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Can The Extensor Digitorum Brevis Muscle Flap Help Salvage A Diabetic Limb With Osteomyelitis?
These authors discuss the use of the distally-based, extended extensor digitorum brevis muscle flap for limb salvage in a patient with diabetes and osteomyelitis of the great toe.
The extensor digitorum brevis muscle flap has been an option for local soft tissue reconstruction since the 1970s.1 Since that time, there has been an increased utilization of the muscle flap for a variety of applications including coverage of foot and ankle defects.2-12
Of particular interest is the extended, distally based extensor digitorum brevis muscle flap for salvage of the hallux.7,13,14 Since the hallux is vital in maintaining normal foot function, it would be ideal to preserve the hallux. Treatment becomes difficult when there is a significant post-surgical tissue defect along the operated hallux that is not amenable to skin grafting.
Reconstruction of the distal foot, especially the toe, has posed a particularly challenging problem. There are few local options available for the distal forefoot and toes such as the fillet of toe, the dorsometatarsal first web flap, and the distally-based dorsalis pedis flap. However, these options have significant donor site morbidity and a limited arc of rotation.
The proximity and advantages of the extensor digitorum brevis muscle makes it an option for coverage of the toes. The flap is useful due to the muscle's size and thinness, consistent vascular anatomy, large vessel size, ease of dissection, minor donor site morbidity, arc of rotation and length of the pedicle. The limited bulk of the muscle allows for primary closure of the donor site. Since the muscle is a secondary toe extensor, it is expendable without a functional deficit. In terms of a reverse flow, the increased arc of rotation and length of the pedicle permits coverage of defects of the toes. Muscle flaps are preferred in the management of complicated wounds involving osteomyelitis. These flaps are pliable, contour to defects, fill dead space, provide improved tissue ingrowth, enhance the local delivery of antibiotics and revascularize underlying bone.
A Closer Look At The Relevant Anatomy
The extensor digitorum brevis muscle is a thin muscle located on the dorsum of the foot. It originates from the sinus tarsi and the dorsolateral surface of the calcaneus. It courses distally and medially, finally terminating on the base of the hallux and along the lateral aspect of extensor digitorum longus tendons of the second through fourth digits. The muscle shape is trapezoidal and its dimensions are typically 5 cm x 6 cm with a surface area of 19 to 34 cm2.4
The dorsalis pedis artery is a continuation of the anterior tibial artery, which courses inferior to the extensor retinaculum. The medial and lateral tarsal arteries branch from the dorsalis pedis artery.3 The medial tarsal artery travels medially and deep to the abductor hallucis muscle to connect with the medial plantar artery. The lateral tarsal artery runs laterally and situates itself along the deep surface of the extensor digitorum brevis muscle, serving as the muscle's main supplier when present.


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The comrades-in-arms of this early Miami rock scene were an often odd set of zealots. Wimmer recalls the time a friend invited her to meet fanzine publisher Dave Parsons and his wife, Sam. (Sam later turned up as the bass player for Smegma.) Wimmer feared that he might turn out to be an Amway salesman -- and she was right. At his apartment, though, she recalls, "I was looking through his records -- Blondie, Television, Ramones, Pistols, Buzzcocks...he had all the stuff." Parsons started and published a fanzine called "Mouth of the Rat" ( the English translation for his town, Boca Raton) devoted to the blossoming local scene. "He handwrote the whole thing," Wimmer recalls with a touch of reverence. "Like with any beginning, the policy was just do it."
A skinny former cab driver named Richard Shelter knew that tune well. His long, curly black hair hid the tattoo on his head, whose presence there he explained this way: "Sure it hurt. Life is pain." Shelter took over the club 27 Birds to offer great rock shows by local bands. He booked national acts such as the Ramones and Dead Kennedys at the then-forlorn, now-bustling Cameo Theatre. Later he fronted his own band, the Preachers, whose guitarist, Nick Kane, would later side for Iko-Iko and recently joined the Mavericks.
One of the top draws in the early Eighties at the Birds was, of course, Charlie Pickett, who, after having worked with a couple of different lineups, formed the Eggs. On stage, stomping his boots, he happily stole licks from the Velvet Underground (whose work he would later cover on-stage with R.E.M., who often invited him to sit in for encores) and whole songs from Flamin Groovies and others. His voice cracked when he sang. His guitarist, Johnny Salton, was a hunchbacked junkie and his bass player was also a junkie, but with better posture. Together they rocked so hard it made your bones hurt. After Live at the Button, Open released a five-song Eggs EP in 1984 called Cowboy Junkie Au Go Go, which included the heroin anthem "Overtown" (written, of course, by the two addicts).
Salton, the Eggs's guitarist, seemed to have three great loves in his life: his guitar-playing, bad horror movies, and substance abuse. During one early show at the Casbah, Salton obliviously took bizarre stage effects to new, well, levels. Half the audience kept their eyes glued to whichever amplifier Salton had left his last lighted cigarette on. At certain points it appeared he had four or five cigarettes going at once, some of them burning right into the amps, one dangling from his mouth, another stuck in the neck of his mighty, mighty ax. The tables near the exit were the most popular that night.
Through the haze one thing shone through: Salton's brilliance. Hendrix, Beck, Clapton, Salton. That's what shoulda been. Salton went on to release solo albums that achieved critical success in Europe and continues to perform annually with Pickett A and is developing more of his own projects.
Noted music critic Ira Robbins, writing in his book The Trouser Press Record Guide, described the Eggs as "the new wave bar band," called the group's sound "fiery stuff," and compared Pickett's singing to Neil Young's. "It's hard to believe," Robbins wrote, "this band isn't as big a global legend as it deserves to be." That, too, is what shoulda been, and you can't say Pickett didn't give it a shot. In 1986 he went to Minneapolis to record the Route 33 LP for Twin/Tone, the label where nationally celebrated bands such as the Replacements and Soul Asylum got their start. Pickett -- working at that time with guest musicians such as Gun Club's Jim Duckworth and Velvet Underground's drummer, Maureen Tucker -- didn't fare so well. His next album, The Wilderness, was released on the Safety Net/Fundamental label. Unfortunately, Pickett's music was too smart, tough, and honest for mass consumption. Only smart people got it, and there aren't very many of them in the world.
Herald critic and unofficial Essentials manager Bill Ashton had started Safety Net with a tax refund. He did so for one reason: he liked the Essentials and felt they should have a record out. So he did it himself. Ultimately, these labels helped win some respect and attention for their bands, including write-ups in Billboard, a video on MTV, airplay on college radio, even some small-scale national tours.
Safety Net, like so many entities of the early Eighties scene, was a co-op project that put music first and money fourth or fifth. In fact, back then, there was little of the enmity and competition so common in today's rock scenes, including Miami's. Wimmer and Ashton each had record labels, yet the two often worked together. If Open didn't have the resources to put out a record everyone knew deserved release, Safety Net would. And vice versa. For instance, when Open couldn't release an EP by the Bobs, Safety Net simply slapped on its own label. (The Bobs, with their evocatively clever lyrics and funky arrangements, were a far cry from the better-known soft-rock a cappella group with the same name). Later the Bobs's Bob Rupe would produce a number of local records and get signed by national labels as a member of two cutting-edge bands.

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text: The NFL announced today that the Buffalo Bills will take on the New York Giants in the 2014 Hall of Fame game in Canton, Ohio on Augsust 3rd. It's a big weekend for both franchises. Both Bills wideout Andre Reed and Giants defensive ende Michael Strahan will be inducted into the Hall of Fame that weekend. The game will be played in addition to the usual four preseason games, giving Bills head coach Doug Marrone an extra game to evaluate his team. This is the fourth Hall of Fame game for the Bills. Their most recent appearance came in a 21-18 loss to the Tennessee Titans in 2009.


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The identification of orthologous genes forms the basis for most comparative genomics studies. Existing approaches either lack functional annotation of the identified orthologous groups, hampering the interpretation of subsequent results, or are manually annotated and thus lag behind the rapid sequencing of new genomes. Here we present the eggNOG database ('evolutionary genealogy of genes: Non-supervised Orthologous Groups'), which contains orthologous groups constructed from Smith-Waterman alignments through identification of reciprocal best matches and triangular linkage clustering. Applying this procedure to 312 bacterial, 26 archaeal and 35 eukaryotic genomes yielded 43 582 course-grained orthologous groups of which 9724 are extended versions of those from the original COG/KOG database. We also constructed more fine-grained groups for selected subsets of organisms, such as the 19 914 mammalian orthologous groups. We automatically annotated our non-supervised orthologous groups with functional descriptions, which were derived by identifying common denominators for the genes based on their individual textual descriptions, annotated functional categories, and predicted protein domains. The orthologous groups in eggNOG contain 1 241 751 genes and provide at least a broad functional description for 77% of them. Users can query the resource for individual genes via a web interface or download the complete set of orthologous groups at http://eggnog.embl.de.
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What House Republican leaders are doing this week is infuriating and it shows that their priorities are upside down.
This week Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (R-WI) is leading an effort to impose even more ruthless cuts immediately to critical domestic programs. Under the plan, unemployment benefits would be cut off until applicants are nearly broke and millions of working families would be denied a child tax credit.
They're cutting these programs to pay for tax breaks for millionaires. As House leaders cut $7.8 billion in funding for the child tax credit, they're putting the same amount into a new tax break for millionaires. It's shameful.
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- Posted by Johanna on February 7, 2012 at 4:07 pm
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In his Westfield column, KC runs down some exciting books coming out in April, including those from Dynamite, Fantagraphics, Image, IDW, Dark Horse, and of course, DC and Marvel. Find out which company's new project is said to look like "drums of radioactive waste"! And not for the reason you'd expect.
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Fulwood | |
Fulwood Barracks | |
Fulwood shown within Lancashire | |
Population | 33,171 (2001) |
OS grid reference | SD5431 |
District | Preston |
Shire county | Lancashire |
Region | North West |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | PRESTON |
Postcode district | PR2 |
Dialling code | 01772 |
Police | Lancashire |
Fire | Lancashire |
Ambulance | North West |
EU Parliament | North West England |
UK Parliament | Wyre and Preston North |
Fulwood | |
Fulwood Barracks | |
Fulwood shown within Lancashire | |
Population | 33,171 (2001) |
OS grid reference | SD5431 |
District | Preston |
Shire county | Lancashire |
Region | North West |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | PRESTON |
Postcode district | PR2 |
Dialling code | 01772 |
Police | Lancashire |
Fire | Lancashire |
Ambulance | North West |
EU Parliament | North West England |
UK Parliament | Wyre and Preston North |
Coordinates: 53°46′46″N 2°41′37″W / 53.779444°N 2.693611°W
Fulwood is an affluent township in Lancashire, England, forming much of the northern half of the unparished area of the City of Preston district. It had a population of 33,171 in 2001.[1]
For several reasons, despite its close proximity to Preston, it has remained distinctly separated. Historically, Fulwood was governed independently from Preston until 1974. Furthermore, since the majority of the area is encompassed under The Fulwood Conservation Area, it has remained geographically separate from Preston.[2]
Fulewde, 1199; Fulewude, 1228; Fulwode, 1297. The extract below by John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870–72) described Fulwood and its history during its early Victorian foundations: "FULWOOD, a township-chapelry in Lancaster parish, Lancashire; on the Lancaster and Preston railway, 1.5 mile N of Preston. It has a station on the railway; and its post town is Preston. Acres, 2077. Real property, £6,218. Pop. in 1851, 1,748; in 1861, 2,313. Houses, 172. This was part of a the ancient royal forest of Fulwood, now enclosed; and Preston race-ground was part of it. Extensive barracks are here. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Manchester." [3]
Fulwood has expanded in the 20th century, and has been popular with housing and business developers, with its close links to the M6 and M55 motorways. Since the 1970s when the Central Lancashire New Town was proposed, large sites have been made available for development, such as Longsands, which is a residential area, and "East Preston", where many businesses are currently located, including the Lancashire Evening Post (LEP), Asda, Royal Mail sorting office, Independent Inspections, Xchanging, CPC,[4] EDS and Holiday Inn.[5] The B6241 (Eastway) provides a vital route, bypassing much of the residential and central areas of Preston, and a road via Longsands connects it to the M6 motorway (at junction 31A which was opened in the 1990s) and the Bluebell Way business park on the boundary with Brookfield.
It is also the home of the Royal Preston Hospital, Sharoe Green Hospital was also in Fulwood until its closure in 2004.[6]
Fulwood Barracks has been the home of the Queen's Lancashire Regiment, and other regiments, and is the site of the Queen's Lancashire Regiment Museum.[7]
A notable former resident was Major John Rouse Merriott Chard, of the Royal Engineers, V.C., officer commanding at Rorke's Drift in 1879. He was posted to Preston between 1887 and 1892, and is recorded in the 1891 Census living at 80 Victoria Road, Fulwood.[8][9]
Since the mass migration of Indians, Fulwood has been a popular place of residence for well-known, and wealthy families of the Vora Patel community, many of whom have resided here for several generations. Many families of this community amassed great wealths during the economic prosperity of the textiles industry in Northern England and, to this day, retain much of their wealth and have bought many of Lancashire's historic properties.[10]
Fulwood is one of the greener parts of the Preston area, however it is nevertheless a fairly built up area, with buildings dating back to the Victorian gentrification of the region, and earlier. Due to large investments during the late Victorian era, Fulwood was an area of much development by wealthy Preston industrialists. Some of the finest Victorian buildings of Lancashire can be found in Fulwood,[11] such as the Fulwood Barracks, Fulwood Union Workhouse, and Harris Orphanage. Many of the larger houses in Fulwood were also built during the Victorian period, particularly those in the Nooklands cul-de-sac.
Fulwood has a large number of local amenities. The neighbourhood has a large number of local shops, primary and high schools, pubs, libraries, a large Asda supermarket and Booths supermarket, Preston's main hospital, a college, parks, and many other services.
The town has seven different greens, consisting of Conway Drive, South Drive, Mill Lane, Sherwood, Levensgarth Avenue, Tower Lane and Andertons Way. This makes Fulwood one of the greener districts of Preston.
State education is adminsitered by Lancashire County Council.
The main campus of Preston's College is located in Fulwood on St Vincent's Road.
The electoral wards which make up the area of Fulwood are; Sharoe Green, College, Cadley, Greyfriars and Garrison. Parts of the rural wards, named as Preston Rural East and Preston Rural North, were in the former Preston Rural District. Preston Council meetings are hosted every 3 months classified as Area Forum Meetings, of which Fulwood is the Northern Area Forum.
Until 2010, the wards which make up Fulwood were split between a number of parliamentary constituencies due to local government boundaries changing between the Boundary Commission for England's reports on parliamentary boundaries. Thus, Fulwood was split unevenly between three constituencies;
Following their review of parliamentary representation in Lancashire, the Boundary Commission have moved the whole of Fulwood into a new constituency of Wyre and Preston North.
For Preston city council elections, see Preston local elections
Between 1894 and 1974 Fulwood was governed by Fulwood Urban District council which was merged with other districts under the Local Government Act 1972 to become the new non-metropolitan district of the Borough (now City) of Preston.
The local cricket teams are Harris Park CC, Grasshoppers CC and Fulwood & Broughton CC who play in the Palace Shield. In 2005 they[who?] were the most successful cricket side at club level in Britain,[citation needed] winning nine trophies between the senior and junior teams.
The local football team is Fulwood Amateurs F.C. who play in the West Lancashire League.
The local rugby team is Preston Grasshoppers R.F.C. who play in the national league structure.
Fulwood Leisure Centre is on Black Bull Lane.
Fulwood railway station was once in Gamull Lane, on the border between Fulwood and Ribbleton, on the Longridge Branch Line. It was renamed Ribbleton railway station in 1900 and closed in 1930.
Fulwood is served by several bus routes operated by Preston Bus, Stagecoach in Lancashire and Stagecoach in Lancaster. These services include routes (Preston Bus) 19, 19A, 22, 23, 86 and the 88A/88C Orbit service & (Stagecoach) 4, 4A, 4C & 40/41 services.
There are cycle paths from Fulwood through Lancaster to Carnforth as well, and people are encouraged to use them.
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Video: Harlem Globetrotter Darnell Wilks shatters backboard in Ecuador
11/29/2012 at 11:33 am By Anthony Ramsey
The Harlem Globetrotters are known for their entertaining style and amazing tricks with the basketball, but it looks as if they also have a little power in their show as well.
Here's video of Darnell Wilks shattering a backboard in Ecuador during an exhibition game:
The 6'7″ Wilks played at college ball at Cincinnati from 2007-2011, averaging 2.8 ppg for his college career.
While a broken backboard may be amazing, in this case it unfortunately ended the game.
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It does look vaguely like the old HP16 Lennox model but I'd need to see the right side of the unit.
Almost looks like the diy ones that sears sold.
Can't show you the right side of the unit, that's where the logo is or I wouldn't know what it is.
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NYDN – A sticky-fingered crook in a wheelchair swiped a purse from a woman who got up to dance at a Times Square hotspot, police sources said Thursday. The apparently disabled thief is also wanted for swiping handbags from an unsuspecting diner at a swanky W. 57th St. restaurant co-owned by Robert De Niro and a woman at a posh midtown hotel, sources said. Police said the unidentified suspect entered Havana Central on W. 46th St. near Seventh Ave. in Times Square at 9:45 p.m. on Sept. 3 and rolled off with a bag a 40-year-old woman put on her chair when she decided to hit the dance floor. A few days earlier — on Aug. 30 — the free-wheeling fiend was seen rolling through Nobu 57 on W. 57th St. near Sixth Ave. at 11:30 p.m., where he police say he grabbed a pricey Coach purse a 34-year-old diner had placed under the bar. He then left, using the credit cards in the purse to buy food at a nearby pizzeria a short time later, officials said. Surveillance images taken near the restaurant show the thief — a Hispanic man dressed in purple — making his getaway, according to sources.
I've always thought about this. Nobody suspects the handicapped. It's the perfect cover for committing crime. You remember how Ed Norton played that retarded guy in The Score? Well this is kinda like that except this dude is swiping purses instead of jewels and looks to be legitimately disabled instead of faking it. But still, same concept. You see a guy without working legs roll in wearing a purple suit and your first thought is to get out of that motherfucker's way and give him all the special treatment you can. A devious purse snatching scheme is the last thing on anyone's mind.
It's like we as a society aren't supposed to say that some handicapped people are scumbags. It's taboo or something. Like if anyone is in a wheelchair or has some sort of crippling ailment, it's illegal to think that he might be a piece of shit. Well therein lies the genius is this pimped out hispanic man's plan. Play on our heart strings. Use his noodle legs to his utmost advantage. And while we're doing everything we can to accommodate his wheels couch, he's robbing us blind and laughing all the way to the handicapped-accessible bank. Genius, really. Almost no way to defend against it, except maybe a stick in the spokes.


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Pedro Infante | |
Background information | |
Birth name | Pedro Infante Cruz |
Born | Mazatlán, Sinaloa, México | 18 November 1917
Died | 15 April 1957 Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico | (aged 39)
Occupation(s) | Singer, Actor |
Instruments | Classical Guitar, Piano, Violin, Trumpet, Drums |
Years active | 1939 –1957 |
Pedro Infante | |
Background information | |
Birth name | Pedro Infante Cruz |
Born | Mazatlán, Sinaloa, México | 18 November 1917
Died | 15 April 1957 Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico | (aged 39)
Occupation(s) | Singer, Actor |
Instruments | Classical Guitar, Piano, Violin, Trumpet, Drums |
Years active | 1939 –1957 |
Pedro Infante Cruz (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈpeðɾo inˈfante]; 18 November 1917[1][2] – 15 April 1957), better known as Pedro Infante, was a Mexican actor and singer. Hailed as one of the greatest actors of the Golden Age of Mexican cinema, he is considered an idol of the Latin American people, together with Jorge Negrete and Javier Solís, who were styled as the Tres Gallos Mexicanos (the Three Mexican Roosters). Infante was born in Mazatlán, Sinaloa, Mexico and was raised in Guamúchil. He died on 15 April 1957, in Mérida, Yucatán, in a plane crash during a flight en route to Mexico City.
His film career began in 1939 with him appearing in more than 60 films, and starting in 1943, he recorded about 350 songs. For his performance in the movie Tizoc, he was awarded the Silver Bear for Best Actor at the 7th Berlin International Film Festival.[3]
Son of Delfino Infante García (b. Dec. 24, 1880 - Mar. 17, 1955) who played the double bass in a band, and Maria Del Refugio Cruz Aranda (b. July 4, 1890 -?). He was the third of fifteen children, of which nine survived. Although the Infante Cruz family stayed for some time at Mazatlán, in the early 1919 they moved to Guamuchil. Later in 1920, they moved to Rosario, Sinaloa.
As a teen, Infante showed talent and affection for music. He managed to learn strings, wind, and percussion instruments in a short time. He was a guitar student of Carlos R. Hubbard.
His wife María Luisa León (b. cir. 1918 - Oct. 27, 1978, cardiac arrest), who was somewhat well-off economically and according to her memoir Pedro Infante: en la intimidad conmigo (1961) (Pedro Infante: with me in intimacy), convinced him of the need to move to Mexico City where they would find opportunities for this talented young man.
In Mexico City, he sang the songs of composers including Alberto Cervantes (Alberto Raúl Cervantes González [1]), José Alfredo Jiménez, Cuco Sánchez, Tomás Méndez, Rubén Fuentes, Salvador Flores Rivera (Chava Flores) and others. His first musical recording El Soldado Raso (The Soldier) was made on 19 November 1943, for the Peerless Records Company. Infante first appeared as an extra in the movie En un Burro Tres Baturros (Three Men from Aragon on a Donkey), literally translated as "On a Donkey, Three Baturros'"'. His career as an actor in leading roles started with La Feria de Las Flores (The Fair of Flowers), literally translated as "The Flower Carnival" in 1943. In that same year, a friend and neighbor of Infantes' wife, Carmen Barajas Sandoval, offered to introduce them to Jorge Negrete, a singer whom he admired. Barajas, who knew people in the business as she was the aunt of the child actress Angélica María, worked then at The Sindicat Of Workers of the Movies Production, S.T.P.C. (Workers of the Cinematographic Production Union). She succeeded in convincing Negrete to recommend Infante to the producer Ismael Rodríguez, and others. As a result, he was invited to appear in different pictures, such as Vuelve el Ametralladora (The Machine Gun Returns)
While married to María Luisa León, he met the dancer Lupita Torrentera Bablot (b. Nov. 2, 1931), with whom he had three children, Graciela Margarita (b. Sept. 26, 1947 - Jan. 20, 1949, poliomyelitis) Pedro Infante Jr. (Mar. 31, 1950 - Apr. 1, 2009, pneumonia) and Guadalupe Infante Torrentera (b. Oct. 3, 1951), solidifying his reputation as a ladies' man. Irma Infante (b. Mar. 27, 1955) was born from his relationship with the young actress Irma Dorantes (real name: Irma Aguirre Martínez; b. Mérida, Yucatán, Dec. 21, 1934) whom he met when she was only 16 years of age. Irma Infante has had a career as an actress and a singer.
His natural talent for acting was produced evident in such pictures as:
Waltzes, cha-cha-chas, rancheras and boleros placed him among the most popular singers of the mariachi and ranchera music.
Some of his most popular songs include: Amorcito Corazón (approximately My Little Love and Heart), Te Quiero Así (I Love You Like This), La Que Se Fue (She Who Left), Corazón (Heart), El Durazno (The Peach), Dulce Patria (Sweet Fatherland), Maldita Sea Mi Suerte (Cursed Be My Luck), Así Es La vida (Life Is Like This), Mañana Rosalía (Tomorrow Rosalía), Mi Cariñito (My Little Darling), Dicen Que Soy Mujeriego (They Say I Am A Womanizer), Carta a Eufemia (Letter to Eufemia), Nocturnal, Cien Años (Hundred Years), Flor Sin Retoño (Flower Without Sprout), Pénjamo, and ¿Qué Te Ha Dado Esa Mujer? (What Has That Woman Given You?). He sang "Mi Cariñito" to his frequent on screen grandmother, Sara Garcia, so many times in so many of their movies together, that it was played at her funeral.[5]
The world famous song Bésame Mucho ("Kiss Me a Lot", or more loosely translated to get its elusive Spanish meaning closer to its English meaning, "Give Me a Lot of Kisses"), from the composer Consuelo Velázquez, was the only melody that he recorded in English and he interpreted it in the movie A Toda Máquina (ATM) (At Full Speed), with Luis Aguilar.
"Amorcito Corazón", by Pedro De Urdimalas & Manuel Esperón is one of Infante's most famous interpretations.
Infante was very often accompanied by the great musical ensembles of the time like the Mariachi Vargas de Tecalitlán, Noé Fajardo's Orchestra, the Trío Calaveras and Antonio Bribiesca, among others.
By then, Pedro Infante had already created his characteristic mariachi shout
Infante was a fanatic of aviation, a hobby that would lead to his death. According to Wilbert Alonzo-Cabrera, his biographer, the actor was piloting a Consolidated Aircraft X B-24-D (a variant of the B-24 Liberator), which had been converted from heavy bomber war airplane to air cargo in San Diego, California. The plane crashed 5 minutes after taking off from Mérida, Yucatán, in southeast Mexico.
The death of Pedro Infante on the morning of 15 April 1957, was announced by radio personality Húmberto Sánchez-Rodríguez, of radio station XEMH of Mérida, after one of the firefighters discovered the bracelet engraved with the name "Pedro Infante", plus the winged insignia that symbolized his aviator license. This was around 8:15 am; at 11:12 am, Manuel Bernal, of Mexico City radio station XEW, gave the news saying: "this Monday, 15 April 1957, Pedro, our beloved Pedro...this has been confirmed, has died in a tragic accident in Mérida, Yucatán".
Year after year Pedro Infante attracts a great number of fans of every age to his shrine in the Panteón Jardín of Mexico City, as well as one at 54th through 87th streets in the center of Mérida. Pedro Infante died amongst friends: mechanic Marciano Bautista, and copilot Manuel Vidal. Many friends, family and fans still dress up as the characters that he played in film: Pedro Chávez, Pepe el Toro, Tizoc and a number of people incarnated from the Mexican culture that Infante symbolized. His fans honor him every year with a mass, honor guards, music and the songs made famous by the Idol of Guamúchil. Until now they have all been spontaneous, without any official authority or institution organizing them.[6]
Four statues have been erected in his honor. The one in Mexico City was made out of thousands of bronze keys donated by his fans to a Mexico City TV station after a request by TV director Raúl Velasco. For the statue in Mérida another TV presenter (Manuel Pelayo) made a request and received keys. The third statue is in his birthplace, Mazatlán, Sinaloa. At the Paseo de Olas Altas at Mazatlán there is a statue of Pedro Infante on a motorcycle, in honor of his role in the movie A Toda Máquina ("ATM") with Luis Aguilar and "¿Qué te ha dado esa mujer?" also with Luis Aguilar, Rosita Arenas and Carmen Montejo. The fourth statue is in the town square of Guamúchil, his adopted home town. Aguilar#
|Pedro Infante Statue in Mérida, Yucatan.
The Mexican idol died intestate. [2] Because of this, the main beneficiaries of his legacy have been the producers of the extremely successful movies in which he starred, as well as the "Peerless" music company [3] (now associated with Warner Music), and thanks to the large income his pictures and songs still generate, they are the ones who have contributed greatly to promoting and updating him.
He represented not only the fun-loving and partying charro, but also the urban hero of the working class, and it was this character that won him the love and admiration of the public in Mexico and other countries, such as Venezuela and Guatemala.[7]
According to producer Jorge Madrid y Campos, who was also his legal representative, Pedro Infante's fame has increased greatly since his death. The presence of so many admirers at his shrine on the anniversary of his death is remarkable, as are the musical tributes from singers of the ranchera and mariachi genres that pay homage to him. As Mexican American author, Denise Chavez, in her book "Loving Pedro Infante" put it humorously, "If you're a [Mexican], and don't know who he is, you should be tied to a hot stove with a yucca rope and beaten with sharp dry corn husks as you stand in a vat of soggy fideos. If your racial and cultural background or ethnicity is other, then it's about time you learned about the most famous of Mexican singers and actors."[8]
Some fanatics even speculated that his death was faked.[9] They believed in the possibility that he was living "in hiding" somewhere; there have also been cases, reported in the Mexican press, of people who claim to be Infante. These cases are similar, in a sense, to other famous deceased celebrities, such as Elvis Presley, Anastasia, 2pac, or Jim Morrison, with people claiming to be these individuals.


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This 4-star property offers access to a business center and meeting rooms. This business-friendly hotel also offers multilingual staff, complimentary newspapers in the lobby, and dry cleaning/laundry services. Parking is available onsite for a surcharge.
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Aretha Franklin Kicking Off Her Summer Tour
The legendary Aretha Franklin will be opening her summer tour May 28, 2011 at The Seneca Event Center.
The legendary Aretha Franklin will be opening her summer tour May 28, 2011 at The Seneca Event Center.
This Sunday night at the Grammy's the spotlight will be shining bright on "The Queen" This is something that Aretha Franklin has been waiting for her whole musical career.
Some of the most powerful female singers of today's music scene will gather together to pay homage to The Queen of Soul at this year's Grammy Awards.
Halle Berry is going to be staring Aretha Franklin in the new movie about her life. Now I know Halle Berry is a great actress, but does she really have the soul and body type to portray Franklin? Here is a list of five actresses that would be more ideal for this part
Although Halle has denied it many sources are saying that she will in fact play the Queen of soul in an upcoming bio-epic.
*Oscar winner Halle Berry has reportedly been confirmed to star as Aretha Franklin in a biopic about the singer's life.
(Detroit, MI) -- Despite rumors all over the Internet, Aretha Franklin is not dead.
As the world clamors for details about her health, Aretha Franklin's cousin is talking to a Michigan newspaper. Brenda Corbett tells "The Detroit Free Press" that she expects her cousin, music's "Queen of Soul," to be released from the hospital this weekend
The Queen of Soul Aretha Franklin was released from a Detroit hospital the other day. But no one knew that she was ill or admitted to the hospital; at least the general public did not know. Aretha Franklin is 68 years of age and I hope that she is doing well!


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If you have had any surgical procedure that has affected your lymph nodes, travel-related activities may be of concern. During travel there can be many physical stresses that may affect a body part that is at risk for developing lymphedema. The demand on the lymph system may cause extra swelling for long periods of time, perhaps permanently.
Travel stresses can include rushing to catch your plane/train or ride; being jostled in a crowd; lifting, pulling or pushing baggage; changes in climate and atmospheric pressure; and multiple risks for infection. It is recommended that you take the following steps to limit negative effects that these stressors can have.
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L. Gregory Jones Abingdon Press, 2003. 200 pages Reviewed by Dorothy C. Bass
"Questions that tap into our mortality, our pain, our selfishness, our basic needs, questions that arise from the immeasurable darkness, lightness or mystery of our lives, require more than mere Answerization," writes the novelist David James Duncan. To "answerize" is to give the One Correct Answer, refusing to grapple with complexity when an "ism" or a buzzword—even a theological one—can provide a neat explanation.
At the intersections of life and faith explored by Duke Divinity School Dean Greg Jones, answerizing will not do. Instead, he summons us to give our attention to the darkness and lightness and mystery of our own lives and those of our neighbors near and far. The intersections to which Jones carries us in this book are in South Africa and North Carolina, in denominational meetings and hospital rooms, in the family car and on the evening news. In these and many other places, Jones shows, the risen Christ meets us, bringing "a judgment that does not condemn but instead offers new life."
"Answerizing" is one of 44 essays collected in Everyday Matters. Each is three or four pages long—or one full two-column page in The Christian Century, the ecumenical magazine in which all appeared between 1997 and 2002. Though short, the essays are never small.
Rereading these essays months or years after I first read them, I encounter many old friends, essays that moved me then and that have stuck with me ever since. For example, Jones's reflections on a parent's casual remark—"I just want my child to be happy"—lodged deeply in my heart when published in 1999. His proposed counter-question—"What if we expected parents to say, 'I just want my child to be faithful?'"—is one that might seem obvious, and I suppose it was and is.
But in "Our Children's Happiness," Jones links the question to the ordeal of a South African family whose children often heard death-threats meant for their anti-apartheid parents when they answered the phone. Does not a worse kind of suffering come to those who have never encountered anything worth living and dying for? Faithful children, Jones notes, "may indeed be happy as adults. But if so, that happiness is a reflection of a deeper and more satisfying flourishing than the more superficial hopes too many of us tend to have for our children." This is a point that resonates half a world away from Johannesburg.
Having many essays together in one book leads to new discoveries as well. The fact that the essays are arranged not chronologically but thematically makes the coherence and depth of Jones's perspective much more evident. Section headings point to several important themes: Christian formation and friendship, the virtues that are life giving, challenges, and hope. However, some themes run even deeper than these.
Taken as a whole, this is a book about "costly forgiveness," a book in which the worship of the triune God is seen to be a font of wisdom for everyday living, and the church is recognized as a community for the re-membering of those who suffer, "by the audacious grace and forgiveness of God in Christ."
Everyday Matters is a wonderful book for personal reading. But it may be even more powerful as a focus for conversation. A short set of discussion questions follows each essay, probing the reader's own experience and inviting reflection on Scripture, worship, Christian community and daily life. I encourage groups of Christians to read this book together, allowing it to intersect with their own lives and faith as they practice resistance to Answerization. In this they can have no better companion and guide than Greg Jones.
Dorothy C. Bass is director of the Valparaiso Project on the Education and Formation of People in Faith, a Lilly Endowment project based at Valparaiso University. She is the editor of Practicing Our Faith: A Way of Life for a Searching People (Jossey-Bass, 1997) and the author of Receiving the Day: Christian Practices for Opening the Gift of Time (Jossey-Bass, 2000).
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By Tesia
Who are you? What a loaded question! I used to think that I had an idea: my name is Tesia, I am a woman, I am 19 years old ... But now that I am beginning to scratch the surface of who I REALLY am, I realize how superficial these definitions are. All through high school I knew that there was something different about me -- I just didn't quite fit the mold. I didn't get into the partying scene, and although I had a lot of rather obsessive crushes on boys, I was never really that happy once anything became of them. I had lots of boyfriends, but none that lasted longer than three months, which was the point at which I completely lost interest. I felt special bonds with the lesbian women that I came into contact with, but I thought that I adored them just because they were cool people, it never occurred to me that maybe we had something in common!
Throughout my teenage years I would look disgustedly at boyfriends groping their girlfriends, and straight couples that were looking at each other all googely-eyed. I never believed that these people were really in love -- I thought that since it was often an act for me, they must be taking part in the same play (but it didn't REALLY mean much to them.) However, I never had any trouble believing the depth of the love between two women. It always seemed so genuine to me, but I never stopped to ask myself "why do you think that this is the case?" I just went on blindly groping for WHY I was so unhappy, and WHAT WAS IT that was making me feel so different?
Last summer it finally hit me. I fell in love with another woman so hard that I had no choice but to face what was going on. For months I struggled with this issue that maybe ... gulp ... I was one of those awesome lesbians!! I had a boyfriend at the time, so I tried to ignore this growing feeling inside me, but finally I found myself looking at women more and more, and men, less and less. I broke up with my boyfriend and quickly moved to the next step -- coming out to the world! So far I have been accepted with open arms and I feel like I am floating through life. This is not to say that I did not go through a SERIOUS depression for a couple of weeks after coming out. At the time I thought that my whole world as I knew it was going to collapse in on me and change forever. It never occurred to me that it could change for the BETTER!
I have never had a relationship with a woman, and for awhile I thought that kind of made me an "honorary lesbian," I couldn't join the club until I had a girlfriend. Well, tonight I went to a meeting with a group of people interested in starting a GLSEN (Gay, Lesbian, and Straight Education Network) chapter in Marin, and I realized that being queer is not about who you are dating, it is about WHO YOU ARE. I am proud of who I am now -- prouder than I was when I considered myself straight. I am proud because I have the strength to say "THIS is WHO I AM, and I am PROUD of it!"
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Fifteen million Americans a year are plagued with alcoholism. Five million of them are women. Many of them, like Caroline Knapp, started in their early teens and began to use alcohol as "liquid armor", a way to protect themselves against the difficult realities of life. In this extraordinarily candid and revealing memoir, Knapp offers important insights not only about alcoholism, but about life itself and how we learn to cope with it.
©1996 Caroline Knapp (P)2012 Audible, Inc.
I've read a few memoirs on alcoholism and this is truly the best I've encountered. Knapp's words ring so true, in such a poignant and eloquent way. I'd highly recommend this audio book not only for its touching content but also for its moving narration.
"Amazing narration and very conversational story"
The narrator of this book is excellent.It is not author of the book but sounds like she is. I feel like this woman is sitting next to me telling her story.
there are many...Just the honesty and accuracy of the unfolding life and the analysis of those small subtle moments in her life that stayed with her.
Haven't listened to this lady until now but you can be very sure I will look for other books she has narrated. A real natural. Probably the best I have heard.
I see it now...
Great Storyteller, both the author and the narrator. Probably the only audio book that has had my attention the entire time.
"Not what I had expected"
I bought this on the back of other self help audio books (Craig Beck). I was hoping that this would be similar. It wasn't. My fault for not doing my research. Whilst I could empathise with the author's experiences, I feel the story could have ben told in half the time. I found a lot of it repetitive.
Empathy with the author's experiences.... very repetitive
Not really.
No, it was too long
It's worth a listen as a story but not self help.
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Emancipation Proclamation: My Dear Wife
Today's blog post comes from National Archives social media intern Anna Fitzpatrick.
During the Civil War, the government moved slowly but steadily from an affirmation of the Constitutional protection of slavery to its complete abolition with the Emancipation Proclamation and the Thirteenth Amendment. This change was in part forced on the Federal government by the growing numbers of enslaved people who fled and sought protection behind Union lines.
John Boston, fleeing slavery in Maryland, found refuge with a New York regiment in Upton Hill, Virginia, where he wrote to his wife who remained in Owensville. At the moment of celebrating his freedom, his highest hope and aspiration was to be reunited with his family.
… [ Read all ]My Dear Wife it is with grate joy I take this time to let you know Whare I am
i am now in Safety in the 14th Regiment of Brooklyn . . . this Day i can Adress you thank god as a free man I had a little truble in giting away But as the lord led the Children of Isrel to the
Posted by Hilary on December 17, 2012, under - Civil Rights, - Civil War.
Tags: eBook, Emanicipation Proclamation, iPad, letters, slavery, The Meaning and Making of Emancipation
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In their own words: Thomas Jefferson and the Storming of the Bastille
This post is part of a series, written by Jim Zeender, devoted to letters written by the Founding Fathers in their own words and often in their own hand. Jim is a senior registrar in Exhibits.
On July 14, 1789, the U.S. Ambassador to France, Thomas Jefferson, was a witness to the events of a day in Paris that is commonly associated with the beginning of the French Revolution. Jefferson recorded the events of the day in a lengthy and detailed letter to John Jay, then Secretary of Foreign Affairs.
The American Revolutionary War began as a conflict between the colonies and England. In time, what began as a civil disturbance turned into a world war drawing France, Spain, and the Netherlands into the hostilities. France would send troops, ships, and treasure to support the American effort. During the war, one of the first priorities of the French government and its allies was to raise funds to fight the war.
When the Treaty of Paris was signed in 1783, France was virtually broke and on the edge of social catastrophe, the result of decades of war with England and other countries. The poor suffered hunger and privation. By 1789, revolution would come to France.
In 1785, Thomas Jefferson arrived in Paris to replace Benjamin Franklin, who was retiring … [ Read all ]
Posted by Hilary on July 13, 2012, under Letters in the National Archives.
Tags: bastille day, Benjamin Franklin, Founding Fathers, france, in their own words, John Jay, letters, Marquis de la Fayette, Paris, Thomas Jefferson, Versailles
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Inside the Vaults: George Washington and the Paparazzi
America is a celebrity-crazed nation, a place where movie stars, musicians, and even politicians are relentlessly pursued by the paparazzi. But you may be surprised to learn that our national fascination with fame predates Hollywood and the modern media.
The proof is in an original letter written by President Washington to his friend, Gov. Henry Lee of Virginia, on July 3, 1792.
In the letter, which is currently on display in the Public Vaults exhibition at the National Archives, President Washington complains about the persistent inquiries of portrait artists: "I am so heartily tired of these kinds of people that it is now more than two years since I have resolved to sit no more for any of them." As National Archives curator Alice Kamps explains in the video below, 18th-century artists were the equivalent of the modern paparazzi.
In celebration of the 280th birthday of America's first President, the National Archives has released this short documentary video, "George Washington and the Paparazzi." The three-minute video is part of the ongoing "Inside the Vaults" series on our YouTube channel.… [ Read all ]
Posted by Gregory Marose on February 20, 2012, under Uncategorized.
Tags: birthday, george washington, Henry Lee, letters, national archives, paprazzi, portraits, President, Presidents Day, video short, virginia, washington, Washington's Birthday
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Facial Hair Friday: Elvis has NOT left the building
Are these the most famous sideburns in music history? They might be the most famous sideburns in the National Archives.
If you are a fan of Elvis, you've seen the photograph: Nixon and Elvis shaking hands in the White House. This is the most-requested image in our holdings. The quirky story behind the meeting of the King of Rock and Roll and the President of the United States is featured in this online exhibit.
But it's not the only record we have of Elvis.
In December of 1957, Elvis was drafted for the U.S. Army. This career change was an upsetting event for fans. The Eisenhower Library has a letter from three girls in Montana who despaired over a possible shaving of the singer's sideburns: "You don't no how we feel about him, I really don't see why you have to send him in the Army at all, but we beg you please please don't give him a G.I. hair cut, oh please please don't! If you do we will just about die!"
But their letter writing was in vain. On March 24, 1958, Presley signed his acknowledgement of service obligation and entered the Army. (Alas, his sideburns did not.)
Since Elvis served in the military, his file is part of the permanant holdings of the National Personnel … [ Read all ]
Posted by Hilary on December 30, 2011, under Facial Hair Fridays, Letters in the National Archives, Myth or History.
Tags: 1958, army, Basic Training, draft, Eisenhower Library, Elvis, Elvis Presley, letters, military file, montana, Nixon, nprc, photograph, Presley, rock and roll, sideburns, US Army, White House
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Facial Hair Friday: A Letter from Hairy Harry
Today's guest post comes from Tammy Kelly at the Truman Presidential Library.
This week's Facial Hair Friday photo is a most unexpected person: Harry S. Truman, before he became President! At the Truman Library, we know of only two photographs of Truman wearing any kind of facial hair, so this is a rare photo, indeed.
What prompted this mustache? Truman was away from home.
Truman served as a captain of Battery D of the 129th Field Artillery during World War I. After his discharge, he joined the Army Reserves and participated in yearly training camps, usually held during the summer. Truman had always fancied himself a soldier, and by and large, he had enjoyed his time in the Army. Participating in the Reserves allowed him to continue to fulfill his dreams—and provided a convenient means to get together with "the guys" for a little politicking, poker playing, and tale-telling, as well as for the fresh air and exercise.
But while Truman enjoyed getting away from the stresses of his job, he also desperately missed his family. Whenever he was away from his wife, Bess, for more than a day or two, he wrote her a letter. The Truman Library has over 1,300 letters that Harry wrote to Bess over … [ Read all ]
Posted by Hilary on December 9, 2011, under - Presidents, - World War I, Facial Hair Fridays.
Tags: 129th Field Artillery, Army Reserves, facial hair, Fort Riley, Harry Truman, howitzer, Jackson County, Kansas City, letters, Margie Truman, mustache, secret mustache, toilet paper, Truman, Truman Library, world war i, WWI
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I noticed the Millermatic 140 & 140 Auto-Set comes with a material thickness gauge. Does anyone know where these are available for purchase on the Miller site? I need some stocking stuffers and thought these would be pretty neat.
Thanks and Merry Christmas (early) to all.
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Material Thickness Gauge
Always trying to learn.
This should help . . .
Your post reminded me to order some for myself.
You need to have them ordered for you by a Miller dealer/distributor/LWS.
Miller Part # - 229 895
List price is $2.95 each . . . .
I just ordered three (3)
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Thanks a bunch Steve. I really appreciate it.
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Well, this is mildly depressing
I really wanted one, too. Of course, the MM180 didn't come with one. I really need a hands-on aid to learn my gauges. I asked the Miller dealer about it, but nothing was suggested. Except, a fancier one he had, that I'd have to get at Graingers for $40+. Searched the net until I found one on Ebay for $18 delivered. It's en route. Since then, I found that Grizzly or Northeren has it for $10 or $12.


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Suppose astronomers wanted to send a message to an alien civilization that is living on a planet with an atmosphere very similar to that of Earth's. This message must travel through space, make it through the other planet's atmosphere, and be noticeable to the residents of that planet. What band of the electromagnetic spectrum might be best for this message, and why?
Someone already said radio waves, more specifically FM and TV waves and gave their reasoning. I totally agree with that persons answer. However, I am having a hard time now coming up with an answer of my own. Is there any other correct answers?
There is not a single simple answer to your question. An extra terrestrial civilization capable of attempting to make contact with Earth would have to contend with a number of problems similar to what the SETI project has to. Atmospheric transparency probably is not very important since they (or we) could send a message from a satellite in orbit above the atmosphere. Our "partner in space" would need to be closer than the age of the Earth because otherwise they would not know we even existed. This is a very liberal distance because it does not assume that the signal is the result of a "human intelligence", only that it is consistent with potential life.
A more restrictive limit would be only a couple of hundred light years. On the other hand, we might not be their only target. This would mean that the "Hello" message signal would have to be distinguishable by any conceivable civilization, otherwise, it would not be distinguishable from galactic "noise". What such a signal might be is an interesting question itself. The transmission frequency would have to be in a relatively noise-free region of the electromagnetic spectrum. It is also geo-centric to assume that such a civilization has not found a way to harness, let us say neutrino signals, which we Earthlings would have a difficult time identifying with current technology. I do not think there is a single "correct" answer to all the possibilities.
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Pravda: 'Communist Obama Re-Elected By The Illiterate"
'Thought Crime'.
(Pravda) –Recently, Obama has been re-elected for a 2nd term by an illiterate society and he is ready to continue his lies of less taxes while he raises them. He gives speeches of peace and love in the world while he promotes wars as he did in Egypt, Libya and Syria. He plans his next war is with Iran as he fires or demotes his generals who get in the way.
Well, any normal individual understands that as true but liberalism is a psychosis . O'bomber even keeps the war going along the Mexican border with projects like "fast and furious" and there is still no sign of ending it. He is a Communist without question promoting the Communist Manifesto without calling it so. How shrewd he is in America. His cult of personality mesmerizes those who cannot go beyond their ignorance. They will continue to follow him like those fools who still praise Lenin and Stalin in Russia. Obama's fools and Stalin's fools share the same drink of illusion.
President Vladimir Putin could never have imagined anyone so ignorant or so willing to destroy their people like Obama much less seeing millions vote for someone like Obama. They read history in America don't they? Alas, the schools in the U.S. were conquered by the Communists long ago and history was revised thus paving the way for their Communist presidents. Obama has bailed out those businesses that voted for him and increased the debt to over 16 trillion with an ever increasing unemployment rate especially among blacks and other minorities. All the while promoting his agenda.
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Faith healer still working 30 years after trial
SPENCERVILLE, Ind. - Solomon Wickey doesn't remember much about his trial. At least, that's what he says.
Wickey puts his fingers to his lips and gazes down. His hair, in a traditional bowl cut, is a deep white now and his beard gray. He sits in a small chair in his office wearing a blue shirt and black pants that note his Amish heritage.
Nope, he can't recall many details of those events of nearly 30 years past, even how it all came about. But in a way, for Wickey, the whole thing really didn't matter.
Outside, the fog is heavy this morning in rural DeKalb County. Horses graze as the sun burns through the mist. There are few sounds other than birds, crickets and the occasional car or van pulling off a gravel road into the concrete parking lot that serves as Wickey's office - a clinic, really.
Here in a nondescript white vinyl-sided building between Auburn and Spencerville, Wickey maintains a worldwide following using his faith to heal, he claims, by peering into clients' eyes, listening to their health concerns and perhaps suggesting an herb to right their ills.
He has done this now, in one Indiana town or another, for more than three decades, The Journal Gazette reports (http://bit.ly/O5oSOr ).
Short in height and measured in his speech, Wickey, a member of the Old Order Amish faith, is adored by many. The New York Times wrote about him in 1981. A book was written about his life. The Internet is full of testimonials.
But his methods have also drawn suspicions.
"Three days," Wickey says of the length of his 1983 trial.
Wickey, his wife and family lived in Berne then. The Indiana attorney general had filed a civil complaint of practicing medicine without a license against him. It was not a criminal charge; Wickey was never arrested. But a large part of his livelihood - his religious calling, Wickey calls it - was at stake.
He countered the accusations by saying he offered only nutritional counseling in accordance with biblical teachings and was not a doctor because he did not charge for his services.
A judge issued a temporary restraining order forbidding Wickey from diagnosing ailments or recommending treatments pending a trial. In the interim, more than 400 letters from well-wishers arrived in court, all supporting Wickey and most claiming he had cured them after doctors could not.
Nearly 250 supporters packed the Decatur courtroom the day Wickey testified in his defense.
"What we do is teach them to balance the whole universe physically, mentally and spiritually," Wickey said from the stand.
A month passed before the judge approved a consent decree that allowed Wickey to essentially resume what he had been doing. It ended years of scrutiny of his healing practices.
While the years might blur his memory at times, it is the overwhelming support he received that Wickey remembers today.
"I had none against me except for the people of the state," he said of his run-in with the attorney general's office.
But that was years ago, and it seems that a different outcome would not have caused a worry for Wickey.
"I left it up to the Lord," he recalls today. "I said, 'If you don't want me to do it, you should stop me.' "
Wickey, 74, responds to questions in short sentences. If details escape him, his wife, Anna Mae Wickey, 73, picks up where his thoughts are lost.
One gets the sense Wickey is not being evasive in his brief responses but is rather secure in his life's work and unsure why the question is being asked in the first place.
But asked about his family, Wickey first mentions a 20-month-old son, a twin, who drowned in a water tank in Berne. The family, with 12 remaining children, moved to Geneva partly to escape that memory.
They later moved to Madison, mostly because of the southern Indiana hills and because his sons wanted to go there, Wickey said. After about 10 years, they moved to DeKalb County to be near his wife's family and her hometown, Grabill.
Her husband unsure of the passing years, Anna Mae Wickey reminds him that they will have lived near Auburn for 10 years in November.
Anna Mae Wickey, wearing a full-length dress and a tight-fitting bonnet, speaks from behind a counter, where she is the face people first see when they arrive. She mostly sells herbs, she said.
A large "NO CHARGES" sign hangs over the counter, an apparent reference to Wickey's free counseling services. Other signs urge visitors not to leave children unattended ("They Break It, You Buy It") or throw trash in the parking lot.
Plastic chairs with metal legs line the walls of the L-shaped waiting room. A list sits on the counter where clients write their names.
"We have appointments, and if they come in without an appointment, then we just have them put their name on a list and they wait their turn and (we) work them in," Anna Mae Wickey said.
There is soap for sale, and eggs go for $3 a dozen. There are cookbooks, and books on holistic medicine and on rearing children.
But a visitor won't find "Solomon's Touch: The Life and Work of Solomon J. Wickey," a 2005 book by author June Naugle about Wickey's life since birth and his healing practices.
"No I never read it," Wickey said. "Well, I went through so much that I didn't care to repeat it in my mind. I didn't want to relive that."
A small fan sits in a window of the room Wickey uses to meet with his clients. A cord leads from it down the outside of the building to a small solar panel that sits on the parking lot pavement outside. There is no air conditioning.
Wickey works only Tuesdays and Wednesdays. Minutes after opening at 8 a.m. this day, the modest waiting room begins to fill. About a dozen people wait to see Wickey. The chairs are full, but the room is quiet. A few people read magazines.
It takes only about 5 minutes or so for Debbie Browning, 46, to see Wickey and get his advice. A friend had recommended him for her lower back pain and headaches.
Browning, who arrived with her mother from Illinois, said Wickey made some motions with his hand and maybe touched her with some herbs, she wasn't sure.
"He just said, 'You're fine. You're good to go,' " though "those weren't his words," she said.
In the waiting room, Browning's mother, Donna Lister, 71, waits her turn. Lister said she had lung problems that doctors had diagnosed.
"They told me I needed surgery, and I didn't want to go through that," Lister said.
There are two young women from Poland, now living in Illinois, also waiting to see Wickey. A woman from Adams County, Ohio, who drove a family member to see Wickey, waits in the parking lot but didn't want to talk.
As many as 150 to 200 people a day come in to get help for all kinds of health issues, Anna Mae Wickey said.
They come from "every country that I can think of: Egypt, Africa, Bulgaria, Poland, Russia, Switzerland, Germany, all over," Solomon Wickey said.
"South America," his wife adds.
They find him by word of mouth, he said. And through missionaries, Mrs. Wickey puts in.
And, of course, they find him through the Internet.
Dr. Mark Souder, DeKalb County health officer, said he has on occasion met people who had Wickey look into their eyes and prescribe something, though he hasn't heard any complaints.
"I think it's unscientific, but I also don't have enough knowledge to discredit it," Souder said, adding that it's all the better if someone believes they've been healed. "As long as they don't hurt them, I'm not worried about it so much."
Wickey said he will continue counseling people, "as long as God gives me breath and wants me to do this."
The couple have family close by, with a son living next door and a daughter living about two miles away.
But they also have four sons living in Illinois. And despite being part-owner of more than 100 acres in DeKalb County, Wickey said Illinois is a likely retirement spot.
"They built me a house and everything," he said. "As long as we can make it on our own, we want to stay here. But we're getting up in age."
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Even though Chris made is clear he wants to be with Rihanna, Karrueche won't give up trying to win her ex back! Read on to find out more details.
Chris Brown recently broke up with Karrueche Tran to rekindle his relationship with Rihanna, but his recent ex still believes she has a chance to be with Chris.
Karrueche was devastated after Chris dumped her, but sources told TMZ that she never stopped loving him, and is doing whatever it takes to try and win the R&B singer back.
The source close to Karrueche also said she got used to a certain level of "celebrity" while dating Chris, and she is afraid to "go back to being basic," even if that means being Chris' second choice while he's still hooking up with Rihanna.
Karrueche and Chris were spotted together on Oct. 22, and sources say Karrueche wants to push Rihanna out of the picture.
Chris officially confirmed the split on Oct. 4, and told HollywoodLife.com exclusively: "I love Karrueche very much, but I don't want to see her hurt over my friendship with Rihanna."
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