The incorporation of small fractions of bismuth atoms in III–V semiconductors such as (Ga,In)As leads to a vast decrease of the bandgap energies accompanied by an increase of the spin-orbit splitting energies of the alloy compared to the host material. This effect is commonly described by an anticrossing of the bismuth-level with the valence bands of the matrix. Growth and characterization of quaternary alloys like (Ga,In)(As,Bi) remains challenging due to the required low growth temperatures, since Bi generally tends to have pronounced surfactant properties on the one hand and the similar influence in Bi and In on most structural, electronic, and optical properties such as the lattice constant or the bandgap energy. In this study, we uniquely identify surface diffusion of the bismuth atoms with X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy and relate the finding to growth parameters and photoluminescence properties and X-ray diffraction patterns of the material. We show the influence of different partial pressures of the MOVPE growth on the bismuth segregation process as well as a consequence thereof the disorder properties of those samples compared to (Ga,In)As/InP reference alloys.
Bismuth surface segregation and disorder analysis of quaternary (Ga,In)(As,Bi)/InP alloys
Julian Veletas, Thilo Hepp, Kerstin Volz, Sangam Chatterjee; Bismuth surface segregation and disorder analysis of quaternary (Ga,In)(As,Bi)/InP alloys. J. Appl. Phys. 7 October 2019; 126 (13): 135705. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5111913
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Within Bessa Special Nature Reserve, a gold mine in the open air dating back to the Roman period, there is the imposing fortified structure which suggested, at the time of its discovery in the year 1963, the name of "Castelliere".
In the following decades, the first excavation campaigns and surveys were carried out. They were followed in 2005 by the restoration of the structure carried out by Ente di gestione Aree Protette Baragge-Bessa-Brich in collaboration with the Archeology Department of Piedmont; one of the most complex and mysterious archaeological monuments of Piedmont is brought back to life: as a matter of fact, it has been possible to trace the original planimetry of the heap of pebbles deriving from the gold washing activities on which the Castelliere was built, and to reconstruct the structures using the information provided by the archaeological excavations.
Aula Verde has been created by Baragge, Bessa e Brich Park Authority in collaboration with the Municipality of Candelo, to give the possibility to discover some of the main vegetable species characterizing Baragge. The itinerary is divided into four sections: the first one houses the characteristic species of the alluvial plain, the second one the characteristic species of the terraced slopes, the third one the characteristic species of the river terraces, the forth the species of the impluvia.
Next to each vegetable species there is a panel illustrating its main features.
Possibility of packed lunch in a specific picnic area.
How to reach Aula Verde: leave the village of Candelo in the direction of Mottalciata. After the downhill path and at the beginning of the long straight stretch turn left in via Isangarda (panel at the crossroads of the Municipality of Candelo); go ahead on an asphalt road at the beginning, and then on a non-asphalt road for about 2 km up to Aula Verde.
The structure is accessible to everyone and the visit is particularly interesting for school groups.
The roadbed is flat, made of earth and meadow, and it is also accessible with wheelchairs, if the weather conditions are not too bad.
If you observe it from the plain, the characteristic double summit of Brich di Zumaglia and Mont Prève dominates the mountains of the Biellese area. Brich di Zumaglia and Mont Prève recreational area was established in 1995 and covers about 44 hectares in the Municipalities of Ronco and Zumaglia. The highest altitude is 669m above-sea-level (its summit houses the castle). Thanks to its peculiar shape, it is called "Brich".
It was during Fascism that Brich di Zumaglia acquired its current aspect: the castle was built by the owner on the remains of an old fortress, according to the architectural taste of the time. He also decided to create a park on the slopes of the hill, enriching it with exotic species (in particular, conifers) and several small paths. He also introduced classical architectural features like monuments, flower boxes, and epigraphs.
Given the limited size of Brich di Zumaglia, it is enough to go along the small paths to carry out relaxing walks. Once you reach the castle, you will enjoy a wonderful panorama on the Biellese area. It is possible to have a wilder walk on the summit of Mont Prève (the twin hill, near Brich di Zumaglia) in its characteristic hilly habitat rich in thick woodlands dominated by chestnut trees and ash trees.
Children will appreciate Cascina Alè, where the tenant breeds goats and sheep. Here it is possible to do some physical training thanks to an equipped itinerary. In Ronco there is the "Ecomuseo delle Bielline".

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快門落下、光影明滅，幀幀照片 30 年來中港台韓巨星精華歲月停滯瞬間，林炳存的商業攝影技術在兩岸三地早已是首屈一指，然而卸下光環回歸如常生活，細膩觀察一景一物，攝影成了創作媒材。距離前一次正式展出睽違十年，扣準東方美學，林炳存將光影作為畫筆、底片當成畫布，留下女體舞動的殘影，象徵水墨畫裡的飛白，留給觀者思緒紛飛的空間，展覽「鏡墨・流白」模糊了繪畫與攝影、東方與西方、新舊時代的界線。
The shutter captures, the bright light dims and flickers, and frozen moments have been captured in photographs of celebrities in China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and South Korea over the last 30 years. Skills of the commercial photographer Joshua Lin have been second to none in mainland China, Taiwan and Hong Kong. Nevertheless, he lives his private life behind the glamor in a simple style with the careful observation of every scene and details of objects, photography becomes the material media of his creation. It’s been 10 years since his last formal exhibition, and eastern aesthetics was the theme; Joshua Lin used light and shadow as paintbrushes, the film was used as the canvas that keeps the partial images of dancing feminine figures as the symbolic of hollow strokes in Chinese paintings for leaving space for spectators’ emotions and thoughts. The exhibition called Flux of Shadows blurs the boundaries between painting and photography, the east and the west, the new and the old times.
此次展覽作品推翻過往精準的人像拍攝，「把人的臉都去掉，少了複雜元素，單純以女體線條表現所有氛圍。」創作從簡卻好似呼應水墨作畫精髓，肢體結構留在拍攝現場，生動的氣韻只傳神不傳意，觀者的眼光得以隨著影像裡的飛白無限延伸，填補畫外之意，林炳存雖謙稱不到能真的提筆創作水墨畫的境界，然而無數個舞者踏過三年光陰，一次次拾起底片相機 20 餘張照片終究在數位時代裡顯影，淋漓盡致展現底片的生命力。
Back to the Enthusiasm for Photography
Portrait photography takes precision and acuity, a carefully planned background, and delicate enhancements of facial features; through collaborations and the photographic techniques of Joshua Lin, the absolute meaning is expressed through the features of the subjects. The visible accomplishment of Joshua Lin is adept with an attractive loud voice at perfectly capturing moments; the supreme photography skills have become memories stored in his body. However, once he took off the identity as the chief photographer, he seemingly lives his life with artistic filters, esthetics can be found everywhere around him, either flowers, grass, trees, or sky, light, cloud, or quickly browsed Chinese paintings. Photography is no longer just a tool but a material media of art creation.
The pure creation in photography turns out to be an unconventional exit, and it can always lead Joshua Lin back to his original purpose. He shared his thoughts, “creation without a purpose is a pleasure; stress comes along with intention.” Consequently, his photography, such as Portrait of a lady and Fashion. Aborigines, were created. Yet, the strong sense of eastern lexicon and local aesthetics have allowed Joshua Lin’s personal creation exhibited in the US and Japan, becoming an international dialog box of communication. The accumulation of his creative power has eventually impressed the vision worldwide.
Three-Years of Repeated Creation
Three years ago, Joshua Lin’s Eastern Aesthetics in Photography got an invitation from France to host an exhibition. However, it was canceled due to the global COVID-19 pandemic and his collection of works was kept locally. The creations in his mind are never the extension of an existing model; He “expects to try the new senses of creation.” The use of photography in the presentation of unconventional aesthetics of the east made him deal with stuck thoughts. At an encounter with an artist, their conversation that got down to every difference between eastern and western paintings inspired him with the four-word Chinese phrase, “Hsu Wu Piao Miao (it means illusory).” With the retrieval of his past experience in Chinese paintings, the lens was used as the ink, feminine figurative lines and background sets were used as the canvas, and the photography exhibition was given the name, Flux of Shadows, which manifests dancing postures of feminine figures through film cameras.
The black and white images that are inscribed with the lexicons of ink paintings have made the boundary between paintings and photographs become ambiguous and attempted to trigger the spectator’s curiosity. In order to present the aesthetics of spaces in ink painting, Joshua Lin adopted the repeating flash technique in photography; the flashing lights capture the movements of dancing models in the real world, the shadows of time and space are kept in the images to form the classic hollow strokes in Chinese paintings.
The works in this exhibition unfollow the rule of acuity in portrait photography. “The removal of faces eliminates the element of complexity; the whole ambiance is created from feminine figurative lines.” The simplicity of the creation seemingly responds to the essence of Chinese painting by leaving the structure of the body at the photoshoot location, and the vitality conception of art is expressive instead of displayed. The spectator’s vision is extended infinitely with the hollow strokes in the images for a visual metaphor. Joshua Lin is a very modest man, refusing to take any credit for creating an atmosphere like a Chinese painting. While it is true that numerous dancers were involved throughout the past 3 years of using film cameras during different times, the creation of more than 20 photos fully describes the vitality of film in the digital era.

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Hi there. Can I tell you what I dream of doing?
I want to bring a change in the education system around the world. The most important thing is to make it inclusive and flexible. To promote education across age groups from children to adults. This system would be derived majorly from cultural backgrounds and aim at departing practical education.
It's all part of making a better world.
Once my aim becomes a reality it should be able to radically decrease crimes because illiteracy is the main reason for crimes to go up as well as equipping people to grow, by the means of practical knowledge. It should also help increase income and break the shackles of poverty. The main aim is to put a stop to textbook or degree oriented learning.
This is really going to help people.
The impact of my vision will be mainly felt by the first round would include children based in the low income category.
It's not just about having an idea though - here are the things I know I can achieve:
No of literates
I'm going to make this happen, and this is how I know it'll make a difference.
If somehow with the education I am able to impart, I am able to develop people to grow to be a global citizen if people are able to not just know the social/political/status differences but overcome them and use this difference as the commonality among all races and mitigate all kinds of conflicts around the world then it would be a true success.
Thanks for listening to me. Will you help me build a better world?

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text: Cresties shouldn't be kept any warmer than 85f/29C, and that is too warm really. They get stressed at high temps. 80F/26C is best. So depending on what your room temp is, it may be ok. Most caresheets tell you that you will fail with cresty keeping by keeping them too warm rather than too cool.

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A Ward’s Island view of the downtown Toronto skyline earlier this month
Pics and video: A lunchtime bikeride on the Toronto Islands earlier this month gave me a chance to check out how much the downtown skyline has changed in the one-year period since my last trip to the islands.
Although there are dozens and dozens of condo towers and several office highrises under construction in downtown Toronto, only a handful of projects have so far made a significant impact on the skyline views.
The southwest downtown core is now dominated by the two ÏCE Condominium towers which are still under construction on York Street, while the nearby Delta Hotel tower at Southcore Financial Centre on Bremner Boulevard also makes a big impact from some perspectives.
Off to the west, the Library District Condominium tower is a noteworthy addition to the Concord CityPlace skyline; a year ago, only its construction crane was visible.
Over on the southeast side of the downtown core, The L Tower is the most eye-catching new building, with the water’s edge Residences of Pier 27 also commanding attention even though it’s only a midrise condominium project. Much farther east, the Distillery District is easier to locate now that construction is drawing closer to completion on the Gooderham Tower.
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Forgive me if this post violates the family-friendly atmosphere I try to maintain here at Momniscient, but I just had to make some comments about boobs. The issue of big breasts hit me (almost literally) the other day as I was standing in the hallway of my high school watching the students walk to class. Some of the breasts of the teenage girls who walked past me were huge! And the girls were doing everything they could to make sure everyone saw how huge they were.
At my job, I have to avert my eyes regularly to avoid looking directly at the cleavage that I am confronted with on a daily basis. The girls cram their "girls" into the tightest, thinnest shirts with the lowest V-necks they can find. Then they bounce down the hall with the attitude that as long as their nipples are hidden they are well within the bounds of the school dress code.
The reason I bring this up is that I realized how strange it is that exposed cleavage is perfectly acceptable in our society (not to mention the halls of our high schools). Why is it OK to expose nearly the entire breast as long as the nipple is out of sight? "Conservative" strip clubs allow women to go topless only if they wear tiny stickers on their nipples. Why is the nipple crossing the line of decency while the entire rest of the boob can be openly flaunted?
And yet, mothers who breastfeed in public are often made to feel as if they are deviants. In other words, a woman can expose her breasts in public all she wants as long as there's not a baby attached to it. Don't get me started!
The reason I bring all this up is that I wonder what messages we're sending our kids about decency and sexuality. I'm thinking of both girls and boys. For girls, they are hearing the message loud and clear that if they don't have big breasts they are somehow inadequate. They must go to great lengths, including surgery, to make sure their breasts can compete with their peers. A girl's breasts are no longer her own; they are a commodity designed to attract the opposite sex. A girl's breasts are essentially a billboard advertising her desire to be noticed.
For boys, they are learning that breasts are merely a sexual organ, something to to lust after and gain possession of. Boys are being taught to see women as a set of individual body parts designed solely for male pleasure. No longer is the breast a symbol of femininity and reproduction. It is all about sex and nothing more.
It all makes me very angry and ashamed at our society. Boobs are everywhere on TV and movies. They are used to sell products, and they are used to sell women (actresses, models, etc.). I can only hope that I can reach my kids before they get too tainted by the media messages they are bombarded with on a daily basis.
Well before my daughter hits puberty I will be talking to her about the messages our society sends about body image. I'll be reading books with her such as The Beauty Myth: How Images of Beauty Are Used Against Women and Promiscuities: The Secret Struggle for Womanhood that will hopefully give her some insight into this sad reality and allow her to rise above the media hype.
As for my son, there's the book Raising Cain: Protecting the Emotional Life of Boys. But I think I will leave most of the preaching to my husband, who has a good perspective on the sexualization of women in our society.
As I've said before, I could try to shelter them from the negative media hype, but I think that's just impossible. They have to be able to live in society. We just have to teach them how to make the right choices in this complicated world.


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If you need a scarf for our summer in Manitowoc – try this mock cable.
One Skein Project
Twisted Texture Scarf
1 skein of Cascade 220
Size 5 or 6 needle (gauge is not critical for this project)
2 stitch markers, optional
Back Cross: Working behind first stitch on left needle, knit into the back of the second stitch, leaving the stitch on the needle, then knit the first stitch, dropping both stitches off the needle at the same time.
Purling Front Cross: Working in front of the first stitch on the left needle, purl second stitch, leaving the stitch on the needle, then purl the first stitch, dropping both stitches off the needle at the same time.
Cast on 34 stitches for a scarf wide of about 6”
Cast on 25 stitches for a scarf width of about 4 “
Knit 6 rows.
Row 1: K3, place marker (PM), purl to last 3 stitches, PM, K3.
Row 2 (Right Side): K3, slip marker (SM), (P1, work Back Cross on the next 2 stitches) 13 times, P1, SM, K3.
Row 3: K3, SM, (K1, work Purling Front Cross on the next 2 stitches), K1, SM, K3.
Row 4: Knit across, slipping markers as you come to them.
For Scarf: Repeat Rows 1-4 until desired length. Knit 5 rows. Bind off in knitting.
Block, if desired
This stitch and pattern was designed by Bonnie Brandenburg of the Shaggy Sheep.


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When King Juan Carlos paid an estimated $60,000 to kill an elephant in Botswana, it caused a major political scandal.
The toxic effects of bias make headlines every day: sexual harassment, racial profiling, the pay gap. As humans, we are biased but can we de-bias our brains?
The United States is the home of free speech. And at the same time, a deeply patriotic country. What happens when these values clash? That is the story of Colin Kaepernick. From football hero to most hated athlete in the nation.
Mosque Attack is a documentary about a Turkish survivor of the New Zealand mosque attack. Temel Atacocugu is an incredible character who was shot nine times on that terrible day but somehow managed to survive - a miracle he puts down to his faith.
Hundreds of villages burned. Mass rapes and large-scale massacres. 700,000 Rohingyas forced into exile.Filmed in both Myanmar and Bangladesh, this film investigates the premeditated nature of ethnic cleansing against the Rohingya minority.
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Here are some interesting items from the county court meetings in the late 1800's. They are from the files of The Crittenden Press.
Jan. 14, 1897
- The will of J. N. Woods was probated; the subscribing witnesses are H. A. Haynes and W. I. Cruce. After providing for the payment of all just debts, and funeral expenses the first sections of the will reads: "I then give and bequeath unto my beloved wife, Mary A. Woods, all of my estate of every kind, both real and personal and mixed, and chooses in action, to be used and enjoyed by her as she may think best for and during her natural life. The second section, bequeaths one dollar each to all the nephews and nieces of the testator. The will provides that should the testator survive his wife, and make no other will the property should go to his step-daughter, Harriet A. Cameron, and her children.
- The will of H. P. Long was probated, C. S. Nunn and W. I. Cruce are the subscribing witnesses. After providing for the payment of all just debts and funeral expenses the residue of the estate is bequeathed to the wife of the deceased, Mary Long, "to be used and enjoyed by her as she may think best for and during her natural life. The third section is as follows: "Out of the property that is remaining at the death of my wife, Mary Long, I will to my daughter, Anna Door, wife of R. F. Dorr, $100, to my daughter Mollie Davis, wife of Henry David, $300.00 After payment of the above bequests, then will all of my remaining property to be divided equally between Anna Dorr, Mollie Davis, Nannie Foster and Sallie Wigginton - the last two being my stepdaughters.
April 13, 1899.
The will of the late T. J. Flanary was probated. The instrument bears date of May 20, 1882, in brief, it is as follows:
- I will that after my death all of my just debts and funeral expenses shall be paid.
- I will that my daughter, Julia A. Franks shall have out of my estate the sum of five dollars, and no more.
- I will to my daughter, Susan F. Flanary, by second wife, out of my estate the sum of five dollars and one good horse and two beds and bedding but no more.
- I will all the balance of my estate, both real and personal, mixed, moneys, notes and accounts, whether in the State of Kentucky or elsewhere, to my son Robert Edwin Flanary, to him and his heirs forever.
- R. E. Flanary was appointed administrator, and Messrs. L. C. Terry, Simon Stalion and J. F. Stalion were appointed appraisers of the estate.

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cals: 1670kcal | fat: 77.00g | carbs: 174.00g | prot: 59.00g
Includes: Red Lobster Bread, Red Lobster House Salad, Red Lobster Key Lime Pie, Red Lobster Clam Chowder, Red Lobster cajun chicken.
cals: 375kcal | fat: 4.50g | carbs: 69.00g | prot: 14.00g
Includes: mario batali, organic pinto beans, sushi rice, tomato paste.
"rice beans and tomato sauce"
cals: 360kcal | fat: 6.00g | carbs: 68.00g | prot: 8.00g
Includes: progresso, dole fruit cup.
cals: 580kcal | fat: 7.50g | carbs: 108.00g | prot: 32.00g
Includes: Healthy Harvest Whole Wheat Blend Thin Spaghetti Pasta, Chunky Tomato Garlic & Onion Pasta Sauce, 99% Fat Free Extra Lean Ground Turkey Breast.
"made with lean turkey and whole grain pasta"
cals: 451kcal | fat: 28.93g | carbs: 26.38g | prot: 24.38g
Includes: Green String Beans, thousand island dressing, Red or Cayenne Pepper, garden pepper, Blade Roast, Trimmed to 1/8" Fat, tomato, FE SPRING ZIP A&P 10OZ 10.00 OZ, a1 sauce peppercorn.
cals: 340kcal | fat: 4.00g | carbs: 39.00g | prot: 38.00g
Includes: Fage Total 0% Nonfat Greek Strained Yogurt (plain), Designer Chocolate Whey Protein Powder, Quaker True Delights Instant Oatmeal - Wild Blueberry Muffin.
"Fage 0% plain yogurt, chocolate whey protien powder, single serving of oatmeal"
cals: 910kcal | fat: 13.50g | carbs: 166.00g | prot: 40.00g
Includes: Quaker Oats Mini Delights Chocolatey Drizzle, Select Harvest Light Southwestern Style, Select Harvest Light Vegetable and Pasta, Select Harvest Light Maryland-Style Crab Soup, Select Harvest Light Minestrone With Whole Grain Pasta, Special K Italian Tomato & Herb Crackers (Kellogg's), Select Harvest Light Roasted Chicken with Italian Herbs.
"Soup, Crackers and Desert"
cals: 347kcal | fat: 10.14g | carbs: 61.00g | prot: 6.85g
Includes: Coffee (Brewed From Grounds), Multigrain Waffles, frozen berry medly.
"2 Whole Grain Waffles and frozen no sugar added fruit"

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|DOOM Compilation Details|
2009-09-14 by Dr Dave De Sylvia STAFF | 12 Comments
|The man formerly known as MF DOOM will release Unexpected Guests, a compilation of non-album tracks and guest spots, on October 27.|
The album presents rare and unreleased tracks, remixes and live tracks in the form of a mix CD, featuring collaborations with the likes of Talib Kweli, Ghostface, Count Bass D and J Dilla.
The cover artwork can be seen here: http://i25.tinypic.com/6f330g.jpg
Final tracks and running order have yet to be finalised.
1. Get 'Er Done feat. DOOM - Jake One
2. Fly That Knot feat. DOOM - Talib Kweli
3. Sniper Elite feat. DOOM - Dilla Ghostface DOOM
4. Trap Door feat. DOOM - Jake One
5. Sorcerers feat. DOOM & Invizible Handz - John Robinson
6. Da Supafriendz - Vast Aire
7. Quite Buttery - Count Bass D feat DOOM
8. ? - DOOM featuring Kurious
9. All Outta Ale - DOOM
10. E.N.Y. House - Masta Killa
11. Bells of DOOM - DOOM
12. My Favorite Ladies - DOOM
13. Street Corners (Remix) - Masta Killa, Inspectah Deck & GZA
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Gonna be awesome. Cool cover too.
Sounds awesome. Born Like This was pretty ok, hopefully this surpasses expectations.
i wonder if anybody will ever review the crust band doom
maybe i will
i thought maybe it was a compilation of music from the video game DOOM at first. haha
Is the E.N.Y. House by Masta Killa the same one that is on Made In Brooklyn?
And hell yes there's another Ghostface/Doom song. Bout time.
this will be brilliant i'm sure
DOOM = poetry.
I'm more of an MF Grimm fan but DOOM has never had a bad song that i can remember.
For whatever reason I thought this would be about the punk band.
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Updated: December 2, 2015 4:29:03 pm
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and his wife announced the birth of their daughter Max as well as plans to donate most of their wealth, or roughly $45 billion, to a new organisation that will tackle a broad range of the world’s ills.
Zuckerberg’s wife, Priscilla Chan, gave birth last week to a baby girl. The couple didn’t put out the news until Zuckerberg posted it Tuesday on — of course — Facebook.
In the same post, Zuckerberg said he and Chan will commit 99 per cent of their Facebook stock to such causes as fighting disease, improving education, harnessing clean energy, reducing poverty and promoting equal rights. They are forming a new organization, called the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, to pursue those goals.
In a post titled ‘Letter to our daughter’, Zuckerberg wrote:
Your mother and I don’t yet have the words to describe the hope you give us for the future. Your new life is full of promise, and we hope you will be happy and healthy so you can explore it fully. You’ve already given us a reason to reflect on the world we hope you live in.
Like all parents, we want you to grow up in a world better than ours today.
While headlines often focus on what’s wrong, in many ways the world is getting better. Health is improving. Poverty is shrinking. Knowledge is growing. People are connecting. Technological progress in every field means your life should be dramatically better than ours today.
We will do our part to make this happen, not only because we love you, but also because we have a moral responsibility to all children in the next generation.
We believe all lives have equal value, and that includes the many more people who will live in future generations than live today. Our society has an obligation to invest now to improve the lives of all those coming into this world, not just those already here.
But right now, we don’t always collectively direct our resources at the biggest opportunities and problems your generation will face.
Consider disease. Today we spend about 50 times more as a society treating people who are sick than we invest in research so you won’t get sick in the first place.
Medicine has only been a real science for less than 100 years, and we’ve already seen complete cures for some diseases and good progress for others. As technology accelerates, we have a real shot at preventing, curing or managing all or most of the rest in the next 100 years.
Today, most people die from five things — heart disease, cancer, stroke, neurodegenerative and infectious diseases — and we can make faster progress on these and other problems.
Once we recognize that your generation and your children’s generation may not have to suffer from disease, we collectively have a responsibility to tilt our investments a bit more towards the future to make this reality. Your mother and I want to do our part.
Curing disease will take time. Over short periods of five or ten years, it may not seem like we’re making much of a difference. But over the long term, seeds planted now will grow, and one day, you or your children will see what we can only imagine: a world without suffering from disease.
There are so many opportunities just like this. If society focuses more of its energy on these great challenges, we will leave your generation a much better world.
Listing the things he wanted to do, Zuckerberg signed off the rather long terrter saying:
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The consumer protection Agency (CPA) has cast doubt on the willingness of government to pass into law the consumer protection bill that aims to safeguard purchasers of goods and services from fraudulent business practices.
According to the CPA, successive governments have been paying lip service to the passage of the bill into law leaving consumers with very little protection from misleading sales, requiring consumers to inspect all transactions themselves.
The bill which has been in parliament for nearly two decades seeks to protect, secure and defend the rights of consumers through a structured institutional mechanism and legal framework that will ensure that consumers play a significant role in keeping erring businesses in check.
Speaking at a news conference Wednesday in Accra to mark this year’s World Consumer Day, Chief Executive Officer of Consumer Protection Agency, Kofi Owusu Hene aka Kofi Capito noted that though the bill was a manifesto promise of the New Patriotic Party government, the Akuffo Addo led government has failed to honor that promise after more than six years in government.
“In 2017 we had hopes for the bill to be passed since this time it had been made a manifesto promise by the ruling government and yet could not find the light of day till the 2020 parliament also ended”.
Kofi Capito expressed little faith in the current parliament to do justice to the bill by passing it into law to help “vulnerable” consumers who he described as “voiceless and have no one to hear their plea when seeking redress”.
“In 2013 the CPA through the support of some NGO’s drafted a proposed bill and presented to the government for consideration and fine tuning it to be presented to parliament. However, after the first reading in parliament the bill could not see any improvement till the 2016 parliament ended”.
“The current parliament has just a lifetime of two years and for this bill to be passed before the end of this parliament that means a lot has to be done and that explains our pessimism,” he stated.
Kofi Capito though pessimistic about passage of the bill, he was however elated that care-taker minister of trade and Industry, Samuel Abu Jinapor recently resurrected the conversation about the passage of the bill when he briefed parliament about government commitment to passing the bill into law.
But, Kofi Capito was uncertain if the newly appointed minister for trade and Industry, K.T. Hammond when approved by parliament will continue what has been started by the care-taker minister to see to the passage of the bill into law.
“We want to have a sincere believe in the care taker minister however we can’t say the same when the new appointed minister takes over and will have the same Optimism to pass the consumer bill which is well overdue”.
The theme for this year’s global celebration of the world consumer day is Empowering consumers through clean energy transitions.
Story by: Emmanuel Coffie/radiogoldlive.com


- growth in email list over 6 months
- individual donors
- emails sent to decision makers on this issue
Eight years ago, Jordan Williams, who has a background in public and commercial law, noticed there were taxpayer advocacy groups in the UK, Canada, and the US, yet he saw none in New Zealand—so he co-founded one. Today, he is the Executive Director of the New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union, which has nine staff members spread across two cities.
Not long after founding the union, Williams attended the World Taxpayers Conference in Vancouver where a fellow conference attendee introduced him to NationBuilder. After looking into the platform, the NZ Taxpayers’ Union started using it as their digital infrastructure, and they’ve continued to scale their work ever since.
In 2021, this work culminated in a large campaign advocating against the government’s proposed Three Waters Reforms. The reforms would shift water management away from local councils and put it in the hands of four publicly owned water entities instead. The NZ Taxpayers’ Union is advocating against the reform because it would increase water costs and contribute to a lack of local control.
From the get-go, they leveraged a petition to help get their campaign work off the ground. After getting the petition page set up, they began strategizing how best to present it to potential supporters. At this stage, social media ads with localized, attention-grabbing messaging were a strong tactic and helped funnel new supporters to the petition page. After signing the petition, supporters would input their contact information—which the team could then use to follow up with campaign updates. The emails also included template messaging to make it easy for supporters to promote the petition themselves.
The NZ Taxpayers Union also started using CampaignNOW, a NationBuilder integration, to equip their supporters to contact local council representatives all around New Zealand pushing them to help stop the reforms.
While the petition signatures rolled in, they also put their efforts toward driving donations. Using headlines from recent news articles to create a sense of urgency, they messaged their growing email list, making a clear ask for donations that would help stop the local councils being overruled. In October 2021, one email that went out to over 144,000 people had among the best email engagement Ella Nugraha, the Enterprise Account Manager for the NZ Taxpayers' Union, had ever seen—with an open rate of over 42% and click through rate of 7.52%—ultimately resulting in donations from 2,000 individual donors.
Reflecting on their work, Williams says: “It's very difficult in the nonprofit world to measure success, especially in an environment where the other side are in government, it's very difficult to know 'are we just making noise or is this a success?’”
In this case, the numbers said everything: it was a success. The incoming donations set them up to create a television ad detailing why they were fighting the reforms. They embedded the ad on a donation page where anyone who viewed the video could easily make a donation on the same page. Once this was done, they sent a second email as a follow-up to the first one, thanking their supporters for their generosity and letting them know their contributions made the television ad possible––with a link out to the updated donation page. The second email was equally successful, bringing in an additional 1,300 individual donations.
In the meantime, their petition had climbed to 85,000 signatures as they continued to explore new ways of engaging their member base. In November, they arranged an interview with Local Government Minister, Nanaia Mahuta, for their podcast Taxpayer Talk. Once the podcast interview was set, they reached out to anyone who’d signed the petition and allowed them to submit questions they’d like to ask the Minister. The response was massive—they received around 5,000 questions from their supporter base.
Over the holidays, the union leveraged their volunteer base to set up hundreds of “Stop Three Waters” signs across the state highway network to carry the momentum they’d built around the campaign into the New Year.
Initially, the Three Waters Reforms were scheduled to be introduced at the end of 2021, but the legislation was ultimately delayed in early December, and then again in February. The next steps for the legislation are expected to pick back up toward the middle of 2022. In the meantime, the NZ Taxpayers’ Union is forging ahead in their work to advocate against the reforms with powerful digital tools in hand.


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SIOUX FALLS, SD. — Approximately 50 scouts, mostly coming from the Midwest but some from as far away as Argentina and The Netherlands, gathered for the first time in a southeastern South Dakota hotel conference room on Aug. 20 to kick off the western leg of this year’s Pro Farmer Midwest Crop Tour. Over the next four days, these scouts will drive from South Dakota and across parts of Nebraska, Iowa and Minnesota on several predetermined routes to randomly sample and assess the states’ corn and soybean crops and calculate plausible yield amounts for each state using technical formulas and qualitative inputs.
A separate group of scouts, equal in size with some originating in Brazil and Singapore, will simultaneously evaluate the corn and soybean crops in the tour’s eastern leg states of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, meeting up with the western scouts in Rochester, Minnesota, on the fourth and final day Thursday.
Both legs of the tour are starting out in a week that some of the most extreme temperatures ever experienced are forecast in the region.
“In my 20-plus years of doing this crop tour, we’ve never gone through anything like this,” one scout shared.A massive dome of heat bubbling up from the south bringing triple-digit temperatures and pushing away shafts of moisture may linger over the region the entire week, which also may have an impact on crops that already have experienced heat stress this year. Most of the scouts are active farmers, and during introductions at the inaugural meeting, many of them shared they were expecting average to below-average crops this year due to lack of rain.


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- 3-Dimensional Conformal Radiation Therapy (3DCRT)
(3-Dimensional Conformal Radiation Therapy): See Conformal Radiotherapy.
- 3-Dimensional Conformal Radiation Therapy (3DCRT)
(3-Dimensional Conformal Radiation Therapy): See Conformal Radiotherapy.
- 5-alpha reductase (5-AR)
An enzyme that converts testosterone to dihydrotestosterone (DHT).
- Active Surveillance
Closely monitoring a patient diagnosed with prostate cancer prior to some future possible treatment. Similar to “watchful waiting,” monitoring typically involves annual biopsies and quarterly PSA blood tests. Treatment is undertaken when the biopsy results worsen, PSA rises or the patient decides he wants to pursue treatment.
A cancer originating in glandular tissue. Prostate cancer is classified as adenocarcinoma of the prostate.
An additional treatment used to increase the effectiveness of the primary therapy. Radiation therapy and hormonal therapy are often used as adjuvant treatments following a radical prostatectomy.
A chemical substance that combines with a receptor on a cell and initiates an activity or reaction. See LHRH analogs.
A step-by-step procedure for solving a problem or accomplishing some end, especially by a computer.
Drugs used to improve urination by relaxing the internal sphincter of the urethra.
A synthetic version of a drug or one of the body”s chemicals.
A hormone that produces male characteristics. See testosterone
- Androgen Deprivation Therapy
A therapy designed to inhibit the body’s production of androgens (male hormones). See also Hormonal Therapy.
- Androgen-dependent cells
Prostate cancer cells which are nourished by male hormones and therefore are capable of being destroyed by hormone deprivation (also known as androgen-sensitive cells).
- Androgen-independent cells
Prostate cancer cells which are not dependent on male hormones and therefore do not respond to hormonal therapy (also known as androgen-insensitive cells).
The male hormones, such as testosterone.
A drug that produces general or local loss of physical sensations, particularly pain. A “spinal” is the injection of a local anesthetic into the area surrounding the spinal column.
Having an abnormal number of chromosomes, as revealed by ploidy analysis. Aneuploid prostate cancer cells tend not to respond well to androgen deprivation therapy (ADT).
The body”s formation of new blood vessels. Some anti-cancer drugs work by blocking angiogenesis, thus preventing blood from reaching and nourishing a tumor.
A chemical substance in the body that acts to reduce the physiological activity of another chemical substance.
Drugs such as flutamide, that can block or neutralize the effects of testosterone and DHT on prostate cancer cells (by preventing testosterone and DHT from binding to the androgen receptor).
A protein produced by the body that counteracts the toxic affects of a foreign substance, organism, or disease within the body.
A foreign substance such as a virus or bacterium that causes an immune response or the formation of an antibody.
Any substances which delay the process of oxidation.
The normal molecular mechanism which governs the life span of cells so that they die in a very organized way. Cancerous cells are resistant to normal apoptosis.
A non-cancerous condition. See Benign Prostatic Hypertrophy.
- Benign prostatic hypertrophy (BPH) or benign prostatic hyperplasia
A non-cancerous condition of the prostate that results in a growth of tumorous tissue and increase in the size of the prostate gland.
- Bichemical Disease Free Survival
Bichemical Disease Free Survival means that after undergoing a prostate cancer treatment the patient’s PSA level does not rise for 2 to 3 consecutive PSA tests.
- Biochemical Failure
An indication that a particular treatment has failed based on PSA readings over time.
An indicator of cell or tissue activity that can be used to monitor a state of health or disease. The PSA and PAP tests are biomarkers for prostate cancer.
A procedure involving the removal of tissue from the body of a patient. Removed tissue is typically examined microscopically by a pathologist in order to make a precise diagnosis of the patient”s condition.
- Bone Density Scan
Bone Density Scan is a diagnostic image of the skeleton to measure the density of the bone.
See benign prostatic hypertrophy.
- Brachytherapy (seed implantation)
A form of radiation therapy in which radioactive seeds are implanted into the prostate to deliver radiation directly to the tumor.
A cellular malignancy typically forming tumors. Unlike benign tumors, these tend to invade surrounding tissues and spread to distant sites of the body.
A malignant tumor made up chiefly of epithelial cells, or those that form the lining of an organ or cavity. See adenocarcinoma.
- Castrate Range
The level of the body”s testosterone after orchiectomy. This is the range or level, which is used by physicians as a point of comparison for those drugs, which attempt to decrease the testosterone level.
- CAT Scan (or CT Scan)
See computed tomography
A long narrow tube placed into the bladder to allow urine to pass from the bladder to the penis (penile catheter) or out through the abdominal wall (suprapubic catheter).
Abbreviation for centigray; a unit of radiation equivalent to the older unit called a “rad.”
- Chemiluminescent assay
A blood test to determine extremely minute amounts of PSA.
The treatment of cancer using chemicals that deter the growth of cancer cells.
- Clinical trial
A study conducted with cancer patients, usually to evaluate a promising new treatment or medication.
A device that organizes radiation such that only parallel rays or beams emanate.
- Combination Hormonal Therapy
Combination Hormonal Therapy (CHT): Also referred to as Combined Hormonal Blockage (CHB), or Combined Androgen Deprivation Therapy (ADT). The preferred term is ADT, often designed with a number referring to the number of agents used (i.e, mono-therapy ADT, ADT2, ADT3). This combined therapy can utilize a number of mechanisms, including surgical or medical ADT, anti-androgens, 5-alpha reductase inhibitors, estrogenic compounds, agents that block adrenal androgen production, and agents that decrease the receptivity of the androgen receptor.
- Combination Therapy
Combination Therapy refers generally to any combination of treatment modalities used to treat prostate cancer.
An unexpected effect of a treatment. A complication is different from a side effect which is an expected, unwanted effect (temporary or permanent) of treatment.
- Computer Tomography
Computer generated cross-sectional images of a portion of the body. Also called CT or CAT scan.
- Conformal Radiation
A treatment utilizing external radiation and conforming precisely to the size and shape of the prostate, with the use of computerized planning and state-of-the-art imaging techniques.
A situation in which a particular medical treatment or therapy is not recommended because of potential side effects.
The small amount of prostate tissue that is extracted during a needle biopsy.
- Cryosurgery (Also referred to as Cryotherapy or Cryoablation)
The freezing of tissue with the use of liquid nitrogen probes. When used to treat prostate cancer, the cryoprobes are guided by transrectal ultrasound.
- CT scan
See computer tomography
Any of a class of immunoregulatory substances that are secreted by cells of the immune system.
- DHT (dihydrotestosterone)
The active form of the male hormone, testosterone, produced after testosterone is transformed by an enzyme known as 5-alpha reductase.
Evaluation of a patient”s symptoms and/or test results, with the intent of identifying and verifying the existence of any underlying disease or abnormal condition.
- Digital rectal examination (DRE)
A procedure in which the physician inserts a gloved, lubricated finger into the rectum to examine the prostate gland for signs of cancer
- DNA (Deoxyribonucleic Acid)
A complex protein that is the carrier of genetic
- Doppler Ultrasound Technique
A machine that sends out ultrasonic waves that pick up the velocity of blood flow through the veins and are transmitted as sound to make an image.
The process of calculating the radiation dose delivered to a specific area of the body. With prostate brachytherapy, dosimetry involves using computer programs to determine seed placement, seed strength, and needle placement.
- Doubling Time
Doubling Time is the time it takes for the PSA to double.
The use of hormonal therapy or other forms of intervention to reduce tumor volume prior to primary, curative treatment.
The use of hormonal therapy or other forms of intervention to lower the clinical stage of prostate cancer prior to primary, curative treatment.
The release of semen through the penis during orgasm.
- Ejaculatory Ducts
The tubular passages through which semen reaches the prostatic urethra during orgasm.
A term referring to the ductless glands, such as the pituitary and the testes, which make an internal secretion or hormone which passes into the bloodstream and has an important influence on metabolic processes.
A chemical substance produced by living cells that causes chemical reactions to take place while not being changed itself.
- Erectile Dysfunction (E.D.)
Dysfunction (Also known as E.D. or Impotence): The loss of ability to produce and/or sustain an erection sufficient for intercourse.
Female hormones that block the luteinizing hormone (LH) and can inhibit testosterone production to the castrate range.
- External Beam Radiation Therapy (EBRT)
A form of radiation therapy that utilizes radiation delivered by an external source (machine) and directed at a target area to be radiated. In contrast to EBRT, brachytherapy utilizes radiation sources (seeds) that are internal, implanted in the target tissue. EBRT may use conventional photons, protons, neutrons or electrons.
- Extracapsular Extension
Used to describe prostate cancer, which has spread outside the prostate gland.
- False Negative:
An erroneous negative test result. For example, an imagine test that fails to show the presence of a cancer tumor later found by biopsy to be present in the patient is said to have returned a false negative result.
- False Positive:
A positive test result that mistakenly identifies a state or condition that does not in fact exist.
With regard to prostate cancer, an abnormal passage due to injury or disease that connects an abscess or hollow organ to the surface of the body or to another hollow organ. If there is significant damage to the rectal wall proximate to the bladder, a fistula may occur between the bladder and rectum.
- Flare Reaction
A testosterone surge caused by the initial use of an LHRH analog, causing a temporary increase of tumor growth and symptoms (known as clinical flare), or an increase in PSA (biochemical flare).
The generic name of Eulexin, an anti-androgen used in hormonal therapy for the palliative treatment of advanced prostate cancer and for adjuvant and neoadjuvant treatment of earlier stages of prostate cancer.
- Foley Catheter
A catheter inserted in the penis and threaded through the urethra to the bladder where it is held in place with a tiny, inflated balloon. It removes urine from the bladder and can be used to irrigate the urethra and prevent blood clots.
- Free PSA
PSA that is unattached to any major protein in the blood. Free PSA is associated with benign prostate growth. The percentage of free PSA is derived by dividing the free-PSA level by the total-PSA x 100. Studies have shown that men with free PSA%>25% were at low risk for prostate cancer, while men with PSA%<10% were at high risk for having prostate cancer.
- Frozen Section
A technique in which removed tissue is frozen, cut into very thin slices and stained for microscopic examination. A pathologist can rapidly complete a frozen section analysis, and for this reason, it is commonly used during surgery to quickly provide the surgeon with vital information.
- Gene Therapy
The insertion of normal or genetically altered genes into cells, usually to replace defective cells.
An aggregation of cells that secretes a substance for use in or discharge from the body.
- Gland Volume
The size in cubic centimeters (cc) or grams of the prostate gland.
- Gleason Score
A widely used method for classifying the cellular differentiation of cancerous tissue. The less the cancerous cells appear like normal cells, the more malignant the cancer. Two grades of 1-5, identifying the two most common degrees of differentiation present in the examined tissue sample, are added together to produce the Gleason score. High numbers indicate greater differentiation and more aggressive cancer. The grading system is name after its originator, Donald Gleason, M.D.
Globulin is any of a number of simple proteins that occur widely in plant and animal tissues. Without adequate Globulin levels it can be difficult for the body to properly fight infection, clot or transport nutrients to the muscles, leading to health difficulties for the patient. Medical examinations must be done to determine if the globulin levels are where they should be, and what might be causing them to be lower or higher than normal. Medications can then be used to help return the globulin levels to the normal stage to avoid any potential dangers.
A way to describe the possible severity of a cancer based on the appearance of cells under a microscope. See also Gleason Score.
- Gray (Gy)
A unit of measure for radiation dose. The dose may also be quantified as centigray (cGy), which is 1000 Grays.
A side effect involving breast enlargement and tenderness, associated with various hormonal therapies that increase the level of estrogens in the body.
- HDR Brachytherapy
High Dose Rate brachytherapy involves the temporary insertion of radioactive iridium isotopes into the prostate gland using transrectal ultrasound guidance.
Blood in the urine.
Inherited genetically from parents and earlier generations.
- Holistic Medicine
Medical care, which considers the patient as a whole, including his physical, mental, emotional, spiritual, social and economic needs.
- Hormonal Therapy
Treatment that attempts to shut down the production of hormones that nourish prostate cancer cells (also known as hormone therapy, hormone ablation therapy, hormone deprivation therapy, anti-androgen therapy and anti-hormonal therapy). Because prostate cancer is usually dependent on male hormones to grow, hormonal therapy can be an effective means of alleviating symptoms and retarding the development of the disease.
A substance produced by one tissue or gland and transported by the bloodstream to another to effect or regulate physiological activity such as metabolism and growth.
- Hormone Refractory PCa
Prostate cancer that is androgen independent, and therefore, unresponsive to hormonal therapies.
- Hot Flash
A side effect of some forms of hormonal therapy, experienced as a sudden rush of warmth to the face, neck, and upper body.
Image-Guided Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy, using a SonArray Ultrasound Guided System with intra-fractional motion gating, which takes IMRT to an even higher level of accuracy of delivering the exact dose to the exact location each and every time. Also referred to as 4D IG-IMRT.
Radiology techniques that are often computer-enhanced and allow the physician to visualize areas inside the body that would not normally be visible.
A procedure in which radioactive seeds are placed in the body in order to kill cancer cells. See also Brachytherapy.
- Impotence (also Erectile Dysfunction)
The loss of the ability to produce and/or sustain an erection (while desire for sex remains unchanged).
A loss of urinary control. There are various kinds and degrees of incontinence. Overflow incontinence is a condition in which the bladder retain urine after voiding. As a consequence, the bladder remains full most of the time, resulting in involuntary seepage of urine from the bladder. Stress incontinence is the involuntary discharge of urine when there is increased pressure upon the bladder, as in coughing or straining to lift heavy objects. Total incontinence is the failure of ability to voluntarily exercise control over the sphincters of the bladder neck and urethra, resulting in total loss of retentive ability.
Redness or swelling caused by injury or infection.
- Informed Consent
Permission to proceed given by a patient after being fully informed of the purposes and potential consequences of a medical procedure.
- Intermittent Androgen Deprivation (IAD)
The most recent state-of-the-art, computer-aided technique for delivering higher doses of radiation more accurately than either conventional External Beam Radiation of Conformal Radiation.
- Intravenous Pyelogram (IVP)
A test that utilizes the injection of a special dye to check for the spread of cancer to the kidneys and bladder.
Describes a drug or procedure allowed by the FDA (Food and Drug Administration) for use in clinical trials. Insurance companies tend to deny coverage to procedures, which are described as investigational.
- Isodose Line
A line or two-dimensional shape that circumscribes an area receiving a radiation dose greater than or equal to a specified amount.
- Laparoscopic Lymphadenectomy
The removal of pelvic lymph nodes with a laparoscope via four small incisions in the lower abdomen
- Leuteinizing Hormone-Releasing Hormone (LHRH)
A chemical signal originating in the hypothalamus that causes the pituitary to make LH, which in turn stimulates the testicles to make testosterone.
- LH (luteinizing hormone)
A chemical signal originating in the pituitary gland that causes the testes to make testosterone.
- LHRH (luteinizing hormone releasing hormone)
A chemical signal originating in the hypothalamus that causes the pituitary to make LH.
- LHRH Analogs (LHRH Agonists)
Synthetic versions of the body”s chemical LHRH that can inhibit pituitary production of the hormone LH.
- LHRH Antagonist
A chemical agent that blocks the LHRH receptor without the testosterone surge associated with LHRH analogs. LHRH antagonists include Abarelix (Plenaxis).
- Linear Accelerator
A high energy x-ray machine generating radiation fields for external beam radiation therapy. These machines are typically mounted with a collimator (or multileaf collimator) in a gantry that rotates vertically around the patient being treated.
- Localized Prostate Cancer
Cancer that is confined to the prostate gland, and therefore considered curable.
- Lymph Node
A small bean-shaped mass of tissue along the vessels of the lymphatic system. The lymph nodes filter out bacteria and other toxins, as well as cancer cells.
The surgical removal and examination of lymph nodes to precisely diagnose and stage cancer.
- Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)
A painless, non-invasive technique using strong magnetic fields to produce detailed images of internal body structures. An MRI scan usually takes about 45 minutes.
Having the invasive and metastatic properties of cancer. Tending to become progressively worse.
See Surgical Margin.
- Metalloprotease Inhibitors
Drugs used to suppress the body”s production of certain enzymes.
The spread of cancer, by way of the blood stream or lymphatic system, beyond the boundaries of the organ or structure where the cancer originated. (Metastases is plural.)
A verb that indicates cancer has spread to other parts of the body such as the bones or lymph nodes.
- Metastatic Work-up
A group of tests including bone scans, x-rays and blood tests, to ascertain whether cancer has spread throughout the body, or metastasized.
- Monoclonal Antibody (mAb)
An antibody that is directed against one specific protein (antigen).
Unhealthy consequences and complications resulting from treatment.
See Magnetic Resonance Imaging.
The lowest point. Doctors sometimes use this as a verb to describe return of cancer or treatment failure.
Death of cells or tissues caused by disease or injury.
The use of a different type of therapy before primary, curative treatment. For example, neoadjuvant Androgen Deprivation Therapy is often used prior to radiation therapy or radical surgery, with the intent of improving the effectiveness of the primary treatment by reducing the size of the tumor and/or prostate gland.
A procedure used during radical prostatectomy in which the surgeon attempts to save the nerves (neurovascular bundles) that allow for normal sexual functions.
- Neurovascular Bundles
Strands of interwoven nerves and veins that run down the side of the prostate. The bundles contain microscopic nerves that are essential for erection; they also contain arteries and veins. Cutting the nerves in the bundles during surgery, or otherwise harming them in another procedure, usually renders the patient impotent.
Getting up at night to urinate.
- Noninvasive Treatment
A treatment that does not require an incision into the body. An example is external beam radiation therapy. Minimally invasive indicates that a small incision (laparoscopic or robotic) or a needle insertion (seed implantation) is performed as part of the procedure.
Genes associated with tumor growth.
The branch of medical science dealing with tumors. An oncologist is a specialist in the study of cancerous tumors.
A simple operation that involves surgical removal of the testicles, which produce most of the body’s testosterone.
- Organ-confined Disease (OCD)
Prostate cancer that is confined to the prostate capsule, as indicated clinically or pathologically.
A decrease in bone mass and density causing fragility and porosity.
Overstaging refers to an exaggerated assessment of how serious or advanced a cancer is.
- Palladium 103 (Pd-103)
An isotope used in prostate brachytherapy and other implant sites. Pd-103 emits low energy radiation mostly beta and has a half life of 17 days. It therefore dissipates approximately 90% of its energy within 2 months.
Treatment that relieves symptoms of either treatment or the cancer but is not curative.
Capable of being felt when examined by touch or manipulation. In prostate cancer, a palpable nodule is also known as a “positive digital rectal exam (DRE).
Capable of being examined by touch or manipulation.
See Prostatic Acid Phosphate
- Partin Tables
Tables that use a patients PSA, Gleason score and DRE stage to predict the likelihood of spread to disease beyond the prostate gland. The tables determine the risk of cancer involving the edge of the gland (extracapsular extension), the lymph nodes, and the seminal vesicles.
A doctor who specializes in the examination of cells and tissues removed from the body.
See Proton Beam Radiation Therapy.
The area of the body between the anus and the scrotum. A perineal procedure uses this area as the point of entry into the body.
- Perineural Invasion
Describing cancer which has spread from the prostate to the nerve bundles.
- Photon Radiation
Also known as X-rays. Low-energy photon radiation has just enough photon energy to penetrate the body for an x-ray film but cause minimal harm to the cells. High-energy photon radiation (such as IMRT radiation) is produced by a linear accelerator and is capable of killing cells, including cancer cells.
- PIN (Prostatic Intraepithelia Neoplasia)
Cells that are not quite normal yet also not cancerous. The presence of PIN can prompt the physician to increase surveillance as its presence may be associated with increased risk of prostate cancer.
A sugar pill often taken by participants in a medical study. Patients taking a placebo are compared to patients taking actual medications.
- Ploidy Analysis
A pathological analysis to determine the number of sets of chromosomes in a cell.
The back portion. The posterior of the prostate is the side near the rectum that is palpated during the digital rectal exam (DRE).
Pro-oxidant: A term used to describe substances that aid in oxidation.
Inflammation of the rectum.
The forecast of the course of a disease, and future prospects of the patient.
A change in the status of the cancer indicating the condition has progressed and worsened.
- Prostascint™ Scan
Prostascint™ Scan is a method to determine whether or not cancer has spread to distant sites by using monoclonal antibodies. This is especially helpful with patients who have been on hormonal therapy.
- Prostate Capsule
The outer membranous covering of the prostate gland.
- Prostate Gland
A male gland which supports the urethra and prostatic ducts. It produces a fluid that forms part of semen and is located between the bladder and the penis.
- Prostate Specific Antigen (PSA)
A blood test that measures a substance manufactured solely by prostate gland cells. An elevated reading indicates an abnormal condition of the prostate gland, either benign or malignant. It is presently the most sensitive tumor marker for the identification and monitoring of prostate cancer.
The surgical removal of part or all of the prostate gland.
- Prostatic Acid Phosphatase (PAP)
An enzyme produced by the prostate that is elevated (3.0 or higher) in many patients when prostate cancer has spread beyond the prostate.
Infection or inflammation
- Proton Beam Radiation Therapy (PBRT)
A form of radiation therapy that utilizes protons as the source of energy (as opposed to X-rays or neutrons).
See prostate specific antigen.
- PSA Bounce (or PSA Bump)
A rise in PSA level after first having a reduction in PSA after radiation therapy.
- PSA Nadir
The lowest PSA value after a particular treatment.
- PSA Velocity (PSAV)
The rate of increase of the PSA level, expressed as nanograms per milliliter per year.
- Radiation Therapy
Use of high energy rays to kill cancer cells.
- Radiation Urethritis
Inflammation of the urethra caused by radiation therapy.
- Radiation Urethritis
Inflammation of the urethra caused by radiation therapy.
- Radical Prostatectomy
An operation to remove the entire prostate gland and seminal vesicles.
The degree to which a type of cancer responds to radiation therapy.
- RBA or Relative Biological Effectiveness
A scale used to compare the intensity of radiation associated with various atomic particles.
A cellular docking site that interacts with a specific protein or enzyme (called a ligand). The interaction typically leads to the synthesis of other substances such as proteins, hormones or enzymes.
Return of the cancer following remission or treatment intended as curative. Local recurrence indicates a return of the cancer at the site of origin. Distant recurrence indicates the appearance of one or more metastases of the disease.
No longer responsive to a certain therapy.
Complete or partial disappearance of the signs and symptoms of the disease. The period during which a disease remains under control, without progressing. Even complete remission does not necessarily indicate cure.
The surgical removal of a part of an organ or structure.
- Respiratory Gating
Advanced video tracking technology which allows for realtime monitoring and correction of physiologic motion of prostate which may occur as a result of patient breathing
Difficulty in starting urination or the inability to empty the bladder.
- Retropubic Prostatecomy
Removal of the prostate through an abdominal incision.
The probability that a particular event will or will not happen.
- Risk Group
Patients of similar prognosis. Patients can be grouped into Low, Intermediate and High risk groups based on PSA, Gleason score and stage. Risk group classification can be helpful in assessing treatment options and comparing different treatments.
See Radical Prostatectomy.
See Radiation Therapy.
The standard abbreviation for treatment.
- Salvage Treatment
A medical tern for “Plan B.” It means a patient must undergo another form of treatment because the first therapy was not successful. Salvage therapy does not always work and often has a greater degree of complications.
- Saw Palmetto
A nutrient extracted from the saw palmetto shrub, which is considered by some to aid the body’s immune system.
- Seed Implantation (SI)
A minimally invasive procedure by which radioactive seeds are implanted into the prostate gland to destroy cancer. Also referred to as seeding and brachytherapy.
A non-metallic element thought to be beneficial as a nutrient; it is often included in multivitamin supplements.
- Seminal Vesicles
Glands that, like the prostate, support male reproduction. Fluid secreted by these glands regulates the consistency of semen.
- Side Effect
A reaction to a treatment or medication, usually referring to an undesirable effect.
A circular muscle which contracts to close an orifice. The urethral sphincter squeezes the urethra shut, providing urinary control.
The definition of the size and extent of a cancer at a particular point in time. Usually cancers are staged using the T (tumor) N (nodes) M (metastasis) staging system. T1a, b, c,T2a, b, c, and T3 are examples of stages.
The testing process by which the extent and severity of a known cancer is evaluated according to an established system of classification. It is used to help determine appropriate therapy.
- Surgical Margin
The outer edge of the tissue removed during a radical prostatectomy. The surgical margin may be “negative,” indicating that no cancer is present and a better prognosis, or “positive,” indicating that not all of the cancer has been removed.
Throughout the body and affecting the entire body.
An immune system cell or lymphocyte that directs an immune response to malignant or infected cells.
Two male reproductive glands located inside the scrotum. The testes are the primary sources for testosterone.
The sex male hormone chiefly produced by the testicles.
Causing or relating to blood clotting.
- TNM Staging
The most widely used classification system for evaluating the extent of prostate cancer. TNM refers to tumor, nodes and metastases. See Staging.
- Total Androgen Blockage
A combined form of hormonal therapy that tries to achieve a complete shutdown of the body”s testosterone production.
Through the perineum.
Through the rectum.
- Transrectal Ultrasonography
- Transurethral Resection of the Prostate (TURP)
A surgical procedure to remove tissue obstructing the urethra. The technique involves the insertion of an instrument called a resectoscope in the penile urethra, and is intended to relieve obstruction of urine flow due to enlargement of the prostate.
Through the urethra.
An excessive growth of cells caused by uncontrolled and disorderly cell replacement.
See Transurethral Resection of the Prostate
- Ultrasound (Transrectal Ultrasonography)
A painless, non-invasive diagnostic imaging technique using sound waves to create an echo pattern that reveals the structure of organs and tissues. It does not use x-rays.
An overly low assessment of clinical stage at diagnosis.
The tube that carries urine from the bladder and semen from the prostate out of the body through the penis.
A physician who specializes in the diagnosis and in the medical and surgical treatment of problems in the urinary and male reproductive systems.
Refers to the blood supply and blood vessels.
A surgical procedure to render a man sterile by cutting the vas deferens, thus eliminating the passage of sperm from the testes to the prostate.
Causing the dilation or constriction of blood vessels.
A small sac containing fluid, as in seminal vesicles.
- Whitmore-Jewett Staging
A classification system for evaluating the extent of prostate cancer. This system is less widely used for the designation of stage than is TNM staging.

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Win A Rifle at RX18 Sept.23-24 Rancho Cucamonga, CA
The Rex Reviews Project with generous sponsorship from Box to Bench Precision (makers of one of the most useful new targets to hit the market in years) will be giving away a new Savage 10FCP-SR rifle in 6.5 Creedmore at the RX18 Long Range Seminar later this month in Rancho Cucamonga, California. Tickets for the rifle contest are only $50 each. The rifle package is over a $1200 value.
The Savage 10FCP-SR comes fully equipped. It’s already been supplied with a SWFA 10×42 Super Sniper mil/mil scope and a Harris 6-9″ notch leg swiveling bipod and sighted in for zero and a box test and tall target test run against the optic. This is a ready to rock and roll setup! The rifle is currently being characterized with easily available retail match grade ammunition against a Box2Bench target. Once completed the resultant data is going to be sent to yours truly and used to generate a custom set of ballistic firing tables. I’ll then print out a full B-Feds kit that will be included in the package.
Want your chance at this rifle? Register to attend RX18 at https://rexreviews.org (click on the training button) and when you arrive at the seminar, buy yourself a raffle ticket or two. Or ten. Or 20, or, you know, whatever.
We’re going to have an epic seminar this time. We’ve got Vortex Optics, US Optics, McMillan, Huber Concepts and more coming out with gear to fondle and information to absorb and maybe some really special surprises. Don’t forget about the ever-present special guests we don’t announce until the day of.
If you want to attend the upcoming California Live Fire course you must have attended an RX17 or RX18 event for automatic admittance (within course capacity limits).


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The Principle of Superposition tells us that deeper layers of rock are older than shallower layers Relative dating utilizes six fundamental principles to determine the relative age of a formation or event. This follows due to the fact that sedimentary rock is produced from the gradual accumulation of sediment on the surface. Therefore newer sediment is continually deposited on top of previously deposited or older sediment. In other words, as sediment fills a depositional basins we would expect the upper most surface of the sediment to be parallel to the horizon. Subsequent layers would follow the same pattern. As sediment weathers and erodes from its source, and as long as it is does not encounter any physical barriers to its movement, the sediment will be deposited in all directions until it thins or fades into a different sediment type.
Using relative and radiometric dating methods, geologists are able to answer the question: how old is this fossil?. Sequencing the rock layers will show students how paleontologists use fossils to give relative dates to rock strata. Once students begin to grasp "relative" dating.
Once a rock is lithified no other material can be incorporated within its internal structure. In order for any material to be included within in the rock it must have been present at the time the rock was lithified. For example, in order to get a pebble inside an igneous rock it must be incorporated when the igneous rock is still molten-- such as when lava flows over the surface.
Therefore, the piece, or inclusion, must be older than the material it is included in. Lastly the Principle of Fossil Succession. Aside from single-celled bacteria, most living organism reside at or very near the Earth's surface either in continental or oceanic environments. As these organisms die they are deposited on the surface along with all other sediments.
If conditions are right the remains of the dying organisms can then be preserved as fossils within the rock that formed from sediments that covered the remains. Since, all sedimentary rock is formed through the gradual accumulation of sediment at the surface over time, and since the principle of superposition tells us that newer sediment is deposited on top of older sediment, the same must also be true for fossils contained within the sediment.
Although this principle is generally applied to relative dating it is also the basis for evolution.Dating Rocks with Fossils
Principles of Relative The Principle of Superposition tells us that deeper layers of rock are older than shallower layers Relative dating utilizes six fundamental principles to determine the relative age of a formation or event. Image demonstrating a common use of the principle of lateral continuity Principle of Cross-Cutting tells us that the light colored granite must be older than the darker basalt dike intruding the granite.
The laws of physics and chemistry that governed geologic processes in the past are the same as those that govern processes now and in the future. The geologic timescale is a chronology calendar of events on Earth based on obtaining ages of past events.
These ages have been derived from relative dating and absolute dating radiometric dating of rock layers and fossils. Field geologists' rely on a number of simple techniques for dating rocks and constructing geological successions. Underpinning this are four key concepts:.
Principal of Original Horizontality i. Law of Superposition i. Things get a little more complicated especially when the layers of strata are folded in such a way as to be completely overturned!
Principle of Cross-cutting Relationships i. The Law of Strata Identified by Fossils is a little bit more complex.
Relative dating is used to arrange geological events, and the rocks they leave Fossils are important for working out the relative ages of. These ages have been derived from relative dating and absolute dating ( radiometric dating) of rock layers and fossils. (a) Relative Dating This technique uses. Relative dating is the science of determining the relative order of past . This is because inclusions can act like "fossils" – trapping and preserving these early melts before they are modified by later.
In the succession of strata, each layer represents the geographical conditions that occurred over that area at the time the layer was deposited. The diagram right shows two distinct faunal assemblages.
Relative dating is used to determine a fossils approximate age by comparing it to similar rocks and fossils of known ages. Absolute dating is used to determine a. Relative dating is based on the positions of fossils in rock layers. Lower layers were laid down earlier, so they are assumed to contain older. The Principle of Superposition tells us that deeper layers of rock are older Relative dating utilizes six fundamental principles to determine the relative of older sediment, the same must also be true for fossils contained within the sediment.
What can be deduced from our two distinct faunas in terms of their usefulness in the relative dating of rocks?
The table below summarises key features:.
Gastrioceras listeri is a particularly good example of a ZONE fossil.
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Recipes in this Collection
Very Good 4.1/5
Replacing cream with tofu makes this decadent pasta dish a welcome addition to any healthy diet.
Carbs: 23.3g | Fat: 12.6g | Fiber: 1.5g | Protein: 16.1g | Calories: 268.3
Very Good 4.2/5
Serve warm or cold, as a side or a snack.
Submitted by HYEFIVE
Carbs: 2.7g | Fat: 6.8g | Fiber: 0.7g | Protein: 11.1g | Calories: 110.5
Very Good 4.0/5
I found this recipe here:
Submitted by LUCYST
Carbs: 12.7g | Fat: 11.7g | Fiber: 3.5g | Protein: 18.1g | Calories: 207.2
Very Good 4.8/5
A great, REALLY EASY marinade I threw together for tofu. Use it in your favorite stir fry or add some cornstarch and use it as a yummy dip! All the BEST Asian flavors together!
Submitted by EAGLES17
Carbs: 1.5g | Fat: 2.3g | Fiber: 0.1g | Protein: 0.7g | Calories: 29.6
Very Good 4.3/5
OOHHH! Delicious! (from a photocopy out of a cookbook, but I don't know which one)
Submitted by QUETZALGIRL
Carbs: 18.6g | Fat: 9.5g | Fiber: 2.8g | Protein: 7g | Calories: 184.5


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Kern Macro-Switar 50mm 1.8 Alpa Lens
Serial Number: 890634
It comes with a front cap but it takes some effort to screw it on the lens.
Cosmetic Condition: 7/10
It shows signs of use.
The lens has been professionally cleaned but several marks from prior fungus can be seen on the coating.
Aperture and focus rings move smoothly. Diaphragm operates properly.

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People change their opinions more often and more easily than they think they do. They are also quick to call out when a public figure changes their stand on a polarizing issue. Any such change in standing is swiftly labelled as a political ploy. Of course, sometimes it is just that.
Both Biden and Kamala have a record of taking contentious positions on policy matters and backtracking on them.
Biden led the passage of a controversial tough-on-crime law in the 1980s, later calling it a ‘big mistake’. Kamala has said that she’s ‘personally opposed’ to death penalty, yet she pursued death sentence for convicts and defended California’s death penalty law in court. Biden has been historically opposed to legalizing marijuana, while Kamala has tilted towards its legalization only recently, seeing the tilt in public opinion. Both have voted for an amendment which bars the use of federal funds for abortions, except in certain cases.
The question of whether Biden and Kamala have gotten genuinely more progressive over the years is moot. America is a land of lobbyists with pockets as deep as their connections in high places. Corporate America’s lobbying strategy has moved from trying to prevent the government interference in their businesses to bringing the government in as a partner. Biden and Kamala will be under constant pressure to preserve the capitalist-friendly systems that Trump installed in his 4 years as POTUS.
If the duo manages to not succumb to lobbyists, white supremacists or their own ego, they might manage a roll back of Trump’s roll back of Obamacare, devise a fairer immigration policy and a plan to deal with climate change, and re-establish multilateral ties.
Trump might still win or he might refuse to accept the results if he loses. If he decides to play this trick from the Dictator’s Rulebook and illegally holds on to power, he will continue weakening institutions, diluting regulations and lying. Biden and Kamala are likely to pause the savagery that Trump started in 2017, but they cannot be expected to ‘build back better’, as Biden’s campaign slogan promises.
In 2009, Barack Obama received the Nobel Peace Prize for Not Being George W. Bush. If Biden and Kamala manage to gather the 270 electoral votes needed to win the election, America might just get a Nobel for not voting for Trump again. As for their presidency, only time will tell whether Biden and Kamala are able to trump their moderate credentials.
Former President Obama was given the Nobel Peace Prize in October 2009. The nomination deadline for the award is 31 January, which implies that he was nominated within 11 days of his presidency (which began on January 20th).
This editorial was originally titled ‘This is America: On Choosing Moderates for Activism’.
All editorials are written by Tushar Kohli and his small team and represent the collective view of the Editorial Team.


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3/11/12 Tonight on the Dark Side I’ll talk with filmmaker Molotov Mitchell about his movie “The Gates of Hell”-a provocative, comic-book fantasy, action, pro-life film focusing on the Black victims of abortion. We’ll get him to explain just what the hell all that means and why he made a movie like this in the first place. […]


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Ellwangen, October 01, 2020.
VARTA AG announced changes to the management board today.
The company thanks Steffen Munz for his very successful work as CFO of VARTA AG.
Armin Hessenberger has been appointed to the Board of Management effective October 1, 2020, and will be the new CFO of VARTA AG effective January 1, 2021. Mr Hessenberger has many years of experience working for a listed industrial company and knows VARTA AG from his previous work at Montana Tech Components AG.
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Mister tough guy, Donald J. Trump, is showing signs of incredible weakness around all the edges. Not only did the Turkish president thumb his nose at Trump’s childishly written letter this week more GOP lawmakers are finding the cajones to speak out in criticism on his abandonment of the Kurds.
The impeachment inquiry is gaining steam with almost daily revelations of new and inappropriate activities by the Trump administration. Trump’s poll numbers are weakening and over 53% of Americans support the impeachment inquiry.
More influential GOP lawmakers/conservatives are speaking out in support of the impeachment inquiry and we expect the number will only grow as more revealing and damning evidence comes out about Trump and his handling of The Peoples Business.
The following excerpt from The Washington Post is spopt on.
President Trump, whose paramount concern long has been showing strength, has entered the most challenging stretch of his term, weakened on virtually every front and in danger of being forced from office as the impeachment inquiry intensifies.
Trump now finds himself mired in a season of weakness. Foreign leaders feel emboldened to reject his pleas or contradict him. Officials inside his administration are openly defying his wishes by participating in the impeachment probe. Federal courts have ruled against him. Republican lawmakers are criticizing him. He has lost control over major conservative media organs. And polling shows a growing share of Americans disapprove of his job performance and support his impeachment.
Many of Trump’s Republican allies revolted over his decision to withdraw U.S. troops in Syria, which triggered a bloody Turkish invasion that killed Kurdish fighters and civilians.
Trump bragged about sending a “very powerful letter” warning Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan not to invade Syria. “Don’t be a fool!” Trump wrote. But Turkish officials leaked word that their leader had thrown the letter in the trash, and Erdogan then took Trump to task for his “lack of respect.”
“Are we so weak, and so inept diplomatically, that Turkey forced the hand of the United States of America? Turkey?” Sen. Mitt Romney of Utah, the Republican Party’s 2012 presidential nominee, said in a speech Thursday denouncing Trump’s Syria decision as “a bloodstain in the annals of American history.”
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) wrote an op-ed criticizing the pullout, a rare rebuke of Trump.
“America’s wars will be ‘endless’ only if America refuses to win them,” he wrote, referencing Trump’s frequent argument that his critics want to keep U.S. troops abroad indefinitely.
Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.) said Trump “shows strength at all the wrong times, and then when he needs to show strength, he shows abject weakness.”
“When he got on the phone call with Erdogan, he was weak as could be,” Schumer said Thursday on MSNBC. “He should have told Erdogan: ‘You can’t do this. America’s not going to let you do this.’ Instead, he green lights Erdogan, and then a few hours later sends this ranting, rambling letter that shows ersatz toughness — and to show you the effect, Erdogan ignored the letter.”
“It’s deflating when the curtain is pulled back and the Wizard of Oz is a little guy,” said David Axelrod, who served as senior adviser in the Obama White House. “If your whole predicate is strength and everywhere you turn there are signs of weakness, it is a danger.”
Axelrod added: “His psyche is invested in this facade of the strongman and yet he seems to be heeled by strongmen.”
With his administration engulfed by crisis, Trump can no longer control the forces once solidly arrayed behind him.
A variety of administration officials, including high-ranking political appointees, have trekked to Capitol Hill to offer damaging revelations during day-long depositions before impeachment investigators.
By testifying, these officials have decided to ignore the Trump White House’s unequivocal refusal to participate in a “totally compromised kangaroo court,” effectively ripping off the muzzles the president placed over their mouths.
Trump is being humbled by the judiciary as well. A federal appeals court in Washington ruled against the president this month in an extended legal battle over access to his financial data, deciding that Congress could seek eight years of Trump’s business records from his accounting firm.
The mounting crises for the administration — including self-dealing accusations over Trump’s decision to host next year’s Group of Seven summit of world leaders at his own Florida resort — has weakened the president’s hold on his party. During Trump’s past controversies, most Republican lawmakers publicly defended the president even if they privately expressed frustration, but now some are speaking out in utter exasperation.
“I think it’s not a good thing to have the appearance — you know, in the law, there’s a canon that says, ‘Avoid the appearance of impropriety,’ ” said Rep. Francis Rooney (R-Fla.). “I think that would be better if he would not use his hotel for this kind of stuff.”
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Thursday, April 18, 2013
Read from April 14 to 15, 2013
What do time travel, highlander, billionaire, and witches all have in common-Soul Mates of course.
Pulled Back Through Time, Shandelle Is Caught Between An Enduring Love And A Wizard’s Magic
In the beginning of time, one soul splits into two. Lifetime after lifetime, the two souls are reborn and seek to reunite. Like a beacon of light from heaven above, their light shines for each other. Without the other, there is only darkness. A wonderful blessing that can only come from a deeply-bonded love, the sharing of one soul can also be a black curse if something disrupts the moment of their coming together.
Ireland 1323... Donovan, chieftain of the Clan O'Brien, has unsuccessfully searched his entire adult life, to the detriment of his clan and all those around him, for that elusive possession that will bring his soul peace. He doesn't know what it is, but he will give up everything to find it. One day, he is summoned by the Wizard and told the secret of his obsession—his soul mate. She is no longer living in his time, but there is a way to bring her back to him.
Phoenix 2013... Shandelle and Ian are embarking on their new life together. She is everything Ian ever wanted but never realized he needed before he met her. Shandelle is a generous soul who lives to make Ian and everyone around her happy. Unfortunately for them both, evil is stalking them. The blood bond duty of a close friend brings betrayal and evil into their lives. How were they to know that the death of a six-year-old girl in the early fourteenth century could have such grave consequences on their lives today?
*****Given the book by the author in exchange for an honest review******
I have to start off by saying Time Travel is normally not my thing however when it involves sexy highlanders I tend to make exceptions:) I am really torn regarding this book, I loved 75% of it especially the Ian/Shadelle story line. I also enjoyed the beginning of Donovan's story when Shannon was young and she met Aengus. I love Aengus's character and would love to read more about him. I enjoyed Shandelle's friendship with her girls and the interaction between them. Sandy Wolters did a fine job creating characters which the reader could relate. Where she lost me was mostly with Donovan...hated him!! I wasn't sure if he was a bad guy or a good guy who lost his way or what. He betrayed his people by being so selfish he couldn't get past himself. He had no consideration for anyone's feelings but his own..he actually reminded me of a petulant 4 year old. I also couldn't figure out the reason for a couple of the characters as they didn't add anything to the story. Taylor being one and Niall being the other. But perhaps if this novel turns into a series light will be shed on SW's reasons.
There are 2 things that I know some of my fellow reviewers had a hard time with because they stretched their limits of acceptable. I didn't really have an issue with either of these things. However, I was a bit put out when the intimacy continued over a 2 month span. Connected to this I couldn't figure out why Ian was not more upset about it.
So how does one rate a book with a 75/25 split? I have been mulling this over for a few days. I liked the interaction between characters, I liked part one of the book, I liked the original protagonists. I didn't like the "villian" and there were a few other quirks I mentioned above but over all I think it was a good story and I think people who enjoy time travel novels and sexy highlanders and billionaires will really enjoy it.
Therefore I rate this a 3.5 bears read and a recommendation to people who love time travel books to pick this up. Sandy Wolters is an up and coming author with a big future ahead of her.
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BY LARAINE WESCHLER REPUBLICAN-AMERICAN
WATERTOWN — The Hazardous Building Subcommittee is considering a blight ordinance that would allow the town to clean up vacant homes if owners don't step up.
The committee discussed a draft ordinance Monday that would give the town authority to fine property owners who don't maintain unoccupied buildings.
Town Manager Charles A. Frigon pointed to an empty house at 87 Bunker Hill Road as the type of problem property the ordinance would target. Town officials have been trying for months to get the property's owners to fix a pool that is half-full, falling apart and breeding mosquitoes. The town only has the authority to enforce the abatement of the last complaint because mosquitoes are considered a health hazard, but town council members say the house entryways are warped and open to wild animals and the yard is overgrown with weeds.
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The Escape and Mariner have the new 2.5L Hybrid powertrain, although they don't have the guage cluster. I'm sure they will for 2010, the new gauge cluster will fit the existing Escape/Mariner binnacle. In fact, the commonization of key components allows this propagation to happen across the line.
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Friday, August 9, 2019
Rockville construction update: Main Street (Photos)
Here's a look at the progress on the Main Street apartments, a mixed-income residential building being constructed at 50 Monroe Place. This used to be the site of the IBM building. When completed, 25% of the units here will be set aside for the disabled, and 75% will be affordable.