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[Show abstract][Hide abstract] ABSTRACT: Neu-Laxova syndrome is a rare, lethal, autosomal recessive disorder characterized by intrauterine growth retardation, central nervous system anomalies, skin findings, such as ichthyosis, edema, collodion baby and harlequin fetus, facial dysmorphic features, limb anomalies and genital hypoplasia. Although it is generally a lethal condition, cases of such patients who lived beyond 6 months and 10 months of age have been reported. Here, we describe an 8-year-old boy who was born with collodion membrane, facial dysmorphic features, limb anomalies, genital hypoplasia and pachygyria. He had no major health problems over the course of 8 years of follow-up, except for mild mental/motor retardation, ichthyosis, facial dysmorphic features and limb anomalies. Based on these features, we suggest that because Neu-Laxova syndrome represents a heterogeneous phenotype, our case may be a milder variant of this syndrome or a new genetic entity.
Full-text · Article · Nov 2013 · Annals of Dermatology
[Show abstract][Hide abstract] ABSTRACT: Factor V (FV) deficiency is a rare coagulation disorder, characterized by a bleeding phenotype varying from mild to severe. To date, 115 mutations have been described along the gene encoding for FV (F5) but only few of them have been functionally characterized. Aim of this study was the identification and the molecular characterization of genetic defects underlying severe FV deficiency in a 7-month-old Turkish patient. Mutation detection was performed by sequencing the whole F5 coding region, exon-intron boundaries and about 300 bp of the promoter region. Functional analysis of the identified missense mutation was conducted by transient expression of wild-type and mutant FV recombinant molecules in COS-1 cells. Two novel mutations: a missense (Pro132Arg) and a 1-bp deletion (Ile1890TyrfsX19) were identified in the F5 gene. While the frameshift mutation is responsible for the introduction of a premature stop codon, likely triggering F5 mRNA to nonsense-mediated mRNA degradation, the demonstration of the pathogenic role of the Pro132Arg mutation required an experimental validation. Expression experiments showed that the missense mutation causes a significant reduction in FV secretion and in the specific activity of the residual secreted molecule (77% and 78% decrease, respectively). This paper reports the identification of two novel mutations responsible for FV deficiency, thus widening the mutational spectrum of the F5 gene. The Pro132Arg mutation adds to the only other two functionally characterized missense defects in the FV A1 domain.
[Show abstract][Hide abstract] ABSTRACT: An iron regulatory peptide hormone, hepcidin, is also part of the innate immune system and is strongly induced during infections and inflammation. The aim of the present study was to determine serum levels of the 60 aa pro-hormone form of hepcidin (pro-hepcidin) in full-term and preterm newborns with sepsis and to determine the possible relationships between pro-hepcidin levels and serum iron and complete blood count parameters.
Fifteen preterm newborns with sepsis, 17 healthy preterm, six full-term newborns with sepsis and 16 healthy full-term newborns were included the study. Blood samples were collected from patients with sepsis at the time of clinical diagnosis. Each blood sample was analyzed for complete blood count, serum iron and ferritin concentrations, iron-binding capacity, and pro-hepcidin level.
The mean serum pro-hepcidin level (mean +/- SD) in preterm neonates with sepsis and in healthy preterm newborns was 565.4 +/- 519.5 ng/mL and 279.8 +/- 227.6 ng/mL, respectively (P < 0.05). The mean serum pro-hepcidin level in full-term newborns with sepsis and in healthy full-term neonates was 981.4 +/- 415.4 ng/mL and 482 +/- 371.9 ng/mL, respectively (P < 0.05). Although the mean serum ferritin levels in the two groups with sepsis were higher when compared with the healthy groups, the difference was not statistically significant in full-term newborns. No statistically significant correlations were found between serum pro-hepcidin levels and any other parameters in each group.
Serum pro-hepcidin levels were higher in newborns with sepsis (either premature or full-term) than they were in healthy newborns at the time of clinical diagnosis.
No preview · Article · Apr 2009 · Pediatrics International
[Show abstract][Hide abstract] ABSTRACT: This article presents the case of a female newborn with irritability, increased tonus, jitteriness, and eating difficulties who was referred to our institution. Her mother had been taking fluoxetine (20 mg daily) during the second and third trimesters of her pregnancy. The infant's signs began on the first day after birth and persisted for 6 weeks. Extensive investigations excluded infective, genetic, and metabolic causes, and a provisional diagnosis of fluoxetine withdrawal was made. There have been few reports of neonatal complications following maternal fluoxetine hydrochloride treatment. According to these, signs occurred within a few days after birth and lasted up to 4 weeks. To our knowledge, our patient demonstrated the longest duration of signs reported to date. We recommend that physicians be aware of these complications in newborns after fetal exposure in utero to selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors. These neonates should be followed-up closely for adverse signs during the first days of life so that signs can be recognized and treated if necessary.
No preview · Article · Dec 2008 · The journal of maternal-fetal & neonatal medicine: the official journal of the European Association of Perinatal Medicine, the Federation of Asia and Oceania Perinatal Societies, the International Society of Perinatal Obstetricians
[Show abstract][Hide abstract] ABSTRACT: Small gestational age (SGA) is one of the major causes of fetal mortality and morbidity. Altered maternal homeostasis as a result of point mutations in the coagulation cascade has been reported as an important risk factor for this adverse pregnancy outcome. This study aims to investigate the relationship between mother's thrombophilic mutations and SGA deliveries in our population. The study group was consisted of sixty-six women who gave birth to one or more SGA babies. 104 women who gave birth to appropriate-for-gestational age (AGA) babies were sampled for the control group. Restriction fragment size analysis were performed by visualizing digested PCR products for Factor V Leiden (G1691A), Factor V Cambridge (A1090G), Factor V A1299G, prothrombin G20210A, methylene tetrahydropholate reductase C677T, A1298C and T1317C mutations. The results of this study indicate that maternal C677T (p=0.01) and A1298C (p<0.01) mutations in MTHFR gene may be suggested as risk factors for SGA outcome in our population. Therefore, maternal screening of these two mutations in the first trimester of pregnancy could help in the assessment of patients.
No preview · Article · Feb 2008 · Thrombosis Research
[Show abstract][Hide abstract] ABSTRACT: Congenital leukemia is rare, and is frequently diagnosed as a form of acute myeloid leukemia at, or immediately after birth. Some infections, viral in particular, can mimic clinical signs and/or laboratory findings of congenital leukemia. This is the first documented case of candidemia resembling leukemia.
Full-text · Article · Aug 2007 · Journal of Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine
[Show abstract][Hide abstract] ABSTRACT: The pathogenetic mechanisms of hepatic injury in perinatal asphyxia (PNA) are similar to those in ischemic hepatitis, yet liver involvement is currently not considered a component of multi-organ failure in PNA.
A retrospective study was done on 56 newborns with PNA. Hepatocyte injury was diagnosed based on elevated serum alanine transaminase level (>100 U/L, twice upper normal) with subsequent normalization.
Twenty-two of the patients had hepatocyte injury. Fetal distress, thrombocytopenia, convulsions, pathologic findings on imaging of the central nervous system, and a high rate of intrauterine growth retardation were the factors significantly associated with hepatocyte injury. This damage was also associated with high mortality.
No preview · Article · May 2007 · Journal of Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine
[Show abstract][Hide abstract] ABSTRACT: Although thrombocytosis is frequently detected in newborns, few reports have focused on its risk factors. This report documents the characteristics of 89 neonates with thrombocytosis followed up in a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). We reviewed the patients' medical and laboratory records retrospectively to determine the associated conditions and risk factors for neonatal thrombocytosis, and complications related to thrombocytosis, We also discussed the differences of neonatal thrombocytosis from that of childhood in the light of literature, The mean platelet count of these newborns was 579.7 ± 111.5 (451-936) × 10 9/L. Associated conditions included anemia (73.7%), high-risk pregnancies (56. %), prematurity (51.7%), infections (37.1%), antenatal drug use (22.7%), indirect hyperbilirubinemia (20.2%), cardiac disorders (14.6%), respiratory distress syndrome (14.6%), history of hypoxia (13.5%), surgery (12.4%), and hemorrhage (3.4%). In most cases, more than one risk factor for thrombocytosis existed in the same newborn. No hemorrhagic complications related to thrombocytosis were observed; however, 1 newborn had portal vein thrombosis associated with intestinal malrotation, In summary, risk factors and associated conditions for thrombocytosis in newborns differed from those in children. In light of associated disorders, the mechanism of thrombocytosis in newborns may differ from that of childhood thrombocytosis.
[Show abstract][Hide abstract] ABSTRACT: Radiologically detected intraperitoneal free gas usually indicates a perforated abdominal viscus that requires surgical intervention. However, rarely, the presence of a pneumoperitoneum may not indicate an intraabdominal perforation and thus may not require laparotomy. This condition is defined as spontaneous pneumoperitoneum. Two newborn infants who developed pneumoperitoneum following pneumothorax in association with mechanical ventilation were reported. Pneumoperitoneum following pneumothorax due to possible barotrauma during resuscitation or mechanical ventilation should be considered a non-surgical condition and surgery should be suggested after contrast bowel studies or deteriorating condition of the patient.
No preview · Article · Aug 2006 · Turkiye Klinikleri Journal of Medical Sciences
[Show abstract][Hide abstract] ABSTRACT: Objectives: To determine the causes and related outcomes of early onset conjugated hyperbilirubinemia in a group of newborn infants,
and to determine the incidence of sepsis in these neonates.Methods: The charts of 42 babies with conjugated hyperbilirubinemia were retrospectively reviewed.Results: The mean gestational age was 37 weeks, and the mean postnatal age at presentation was 10 days. Culture-proven sepsis was
identified in 15 babies (35.7% of total). Gramnegative bacteria were isolated in 10 cases and E. coli was the most common
of these agents (7 cases). Perinatal hypoxiaischemia was the second most frequent etiology (7 patients; 16.7% of total). The
other diagnoses were blood group incompatibility (n=5), Down syndrome (n=3), cholestasis associated with parenteral nutrition
(n=3), neonatal hepatitis (n=2), metabolic liver disease (n=1), biliary atresia (n=1), portal venous thrombosis (n=1), and
unknown (n=4). Thirteen babies with sepsis recovered completely with treatment, whereas the prognosis for those with perinatal
hypoxia-ischemia was grave (six of seven died).Conclusions: The findings suggest that early onset cholestatic jaundice in newborn infants is more commonly from non-hepatic causes,
so it is reasonable to monitor these infants carefully for a period of time before undertaking time-consuming or invasive
investigations towards a primary liver disease.
No preview · Article · May 2006 · The Indian Journal of Pediatrics
[Show abstract][Hide abstract] ABSTRACT: No previous study has investigated the full range of complete blood count (CBC) parameters in small-for-gestational-age (SGA) newborns. The main aim of this study was to compare CBC and peripheral smear parameters in term, healthy SGA neonates and appropriate-for-gestational-age (AGA) neonates, and to establish CBC reference values for full-term SGA newborns. One hundred thirty-two healthy, term newborns (73 SGA and 59 AGA) were included. On day 1, we obtained 109 samples and on day 7 we obtained 77 samples. A CBC and peripheral smear were analyzed for each sample collected and group data were compared. We observed higher mean values for normoblast count, hemoglobin, hematocrit, and red blood cell (RBC) count in the SGA babies than in the AGA babies on day 1. The mean corpuscular hemoglobin and mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration values for the SGA babies were decreased because of the relatively high RBC count and relatively high mean corpuscular volume we observed in this group. Of the SGA newborns, 21.9% had neutropenia and 4.7% had absolute neutrophil counts lower than 1500/microl on day 1. On both day 1 and day 7, the SGA newborns had higher mean absolute metamyelocyte counts and higher mean I : T (immature : total neutrophil ratio) values than the AGA group. The SGA babies had a lower mean absolute lymphocyte count on day 7 than the AGA group. We detected thrombocytopenia in almost one-third of the 64 SGA newborns tested on day 1. In summary, our study clearly demonstrates that CBC parameters for healthy, full-term, SGA newborns are different from those of healthy, term AGA newborns. This is the first study that has documented different mean corpuscular volume, mean corpuscular hemoglobin, mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration, metamyelocyte counts, lymphocyte counts, and I : T in SGA babies compared with AGA babies.
[Show abstract][Hide abstract] ABSTRACT: Hydrops fetalis associated with ABO incompatibility is an extremely rare condition. We report twin infants both afflicted with significant ABO hemolytic disease but showing different degrees of clinical severity, in which fatal hydrops developed in one of the twins. Hemolysis due to ABO incompatibility is usually difficult to diagnose. All causes of non-immune hydrops should be ruled out in order to identify hydrops due to ABO incompatibility.
Preview · Article · Jan 2006 · The Turkish journal of pediatrics
[Show abstract][Hide abstract] ABSTRACT: The aim of this study was to determine what proportion of newborns admitted with idiopathic non-hemolytic hyperbilirubinemia exhibit severe weight loss and hypernatremia.
The prospective study involved 115 infants >48 h old who were admitted with jaundice between July 2002 and July 2003, and had unconjugated bilirubin levels >12 mg/dL. Premature babies (gestational age <37 weeks) and those with hemolytic jaundice and other pathologic causes of non-hemolytic jaundice were excluded. Postnatal age (days) at admission, bodyweight at admission, weight change since birth (percentage weight loss calculated at admission) and mode of feeding (breast-feeding, formula feeding, mixed feeding) were recorded. Severe weight loss was defined in babies who showed >10% weight loss or had not regained enough to reach birthweight by postnatal day 10. Serum Na levels and breast-milk Na levels were also measured.
Twenty-eight (33%) of the 86 newborns with idiopathic hyperbilirubinemia in the study exhibited severe weight loss. Almost all the 86 babies were exclusively breast-fed, and 10 babies (12%) had severe weight loss combined with hypernatremia. The group with severe weight loss and hypernatremia had higher breast-milk Na levels than the other infants.
The results indicate that a large proportion of babies with non-hemolytic jaundice have severe weight loss, and that breast-fed newborns with the combination of weight loss and hypernatremia may present with non-hemolytic jaundice.
No preview · Article · Sep 2005 · Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health
[Show abstract][Hide abstract] ABSTRACT: The aim of this study was to evaluate hemoglobin levels of exclusively breast-fed (n=115), breasf-fed + formula-fed (n=21), and iron-fortified formula-fed (n=15) term infants for six months. We compared hemoglobin, meen corpuscular volume (MCV) and ferritin levels in the three groups. No significant difference was observed for hemoglobin, MCV and ferritin levels between the groups. At the sixth month, 15% of all infants had iron deficiency anemia. These infants were exclusively breast-fed (n=14) and partially breast-fed (n=1). Birth weight was significantly lower and weight gain in the first six months was higher in anemic infants than non-anemic infants. We conclude that in infants with low birth weight and rapid weight gain, prophylactic iron supplementation must continue.
No preview · Article · Jul 2005 · Cocuk Sagligi ve Hastaliklari Dergisi
[Show abstract][Hide abstract] ABSTRACT: In this study we investigated the effects of early enteral iron supplementation on erythrocyte and iron status parameters and on endogenous erythropoietin levels in very low birth weight infants. Thirty healthy preterm infants with birth weights between 920-1500 g were included in the study at a mean age of 16 days. Seventeen infants were randomized to receive 2-4 mg/kg/day enteral iron and 13 infants served as controls. Hemoglobin concentrations, mean corpuscular volume, reticulocyte count, serum iron, transferrin, transferrin saturation, ferritin and erythropoietin levels were studied on three consecutive venous blood samples taken at the beginning, and on the 7 th and 28 th days of the study. Hemoglobin concentration declined throughout the study in both groups. Serum iron levels and transferrin saturation increased during the study period in iron-supplemented infants. Although the erythropoietin levels were similar in both groups, a significant negative correlation between erythropoietin and hemoglobin concentration was observed in iron-supplemented infants on the 7 th and 28 th days of the study. Early enteral iron supplementation in very low birth weight infants seems beneficial by maintaining adequate iron levels and enhancing erythropoietin response to anemia.
No preview · Article · Mar 2005 · Cocuk Sagligi ve Hastaliklari Dergisi
[Show abstract][Hide abstract] ABSTRACT: A preterm infant with renovascular hypertension who developed significant trilineage bone marrow suppression after receiving captopril is reported. Captopril-associated pancytopenia is a very rare complication that was thought to be dose-related and usually caused by accumulation of the drug through defective renal tubular excretion. In our patient, it appears that the combination of renal artery stenosis and renal tubular dysfunction of prematurity might have led to pancytopenia. Captopril should be used with caution especially in premature babies and newborns with underlying renal or renovascular disease even if they do not have overt renal dysfunction. Monitorization of these babies with creatinine clearance or free serum captopril levels may help to establish accumulation of the drug before causing pancytopenia.
No preview · Article · Aug 2004 · Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health
[Show abstract][Hide abstract] ABSTRACT: Acute renal failure (ARF) is a common problem in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). In most cases, ARF is associated with a primary condition such as sepsis, metabolic diseases, perinatal asphyxia and/or prematurity. This retrospective study investigated the course of illness, therapeutic interventions, early prognosis and risk factors associated with development of ARF in the neonatal period. A total of 1311 neonates were treated in our NICU during the 42-month study period, and 45 of these babies had ARF. This condition was defined as serum creatinine level above 1.5 mg/dL despite normal maternal renal function. The data collected for each ARF case were contributing condition, cause and clinical course of ARF, gestational age and birth weight, age at the time of diagnosis, treatment, presence of perinatal risk factors and need for mechanical ventilation. The frequency of ARF in the NICU during the study period was 3.4%. Premature newborns constituted 31.1% of the cases. The mean birth weight in the group was 2863 +/- 1082 g, and the mean age at diagnosis was 6.2 +/- 7.4 days. The causes of ARF were categorized as prerenal in 29 patients (64.4%), renal in 14 patients (31.1%) and postrenal in 2 patients (4.4%). Forty-seven percent of the cases were nonoliguric ARF. Asphyxia was the most common condition that contributed to ARF (40.0%), followed by sepsis/metabolic disease (22.2%) and feeding problems (17.8%). Therapeutic interventions were supportive in 77.8% of the cases, and dialysis was required in the other 22.2%. The mortality rate in the 45 ARF cases was 24.4%. Acute renal failure of renal origin, need for dialysis, and need for mechanical ventilation were associated with significantly increased mortality (p<0.05). There were no statistical correlations between mortality rate and perinatal risk factors, oliguria, prematurity or blood urea nitrogen and creatinine levels. The study showed that, at our institution, ARF in the neonatal period is frequently associated with preventable conditions, specifically asphyxia, sepsis and feeding problems. Supportive therapy is effective in most cases of neonatal ARF. Acute renal failure of renal origin, need for dialysis, and need for mechanical ventilation were identified as indicators of poor prognosis in these infants. Early recognition of risk factors and rapid effective treatment of contributing conditions will reduce mortality in neonatal ARF.


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I took some pictures of the wrap today. It is all nunofelted, merino and silk tops, a bit of tencel and nylon too – all felted into various cotton and silk fabrics. Great sampler really. It is reversible, can’t decide which side is more interesting, the owner will know. It measures 180 x 80 cm.
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POWER OF POETRY #128: JANE ROSENBERG LAFORGE
Our classmates were the children of rock stars, writers, critics,visual artists, film editors and movie executives. But everyone in the neighborhood seemed famous to us, just for having been there.
POWER OF POETRY #127: ANNE FRICKE
Sometimes the moments are tense, and the uncomfortable stretching and growing of the audience are palpable. Other times, the open-hearted connections embrace the poet with unshakable support.
POWER OF POETRY #123: RAY MWIHAKI
I’m the kind of person who bottles things up till they froth and bubble with the wrath of an erupting volcano yet …I realize more pain has been lived by those brave ones who choose to share their lives with us through art.
POWER OF POETRY #122: CATHRYN McCARTHY
Poetry distils the voice to its very essence; if you have nothing to say, poetry betrays that instantly. – @katysue1828
POWER OF POETRY #121: MACKENZIE MOORE
I never had a revelation that completely hoodwinked me into poetry — my parents were more Bob Dylan than Anne Bradstreet.
POWER OF POETRY #120: NISHA BHAKOO
What will Nisha Bhakoo, author of “You found a beating heart” (The Onslaught Press, 2016) and “Black & White Dream (@brokensleep, 2018), include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside!
POWER OF POETRY #119: CHRISTOPHER W. CLARK
Allowing yourself to become absorbed by the poem means you lose a part of yourself too, creating a small fracture. We might think of this as another gap being created, allowing for the new potential of ideas to be explored. This is the joy of poetry—for writer and reader.
Despite my attempts to have a ‘legitimate’ kind of work-life, this was not going to happen, and my Swiss-cheese work history led me back to the pen yet again.
POWER OF POETRY #117: NOREEN OCAMPO
Staying silent for two years made everything build up and burst, and it turned out that poetry was still my favorite way to make peace, understand, and remember.
POWER OF POETRY #116: LUBOMIRA KOURTEVA
We were never meant to know it all anyway – and learning to feel comfortable in the unknowingness is a humility to be treasured. This is something that poetry teaches us very well….
POWER OF POETRY #115: SHULY XÓCHITL CAWOOD
The best poems ask us to think twice about something. They ask us to see a moment in a different light. The poem, for me, is about how difficult it can be to figure out who we are and what we want…. – @shulycawood
POWER OF POETRY #97: CASEY BOTTONO
My truth rarely comes to the page easily, but it is always worth the work. Abandoning ‘perfection’ has brought me to a point where I can be utterly honest.
POWER OF POETRY #95: AMY SHIMSHON-SANTO
Aging has meant gaining and losing things. Two stolen bikes. Careers. Partners. A parent. Poetry never left. It shows no sign of weariness. It is eager and ready.
POWER OF POETRY #94: JESSICA DRAKE-THOMAS
Poetry is far from dead or dying any time soon. Like all art forms, poetry adapts. It will endure, so long as poets exist to write it.
POWER OF POETRY #93: TRAVIS CRAVEY:
These are human passions, after all, more than lust or greed or God: we want to connect.
I present as White, but I am of mixed race heritage. My mom is Italian-American, my father Mescalero Apache. I grew up hearing at home that I was never to think of myself as White, yet no one would ever see me as anything else.
Poetry moves. It’s transformative, and that transformation can be a catalyst for what we choose to make of ourselves, our stories, and our passions. Poetry is a place we can learn about others and ourselves.
I wrote for the joy of it, I wrote to make my mark on the world, I wrote because it bled out of me so quickly dropping it onto paper was the only responsible act I felt I could make.
I turned to poetry to calm my encroaching anxiety, and I’ve turned to it since as a way to remind myself that I am a part of this world, that I exist within all the good and bad that it presents every day.
POWER OF POETRY #87: AMEE NASSRENE BROUMAND
To attempt to tell all the truth—the kind of truth that slumbers at noon and wakes at midnight—requires slantness. Slantness is the language of night. Slantness is a gap in the facade of mundanity, a way for reality in all of its mystery to seep through the boundaries of language.
POWER OF POETRY #88: THOMAS STEWART
A word can muster a thousand thoughts. A poem can create a universe.
POWER OF POETRY #85: WILL SCHMIT
The poem is an artifact. Art as fact in the face a world determined to ignore the contemplative plaintiff. To hold the pen lightly enough to allow perspective to shift is to be attentive to the ghosts of chance, challenge, and chagrin.
POWER OF POETRY #84: BARTON SMOCK
You can’t catch a fish with the shadow of a bird. But you tried, right? You tried in that poem your friend wrote, the one where a stone ate a star. And is maybe still eating.
POWER OF POETRY #83: KARI FLICKINGER
Poetry has turned me into a piece of broken technology, searching the horizon for symbols. It has estranged me from everyone I once loved, from every notion I ever thought to belong to.
POWER OF POETRY #82: MDSHall
We are soothsayers and truthsayers; warriors armed with words to be placed into action; protectors of the Univearth in search of the multiverse…
POWER OF POETRY #80: LAUREN BRAZEAL
Her words pressed onto my consciousness with the immediacy of a blade to the throat, “It is not your right to feel powerless. Better people than you were powerless.”
THE POWER OF POETRY #80: STEPHEN FURLONG
He only stopped when he recognized his shoe was untied. He held such reverence for the laces and he asked us how we tied our shoes.
POWER OF POETRY #79: VENUS DAVIS
I knew that writing wasn’t about being the best – it’s about expressing yourself and being happy with what you’ve written. It’s not a chance for validation.
POWER OF POETRY #77: G.E. SCHWARTZ
And with that light poetry has the power to usher us into a brave new world, filling our senses with the energy of creation where every bird, tree, branch, and blossom vibrates as if by immance.
POWER OF POETRY #77: CHRISTINA CIUFO
Each poetic word, each lyrical line, each tone evoked and each enchanting rhyme within a poem ignites the orange-golden flames within the recesses of our minds and flickers its’ illuminating light behind our eyes.
POWER OF POETRY #76: TAMARA BURROSS GRISANTI
Entering that space of creation is the only type of churchgoing that has ever spoken to me. It is paying tribute to what I know of the sacred, it is the only way I know how to be prayerful.
POWER OF POETRY #74: URNA BOSE
One can’t quite put a firm, decisive finger on when, where and how poetry collides, mingles, smudges and spills over into our lives
POWER OF POETRY #73: JOSEPH RATHGEBER
Poets excise words, omit and elide them. They break lines. Might as well break pane-glass windows.
POWER OF POETRY #72: MATT NAGIN
Poetry cuts through the bullshit. It declutters spiritually. It is an opportunity to dance, to experiment, to hone new answers to complex problems.
POWER OF POETRY #72: NOAH C. LEKAS
I wanted unrestrained access to the divine and I wanted to never have to ask permission or apologize for my ambition.
POWER OF POETRY #70: KASHIANA SINGH
Poetry was the heirloom; I took along with me as I walked into a marriage arranged by my parents.
Omg. In my lifetime, moms were actually accused and hated, disabused themselves, for “making their sons homos.”
Poems can express themselves as fixed and as plastic, as grounded in space and liminal, heterotopic. They can be lively and spectral- palms kissing at the intersection of here and every elsewhere imaginable.
POWER OF POETRY #66: GIVING VOICE – CHRISTINE BRANDEL
“When I was growing up, the term for people who didn’t talk was dumb.”
I mean that “The Journey” by Mary Oliver changed the way that I thought about my own voice and value. Walt Whitman’s “Leaves of Grass” brought me back to the world…
And sharing is hard; poetry has an awful stigma due to academia’s institutional stranglehold on the concept. Thankfully, however, poetry will always be of, by, and for the people.
Poetry doesn’t give me the power, doesn’t licence me, to say whatever I want in whichever way I choose. It rather forces me to attend to the potentials of language and to generate meanings beyond my private prerogatives.
This is when I realized that I needed to stop running from my fate and fear of failure and face the destiny of stanza, rhymes and climaxes waiting to be crafted before me.
Once I divested myself of my image of a poet with a capital P, as an old dead white man from the early 20th century or earlier who had intoned poems in an English accent whilst stroking his sizeable beard, my whole world opened up.
It’s clear to me now that poetry isn’t just a way for me to locate meaning in experience but is the very organizing principle behind my thinking. Because I can’t visualize in my mind, I conjure through language.
If there’s one thing that probably rings truest for me among all the things I could say about the power of poetry, it would be that poetry has the capacity to make us better people.
Maybe, sometimes, it’s because a particular poem needs revisiting more than once to understand what it’s trying to say. Or maybe it’s because the power of a poem is beyond the actual words, and needs time to discover.
In poetry, you find the life stories of each of us and as a reader, you interpret each poem in your own way, despite the real meaning behind the poem or regardless of the reasons why the writer wrote it.
“….the act of creating, of writing or of speaking a poem into existence, is an act of discovery, of discovery of meaning, an act of self-discovery—who I am at this given moment in time?
“We Blacks in space are Hoovers.
Who gonna be cryin’ in the 23rd century? / Not this hole’s grand grands. We define / the light until we all done letting stars be bright / ‘N suck up all the credit for nothing / they do ‘cept sit there burning.”
I can’t go to work and say to a colleague: I stay up late at night imagining animals being hit in the road over and over…
In this way I am an outfielder, mobilized on the balls of his feet, crouched, glove hand and free hand never far apart, poised for the seed of poetry to head my way following the sharp crack of wood at the plate.
Poetry has spread itself thick throughout my life much like this mint. I’ll write a line, put it in my pocket, roll it around a bit, and then hours or days or months later, it’ll have rooted itself and grown into something.
The landscape intensified into a fever dream of hail and sun, deep woods, shadows on the sea and boomeranging, shrieking swifts in the sky. I was watching Six Feet Under…[and] listening to PJ Harvey.
Today, writing this in a parking lot while my son gets ready for a hockey game, I have the word “miracle” stuck in my throat. But, poetry is not the miracle. Life is. And poetry has allowed me to embrace that.
For me, writing evolved into a way to better comprehend, articulate and even reshape the world. Now the work that excites me is writing that is exploratory
It is how both can have their salvations split in two in a single process. I think it was Jericho Brown that said: “Poetry has its own language”. Nothing can be truer in my opinion.
The whole time, I thought I was alone. But there were people just as pained and confused as I was. I found my community. I found my church. I kept returning every Sunday, sharing work I had written during the week.
Yes, I’m a poet and proud of it, and I don’t think I’ll ever want to be anything else. It’s what I would have said in answer to that old chestnut, “What do you want to be when you grow up?” Wow! How many people actually get to have their dreams come true?
Some poems will remain within the confines of the therapist’s office. Some poems will never be known to anyone other than myself. Some poems I share with the world.
The power of poetry, then, is its ability to show us ordinary things in an extraordinary light.
I believe the intensity of a poem, the dense nature of a line, the possibilities of syntax, and all aspects that make up a poem work together to become a fitting medium for tragedy.
I don’t only want people to be entertained, but also for them to feel something. And the fastest way to do that is through poetry; you are framing a feeling and passing it on, even if it’s only for a brief moment.
Poetry is the real game of exposure. Really great poetry shows holes, the smallness, the seeking. We seek a connection to others that comes often from exposing moments on a page that you might be most embarrassed to put down on paper.
If done well, a poem can be far more powerful than a photograph, because you are capturing not just the image, but the emotional context and resonance of that thing.
I saw poetry as much more complex and rewarding than I had originally thought it would be over the years. Poetry is the one form that can take the readers to another level of meaning and power.
LEE ANN RORIPAUGH – SOUTH DAKOTA’S POET LAUREATE Poetry is the shape-shifting ouroboros of language, image, sound, form, and content held in infinite tension. It is the muscular pulse of sheened coil, forked tongue tasting the air. It is a voraciousness of language, hungry to apprehend and take in the
The Power of Poetry – Sara Henning I’d like to tell you a story about life’s untamable narrative that leaves us transformed. In other words, I’d like to tell you a story about my relationship to poetry. At 1:00 a.m. on a Saturday morning this past July, my mother
Two years ago, as part of my hometown’s annual literary festival, I competed in a teen poetry slam. For winning, I was given the opportunity to open for two of the headliners, Major Jackson and Robert Wrigley. It was a poem about my father dying. I read it from
THE POWER OF POETRY — A.M. O’Malley I first found poetry when I was nine years old in a beat up paperback copy of Alfred Tennyson’s collected poems that my father had. One Saturday, when no one was around, I stole the book away to my corner of the back
Warrendale, a Chance Medley with Lines from “Brother of Leaving” The Warrendale neighborhood sits on the far west side of the city of Detroit. I describe my childhood home and the neighborhood in which it rests in my first collection of poems, Brother of Leaving. Historically it was a Polish
Poetry, like any art, is about connection, either to our inner-self or to another being. In the darkest or most joyous times of our life, everything is meaningless unless our thoughts, emotions, feelings, desires are shared and not simply reverberated back to us in an empty hall. Let’s say one
The Power of Poetry: Revenge of the NerdsBack in the day when I was still a fledgling emcee with the acronym FIRST-MC, I wanted to be KRS-ONE so much. I loved his music and his proclamations that he was a Teacher and a Poet with the skills of an Emcee.
I self-published a book of poems when I was 19. Print-on-demand websites like Lulu were just beginning to gain popularity. I’m one of those people who has been a writer her whole life. By 19 I had plenty of work to create a book and I figured, why not? I
Faith is found here, not in a destiny raiding and parceling out knowledge and the earth, but in a people who, person by person, believes itself. Do you accept your own gestures and symbols? Do you believe what you yourself say? When you act, do you believe what you
“The Power of Poetry: I Want to Keep Happening” Sarah Xerta I’m hesitant to write about the power of poetry because I don’t want to romanticize anything. Anne Sexton said “It’s the poetry that seems to be saving me” and she still eventually killed herself. I can’t forget this.
THE POWER OF POETRY – Ronnie K. Stephens There is no origin story, here. No single point on the broadside of this universe. For me, poetry has been a series of planets dotting up the sky when I’m not looking, and suddenly I’m thirty-two with a galaxy spread out around


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In songs and in earnest monologues onstage, the teenagers shared stories about overcoming the challenges that had sometimes defined them to others — cerebral palsy, autism, stuttering. Their stories were laced with sadness and humor, often ending with pleas to the audience to see them for more than their limitations.
“Some people think people with Down syndrome are not smart. That is not true,” said Veronica Brown, 18. “I want to contribute to the world just like everyone else. . . . I just wish that people would look at all of me, completely.”
In the darkened auditorium at Farmwell Station Middle School in Ashburn, Va., the play, called “The Same Sky Project,” stirred emotions among the approximately 250 seventh-grade students in the audience. Following the performance, they passed around a microphone and shared their own stories of feeling alone and misjudged, some of them wiping away tears.
“Since about fifth grade, I didn’t have a lot of friends,” a 12-year-old boy told his classmates, crying. “It was so hard.”
The social hierarchy at Farmwell Station, just like at many of the nation’s middle schools, has left some students feeling alienated. Being tagged as too weird can mean eating lunch alone, and jealousy can breed cruelty.
“The Same Sky Project,” which has been performed at several schools in Northern Virginia, aims to counter the sometimes-destructive social forces by encouraging children to “see beyond our labels” and to be kinder and more humane to each other. The organizers want to inspire students to feel empathy for their classmates, believing empathy to be “the antidote to bullying.”
This year, it is slated to be performed at a dozen schools across Northern Virginia.
Kim Tapper — associate executive director of A Place to Be, a Middleburg, Va., music therapy center that produces the play — opened the performance at Farmwell Station with an inquiry.
“Raise your hand if you feel like you’ve been labeled by a teacher or a parent,” Tapper said to the audience. A flurry of hands went up. “That’s our goal today, to help us see beyond our labels.”
Five years ago, Amy Stone, a music student at A Place to Be who has cerebral palsy, developed the play with staff members because she wanted people to see her for more than just her disability and her wheelchair.
“We try to teach empathy and that we might look a little different, but we can still contribute to our communities,” said Stone, 20. “We are not our labels.”
The musical play is bookended by two songs performed by the whole ensemble. In an opening number, the performers hold cloud-shaped signs with their diagnoses: cerebral palsy, autism, fetal alcohol syndrome disorder, depression. They sing: “I’m not my label. I’m just me!”
The rest of the performance changes with every cast, with members sharing their experiences through monologues and with songs they wrote with the help of A Place to Be staff members.
For some in the cast, music has become a way to cope and express themselves. And for others, especially those whose disabilities are not readily apparent to others, performing the play is the first time they have widely shared their struggles.
On Thursday, one ensemble of 16 young people debuted its performance. A teenager with Asperger’s syndrome, a disorder on the autism spectrum, played guitar and sang a soulful tune about the pain of being stereotyped as antisocial. Two boys with autism performed a duet about sometimes having trouble understanding the world around them. A young woman who speaks with a heavy stutter made her way haltingly through a monologue before breaking out into song, singing without difficulty.
“When I sing, the words come out easily. Smoothly like butterflies in spring, my voice develops wings,” she sang.
Cast member Olivia Lang, 17, was diagnosed with a traumatic brain injury after narrowly surviving a car accident as a child. She has since struggled to focus and comprehend while at school, and some classmates have called her “dumb” and “stupid” — even after she tried to explain what happened to her. The Loudoun County High School student said she believes it is important to share her story, hoping it will inspire others to be kinder to their peers.
“When you have a brain injury, you often feel confused, frustrated, angry, tired and other emotions all at once,” Olivia told the audience. “I used to be mad at the world that I was different and that it happened to me. Now, surprisingly, I am thankful for everything I have learned through this, and I am more empathetic.”
Olivia said it was a cathartic experience, one that took a lot of courage.
“It takes a lot for someone to get up and say, ‘Here are my flaws,’ ” she said.
The play resonated with the pre-teen audience, inspiring students to open up in ways they rarely do. They shared stories of helping siblings and parents cope with disabilities and illnesses.
“I know what it’s like to be going through things,” one girl said, crying as she talked about her stepmother being diagnosed with breast cancer. “I think it’s inspiring that you guys have the courage to open up and tell your story.”
For some students, the experience opened their eyes to the silent struggles of their classmates. After one boy said that he is unable to make friends, a bevy of his classmates approached him to embrace him and pat him on the back.
“I’m so sorry. I never knew,” another girl said, wrapping her arms around him.
At school, where the desire to fit in and the pressure to conform and be “cool” can be overwhelming, it was a rare moment when self-consciousness melted away, said Farmwell Station assistant principal Tonya Edwards.
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California superior courts received more than 200,000 petitions for resentencing or applications for reclassification during the first 13 months after voters approved Proposition 47.
Roughly 206 drug courts serve residents in 53 of California’s 58 counties. By helping people with substance abuse issues repair their lives, drug courts divert those who could otherwise cycle repeatedly through the criminal justice system.
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At its public meeting on January 19, Judicial Council members heard a report that the use of evidence-based practices in pretrial risk assessment can reduce misconduct and failure to appear rates for criminal defendants.
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Start to finish: 40 minutes (15 minutes active)
4 navel oranges
1/4 cup smoked sweet paprika
2 tablespoons garlic powder
2 teaspoons chili powder
1 teaspoon kosher salt
1 teaspoon ground cumin
1 teaspoon ground dry ginger
1/4 cup honey
2 tablespoons chicken broth, white wine, orange juice or water
2 pounds boneless, skinless chicken thighs
1 cup mixed marinated olives, sliced
Heat the oven to 400 F. Coat a rimmed baking sheet with cooking spray.
Slice off and discard the ends of each orange. Cut each orange crosswise into 4 thick slices. Arrange the slices in a single layer over the baking sheet.
In a small bowl, mix together the paprika, garlic powder, chili powder, salt, cumin and ginger. Stir in the honey and broth to form a thick paste. Rub the paste thickly and completely over each chicken thigh, then set the thighs in an even layer over the orange slices. Scatter the olives over the chicken.
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I was thinking (as something to do after the robot’s completion) about creating a unit (or stand-alone program) that halfway through the packet transmission would pretty much say “Are the packets from the joystick still here? If not, go back and send another! If so, hall butt to the operator!”. Would this even be possible? Would it have to be a unit with the code flashed to an IC? I hope not. If it’s a good idea (which I doubt it is) please give me some pointers. If it’s not a good idea please explain why. Thanks!
you dont have any control over the access of the data from the receiver into the RC - that is taken care of (I believe) by another processor - it was last year anyway
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The department of Psychiatry at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) in Memphis, TN is seeking a Child & Adolescent Psychiatrist to join the faculty at the academic rank of Assistant Professor. This position entails clinical care based at Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital and Clinics and involves teaching and supervisory responsibility for Medical Students, General Psychiatry Residents, and Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellows. Protected time for research or academic development is an option for the appropriate candidate. The department can support J visa waiver and H-1B petition for appropriate applicants.
An MD or DO degree, completion of a general psychiatry residency and child and adolescent psychiatry fellowship, with eligibility for or board certification in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry are required. Successful applicants will require a license to practice as a physician in Tennessee, current DEA certification, and qualify for malpractice insurance. Applicants should have a demonstrated commitment to and knowledge of equal employment opportunity and affirmative action.
The Department of Psychiatry at UTHSC is a growing and thriving department that is actively recruiting faculty in several areas. The Department is highly collegial and has a strong commitment to diversity and inclusion. The University of Tennessee Health Science Center is the flagship statewide, public, academic health institution in Tennessee. Founded in 1911, the mission of the University of Tennessee Health Science Center is to improve the health and well-being of Tennesseans and the global community by fostering integrated, collaborative, and inclusive education, research, scientific discovery, clinical care, and public service. UTHSC is the largest educator of health care professionals in the state and operates the state’s largest residency and fellowship advanced training programs. Employing more than 4,600 people on its faculty, staff, and not-for-profit corporation faculty practice groups, and with more than 3,200 students across the state, UTHSC contributes $4 billion to the economy of Tennessee.
The department encourages applications from all qualified applicants and celebrates diversity in age, class, ethnicity, gender, physical and mental abilities, race, sexual orientation, spiritual practice and other human differences.
Located in West Tennessee on the banks of the Mississippi River, Memphis is the second-largest city in the state and among the largest cities in the Southeast. The Greater Memphis metropolitan area has more than 1.3 million residents, and the city ranks among those with the lowest cost of living in the country. It is home to a vibrant restaurant scene, a revitalized Downtown, the Midtown Arts District, many scenic neighborhoods, an active medical district, and a large influx of recent college graduates.
Memphis boasts attractions, including Elvis Presley’s Graceland, the Memphis Grizzlies, historic Beale Street, the National Civil Rights Museum, the second-largest urban county park in the United States, and the Memphis in May World Championship Barbecue Cooking Contest.
The University of Tennessee is an EEO/AA/Title VI/Title IX/Section 504/ADA/ADEA/V institution in the provision of its education and employment programs and services.
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About University of Tennessee Health Science Center
The University of Tennessee Health Science Center is the flagship state-wide, public, academic health institution in Tennessee. Founded in 1911, the mission of the University of Tennessee Health Science Center is to improve the health and wellbeing of Tennesseans and the global community by fostering integrated, collaborative, and inclusive education, research, scientific discovery, clinical care, and public service. Employing more than 4,600 people on its faculty, staff, and not for-profit corporation faculty practice groups, and with more than 3,200 students across the state, UTHSC contributes $4 billion to the economy of Tennessee.
Part of the University of Tennessee System, the Health Science Center is headquartered in Memphis and includes all six of UT's doctoral-degree-granting health science colleges -- Medicine, Dentistry, Pharmacy, Nursing, Graduate Health Sciences, and Health Professions. UTHSC spans the state with its four major, regional clinical health science locations in Memphis, Knoxville, Chattanooga, and Nashville, as well as more than 100 clinical education sites across Tennessee. UTHSC is the largest educator of health care professionals in the state and o...perates the state's largest residency and fellowship advanced training programs with over 1,400 residents, postdoctoral, and clinical fellows in training.

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The article presents the results of the research «Development methodology of international institutions effectiveness assessment, analysis and assessment of the G8 effectiveness and possibility of different reform models for realization of Russia's foreign policy priorities during global governance system crisis» conducted within the State University - Higher School of Economics plan of fundamental studies. Functional analysis methodology is used to assess G8 effectiveness in realization of global governance functions, priorities, cooperation with multilateral institutions and mechanisms. Special attention is given to dynamics of Russia's role in the G8 and the G8 effectiveness in Russia's priorities realization. The paper examines the G8 and the G20 comparative effectiveness. The research is based on the specialized data base of the G7/G8 and the G20 documents issued from 1998 to 2009 and special programme for their analysis.
Publication presents the authors' view of the key events of the past year and a forecast of development in Russia's foreign policy.
Since the moment Ukraine acquired independence, cooperation with the EU has been developing unevenly. In 1994 Ukraine became the first country from the former Union Republics, which signed with the EU the Partnership Agreement, Ve and cooperation. This agreement foreshadowed considerable economic benefits for Ukraine. However, the The establishment of partnership relations between Ukraine and the EU began much later. Declaration of state Managerial decisions, weak functional and institutional consolidation of the priority of the Euro- The low level of professionalism of civil servants and the lack of knowledge in the field of European integration negatively affected the implementation of the concluded agreement. The agreement signed in 1994 entered into force only on March 1, 1998, when trade relations with Ukraine Have retreated to the background. In a December 2001 European Commission statement, it was noted that priority Tasks in Ukraine is the fight against AIDS, tuberculosis, illegal migration and organized crime. Tion. By the level of social and economic development, Ukraine lagged far behind many countries of the subregion, The level of the national economy was lower not only relative to European countries, but also to many developing countries Countries. It seems that this situation is due to the fact that Ukraine in the first 10 years of independence is not Has conducted no effective economic reform. We believe that the European Union at that time was not It is advantageous to direct large amounts of money to solve the problems of the unstable Ukrainian economy.
The paper analyses the process of establishment and development of the national system of international development assistance in Russia. The analysis covers the period starting from 2005 when key national priorities for international development assistance were defined and amounts of foreign aid were substantially increased on the threshold of Russia’s G8 Presidency preparations. The emerging structure of governance, the aid flows and amounts of allocated ODA, as well as the funding priorities in the sphere of development assistance are described on the basis of the analysis of official documents, statements and speeches of officials, reports of international institutions, and statistics available for public access. Russia’s participation in multilateral international organizations and institutions in the sphere of development cooperation is also considered. Drawing on the results of the analysis the author proposes recommendations for further development of the national system of international development assistance in Russia.
The reader describes various aspects of the international position of Russia and its policy in the beginning of the 21st century. The general problems of international relations in the present-day polycentric world are discussed.
This book aims to explain the reasons behind Russia’s international conduct in the post-Soviet era, examining threat perceptions and national security doctrines. Serguning analyzes Russian foreign policy discourse with a particular focus on the major foreign policy schools of Atlanticism, Eurasianism, derzhavniki, realpolitik, geopolitics, neo-Marxism, radical nationalism, and post-positivism. The author critically assesses the evolution of Russian foreign policy decision-making over the last 25 years and analyzes the roles of various governmental agencies, interest groups and subnational actors. Concluding that a foreign policy consensus is gradually emerging in contemporary Russia, Sergunin demonstrates that Russian foreign policy discourse aims not only at the formulation of an international strategy but also the search for a new national identity. Sergunin argues that Russia’s current domestic situation, defined by numerous socio-economic, inter-ethnic, demographic, environmental, and other problems, dictates the need to abandon superpower ambitions and to set modest foreign policy goals.
This article accounts for the revival of geopolitics in Russian post-Soviet foreign policy thinking and also for the fact that geopolitics-inspired foreign policy prescriptions had relatively little impact on the actual conduct of Russian foreign policy. It is argued that classical geopolitics was revived in Russia in order to objectively present the dissolution of the Soviet Union as a crisis. The crisis, in turn, was constructed using a number of themes first articulated by classical Eurasians, namely ideology, modernisation and Russia's distinctiveness. However, geopolitical thinking had little practical relevance because the solution to the crisis was eventually conceptualized in non-geopolitical terms.
The article analyses worsening of the US-Russia Relations in 2012. It discusses domestic and foreign policy reasons of the relations deterioration, explores the nature of the relations, and provides forecast for the near- and middle-term future. The paper also provides analyses of the model of "selective pragmatic cooperation" between the US and Russia, which emerged by the biginning of 2013.
The article analyzes main trends of the international cooperation between Russia and Germany in the field of innovative development and modernization.

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An automated brick laying system (10) for constructing a building from a plurality of bricks (16) comprises a robot (12) provided with a brick laying and adhesive applying head (18), a measuring system (13), and a controller (14) that provides control data to the robot (12) to lay the bricks (16) at predetermined locations. The measuring system (13) measures in real time the position of the head (18) and produces position data for the controller (14). The controller (14) produces control data on the basis of a comparison between the position data and a predetermined or pre-programmed position of the head (18) to lay a brick (16) at a predetermined position for the building under construction. The controller (14) can control the robot (12) to construct the building in a course by course manner where the bricks (16) are laid sequentially at their respective predetermined positions and where a complete course of bricks for the entire building is laid prior to laying of the brick for the next course.


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Gntm Season 17. Besonders bei den models gibt es. The start date of the 17th season of “germany’s next top model” has been set.
Explore the latest videos from hashtags. Little by little more and more details about the new season are leaking out including the first information about the candidates. Staffel germanys next topmodel gntm startet am 3.
It’s a phenomenon that’s been booming on social media since the first episode of gntm: The candidates were small, large, tattooed, young and old. Gntm 2022 1273m views discover short videos related to gntm 2022 on tiktok.
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Heidi klum, 48, and her new model candidates are from february 3, 2022 seen on the tv screens. It had already been hinted at in recent seasons. The second episode of season 17 aired on thursday night.
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Heidi klum welcomes the 31 gntm candidates in season 17 in athens. From february 3, 2022, germany’s next topmodel will. In episode one, the candidates have to convince the audience directly at a fashion show in the historic zappeion in athens, and then it’s on to the greek island of mykonos.
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2023 Toyota Tundra: What We Know So Far
2023 Toyota Tundra Redesign – The automotive world, especially cars, seems to be endless in innovating and updating its new products. This is proven by the existence of various new products that continue to be presented every year by every automotive company.
Several products are also planned to be launched in the coming year, such as the Toyota Tundra. This car includes a new generation present in 2023 and has become a topic of conversation today. Moreover, various news until leaks about the new car has been circulating.
In 2023, the Toyota Tundra is expected to be launched with various visual enhancements that are very attractive. In general, it looks like a more stylish pickup truck than some previous models. Users of these types of cars will certainly look forward to the latest models that are more attractive and stylish.
The car uses a new modular platform that supports several other vehicles, such as the 4Runner, Tacoma, and Sequoia. You can also find leaks about the image on the internet where the visual appearance does look more stylish. On the wheels and the writing uses the TRD Pro variant, which is oriented towards offroad.
What’s New 2023 Toyota Tundra
This car is rumoured to be using the latest twin-turbo V6 and a medium hybrid version. Although this is just a rumour, it seems that the news is very good for pickup users with a more favourable appearance. The exterior has a significant change compared to other types of Toyota pickups.
2023 Toyota Tundra Redesign
In 2023 Toyota Tundra seems to be making a pretty positive impression with a completely new front end. In general, the design will remind you of the 4Runner SUV. The front has a large black grille with hexagonal openings, and the Toyota brand is displayed quite large.
There is an LED light bar under the Toyota logo as well as a much smaller LED headlight. The fender extension is black with a relatively simple appearance and is enhanced with pretty black wheels.
We hope that the upcoming model of this car can provide better comfort than several types of pickups that are almost similar to this type. The seating layout is maintained the same as the previous type of car. Each passenger can sit comfortably with a size of 657 inches of shoulder space in the front.
In 2023 this Toyota Tundra can also provide comfort with 65.6-inch rear shoulder space. The model chosen is a double cab, so this pickup car can still support you if you need more space. Some elements of the previous model are retained in this type of Tundra.
There is an Apple Carplay Smartphone or Android auto intro, which can allow connection with smartphone mobile devices. In addition, there is standard safety equipment such as safety sense P Toyota which uses pre-collision warning, automatic emergency braking, adaptive cruise control, automatic headlights, and others.
Engine, Transmission, and Performance
Actually, until now, there has been no official information about the engine of this car. Little information is that this truck will introduce several new powertrains to replace the old 5.7 version. The twin-turbo V6 model is also basically used by some Toyota types.
This powertrain is capable of producing almost the same number of horses as the variant it replaces. Unfortunately, the engine that will be used by the truck is not very clear and specific. But the point is that in 2023 Toyota Tundra will use a reasonably sophisticated engine to support activities with a sufficiently dense pickup car.
2023 Toyota Tundra Release Date
Recently, leaked images of this new type of car have been circulating mainly through the internet. Unfortunately, the idea is not officially from Toyota. According to news circulating, the release date is 2023, but there is no specific time of information leaking, and the price is estimated at $50,000.
According to the information above, it is estimated that in 2023 Toyota Tundra will be one of the most awaited cars, especially for pickup car users and fans. Even based on the circulating image, it looks possible for use off-road purposes. The car is undoubtedly solid and reliable with a reasonably stylish design.


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With the recent release and popularity of director Jordan Peele’s horror film “Us,” there has been controversy surrounding his decision to publicly announce that he likely won’t hire a white male actor as a lead in his movies.
An absolute uproar has labeled Peele’s decision as a racist gesture against white actors and actresses looking for major roles to play. However, this isn’t the first time something like this has been said by a well-known movie director.
Woody Allen has said almost the same exact thing, except he excluded black actors and actresses from his movies unless the role calls for it.
Both of these directors can be seen as saying something inherently racist, but only one has been called out on it and garnered negative attention and criticism.
The double standards that people of color are held to as directors and actors bring to light the issues that have gone unseen and largely ignored by the general public and movie fans for decades.
As the movie industry continues to remain predominantly white in actors and actresses who play leading roles in films and TV shows, the instances in which someone of color succeeds is scrutinized and dissected far more than their white counterparts.
White male actors have continuously been chosen to play ethnically diverse roles in movies over actors of the portrayed ethnicity and no one bats an eye at the usually white directors’ choices.
Tom Cruise in “The Last Samurai” and Jake Gyllenhaal in “Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time” are both perfect examples of white male actors being chosen to play ethnicities to which they do not belong.
This is the main reason why the public tends to overlook instances when white actors/actresses and directors do or say implicitly racist things, and instead point it out when people of color are put in the spotlight for doing the same things.
Fellow actress Lupita Nyong’o from “Us” commented about taking inspiration from a neurological disorder to base her movie character on, and like Peele’s comment, she is equally feeling backlash about her profiting off of someone’s real-life problem.
But again, this all seems like something familiar that has been done a dozen times before in TV shows and movies, and it has been.
In the movie “Forrest Gump,” a white male actor uses a physical handicap to further the plot as a heart-wrenching, coming-of-age story and in “The Good Doctor,” a white male actor uses a mental disability to prove the world wrong about his own potential and self-worth to heal people.
In these instances, capitalizing on real-life problems that people go through have made them audience favorites.
Ignoring the fact that mental illnesses and disabilities are accepted and praised by white directors while the same thing can be criticized and attacked by black directors makes the public blind to the implications behind what the movie industry is predicated on.


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Urinary neurotransmitter testing is a test that is commonly run by naturopaths and functional medicine doctors. By assessing the amount of different neurotransmitter metabolites in the urine, the doctor hopes to ascertain if the patient has a neurotransmitter deficiency. This is an iffy topic, even in the world of functional medicine. On the one hand, you have doctors who are super gun-ho about it and run these tests frequently. Then there’s those in my camp- those of us who don’t think this testing is terribly useful or accurate. Alas, I suppose there are disagreements even in the world of functional medicine.
The problems I see with urinary neurotransmitter testing are as follows:
1. Urinary neurotransmitter metabolites don’t necessarily correlate with the levels of neurotransmitters in the brain. Since there are tons of neurotransmitters elsewhere in the body and all of the bodily fluids eventually get filtered into the urine by the kidneys, there is no way to know where these metabolites are coming from. For example, the majority of serotinin and dopamine are found in the gastrointestinal tract, not the brain! Acetylcholine is found at each neuromuscular junction in your body as well as the hippocampus in the brain.
2. Many neurotransmitters are recycled (we in the biz call this “re-uptake”) on-site, so their metabolites generally don’t get excreted in the blood or urine. Serotonin is one such neurotransmitter, while Acetylcholine is broken down after each use.
3. The activity of neurotransmitters is dependent on numerous things- not just the amount of neurotransmitter available. Things like anemia, high blood sugar, inflammation, autoimmune disease, and poor nutrition are much more likely to affect the brain before a blatant neurotransmitter deficiency problem sets in. For that matter, any of those things can cause a neurotransmitter imbalance and must be addressed in treatment.
4. Neurotransmitters do different things in different parts of the brain and body. For example, Dopamine can be excitatory or inhibitory, depending on which receptor is activated and which pathway is stimulated. GABA is found in numerous places in the brain including the frontal lobe, basal ganglia, and cerebellum and is involved in a variety of different pathways. GABA is always inhibitory, but can inhibit excitatory or inhibitory pathways, which may make its’ overall effect either excitatory or inhibitory.
All that being said, there is a time and a place for the use of neurotransmitter-specific supplements and treatments… I just think that testing for urinary neurotransmitters is a waste of time and money. Below is my general approach when assessing neurotransmitter function.
1. Patients in my office fill out the Neurotransmitter Assessment Form prior to their first appointment. This form looks at clusters of symptoms that are indicative of neurotransmitter imbalances.
2. I address Overall Brain Health first and foremost in my office. I know this sounds like a really wishy-washy topic, but it’s surprisingly important. Neurons (brain cells) need three basic things to survive: Oxygen, fuel (glucose, ketones), and stimulation. This is why ruling out things like anemia, high blood pressure, excessively low blood pressure, blood sugar problems, and hemisphericity needs to be part of the work up for anyone suspecting neurotransmitter imbalance. Many hormones have the ability to globally affect brain function, so thyroid problems and hormonal imbalance should be checked for, too. Even inflammation, digestive problems, food sensitivities, and gut bacteria imbalances can have a tremendous impact on the brain and it’s ability to function.
3. Last but not least, if the topics addressed in step two have not resolved the patient’s symptoms and they still present with signs of neurotransmitter imbalance I may choose to supplement accordingly. Generally I use combination supplements that include precursor amino acids, vitamins and co-factors needed to make neurotransmitters, and herbs that boost that activity of different receptors.
If you or somebody you know is interested in working with a functional medicine doctor please call my office at (919) 238-4094 and see if we are the right fit for you. Infinity Holistic Healthcare is located in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, part of the Raleigh-Durham “triangle” area.

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OTTAWA, Ont. — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is set to appoint Nicholas Kasirer, a Quebec Court of Appeal judge and former McGill University professor, to the Supreme Court of Canada.
It is the first appointment made under a new process that gives the Quebec government a much greater say in appointments of Quebec-based SCC judges. It is Trudeau’s third appointment to the court, following Malcolm Rowe in 2016 and Sheilah Martin in 2017. Kasirer will take the place of Clement Gascon, who announced his retirement earlier this year for health and family reasons.
Kasirer’s appointment is not a surprise, as his name had been floated by many people as a potential choice. However, some thought Trudeau might appoint a woman to give the SCC its first ever majority of female judges.
A special joint meeting of the House of Commons justice committee and the Senate legal affairs committee will take place on July 25, where Kasirer will take questions from MPs and senators.
Kasirer has been on the Quebec Court of Appeal since 2009. Prior to that, he was dean of the McGill University law faculty, where he’d taught since 1989.
“Justice Kasirer has led an exceptional career as a judge and professor, earning the esteem of his peers in Canada and around the world,” said a news release from Trudeau’s office. It also noted Kasirer is “perfectly bilingual.”
Sen. Pierre Dalphond, a former Quebec Court of Appeal judge appointed to the Senate last year, said in a statement that he was among those who invited Kasirer to apply to the Quebec court in 2009. He said the SCC is gaining an “exceptional legal expert, both in civil and common law, a great listener, who is curious and open-minded, an elegant writing style, an experienced appeal judge, and a man with collegial spirit.”
In an extensive resume and questionnaire posted online , Kasirer put emphasis on his expertise in Quebec’s civil code. “I have sought to direct the greatest part of my energies as a jurist to the study of Quebec civil law as a vibrant legal tradition in Canada, relevant not just to this province, but potentially to the legal identity of the whole country,” he wrote in the questionnaire.
Asked about the appropriate role for a judge in a constitutional democracy, Kasirer said it is a balancing act between being cautious, but also confident.
“Mindful that overbroad statements of new law can later inhibit courts faced with an unwieldy precedent, incremental change through appellate ‘law-making,’ in the grand common law tradition, is generally the preferred, cautious path,” he wrote.
“At the same time, the call to caution is complemented by an unspoken injunction for judges to take up their public duty by showing imagination, and indeed some courage, in the pursuit of justice. Judges enjoy independence, and the presumption of impartiality, so they can resist the sway of public opinion in setting out their sense of what the law should be.”
He concluded that caution and confidence are “not incompatible — there is an immense satisfaction in moving law resolutely forward, but only so far forward as is necessary to solve the problem at hand, leaving the rest for another day.”
In recognition of Quebec’s civil code, the province has three seats on the Supreme Court of Canada. Kasirer is the first chosen through a new process that allows the Quebec government to have greater say in the appointment — a privilege not afforded to other provinces.
The new process allows the provincial government to name two members to a committee compiling a shortlist, and then also allows Quebec’s premier to make a recommendation based on that shortlist. In a parallel process, Justice Minister David Lametti makes his own recommendation. The final decision rests with Trudeau.
After the appointment was announced, Quebec justice minister Sonia Lebel told Quebec media she was happy with the choice, indicating Kasirer was the provincial government’s preferred choice. Montreal-based La Presse also reported that Kasirer was indeed Quebec’s first choice.
Speaking to the National Post in May, Lametti — who also taught law at McGill University — said he was “quite proud” of the new process to involve Quebec.
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Lyme Disease Conference, May 4, 2019 Report
Southern Tier Lyme Support Inc. (hereafter, STLS) and Binghamton University (hereafter BU) co-hosted our fifth annual Lyme disease conference on May 4, 2019.
Pre Conference Activities
Last year, in Broome County, Lyme disease diagnoses jumped 36%. Over the previous five years, Lyme diagnoses increased 525%. Given these numbers, we felt we needed to augment our efforts to spread awareness of Lyme disease.
The owners of the Security Mutual Building, an iconic landmark in Binghamton, illuminated the exterior of the building in green light during the week leading up to the conference.
On May 2, members of STLS planted 400 green flags on the courthouse lawn, one flag for each person reported to have been diagnosed with Lyme in our area. After the flags were planted, a press conference was held. Speakers included two state legislators and the County Executive for Broome County. An important focus of the press conference was on the NY state legislature’s failure to fund Lyme disease research in the recently enacted budget. In the previous year, the legislature had provided $1 million in funding.
On Friday, May 3, STLS hosted a meeting for Lyme community leaders throughout NY state. The purpose of the meeting was to better share knowledge and resources on key Lyme disease advocacy issues.
Lyme Disease Conference
189 persons attended the all-day event. In addition, there were 36 volunteers plus another 20 university students who provided poster presentations.
The conference included 16 Lyme disease related vendors. In addition, BU conducted blood draws, part of the university’s program to establish a biobank of samples from patients with documented Lyme disease and other tick-borne illnesses.
The conference included ten guest speakers, who spoke on a wide range of Lyme disease topics. Dr. Kenneth Liegner, the featured speaker gave a talk on chronic Lyme disease. Each lecture was well attended. We are attaching a list of speakers, and their lecture topics.
All of the lectures were recorded. They will be aired on our website, once the editing has been completed.
We are extremely grateful to ILADS for your organization’s support for the conference!
President, Southern Tier Lyme Support


The president of the United States of America likes to win. So does his base supporters. They like the feeling of winning so much that it has become one of the major metrics of success in politics for Trum, his base and a big part of the Republican party. Winning, as it turns out, can come in many forms, but it always entails Trump sticking it to some group or person. In fact, winning to them can happen even without anything substantial being gained by anyone within the group just as long as another group, most likely ”liberals” (aka libtards) gets ”owned” (another thing Trump supporters love is when Trump ”owns” someone).
Now, a more adult and sober idea of success in politics would involve policy making that is beneficial to every citizen, and it’s not a bad thing if it turns out to benefit some who are not as well. Sure, you have to win the election, but after that, and after taking the oath to do so, most presidents move on to the role of trying to be a president for all of the people. Even though your more everyday politician may not always be able to implement policy that are gainful to everyone, she will try to make it so for as many as possible while avoiding hurting others. No politician in their right mind, up until recently would think of enacting policy that only serves to hurt specific groups or individuals without any benefit to anyone outside of the satisfaction of seeing people they dislike getting hurt.
Because this is what a large part of Trumps base is about – they dislike what they perceive as an ”elite” with such fervor that they go positively off the rails when their president says those things they have themselves shouted at the TV hundreds of times. Now, ironically, Trump is the one who was born into wealth, not Hillary, but still, Hillary Clinton to these people is the ultimate symbol of everything they hate. These people despise and disrespect higher education and scientific rationality. They hate the notion of a changing global economy which they see just as an excuse for immigrants stealing their jobs. They hate the progressive political center which wants to use the political platform to enact changes, not minimize it as they claim they want – again ironic considering the lengths to which Donald Trump go to strengthen his own centralized power. They hate immigrants and people of color and they hate anyone who doesn’t hate immigrants and people of color. All in all, these people are very aware of what they hate and they execute their hatred with passion, but what they don’t have are solutions. That is, progressive legislation that may improve upon the situation that make them so resentful. Why is this?
First of all, we have to understand who these people are. This have been established very well during the last couple of years so I won’t go into great detail and I will be generalizing a lot: These people are white, they are predominantly male, even though there are some females, in those cases often close relatives to males who fit the archetype. They have little or no education, live where they grew up, which is in rural US, likely somewhere where the once major employer was a big industry, mine or power plant which is no longer in operation. In many ways, these men are the big losers of the major shift in the world economy during the last decades where the jobs they hade are growing more and more scarce in rich western nations. They have been following in the footsteps of their father and fathers father which made them part of the middle class but now the formula no longer works. They feel entitled to the same rewards for the same efforts, but aren’t getting them. Someone must be to blame for this, and yes, of course there are factors which all add up to this situation, but those factors are often outside of the comprehension of these men.
They have been provided with far more simple targets in the form of immigrants, politicians, academics who thinks they know better than them. by the liberals who wants to take away their guns etc. They blame these groups for everything that is not what they feel it should be in their lives. They feel that if they themselves can’t be well off, then by god no one else should either! And thus the urge for hurting those groups they hate, even when they themselves get nothing material out of it.
Now this is by no means unique for the US. In pretty much every western nation of today there are groups of people who for one reason or another have failed to adapt to society changing around them, or have been unable (or unwilling) to face the demands modern western society puts on its members. We live in large expensive houses or apartments, drive cars, have fancy phones, TV-sets, you name it. We expect that we should have all of this, we feel entitled. But in a more global economy, we as individuals have been much more susceptible to competition. No longer can we expect to make ten times as much money or more than someone from another country simply because we are born in Europe or North America. We have to provide a value which makes the cost of hiring us worth while and if we can’t we will have to be willing to lower our standards. For people who have up until recently been (and in many ways still are) among the privileged few who realize they no longer possess this position by default this is a chock and with it follows anger, denial, sadness, and hopefully at some point finally acceptans and finding a way forward. These people feel cheated out of their birthright so to speak and are grasping for a cause of their plight. This is of course the age old, golden opportunity for populists to come along and provide one or several scapegoats – often based in fears and tensions already among the population – and to give voice to what they feel. The sense that finally someone is noticing them and speaking for them and is even suggesting a fix to the problem that goes right along the lines you always felt is of course extremely satisfying and liberating. Historically however, we have seen how badly things can get out of hand if these sentiments are taken all the way – and since there is no substance other than resentment and false explanations the goal can never be reached, giving the possibility to spin the same story over and over.
It is extremely difficult to come up with a solution to a problem like this. Though parts of the explanation for why things are changing are straightforward (you’ve been replaced by a worker in China or a robot) some are absolutely not and to understand the full picture of the global economy and why it is developing in the way ti is requires a lot more knowledge than what the average person, even those with academic aptitude is willing and able to take in. Saying to someone – ”Your reasoning is wrong but I can’t explain why because you are to uneducated” hardly ever leads to the results one would hope for (unless those results entail a fist fight). And unlike other complex fields such as astrophysics or molecular biology which we can safely ignore and trust the scientists to handle, the democratic system demands of us that we make informed decisions about sometimes complex issues. The fact that the real issues are to complex for even many of the politicians to grasp fully, let alone have a debate that will entice people to listen about is part of the reason why election debates often tend to revolve around totally inane issues while no one touches the more difficult issues which are actually important. The system of electing representatives are supposed to shield us from having to make a stance on every single issue, the problem is still that the skills it takes to get elected have nothing to do with the skills it takes to comprehend the intricacies of national economics or governing a nation. I wish I could say I had a simple solution, but I don’t. I just know that no positive change will come from ”winning” more in politics.


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The addition of a citizenship question to the 2020 Census is just one more way that Republicans are trying to undermine democratic elections in America, as well as a way to strip federal money from states that don’t share the same visceral hatred for immigrants which has defined the Trump administration. Not surprisingly, the decision is getting some getting pushback.
Last night, California Attorney General Xavier Becerra filed a lawsuit almost immediately after the announcement that his state would sue the Trump administration. And tonight, the New York Times reports that New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman (a frequent foe of the Trump administration) would lead a coalition of states in suing the administration over the question.
Other states who said they’d join New York’s effort are Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New Mexico, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island and Washington.
The Commerce Department led by Secretary Wilbur Ross argues that “having citizenship data at the census block level will permit more effective enforcement of the [Voting Rights Act],” which is rather disingenuous considering the Trump administration has relentlessly attacked voting rights over the past fourteen months.
Schneiderman said in a statement said that adding the citizenship question to the Census would threaten “billions in federal funding for New York as well as fair representation in Congress and the Electoral College.”
“A fair and accurate count of all people in America is one of the federal government’s most solemn constitutional obligations,” Schneiderman said. “The Trump Administration’s reckless decision to suddenly abandon nearly 70 years of practice by demanding to know the citizenship status of each resident counted cuts to the heart of this sacred obligation – and will create an environment of fear and distrust in immigrant communities that would make impossible both an accurate Census and the fair distribution of federal tax dollars.”

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Oprah Winfrey says she's not a lesbian, not even a little bit.
Her long personal and professional connection with Gayle King has sparked rumors that they are gay, but Winfrey denies it in an upcoming interview with ABC's Barbara Walters.
"I'm not even kind of a lesbian," Winfrey says.
Persistent gossip to the contrary annoys her, she says, explaining that, if it were true, "Why would you want to hide it? That is not the way I run my life."
Asked to describe her relationship with King, Winfrey calls her "the mother I never had, the sister everybody would want. She is the friend that everybody deserves." Winfrey's eyes moisten and her voice chokes as she adds, "I don't know a better person."
Winfrey will end her daytime talk show next spring and, on Jan. 1, is launching a cable channel, the Oprah Winfrey Network.
That new venture has given her moments of panic.
"I would wake up in the middle of the night literally like clutching my chest, like, 'What have I done?'" she tells Walters.
"A Barbara Walters Special: Oprah, The Next Chapter" will air Thursday at 9 p.m. Eastern. Walters showed a clip of the interview during an appearance on "Good Morning America" this morning: