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In Paris there's both understanding that Obama is tackling a historically intransigent problem and keen disappointment.
"The disillusion with the Americans is growing stronger. We are starting to feel an opportunity is being squandered, and there is growing irritation with Israel's stance,'' says Dominique Moisi, the founder of the French Institute for International Relations. "Time is running short. Do we want Hamas to be the sole representative of the Palestinian people? If not, the only person who can do something about that is Netanyahu."
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text: Everest climbers, widower recount deadly traffic jam on top of the worldBy Ashley Strickland, CNNUpdated 1247 GMT (1947 HKT) May 28, 2013Everest: from base camp to the summit 14 photosEverest: From base camp to the summit – Mount Everest is a journey that challenges human nature on every level. Sandra LeDuc captured this photo as climbers approached the Hillary Step, before the Everest summit. Click through our gallery to see more photos from climbers taken on Everest during 2012.Hide Caption 1 of 14Everest: from base camp to the summit 14 photosEverest: From base camp to the summit – Yak trains are used to carry the pounds of gear it requires to climb Everest. Jon Kedrowski's photo captured these yaks on the way to base camp.Hide Caption 2 of 14Everest: from base camp to the summit 14 photosEverest: From base camp to the summit – A helicopter flies into base camp. Rescue helicopters can't fly above Camp 2 on Everest to reach stranded climbers.Hide Caption 3 of 14Everest: from base camp to the summit 14 photosEverest: From base camp to the summit – A photo shows Jon Kedrowski crossing a crevasse in the Khumbu Icefall on a ladder.Hide Caption 4 of 14Everest: from base camp to the summit 14 photosEverest: From base camp to the summit – Jon Kedrowski snapped this photo at 6:30 p.m. on May 19th, 2012, at 26,000 feet as he looked out from his tent. He thought the climbers were beginning their summit attempt, but many clustered at the top were just beginning to come down from the top.Hide Caption 5 of 14Everest: from base camp to the summit 14 photosEverest: From base camp to the summit – The tents from Camp 1 appear incredibly small against the backdrop of Everest.Hide Caption 6 of 14Everest: from base camp to the summit 14 photosEverest: From base camp to the summit – Nadav Ben Yehuda (left), Aydin Irmak and a Sherpa after Ben Yehuda rescued Irmak.Hide Caption 7 of 14Everest: from base camp to the summit 14 photosEverest: From base camp to the summit – Ben Yehuda's hand after frostbite set in.Hide Caption 8 of 14Everest: from base camp to the summit 14 photosEverest: From base camp to the summit – Ben Yehuda's photo of a lone tent at Camp 3 shows the loneliness that can reign on Everest.Hide Caption 9 of 14Everest: from base camp to the summit 14 photosEverest: From base camp to the summit – The peak of Nuptse, just over a mile southwest of Everest, is visible amongst the clouds in the Nepalese Himalayas.Hide Caption 10 of 14Everest: from base camp to the summit 14 photosEverest: From base camp to the summit – Climbers on Everest work to help someone in distress.Hide Caption 11 of 14Everest: from base camp to the summit 14 photosEverest: From base camp to the summit – Sandra at Everest base camp with the team Sherpas.Hide Caption 12 of 14Everest: from base camp to the summit 14 photosEverest: From base camp to the summit – The mesmerizing view from Everest's Pumori Camp 1, showing the visual effects of the atmosphere.Hide Caption 13 of 14Everest: from base camp to the summit 14 photosEverest: From base camp to the summit – Sandra LeDuc captured this photo of a triumphant and relieved Jon Kedrowski reaching the summit of Mount Everest on May 26, 2012.Hide Caption 14 of 14Story highlightsTen people died on Mount Everest in 2012It was the third worst year on the mountain for climbing casualties Overcrowding and weather contributed to the deathsNadav Ben Yehuda's right hand can't grasp a pencil. No longer can he sit on the side of a mountain scrawling poetry in his climbing notebook. The nerve damage causes him to drop things without warning.But Ben Yehuda still has his life, which wasn't a certainty as he lay on his back on the Nepal side of Mount Everest a year ago, cursing and looking for hope in a sliver of sky between the rocks and clouds.In 2012, the 24-year-old set out to become the youngest Israeli to summit Mount Everest, with five years of ice climbing and three years of Israel Defense Forces training under his belt.Yet none of his training prepared him for the crowds he encountered at Everest base camp 18,000 feet above sea level. Ben Yehuda often climbed alone and welcomed run-ins with other adventurous souls, but there he found hundreds of people at the base of the world's highest peak."It was like looking at the Woodstock festival," he said. "I saw all of those tents and I thought, 'Is it possible that all of the ice climbers in the world are here?'"Nadav Ben Yehuda.With 10 deaths last year, the third-deadliest Everest climbing season on record, questions are being raised about the safety of granting government permits to so many climbers, many not versed in the perils of living miles above sea level. Until the late 1970s, only a handful of climbers reached the top each year. The number topped 100 for the first time in 1993. By 2004, it was more than 300. Last year? More than 500.Everest men: On top of the world in 1963The deadliest year was 1996, when 15 people died. Eight of them succumbed during a blizzard so violent that journalist Jon Krakaeur chronicled the tragedies in his bestseller "Into Thin Air." Another 12 climbers were killed in 2006. This year there have been media reports of eight deaths, as of May 23.The mountain represents both choice and risk: Are you ready to push life to the edge to reach the top of the world? Or does life matter more? Hoping for the summitAt base camp in April 2012, Ben Yehuda watched climbers learning to don shiny new crampons -- metal traction aids strapped to boots soles. Some put them on backwards. Others were familiarizing themselves with the horizontal ladders used to cross dangerous ice crevassesBen Yehuda was immediately worried.Meanwhile, American geographer Jon Kedrowski, 33, was looking for his elite expedition team, which included Canadian Sandra LeDuc, 34, who was climbing for charity. Team leader Arnold Coster told him their tent was by the helicopter pad. Kedrowski counted at least 40 tents and 30 teams. Nepali-Canadian Shriya Shah Klorfine, 33, was bolstering her experience by climbing peaks near base camp. Ascending Everest was her dream, one that worried her husband, Bruce. He didn't think she had enough experience. A Sherpa watching her climb concurred. Shriya during a practice climb, before attempting Everest.The climbers arrive in April to acclimate to the altitude before heading toward the summit. Between May 15 and 30 is usually the best window. There are typically 11 days in spring when people can stand on the summit, according to meteorologist Chris Tomer, Kedrowski's best friend. This wasn't the case in 2012, with bad weather cutting the window to four days. A monsoon would move in afterward. The dry year in the Himalayas brought added dangers of shedding glaciers and unstable rock.Mount Everest, by the numbersForecasts pegged the first window at May 19. Teams assembled their gear at base camp. Groups, including International Mountain Guides, went team to team asking when climbers were leaving for the first succession camp. It was estimated 150 to 250 people would be climbing simultaneously.Because steep vertical ice walls and tricky passages require a single-file ascension, IMG and others warned against so many people climbing at once. Few listened. Back in Denver, Tomer was worried. He warned Kedrowski that winds might pick up earlier than anticipated, slamming the summit window shut and stranding climbers. Just WatchedFirst Saudi woman climbs Mount EverestreplayMore Videos ...First Saudi woman climbs Mount Everest 01:57PLAY VIDEOJust WatchedSherpas, climbers sign Everest treatyreplayMore Videos ...Sherpas, climbers sign Everest treaty 01:32PLAY VIDEOEverest pierces the jet stream, the flow of air that carries airplanes, and the sustained 100-mph winds make summiting outside of May nearly impossible. In May, the winds coming off the Indian Ocean lighten, lifting the jet stream above the summit by 10 to 15 feet, enough to stand on top of the world, Tomer explained. Kedrowski and LeDuc decided to wait a day so the crowd could move ahead. They might still be able to summit May 20, they thought. Klorfine and Ben Yehuda, however, began their separate ascents. 73-year-old becomes oldest woman to climb EverestDisaster in the death zoneBefore the summit at 29,028 feet, climbers must traverse the aptly named "death zone" at 26,000 feet. There are more than 200 bodies in the area, although it's presumed you can't see them beneath the ice. Climbers need bottled oxygen to breathe. Frostbite and extreme altitude sickness are real dangers. Unrelenting winds can make a 1-mile trek hours long. Above this lies the Hillary Step, named for Sir Edmund Hillary, the first man to conquer Everest, along with Tenzing Norgay. It's a nearly vertical rock face stretching 40 feet to the summit. Because climbers can't pass each other, a logjam extended from Hillary Step to the death zone. As nearly 300 people vied for the summit on May 18 and 19, the worst imaginable scenario came true. People with varying degrees of experience labored up the face as the weather shifted. Exhausted from so little rest in the four succession camps, they were also short on oxygen and losing weight because the thin air makes it tough to metabolize food. They waited for hours in the death zone, their chances for survival shorter by the minute. Some had to summit as evening fell, something no seasoned climber would attempt, Kedrowski said.Then the storm arrived. Visibility dropped. The climbers crept. They ran out of oxygen, their estimates shot after waiting so long in the death zone. Sixty-mph winds leeched their body heat. Down-filled suits, thick boots, layered gloves, hats and goggles couldn't beat back a wind chill of 70 below, Tomer said.For some teams, survival trumped summit as the ultimate goal. Others had altitude sickness, but after flying to Nepal and paying thousands of dollars, they felt had to reach the top. Hypoxia, the deprivation of oxygen, made their own decision-making an obstacle.Klorfine eventually reached the summit, but her journey home would end in the death zone, along with three other climbers from Germany, South Korea and China. 2012: Four die on EverestLove and determinationKlorfine was bright and intense, a passionate idealist. The same qualities that compelled her to summit Everest also spoke to Bruce Klorfine's heart in July 2001, when the two met though their work on a cruise line between Boston and Bermuda, he said. Shriya and Bruce Klorfine.Bruce was the piano player in a lounge, Shriya the lounge hostess. From the beginning, their relationship was fun and romantic, paradise its backdrop. "She made me rise to a certain level of intensity because I felt she had that, and I rode the wave," Bruce said. "It was easy to imagine starting a life with her."Bruce bought a ring in 2002, while they were docked in the Caribbean. He proposed on the ship. In April, they were married in Mumbai, where she lived, before moving to Bruce's home in Toronto. She wanted to be an entrepreneur. She encouraged Bruce to turn his IT hobby into a career.Originally from Nepal, Shriya often discussed Everest before revealing in 2011 that it was her dream to climb the legendary peak. It made Bruce nervous, but Shriya was serious, as she was with all her goals. "To be honest, I'm still really struggling to understand why her, and why that endeavor," he said.She was an independent soul, like him, and after realizing she wouldn't be swayed, he supported his wife's ambition. They'd talk sporadically when Shriya reached base camp, mostly about everyday things, He didn't want to trouble her with his worries. Her last call came while he was at work. He had no privacy so he couldn't tell Shriya he loved her. Instead, he told her to stay safe. Shriya said she wouldn't push herself too hard. Like many of the climbers on May 18 and 19, she saw an opportunity and took it, but she climbed too slowly and used too much oxygen. Everest forgives neither.Shriya on the Everest summit, holding the Canadian flag.Bruce learned of her death the same way he learned of her summit, through a phone call. He flew to Nepal and paid to airlift her body down from the mountain. He'd learn of the persistence that killed her, how she wouldn't turn back and descended on her own with a single bottle of oxygen someone gave her. "It was a flawed plan, but I really feel it highlights what was best about her in a way -- the determination to accomplish something that she set her heart on," he said. "I could never underestimate her. ... I feel like I understand it, even if people say it's foolhardy or thoughtless or stubborn. In a way, it's her finest moment, really."Avalanche disaster revives fears about Nepal's crowded mountainsA daring death zone rescueBen Yehuda had had a bad feeling the night before, and as he attempted to reach the summit, he was unable to pass the crowds. An experienced climber, he should've made it from Camp 3 to Camp 4, in the death zone, in six hours. It took almost 13. Once there, Ben Yehuda opted to remain at Camp 4 to let the crowds pass. He sipped on his oxygen to conserve it, but his brief pit stop stretched into 24 hours. When he resumed his climb, Ben Yehuda came across a body. He expected to see them in the death zone, but not in 2012 expedition gear. It was Klorfine. He'd met her at base camp. Two hours later, he saw the body of Song Wondin. He touched each one to see if they were alive. Neither was wearing an oxygen mask. They were still attached to ropes. Every climber had to pass them. "They were hugging themselves like a baby in a mother's belly, folded into themselves," Ben Yehuda said. Ben Yehuda encountered another body in an ice crack 984 feet below the summit. The man had only one crampon on -- no gloves, no mask. His ice-white face was swollen with frostbite. He was wearing a familiar hat. It was Aydin Irmak, a 46-year-old Turk Nadav knew from base camp. They had played cards. Nadav had warned Irmak in Camp 4 not to join the crowd cluttering Everest's face.Again, Ben Yehuda touched the body. The man groaned. He was disoriented and unconscious, but alive -- a miracle considering his exposure in the death zone.Ben Yehuda decided to forego his summit attempt. This man was not going to die. Ben Yehuda was going to get them down, and he knew it meant they both might die. Ben Yehuda connected Irmak, a man roughly his own weight, to his rappelling harness and began to maneuver them down. Soon, Ben Yehuda's oxygen mask froze. "It's like someone is taking a belt and putting it around your neck and pulling as hard as they can," Nadav said. "I thought we would become part of the mountain for sure."An hour into the descent, Ben Yehuda removed the mitten covering two gloves on his right hand so he could hold Irmak and the rope more securely. Minutes later, his right hand froze in position, clenching the rope. He cursed, over and over, suspecting he would lose his fingers.They passed a Malaysian man, attached to the ropes by his harness, his chest rattling with the sound of a lung edema. He couldn't talk, couldn't move. He, too, was dying. Ben Yehuda asked a passing British climbing team to help him, to give the man oxygen. He learned later they did, and the Malaysian climber was able to rescue himself.Ben Yehuda soon lost the ability to rappel. He needed the rope loose, but too many people were on it, making it tight. Irmak slipped from Ben Yehuda's grip. Both men slid down the ice. Irmak fell into an ice crack, dragging Ben Yehuda with him. The rope tangled around Ben Yehuda's legs, threatening to bury him in the ice crack as well. He used ice axes to dig them out, but it took precious time. Eight hours after finding Irmak, the two men reached Camp 4. Ben Yehuda was dragging Irmak by then, barely able to stand. But it wasn't over. Rescue helicopters can't reach above Camp 2 because the air is too thin. After resting for a few hours and examining his frozen right hand, now swollen to the size of a baseball glove, Ben Yehuda took another 20 hours to get Irmak to Camp 2. Approximately 328 feet from the camp, Ben Yehuda fainted in the snow. Other climbers found him, fully hypothermic, and put him in a tent. Without food or a stove, he lived off ice for more than 28 hours.The next morning, Ben Yehuda awoke to someone shaking his tent. It was Irmak, who couldn't speak from his frostbitten face, but he looked at Ben Yehuda and his deformed hand. "It was a moment of happiness, of anger, of many things together," Ben Yehuda said. The two men required extensive treatment once they were airlifted out of Camp 2. Back in Israel, Ben Yehuda was treated for brain damage, lung problems and his frostbitten face and legs. Some operations were canceled or delayed because he'd lost so much weight. It would take him months to regain the 42 pounds he lost on Everest.Doctors wanted to remove every finger but the thumb on his right hand, but Ben Yehuda wouldn't allow it. He received orthopedic and plastic surgeries instead.He's kept in touch with Irmak, who suffered a brain edema and doesn't remember much of the rescue. Ben Yehuda has shown him photos that spurred his memory. Klorfine's body can be seen in one of them. According to reporting by Outside Magazine, Irmak summited Everest this year.80-year-old Japanese man becomes oldest to climb EverestThe summit and the stormLike Ben Yehuda, Jon Kedrowski and Sandra LeDuc waited for the crowd to thin out. They had prepared for years, and LeDuc wanted to tick Everest off her list of the "seven summits" -- the highest peak on each continent. Everest was No. 5.Jon KedrowskiKedrowski had designs on a fast and light climb with a low flow of oxygen. Back in Denver, Tomer, the meteorologist, was blogging based on Kedrowski's texts, e-mails and satellite phone calls. LeDuc's brother was sending out tweets to her 60 followers. One night, in Camp 2, they heard a boom emanating from Camp 3. An avalanche had descended on part of Camp 3, shredding the tents they had placed in advance. If Kedrowski and LeDuc had been in Camp 3, as planned, both would've been killed. More trouble ensued when LeDuc's Sherpa was injured in a rock fall. He had to be airlifted off the mountain.The next day, they saw people near the south summit. Kedrowski assumed they were summiting, that the weather window was holding. A day of climbing passed before he realized the climbers were beginning their descent.At Camp 4, Kedrowski and LeDuc's team realized something was wrong. People were being carried into camp unconscious, their faces iced over. It was hard to tell who was alive."Is that normal?" they asked one another. A storm moved in. The winds lashed the camp. Five or six lightning strikes flashed in the sky as visibility neared nil. Kedrowski and LeDuc couldn't see 3 feet in front of them. They began encountering dead and dying climbers, one of them Klorfine. At one point, a 100-mph gust blew Kedrowski off his feet. "My face felt like it was being sandblasted," he said. They had no choice but to turn around, but LeDuc's regulator froze, cutting off her oxygen. Sherpas had to revive her. Kedrowski soon encountered Song Wondin, the climber Ben Yehuda would find dead. His mitten was off. Kedroswki tried to hand it back to him. Wondin looked at him with frozen eyes -- icicles hanging from his beard -- swatted the mitten away and passed out. Kedrowski tried to pick him up, but he was unwieldy, almost dead. He waited for other members of his team to descend, but it was too late.Almost everyone on the team sustained an injury. One had a broken rib, another a frozen cornea. They were exhausted, traumatized. They sat in tents at Camp 2, reeling, shell-shocked, before returning to base camp.Kedrowski and LeDuc were beat, but not beaten. They recovered in time for the season's last weather window, May 26, which was forecast to bring calm winds.Climbing harder and faster than they'd ever climbed, they skipped camps 1 and 3, making the four-day trek in two. They stood atop Everest on the last possible day. Kedrowski shed a few tears, and Sandra, who often found it difficult to relish her accomplishments, found a moment she could relive forever. The summit itself is quick -- snap photos, pose with your flag, take in the panorama and descend -- but the memory endures forever. Still, their journey was only half over. Sandra LeDuc on the summit, holding the Canadian flag.They had to find the energy to get back down after being awake for 38 hours. It wasn't until they reached base camp that relief set in. Kedrowski hugged LeDuc and said, "Now I know we're going to live.""It was this amazing, surreal feeling, this energy coming from elsewhere," LeDuc said. "I like to think there were a lot of people home who were thinking of me and that support carried me."Climbers, Sherpas make peace after Everest fightA year laterA year has passed since their expeditions. Kedrowski and LeDuc still love climbing, but the experience has changed them.LeDuc's 60 Twitter followers ballooned to thousands who wanted to follow her journey. Media reached out, asking her to elaborate on something she tweeted via her brother: "Lots of dead or dying bodies. Thought I was in a morgue." People falsely assumed she ignored climbers in need. "The first thing I saw was a team bringing down this woman with her face frozen solid, eyes shut and she was groaning this awful sound. Then we came across the people who had perished," she said. "That was what my tweet was about,"Asked if she blamed overcrowding for the 2012 deaths, LeDuc was torn. "I can't fault the crowds for being there because I wanted to be there," she said. "You can't prevent people from having these kinds of dreams. It's addictive and beautiful at the same time."Today, LeDuc -- still eager to tick the last two summits off her list -- is on a two-year assignment in the West Bank for the Canadian International Development Agency. Kedroswki, whose blog became a way for people to follow the deadly 2012 Everest season, is writing a book about his experience. He's also outlining potential policy that could regulate Everest like other peaks, including Mount Rainier and Mount McKinley in the United States, have in place. First Saudi woman summits EverestForever changedBen Yehuda hasn't let his damaged right hand hold him back. He's led an expedition in Georgia and solo climbed the Pyrenees. Still with the army, he's working toward degrees in law and political science.Nadav Ben Yehuda (center) and Aydin Irmak (rightt) with Israeli ambassador to Nepal, Hanan Goder-Goldberger -- all holding their respective flags.Large parts of the hand are still numb and he has to type school papers, but the threat of amputation has passed. Ice climbing can be painful, so he uses special equipment to support more body weight, relieving his hand of the burden. Things will never be the same, but he's adapted. There's a joy in his voice, despite what transpired in 2012. He doesn't see his aborted attempt as a failure. After all, rescuing Irmak was a success.The ghosts of Everest still haunt him, and the climbing notebook that accompanied him remains unopened, though he takes it with him when he goes abroad. It contains his notes and poems from that journey, but it's missing the last three days, when the rescue happened."One day I will have the time and peace to open and read it," he said. 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It is a system that manages an individual's electronic health records. The NEHR builds on the existing Electronic Medical Record Exchange (EMRX) which is a digitised version of medical information recorded by each healthcare institution a patient visits. Specific to individuals, the NEHR further captures key information from multiple health care providers and provides this information electronically to authorised healthcare providers.
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Plans are underway to include information sources beyond the public healthcare sector such as community hospitals, and General Practitioners over time.
Healthcare teams would be better equipped to provide more effective care as the NEHR will enable more timely access to health records including diagnoses, prescriptions and allergies.
There will also be cost savings as healthcare staff will be able to obtain a more complete and accurate picture of your health history and therefore avoid ordering duplicate or unnecessary tests.
While you can choose not to be on the NEHR system, we would strongly discourage you from doing so. The NEHR system allows your healthcare providers to have an overview of your medical history as you move from one institution to another.
An example of this would be if a patient who is not on the NEHR is taken to an A&E, the staff at the A&E may not be able to access that patient's current medication records, allergies history, or notable reactions to medicines, etc.
However, if you still wish to opt-out of the NEHR, please speak to any of our healthcare providers or service staff who would be happy to help you arrange a meeting with our counsellors. They will be able to tell you more about the NEHR and your opt-out options.
All medical staff accessing the NEHR are bound by law and professional ethics to keep your medical information strictly confidential. In addition to existing laws already in place to protect your physical medical records, unauthorised access and modification of your electronic health record is also an offence under the Computer Misuse Act. Under this Act, healthcare institutions are treated as "protected computer" installations and the enhanced punishment for offences covered under the Act attracts fine not exceeding S$100,000 and/or jail of up to 20 years. Provisions under the Private Hospitals and Medical Clinics Act require licensees of healthcare institutions to ensure that there are systems and processes in place to safeguard patient data. This includes staff training so that they understand their duty of confidentiality and what it means in practice.
Private healthcare providers must also follow the same policies and use the same controls as their public healthcare counterparts.
Anyone who accesses your records under NEHR will have their details recorded. If someone has deliberately accessed your records without permission or good reason, action will be taken. This can include disciplinary action, ending a contract, firing an employee or bringing criminal charges. The security measures implemented in the NEHR follows industry best practice.


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I had been an occasional visitor to the Slieve Croob Inn over the years and had always found the food, staff and facilities excellent. However, I feel I should point out that the place closed some time ago and is now a residential care home.
- Official Description (provided by the hotel):
- The Slieve Croob Inn provides quality accommodation in a tranquil setting. Set in 151 acres, including the Slieve Croob Mountain, the Slieve Croob Restaurant & Inn with Branney Bar offers a unique experience in relaxation and leisure to our guests with one of the most panoramic viewpoints in the region.Located just 2 hours from Dublin city centre and 30 minutes from Belfast, the Slieve Croob Restaurant & Inn nestles attractively among the Mourne Mountains, County Down and is an ideal place to relax and enjoy some local fare and craic. ... more less
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This image is of the floor of Antoniadi Crater. The dark branchlike areas may be the remains of channels that carried spring water and were filled with material that hardened. Subsequently they dried up and wind eroded the ground around the channels over millions, maybe even billions, of years, leaving the more resistant channel rocks as ridges.
Thie image covers around .6 miles across and was taken in March 2009 by the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) camera on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.
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Wait, it's almost the end of January already? And I haven't even had a chance to take a moment and reflect on 2012? Well, that's not true… I did spend two weeks relaxing, eating, traveling and hanging out over the Christmas holidays. But I haven't had a chance to get all bloggy about it. So, you may be sick of everybody doing recaps of their year, but well, you'll have to put up with one more.
Normally, I am all over lists of goals and achievements. For about 5-7 years, we made a habit of spending some time over the holidays to draw up a list of goals for the coming year, and review goals from the previous year. Often these were professional or personal goals – I've included major job changes and moving to different cities on these lists.
But this year, I don't have any kind of desire to make the sort of detailed list I would have made in the past. Why? Well, I have a few theories, but it boils down to this: 1) I feel like I'm already working towards where I want to be, professionally and personally, so there are no major changes needed, and 2) I don't want to get so caught up in overly ambitious goal-making that is not in tune with reality.
That said, I do have a few "themes" for this year (just like last year):
#1. Make the making a habit.
Last year, I decided that my theme for 2012 would be "making, fearlessly". That's totally still valid for 2013. In fact, this might just be a life theme. This year though, I'd like to try and change my habits to support it. If I can take 15-30 minutes every day to write something down, take some photos, or make a small step on a project, I'll be happy. To do this, I'm trying to focus on small to-do lists that have manageable tasks that can be accomplished every day. And when I say "making", I mean lots of things – writing, cooking, building, designing, sketching.
#2. Read daily.
In 2012, something amazing happened – I started reading again. As in, books on paper. I don't know how exactly I stopped but for years reading became a very minor part of my life. I've started reading again on a semi-regular basis and it feels amazing. I used to be an insane, voracious reader and it is really one of my true pleasures. It also helps me relax (unlike you guys, iPhone and MacBook!). So I'd like to keep making time for this.
#3. Remember what's important.
Sleep, peace of mind, family and friends are what's important to me. So that means I move forward with projects slowly, and that I don't blog very often. My personal to-do lists are out of date. But for now anyway, that's fine, and I don't want to have guilt about it. What's important is that I'm moving forward, living according to my own standards and focusing on what's important to me. This also means prioritizing time spent with family and friends, time spent writing thoughtful emails, time spent with Pierre.
#4. Trust my instincts, and don't fear the fail.
Trust the weird and wacky ideas. We naturally get more risk-averse as we get older. It helps to exercise that "take a chance" muscle!
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Archive for October, 2011
Calliko x Chella H – Outta Town Connect
Leaving Cook County? Welp, better have that "Outta Town Connect" locked in. Don't get caught out there.
Chella tells me she has a new project in the works, so expect something from the First Lady soon.
Freddie Gibbs – Cold Day In Hell [Tracklist]
Halloween is gearing up to be rather spooky this year, as we have L.E.P. Bogus Boys' Now Or Neva as well as Freddie Gibbs' Cold Day In Hell dropping.
Today we got our hands on Gangsta Gibb's tracklist, and a peak into who is featured on the project. Freeway, Sly Polaroid, Young Jeezy, Will Scrilla, Juicy J and 2 Chainz all make appearances. I'm ready for hell to freeze over. See you monday.
Barely M.A.D.E. It
Rob Me A Nigga f/ Alley Boy
187 Proof
Anything To Survive f/ Freeway & Sly Polaroid
2's & Fews f/ Young Jeezy
Gotta Let Ya Nuts Hang f/ Scrilla
Let 'Em Burn
My Homeboy's Girlfriend
PSA 2 (Pussy So Amazin)
Natural High
Str8 Slammin f/ Juicy J
Menace II Society f/ Dom Kennedy
Neighborhood Hoes f/ 2 Chainz
Heaven Can Wait
My Dogz
Video: Shawnna – Horror Show
Shawnna unleashes her hip-hop version of "Thriller" just in time for Old Hallows Eve. AHH just dropped the full mini-movie/extended version. The clip was directed by Raphah Anderson and produced by Shawnna.
Look for Shawanna's new mixtape, Tales From The Crypt, coming soon. Spooky.
YP x Rockie Fresh – Insane
Two of Chicago's hottest link for a new single entitled "Insane." This joint was recorded after YP's Still Awake dropped, but it was just too dope to sit on. If you've seen Rockie or YP perform recently, then you've no doubt heard it live.
Download YP's Still Awake now, and be on the lookout for Rockie's Driving 88. Dirty and clean down below. Ayo!
Video: Big K.R.I.T. On Creating "Flexin," Says Album Due In January
Yesterday, Big K.R.I.T. was in Chicago for the Smokers Club Tour, and while in the city, he and DJ Wally Sparks dropped by WGCI's Coca Cola Lounge to converse with fans and sit down for an interview with DJ MoonDawg.
K.R.I.T. talks about getting T.I. "Flexin" and how the record came about, he also talks about the new Ludacris record he's featured on, and how it feels to be an in-demand producer and featured artist.
K.R.I.T. also says his debut album Live From The Underground will be dropping at the very top of the year, and the push back was due to sample clearances and a very special guest feature "that no one will expect." Oh, and he also goes in depth about the Pimp C comparisons. A very insightful interview…
Video: Jay Stonez x 2 Chainz – Cooking All Morning [Behind The Scenes]
Last week, the artist currently known as 2 Chainz was in the Chi for a listening session as well to film the Mr. Boomtown-directed clip for "Cooking All Morning," with Chicago emcee Jay Stonez. Here we have some behind the scenes footage of the shoot. If you missed the Mp3, check right here for it.
Also, hit the jump for some footage of an on-set cypher that included Jay Stonez, Cap-1 and MarVo.
Yung Berg feat. Mia Rey – Heart Of The City
Yung'n let me hear this joint a couple of weeks ago and today he let it loose for the masses. Consider this the first offering from his new project, Reality Check, which is set to drop November 11th with features from Mikkey Halsted, Game, Kid Ink, Nipsey Hussle and more. It's so cold in the Chi.
Grumpy Old Men – The Wake (Prod. by Maja 7th)
The unusually grumpy duo of Pete Sayke and Mike Schpitz drop their last leak off Sunday Skool, before it arrives on November 8. Friend of FSD Maja 7th handles the production. Wake, bake and download below.
Pac Div x Asher Roth – Useless [Prod. by Blended Babies]
This new Pac Div and Asher Roth joint leaked last night but the fact that it was produced by the Blended Babies was largely overlooked. Welp, I'm here to spread the good word. FSD cares, if don't nobody else care.
Chin Chilla Meek feat. King Louie & Shawnna – F***** Up
Harvey's Chin Chilla Meek is joined by King Louie & Shawnna on her latest offering. This is too tough. Definitely keep an ear out for more music from Meek soon.


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Interventional radiology involves the use of contemporary imaging methods (primarily video x-ray, called fluoroscopy) to gain access to different structures of the pet's body for diagnostic and therapeutic reasons without the need for traditional surgery.
Veterinary Interventional Endoscopy
Interventional endoscopy involves the use of endoscopes, small cameras which can be guided throughout the body via naturally existing orifices, often in conjunction with other contemporary imaging techniques, such as ultrasound or fluoroscopy. Guided by these images, the veterinarian can reach most parts of the body without the need for open surgery.
These non-surgical alternatives offer many advantages, including:
- Quicker recovery
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- Shorter hospital stay
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- Jejunostomy through PEG tube
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(KMOV) –A fresh hole in the backyard of area residents could also mean there is an underground nest for yellow jackets.
The relatively dry weather is assisting in the increase of yellow jackets in the area.
Yellow Jackets are a type of wasp and unlike bees will sting a person or pet if you get to close and make them feel threatened.
The recent dry weather and lack of heavy rainfall has allowed yellow jackets and their favorite foods to proliferate.
Ed Spevak, Director of Invertebrates at the St. Louis Zoom said "a little bit of rain and these long warm spell which have allowed them to increase. But remember what it's also allowing to increase is grasshoppers. I've seen more things like grasshoppers this year and yellow jackets are feeding on those."
Yellow jackets can be spotted by their black and yellow strips across their body.


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By Kyle Swain
In the co-op mode for the upcoming Assassin's Creed Unity, there will be four customizable players allowed per game but no female characters to play as. In an interview with news source Polygon, Ubisoft's creative director Alex Amancio cited the various reasons why this is the case. Production issues with a female character was the main obstacle for the team. Amancio went on to say, "It's double the animations, it's double the voices, all that stuff and double the visual assets."
The nature of the multiplayer in Assassin's Creed also created problems in implementing a female character. The co-op has the player take the role of the main protagonist and their friends displayed as other male assassins. With a main female character, the design team could not implement such an option for the multiplayer gameplay. On top of this, it has been estimated that over 8,000 new animations would have been required to add a female player to the game.
This does not mean that there will never be an option to play as a woman. Level designer Bruno St. Andre has hinted that another gender option is something the design is working towards. Perhaps the next Assassin's Creed will allow such a choice. Until then, we will have to wait. I'm sure Assassin's Creed Unity will be plenty to tide us over. The game will be released for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and the PC on October 28 of this year. For more videos, trailers, and information on the game be sure to check out all the latest news on Ubisoft's website.
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The prevention of coagulation processes and immune reactions at the interface of blood to biomaterials is a demanding requirement to enhance the hemocompatibility of biomedical products (e.g. cardiovascular implants, catheters, medical membranes). With this objective strategies for coating technologies are being developed, utilizing synthetic or naturally occurring inhibitors for the functionalisation of surfaces. Systematic analyses of the interaction of human whole blood with model substrates serve to clarify the molecular and physical-chemical factors, which trigger the humoral and cellular immune defense. These analyses further support the development of blood-compatible polymer coatings by quantifying the inhibitory effect of immobilized substances.
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Sports Verdict: Who's The Bigger X-Factor? Kevin Durant Vs. Carmelo Anthony
With the game, series, or season on the line, would you rather have Carmelo Anthony or Kevin Durant on your squad?
Overtime: Recap Heat/Bulls & Spurs/Warriors Game 2
Matt Moore, NBA Blogger for CBSSports.com, joined Overtime with Jim Murray to recap Game 2 in the Heat/Bulls and the Spurs/Warriors series. He says when things go wrong for the Bulls; they go way wrong. […]
Knicks Use Huge Run to Even Series With Pacers
NEW YORK (AP) — Carmelo Anthony hung from the rim, the helpless defender who tried to stop his dunk lying on the court below after falling down. Pretty soon, Anthony's jumper was falling, too. […]
Celtics Ready For Emotional Return Home
The Boston Celtics will play at the TD Garden for the first time Friday night since the events of the Boston Marathon.
Chandler, Knicks Expect Celtics To 'Play With Pride' In Emotional Return To Boston
The Celtics need a pick-me-up after losing the opening two games of their first-round playoff series against the Knicks. The city of Boston could use one, too, after a traumatic two weeks of bombings and manhunts and grieving.
Kurt Helin, ProBasketballTalk.com: "I Want To See The Hawks Make This A Series"
We're continuing our due diligence on this year's NBA playoffs with Kurt Helin who weighs in on the 1st round matchups, Lebron, and the Lakers. . . .
Sekou Smith, NBA.com and NBA TV: "It Comes Down To The Guys In That Backcourt"
The NBA playoffs start this weekend. Sekou Smith joins with his thoughts on those as well as some off the court issues surrounding the league. . . .
Steve Aschburner, NBA.com: "Target Number One Would Be Dwight Howard" For The Hawks
The NBA playoffs are about to get underway and the Atlanta Hawks will play the Indiana Pacers. Steve Aschburner joins with his views on the matchups and some other storylines floating around these playoffs. . […]
Nuggets Secure 3rd Seed With 118-98 Win Over Suns
The Denver Nuggets secured the third seed in the Western Conference playoffs by routing the Phoenix Suns 118-98 on Wednesday night behind 21 points from Wilson Chandler and 20 from Andre Iguodala.


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Star Cooking: Scary-Good DIY Meatloaf
by in Food Network Star, Recipes, June 24, 2010Aarti, we hope your confidence is rising, because you're on a roll! Last week, Liz cooked Aarti's Tandoori Chicken on Scallion Blini, and now we're back with another Aarti winner from Episode 3.
Turk-Eye Meatloaf is an unfortunate and not-exactly-appetizing name for a recipe, but the flavor of Aarti's dish proved otherwise. She drew Horror as her inspiration for the movie-themed camera challenge, and the judges ate up her cute "wandering eye" story that tied this dish to the genre.
Since I wasn't stuck with any scary movie challenge while making Aarti's meatloaves at home, I left off the (intentionally) creepy "eye" garnish. Without it, these individual meatloaves make a healthy and simple weeknight meal. Keep the garnish and it would certainly be a fun dish for Halloween.
I loved Aarti's idea of grating zucchini into the meat mixture—it adds extra moisture, good-for-you veggies and pretty little flecks of green. Also, incorporating chicken sausage (I used turkey sausage since that's what was available in my grocery store) into the ground turkey loaves adds a great boost of flavor to the meat.
The "bloody" sauce definitely fits its description—red wine gives the tomato-based sauce a rich, deep color and flavor. Didn't you squirt ketchup on your mom's meatloaf as a kid? This sauce is a grown-up, gourmet version of that admittedly tasty combination.
Aarti's kale is the sleeper hit of the plate. It's incredibly quick to make and might even convert those who normally steer clear of dark leafy greens. The inclusion of chopped dates adds a nice hint of sweetness.
Whose recipe will we be making at home next week? C'mon, you really think we'd tell?! Catch the next episode of The Next FN Star this Sunday at 9pm/8c to see who's cooking up winners…and who's going home.
Which Star dish were you inspired to make this week?
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I'm always looking for a new variation on meatloaf, and this one has a lot of interesting ingredients. I will definitely give it a try. The second photo is a bit more appetizing!
This is the worst season of Star ever. I can't believe this is the best they could come up with after going thru all of the contestants I'm sure they had at their disposal.
Remember AMY?...who quit i think after 6 months? Too bad. She was a god one with a wholesome girl-next-door persona without gimmicks or weirdness. We need more like her, or last year's winner, Melissa, but she's stuck on a weekend and chances are, 85% of America has no idea all the knowledge they could get from her. Big Daddys food totally ROCKS, and he's stuck on a weekend, too.
I think Amy quit after 6 shows, not 6 months. She moved to France with her family. I did not like her. She was too pretentious. I feel she won because JAG had to go since he lied. Rory should have won and would have been fantastic!
I agree that Rory should have won that season. I still remember the recipe she came up with that was featured that year for Bon Appetit. It's too bad FN is still not giving her a chance to shine with her own show. They're becoming a bunch of pretentious snobs. It's obvious they didn't choose the right person that season.
As far as I'm concerned, this season is Aarti's to lose. No one can touch her: Unique, interesting food and a sweet personality and voice that you can't get enough of. She's the "total package" and just needs to get past the jitters. Look at Giada early on - she took a bit to hit her stride too. I think Aarti is a star in the making.
Your version looks AMAZING! I have many varieties of meatloaf in my repertoire and after seeing the way you re-made Aarti's loaf, I'm excited to try it. Love the healthy additions of zucchini and kale. I will definitely make this. Btw, I totally loved Aarti's interpretation for the challenge and thought she was spot on.
I was glad to see this SPAZ go! I was so uncomfortable watching her, it almost made the show unbearable. Hopefully the other spaz will go...Paul. That dude is just wrong and isn't clever enough to invent himself since he clearly doesn't "have it!"
I agree wholeheartedly. That woman (Dzintra) drove me crazy and I don't believe she really had the skills either.
Go aarti!
I'm probably pointing iut the obvious here--but--if the watched the show for some years now, you should realize some things that DON'T "make it" on this show:
1. "17 ingredients on a crouton", or any one dish. The contestant who does that doesn't win. Remember a contestant named Hans?
2. The person who is too quiet or zen-like doesn't win. Jeffrey.
3. People who lie or are dishonest don't (and shouldn't!) win. Remember Jag?
4. A self-taught or home-taught Cook CAN win. Remember Amy and also just last year, Melissa. Being culinary-trained is not bad, but also no guarantee.
5. Good food is probably somewhat MORE important than a glowing camera presence, at least early on, as camera-stuff can be improved easier than learning how to be a good cook already. Remember Mario Batali.
6. Everyday non-technical language connects far better with viewers than giving them a history-lesson about what Latin word a food ingredient comes from or what the ancient romans did with it. Who cares? Right here, is where I would rather learn from ROBIN than Alton Brown. His DOES "ooze knowledge"-but--sometimes I think he wants to be a history teacher, or an actor, more than a chef. Just my opinion.
7. Getting injured does not help you win. 'nuff said.
8. Bashing your fellow contestants and openly disagreeing with the judges and saying so, will get you out the door, probably next 1 or 2 challenges.
9. Almost paradoxically, putting on a false sense over-modesty or never being satisfied with your own work can also backfire. If the audience can notice it, so will the judges.
10. Better to be a wee lil' bit too spicy than to be Bland. Bland food doesnt win.
11. Neither is good, but, it seems you will more easily forgiven if something is slightly UNDER-cooked that if its burned or tough.
12. Variety is good!--and if you can show "Deliciousness plus creativity" rather than only having 1 signature dish and just alot of other mediocrity, you've got a really good chance.
I'm not a chef. Or a former contestant. Just a viewer. I dont think I'm too far off the mark. History--is mostly on my side. -
I will not be here for Sunday's chat/questions with Melissa. I'll be at work, so I'll miss the whole thing. I remember watching Melissa as a contestant (before she won) and she is Amazing! She has all these "little formula's" and things-to-remember that are VERY handy and useful. I seem to remember Bob Tuschman himself describing her as a treasure of knowledge. Bob is absolutely right! You will see. WATCH her on weekends. And no, she didnt pay me to say any of this. We've never met and I "don't know her from Adam" but let her inspire you. The are many good chef's on foodnetwork. But here is a lady who just plain loves to cook, cooks great, didnt hafta go to Paris, London or Tokyo to do it--and, who can show YOU how to do it in a straightforward way. I'll have to read about it a day or so later. But DO tune-in if you can. You are in for a treat.
Melissa did go all over Europe and she probably did pay you to say all those nice things. She won last year after being caught cheating and spending half her time in tears.
Not a fan of Arti Farti!!! She makes my skin crawl. I hope she does not win because then I know that the Food network has lost it!!!
Aartie seems the most confident. They all need a zen session or a prozac lolipop. So much tension when a lot will be virtually be handed to one of them.
Aarti is endearing and fun and I'm already hooked! Can't wait to see what she does next and will thoroughly enjoy learning middle eastern cuisine and technique from her. Go Aarti!!


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September – October 2012
5:30 p.m., 5:30 p.m., 6:30 p.m. V/JV/F volleyball vs Llano
Special meeting to consider purchase of fire truck.
7th Annual Leander Bluegrass Festival
The City of Leander is hosting the 7th Annual Leander Bluegrass Festival on Sept. 28 from 7-10 p.m. and Sept. 29 from 6-11 p.m. at Robin Bledsoe Park, 601 S. Bagdad.
This is a free event that will feature live music, concessions, children's activities, and a variety of vendors. Vendor applications are available online at www.leandertx.gov.
Leander's Bluegrass Festival has grown from a one day festival to a two night festival filled with more bands, great music, and variety of bluegrass sounds. The Festival will feature local bands as well as some out of state talent. The bands will include: Geoff Union, The Upham Family Band, The Lost Pines, Piney Grove Rambles, The Show and Tellers, The Bottom Dollar String Band, and Posey Hill. This event is presented by Suddenlink.
The Liberty Hill Lions Club is hosting the 11th Annual Rip Roarin' Ride at 8 a.m. Sept. 29 at Lions Foundation Park.
The cycling event benefits the many Lions Vision Programs, both locally and across the world. The organization also supports programs like the Leader Dog Program, camp for handicapped kids, Eye Bank in Manor, eye exams and eyeglassesrecycling, and a park for youth sports, community events, walking trails, public library and picnic area.
The ride begins at 8 a.m. from the Foundation Park and features routes of 14, 28, 50, 65 and 79 miles through the scenic rolling hills and valleys of Williamson and Burnet counties. Cyclists are invited to enjoy the beginning of fall in the Hill Country.
Registration is $30 through Sept. 26. After that date, the price increases to $40. Registration and further information can be found at www.riproarinride.org or call (512) 630-1851.
The deadline to register to vote in Nov. 6 General Election.
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