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Emergency Medical Technicians in St. Croix and St. Thomas, employees critical to responding to emergencies across the territory, today staged a sick out, leaving the Department of Health scrambling to find individuals to replace them, the Consortium can confirm.
Two EMTs — both of whom requested anonymity — told this publication Tuesday morning that the sick out, which saw roughly 15 EMTs in St. Croix and about 16 in St. Thomas deciding not to show up to work, was a coordinated effort to get the Department of Health and other stakeholders to make good on their promise of effectuating long-promised wage increases.
“It’s about broken promises. For the last two months we have been hearing every payday that we’re getting our money, and the merge was supposed to be effective October 1 and we were told that we were going to get our money before October 1,” said one of the two EMTs. “Payday came, today is Tuesday, and up to now nobody has come and addressed the problem. They got a letter from the union on Friday; it was cc’d to all 15 senators. It was sent to Human Resources and it was also sent to [Commissioner Justa Encarnacion’s] office, and up to now nobody has addressed the problem.”
Justa Encarnacion, commissioner of D.O.H., confirmed the sick out to the Consortium this afternoon. “You are correct. The EMTs in both districts have called out sick. Besides a “sick” call there have been no specific reason for the action. However, we have deduced the cause to be wage-increase related as a result of discussions had between EMTs, HR and D.O.H. leadership. We have been successful in covering the shifts thus far with the dedication of the EMT supervisors, few staff and the assistance of [VI Fire Service] Director Daryl George and his EMTs. We will continue this effort to secure the health and safety of our community members,” Ms. Encarnacion said.
The commissioner said D.O.H. was working to resolve the matter as soon as possible. “Since the action may gravely impact the health and well-being of each of us, we are working with the Office of Collective Bargaining. We are also continuing to process the appropriate documents to ensure their increase is seen as soon as possible. Our HR division is currently working on NOPAs for wage-increases for EMS and other D.O.H. employees. We are hoping that the increase is seen in one to three pay periods since each NOPA is completed individually,” she said.
The other EMT confirmed the first EMT’s comment relative to why the sick out action was taken. “One of the reasons is the pay increase,” said the EMT. This EMT also said the merger has caused some confusion as to who has control over the EMTs.
In July, Government House said the Office of the Governor, the Department of Health and the Virgin Islands Fire Service were moving forward with plans to integrate D.O.H.’s Emergency Medical Service (EMS) with the Virgin Islands Fire Service on Oct. 1 to form what is now called the Virgin Islands Fire and Emergency Medical Service (V.I.F.E.M.S.).
Today’s protest action is the second in under a month. On Sept. 16, corrections officers at the Bureau of Corrections on St. Croix called out sick, an action that was taken, according to the corrections officers, in protest of the government’s failure to reach a new collective bargaining agreement.
Yet while the protest actions taken were identical in nature, the situations with the B.O.C. employees and the D.O.H. E.M.T.s are different, according to Office of Collective Bargaining Chief Negotiator Joss Springette.
“The EMTs’ contract is effective until 2023; that’s different from the corrections officers whose contract was partially negotiated and needs to be completed,” Ms. Springette said. She said the actions were similar “in the fact that they called out sick, but the [EMTs’] contract is current.”

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System Biosciences Announces License of ExoQuick® Technology to QIAGEN
PRESS RELEASE: System Biosciences (SBI), a leading provider of exosome research tools and services,
announced today that QIAGEN, a leading global provider of Sample to Insights solutions for molecular diagnostics and life sciences, has signed a non-exclusive, worldwide license for SBI's patented ExoQuick® technology for research use. QIAGEN intends to use the ExoQuick technology in precipitation-based miRCURY™ products complementing its leading portfolio of spin column-based exoEasy and exoRNeasy product lines.
"QIAGEN's license demonstrates the value of ExoQuick technology for high-throughput, scalable isolation of exosomes from a range of biofluid samples," said Jake Lesnik, Vice President of Commercial Development at SBI. "The license agreement also demonstrates SBI’s commitment to protecting its proprietary ExoQuick technology, which is used by thousands of researchers globally for fast and efficient exosome isolation."
Once thought to be little more than a way for cells to offload waste, exosomes (small extracellular vesicles ranging in size from 30 – 200 nm) are a rapidly expanding area of study in basic research, biomarker discovery and therapeutic delivery. These extracellular vesicles function as signal carriers and tissue re-shapers through their cargo of RNA, proteins, and lipids, and are involved in a wide range of healthy and pathogenic processes including cancer, inflammation, immunity, CNS function, and cardiac cell function. Exosomes are found in a wide range of biofluids, including serum, plasma, ascites fluid, urine, saliva and tissue culture media, and are considered a rich source of material for biomarker discovery, including for liquid biopsy diagnostic development.
In 2009, the team at SBI recognized the great potential of exosomes and developed the first commercial exosome isolation kit, ExoQuick. In the intervening years, the ExoQuick family of products has gone on to be cited in over 600 peer-reviewed scientific publications, making it the most published exosome isolation reagent in the world. SBI remains focused on refining and enhancing its exosome isolation technology to continue to support the growing exosome research community.
About System Biosciences (SBI)
System Biosciences (SBI), a Palo Alto, CA-based life science research reagents company, is a global leader in providing exosome research technology, with an extensive portfolio of exosome research tools and services. In addition to ExoQuick and ExoQuick-TC®, SBI offers a broad range of reagents and services for exosome characterization, biomarker discovery and engineering, including ExoFBS™, ExoFlow™, Exo-fect™, and ExoGlow™ technologies, as well as Exo-NGS™ and ExoMS™ services for exosomal RNA-Seq and proteomics analysis, respectively. SBI is also a pioneer in gene delivery technologies, including lentiviral, Minicircle, piggyBac™ and other gene delivery platforms. For more information, visit the SBI website at www.systembio.com.
QIAGEN N.V., a Netherlands-based holding company, is the leading global provider of Sample to Insight solutions that enable customers to gain valuable molecular insights from samples containing the building blocks of life. Our sample technologies isolate and process DNA, RNA and proteins from blood, tissue and other materials. Assay technologies make these biomolecules visible and ready for analysis. Bioinformatics software and knowledge bases interpret data to report relevant, actionable insights. Automation solutions tie these together in seamless and cost-effective workflows. QIAGEN provides solutions to more than 500,000 customers around the world in Molecular Diagnostics (human healthcare), Applied Testing (primarily forensics), Pharma (pharma and biotech companies) and Academia (life sciences research). As of December 31, 2017, QIAGEN employed approximately 4,700 people in over 35 locations worldwide. Further information can be found at http://www.qiagen.com.

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Jamie xx has shared a new remix of the xx’s “On Hold.” It debuted on Annie Mac’s BBC Radio 1 show earlier today. Listen to it below. “On Hold” was the first single to be released from the xx’s most recent album I See You. Jamie xx has a history of releasing edits and remixes of his own band’s songs. His solo album, In Colour, was released in 2015. The xx recently stopped by the BBC Radio 1 Live Lounge to perform a cover of Justin Timberlake’s “My Love.”
Revisit our feature, “I’ll Be Your Mirror: How the xx Found Themselves—and Their Vibrant New Sound—in Each Other,” as well as our 2015 interview with Jamie xx.

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Achalasia is an oesophageal smooth muscle motility disorder:
- failure of relaxation at the lower oesophageal sphincter
- progressive dilatation, tortuosity, incoordination of peristalsis and hypertrophy of the oesophagus
- functional obstruction at the lower end of the oesophagus.
Achalasia may occur at any age but particularly in the second to fifth decade of life with peak incidence between ages 30 to 60 years. Males and females are affected equally (1,2).
Annual incidence is about 1 per 100,000 and prevalence of 10 per 100,000 (1).
- (1) Momodu II, Wallen JM. Achalasia. [Updated 2021 Aug 9]. In: StatPearls [Internet]. Treasure Island (FL): StatPearls Publishing; 2022 Jan. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK519515/ - article-17083.s4 (accessed 21 January 2022)
- (2) Vaezi MF, Pandolfino JE, Yadlapati RH, Greer KB, Kavitt RT. ACG Clinical Guidelines: Diagnosis and Management of Achalasia. Am J Gastroenterol. 2020 Sep;115(9):1393-1411. doi: 10.14309/ajg.0000000000000731. PMID: 32773454.
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My name is Niamh McDonnell.
I am a photographer from Co. Monaghan, Ireland.
This is my story.
I left school mere months before I was due to take my Leaving Certificate exams due to mental health issues. I had no idea where my life was going to go.
I became isolated from the outside world. It was a dark and hopeless time. The simplest tasks became major chores; even leaving the house to walk the dog was a daunting experience. I had to dig deep and force myself to do those things that many people take for granted.
On those walks with my dog, I began to notice the world around me in a new way. I became aware of the light, shadows and shapes in front of me. I bought a digital camera and I began to capture the things I saw. In photography I found a new means of being present in the world and a way of expressing myself. I photographed everything I could and began to notice my own unique voice coming through. The images I produced were imbued with a depth, meaning and emotion that I sometimes wasn’t even aware of until I looked back at them later. William Faulkner said, “I never know what I think about something until I read what I've written on it.” I find myself in a similar situation. I know what I feel when I look at the photograph I have taken.
In time I allowed others to see my work and was encouraged by their responses. This helped me to grow in confidence, and with this confidence came a desire to do more, to push myself and to learn everything I could.
I joined a photography night class and for the first time was able to spend time with people who were equally interested in and enthusiastic about photography. I brought my portfolio to class and shared it with my tutor. He was impressed and excited by my work.
That was the beginning for me.
I find inspiration in the small things in life. I enjoy noticing the often overlooked and bringing it to people's attention. I see beauty where others might not. I like to show what maybe someone else wouldn't have noticed, and I hope that in those things they recognise part of themselves.
Over the years I have found and lost the muse numerous times. There was a period of years where I never even touched a camera.
Thankfully the muse has returned and at the moment I am seeing beauty all around me.

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Photograph by Dennis Stierer, Lockport, NY
Dr. Penney began to collect art in 1934 when he was given a watercolor by artist Robert Blair, his Sunday school teacher. Over the years Dr. Penney's collecting interests expanded until he had put together 100 collections, ranging from the art of Western New York to World's Fair and Exposition souvenirs, from Staffordshire figures to coat hangers, and from quilts to Mr. Peanuts memorabilia. Dr. Penney's collections grew in size and quality, as well as number, and by the 1960s he had completely devoted his life to his collections, which by then had received national and international recognition. Many of the items from the Charles Rand Penney collections have been on display in exhibits in various prominent institutions around the country. Dr. Penney has not only collected, but he has become a major donor of art objects. This culminated in 1992 and 1994, with the donation by Dr. Penney of his Western New York art collection to the Burchfield Art Center. This donation included paintings, sculpture, craft art, Roycroft objects, and 184 works by Charles E. Burchfield. In recognition of this tremendous donation, as well as his on-going support of the arts, the Burchfield Art Center was rededicated as the Burchfield-Penney Art Center in 1994.
Dr. Penney's interest in Western New York art early on led his collecting toward images of the most prominent subject in the region, Niagara Falls. Beginning in 1982, Dr. Penney decided to try to put together as comprehensive a collection as possible of printed images of Niagara Falls. When the Niagara Falls collection went on display at the Castellani Art Museum in the summer of 1993, it was the single largest collection of these images ever assembled. Not only did this quest fit in with his collecting interests, but Dr. Penney felt that by gathering as many Niagara Falls prints together as he could, this would provide scholars and researchers a unique repository of documents for the study of what is perhaps the greatest iconographic subject of American prints. Towards that end, Dr. Penney commissioned a complete listing and scholarly catalogue for his collection, Impressions of Niagara by Christopher W. Lane, and he has now commissioned the creation of this web site which makes the documentation of his collection available to researchers and collectors around the world.
Since the publication of Impressions of Niagara, Dr. Penney has acquired other significant images of the Falls, and this web site includes these new additions, as well as all the prints listed in Impressions of Niagara.. Today Dr. Penney continues his dedication to his many collections, doing the vast majority of the work involved by himself. He is for the most part a one-man curatorial, storage, publicity and research staff, and all this labor is done by hand for Dr. Penney has yet to acquire a computer. Despite his personal abstinence from computers, Dr. Penney is enthused that access to his Niagara Falls print collection will be made available to everyone through the World Wide Web.
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Above: The Highwomen in their first live performance, at the 2019 Newport Folk Festival.
Text and Photos by Julia Ordog
The 60th anniversary of one of music’s most significant festivals kicked off Friday with near perfect weather and unforgettable performances. The day was filled with the artist collaborations that fans have come to expect from Folk Fest, including surprise performances from The Tallest Man on Earth and James Taylor.
The Quad Stage, located inside the walls of historic Fort Adams, had a particularly lively vibe with all-out performances from Liz Cooper, Lukas Nelson, and the highly-anticipated, first live performance from The Highwomen. The Highwomen – a supergroup comprised of Brandi Carlile, Maren Morris, Amanda Shires, and Natalie Hemby – brought an empowered and empowering energy to the Quad Stage and were met with constant, resounding cheers from the massive crowd.
The day rounded out with Phil Lesh, still rocking at 79, with the Terrapin Family Band, as well as a surprise record release party from Caamp at the intimate Museum Stage.
Saturday features Gregory Alan Isakov, Ruston Kelly, Maggie Rogers, and the surprise Saturday headliner.
Julia Ordog, EGHS Class of 2013, is a photographer. Find out more here.


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- Meddling Kids – Edgar Cantero
- The Yamas & Niyamas: Exploring Yoga’s Ethical Practice – Deborah Adele
- Hamlet – William Shakespeare
- Schubert’s Winter Journey: Anatomy of an Obsession – Ian Bostridge
- On Writing – Stephen King
- The Call of Cthulhu and Other Weird Stories – H.P. Lovecraft
- The Icarus Deception – Seth Godin
- The Once and Future King – T.H. White
- Invisible Acts of Power: Channeling Grace in Your Every Day Life – Caroline Myss
- Welcome to Night Vale – Joseph Fink & Jeffrey Cranor (unfinished)
- Awake in the World – Michael Stone (unfinished)
- Religion for Atheists – Alain de Botton (unfinished)
- Tibet: Opposing Viewpoints – Greenhaven Press (unfinished)
- It – Stephen King (unfinished)
- Full Wolf Moon – Lincoln Child
- The Icarus Deception – Seth Godin
- Tribes – Seth Godin
- A Field Guide to Lies: Critical Thinking in the Information Age – Daniel J. Levitin
- Churchill & Orwell: The Fight for Freedom – Thomas E. Ricks (unfinished)
- The House of the Worm – Mearle Prout (Short story)
- Manuscript Found in a Milkbottle – Neil Gaiman (Short story)
- Blood Monster – Neil Gaiman (Even shorter comic)
- Invisible Acts of Power: Channeling Grace in Your Every Day Life – Caroline Myss (unfinished)
- Ten Years in the Tub – Nick Hornby (Aug ’04 – Oct ’04)
The month came and went much as anticipated. Work has ramped up, days at different locations across Central Florida, nights at rehearsal, and plans, as they most frequently do, change at the drop of a hat. Several of those plans were unfinished books.
First of all, Welcome to Night Vale I had been meaning to read for some time. I had learned of the podcast (not listened to it yet either) and then the book, possibly through a spot on NPR. I thought I’d knock the novel out pretty quickly. Well, best laid plans and all that. I could not find a groove to read it in. It’s witty, it’s playful, and it borders on the absurd (all things I immensely enjoy in my reading), and yet I struggled to get through the first hundred and fifty pages, at which point I decided I would put the book down. That’s not quite halfway.
If you make it halfway through a book, you might as well keep reading it. Prior to the half, you should have some options at giving it up. Film critic Mike D’Angelo wrote about watching the first 10 minutes of a movie in much the same way I’m describing the principle of setting down the book before getting to the midpoint. “Basically, I give the movie 10 minutes to grab my attention. Most of them [non-reviewed or poorly-reviewed films] fail, and get turned off at that point. If I’m still interested, though, I’ll watch for another 10 minutes. There are two more potential bail-out points at 0:30 and 0:40; if I still want to keep going after 40 minutes, I commit to watching the entire film, even if it turns awful later” (My italics added).
Obviously ten minutes with a book is not enough time to give you the full breadth of what you’re sitting down with. But you can probably get a feel for whether you’re going to like it or not. Anyway, Night Vale just didn’t grab me in the way I wanted to be grabbed. It could be an off month for reading, though, and I do accept fault for some great books that I just can’t get through. (I’m looking at you, A Hundred Years of Solitude; Great Expectations; and Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance.)
In an odd twist of fate, I got a bookstore email advertising the new Night Vale novel, It Devours!. And the guilt just keeps piling on.
Awake in the World, Religion for Atheists, and Invisible Acts maintain a pretty consistent theme. Spirituality, theology and philosophy keep me interested, and I do tend to gravitate towards those nonfiction titles, when I’m not in the mood for escapist fiction. All remain unfinished, as my intention was more ambitious than I was capable of achieving. Alain de Botton’s book is something I learned about while listening to On Being, oh, some months ago. I was fascinated in listening to his interview, and planned to get the book. The concept of what atheism lacks in terms of how the non believers interact is the fundamental point of the study, and I got through a swath of community before finally understanding that it wasn’t to be finished this month.
Now I’m neither overtly religious, nor am I an atheist. One of the problems I have with religions is typically a group-think mentality, where heretical views are shunned out of hand. Atheism, conversely, I feel leaves little sense of wonder to the Universe, so vast and amazing that try as we might for generations to come, we’ll only scratch the surface of understanding it. So, I fit somewhere along the interior of the scale.
Ms. Myss’s book was assigned for the book club at yoga studio I practice at. In addition to not reading the bulk of the book (and at just a couple of hundred pages, I really am only making excuses), I was not able to attend book club, and let them know in person that I had barely cracked it open.
Awake in the World is a book of excerpts from talks given by the author, Buddhist and yogi Michael Stone. It’s a continuation of my exploration of the yogic arts, meditation, mindfulness, relaxation, spirituality and the like. This was a nice, quick read, and I enjoyed the tone of this book for much. Some takeaways include the paradox of entering life fully while still existing in the realm of language and thought, the practice of yoga as it applies to living (not just practicing forms, and the inherent duality in the commonality of the Universe. Boom! (That is the sound of my mind being blown. Feel free to imagine doing the outstretched hands beside my head as well).
I purchased Yamas & Niyamas to read at a later time, or to study over the course of my yoga practice.
Both of Godin’s books also touched on faith or religion in one form or another. I had remembered reading The Icarus Deception a few years ago. As a matter of fact, it was one book I commonly cited as inspirational to my planning back then, before the “incident.” (The incident, which at some point I’m sure I will be comfortable enough to describe in detail in a post, or several, was round about a year and a half ago. I’m still seeing the effects of that incident, and the choices I made following. It’s one of the reasons I dedicated myself to keeping this blog.)
Going back to Godin, Icarus is a book I would suggest to everyone, but especially those who are artists, or creatives; those who feel stuck at work, or capable of doing great things yet don’t know where to start; and those who are searching for their purpose. I sat there with about twenty new projects popping to my head, and I just wish I had the time and resources to go after them all right now. Tribes I had also read before, but didn’t remember it until I was a few chapters in. For me, not as resonant as Icarus, and yet still bursting with anecdotes and suggestions for being a leader.
Two other nonfiction books were Churchill & Orwell, and Field Guide to Lies. I finished the latter but not the former, though I enjoyed both in what I did read. I really only got through pre-WWII information in Ricks’s book. The two men lived extraordinary lives, and I was particularly taken by the section on Churchill’s love life, such as it was.
In Lies, it’s a lot of information. Basically, unless you know the source of statistical data, you should probably be dubious of what you’re told anecdotally or by the media.
Additionally, I’ve had a feeling of Halloween nearly this entire month. Part of that is owing to It, which I decided to read prior to the film coming out. At over a thousand pages in its paperback version, I had my work cut out for me. I made it halfway this month, and intend to finish it off for next month.
Full Wolf Moon was an odd little read, but I enjoyed the suspenseful nature of it. I’ve had a love affair with lycanthropy since I was a young boy. (I believe all young boys like werewolves, or like to be scared of werewolves. That’s normal, right?) Yet, and not to give away much, the villain wasn’t quite what I anticipated, and the supernatural elements left me equally unfulfilled. It seemed to me to be a right-brainer’s werewolf book.
Feeling in the spirit of a pagan holiday nearly two months away, I picked up copies of Call of Cthulu and Meddling Kids. Hell, even Hamlet has a ghost! I picked up this copy because it was an Arden printing, and on sale.
Let me mention Edgar Cantero, who I discovered several years ago with The Supernatural Enhancements. I enjoyed the book, loved the premise, the style, and the writing. I had been out from work for a week with a flare-up of arthritis, and started reading it. I finished it within a day or two. When I learned that he had a new work coming out, this one a loose take on Scooby-Doo, well, yeah, I had to get that. Hoping to read it over the next few weeks, as I’m giving It my full-ish attention.
Winter Journey and On Writing (King again) are books that I’ll read over the coming months, interspersed within my other endeavors. For those of you unfamiliar with Schubert’s Winterreise, and if you like male operatic singing, give it a listen. It’s lonely, sad, and evokes the seasonal isolation of snowy winter. Nothing like sunny Florida.
Then there’s Once and Future King, a lovely edition in yellow that is added to my book shelf more for aesthetic than reading. Somewhere I have a beat-up paperback of the book, along with a similarly ragged copy of The Book of Merlyn.
In spare time (hah!) I was able to knock out a couple short stories. Neil Gaiman remains generally my favorite author, and I had purchased his Humble Bundle a few years back as well, and still had some unread works in there. Honestly, I haven’t finished View from the Cheap Seats or even started Norse Mythology. So, that’s in my pile of books waiting for me to show them love and affection.
I found a journal entry, maybe from early last year, where I wrote, “…why I buy books. I seem to buy them to avoid reading what I have.” Then I come across this little gem in Ten Years in the Tub: “[So Many Books author Gabriel] Zaid’s finest moment, however, comes in his second paragraph, when he says that ‘the truly cultured are capable of owning thousands of unread books without losing their composure or their desire for more.'”
As I think about my growing library, and how long I’ll continue collecting thoughts about what I’ve read, I look forward to knowing that I could spend a small fortune on books. Or, maybe I’m just resigned to the fact. Time to get another bookshelf.


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I just got a chance to play a game of NBA Live 09, and I gotta say I was really impressed. I was a fan of NBA 2K 08 last year, but I think EA might have the upper hand this year with all the new features and gameplay enhancements.
Let me start off with the EA Sports presentation of NBA Live 09, which took place yesterday.
It started off with Peter Moore introducing the game, but he quickly revealed a surprise guest to the stage: Basketball Hall of Famer and current NBA analyst Bill Walton, who suddenly stole the stage with his presence, humor and overall knowledge of basketball.
He totally won over the crowd and was my favorite part of the conference. To reiterate what Chad said, if Bill Walton was on the stage during the whole EA press conference, it would have been so much better. He was just that awesome.
Ok, enough about Mr. Walton – back to my impressions of NBA Live 09.
During the NBA Live 09 presentation, we saw cinematic gameplay and then we actually got to see the game running for the first time. The animations and player details look superb, easily keeping up with the likes of the NBA 2K series.
The biggest feature added to this year’s NBA Live (based on how many times Peter Moore mentioned it) is the Dynamic DNA, which is essentially a daily update of players and teams playing tendencies.
For example, say there is a real life NBA game going on one night, and Paul Pierce happens to drive to the basket cutting left the majority of the night. Following that game, Dynamic DNA will update the statistics of Paul Pierce in NBA Live 09 making it where he’d most likely be successful when cutting to the left.
Another example of how Dynamic DNA works is if a real life player is making a majority of his shots from one area of the court, that same player will be able to make those same shots in NBA Live 09 because that will become his “hot zone”. It kind of reminds me of NBA Jam’s hot spots, but just not as easy to pull off and the ball doesn’t catch on fire.
I got a chance to finally play a copy of the game today at the EA Sports showcase. I picked up the controller and was immediately impressed with the fluidity of the controls and the graphical detail to not only the players, but the fans and the stadium as well.
I got a hands-on demonstration of how the Dynamic DNA works and it’s just as cool as I thought it would be. It keeps the game as fresh as possible with daily updates. Honestly, I haven’t been this excited for a basketball game in awhile.
Just imagine getting all the latest stats and playing styles of all NBA players during the middle of the season. No more stats and rosters based off of the season before. Oh, and speaking of rosters, Dynamic DNA will also feature the ability to update any mid-season trades or cuts, as well as injuries to any players.
Another feature that I noticed, which kind of coexists with the Dynamic DNA, is the NBA Live Rewind. This all-new feature gives gamers the ability to take a look at stats from previously played NBA games, and use those same stats in the game you are going to play.
For example, say you are playing as the L.A. Lakers and your opponent is playing as the Boston Celtics. You can use NBA Live Rewind to look up the actual matches the two teams played against each other, and use the stats from one of those games. NBA Live Rewind is a really neat idea and gives players just another way to play the game.
Other than the Dynamic DNA and NBA Live Rewind, not much else was discussed during the presentation, but other features including the Pick and Roll Control, Defensive Lockdown Control, Signature Playcalling, Quickstrike Ankle-Breakers and FIBA tournaments have already been revealed for the game.
With the basketball season just recently coming to an end, I can only wait to get my basketball fix this fall when NBA Live 09 is released.


Washington, DC, June 2, 2014 — To focus on building successful practices aimed at improving college fit and college readiness for underrepresented, underprepared and low-income students across the country, the U.S. Department of Education announced today the availability of $75 million for two new Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs (GEAR UP) competitions.
At the Obama Administration’s College Opportunity Summit earlier this year, the Department made several commitments to support low-income students and help more of them pursue a path to college success. The GEAR UP program helps to ensure that all students achieve the necessary milestones that provide a pathway to a strong future. Today, the Department is acting on its pledge to focus this year’s GEAR UP college preparation program on improving both college fit and readiness, so all students graduate from high school prepared for college without needing remedial courses and enroll in an institution that will help them maximize their success.
“College prep programs like GEAR UP can make all the difference in whether many young people from disadvantaged families can pursue a higher education,” U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan said. “These grants will help provide the mentoring, resources and financial aid that will offer thousands of students the additional support they need to achieve success in postsecondary education.”
In addition to focusing on college fit and readiness, the Department is tailoring this year’s GEAR UP grants to focus on projects that are designed to serve and coordinate with a Promise Zone, which are high-poverty communities where the federal government has partnered and invested to create jobs, leverage private investment, increase economic activity, improve educational opportunities, and improve public safety. This year’s GEAR UP program also places a priority on helping to improve students’ non-cognitive skills and behaviors, including academic mindset, perseverance, motivation, and mastery of social and emotional skills that improve student success. The grants are part of the Department’s focus on increasing the equity of opportunity in America’s schools so that every child—no matter his or her zip code—has a clear path to the middle class. The nation’s schools, teachers, and students have made significant gains, but despite this solid progress, wide gaps of opportunity and achievement continue to hurt many minority, low-income, and other underserved students.
Created in 1998, the grant program has provided funding for academic and related support services to eligible low-income middle and high school students, including students with disabilities, to help them obtain a high school diploma and succeed in college. GEAR UP provides six-year grants to states and partnerships to offer services at high-poverty middle and high schools, as well as to provide college scholarships to low-income students.
GEAR UP grants currently fund 87 programs that serve approximately 420,000 middle and high school students across the country.
Applications are due by July 7, and grants will be awarded by the end of September. The Department will post further information on the GEAR UP Web page.
SOURCE US Department of Education


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New Delhi: The United Progressive Alliance (UPA) coordination committee will meet on July 31 to discuss the formation of Telangana state despite opposition by the Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy who called the move a ‘suicidal step’.
According to reports, the Congress leadership is in favour of creation of separate state and deliberations are on over inclusion of two Rayalaseema districts in Telangana.
The meeting is being called by the UPA to discuss the Telangana issue with its allies.
Reddy had earlier made his displeasure over the issue clear when he told AICC general secretary Digvijay Singh that he will not be a party to any “destructive decision”.
A final decision on the creation of Telangana will now be taken next week. "The consultation process is over. Now you should await the decision of the party and the UPA government," Digvijaya Singh had said.
According to a report, Reddy had told Congress president Sonia Gandhi, just before the core group meeting at Prime Minister Manmohan Singh`s official residence at 7, Race Course Road, that "creating Telangana would be a suicidal step and it would be difficult to preside over any move to bifurcate the state".
Congress leaders from Seemandhra (Rayalaseema and Andhra regions) had earlier called on the Chief Minister and urged him to convey to the leadership their strong opposition to the state`s division, party sources said.
Andhra Pradesh, which has 42 Lok Sabha seats, consists of three regions - Telangana, coastal Andhra and Rayalaseema.


Gaganyaan Mission Details: To make India’s 75th anniversary 2022 more special ISRO, HAL, and DRDO try their best to lunch the Gaganyaan in due time for the success of the mission, All the best scientists of India have put forwarded and worked together hardly to achieve such a big success.
Prime minister Mr. Narendra Modi has declared about the mission brief this present year on the occasion of independence day, He said now this mission will take some of the crews to the space and will come back safely post completion of the required research. Looking for te mission details in hindi then also you can keep an eye on gaganyaan mission in hindi article.
This will become a great achievement for India if the mission gets successful, So now everyone is waiting for such a glorious day on which every Indian should feel something special as the significance of the mission are lots more.
For the first time gaganyaan was introduced in 2006 and pronounced as “Orbital Vehicle” at that time the goal is to design a capsule with the persistence of one week at orbit. After 2 years in 2008 the final project was designed and approached to the Govt of India for funding.
Later on 2009 some minimal funds got suctioned due to the lack of full political support for limited development that’s why the reason again the uncrewed vehicle mission was shifted to 2016 although it was supposed to happen on 2013, Due to to the shortfall of the fund and to obtain the ISRO priority list it was revised.
Thereafter in August 2013, it was announced that the project got off on ISRO priority lists then again in earlier 2014 the project was reconsidered and by the govt it was proposed on August 15, 2018 to restart the mission.
What is Gaganyaan
Gaganyaan is a lightweight heavy-lift launch low earth orbit(LEO) Indian spacecraft that has the capacity to carry three people to the source orbit safely and to perform a set of experiments that are predefined.
The word Gaganyaan came from the Indian Sanskrit word “Gagan Yana” which means Sky Craft.
This spacecraft is under construction stage and keeps growing as per govt order to demonstrate the efficiency of the country towards human space flight mission to LEO.
The main motto behind the gaganyaan mission is to showcase the India capacity by onboarding 3 scientists to the lower earth orbit for the execution of some research or test and bring them back safely to the source place on the earth.
This program consists of two types of missions officially these are
1. Two uncrewed Missions/Unmanned Mission
Two Unmanned Mission are framed In order to check the safety and security of this mission without the real people which will be heavily instrumented and automated to verify the reliability of the program before crewed. In this mission Gaganyaan Vyommitra Robot will be used to execute the mission.
2. One Crewed Mission/Manned mission
The crewed mission will take place post successful completion of the uncrewed mission, As this mission involves real people with the space suit so govt is taking necessary precautions like two unmanned missions to achieve safety first.
Cost of Gaganyaan
The total cost of the gaganyaan mission is around ₹9023.00 crores , Apart from this according to the source govt has sanctioned 10K crores for these three manned missions,
Technologies Involves in Gaganyaan Mission
There are 5 quite exciting technologies get involved in this mission these are following as follows:
- HRLV(Human Rated Launch Vehicle)
- CES(Crew Escape Systems)
- HOM(Habitable Orbital Module)
- LSS(Life support System)
- CSATAACMA(Crew Selection And Training And Associated Crew Management Activities)
Gaganyaan Configuration Details
|Application||Crewed Orbital Vehicle|
|Vehicle||GSLV Mk III|
|Regime||Low Earth Orbit|
|Uncrewed Launch Date||June 2022|
|Crewed Launch Date||2023|
|Ground Station||Cocos (Keeling) Islands|
Even if govt has the certain ambition to design this gaganyaan mission also there is an ISRO experiment inside this during the mission time, Isro will perform a total of 6 microgravity experiments during this journey which relates to 2 physical and 4 biological science.
It consists of two different modules one is a crew module and another one is a service module collectively called an orbital module.
the crew module is basically designed to carry three astronauts to orbit whereas the service module is powered by a liquid propelled engine to orbital rising. If you are a upsc aspirants then you can keep an eye on gaganyaan mission upsc.
Collaboration With ISRO for Gaganyaan
List of agencies hook up with isro to achieve the upcoming mission known as gaganyaan, These are following as follows.
- DRDO- Defence Research Development organisation
- IAF-Indian Armed Forces
- IMA-Indian Maritime Agencies
- IMD-Indian Meteorological Department
- AI-Academic Institutes
- IP-Industry Partners
- CSIR-Council of Scientific and Industrial Research
Gaganyaan Mission Outcome
The success of the gaganyaan mission can fulfill India’s dreams like to set up one space station and will perform several experiments on space to raise the country flag proudly.
And this will also lead to India becoming the 4th country to send humans to space apart from the United States, China and Russia. If you want you can also see our gaganyaan current affair section for your reference.
Below are the stages that will involve in the mission which has been proposed by Gaganyaan Advisory Council, The spacecraft journey from the lifting of the earth to splashdown to the earth after staying 7days in the orbit.
- GSLV MK III Lift Off From Earth
- Orbit Module
- Solar Array Deployment
- Separation of Service Module & Crew Module
- Parachute Deployment
- Spalsdown at Arabean Sea Gujrat


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Ana’s paintjob on Rasputina was heavily inspired by HR Giger’s works. Check this “must see” step-by-step tutorial to see how she painted the model, including the freehands and extensive base.
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Female inmates will serve their sentences closer to home and will be offered skills to help find work upon their release, under new reforms revealed on Friday.
But the reforms still do not go far enough, according to the Howard League for Penal Reform, who have argued that all women's prisons should be closed and turned into "women's centres".
Under the government's proposals, low risk offenders will be encouraged to undertake practical training so they can seek employment following their jail term.
The reforms, unveiled by Justice minister Lord McNally, who is also the minister for female offenders, also calls for all women's prisons to become resettlement prisons so that women are close to home and are re-integrated into society.
Lord McNally said: "When a female offender walks out of the prison gates, I want to make sure she never returns.
"Keeping female prisoners as close as possible to their homes, and importantly their children, is vital if we are to help them break the pernicious cycle of re-offending.
"And providing at least a year of support in the community, alongside the means to find employment on release, will give them the best possible chance to live productive, law abiding lives."
Many women who go on to commit crimes are also domestic and sexual violence victims, with 53% reporting childhood abuse, according to government figures.
An inmate in her cell in Holloway Prison, London
Many also struggle with mental health issues with 49% say they suffer from anxiety and depression.
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Juliet Lyon, director of the Prison Reform Trust, said: "Trying to improve women's imprisonment would be a waste when the best way to reduce women's offending is to invest in treatment for addictions, mental healthcare, training for work and safe housing away from domestic violence and abuse."
The new plan to try and tackle female offending is being set out to work alongside Transforming Rehabilitation reforms in which every offender prison gets 12 months of tailored support as they leave prison.
With the aim of trying to cut re-offending and trigger further falls in the female prison population, a new open unit at HMP Styal is to focus on helping women into jobs on release.

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Federal Aviation Administration, DOT.
Final rule; correction
This document makes a correction to Airworthiness Directive (AD) 2004-01-20, which is applicable to Rolls-Royce plc (RR) RB211-22B series, RB211-524B, -524C2, -524D4, -524G2, -524G3, and -524H series, and RB211-535C and -535E series turbofan engines with high pressure compressor (HPC) stage 3 disc assemblies, part numbers (P/Ns) LK46210, LK58278, LK67634, LK76036, UL11706, UL15358, UL22577, UL22578, and UL24738 installed. That AD was published in the Federal Register on January 20, 2004 (69 FR 2661). The compliance information for the RB211-535C engine was inadvertently omitted from the AD. Also, under Related Information, the referenced service bulletin is not the latest revision. This document adds the omitted information and corrects the service bulletin reference. In all other respects, the original document remains the same.
Effective January 20, 2004.Start Further Info
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Ian Dargin, Aerospace Engineer, Engine Certification Office, FAA, Engine and Propeller Directorate, 12 New England Executive Park, Burlington, MA 01803; telephone (781) 238-7178; fax (781) 238-7199.End Further Info End Preamble Start Supplemental Information
A final rule AD, FR Doc. 04-759, applicable to RR RB211-22B series, RB211-524B, -524C2, -524D4, -524G2, -524G3, and -524H series, and RB211-535C and -535E series turbofan engines with HPC stage 3 disc assemblies, P/Ns LK46210, LK58278, LK67634, LK76036, UL11706, UL15358, UL22577, UL22578, and UL24738 installed, was published in the Federal Register on January 20, 2004 (69 FR 2661). The following corrections are needed:
On page 2663, in the first column, after paragraph (f)(4), add paragraph (f)(5) to read:End Amendment Part
“(5) Discs in RB211-535C operation are unaffected by the interim rework cyclic band limits in Table 1 of this AD, but must meet the calendar life requirements of either paragraph (f)(1) or (f)(2) of this AD, as applicable.”Start Amendment Part
On page 2663, in the second column, in paragraph (j), in the 4th and 5th lines, change “RB.211-72-9661, Revision 3, dated December 20, 1999” to “RB.211-72-9661, Revision 4, dated January 4, 2002”.End Amendment Part Start Signature
Issued in Burlington, MA, on July 21, 2004.
Francis A. Favara,
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Fight on again to reopen horse beach
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He said there was a “real concern” of the impact on “not just the racing industry or people exercising their horses but also people who use the beach to rehabilitate their horses and people with disabilities who visit with their horses”.
“Closing it disadvantages too many people in the northern suburbs,” he said.
“There’s no other opportunity north of Fremantle, with the closest beaches in Kwinana and Cockburn.”
He said when looking into the issue he saw “some positives and not too many negatives”.
“We started receiving petitions and I tabled a couple earlier this year with about 6500 signatures between the two,” he said.
The Legislative Council is expected to debate the motion on November 2, giving members the chance to “get acquainted” with the issue.
“It is possible the amendment will be disallowed and the City will be required to allow horses back on the beach,” Mr Pritchard said.
Lead petitioner Kirrily Beer said she hoped Mr Pritchard’s motion would proceed uncontested.
“Retention of access to the ocean will be of huge relief to not just horse owners in the northern suburbs but to all who enjoy the interaction with horses on the shared access,” she said.
“For me, it will mean that I can once again enjoy the ocean with my horse and use the ocean for my horse’s ongoing training, development and wellbeing.”
Joondalup Mayor Troy Pickard said the City was aware of the motion to disallow. “The local law is currently being reviewed by the Parliamentary Joint Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation,” he said.
“It is the City’s understanding that the Amendment Local Law passed through the Joint Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation without issue and now rests with Parliament to consider.
“The City is not in a position to make any comment about the private Member’s motion at this time.”


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Last night, hubby and I were chatting about how much our children have changed and grown. He was telling me how he doesn’t notice major changes until they have arrived because he sees them everyday. I explained to him that every mother has been advised by the little old lady at the mall or grocery store that “they grown up so fast”. I shared that it is such a conflicting concept because the younger years can be difficult and tiring which makes you want them to grow up faster, then when they do; you want to put the pause button on.
We recently visited some relatives that were eager to give us unsolicited advice. I was not prepared for this block of questioning and was later annoyed when I realized it was a planned discussion. The topic was me getting a full-time government job -thus securing my personal financial future and allowing us to own a home; that would in some way set up our children to own a home too.
My hubby was trying to reassure me later that I have to push the thoughts I had about being railroaded out of my mind because these family members aren’t going to budge from their ideals. I felt insulted by the discussion because I feel that by insisting that we do something other than what we are doing is saying that what we are doing is wrong. I tend to analyze conversations.
Here is what I know. My kids are halfway to adulthood now. They will only be kids for a short while. We will all be adults for scores-God willing. No government job or retirement planning is going to have me miss their youth. I am privileged that I can work part-time while my kids are in school and be there everyday to greet them and hug them at pick-up.
One day this past spring at pick-up, my daughter crumbled in my arms because she was upset about a lunchtime citation she received.She never gets in trouble and was embarrassed and confused. I can’t imagine if I wasn’t there to scoop her up and console her. And would a caregiver know to skip the usual after school plan to go to a math center and take her home to where she felt emotionally safe?
I will never regret the years I spent caring for my kiddos. I will never regret whooping it up at the glow-in-the-dark Dance-a-thon or panning gold for Gold-Rush week; or springing my daughter and her friend from school for lunch on her 10th birthday and zipping around town for ice cream and shopping. I’m never going to regret watching my son’s power-point presentation about soccer in class or helping his classmates come up with blessings to write on their paper turkeys last November.
I always knew this was the life I wanted to have and the mother I wanted to be.

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Lucas County officials Monday asked the city of Toledo to dedicate all future recyclables collected curbside for 20 years to feed a potential publicly owned materials recycling facility — the latest attempt to build such a plant.
Meanwhile, a Toledo City Council committee Monday reviewed a past-due $145,000 bill owed to a Charlotte company that hauls the city’s recycling to Michigan for processing.
Lucas County Commissioner Pete Gerken told council’s utilities and public service committee that the county would spend up to $8 million to build a materials recycling facility, but only if the city promises to send its recyclables for at least 20 years.
“If the city wants to save money, it will partner with us,” Mr. Gerken said just before Monday’s meeting. “If they don’t want to save money, then they won’t.”
The city’s recyclables — which are mixed together in a single stream the includes plastic, glass, metal, cardboard, and paper — have been collected by ReCommunity Recycling since 2008. That service costs taxpayers $22,000 a month.
Councilman Lindsay Webb said joining the county on a new facility would save the city $300,000 a year.
“We would lose the trucking costs, because right now the materials are hauled up to the Detroit area,” Ms. Webb said.
There are caveats for the county’s plan. The city would be locked in for 20 years, meaning it could not bid out the work to another facility that might pay for materials should the commodities market surge.
There have been attempts to build a materials recycling facility in Lucas County.
A document prepared by the Collins administration stated: “There is always the possibility that the MRF is never constructed and the deal falls through. If that happens and we make too many commitments, this could have unintended consequences.” But, the city would not have to pay any penalty if the commodity market is below the profit line for the operation.
Under the county’s plan, property owned by OmniSource in North Toledo would be leased to the Lucas County Solid Waste District. A private company would be hired to run the facility, Mr. Gerken said.
Jim Shaw, county sanitary engineer, said the facility could attract business from other Ohio communities that send recyclables to Michigan.
The city is trying to negotiate a new contract with ReCommunity. The firm would lose the city’s 20,000 tons a year of recyclables if council and Mayor D. Michael Collins go along with the county’s request.
The city’s 2010 contract with the company expired in July, 2013, but the firm is honoring the same terms.
Council could vote today to authorize the mayor to negotiate a new contract.
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'Bold' art show at Newton Cultural Centre
The South Surrey and White Rock Art Society presents “Bold Transformations,” a show and sale of original artwork on through the end of April.
Various artists have interpreted the theme using oil, acrylic, watercolour and mixed media. The works represent aspects of change in our world and feature the use of bold strokes and colours.
“Bold Transformations” is open daily during April from 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at the Newton Cultural Centre, 13530 72 Ave.
A reception will be held April 14 from 1:30-3:30 p.m.


Walton Hits For The Cycle In Stockton Win
In Stockton's 13-10 win over the Lancaster Jethawks, Kent Walton became the first Stockton Ports player to hit for the cycle since Archie Gilbert achieved that feat in 2008. Walton's four hits led a 17-hit effort for Stockton. Max Stassi hit a grand-slam and drove-in five and Rashun Dixon finished a homerun short of the cycle.
Walton collected a triple in his final at-bat to complete the cycle. He raised his season average from .219 to .297 with the effort.
Stassi, Dixon and Leonardo Gil had three hits each and Michael Gilmartin added two hits for the Ports. Stassi's grandslam was his first homerun of the season. Gilmartin is off to a red-hot start. He is hitting .359 and he has 10 RBIs in nine games this season. Conner Crumbliss, Michael Choice and Ryan Lipkin each walked twice. Lipkin was making his 2011 regular season debut after starting the season at extended spring training.
Sacramento Mounts Huge Comeback In Win
Down 9-2 in the fourth, Sacramento climbed all the way back to defeat the Reno Aces by a score of 11-10. The River Cats scored one in the fifth, three in the sixth, four in the eighth and the winning run in the ninth. Josh Horton hit his first Triple-A homerun and drove-in four to help pace the River Cats. Eric Sogard also had a big game, collecting three hits, three RBIs and three runs scored.
Yadel Marti had his first poor start of the season, as he allowed nine runs (seven earned) on nine hits in 3.1 innings. He was spared from the loss thanks to a terrific effort from his bullpen. Trystan Magnuson, Joey Devine and Willie Eyre combined to allow only one run over the final 5.2 innings. Eyre earned the win by allowing one run over three innings. He recorded the final out of the game with the tying run on third.
Devine had a strong performance in his first outing of 2011. He had been away from the team for more than a week to be with his wife and newborn son. Devine pitched a scoreless inning, striking out two and walking none. He did allow a hit.
In addition to the strong games from Horton and Sogard, Jemile Weeks and Adrian Cardenas continued their hot starts to the season with solid games. Weeks had two hits, including a triple. He raised his average to .339. Cardenas had three hits and is now batting .412. Josh Donaldson also added two hits. The catcher is swinging the bat well after a slow start to the season.
Chris Carter did not play as he is nursing a sore thumb.
Midland Falls To San Antonio
In the first of eight games in eight days at home, the Midland Rockhounds lost a 3-0 lead in the sixth inning and fell to the San Antonio Missions, 5-3.
Anthony Capra was carrying a shut-out into the sixth inning when he left the game with runners on the corners and one-out. Mickey Storey came in from the bullpen but was unable to keep the Missions off of the board. Storey allowed a single and a double and the Missions had tied the game. Storey allowed another run in the seventh and was hung with the loss.
Burlington Rained Out
The bad weather in the Midwest has continued and the Burlington Bees have had yet another game postponed. The Bees will play a double-header (weather permitting) against the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers on Friday. Burlington swept a double-header against Kane County on Wednesday.


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Since stepping into a go-kart for the first time in 1993, when he was just 14-years-old, Danny Watts has enjoyed a long career in professional racing. He competed in 24 Hours of Le Mans on eight different occasions, with his high point coming in 2010, when he finished first in his class.
But now, Watts is taking his bravest step yet.
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“The biggest thing is worrying what people will think and how they’ll portray you, how they’ll act around you,” said Watts. “It’s stupid things like thinking do I go and shake hands with people, will they shake your hand back?”
But Watts said he couldn’t hide any longer, describing his need to tell the world his story as a “burning” desire.


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Since it rained again last night and my backyard is still too wet to mow, I will spend that time answering these questions I found over on Ashley’s blog
Author You’ve Read the Most From:
I would say it is probably Stephen King. I have read all of his books. I’ve been reading him since I was a kid and I get his newest book for Christmas every year.
Best Sequel Ever:
Technically not a full sequel, but in the same universe with some of the same characters – I thought The Sicilian by Mario Puzo was .better that Godfather.
I’m reading Furia by Yamille Saied Mendez
Drink of Choice While Reading:
Coffee, though I don’t always drink something while I am reading.
E-Reader or Physical Book:
Physical book, but e books are great for travel
Fictional Character You Probably Would Have Actually Dated in High School:
I assume all fictional characters would be like the real people I knew in high school and not date me.
Glad You Gave This Book a Chance:
Vegan Virgin Valentine is a sparkly pink covered teen romance book and I loved it.
Hidden Gem Book:
Everyone raves about John Green but no one ever talks about what I think is his best book – Abundance of Katherines. So much better than the ones that get all of the press
Important Moment in Your Reading Life:
Hmm. Not reading really, but the day I decided to send Christopher Moore an email. It has led to new friends, special seating at events, a hat, a tshirt an lunch with him last time he was in town for a signing.
The Kids are Gonna Ask by Gretchen Anthony
Kind of Books You Won’t Read:
I don’t think there are any I would refuse to read. I don’t generally read adult romance novels.
Longest Book You Read:
That’s a hard one. I’ve read a lot of very long books. Swan Song, The Stand, Pillars of the Earth, the GOT books. Too lazy to look up which one is longer.
Major Book Hangover:
This is not something I generally deal with. I guess the closest to this is when I went from The Serpent King to Gabi, A Book in Pieces
Number of Bookcases You Own:
Not sure what you count. I guess three though they are all part of one piece?
One Book You Have Read Multiple Times:
I don’t re-read books. I accidentally read Practical Demonkeeping by Chris Moore twice because I forgot I had already read it until halfway through the second time.
Preferred Place to Read:
On vacation – anywhere that is away from home and away from stress
Quotes that Inspires You/Gives You All the Feels From a Book You’ve Read:
I don’t really have any of these
Taking too long to get to the point of quitting books that I don’t like. I spent way too many years finishing books even if I didn’t like them
Series You Started and Need to Finish (all books are out in series):
If I started a series that is done and have not finished I likely won’t at this point.
Three of Your All Time Favorite Books:
- Swan Song by Robert McCammon
- The Stand by Stephen King
- Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman
Unapologetic Fanperson For:
This said fangirl. How sexist 🙂 I would say Chris Moore books
Worst Book Habit:
Checking out too many similar books from award lists and then getting tired of them all being the same
X Marks the Spot: Start at the Top Left of Your Shelf and Pick the 27th Book:
The Shotgun Rule by Charlie Huston – great book. you should read it
Your Latest Book Purchase:
I don’t really buy books. My family buys me the new Stephen King book for Christmas. I buy Chris Moore books when they are released. Otherwise, I go to the library.
ZZZ-Snatcher Book (last book that kept you up Way Late):
I’m too old to stay up late reading books


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Evil Masquerade is back in the studio. Last year marked the 10th anniversary of the band. They played shows in The Netherlands, Sweden and Denmark – and put out two new CDs – fiirst their 6th studio album The Digital Crucifix, and then the remastered compilation album 10 Years In The Dark, where the songs were chosen by the fans.
While both albums are still fresh and doing really well, the band is already back in the studio working on their seventh album as Dark Minstrel Music is adding new shows to their calendar. While waiting for more to come, here is an updated stream of their latest video, previously removed from YouTube:


Money being wasted on the controversial HS2 line would be better spent improving connectivity across the North, an MP has said.
Shipley MP Philip Davies said links to the north and south were fine and reducing journey times to London was not a priority.
Speaking in Treasury Questions he said dealing with transport issues across the north were of greater concern to his constituents.
Mr Davies said: “The travel between north and south is the bit of transport infrastructure that works; it is the travel across the north that does not work. What would the cost of HS2 have to reach for the Government to conclude that it no longer represents value for money for the taxpayer, or are the Government pursuing the essentially socialist policy that they will keep paying for this ridiculous white elephant irrespective of the final bill?”
Mr Davies, who has opposed the line since it was first mentioned, has repeatedly called for it to be scrapped in its entirety.
Chief Secretary to the Treasury John Glen said: “I took the precaution of researching my hon. Friend’s interest in this subject, and I note that he was issuing challenges on it 14 years ago.
“The Government remain—as they were then—fully committed to delivering HS2 and the integrated rail plan. This is a long-term investment that will bring our biggest cities closer to each other. It will boost productivity and will provide a low-carbon alternative to cars and planes for many decades to come. As my hon. Friend knows, we are also working, through the IRP, on a £96 billion package to improve inter-regional rail connections, which obviously affects his constituents.”
Mr Davies said the project was outdated and government must stop throwing money at it.


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Posted on 05/13/2005 3:13:18 PM PDT by anotherview
"The State of Israel's establishment is the most terrible event in history one nuclear bomb is enough to destroy it." (Former Iranian President Hashemi Rafsanjani, 2001.)
"The cancerous growth called Israel must be uprooted from the area," (Iranian Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, in a recent speech.)
For 18 years now, Iran has been surreptitiously striving to acquire nuclear weapons.
Initially, experts thought Iran's objective was to counterbalance the Iraqi nuclear threat. However, now that Saddam's Iraq has been obliterated, there can be no doubt the Iranians aspire to wrest away Israel's Mid-Eastern nuclear hegemony.
If Teheran succeeds, our region will change immensely.
Israel does not need nuclear power to prevent its destruction, but several times in the past our neighbors were tempted by the thought that their large armies would be able to defeat us.
The Israeli nuclear deterrence allowed the Arabs to reconcile themselves to the futility inherent in those attempts and convinced former Egyptian President Anwar Sadat to strike a peace deal with us.
The situation will change, however, once Iran possesses a nuclear bomb. Under the nuclear umbrella, terror agents and even regular armies would be able to attack Israel with no "Doomsday" fears hanging over them.
The entire neighborhood, which includes Iraq, Gulf countries, Turkey, and central Asian republics, would respond in a manner that is hard to predict.
Our fears of the Iranian regional superpower stem not only from its intentions, but also from its deeds.
The Hizbullah is Teheran's fist in the Middle East. The Hamas and Islamic Jihad take orders from Iran and are funded by Iranian money.
Prime Minister Ariel Sharon did not need to explain all this to his American hosts, but he did encounter differences of opinion regarding Iran's distance from a bomb and the manner it should be address, should the worst-case scenario prevail.
As opposed to our assessment, American intelligence experts believe Iran will not be acquiring an atomic bomb before the next decade rolls around. The views expressed by International Atomic Energy Agency Head Mohammed ElBaradei lie somewhere in the middle.
Two months ago, he said his organization has no proof that Iran is scheming to produce nuclear weapons, but he also noted Teheran has the necessary know-how, and could acquire nuclear arms in two or three years.
Moreover, Iran also has missiles that could reach Israel. Ukraine's new leader Victor Yushchenko recently testified that former officials in his country sold missile components to the Iranians.
According to testimony by top American military intelligence officials, Iran may possess ocean-crossing ballistic missiles in 10 years.
Some experts argue the ideological tension in Iran has greatly loosened, the younger generation is rejecting theocracy, and the religious clerics' rule is doomed to end soon.
The problem is those predictions have been heard for several years, yet every sign of liberal reform is pushed back by Iranian leaders.
What will we do if the bomb comes before democratization? How will we act if Britain, Germany, and France reach the conclusion there is no choice but to include this crazy country in the nuclear club?
And what will we do if the United States caves in, because it is unable to open yet another front?
Ariel Sharon did not bring answers back with him, and I doubt he has any.
P.S.: No, I don't post on Shabbat. I'm in California on business. Shabbat shalom to all.
Pinging the pingers
WARNING: This is a high volume ping list
Iran will NOT get nukes.
Israel made it clear enough.
Naw, isn't a good name for a band.
"Atomic Ayatollahs" and "Nuclear Nabobs" would be good choices, though...
I live in California. How come none of you guys call and visit?
Iran has nukes.
Our dilemma- how to remove them due to their placements.
How to avoid escalation and Russian involvment....
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Healthcare Business Case Competition 2019
The Healthcare Business Association (HBA) at the UCLA Anderson School of Business is proud to announce its healthcare business case competition. The competition will take place at the UCLA Anderson Campus in Westwood, California on Friday, February 22, 2019. Graduate students from all graduate programs are invited to apply in teams of 3 to 5 members. At least one member must be enrolled in a full-time MBA program. The prize giveaway for the top teams in the competition totals $10,000.
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Juvenile ossifying fibroma(JOF) is a rare benign tumor of the craniofacial bone differing from other fibro-osseous lesions in term of early age (under 15 years).1 Most common sites are paranasal sinuses, maxilla, fronto-ethmoid complex, orbit, mandible and frontal bone.2 JOF has two histologic variants psammomatoid type and trabecular type.3 Clinically JOF is asymptomatic, because of the painless rapid growth it is associated with facial asymmetry due to expansion of bone which may be associated with displacement of adjacent structures, paresthesia. Radiographically usually it will be a radiolucent, well-defined lesion sometimes associated with central radio-opacities.4 Because of aggressive nature of the lesion, early detection and complete excision is recommended.
A 13-year old, other-wise healthy male was referred to our center in March 2019 with the chief complain of swelling with respect to the right side of the midface since last 1.5 years. Swelling was painless, gradually increased in the size. There was no significant past medical history or family history. No any history of pus discharge was reported. Patient reported to nearby hospital with this complain and incisional biopsy was done suggestive of ossifying fibroma. Clinically there was a spherical, diffuse swelling on right side of midface with normal overlying skin and with obliteration of right naso-labial groove (Figure 1 a-b). On palpation swelling was firm, non-compressible. Intra-oral examination revealed well defined, bony hard selling in right buccal vestibule extending from 13-17 with bosselated surface and obliteration of right buccal vestibule (Figure 1 d). There was no any sinus opening or pus discharge. Grade I mobility was present w.r.t 14,15. 14 was drifted mesially. Single, oval in shape lymph-node palpable in right submandibular region which was freely mobile and nontender.
Orthopantomogram (OPG) X-ray showed well defined radiolucent lesion measuring 28 mm x 20 mm in size in the periapical area of 13-17 with single radio-opacity inside, root resorption of 14-16, mesial tilting of root of 14, distal tilting of root of 15 (Figure 1 c). Computed Tomography images showed a well defined, expansile hypodense lesion involving right maxillary sinus and alveolar process of maxilla measuring in 33 mm x 28mm x 20 mm size with cortical perforation in anterior and lateral wall of maxillary sinus with single internal calcific foci (Figure 1 a-d). There was no involvement of orbit of nasal cavity.
Incisional biopsy was done from outside and histologic diagnosis of ossifying fibroma was given. Patient was planned for excision along with the extraction of involved teeth. Complete excision of the lesion was done along with the extraction of 13,14,15,16 through intraoral crevicular approach under general anesthesia (Figure 3 a-b).
Histopathologic examination revealed a cellular fibrous stroma made up of bland spindled to stellate fibroblastic cells with minimal atypia, large basophilic nuclei and indistinct cytoplasmic boundaries as well as bands of osteoid with no osteoblastic rimming and numerous small round ossicles implanted in the fibroblastic stroma, as well as numerous deposits of bone with concentric calcification resembling psammoma bodies (Figure 3 c). On the basis of this features diagnosis of Juvenile psammomatoid ossifying fibroma was made.
Follow-up after 2.5 years shows no any signs of recurrence clinically as well as radiographically. (Figure 1 e-h).
Ossifying fibroma is a benign fibro-osseous lesion characterized by well-defined boundaries, and replacement of osseous structure with cell-rich fibrosis, and contain varying amounts of calcified tissue resembling bone, cementum or both. It can be cemento-ossifying fibroma (conventional ossifying fibroma) or juvenile ossifying fibroma (JOF). JOF is different from conventional ossifying fibroma by local aggressive behavior and age of onset. JOF most commonly occurs in children or adolescent. According to the WHO classification 2005, the age of onset is 15 years or younger it is also known as aggressive/active ossifying fibroma. JOF has two histologic variants psammomatoid type with spherical ossicles resembling psammoma bodies and trabecular type with trabeculae and fibrillar osteoid and woven bone.5 Most commonly JOF present as swelling because of expansion of underlying bone as presented in this case but can be presented with nasal obstruction, exophthalmos or bulbar displacement when associated with paranasal sinuses or orbit.1 JOF characterized radiographically by varying degrees of radiolucency to depending on the internal components of hard and soft tissue. Lesion will be well defined from surrounding normal bone.6 Histologically JOF resembles with fibrous dysplasia and cemento-ossifying fibroma. Fibrous dysplasia contains islands of epithelium which is not seen in JOF and in cemnto-ossifying fibroma there will be Prescence of osteoblastic rimming and cementicles like structure which usually will absent in case of JOF.7 Due to high recurrence rate of JOF 30-58%, design of appropriate treatment plan is important factor.8 There is controversy between aggressive treatment such as local radical surgery for complete removal of involved and surrounding tissues, while preserving the normal structures1 and conservative treatments like complete excision or enucleation or partial resection to limit facial deformity and normal appearance and function.3 In radical resection cases reconstruction options to be considered by primary or secondary means. In the present condition patient was relatively young hence complete excision of the tumor was planned to maintain the appearance and reduce the impact on growth. Complete excision of the lesion results in the excellent prognosis.5, 9 For the treatment of JOF the various factors to be considered and individualized treatment plan to be developed. These factors are: age, growth rate, site and involvement of surrounding structures.5

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