10,11,12(matinee), 13, 2015
Opera preview lecture 45 minutes
Lose yourself in Dr. Rappaccini’s enticing garden, which is not only filled with his experimental poisonous plants, but also contains his equally lethal, yet seductive, daughter. Based on a Nathaniel Hawthorne story as retold by the Nobel Prize winning Octavio Paz, the opera explores a Garden of Eden gone awry with lush, sinfully sensuous music awash in orchestral color. This is the last in our series of all of the completed operas of Daniel Catán.
Sung in the original Spanish with English surtitles.
- Audio excerpts and information
- Biography of the composer, Daniel Catán
- Audio of act one aria of Beatriz.
- NPR piece on the composer
- Moores Opera Center preview of Catan’s opera Il Postino.
- Article about Rappaccini’s Daughter in Los Angeles.
- Gotham Chamber Opera’s production including video of tenor aria
- Opera News review of Gotham Chamber Opera production
- About Octavio Paz, whose play inspired the opera.


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Wake Up Your Walls
24x18 acrylic on clayboard, Original Artwork
During a visit to Montana I happened upon this view at the perfect time of day. I took many photos during that pocket of perfect light and uninterrupted lake water. It was difficult to leave. I knew that I would paint it exactly how I saw it. It is a meditation in and of itself.

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'Arrow' Season 5, Episode 20 Preview: Prometheus traps Oliver and Felicity in "Underneath"
Arrow has returned from its hiatus, and with only a few episodes left in its much-improved fifth season, Prometheus once again has the upper hand. After Adrian Chase was revealed to the world as the serial killer known as Prometheus, Team Arrow, ARGUS and the SCPD all work together in an attempt to bring the villain to justice. Unfortunately, Chase continues to stay a few steps ahead, and eludes them at every move.
This forces Felicity to go deeper down the rabbit hole that is Helix, helping the group of hackers to break one of their own out of ARGUS custody. And while this puts her at odds with Oliver, and the rest of Team Arrow, it does lead to a way to track Chase. Unfortunately, by the time Felicity and Oliver realize where he is, Chase has already sprung a trap — in Team Arrow's bunker no less.
In season five, episode 20, titled "Underneath," Oliver and Felicity will have to work together to escape the prison that Chase has trapped them in. And things will be rather complicated, as the EMP Chase sets off also short-circuits the device that allows Felicity to walk (remember, she was paralyzed in season four).
While Oliver and Felicity fight to stay alive in what looks to be a Saw-like scenario, John and Lyla will have their own issues, as the former is still considerably uncomfortable with his wife's decisions as the head of ARGUS. For now, check out the official synopsis for next week's Arrow, via Spoiler TV, below:
Things get intense when Oliver (Stephen Amell) and Felicity (Emily Bett Rickards) are trapped in the bunker together. Meanwhile, Lyla (guest star Audrey Marie Anderson) and Diggle (David Ramsey) deal with their martial issues.
Obviously, we have more for you. To hold you over, here is the promo for "Underneath":


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603 West Walnut Street
Commute to Downtown Tipp City
Most errands can be accomplished on foot.
Some bike infrastructure.
603 West Walnut Street has a Walk Score of 78 out of 100. This location is Very Walkable so most errands can be accomplished on foot.
This location is in Tipp City. Nearby parks include Hathaway Park, Old Tippecanoe Main Street Historic District and Tweed Park.
Explore how far you can travel by car, bus, bike and foot from 603 West Walnut Street.

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