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With a US clinical trial underway and increasing momentum in Europe and Asia, all-femtosecond laser refractive surgery has the potential to one day dominate the refractive surgery market.
Over the last year I have found myself performing all-femtosecond intrastromal lenticule extraction for a growing proportion of my refractive surgery cases. Currently I use the ReLEx small-incision lenticule extraction (SMILE) procedure (developed by Carl Zeiss Meditec) on about 20% of my myopic patients, with excellent results. ReLEx SMILE involves using the femtosecond laser to create a precise lenticule within the corneal stroma and a small (2 mm to 4 mm) incision, through which the lenticule is manually removed.
Advantages of ReLEx SMILE
Intrastromal lenticule procedures have several inherent advantages over PRK or LASIK. All excimer laser procedures are subject to inconsistency based on differences in stromal hydration, laser fluence projection, reflection losses, and other environmental factors that are hard to control. In the ReLEx SMILE procedure, the only variable affecting tissue removal is the accuracy of the femtosecond laser's optomechanics, which are unaffected by environmental conditions. It is likely that with the ReLEx SMILE procedure there will be less need to develop personalized nomograms for different machines, locations, or surgeons.
In addition, the accuracy of ReLEx SMILE remains similar for low and high corrections, as the only variable is the distance between the upper and lower lenticular cuts. Since it is a relatively new technique, there is limited published data; but early reports are encouraging and appear to demonstrate increased accuracy in high myopia with ReLEx SMILE.1
Corneal Innervation and Dry Eye
The cornea is one of the most densely innervated peripheral tissues in the body. Nerve bundles within the anterior stroma grow radially in from the periphery toward the central cornea. The nerves then penetrate Bowmans layer to create a network of nerve fibers known as the sub-basal nerve plexus, which branches out both vertically and horizontally between Bowmans layer and the basal epithelial cells.
In LASIK, sub-basal nerve bundles and superficial stromal nerve bundles in the flap interface are cut by the microkeratome or femtosecond laser—the only nerves spared are those that enter the flap through the hinge. Subsequent excimer laser ablation severs stromal nerve fiber bundles, with the overall result that patients experience dry eye symptoms and decreased corneal sensitivity while the nerves regenerate following surgery.
In ReLEx SMILE, on the other hand, the anterior stromal nerve plexus is disrupted significantly less, since there are no side cuts created. This should result in fewer dry eye symptoms and a faster recovery of postoperative patient comfort; and early results appear to support this hypothesis. We have measured corneal sensation in 39 eyes after ReLEx SMILE, and the results compare favorably with the average data taken from similar published LASIK studies. We have found corneal sensation recovering to baseline levels by 3 months after ReLEx SMILE, compared with 6 to 12 months after LASIK.
Corneal Biomechanics
In 2008, Randleman and colleagues measured the tensile strength of strips of stromal lamellae cut from different depths within the cornea, finding a strong negative correlation between stromal depth and tensile strength.2 Specifically, tissue from the anterior 40% of the central corneal stroma was found to be the strongest, whereas tissue in the posterior 60% of the stroma was at least 50% weaker.
Recently, Knox Cartwright and colleagues performed a study on human cadaver eyes and found that creating just the side cut for a LASIK flap resulted in as much biomechanical strain as creating a whole flap, with a significantly greater increase in strain when the depth was increased from 90 to 160 microns.3 On the other hand, the increase in strain was the same at both depths when a delamination cut only was performed. The authors concluded that vertical side cuts contribute to greater loss of corneal integrity than delamination cuts.
Since no anterior side cut is created in ReLEx SMILE, there will be slightly less increase in biomechanical strain with ReLEx SMILE than with thin-flap LASIK, and a significant difference in corneal strain compared to LASIK with a thicker flap.
Knowing that the increase in corneal strain with a delamination cut is independent of depth, and that a ReLEx SMILE lenticule can be created at any depth within the stroma, we can use our knowledge of the relationship between corneal strength and depth to create lenticules deeper in the corneal, thus preserving the stronger anterior cornea. In essence, moving the lenticule deeper increases the biomechanical integrity of the cornea after surgery—making it possible that ReLEx SMILE will extend the range of myopia correction beyond what is safely possible with excimer laser refractive surgery.
Surgical Technique
The surgical technique for ReLEx SMILE is remarkably straightforward and simple for an ophthalmic surgeon used to cataract and other intraocular surgery. I had done over 20,000 LASIK procedures before I performed ReLEx SMILE, so I assumed that I found the latter easy because of my LASIK experience. However, I recently trained a fellow, Dr. Kishore, at the Tilganga Institute of Ophthalmology in Kathmandu, Nepal. There we installed the MEL80 excimer laser and the VisuMax femtosecond laser (both Carl Zeiss Meditec), as part of a humanitarian project supported by Carl Zeiss Meditec.
On Dr. Kishore's very first day of refractive surgery, he operated on a ReLEx SMILE patient followed by a LASIK patient. Afterwards, it struck us just how much less complicated the ReLEx SMILE procedure was for him than the LASIK procedure because of the complexities of working with an excimer laser—including having to manage tissue hydration, room conditions, perfume, calibration, and centration of the tracker. While I have grown accustomed to performing LASIK and have reduced all of these to routine, for Dr. Kishore it was clearly much easier to do the ReLEx SMILE procedure. The steps are simply docking the patient, waiting for less than a minute of laser cutting, and then performing the manual lenticule extraction (Figure 1).
Possible Complications
Complications with ReLEx SMILE are few: the most likely being loss of suction during the lamellar cuts. In this event, the procedure can simply be aborted with no risk to the patient's vision. The surgery can then be performed at a later date, or the patient can be switched to LASIK or PRK. The other risk unique to ReLEx SMILE is incomplete lenticule removal; however, this can be managed by routinely checking the edges of the lenticule under the microscope immediately after removing it.
In the event that ReLEx SMILE patients do not achieve target refraction and require enhancement, options include PRK or, ideally, thin-flap LASIK. The latter is feasible so long as 1) the original ReLEx SMILE procedure was done with a thick enough cap to leave space for a new flap plus the ablation, 2) the maximum epithelial thickness is confirmed before making the new flap to avoid a buttonhole, and 3) the residual stromal thickness below the lenticule is above the standard LASIK safety limits (which is not necessary for a primary ReLEx SMILE procedure).
The Future of ReLEx SMILE
Currently, the VisuMax laser can be programmed to create lenticules that incorporate rotationally symmetric higher order aberrations, allowing spherical aberration to be compensated to some degree. However, true custom ablation, with wavefront or topography guided profiles, is outside the scope of the current hardware.
There are a number of new projects in the development pipeline at Carl Zeiss Meditec, including an aspheric lenticule for controlled spherical aberration induction, for use in high myopic corrections and for incorporating Laser Blended Vision. There is also work being done on developing a hyperopia lenticule profile.
Studies on extracted stromal lenticules that have been cryopreserved suggest their viability for re-use.4 It is possible that these highly accurate lenticules may be inserted into a pocket incision created by the femtosecond laser in order to correct hyperopia—basically resurrecting epikeratophakia but now calling it "endokeratophakia."
With the ReLEx SMILE procedure in use internationally for more than a year, Carl Zeiss Meditec announced the initiation of an FDA clinical trial in early 2012. If and when it is approved in the US, there is good reason to believe that ReLEx SMILE may eventually come to challenge LASIK for the lion's share of the refractive surgery market. Our data suggests that the small incision used in ReLEx SMILE should result in better postoperative corneal sensation and less dry eye than LASIK, as the anterior nerves are left intact. In addition, with ReLEx SMILE, the strong anterior stromal tissue remains intact and can better contribute to the overall biomechanical strength of the cornea. Finally, this minimally invasive procedure is attractive to patients.
Dan Z. Reinstein, MD, MA (Cantab), FRCSC, DABO, FRCOphth, FEBO, is founder and medical director of the London Vision Clinic. He developed the MEL 80 excimer laser and VisuMax femtosecond laser with Carl Zeiss Meditec and holds a number of patents relating to refractive surgery. He was assisted in the preparation of this manuscript by Refractive Eyecare managing editor Jennifer Zweibel.
1. Vestergaard A, Ivarsen A, Asp S, Hjortdal JO. Femtosecond (FS) laser vision correction procedure for moderate to high myopia: a prospective study of ReLEx® flex and comparison with a retrospective study of FS-laser in situ keratomileusis. Acta Ophthalmol. 2012 Apr 18. (epub ahead of print)
2. Randleman JB, Dawson DG, Grossniklaus HE, McCarey BE, Edelhauser HF. Depth-dependent cohesive tensile strength in human donor corneas: implications for refractive surgery. J Refract Surg. 2008;24(1):S85-9.
3. Knox Cartwright NE, Tyrer JR, Jaycock P, Marshall J. The effects of variation in depth and side cut angulation in sub-Bowman's keratomileusis and LASIK using a femtosecond laser: a biomechanical study. J Refract Surg. 2012 Jun;28(6):419-25.
4. Mohamed-Noriega K, Toh KP, Poh R, et al. Cornea lenticule viability and structural integrity after refractive lenticule extraction and cryopreservation. Mol Vis. 2011;17:3437-49.

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St. Monica was married by arrangement to a pagan official in North Africa, who was much older than she, and although generous, was also violent tempered. His mother Lived with them and was equally difficult, which proved a constant challenge to St. Monica. She had three children; Augustine, Navigius, and Perpetua. Through her patience and prayers, she was able to convert her husband and his mother to the Catholic faith in 370. He died a year ... Continue Reading
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Saint Monica I would like to ask your intercession to pray for my husband joseph for his spiritual, emotional and physical healing. Please pray for his conversion that God will remove his anger, pride and hatred in his heart. He is been suffering from back pain, neck pain and headache these days and has been praying for his healing but I believe only God can heal him completely but he needs to be healed spiritually first because he has short patience, temper and always complaining. I love him so much and I want to see him to be pain free and stop complaining about everything. It seems impossible for me to change him but I believe nothing is impossible to our God so I'm lifting it to Him. Lord please help me husband to have faith in you, convert him Lord for your glory. Thank you Lord and St. Monica.
2 years ago
Dear St.Monica,
This is the first time i am asking for help ..please save my marriage..kindly ask this great blessing from my Lord..as my husband is having so much affairs and he is having physical relationships with so many females ...he never accept it as a sin..its been 9 years i have been suffering this..he is abusive he beat my little 7 years old son..he has been torturing us..still i tried to keep up my hipe..but now he decided to live with some another women and he wants freedom so that he can go to any girls he wants..i lost all my hope we are no more together..he just left us for a new one..he made my little son orphan..he has no remorse..please st.monica..change this man who has been commiting adultery..change all the men and women who is cheating their partners and trasnfrom them to a new human so that their souls will be saved in to heaven..i love you dear st.Monica..Give me the hope and courage..Thank you Lord
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Dear Saint Monica, Please pray for my husband and I. I have been impatient with him lately and we have been arguing, becoming very distant from each other. Our arguing is upsetting our young daughter and I would like for my entire family to be happy. Thank you and Amen.
2 years ago
Dear St Monica, please pray for the restoration of my marriage. My husband has recently moved out of our marital home, and we are drifting further and further apart. He might be in a midlife crisis, as he isn't very rational about why he is doing this terrible thing to me and our children. He is in a dark, empty place emotionally - please pray that he comes out of this state soon, recovers his feelings of love for me, and return home as soon as possible. Amen.
2 years ago
St. Monica,
I pray to you because I, as you, am burdened by the state of my children's spirituality.
I ask you intersession and all those who will pray with my for my children's return to
the church in it's fullness. I pray that they will not continue to be blinded by the culture of this
day and ask for their protection.
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Please pray for my son to marry his girlfriend in the Catholic church. Also, my other son to come back to God! Bless them both emotionally, physically, spiritually, finaciallly, and mentally.
2 years ago
St. Monica pray for my daughter . her boyfriend broke things off and now she is in a depression and feels that there is something wrong with her. please St. Monica intercede for her that she might find a good husband soon . some one that will love her and take care of her and some one she will love and take care of.
thank you
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Dear St. Monica
I pray for all the children in our family that have left the faith and I pray for my relationship with my husband. please pray
2 years ago
St.Monica, please pray for my daughter's early marriage with a suitable boy
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Saint Monica.. Pray that my marriage be restored and we will live a devout life.
2 years ago
I married in the Catholic church,had three children brought up going to church,my husband stopped going to church when the children were in school,as time went be my kids follewed his example,one of my boys did come back for a while,and now none of them are going,I'm lucky if they go at Christmas!I tried talking to them about it it doesn't seem to go anywhere.I was not really familiar with Saint Monica's life story,hopefully there is a prayer dedicated to her for help.Please pray for my family along with me! Thank you
2 years ago
Saint Monica,
Please pray for my husband so that his heart will soften and our marriage be restored! I pushed him away. God has shown me what is important. Please pray for my marriage!
2 years ago
St Monica, please pray for my husband so he is willing to reconcile with me, and my marriage can be salvaged and restored.
2 years ago
Dear St. Monica,
I would like to ask you to pray for my family and myself. We've been going through a breakdown stage for the past month, and we can't even make it two days without a major argument breaking out. I turned to you because you are the patron saint of abuse victims and I have been abused since I was just 3 months old; Physically and Emotionally. I am 16 years old now and have cut off all abusive ties, which has resulted in my new abuse free life for almost one year. I am getting baptized and receiving first communion on January 8th of 2012. I pray that the holy trinity and your spirit may be present at my baptism so that I can be reborn with my father and patron saint present. In Jesus' name I pray, Amen.
3 years ago
Dear St. Monica, please pray for all the fallen away Catholics in my family to return to the Church. Please especially keep my goddaughter in your prayers that she will receive the sacraments as soon as it pleases the Lord. Thank you!
3 years ago
dear st. Monica please pray for my daughter and mydelf that court will be stopped and that i can finish my degree and provide for my daughter as best i can. please help me with my studies and look over and protect all my loved ones, pray for us all St. Monica thank you Amen
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Saint Monica, please ask God to answer my prayers in restoring my marriage & family.
3 years ago
Dear Saint Monica,
I to have a son who I love very much. He is a good son but is going through a difficult time now. He is in the Air Force and got sick and now he faces the indecision of being release from the Air Force which is a very sad thing for him and myself. He is young and needs to be able to stay in the Air Force. You are my patron saint and I very much appreciate all of the saints who intercede for myself and my son.
3 years ago
St. Monica, I found your name flipping through a Prayer Book this morning. I read the prayer and thought I would search more information about you. Mother, please pray for my daughter who is in college. She was brought up in the Catholic faith: baptized, first communion, and confirmation too but she is not active in the church as we wish she would be. Please bring her back to our faith and hope this will help her in her life and decisions making. Pray for her education too and stand by her for her exams. Pray for all of us who need your intercession with our Lord.
3 years ago
Dear St. Monica,
Please intercede for me and my three year old daughter. Her middle name is Monica after my mother and you. Accept my gratitude to God for a conversion ofymy own heart toward true and powerful love toward my husband and accept my devout repentance of my sins for all the hurt and anger I have caused him, his family, and my precious child. Please St. Monica intercede for me that my husband also have a conversion of heart and show him the way to accept love and forgiveness and stop our divorce. I beg your aid in standing strong in my love for him and God that we find a way to honor the true nature of family and give our child the gift of one harmonious family.
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Ice Hockey is fast-paced, exciting, and has been a part of the Victorian sporting scene for over 100 years. 2009 marked the centenary of organised Ice Hockey in Victoria.
Over recent years, Ice Hockey Victoria (IHV) has become extremely successful on a National level, having been named Australian Champions in multiple divisions in 2009. Many of the recent Australian teams sent to international world championships featured a high number of Victorian players.
The first organised Australian ice hockey match took place in Adelaide, South Australia. The rink closed shortly after, and when it reopened in Melbourne the first international game was played between a team of sailors from the USS Baltimore Warship on the 12th of July, 1906.
During the 1909 season, the first interstate series began, with New South Wales and Victoria vying for the prestigious Goodall Cup. The Goodall Cup is one of the oldest ice hockey trophies still being awarded in the world today.
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Ducks' prospects Kyle Palmieri and Emerson Etem didn't get on the scoresheet but helped the U.S. to a 3-2 overtime victory against Finland in its opener in the World Junior Championship in Buffalo, N.Y.
Palmieri is playing on the top line with Charlie Coyle and Chris Kreider for the U.S. , which won it on a goal by Nick Bjugstad.
Palmieri couldn't score on a breakaway in the third period but drew a penalty on the play and the Americans had a goal disallowed on the power play.
Another Ducks prospect, goalie Igor Bobkov, stopped 36 of 42 shots for Russia in a 6-3 loss to Canada, which got a goal from Marcus Foligno, son of Ducks assistant coach Mike Foligno.
Canada plays the Czech Republic on Tuesday while the U.S. plays Slovakia.
The U.S., which defeated Canada last year, does not play Canada in the opening round play but obviously the two could meet later in the tournament.
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3GBGC Reports - Sunday 15th April
Celebrating 70 years of plant conservation success
Dancers, music, lights and feasting accompanied celebrations on Sunday night for the 20th anniversary of BGCI and the 50th anniversary of Wuhan Botanic Garden, the hosts of the third global botanic gardens congress. Delegates enjoyed an evening visit to the Wuhan Botanic Garden, a lush green oasis in the heart of industrial Wuhan, a conurbation formed of three cities, Hankou, Hanyyang and Wuchang, at the convergence of theYangtze and Han Rivers. The gardens boast a beautiful new glasshouse, filled with endangered native species, temple, a misty dell, huge medicinal plants garden and a kiwifruit germplasm bank.
During the day, delegates had been arriving, either from their own countries or from the pre-congress tours, settling in, meeting old friends and colleagues. The pre-congress tours were much enjoyed – Tom Keay, of the Eden Project, took part on the Suzhou and Hangzhou classic garden tour "the garden visit was very enjoyable, it was great to be able to visit so many gardens and learn what they are doing". The bulk of the BGCI UK staff arrived in Wuhan on Saturday night, following a gruelling 27 hour journey – 8 hours of which were spent in Beijing airport, and 2 hours of that sat on the tarmac in a broken plane…..
On arrival in Wuhan we were delighted to be greeted with a warm and enthusiastic welcome from a small party of volunteers, whose mission it was to see us safely to our hotels. They represented but a taster of the helpfulness of the volunteers at the congress, there are reputed to be over 100 students, mostly English or biological science majors, from the local university. Such are the numbers that there is 1 volunteer for every 6 delegates, so one is never far from help.
Professor Gomez-Campo from the University of Madrid discussed efficient seed preservation, while a lively and productive session was enjoyed by those taking part in the Education for Sustainable Development workshop – led by Julia Willison, BGCI's head of education. More information on ESD can be found on the BGCI website.
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The Disgo 8100R is a multi function touch screen tablet that offers all the features and functionality you could want at an affordable price. Highlights include the impressive Android 2.3.x Gingerbread Operating System, an ultra-thin body of 10.5mm, Full HTML5 support for the next web generation and it comes pre-loaded with easy to use applications. Watch, listen and browse for longer with twice the battery life of 1st generation models.
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You can be sure that your Disgo 8100 is equipped to handle pretty much anything you throw at it with a quick peek under the hood. Powered by a 1 GHz processor with full HTML5 support, the Disgo 8100 will power through web pages like your home PC. 2GB memory may not seem much but with upto 32GB supported via the SD card slot you can store much more and the extra long battery gives you twice the life of the 1st generation Disgo models meaning you can watch and listen to even more of your favourite media than before.
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With WiFi internet connection you can have the world at your fingertips. Check emails, update your social networks, shop, book a holiday or share quality time with friends no matter where they are in the world.
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Due to licensing restrictions, the Disgo 8100 cannot officially be used to access the Android Marketplace. It does however come with a number of pre-installed apps including YouTube and Skyfire Browser. The Disgo 8100 also comes with access to the GetJar Market Place where most major apps can be downloaded to the device without issue.
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Openings This Week
We've got two gala openings to invite you to this week, both on Thursday night, in two of our favorite neighborhoods (and yes, we DO say that about all the neighborhoods). Up on Capitol Hill, we've got the Rene Ropas … Continue reading
Last Chance to see Frances Nelson's Installation!
If you haven't seen Frances Nelson's stunning installation in South Lake Union yet, hurry on down! The installation will be de-installed next week to make way for a new work by Maja Petric. We recommend an after-sunset stroll to catch … Continue reading
Jennifer Zwick Installing in the ID this Week
Once again, we found Jennifer Zwick tirelessly working away on her new installation at 411 Maynard Ave. S. In the window is a model of what the larger installation will look like once she's finished. The piece, called I'm Pretty … Continue reading
Storefronts Capitol Hill Opening Thursday, Feb. 9
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In Popdose's new series, Call It A Comeback, the staff looks at memorable, improbable reversals of musical fortunes.
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Mixtape madness, honest voices, strangeness ensues!
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text: Mission Statement Our mission is to feed the hungry, heal the sick, and provide shelter for all the homeless, abandoned, abused and neglected animals that we can touch. In our journey we will strive to stop the over population growth by spaying and neutering any and all animals that we can reach. Goals of River Valley Rescue & Ceazar's Palace: Help homeless animals find a forever home Educating pet owners about spay and neutering their animals Assisting the community in locating low cost veterinarian services Work side by side with other local neighboring shelters, and animal service providers Provide training to ease the transition needed throughout the adoption process Stop animal abuse in our area Please HELP us reach our goals with a monetary donation or by donating blankets, towels, food, toys, bedding, exercise runs or crates. Consider maybe volunteering your time at either the resale shop, adoption center, or even fostering an animal. Even helping at a fundraiser would truly make a difference. With the help from local businesses, yourself and even the surrounding communities these goals can be reached.


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Review: Broadway's 'Matilda' is blast of nasty funApril 11, 2013 @ 5:19 pm
NEW YORK (AP) - The last Broadway performance of "Mary Poppins" _ that sugary-sweet ode to good children and even better caregivers _ was delivered March 3. Twenty-four hours later, the pitch-dark "Matilda" began performances a few blocks away. It was as if neither vision of childhood could exist in New York at the same time.
Well, say goodbye to perfect nannies and jolly children: This is the time for messy kids to be called maggots, adults to be either nincompoops or fiends, and for childhoods to resemble something more Pink Floyd than Disney.
The English hit "Matilda," which opened Thursday at Shubert Theatre, is a witty musical adaptation of the beloved novel by Roald Dahl and is true to his bleak vision of childhood as a savage battleground.
The musical arrives in New York with plenty of hype and awards, and it mostly delivers a thrilling blast of nasty fun, even if it's a bit swollen and in need of some fine-tuning. It also has come with perhaps its most grotesque masterstroke: Bertie Carvel as the fearsome cross-dressing school headmistress Miss Trunchbull.
The 2 1/2-hour musical tells the story of a precocious and slightly telekinetic Matilda Wormwood, an English girl who loves to read despite the disdain of her sleazy parents. She is befriended by a kindly teacher but opposed by Trunchbull, who is suspicious of this girl and vows: "I shall crush you! I shall pound you!"
Matthew Warchus, whose last trip to Broadway was with "Ghost the Musical," directs with the same addiction to special effects _ lasers, confetti, ghostly projections, gym mats, dancing strollers, animation, running between the aisles and pedestals rising from the stage _ but this time the hyperactivity fits perfectly. Rob Howell's sets of huge Scrabble tiles, alphabet blocks and books are clever and thrilling.
Music and lyrics by Tim Minchin are probably at their best with the rousing and sly "Miracle," "Telly," "When I Grow Up" and "The Smell of Rebellion." He is in masterful touch with the frustration and comfortableness of being a kid, as well as a funny critic of any parents who believe their little princesses and princes are really royalty.
When everything is working, this is first-rate theater, as when Peter Darling's choreography, Howell's sets, the songwriters and actors do with the tune "School Song," when children climb up the school gates with each step linked to a letter in the lyrics.
But the score is a little bloated by songs that slow the action _ "Pathetic" and "My House" are among the biggest offenders. Some of the older kids seem closer to being candidates for master's degrees than 5-year-olds. And Dennis Kelly's book could see some more finessing, particularly with Trunchbull's silent final denouement. A monster like this needs to be publicly destroyed.
But that's not Carvel's fault. He delivers one of the most chilling performances ever by a man in a too-high skirt. She's a hate-spewing headmistress built like a tank who was once an Olympic-class hammer thrower. She wields a gym whistle like a weapon, twirls a ribbon with panache, speaks in a flat, emotionless voice like Dr. Hannibal Lechter and at one point picks up a child by her pigtails and spins her around.
The heroine is played on a rotating basis by Sophia Gennusa, Oona Laurence, Bailey Ryon and Milly Shapiro. Oona was on duty as Matilda during a recent preview, and she proved a delightfully talented force, jumping around the stage with skill and yet also able to sing a pretty "Quiet."
Lauren Ward plays Miss Honey _ she and Carvel are the only actors to make the jump from London _ and is quite sweet, but she sticks out here as quite too sweet. She's a bit of a wimp and sings in one song that her sad little house is "enough," only to immediately trade it in for a nicer one. Ward's voice is lovely, but she has two of the weakest songs in the show.
Gabriel Ebert as Matilda's stupid father is brilliantly elastic, a man capable of vaudeville style broadness whose top-of-Act 2 rendition of "Telly" _ a tongue-in-cheek celebration of TV ("All you need to fill your muffin/without having to really think or nuffin") _ is a reason not to go to the bathroom at intermission.
It's a great year to be a kid on Broadway, from the orphans at "Annie" to the youngsters at "Motown the Musical" and "Kinky Boots." But at "Matilda," the kids burp, have their hair uncombed, let their socks fall down and plot revenge ("If it's not right/You have to put it right.") That would never have happened if Mary Poppins were around.
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1. AYuva@ Humanitarian Center produced a comic-strip book for children on children's rights. The 1,700 copies were distributed throughout the country to children aged 9 to 13, and to refugee children. The book was presented by professionals and volunteers from the NGO, and children were asked to show it to their parents and families and to discuss the issues addressed.
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2. The Azerbaijan National Helsinki Committee Citizens' Assembly produced memoranda and posters on the basic rights of prisoners, quoting articles from various human rights instruments. The materials were introduced and distributed to law enforcement officers and employees of judicial bodies through Ministries, the Supreme Court and regional and urban courts. The grant recipient is planning to continue its work with the support of the OSCE, specifically the project to create a human rights school.
3. The Democratic Development Foundation of Azerbaijan will conduct research aimed at rationalizing human rights enactments forming part of domestic legislation after comparing them with international human rights instruments. The research should lead to an improvement in domestic law in this regard. The results should serve as a major tool for the work of officials, NGO activists, journalists and other people.
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4. The Institute on Human Rights of the Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Azerbaijan had planned to create a library bringing together human rights publications. Owing to the lack of other funding sources, the applicant was only able to produce a book on national institutions on human rights in the Azeri language. The book defends the idea of the creation of an ombudsperson in the country to monitor the human rights situation. The book is described as a first step towards the creation of the library; it was widely acclaimed in the academic community and was also presented to the national authorities at their request.
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Atleast not after reading reports such as http://www.av-test.org/en/tests/android. If you really want to harden your applications against the major security threats, then here is some good news for you from a security solution company MetaForce which has announced MetaFortress for Android last week.
MetaFortress provides high performance anti-tamper protection for Android applications, enabling developers to secure applications against subversion, all forms of tampering, and other malicious attacks.
How does MetaFortress protect your applications? It integrates seamlessly with Android development environments to prevent repackaging of applications with malware. It puts an end to silent hacking, such as SMS fraud or dialling of premium services. It prevents data theft and stops any binary or static data change from hacking or malware. MetaFortress for Android is an automated, enterprise scalable system which uses a resilient, embedded protection system to give protected applications their own immune system that can resist infection by malware, and minimise and repair damage caused by hackers.
MetaFortress is an application level security solution. Other product on similar lines is Arxan' Mobile Application Protection Suite consisting of EnsureIT® , GuardIT®, and TransformIT®.This solution provides robust security by ensuring integrity for the application layer in the mobile environment. The product shield applications against reverse-engineering of IP, tampering of code, key discovery and other man-at-the-end (MATE) attacks. Other such solution is Cenzic Mobile that delivers services that analyze Mobile applications and detect vulnerabilities in critical areas, including input validation authentication mechanisms, session security, encryption usage and policy compliance, and many more.
Securing a mobile device involves much more than application security. It broadly has three aspects - Hardware Security, OS level Security and Application level Security. Hardware level security involves security at the System-on-Chip(Soc) level, at the processor level to prevent the user from switching to processor mode and cryptography which can be implemented through hardwired co-processor or software. Some security features are provided at the Mobile OS level which needs to be harnessed. Application level security also involves content protection through DRM etc. Security of the Mobile device as a whole in case of a theft is also an equally important aspect.
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Well, as I say always, till date, we haven't seen the new and upcoming Apple product, up to that date, we are going to receive the rumors and reports associated with them. Well, here comes another relating to the upcoming iPhone 5. Actually, according to 9To5Mac, they have got the images of the original iPhone 5. Well, let's have more information on this new report from below with the screenshot of the real thing.
The folks of 9To5Mac have received the photos from a San Francisco native, and the tipster believes he caught what he believed to be, "an Apple employee hunched over the device on his way from work. After that the guys at did some investigation.
We contacted the tipster by phone and checked his background. We believe he saw a totally new Apple device, probably a prototype iPhone 5. He contacted us because when he got home, he doubted what he saw was legitimate until he looked at the green cases we posted.
Though the picture isn't clear, but, according to the long time iOS device user, the gadget was like nothing he would ever seen before;
Almost EVO-like in screen size, this iPhone also appears thinner than the current iPhone 4, but also wider. The edges are rounded metal like the edges of a Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 but could still function as an antenna. The back is curved/tapered glass or plastic. He couldn't tell but if he had to guess he'd say glass. He said it looked too amazing to be built by anyone besides Apple (fanboy alert).
Also, he had only seen the back side of the phone in which the Apple logo was there, not the front side. Also, he noted that the man holding the gadget was more secretive than holding than the typical smartphone user, constantly hiding the gadget in his hands.
So, what do you think? Do you think the iPhone in the screenshot is really of the iPhone 5? Just don't forget to share your views and comments on this with us.


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From surfer to historian to End Zone Militiaman
Sunday, January 19, 2014
Mark Richardson of Somersworth has packed a lot of life into his 64 years on the planet. You may have seen him at the transfer station in Hampton or on the Somersworth Planning and School Boards during his more than 18 years of service to his community. Many have seen him fighting wars against the "redcoats" as a Revolutionary War re-enactor. And if you are a New England Patriots fan, you've probably seen him at Gillette Stadium, but you probably would not have recognized him. Richardson dresses as a member of the End Zone Militia, which celebrates every Patriots touchdown with a volley of musket fire.
A. While earning my Master's Degree in History at the University of New Hampshire, my wife Marcia and I came to love the area, and eventually Somersworth fit the bill. We moved there in 1980.
Q. You mentioned history. Is that how you became a revolutionary re-enactor?
A. I always had a love for it since I was a kid playing with tin soldiers. My older brother was a re-enactor and it just came naturally. When the opportunity came to join up in 1975 I grabbed it.
Q. Do you and Marcia have any children?
A. Yes, Matt, 34, is a computer engineer who lives in San Francisco and Emily, age 32, manages Olympia Sports in Dover.
Q. How did the planning and school board positions come about?
A. I've always been locally oriented and feel it is kind of a payback for living in a community.
Q. What was it like, how long did you serve?
A. Very challenging. While on the planning board, a position opened up on the school board. I ended up spending 12 years on it from 1996 to 2009. It was the best job I ever had that didn't pay anything.
Q. What were you doing for work during those years?
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As he promised. One of my favorite records from Frank Ocean's debut album, Channel Orange gets a remix from ATLien's own Big Boi. The song originally features his Outkast member Andre 3000. Tags for now, but hopefully Elliott will release the CDQ soon.
Update: That was quick. CDQ from RR.
Update 2: Now with official artwork & CDQ /No Tags/Dirty version.
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Stomach/Gastric Cancer
Your stomach is a hollow, sack-shaped organ that forms part of your digestive system and is located in your upper abdomen under your ribs.
After you chew and swallow food, it passes down your esophagus and into your stomach, which releases gastric juices to liquefy the food for absorption by your body. Once liquefied, the digested food is pushed into the small intestine by muscles in the stomach wall.
Stomach cancer begins when the cells in the stomach wall begin growing abnormally and don't die off. These abnormal cells begin to interfere with the functioning of normal cells.
Stomach Wall Structure
There are five layers of tissue in the stomach wall. As cancer grows deeper into the layers, the outlook (prognosis) for the patient gets worse. Starting from the inside (deepest layer) to the outside, the stomach layers are as follows:
- Mucosa: This innermost layer produces stomach acid and digestive juice. Most stomach cancers start in the mucosa.
- Submucosa: This is the next deepest layer, after the mucosa.
- Muscularis: The muscularis is the layer of stomach muscle that moves and mixes the stomach contents to aid in digestion.
- Outer Two Layers: The subserosa and serosa are the outer layers that act as a wrapping for the stomach.
Tumor Types
- Adenocarcinoma: This cancer forms from the cells lining the innermost layer of the stomach, the mucosa. Most stomach cancers are adenocarcinomas.
- Other Stomach Tumors: Other less common stomach tumors include lymphomas, carcinoid tumors and gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GIST).


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Jones Beach is the crown jewel of Long Island beaches. It has everything you need in a beach: sand, sun, surfing, major concerts, free music nightly, fishing piers, boardwalk, games, volleyball and umbrella rentals.
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World's largest pool now open in Chile: 1 lap = 2 kilometers
When we first heard of the lagoon-sized pool at the San Alfonso del Mar resort in Chile, our thought was, "how do they clean it?" Forget chlorine. According to the pool's manufacturers, it uses up to 100 times less chemicals than a normal pool, and traditional filters have been replaced by a "pulse-based disinfection method." We're not sure if that means that it would adhere to American standards for swimming pools, but according to this article it is filled with water from the Pacific, "witch filters itself," a statement more disconcerting than reassuring.
It sure does look pretty, though. Why such a large pool? Apparently, the waters off of this part of Chile are "cold and inhospitable," explaining why the resort's developer wanted to create an ocean replacement. Will it be successful at compensating for the lack of a swimmable ocean beach? Maybe not, but it's an impressive try, and probably more appropriate for certain beach toys.
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Under the direction of the Chief Executive Officer (CEO), the Executive Committee is responsible for the operational management of the Company. It consists of the CEO, the Chief Operating Officer (COO) EAME & Latin America, the Chief Operating Officer (COO) APAC & North America, the Chief Financial Officer (CFO), the Head Research & Development, the Head Global Operations, the Head Legal & Taxes, the Head Human Resources and the Head Corporate Affairs.
Michael Mack
Functions in Syngenta
Chief Executive Officer (CEO), executive Director
Member of the Chairman's & Governance Committee and the Corporate Responsibility Committee
Professional background
Michael Mack was Chief Operating Officer of Seeds (2004–2007) and Head of Crop Protection, NAFTA Region (2002–2004) for Syngenta. Prior to this, he was President of the Global Paper Division of Imerys SA, a French mining and pigments concern, from the time of its merger in 1999 with English China Clays Ltd., where he was Executive Vice President, Americas and Pacific Region, in addition to being an executive Director of the Board. From 1987 to 1996, he held various roles with Mead Corporation. Michael Mack was Chairman and President of the Board of the Swiss-American Chamber of Commerce from 2009 to 2012, and is currently a member of the Board.
Michael Mack has a degree in Economics from Kalamazoo College in Michigan, studied at the University of Strasbourg, and has an MBA from Harvard University.
John Atkin
Function in Syngenta
Chief Operating Officer
Professional background
Prior to his current role as Chief Operating Officer Syngenta, John Atkin was Chief Operating Officer for Syngenta Crop Protection, from the foundation of the Company in 2000 until February 2011. Before that, he was Chief Executive Officer (1999–2000), Chief Operating Officer (1999), Head of Product Portfolio Management (1998), and Head of Insecticides and Patron for Asia (1997–1998) of Novartis Crop Protection. Prior to 1998, he was General Manager of Sandoz Agro France (1995–1997) and Head of Sandoz Agro Northern Europe (1993–1995). In 2008, he was appointed Visiting Professor at the Institute for Research on Environment and Sustainability (IRES) at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne. He was appointed as a non-executive Director of Driscoll's in 2011.
He graduated from the University of Newcastle upon Tyne with a PhD and a BSc degree in Agricultural Zoology.
Caroline Luscombe
Function in Syngenta
Head Human Resources
Professional background
Caroline Luscombe joined Syngenta as Global Head of Human
Resources in January 2010. Prior to this, she held several senior HR
roles in the GE group, namely Head HR for GE Capital Global
Banking (2009), HR Leader for GE Money and GE Money EMEA
(2006–2008), HR Leader for GE Healthcare Bio-Sciences
(2004–2006) and, before its acquisition by GE, Executive Vice
President HR for Medical Diagnostics, Amersham plc (2001–2004).
From 1997 to 2001, she worked in the chemical sector for Laporte
plc and was promoted to Head of HR in 2000. She also held senior
HR roles in Rhone-Poulenc Rorer (formerly Fisons plc, 1995–1996)
and Tiphook plc (1989–1995). She started her career in finance
at Arthur Young McClelland Moore and was UK controller and
Compensation and Benefits manager for the strategy consultants
Bain & Company (1983–1989).
She holds a Bachelor degree in German from University College, London.
Christoph Mäder
Functions in Syngenta
Head Legal & Taxes and Company Secretary
Professional background
Christoph Mäder was Head of Legal & Public Affairs for Novartis Crop Protection (1999–2000) and Senior Corporate
Counsel for Novartis International AG (1992–1998). He is Vice Chairman of economiesuisse, the main umbrella organization representing Swiss economy. He is also a member of the Board of scienceindustries, the association of Swiss chemical, pharmaceutical and biotech industries, and a member of the Executive Board of the Business and Industry Advisory Committee (BIAC) to the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).
He graduated from Basel University Law School, and is admitted to the Bar in Switzerland.
Patricia Malarkey
Function in Syngenta
Head Research & Development
Professional background
Prior to her current role as Head Research & Development, Patricia Malarkey was Head Research & Development for Lawn & Garden at Syngenta (2012−2013). Before that, she held a number of senior scientific positions in Crop Protection, Seeds and Biotechnology at Syngenta in Europe and the United States.
She graduated from the University of Glasgow in Agricultural Chemistry and holds a master's degree in Toxicology from the University of Surrey.
Mark Peacock
Function in Syngenta
Head Global Operations
Professional background
Mark Peacock was previously Head of Global Supply (2003–2006)
and Regional Supply Manager for Asia Pacific (2000–2003)
for Syngenta. Prior to this he was a Product Manager in
Zeneca Agrochemicals and General Manager of the
Electrophotography Business in Zeneca Specialties.
He has a degree in Chemical Engineering from Imperial College, London, and a Master in International Management from McGill University in Montreal.
Davor Pisk
Function in Syngenta
Chief Operating Officer
Professional background
Prior to his current role as Chief Operating Officer Syngenta, Davor Pisk was Chief Operating Officer for Syngenta Seeds from 2008 to February 2011. Prior to that, he was Region Head Crop Protection Asia Pacific (2003–2007) for Syngenta and Region Head Asia for Zeneca Agrochemicals (1998–2001). Prior to 1998, he was head of Herbicides for Zeneca (1993–1997) and General Manager of ICI Czechoslovakia (1991-1993).
He has a BA in Economics and Politics from Exeter University and an MA in Political Science from the University of California, USA.
John RamsayFunction in SyngentaChief Financial Officer
Professional background
John Ramsay was Group Financial Controller (2000–2007) for
Syngenta. Prior to that, he was Zeneca Agrochemicals Finance
Head Asia Pacific (1994–1999), Financial Controller ICI Malaysia
(1990–1993), and ICI Plant Protection Regional Controller Latin
America (1987–1990). Before joining ICI in 1984, he worked
in Audit and Tax at KPMG.
He is a Chartered Accountant and also holds an honors degree in Accounting.
Jonathan Seabrook
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Head Corporate AffairsProfessional background
Prior to his current role Jonathan Seabrook was Head Investor
Relations Syngenta (2003–2007). Before joining the Company,
he held a number of positions in the pharmaceutical and financial
services industries, including Glaxo, SmithKline Beecham,
N.M. Rothschild & Sons and Bank of America, in both the
UK and the USA.
He graduated from Exeter University, UK, with a degree in Ancient
History and is a member of the Chartered Financial Analyst Society.
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Huang, L. and Mao, X. and Deng, F. (2008) Stability of hybrid stochastic retarded systems. IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems I: Regular Papers, 55 (11). pp. 3413-3420. ISSN 1549-8328
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Abstract-In the past few years, hybrid stochastic retarded systems (also known as stochastic retarded systems with Markovian switching), including hybrid stochastic delay systems, have been intensively studied. Among the key results, Mao et al. proposed the Razumikhin-type theorem on exponential stability of stochastic functional differential equations with Markovian switching and its application to hybrid stochastic delay interval systems. However, the importance of general asymptotic stability has not been considered. This paper is to study Razumikhin-type theorems on general theorem moment asymptotic stability of hybrid stochastic retarded systems. The proposed theorems apply to complex systems including some cases when the existing results cannot be used.
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Steam, Origin, uPlay, Amazon and pretty much any other online games vendor you could care to mention is currently having their annual Thanksgiving sale, and now Guild War 2′s in-game store has joined in the festivities.
On behalf of all Europeans we'd like to point out that we have no idea what all this Thanksgiving madness is all about, we think it's something to do with Pumpkin Pie, turkeys and American Football, but if that means we can snap up some game-related bargains then so be it.
Guild Wars 2′s in-game Gem Store has three deals going on at the moment and they're detailed below:
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How do you help an 11-year-old who is constantly afraid in his/her own home? The child is afraid that someone is hiding and going to hurt them. S/he also has recurring scary dreams and imagines that someone is always in the house.
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First I want to reassure you: Fears are a normal part of childhood. If we reassure children about their safety, most children simply outgrow their fears. Fear of intruders and burglars is not unusual in an 11-year-old. By this age, you can ask the child to identify exactly what the fear is, such as, where does s/he think the intruder is hiding or how would the intruder get in? Do not discount or belittle the child's fear, but be reassuring (to the extent it is true) about living in a safe neighborhood, locking the doors and adults being in the house. If you feel safe, explain why. Let your child explore the home to discover that it is safe. If s/he wants a door open or closed, you can allow that. If s/he wants a light on, that is fine too. This gives the child a chance to feel some power over the environment and will reduce his/her fear.
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But like all businesses, this one began with an idea that Wolf, 34, freely admits she borrowed. "I stole the idea, and then did some serious adapting," Wolf says. Stealing an idea for a business isn't as shifty as it sounds; if entrepreneurs didn't take inspiration from fellow business owners, there would be no Burger King or Wendy's, just McDonald's--and perhaps not even that, because White Castle and other burger joints had already been on the scene. Starbucks wasn't the first coffeehouse, and Barnes & Noble wasn't the first bookstore. Wolf simply remembered how an entrepreneur fulfilled her musical needs in London and realized she could fill those needs in her own country as well.
But back when she decided to start a business, she had no idea what her great business idea would be. Wolf had completely forgotten about her experience of buying music in an airport. The right idea was in the recesses of her brain, but she had to find it first.
Wolf quit her investment banking job in the fall of 1992. With $100,000 saved to put into her start-up, she could afford to spend time brainstorming business ideas. That was a good thing, because it took a while--at least several months between starting the brainstorming process and channeling a lightning bolt. But how she found that business idea could be a blueprint to any entrepreneur's success, and that blueprint had three important components:
- She kept an open mind about possible businesses.
- She constantly looked at the financial bottom line to see if the business would be viable.
- Even when the business seemed potentially profitable, Wolf took a reality check and asked herself if it could live up to the expectations she had for herself and her future company.
The first idea that really appealed to Wolf was to open a store that sold educational and entertainment software for children. She also considered offering classes in a room behind the retail department, where parents and children could learn to use the software. "But the margins didn't work," says Wolf, who did plenty of planning, trying to figure out whether she could make money.
Wolf assessed her idea because she didn't want to wake up one morning, poor and discouraged, wondering "What was I thinking?" After crunching the numbers, she realized that she would only be really busy after school and on weekends, and that much of the workday might look like a ghost town in her store.
To make extra money to live on, Wolf started doing some freelance computer training. And even though that sounds like a bit of a strategic retreat from boldly starting her own business, she was inadvertently following the advice that business consultant Jeff Blackman recommends.
Blackman, whose most recent book is Carpe A.M. Carpe P.M.: Seize Your Destiny! (The Result Collection) and who speaks nationwide about business issues, suggests if you're going to find that elusive perfect idea, you need to get out there, live your life and be open to new prospects.
Wolf enjoyed computer training and considered that as a career, but her hands-on experience opened her eyes. "I was always going to be limited by the hours in the day," she says. "I couldn't work enough as one person to have the type of company I wanted, and the only way I could would be to train others. It just wouldn't have been the right business for me."
"Watch TV, go see a movie, read a magazine, take a walk," suggests Blackman. "You know how when you're looking to buy a house, and suddenly you notice all of these For Sale signs in yards? If you're looking for an idea, you can program your brain to notice these things."
Which is why one day, Wolf suddenly recalled her experience at an airport in London.
Geoff Williams has written for numerous publications, including Entrepreneur, Consumer Reports, LIFE and Entertainment Weekly. He also is the author of Living Well with Bad Credit.
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