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April 20, 1935 - Article - Pieces Of Money, by Garet Garrett
When the Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court had finished giving down the law in the celebrated gold-clause cases, Mr. Justice McReynolds, representing an overwhelmed minority of four, rose in his place, not to read the minority opinion but to put forth his convictions nakedly. Referring to the minority opinion, he said: "We [the minority of four] have written down our views; they will be open for your observation. We assume that those of you who have interest enough in the matter to wish to comprehend it, will find it possible to read it; therefore, I shall not read it extenso." From there he went on, stressing more and more, as he proceeded, the moral implications of what had been done, to the very last sentence, which was: "And the shame and humiliation of itall no one of us can foresee." (pg. 5)
When Senator Glass, holding up his piece of paper, said: "We are on a fiat-currency basis," what did he mean? What is fiat money? The word "fiat" means, "be it done." Fiat money is a piece of paper on which the Government puts its stamp and says, "That is money." If people decline to accept it, the Government passes a law, saying, "This money is money for all purposes, and full legal tender, and it is forbidden for anyone to refuse or accept it as such." (pg. 7)
Comments: The vast majority of people give little, if any thought to the money they use in everyday life. All they care about is that it works. What has happened since the gold standard was repudiated in 1933 and the monetary system put on a fiat basis is that we have been in a process of gradual inflation. To simplify what this does, let's say that every 5 years the dollar is cheapened by one-half. Let's say you are 20 years old and you come into an inheritance of $100,000. Let's say you stash the money in a safe and you figure it will help you in the future when you get old. Well, 5 years down the road inflation has made everything cost twice as much, so that would mean that it would take $200,000 to equal the buying power of the $100,000 you had 5 years ago. In 10 years you would need $400,000 to equal the buying power of the original $100,000. In 15 years you would need $800,000 to equal the buying power of the original $100,000. In 20 years you would need $1,600,000 to equal the buying power of the original $100,000. In 25 years you would need $3,200,000 to equal the buying power of the original $100,000. In 30 years you would need $6,400,000 to equal the buying power of the original $100,000 you originally stashed in your safe. So, when you are 50 years old your money you stashed 30 years ago will be worth l.5% of its original value. In other words, if there were no inflation at all for the thirty years your stash was in your safe, it would be the same as if you got robbed of $98,500 over 30 years by a stash tax. That's how much buying power your stash of money lost in 30 years. This is what planned inflation does. There can be no certainty in saving for the future and this makes the vast majority of the laboring masses dependent on their political masters when they get old. To get an idea of the actual managed inflation that has occurred since 1933, let's compare the average wages from then to now. The average wage earner in 1933 brought in roughly $1500/year. According to the Social Security Administration, in 2004 the average wage earner brought in roughly $35,600/year. However, inflation causes prices to rise also, and if prices rise at roughly the same rates as wages, then what has been accomplished? In addition, the 2004 wage earner has income tax imposed upon his/her wages, so that they don't get to keep the $35,600 they made in a year, but only the allowance the tax laws let them have. The gold clause cases can be read by studying the case of U.S. v. BANKERS' TRUST CO., 294 U.S. 240 (1935). It's only logical that the reason the politicians of the New Deal abandoned the gold standard right away is so that they could do this very thing. The gold standard, figuratively speaking, made them drag a ball and chain when it came to inflation, since the price of gold regulated the value of the dollar. The majority opinion pretty much said that the people robbed by the repudiation the gold standard had no redress against the Government. Justice McReynolds began the dissenting opinion with these words: "Mr. Justice VAN DEVANTER, Mr. Justice SUTHERLAND, Mr. Justice BUTLER, and I conclude that, if given effect, the enactments here challenged will bring about confiscation of property rights and repudiation of national obligations. Acquiescence in the decisions just announced is impossible; the circumstances demand statement of our views. 'To let oneself slide down the easy slope offered by the course of events and to dull one's mind against the extent of the danger, ... that is precisely to fail in one's obligation of responsibility.' Just men regard repudiation and spoliation of citizens by their sovereign with abhorrence; but we are asked to affirm that the Constitution has granted power to accomplish both. No definite delegation of such a power exists; and we cannot believe the farseeing framers, who labored with hope of establishing justice and securing the blessings of liberty, intended that the expected government should have authority to annihilate its own obligations and destroy the very rights which they were endeavoring to protect. Not only is there no permission for such actions; they are inhibited. And no plenitude of words can conform them to our charter." Justice McReynolds ended the dissenting opinion by stating: "Under the challenged statutes it is said the United States have realized profits amounting to $2,800,000,000. But this assumes that gain may be generated by legislative fiat. To such counterfeit profits there would be no limit; with each new debasement of the dollar they would expand. Two billions might be ballooned indefinitely-to twenty, thirty, or what you will. Loss of reputation for honorable dealing will bring us unending humiliation; the impending legal and moral chaos is appalling."


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Man that survived breast cancer twice pushes for research, awareness
"Well, man. I think I'm important. My kids love me. My wife loves me. My friends like me. I think if I died, I'd be missed," Pace recalled telling the doctor that diagnosed him the first time in 2013. He wanted to live and sought immediate treatment.
In February, Pace joined the board of directors at The Rose, a nonprofit that supports breast health in southeast Texas through screenings and diagnostics. Pace spoke with the Bellaire Examiner in March about his experience and months later is still advocating for awareness and pretty fired up about getting men included in clinical trials that would hopefully produce better drugs for them.
Pace said there really is not much research on male breast cancer currently. Men are treated with surgery, chemotherapy, radiation and medicines that are tested on women, but not on men. Clinical trials are often funded by drug companies hoping to recoup on their millions of dollars in investments through producing a drug that they can sell.
"The problem is there's just no money there for them because 2,000 men a year, 400 or 500 die. Women are — 256,000 women get diagnosed, and so I agree the money should be spent where the most liability, most probability of mortality is. But if you break it down to a common level of I'm a human being and I have a value, I'd like to have a little bit of money spent on me to check it out. And it's not happening."
Pace called not working to save men's lives, even if just a couple of thousand, because there's no profit in it a "sad epitaph of our society."
In August, the Food and Drug Administration released a guidance document urging trials that include men. Pace said he is "cautiously optimistic" but that things are urgent because research takes a lot of time. "We've got to start sometime and get the process going because we're years away from any type of answers if they started today."
Pace said he is always trying to work breast cancer into his conversations because most men, and women for that matter, he meets have no idea that men can even get breast cancer. Often, they are astonished as they realize they are talking to a man that has beaten the disease not once, but twice.
Men should ask their doctors to examine their breasts at annual checkups. Also, just like women, they should be doing breast exams at home, feeling for any lumps and looking for any changes in their breasts like shape or size or nipples with itching, rashes, scaliness or discharge. If they notice something that does not look right, they should make an appointment with their doctor to see what's going on.
Although there are few male breast cancer patients, the 20 percent mortality rate is higher than women facing breast cancer. Pace said he thinks that has a lot to do with men's general lack of knowledge that it can happen to them, which leads to not addressing warning signs. He has also seen men that put off going to the doctor when they noticed something might be wrong.
After Pace spoke at an event last fall, a woman approached him weeks later and said that she had gone home and told her husband to get checked. Pace appreciated hearing that but acknowledged he needs more people that will begin to spread the word and build awareness because he can't do it all by himself.
"That's what I want to hear back, that they're taking what I'm saying and making it a fact of their life to tell their son and their husband," Pace said. "But, like I said, I'm one voice. I've got to get more help to tell people to tell it's true, it can happen, get checked out. And it's just a matter of me living long enough to see that happen. I want to see that happen."
He urged men and women alike to speak out about the important issue, even just starting with their own families.
For more information about breast cancer or the work The Rose is doing, visit www.therose.org or call 281-484-4708.

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List of Saint Seiya: The Lost Canvas chapters
The Japanese manga series Saint Seiya: The Lost Canvas – Myth of Hades is written and illustrated by Shiori Teshirogi. It is based on the manga Saint Seiya, which was created, written and illustrated by Japanese author Masami Kurumada. The manga tells the story of the previous Holy War, taking place in the 18th century, 250 years before the original series, in the Saint Seiya universe.[1] The Lost Canvas focuses on how an orphan named Tenma becomes one of Athena's 88 warriors known as Saints and finds himself in a war fighting against his best friend Alone who is revealed to be the reincarnation of Athena's biggest enemy, the god of the underworld Hades.
It was published by Akita Shoten in the Weekly Shōnen Champion magazine from August 24, 2006 until April 7, 2011 and was collected in twenty-five tankōbon.[1] The first volume was published on December 12, 2006[2] and the twenty-fifth and final on May 6, 2011.[3] A short story comprised in 40 pages, or gaiden, titled "Yuzuriha Chronicles: The Emblem of Blood" (ユズリハ外伝 血墨の紋, Yuzuriha Gaiden: Chizumi no mon) was published on October 16, 2009, in the issues 11 and 12 of Akita Shōten's Princess Gold magazine. TMS Entertainment also produced a series of twenty-six original video animations based on the manga between June 24, 2009 and July 11, 2011.[4][5]
Additionally, the serialization of a new series of short stories titled Saint Seiya: The Lost Canvas – Anecdotes (聖闘士星矢 THE LOST CANVAS 外伝, Seinto Seiya: Za Rosuto Kyanbasu Gaiden), focusing on the Gold Saints of the 18th century presented in The Lost Canvas, has started, with the first chapter published on May 19, 2011.[6] Its first volume was released in Japan on October 7, 2011.[7] As of April 23, 2012, it was announced in the Shōnen Champion magazine that The Lost Canvas would cease being published weekly, becoming a monthly comic starting in June, and shifting publishing to the newly created magazine, Akita's Bessatsu Shōnen Champion, resuming publishing of the remaining Anecdotes chapters in that month.[8]
Volume listEdit
|Japanese release date
|Japanese ISBN
|December 8, 2006[2]
|During the Holy War from the 18th Century, Athena's soldiers known as Saints fight against the Specters from Hades. Bronze Saint Pegasus Tenma discovers that Hades is his best friend, Alone, and starts reminiscing about his childhood when they were both orphans in a small town from Italy two years ago. One day, one of the twelve most powerful Saints, Gold Saint Libra Dohko, meets Tenma while searching for Hades. Impressed by Tenma's ability to use Cosmo, the mystic force from the universe, Dohko invites Tenma to become one of Athena's Saints. In the Sanctuary in Greece, Tenma finds Alone's sister, Sasha, who is revealed to be Athena's reincarnation. During the next two years, Alone meets a woman named Pandora who recognizes him as Hades' reincarnation. Upon discovering who he is and coming to the belief that death is salvation, Alone gathers his Specters and prepares to start the Holy War against Athena.
|March 8, 2007[9]
|Alone revives three middle-ranked Silver Saints to kill Sasha, but they are stopped by Dohko and another Gold Saint, Aries Shion. As a self-punishment for killing them, both Gold Saints command a group of Silver and Bronze Saints to search for Hades in Italy. Tenma finds that Alone is Hades, ending his flashback. Alone immediately kills Tenma and the other Saints are forced to leave, being overpowered by the Specters. One of the Bronze Saints survivors, Unicorn Yato, finds Tenma's corpse and meets a woman named Yuzuriha who takes them to the land of Jamir where her master, Hakurei, reveals that Tenma can be saved. He explains that the flower chain made by Sasha saved Tenma's soul, but he is now trapped in the Underworld. Hakurei takes Yato and Yuzuriha's souls to the Underworld and they both soon find Tenma imprisoned by a Specter, Mandrake Fyodor.
|May 8, 2007[10]
|With Yato and Yuzuriha's help, Tenma defeats the Specter and escapes from the prison. Meanwhile, Alone sends a group of Specters to attack the Sanctuary, but they are stopped by a Gold Saint, Pisces Albafica, who kills most of them. The commander from the Specters, a Judge of Hell, Gryphon Minos, faces and defeats Albafica without major problems. Minos then proceeds to attack a small village near the Sanctuary but he is confronted by Shion. Despite his wounds, Albafica goes to the village and faces Minos once again. This time, Albafica defeats Minos, but both of them die shortly after. Following these events, the Pope of the Sanctuary is informed by one of Hakurei's students, Atla, that the Specters are being revived by Alone.
|July 7, 2007[11]
|As Tenma, Yato and Yuzuriha search a tree from the Underworld, they are confronted by Alone, who tells them that he will invade the Sanctuary. Then,the Gold Saint Virgo Asmita starts using his Cosmo to fight Tenma although his physical body is in the Sanctuary. Asmita tests Tenma's abilities to know if he can defeat Alone since his previous incarnations were the ones who always faced Hades. After a long fight, Asmita disappears and Tenma, Yato and Yuzuriha return to Jamir. Using fruits from the Underworld, Asmita starts creating a rosary to seal the Specters' soul, ending their immortality. While Asmita is making it, a group of Specters attack Jamir. Tenma, Yato and Yuzuriha proceed to fight, allowing Asmita to complete the rosary.
|September 7, 2007[12]
|Asmita seals the Specters' soul attacking Jamir inside the newly formed rosary, but his body is consumed in the process. Meanwhile, Specter Bennu Kagaho attacks the Sanctuary to kill Dohko, who injured Alone during their previous encounter in Italy. Gold Saint Taurus Aldebaran stands against Kagaho and fights him. Although Aldebaran defeats the Specter, he spares his life as he notes that Kagaho is not evil. When Aldebaran goes to inform to the Pope about the recent events, Alone invades the Sanctuary.
|November 8, 2007[13]
|Alone paralyzes all Saints from the Sanctuary, and impales Sagittarius Sisyphos's heart. Tenma is transported to the Sanctuary to fight Alone, but he is unable to inflict any damage. Before Tenma is killed, Sasha and the Pope try to seal Alone in the Sanctuary using Athena's statue. Pandora frees Alone, who reveals to Sasha and Tenma that he is painting The Lost Canvas, a picture all over the world that will destroy it once it is finished. Alone decides to leave, but Pandora sends two Specters to kill Tenma, being worried by his behavior. Aldebaran protects Tenma, although he is still injured by Kagaho. In the end, the Specters and Aldebaran die in battle.
|February 8, 2008[14]
|Tenma tries to leave the Sanctuary to avoid the Specters kill his friends, but he is imprisoned by the Gold Saint Cancer Manigoldo. At the same time, the twin gods Hypnos and Thanatos seal Alone away to make him focus only on the Lost Canvas. The gods also protect Alone's cathedral to keep anybody from interrupting them. Soon, Hakurei sends Yuzuriha and Yato to free Tenma, and the three go to the cathedral to find Alone. However, they're attacked by several creatures created by the Specter Nasu Veronica, who tries to kill them. As the Saints defeat Veronica's soldiers, Manigoldo faces Veronica, as he was ordered to protect Tenma.
|April 8, 2008[15]
|Manigoldo easily kills Veronica, who before dying transports the Gold Saint to the church where the God of Death, Thanatos, confronts him. Manigoldo Thanatos, but none of his attacks injure him. As Thanatos tries to make Manigoldo explode in another dimension, Manigoldo's teacher, the Pope Sage, comes to help his student. Joining their forces, Manigoldo and Sage manage to fight Thanatos, but Manigoldo dies while destroying Thanatos' human body in another dimension. Using the Altar Silver Cloth from his brother Hakurei, Sage seals Thanatos' soul, but he also dies in the attack.
|June 6, 2008[16]
|Gold Saint Capricorn El Cid is sent to protect Tenma to the cathedral, but he is attacked by Hypnos' children, the four Dream Gods. The Dream Gods mutilate El Cid's right arm, and throw his body into a cliff. Then, the Dream Gods attack Tenma, Yuzuriha and Yato, sending all of them to the Dreamworld, where they will sleep forever. El Cid manages to recover and enters the Dreamworld, killing two Dream Gods while recovering his arm. Sasha tries to enter the Dreamworld and help Tenma to wake up, barely managing to succeed. Tenma then faces and defeats Morpheus using the power from the Dreamworld.
|August 8, 2008[17]
|El Cid reunites with Tenma, and both confront the last Dream God, Oneiros. As Oneiros uses the souls of his siblings, he is soon able to overpower the Saints. While Oneiros faces Tenma and El Cid, Sasha returns to the Dreamworld, where she manages to make Sisyphos wake up from his coma. Sisyphos then shoots a golden arrow at Oneiros, which El Cid is able to cut into four pieces to attack all the Dream Gods. Oneiros then tries to kill Tenma, but El Cid intercepts to slay Oneiros, although El Cid also dies.
|November 7, 2008[18]
|With the Dream Gods dead, Hakurei sends all Saints to the cathedral to prepare to fight Hades. As a barrier from the cathedral binds the Saints' Cosmos, Hakurei enters alone to the cathedral to destroy the barrier. Shion and Yuzuriha secretly follow him, but both are attacked by Hypnos. Hakurei reunites the souls from all the Saints that fought in the previous Holy War, and manages to seal Hypnos. Before Hakurei can destroy the barrier, Alone appears and kills him having become more corrupted with Hades' soul. Tenma and Dohko fight the new Hades, but both are unable to hurt him. As such, Dohko stays to fight Hades, allowing Shion to escape with Tenma and Yuzuriha. After Dohko is defeated, Hades goes to the sky to finish The Lost Canvas.
|February 6, 2009[19]
|Tenma goes to train to Canon Island to train a man named Defteros tells him if he does not become one with that island, he will devour him. Tenma is successful in his training achieving the Gold Saints' powers, while Defteros is revealed to be the Gemini Gold Saint. Meanwhile, in Sanctuary, Aquarius Dégel goes alongside Scorpio Kardia on a mission to Bluegrad to find a power to reach the Lost Canvas where Hades is situated. Unity, the prince of that country and Dégel's old friend, meets them. He explains Bluegrad was destroyed by the Specters, and reveals a passage that leads to Atlantis. In the submarine realm, Unity is killed by the Judged Specter Wyvern Radamanthys who came to stop them. Kardia says he would fight Radamanthys in his comrade's place, and Dégel should go after Poseidon and fulfill that mission.
|April 8, 2009[20]
|During the battle between Kardia and Radamanthys, the latter has the upper hand first but is defeated shortly after. Kardia's heart stopps too and his cosmo vanishes. Dégel gets to the entrance of the underwater realm and sees Seraphina, the older sister of Unity. The same moment a mariner steps forward and greets the Aquarius Saint. Dégel recognize him as his old friend Unity, who now dons the Sea Dragon Scale. Unity explains how he reached to his position and that after Seraphina died he wanted her to be the vessel for the underwater god. Offering Dégel the Orichalcum in exchange of the freeing of Athena's seal over Poseidon, the Gold Saint cannot accept and the fight between them starts. This time Dégel uses full force and defeats the Mariner. Unity regains his senses and wants to help Dégel but Pandora destroys part of the Orichalcum and Poseidon is set loose. Dégel has no other choice, than sending Unity back to Sanctuary with the intact part of the stone and use his powers to freeze whole Atlantis, the possessed Serphina and himself. While the battle in Atlantis waged a small troop of Sanctuary Soldiers and Bronze Saint were sent out to retrieve the ship of hope, the Argo.
|June 8, 2009[21]
|While the Bronze Saints work in the Argo, the Specter Behemoth Violate spots and her superior, the Judge Garuda Aiacos, orders her to eliminate the Saints. As Violate prepares to finish the Bronze Saints Leo Regulus comes to the Saints' defense and starts fighting her. Regulus manages to make both stay away from the Argo but Violate's attack was just meant to keep Regulus busy while Aiacos' army directly attack the ship. Following Violate's death at the hands of her opponent, Aiacos prepares to kill the Saints, but Tenma and Sisyphos come to their aid.
|August 7, 2009[22]
|While Sisyphos stops Aiacos' attacks, four Bronze Saints working in the ship sacrifice their lives to use the Orichalcum sent by Tenma to make Argo start flying and fight against Aiacos' warship. As Yato is controlling Argo, Sisyphos stays alongside Tenma to protect it from Aiacos' attacks. Unable to refuse defeat in the fight between ships Aiacos make the two of them collide and continues fighting Sisyphos one-on-one. Overpowered by Aiacos, Sisyphos sacrifices his eyesight to enhance his Cosmo and defeat the opposing Judge. Shortly afterwards, Hades tries to kill Aiacos using Violate's dead body as a punishment, but he is opposed by Tenma.
|October 8, 2009[23]
|Tenma starts fighting Hades but is not able to defeat him. Sasha comes to assist Tenma and two start sending the blood Sasha's loses in the fight to the underworld god, overwhelming him. Before Hades is defeated, Pandora saves him and tries to kill the two. However, Hades interrupts Pandora and invites Tenma and Sasha to the Demonic Temples, temples located within the Lost Canvas. As the Saints prepare to enter the Temples, they are stopped by the gatekeeper, the Specter Sphynx Pharaoh. Despite his wounds, Sisyphos stands against Pharaoh, using his last forces to kill the gatekeeper and assist Shion and Regulus in destroying the entrance with Athena Exclamation.
|December 8, 2009[24]
|Following Sisyphos' death, Sasha and the Saints enter into the Lost Canvas. However, all of the people within Argo except Tenma, Sasha, Shion and Regulus are petrified as a result of the area's power. A ferryboat Specter named Acheron Charon agrees to take Tenma's group to the first Demonic Temple but at the cost of Sasha's hair. With the Lost Canvas' souls taking Sasha's hair, Hades is able to seal the goddess' Cosmo. Meanwhile, Dohko has been saved from death by Gemini Defteros who found him in the Kanon Island and goes to the Sanctuary to obtain Athena's Cloth using her blood. Near Athena's statue, Dohko is confronted by Specters who know of Defteros' intentions and try to kill him. Dohko defeats his opponents but is faced by Kagaho who previously took him to Kanon Island, knowing of Athena's Cloth.
|March 8, 2010[25]
|Having been infused with Athena's blood by Defteros, Dohko's blood awakens Athena's Cloth upon being attacked by Kagaho. Before Kagaho can steal it, Defteros appears and transports Dohko and him to another area. Entrusting Dohko Athena's Cloth, Defteros is confronted by the person who told Hades about the Cloth, his late twin Gemini Aspros. Revived by Hades, Aspros transports his brother to the Mars Temple where he acts as one of Hades' guardians. As the two start fighting, it is revealed that Aspros was the original Gemini Saint and a candidate for Pope who was tested by Hakurei by rejecting his wish. Still wishing his position, Aspros brainwashed Defteros to kill Hakurei, but the two were also opposed by Virgo Asmita. Asmita managed to give the brainwashed Defteros a clue to stop his brother's control which was killing Aspros himself. Now confronting once again as enemies, Defteros uses all his powers to kill the person he admired the most once again. However, at the end Defteros dies and then Aspros' appearance drastically changes.
|May 7, 2010[26]
|Aspros returns to Hades' palace revealing that Defteros actually sacrificed his life to erase the evil within his side by merging their souls. Having regained his status as the Gemini Saint, Aspros tries to kill Hades but is stopped by the Specter Mephistopheles Yōma who is responsible for the hatred between the two Gemini Saints. After disintegrating Aspros' body, Yōma goes to the first Demon Temple, Mercury, where he reveals to be Tenma's father. Yōma neither fights his nor his comrades, stating they are the "actors" he placed in his "stage play", having stolen Hades as a newborn to leave with Sasha and Tenma. After Yōma leaves the Temple, Alone claims he has been controlling Hades' power since the beginning and kills all his Skeletons, enraging Pandora. Meanwhile, Tenma's group reaches the second Temple, Venus, and are opposed by the guardian Balron René who Shion wishes to fight alone.
|July 8, 2010[27]
|While Shion continues his fight against René, it is revealed how the Specter offered him to join his side to spy people's lives in the past if he broke all the Cloths he was supposed to protect. With Shion having refused the offer as he believed that people's wounds and Cloth are better than René's records, René sends Shion to Cocytus to see the corpses of all the Saints who fought in previous wars to reveal their suffering. Shion is instead encouraged by the late Saints to use their souls in an attack to kill his opponent. Meanwhile, Tenma, Regulus and Sasha reach the Terra Temple where Kagaho confronts them. Dohko meets his comrades and decides to fight Kagaho once again before giving Sasha Athena's Cloth. As Kagaho is draining his life to increase his power for Alone's sake, Dohko is forced to use a suicidal technique to defeat him.
|September 8, 2010[28]
|With Dohko's final technique the two warriors are sent flying upwards at high speed, to be burnt by atmospheric friction. Kagaho remembers about how he swore to protect Alone who reminded him of his late brother and how the Saints might be able to save Alone. As a result, Kagaho sends Dohko back to Earth before his death. Back in the Saturnus Temple, Pandora wishes to take Rhadamanthys once again to fight, but she is opposed by his followers Harpy Valentine who is against using his superior's life. As the two struggle, Rhadamanthys manages to control the blood Alone gave him and kills Valentine as he will fight for Hades' sake. Rhadamanthys, Pandora and Cait Sith Cheshire fight Tenma, Sasha and Regulus in the Saturnus Temple where Sasha dons Athena's Cloth. While fighting Sasha, Pandora reveals how her friend Partita, who was actually Tenma's mother, had her brother stolen from her. Yōma is revealed as the culprit as he sends Tenma to the Uranus Temple to face his mother.
|December 8, 2010[29]
|Now acting as a Specter, Partita tries to kill Tenma in order to have Pegasus' power that can defeat the gods. With Tenma unwilling to fight his mother, Pandora steps in but is severely wounded. Before Pandora is killed, Tenma decides to fight Partita but the Pegasus Cloth is destroyed in the process. Partita starts removing her son's soul, but it returns to his body alongside the broken Cloth, which join together to form the Pegasus God Cloth , enabling Tena to defeat Partita. Back in the Saturnus Temple, Regulus reveals how he wishes to avenge his father, the previous Leo Saint Ilias, who was killed by Rhadamanthys in one of the Specters' attacks several years ago.
|February 8, 2011[30]
|Despite having analyzed Rhadamanthys' attacks back when his father was killed, Regulus is still unable to defeat the Specter who obtained divine powers from Alone. Rhadamanthys then prepares to kill Regulus who becomes an incorporeal entity to pierce his opponent's heart and remove his divine powers. As Regulus leaves to the afterlife, Pandora goes to Alone to kill him for manipulating Hades' powers. Neither she nor the severely wounded Rhadamanthys are able to defeat Alone, but Rhadamanthys uses his last forces to break the painting sealing Sasha's powers and make Pandora leave the area. Having regained her strength, Sasha releases her petrified comrades and leaves to fight Alone. Meanwhile, Yōma ambushes Shion but at the same time he is confronted by Tenma.
|April 8, 2011[31]
|Yōma reveals his plans to use Tenma's new powers to start a war against the gods rather than allowing a future generation to do it, but requires Shion's death to accomplish such future. Having survived from Yōma's attack, Aspros saves Shion's life and gives his unconscious body alongside Dohko's to Tenma while he once again fights the Specter. During the battle, Yōma is revealed to be Kairos a lesser god who was banished by his brother Chronos in the ages of myth and is trapped within the a mortal body. Learning his opponent is not a complete god, Aspros manages to destroy Yōma's body in the Heavenly Realm and seals his soul within Asmita's 108 beads mala. Shortly afterwards, Aspros' temporary life as a Specter reaches its end while Tenma and Sasha engage Alone who is now using Hades' Surplice. Still hearing the original Alone's voice asking for his help, Tenma decides to fight Alone one-on-one.
|May 6, 2011[3]
|The souls from The Lost Canvas make Tenma stop fighting as they wish for Alone's salvation. With Tenma having lost his will to fight, Alone prepares to finish him, but Yato and the remaining Saints come to his aid. Encouraged by Yato and Yuzuriha to continue fighting, Tenma defeats Alone, causing the Lost Canvas' destruction and at the same time Hades' complete possession over Alone's body. Shion calls for the remaining ten Gold Cloths to gather and join him and Dohko to use all their golden light to weaken the Underworld God. Hades' soul retreats to the last Demonic Temple, Pluton, and Tenma, Sasha, and the now safe Alone joins forces to defeat the god. Despite their victory, the trio does not return to Earth, leaving Shion and Dohko to prepare for the next Holy War with Shion becoming the new Pope to rebuild the Sanctuary and Dohko sealing the 108 souls from Asmita's rosary in Mount Lu's five peaks.
Anecdotes chaptersEdit
|Japanese release date
|Japanese ISBN
|Chapter One: Pisces
|October 7, 2011[7]
|Some time before the Holy War of 1747, Pisces Albafica is sent by Sanctuary to investigate the suspected activity of Hades' Specters in the Healer's Island. Upon arriving, Albafica saves the life of young Pefko, apprentice to Luco, the master healer. The Pisces Saint discovers the blood ties between Luco and his late master Lugonis, who was Luco's brother. Luco offers freeing Albafica of his poisonous blood forever, but both Albafica and Pefko learn that Luco is a Specter working for Hades.
|Chapter Two: Scorpio
|December 8, 2011[32]
|After the long search for Athena comes to an end thanks to Sagittarius Sisyphos, Scorpio Kardia goes to take care of her unaware Sasha is the goddess. Taking out the young goddess for a promenade, Kardia stumbles across the ancient Jaguar fighters who plan to resurrect their god, the fearsome sun god of destruction Tezcatlipoca, to unleash chaos into the world. Wesda, the sun priest, discovers the enormous power hidden within Kardia's heart, and desires to take it as an offering for his god, as well as Athena's, who is then kidnapped.
|Chapter Three: Aquarius
|February 8, 2012[33]
|Five years before the holy war of 1747, Aquarius Dégel receives a mysterious invitation card. Accepting it, the Gold Saint meets a mysterious woman of the high society of France named Garnet. Intrigued by the unnatural aura that surrounds the woman, Dégel later finds out she is responsible for the vanishings of locals, including the father of the young maid Fluorite. Determined to put an end to the situation, Dégel infiltrates Garnet's fortress, only to find that she is also responsible for the corruption of his revered mentor, the five-hundred-year-old Krjest, whom he is shocked to encounter as a young man.
|Chapter Four: Cancer
|April 6, 2012[34]
|Sanctuary dispatches Cancer Manigoldo and Pisces Albafica to investigate suspicious activity in Venice. Upon arrival, a carnival atmosphere greets them, as well as young Gioca's attempt at robbing Manigoldo. Further indagation leads the Saints to the lair of the Nero, a criminal organization formed by Black Saints who conspire to steal the Gold Cloths and take over Sanctuary, at the same time harboring a particular interest on Gioca. It is up to the two Gold Saints to stop the ambitions of the Black Saints and protect their young companion to unravel the enigma of her origins and the reason of the interest of the Black Saints on her.
|Chapter Five: Capricorn
|July 6, 2012[35]
|During his mission to investigate the gods of dreams, Capricorn El Cid deviates temporarily to a mysterious city that appeared from thin air. He then enters a tournament held by enigmatic figures, that El Cid later finds to be deeply related to his past. In his quest to perfect his Excalibur attack, El Cid unearths memories of his training and secrets about the fearsome gods of dreams, at the same time, finding a young man who shows promise of becoming a true Saint.
|Chapter Six: Libra
|December 7, 2012[36]
|Eleven years have passed since the end of the Holy War against Hades in the 18th century. Libra Dohko spends his days fulfilling the duty Athena gave him, to guard the seal of the Specter's grave. The Saint's routine comes to an end when he is greeted by a mysterious young man, Liú-Xīng, who bears an uncanny resemblance to Dohko's late comrade, Pegasus Tenma. Dohko then sees himself involved in a struggle against the Taonia, renowned warriors from China's fairylands who will stop at nothing to see their goals accomplished.
|Chapter Seven: Leo
|April 8, 2013[37]
|Like his father before him, young Leo Regulus has recently become one of the twelve Gold Saints of Athena. By chance, he meets a girl named Connor, the daughter of worshippers of the light god Lugh. Inadvertently, Regulus becomes involved in a struggle between the forces of good and evil, as devoted followers of both, and manifestations of ancient creatures of Irish legend, seek to destroy each other to fulfill their destinies.
|Chapter Eight: Virgo
|August 8, 2013[38]
|Years before the events of the Holy War of 1747, a young man named Ahimsa seeks to achieve enlightenment. His quest eventually leads him to cross paths with Asmita, the Virgo Gold Saint, who underwent, and overcame, Ahimsa's same trials years ago. Mysterious activities in the underworld make the young men descend together to the hellish Six Realms, which are under control of the wicked Āṭavaka, and Ahimsa's true awakening to reality begins, with the assistance of Asmita.
|Chapter Nine: Taurus
|December 6, 2013[39]
|In 1753, six years after the victory against Hades, Athena's Sanctuary is still in the process of recovering. Only a handful of Saints protect the peace of the world in an era without Athena, among them the veteran Aries Shion and Taurus Teneo, who inherited the mantle of the Taurus Gold Saint from his mentor Rasgado. Strange activity causes the Pope Shion to dispatch Taurus Teneo to Mount Etna, the final resting place of the terrible monster Typhon and his brother, the giant Enceladus, after the devastating Titanomachia, millennia ago. Upon reaching his destination, Teneo reminisces after the dire battles his mentor endured in the place years before him, that prevented Typhon's evil from being once again unleashed upon the world.
|Chapter Ten: Sagittarius
|June 20, 2014[40]
|Chapter Eleven: Gemini I
|October 20, 2014[41]
|Chapter Twelve: Gemini II
|January 8, 2015[42]
|Chapter Thirteen: Aries I
|June 8, 2015[43]
|Chapter Fourteen: Aries II
|December 8, 2015
|Chapter Fifteen: The Old Twins
|March 8, 2016
|Chapter Sixteen: The Old Twins II
|June 8, 2016
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- Saint Seiya: The Lost Canvas - The Myth of Hades - Special Side Story (1) - released on December 19, 2013,
- Saint Seiya: The Lost Canvas - The Myth of Hades - Special Side Story (2) - released on October 18, 2014
- Saint Seiya: The Lost Canvas - The Myth of Hades - "Extra Edition - Puppet and King" (番外篇 傀儡と王, Bangai-hen Kugutsu to ō) - released on December 19. 2015
- Saint Seiya: The Lost Canvas - The Myth of Hades - "Extra Edition" (番外編, Bangai-hen) - released on December 19, 2016
- Saint Seiya: The Lost Canvas - The Myth of Hades - "Extra Edition" (番外編, Bangai-hen) - released on January 18, 2020
- Saint Seiya: The Lost Canvas - The Myth of Hades - "Extra Edition" (番外編, Bangai-hen) - released on April 17, 2020
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Dantrolene effectively treats malignant hyperthermia, but there are discrepant recommendations for dantrolene availability in facilities that stock succinylcholine for airway rescue but do not use volatile anesthetics.
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The authors performed an analysis of data from three databases and a systematic literature review. Providers frequently use succinylcholine, including during difficult mask ventilation. Succinylcholine given without volatile anesthetics triggered 24 malignant hyperthermia events, 13 of which were treated with dantrolene. Fourteen patients experienced substantial complications, and one died. Delayed dantrolene treatment worsened patient outcomes.
Although dantrolene effectively treats malignant hyperthermia (MH), discrepant recommendations exist concerning dantrolene availability. Whereas Malignant Hyperthermia Association of the United States guidelines state dantrolene must be available within 10 min of the decision to treat MH wherever volatile anesthetics or succinylcholine are administered, a Society for Ambulatory Anesthesia protocol permits Class B ambulatory facilities to stock succinylcholine for airway rescue without dantrolene. The authors investigated (1) succinylcholine use rates, including for airway rescue, in anesthetizing/sedating locations; (2) whether succinylcholine without volatile anesthetics triggers MH warranting dantrolene; and (3) the relationship between dantrolene administration and MH morbidity/mortality.
The authors performed focused analyses of the Multicenter Perioperative Outcomes Group (2005 through 2016), North American MH Registry (2013 through 2016), and Anesthesia Closed Claims Project (1970 through 2014) databases, as well as a systematic literature review (1987 through 2017). The authors used difficult mask ventilation (grades III and IV) as a surrogate for airway rescue. MH experts judged dantrolene treatment. For MH morbidity/mortality analyses, the authors included U.S. and Canadian cases that were fulminant or scored 20 or higher on the clinical grading scale and in which volatile anesthetics or succinylcholine were given.
Among 6,368,356 queried outcomes cases, 246,904 (3.9%) received succinylcholine without volatile agents. Succinylcholine was used in 46% (n = 710) of grade IV mask ventilation cases (median dose, 100 mg, 1.2 mg/kg). Succinylcholine without volatile anesthetics triggered 24 MH cases, 13 requiring dantrolene. Among 310 anesthetic-triggered MH cases, morbidity was 20 to 37%. Treatment delay increased complications every 10 min, reaching 100% with a 50-min delay. Overall mortality was 1 to 10%; 15 U.S. patients died, including 4 after anesthetics in freestanding facilities.
Providers use succinylcholine commonly, including during difficult mask ventilation. Succinylcholine administered without volatile anesthetics may trigger MH events requiring dantrolene. Delayed dantrolene treatment increases the likelihood of MH complications. The data reported herein support stocking dantrolene wherever succinylcholine or volatile anesthetics may be used.
Marilyn Green Larach, Thomas T. Klumpner, Barbara W. Brandom, Michelle T. Vaughn, Kumar G. Belani, Andrew Herlich, Tae W. Kim, Janine Limoncelli, Sheila Riazi, Erica L. Sivak, John Capacchione, Darlene Mashman, Sachin Kheterpal, on behalf of the Multicenter Perioperative Outcomes Group, Fabian Kooij, Janet Wilczak, Roy Soto, Joshua Berris, Zachary Price, Steven Lins, Peter Coles, John M. Harris, Kenneth C. Cummings, Mitchell F. Berman, Masakatsu Nanamori, Bruce T. Adelman, Christopher Wedeven, John LaGorio, Patrick J. McCormick, Simon Tom, Michael F. Aziz, Traci Coffman, Terri A. Ellis, Susan Molina, William Peterson, Sean C. Mackey, Wilton A. van Klei, Adit A. Ginde, Daniel A. Biggs, Mark D. Neuman, Robert M. Craft, Nathan L. Pace, William C. Paganelli, Marcel E. Durieux, Bala J. Nair, Jonathan P. Wanderer, Scott A. Miller, Daniel L. Helsten, Zachary A. Turnbull, Robert B. Schonberger; Succinylcholine Use and Dantrolene Availability for Malignant Hyperthermia Treatment: Database Analyses and Systematic Review. Anesthesiology 2019;130(1):41-54. doi: https://doi.org/10.1097/ALN.0000000000002490.
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Netflix Seeks OVD Conditions on AT&T/DirecTV
Netflix has told the FCC that without conditions guarding against what it suggests are anticompetitive paid peering and data cap practices, the FCC should not approve the AT&T/DirecTV deal.
In its initial comments on the proposed merger, which were due this week, the online video powerhouse said that AT&T has made it clear it sees OVD's like Netflix as a threat to their own video offerings and could and had used its market power to degrade customers Netflix access until Netflix agreed to pay "a terminating access fee" (paid peering).
It said that without conditions to insure OVD competition, the combined company has the incentive and ability to harm edge providers, practices that will not be "disciplined" by competition in the broadband market.
AT&T has countered that given Netflix's increased volume of traffic to AT&T--by some estimates more than a third of U.S. downloads at peak periods, it should be paying the freight.
"When Netflix delivered its movies by mail, the cost of delivery was included in the price their customer paid," AT&T D.C. exec Jim Cicconi blogger back in March in response to a post by Netflix founder Reed Hastings. "It would've been neither right nor legal for Netflix to demand a customer's neighbors pay the cost of delivering his movie. Yet that's effectively what Mr. Hastings is demanding here, and in rather self-righteous fashion. Netflix may now be using an Internet connection instead of the Postal Service, but the same principle applies. If there's a cost of delivering Mr. Hastings's movies at the quality level he desires – and there is – then it should be borne by Netflix and recovered in the price of its service.
In a blog posting, Fred Campbell, director of the Center for Boundless Innovation, argues that it was Netflix clogging the pipes to push peering as a network neutrality issue in Washington. Asked if the company had any reaction to the blog, a Netflix spokesperson said no:. Our filing speaks for itself." That filing being that it is AT&T doing the clogging to force peering payments.
In its comments, Netflix points out that the FCC has yet to address the terminating access fee issues, and that the fate of the Open Internet rules is unclear.
FCC chairman Tom Wheeler has signaled the FCC needs to look into any potential anticompetitive effects of paid peering, but has also said he does not think the Open Internet rules is the right venue--those rules deal with customer-facing (last mile) blocking and discrimination, rather than traffic exchanges among ISPs and edge providers at their interconnection points.
Given that regulatory uncertainty, Netflix says, the FCC needs to use deal conditions to insure that an AT&T/DirecTV can't abuse" its control of Internet traffic, "whether over its mobile or fixed wireless networks, or whether over the last mile or at interconnection points.


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Soon after, the stranger shows up to the midget scientists house, once again offering a corpse in exchange for money. This time, however, the scientist decides not to pay for his next cadaver, killing the visitor instead (by removing his legs with a buzz-saw booby trap), and using his re-animated severed head in a series of tests. Eventually, the girlfriend of the dead guy comes looking for her hubby, but also becomes a victim of the dwarf, thus providing him with a suitable body into which he can finally transplant his sister's 'consciousness'.
This installment seems so removed from the other movies, which really focused on the realness of the gore, and graphic violence. ANDROID OF NOTRE DAME was almost too hokey, and the special effects weren't nearly as good as they were in previous installments. It's not a terrible movie, and it is entertaining in it's own right, but it is a total let down, especially compared to MERMAID IN A MANHOLE and HE NEVER DIES. Luckily, like the rest of these movies, they're all under an hour long, making them an easy watch. I would rather recommend other GUINEA PIG films to you over this one, but if you're interested in checking it out for yourself, I'll post the video down below. Let me know what you think, and enjoy!
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Sometimes, when my wife and I are visiting a church, a particular memorial catches our eye. It may be its modesty that makes it stand apart. Sometimes it's the ridiculous grandiosity. Occasionally it's an unusual name. Or it may be historically interesting. And then there are those whose arresting poignancy just makes you stop, pause a while and reflect. We recently came across an example of the latter in the church at Sharnbrook, Bedfordshire. The simple, straightforward inscription on the unaffected tablet needs no commentary from me - it speaks for itself. However, I did find a reference to the circumstances of the deaths of the five brothers and their mother that gives a little context to the tragic events described.
Arnold was the first to die, on 31 October 1914, a mere 10 weeks after the start of the First World War. Next was Hugh, but not until 1st March 1918, when Ada may have been feeling that her sons would survive the conflict. He was lost when his ship, HMS Calgarian, was sunk by a torpedo from a submarine. Later that year in France, on 27th September, Lewis died, and a few weeks afterwards, quite nearby on 15th October, James was killed. Cecil was killed after the war in Europe had ended when Ada must have thought that surely her losses had come to an end. He was a member of the British forces in Egypt involved in maintaining the rule of Empire and lost his life in a rebellion on 18th March 1919.
Ada Maud Jarvis had ten children and was 69 years of age when she died, a mere four months after the death of her fifth son.
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ATLANTA, Ga (AP) — The force was not with them.
Star Wars fans returning from a tribute to the late Princess Leia actress Carrie Fisher say they returned to their vehicle Friday to find their custom-made movie costumes stolen.
Bobby Shively tells local media his Darth Vader costume and the Stormtrooper costume of another fan were stolen from the back of his truck.
Shively is a member of the 501st Legion, a worldwide organization of "Star Wars" fans who dress up as characters from the movies. In costume, they visit hospitals and raise money for charity.
Shively says he's not sure whether the costumes were targeted or whether it was a random incident.
He says the Darth Vader costume took him a year to assemble using parts from around the world.


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December advertisement featuring Valeriy Konovalyuk, a member of the Party of Regions, which has strong ties to Russia. The sign reads:
"Issue at stake: NATIONAL IDEA
Valeriy Konovalyuk
Farewell, arms!
Farewell, NATO!
National idea:
A new Ukraine-
Without the right to mistakes"
In a February 25 front page op-ed of the Kyiv Post, Myths from U.S.S.R. still have strong pull today: NATO is evil, Bandera worked for Nazis, and other myths that divide Ukraine, Yuriy Lukanov viciously condemns those Ukrainians (mostly eastern Ukrainians and Crimeans) for opposing NATO and Ukrainian nationalism.
(Before I go any further, let's discuss that second myth. Stepan Bandera was a Ukrainian nationalist leader, whose organization had originally been pro-Nazi Germany before splitting off and forming a new faction. According to several Dnepropetrovskians, incidentally, it was not uncommon for Western Ukrainians, especially the nationalists, to be pro-Nazi as part of their anti-Soviet crusade. From personal experience, I can assure you that there are many fascists in Dnepropetrovsk today, and I am told there are just as many throughout Ukraine, although they are not neo-Nazis.)
Lukanov states that "A civil war has been going on in Ukraine for the last several years, albeit a virtual one. Fights are cruel, as if the citizens want to destroy each other – or at least each other's brains." The Kyiv Post is extremely pro-Western, and this op-ed is no exception. While there is certainly a breach between east and west, I have not found it to be nearly as excessive as Lukanov would have you believe. There are a few issues, however, that are particularly devisive, particularly NATO.
This sign was also advertised all over the city, right around New Year's. It reads:
"To a new year
And the hope for a new Ukraine
Valeriy Konovalyuk"
The west wants in. The east doesn't. Ukrainian president Yushchenko has been striving for entrance into NATO and the EU since the Orange Revolution in 2004, to the great ire of Russia. Yushchenko also made a big show of support for Georgia this summer and supported the country with arms (some allege that there were secret deals, as well).
Joshua Kucera, a Slate reporter, writes in Crimea Scene Investigation: Is Ukraine Next?, "Immediately after the dust settled in Georgia, speculation had it that Ukraine was next in Russia's sights. (Google "Is Ukraine next?" to see just how much speculation.) Like Georgia, Ukraine has NATO aspirations and a president dedicated to moving away from Moscow and toward the United States and Europe. And it has Crimea, a peninsula on the Black Sea where most of the population is not Ukrainian but ethnic Russian. It also hosts a large Russian naval base."
It's not just Crimeans who consider themselves Russian, despite being born within the limits of Ukraine. One of my Russian teachers, Elena Alexandrovna (she teaches me on Mondays only, when Svetlana Alexandrovna works at her school), has assured me quite a few times that she is Russian, not Ukrainian. Others, like Svetlana Alexandrovna, though pround of their Ukrainian heritage, believe Ukraine should be part of greater Russia, given their families and friends all currently reside there, and they share so much common history.
Besides, they speak the same language.
This brings up another point Lukanov mentions in his op-ed. He writes, "Yanukovych [leader of the Party of Regions and opposition leader in the Verkhovna Rada] recently announced that, in his native Donbass, children are suffering and crying because they are forced to study in Ukrainian. Can you imagine a statement of this sort about French, English, Polish or other languages from politicians in these nations?"
Interestingly enough, I had heard a similar story only a day before reading the article. Anya, a very intelligent woman who is completely fluent in English and speaks very high Russian, was complaining to me that all her graduate school classes are, by law, only taught in Ukrainian. Even the professors struggle, she explained, since they live in Dnepropetrovsk and speak only Russian on a daily basis. She continued to say that she's already studying for her economics final presentation, since it must be given entirely in Ukrainian, and that means memorizing a whole language of technical vocabulary and specialized terminology.
Meanwhile, in elementary schools, teaching Ukrainian has become a huge problem. Because it is not the primary language of the students, but it is forcibly becoming the primary language of education, students are left with poor skills in both their native Russian and their secondary Ukrainian. Eastern Ukrainian teachers have descried this new trend, advocating that students would be more fluent in both languages if they were permitted to continue teaching primarily in Russian.
There are two sides to every coin. I personally sit right on the fence for almost every issue, since my western loyalties and eastern environment allow me to understand both sides of the story. The more I know, the less I'm able to form an opinion. Everyone's right, and everyone's wrong.


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Just a little higher, she thinks.
The cleavage is not visible enough.
She wonders how many likes she'll get,
If she can push them a little more up.
Staring at herself on a screen,
She captures her desperation.
To look like 'them beauty queens',
This has become her life's passion.
Do it for the likes, she berates herself,
And so curls her hair and lips.
She removes her blemishes by editing,
But not the scars from within.
Her wardrobe is filled to the brim,
With miniskirts and make up.
She's developed an anxiety about
Not looking plastic enough.
But she wasn't like this before,
A quiet but amiable belle.
Then she discovered Instagram,
And rendered her dignity to sell.
She never had many friends,
But the few liked her for her heart.
Now she gets noticed solely,
Because of the paper stuffed in that part.
Oh barbs, I'm a little worried,
You're changed so dramatically,
In pictures you smile coy and shy.
In life, I see you cry and weep.
Because that girl got more likes,
Or your 24th boyfriend cheated on you.
I had warned you to know his intentions,
Before you deemed his love as true.
You see, the likes from virtuality,
Aren't an accurate representation.
Of the trueness of friendship,
It's merely a well crafted delusion.
Barbs, you're not happy.
It hurts me so see you so.
But if you choose insta-friends over me,
In an instant, I shall go.


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THROOP, Pa. -- A borough in Lackawanna County is fighting to have its own identity. Throop wants its own ZIP code, separate from Scranton and Dunmore.
Mayor Joe Tropiak tells Newswatch 16 the borough has been trying to get its own ZIP code for 50 years now. He is hoping he has a plan that will make it work.
Throop is home to 4,100 people. It has its own police department, fire department and plenty of places to eat. Now, residents want a ZIP code separate from Scranton and Dunmore.
"The town needs an identity. A lot of the mail we get in here is addressed to Scranton," Carmelo Riotta of Gangi's Pizza in Throop said.
Mayor Tropiak is working on a petition to get the borough its own ZIP code. He is sending that petition to the U.S. Postal Service in Harrisburg. He said under the current system, packages are being delivered to the wrong places.
"We have a Throop Street in Dunmore and a Dunmore Street in Throop. Along with that, we have a continual mix up of mail," Mayor Tropiak said.
If Throop does get its own ZIP code, residents will have to update their personal information including driver's license and passports.
"No not really, to go through all the hassle of changing everything, no," Robert Clark said when asked if he was in favor of the change.
Lackawanna County Commissioners gave their full support for Throop to petition for its own ZIP code. Ultimately, it will be up to Harrisburg to decide. Mayor Tropiak is hopeful he can get it done.
"I'm making a strong effort to get this done and I have the support of the council members and the town," Mayor Tropiak said.
Residents will know if the petition for Throop to have its own ZIP code is approved by next July.


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Alhamdulillah, we are pleased to inform that fees will remain the same this term and remain heavily subsidised with a bonus offer available for those wishing to pay upfront.
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Animal Celebrity Showdown – Who would you choose?
I am not a big celebrity follower, but last week I happened to see a news release from Ipsos.com featuring recent polling results for the most popular and least popular celebrities in America.
Betty White won the list as the most popular and most trusted celebrity, while Paris Hilton took the top of the list for least popular.
It got me to wondering… If there was a poll asking animal lovers which celebrities they would place at the top of their popular and unpopular lists when it comes to animals, whom would they choose?
I'd definitely put Michael Vick at the top of my least popular list, but when it comes to most popular I have a hard time deciding. Victoria Stilwell? Andrea Arden? Ian Dunbar? Patricia McConnell? Hmmm.. Tough decision.
Who would top your list for most popular and least popular?
August 22, 2011 at 6:34 AM
I dunno'. Andrea Arden 'cause she's Canadian and I like her music. Sorry, not much into the horsey set.
August 22, 2011 at 7:45 AM
I suspect Patricia McConnell would be surprised to find herself listed as a "celebrity." But she'd top my list. I love the way she makes dog science accessible to non-scientists.
With me, Cesar Milan is the least popular celebrity. I know Michael Vick is notorious but even (most) people who like him understand that tormenting and killing dogs is wrong. But Mr. Milan puts bad info into the hands of millions of people who act on it.
It's sort of why I think Playboy is more damaging to women's rights than hardcore porn. It seems to harmless to many that it slips under the radar.
August 22, 2011 at 9:17 AM
I hear you Pamela about both Cesar Milan and Playboy. The good news — I heard something about Milan's show not being renewed (I have to confirm that). The bad news: Playboy is being glamorized again on a new show, and another re-creates the 'stewardess' days of Pan Am air travel; retro is in for women.
Score one for dogs, minus one for women on TV.
August 22, 2011 at 8:20 AM
I love Patricia McConnell and try to read her blog as often as possible. She explains things so well and with such kindness. Victoria Stilwell would also be high on my list as she is attempting to provide a great alternative to the mis-information of other television trainers.
In my opinion, my least favourite animal celebrity is Brad Pattison. He makes Milan look like a sweetheart.
August 22, 2011 at 10:01 AM
Bob Barker would definitely be at the bottom of every male dog's list.
August 22, 2011 at 10:49 AM
That is a good question, I would have to go with Vick as my least favorite, and as my most favorite I would have to put Diane Keaton near the top along with Doris Day.
August 22, 2011 at 12:18 PM
Thank you Pamela and Kristine. You are so right, I am SUPER surprised to be mentioned, but ever so grateful! I'll remember your kind words on those low moments we all have…
August 22, 2011 at 2:49 PM
I love reading Patricia McConnell's information as well – she and Victoria Stilwell would be at the top of my list, and yes – Cesar Milan would be my least favorite.
August 22, 2011 at 10:28 PM
Jen :
I don't think they are huge but they are supporters and they were on the celebrity list that I googled:) cause I cheated:)
October 6, 2011 at 7:47 AM
I would vote for Betty White, hands down. If we all would use our respective strengths, we could do much more for the animals. I have created a website where five dogs share their stories to help us live more like them — be true to ourselves and enjoy each moment we are blessed to experience. http://www.stopchasingyourowntail.com
We don't have to be a celebrity to contribute in our own way.


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New York City has always been a sometimes hectic, stressful place to live and work, and now - perhaps more than ever - New Yorkers can use all the tranquility they can get. Short-term fixes like day spas and weekends at the shore can help, but for a more lasting remedy for the stress and clamor of day-to-day life in a white-knuckled city, maybe you should consider"¦fish.
Yes, fish. Not as in spring rolls and sashimi at Tao, but as in aquariums full of sparkly, darting aquatic critters. Whether in your own home or in your building's common areas, a softly bubbling aquarium can satisfy you and your fellow residents' need for soothing, life-affirming design elements in our tightly wound times. Maybe it's the exotic touch of nature that comes with aquariums, or maybe it's just that everyone likes to watch pretty fishies swimming in hypnotic swirls; whatever the explanation, a luminous tank full of living jewels is fast becoming the hallmark of well-appointed spaces across New York, and residential buildings are jumping in as well.
As far as lobbies go, few things can match a shimmering slice of marine life for making an impression. Want to create an automatic aura of calm? Voila. Want to connote opulence and status without being ostentatious? Done. An aquarium can lend an otherworldly feel to even the most banal surroundings. For a lobby that lacks character, you couldn't pick a better makeover idea; for one that already has some style, a tank might be the crowning touch. But whatever your space is like now, an aquarium is a great investment sure to make residents, guests and potential buyers swoon the moment they walk through the door.
Best of all, an aquarium is an easy and inexpensive way to upgrade your building. Ready to take the plunge? Just follow these simple guidelines, and you'll be well on your way to underwater bliss.
Before you start planning, the first question to consider is whether your lobby or common area can accommodate an aquarium. According to Joe Caparatta of New York Aquarium Service, Inc.,a company that installs and maintains high-end aquariums, the first issue is the load-bearing capacity of your floors. "Water is heavy stuff - about 8.2 pounds per gallon, so you have to make sure your floors can take it," he advises. You may want to consult an engineer if you're getting a large tank. Next, consider light requirements. Too much sunlight will cause algae blooms, says Caparatta, so you need a shady location where you can control the amount of light that gets in. And lastly, fish are highly vulnerable to rapid fluctuations in temperature, so you'll want to pick a stable spot away from doorways and other drafts.


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Linking up opportunities for youth to 'rock' their profiles
FOR many youths such as 18-year-old Abigail Chloe Chew, preparing for the working world is more often than not one of their top priorities - and building up a credible CV and professional profile serve as important starting points in that process.
"After attending a career workshop with LinkedIn, I have been able to pick up practical skills such as tips on how to build up my professional profile and also learnt good practices on how best to bring out my strong points," says Ms Chew.
The LinkedIn Career Roundtable Event attended by Ms Chew is part of a collaboration between LinkedIn and Halogen Foundation, a not-for-profit Institution of Public Character (IPC) dedicated to youth leadership and entrepreneurship development.
"In the past 12 months, these sessions, which gather up to 50 tertiary students, have been organised three times. LinkedIn employees teach the youths the importance of creating their online professional profiles, mentor them as they chart out their career paths, and in the process, inspire them as they make their first foray into the workplace," says Olivier Legrand, managing director of LinkedIn Asia Pacific.
Synonymous with business and employee-oriented social networks, LinkedIn has focused on youth empowerment in its corporate social responsibility (CSR) efforts to bring about new opportunities to grow their careers and to connect with other professionals the world over.
"Our global focus for this year has been around youth empowerment with more than 100,000 youths across 19 countries having been impacted by our programmes," says Mr Legrand.
"In Singapore, LinkedIn takes part in such CSR efforts through the global employee-led initiative, LinkedIn for Good (LIFG)," he adds.
Founded in 2010, LIFG was established to connect underserved communities around the world with economic opportunities. In 2016, LIFG reached one million underserved youth, military veterans, refugees, employees and non-profits globally.
"The mentorship programme provided me with insights on working life. We had many opportunities to network with different staff and gain perspectives on corporate life," says Ms Chew.
"Helping to organise the partnership programme we have with Halogen Foundation was a really memorable experience for me, especially mentoring tertiary students in Singapore on how they can utilise LinkedIn for career planning and personal branding," says Jacelyn Tan, an enterprise relationship manager at LinkedIn.
While the global focus is on youth empowerment, LinkedIn and its employees continue to participate in other initiatives geared towards serving the community, through other employee-led initiatives.
In the same vein as its career roundtable event, "LinkedIn also organised Rock Your Profile sessions with the People's Association where employees share advice with the elderly on how to spruce up their online professional profiles," says Mr Legrand.
In the past year, LinkedIn staff based in Singapore have also worked with the Association of People with Special Needs (APSN) on conducting a terrarium workshop and the Children's Wishing Well, where employees packed and distributed groceries to low-income families.
In addition to these efforts, LinkedIn staff also contribute to the community once a year through a LinkedIn corporate tradition, Investment Day (InDay).
"Some of the activities on InDay included conducting charity auctions with the proceeds going to Singapore Cancer Foundation and inviting non-profit organisations to participate in our Farmers' Market," says Mr Legrand.
Looking forward, Mr Legrand is keen to build on his two-year partnership with Halogen Foundation and is also open to working with new partners in LinkedIn's efforts to support the community in Singapore.
- This article is part of a series covering companies contributing towards under-served causes.
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The Obama administration will soon decide on sending tens of thousands of additional troops into Afghanistan
— further expanding a war and occupation with no end in sight.
Why the US engages in war after war, decade after decade is due to no single reason.
A major reason is profit earned by various business corporations that influence government policies – corporations that benefit both abroad and at home from war during every step of the process. The same is true for other nations as well.
There are 6 major ways business corporations profit from war.
1. Control of strategic resources. Gold, silver and slaves (defined as property not persons) used to be the preferred resources of pillagers. Today oil, natural gas, and other physical resources (water in the future) are the aim of business corporations to either control or gain access to. US- and UK-based transnational energy corporations initiated the drive for war in Iraq for oil and in Afghanistan for natural gas. It's hardly surprising that Exxon-Mobil, Chevron and other energy corporations have enjoyed record profits over the last several years.
2. Building weapons. Plans, tanks, guns, bullets, food, and bases are among the many items supplied to governments by Lockheed Martin, Boeing, General Dynamics and other military contractors to wage wars and indefinitely occupy foreign countries. Military contractors benefit from "cost-plus" contracts – contracts that guarantee a certain percentage profit. The more expensive the military item, the greater the profit.
3. Waging wars. No longer are government-paid troops the only soldiers waging wars and occupying cities and villages. The Iraq war saw an explosion of business corporations receiving US government contracts to hire soldiers. Paid mercenaries provide an ever-increasing role in fighting "enemies" and protecting people and property.
4. Reconstruction. After corporate-made bombs blow up buildings, governments pay other corporations, such as Bechtel corporation, to rebuild buildings. Sometimes it's the same corporations (i.e. Halliburton corporation). This cycle is akin to those who criticized some New Deal depression-era programs of paying people to dig holes and then to fill them back in. The military economic prime-pump equivalent, however, is no myth but is much more lethal and expensive.
These are the more obvious ways business corporations profit from wars and occupations. There are 2 other paths to profits that are not as widely acknowledged – but at least as devastating economically and democratically to nation-states.
5. Debt. Waging wars costs more money that what governments have in their treasuries. This requires taking out loans. This takes the form of selling government bonds that are purchased by central banks (the Federal Reserve in the case of the US) and private banks. The government allows banks to literally create money out of thin air to purchase US Treasury notes. Governments are on the hook for not only the principle of the loans but interest. Thus, banks profit from receiving interest payments and whatever principle may be repaid for money they never had to begin with. This is profit of glorious proportions to banking corporations. Wars, thus, create government dependency to banks – which explains why throughout history banks have encouraged Kings and other royalty to war with each other. Governments lose sovereignty when they lose their ability to shape their own budgets. More of our federal budget goes to debt service each and every year. Not all of US debt is war-incurred – the trillions for bank bailouts is another major cause. But the truth remains the more money set aside for war that can't be paid for yields more debt…and bank profits. This was the reason President Lincoln scorned British and US banks and created interest free US money, called Greenbacks, to pay for the Civil War – saving billions in interest payments that would have been paid to banking corporations.
6. Privatization/corporatization of domestic public assets. Greater public debt eventually leads to an inability to fund domestic needs. Governments are left with two choices – raise taxes or sell off public assets to fill budgetary holes. If debts soar due to further war spending and too-big-to-fail bank bailouts, we can expect to see a massive sell off of public assets to business corporations – with massive corporate profits and loss of public control. The drive to "privatize" social security and Medicare are likely to intensify as our federal debt explodes. Financial corporations eager to invest our retirement savings in the market and insurance corporations more that willing to set up private health savings accounts would be huge winners.
Wars are costly in many ways to most of us here and abroad – but oh so profitable for a very few.


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Review by Doug Gibson
Back in California, and that means a trip to UCLA's Film & Television Archive to view a mostly-lost film. Harry Langdon was the subject again (two years ago I saw and reviewed My Weakness). This time I viewed a version of Harry's 1930 Universal "buddy-comedy" film, See America Thirst, directed by William James Craft. It's a thrill for me to see Harry's hard-to-find films; next on my bucket list will be a trip to the Library of Congress to see the Hal Roach shorts that lack sound discs.
Speaking of sound, one mild disappointment is that the archive's print lacked any. And the print I viewed was clearly a sound print. There was way too much talking, and no titles that would have clued a silent version. I know that a version of See America Thirst with sound has played film festivals. I don't know if UCLA has it or it was my fault when I requested the film. Did I choose a silent version?
The print was in very poor shape, muddy, blurry at times with a couple of vertical jumps and rough transitions. But that didn't bother me, it adds to the excitement of viewing a film that is virtually lost and appreciation to the archive for preserving it.
So, here's my synopsis of the film. To help overcome the dialogue loss, I re-read my friend Ed Watz' recap of the film in my friend Michael Hayde's biography of Langdon with Chuck Harter, The Little Elf. I also received some input from another friend, artist Nicole Arciola, who has seen the sound version of See America Thirst.
Harry and co-star Slim Summerville are hobos on a train. They get kicked off and try to regroup. They see some sheep and find ducks. Later they encounter an inquisitive police officer. Harry tries to hide the duck (similar to a scene in "Tramp Tramp Tramp") and fails. The cop chases them and the hobos hide in the back of a truck that is carrying bootleg liquor and driven by hoodlums. A pair of other hoodlums in a vehicle chase them. Gunfire ensues. Harry and Slim are oblivious to it all. A carrying bag falls into the back. Alcohol leaks onto both hobos and they get drunk. A grenade in the back goes off and the vehicle explodes on a bridge. Harry and Slim fall into a river. Harry swims with exaggerated speed to the shore. (Reading Watz I learned that Harry said he couldn't swim and Summerville said he'd better learn fast.) On the shore the pair discover the bag that fell into the back. It is stuffed with a fortune in cash. As Arciola noted to me, Harry says "Money money money" in much the same manner he did in the last film he made, Pistol Packin' Nitwits.
Now rich, the former hobos are living it up, renting vehicles, dressed to the nines and going to gangster nightclubs. But the money belonged to the Spumoni crime family and the boss wants it back. After telling the hood who lost the money to take a gun and kill himself (which leads to a lame joke from the returning hood that he missed), Spumoni assigns a hired killer to take out Harry and Summerville at the nightclub.
Singing at the nightclub is a beautiful blonde, played by starlet of the era Bessie Love, who is also apparently a hoodlum's moll. She's very scantily dressed in the pre-code manner. After her song the killer approaches the pair. Once they are aware they are being hunted, Harry trembles. Ironically, shaking is a trait used by an even more fearsome killer who is hunting the hired killer. Believing that both Harry and Summerville want to kill them, the hoods pay a fortune to Harry and Summerville so THEY WON'T KILL THEM. (During this scene, a sign in the nightclub switches from TAXI, to AMBULANCE, and finally to HEARSE. The humorous sign switch is supposed to indicate the peril facing Harry and Summerville).
What follows is a series of sometimes amusing scenes where Harry and Summerville are catered to by the hoods, encounter "gangster-friendly" lodgings with armored protection for the beds and disguised platters of food that really contain weapons that fire when the covering is removed. One sequence that lasts way too long, losing its comedy value due to the poor pacing, is Summerville discovering cannons that move and jut outside the windows of a high-rise. Harry, sitting on a cannon, almost falls off, then Summerville almost falls off, and they eventually create a sort of bridge that allows them to hop to another floor. Also, the pair romance the beautiful blonde (Bessie Love) who tells then she's really a law enforcement agent trying to gather evidence against the Spumonis.
As the film nears its climax, the Spumoni leader, vacationing in Florida, meets up with the real killer they think Harry is. As a result, all the gangsters in Chicago, Spumoni and the rival gang, team up to kill Harry and Summerville, who are in an armored vehicle on the street, expecting, with Bessie Love, to see and be protected from a gang fight. Instead all the gangsters head for the vehicle.
It seems all over for Harry and Summerville, except (and sans sound I'm unsure a bit of how this developed) a professor has invented knockout gas that can be sprayed on the bad guys. Harry and Slim manage to do this and leave all the gangsters unconscious on the streets. (Now Ed Watz is no fan of this film, but he acknowledges that a scene in which Harry, who has run out of the gas -- accepts that his finger used as a spray gun has knocked out the bad guys – is well done. Actually, Summerville is on a canopy spraying away. It is a funny "Little Elf" moment in the film.
Another strong moment in the film is when near the end where Harry, expecting to see his beloved Bessie Love, encounters her in the arms of her fiancé, the District Attorney. This is very similar in pathos to the same type of scene in "Three's A Crowd."
The epilogue involves the pair, with ragged clothes after the battle, discovering that the carrying case full of money now has no money; they lost it. In another decent "Little Elf" moment, Harry wags his finger in disapproval at Summerville, and money comes out of his cuffs. It's discovered that the money is sown into Harry's clothes. The pair leave still rich. The End.
Watz is correct in his assessment that the 75-minute film is at times poorly paced. Some of the gags are very forced but the last 10 minutes, in my opinion, are very strong. Watz believes the film is one of Harry's worst performances. I can't agree or disagree without hearing the sound. Just watching the visual action, Harry seems more expressive than Summerville, who is more of a straight man. Bessie Love is a very attractive presence, but her part is very small for a third-billed leading lady. Reviews that are cited in "The Little Elf" range from acceptable to the reviewers quite liking the film.
The viewer gets the impression that some of the comedy scenes may be based on vaudeville skits that Harry and Summerville maybe performed in the past. At least scenes are played as if they might have been vaudeville skits. Some of the pair's banter when romancing Bessie Love plays like that as well as scenes such as the boys getting drunk.
The sets and locations in See America Thirst are above average. There are modernistic sets, particularly in the lodgings of the gangsters. The hoods are played for laughs, as is prohibition, which existed when the film was made. Even with a muddy print, Harry looks healthy and young in the film.
Some old hands in the cast include Stanley Fields and Tom Kennedy as well as a very young Walter Brennan.
If you are in Southern California, go to UCLA and see this film, and My Weakness. It's not at all difficult to make an appointment to see these almost-lost movies, and the staff at the university library is very helpful.
(The See America First photos used in this review are courtesy of Richard Finegan).
(The See America First photos used in this review are courtesy of Richard Finegan).


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September 1, 1992 - February 7, 2019
Manchester, New Hampshire | Age 26
Richard Myles West 26, of Manchester, passed away unexpectedly on Thursday February 7, 2019 at his home in Manchester. He was born on September 1, 1992 son to Richard Miles West and Karen Sheehan.
He attended Manchester West High School, class of 2010.
In his free time he enjoying gym, xbox with his friends, being around friends, gambling on everything, trips to Foxwoods, time with his family, and helping anyone that he could.
Richard is survived by his beloved parents, mother Karen Sheehan and father Richard Miles West; brothers Mark Sheehan and Curtis Watson; and sisters Christina Galarza and Jessica Cruz.
Services will be held privately at the convenience of the family.
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Interestingly enough I find our guest book at the website has been rendered useless by spammers. Feel free ot leave any and all comments here because we'd still love to hear from you. Looking forward to playing some shows and looking for some kind folk to help out getting us booked and helping us grow, please let us know if you can help out and what your talents are. I can think of about a half dozen things you can do to help out with little effort or time invested.
1. Ask your favorite pub to have us there. Ask a bunch of times. They probably haven't heard of us yet, so get some friends to ask, too. Then let us know that you planted that seed and we'll follow up.
2. Call College stations and request us. Most college stations have less format restrictions (less payola) and ergo more freedom to play what they want. Again, let us know and we'll follow up.
3. Come see us play. Pay the cover. It's usually the price of the first drink and it translates into our paycheck. When we have money, we can do a lot more. Also, the more drinking folks that show up the easier it is for us to get good bookings in places we'd all rather be at. So (here's an easy one)
4. Drink more at shows. But please be safe about it. I mean it.
5. Tell some friends, family and coworkers. Burn a couple of CDs and give them away. If you ask we'll give you some to give away.
6. Visit the website. Lots of traffic there helps us with our press kit and, again, gets us into better spots.
7. Link to us from your own sites. We don't care if you ask our permission or not.
I think we got a good thing going. I don't want you to bullshit anybody, just if you feel good about us, tell somebody. Some folk won't dig what we do, but some will. One last thing -
8. Keep in contact with us and share your own talents with us. We are happy to post your writing and artwork or whatever. We'll link to you. The biggest and best reason we do this is to keep meeting great people. We don't want to get rich, just be able to support our doing this.
Yeah, all the meeting people is the best part. I think there's a whole lot of assheads in the world, but we seem to keep being blessed with meeting the true cream of the human crop.
So give us a reason to keep doing this and say hello. Otherwise we can just stay home with the good folks we already know, and that's fun, but this is just a little more so.