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2014-15 (Sr.): LSU: Was part of a 4th place 200-medley relay (Volchkov, Donadon, Sudarma) ... HOUSTON: Part of a 1st place 400-medley team (Nicol, Erasmus, Arcila) and a 3rd place 400-free relay team (Sudarma, Krane, Meyer) ... RICE: Earned the top spot in the 200-medley relay (Nicholas, Erasmus, Arcila).
2013-14 (Jr.): American Athletic Conference Championship: Finished fourth in the consolation final in the 50-free with a time of 23.95 ... North Texas: Finished as a part of the first place relay team (Nicol, Babok, Arcila) in the 200-medley relay with a winning time of 1:43.16 ... Also earned a second place finish in the 50-free with a time of 24.29 ... Placed second in the 100-free with a time of 53.65 ... Texas A&M: Finished fifth in the 400-medley relay along with teammates, Matthews, Nicholas, Erasmus with a time of 3:56.98 ... Placed fifth in the 100-back (59.45) ... Earned a third place finish in the 100-free (54.20) ... Finished second as a part of a 200-free relay team of Erasmus, Nicholas, Balke (1:40.97) ... Texas A&M Invite: Placed 12th as part of a 400-free relay team of Bezan, Matthews and McCall (3:28.97) ... Houston: Helped the 200-medley relay team to a first place finish (Nicol, Babok, N. Lindborg; 1:45.44) ... Was fifth in the 100-back (59.00) and seventh in the 100-back (1:01.94) ... Helped a 200-free relay team to a fourth place finish (Bezan, McCall, Balke; 1:39.77) ... Rice: Contributed to a first place finish as part of the 200-medley relay team (Nicol, Arcila, Bezan; 1:45.81) ... Helped the 400-free relay team to a second place finish (Rangelova, Babok, N. Lindborg; 3:29.90) ... Placed fourth in the 50-free (24:76) ... Finished sixth in the 100-butterfly (1:00.72) ... SMU Classic: Placed 10th in the 100-breast and 12th in the 100-butterfly ... Helped the 200-medley relay team (Arcila, Nicol, Babok) to a second place finish and the 200-free relay team (N. Lindborg, Rangelova, Matthews) to a fifth place finish.
2012-13 (So.): Conference USA Championship: Finished eighth in the 100-butterfly and ninth in the 50-free ... Was part of the 200-medley (Babok, N. Lindborg, Nicol) and 400 medley (Babok, Nicol, N. Lindborg) relays that finished fifth at the SMU Classic ... Also finished sixth in the 100 back and 12th in the 200 back at that Classic ... Picked up three third place finishes against TCU in the 50-free, 100-free and 400-free relay (Vavourakis, Krane, Ekelund) ...Conference USA Comissioners Honor Roll.
Prior to SMU: Was the 2010 San Marcos Female Athlete of the Year... Won the 100 butterfly and 100 backstroke CIF San Diego Section Division II title from 2008-10... Is the CIF San Diego Section and Division II record holder in the 100 backstroke (54.55) and 100-butterfly (54.79)... Swam for the North Coast Aquatics under coach Jeff Pease.
Personal: Anticipate sociology major, and law and legal reasoning minor... Chose SMU for the beautiful campus, phenomenal academics and athletics, and the friendly people... Enjoys going to the beach and going on hikes... Lists Natalie Coughlin as her favorite athlete... Parents are Scott and Betty Parmenter... Has one brother and one sister.


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HINGHAM, Mass. — Hingham firefighters said they wasted precious seconds digging out a hydrant at the scene of a raging fire that destroyed an East Street home yesterday morning.
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June 19, 2011
I forget which psychological researcher pointed out that people actually have better social lives in cities than we do in small towns and rural areas. Because cities have more people and greater diversity, you're more likely to find people with common interests.
June 19, 2011
Living in Greece and Canada I can see how this applies, While I'm in Greece I feel more alive since there's so many small diverse places to go, it's just not one big city.
Where in Canada, it's almost forced to happen, if it happens at all…
Greg Reply:
June 19th, 2011 at 7:35 pmI've only been in Greece once, but I see what you mean.
– Greg
Robert H. permalinkJune 21, 2011
Well… maybe.
Plenty of evidence to the contrary.
http://www.migrationobservatory.ox.ac.uk/briefings/immigration-diversity-and-social-cohesion[snip – down the page]
Does increased diversity undermine social cohesion? The evidence from the US suggests a negative relationship
[snip]Most of the empirical literature on this subject finds that the relationship between diversity and trust is negative – the more diverse a community is, the less likely individuals in it are to be trusting. The trend seems to hold especially strong for the US. Costa and Khan (2003) established with the General Social Survey that people in more diverse neighbourhoods trust their neighbours less and are less likely to be politically or communally involved. Alesina and La Ferrara (2000, 2005) found that trust in general and more specifically interpersonal trust is lower in more racially heterogeneous communities in the US. Stolle et al. (2008) comparing US and Canada observed a strong negative effect of diversity on trust; however, they also found that contact may neutralize but not make this relationship positive. Most notably, Putnam (2007) argues that diversity seems to alienate people in general and in his words pushes them towards 'hunkering down' i.e. towards segregation and isolation.
The downside of diversity
A Harvard political scientist finds that diversity hurts civic life.IT HAS BECOME increasingly popular to speak of racial and ethnic diversity as a civic strength. From multicultural festivals to pronouncements from political leaders, the message is the same: our differences make us stronger.
But a massive new study, based on detailed interviews of nearly 30,000 people across America, has concluded just the opposite. Harvard political scientist Robert Putnam — famous for "Bowling Alone," his 2000 book on declining civic engagement — has found that the greater the diversity in a community, the fewer people vote and the less they volunteer, the less they give to charity and work on community projects. In the most diverse communities, neighbors trust one another about half as much as they do in the most homogenous settings. The study, the largest ever on civic engagement in America, found that virtually all measures of civic health are lower in more diverse settings.
"The extent of the effect is shocking," says Scott Page, a University of Michigan political scientist.
********************************************I'm old enough to remember how the "diversity" mentioned for New York was a collection of *very* homogeneous ethnic neighborhoods with *intense* hatred in-between. And the most cooperative and "neighborly" place that I've ever heard of is also the most homogenous. Of course I'm speaking of Japan.
But maybe having your hated different neighbors a few streets over *is* an advantage, compared to the alternatives. Don't know. And also the entrepreneurial efforts you're mentioning here have traditionally had a high proportion of people where such matters have *always* been less important.
Robert H.
Greg Reply:
June 21st, 2011 at 8:20 amRobert,
I'm not sure that I can agree with you on this one. As I understand it, your basic argument is that diversity lessens social cohesion, which seems true enough, but I don't see how that speaks to my general point about cities and innovation.
– Greg
Robert H. Reply:
June 21st, 2011 at 8:55 am"I'm not sure that I can agree with you on this one. "
I don't even agree with myself in that I don't know what's really true about these matters. Just counter examples of why great diversity makes a great/good place.
"…don't see how that speaks to my general point about cities and innovation."
Innovation, no. But cooperative endeavors is what my evidence is about. Or even "livability" of the environment where those endeavors are supposed to happen. Like the remark above about ""When a place gets boring, even the rich people leave." " Well, when people are killing each other (either in reality or metaphorically) then I'm not sure it's a good environment for cooperative ventures.
But that's where I was waffling at the end. I'm not so sure if those qualities for a better "living" environment are necessary for your examples of "innovation". It's just that with the "positive" quoted benefits for diversity I thought I'd throw in the [recent] data for some of the problems.
Don't know which matters more. The relative importance probably differs place to place.
Robert H.
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June 21st, 2011 at 9:52 amThinking about it further, maybe the 'granularity' of the diversity is the key. Too much at the local level seems (if you can believe those recent studies) to be a problem but that local a level is a fairly recent development.
Thinking about it I remembered back when I was younger there was a popular theory (anthropology? sociology?) that 'genius' was produced from a heterogeneous collection of groups. (I forget what the homogenous groups produced, empires?) The examples used were the city-states of early Greece such as Athens and Sparta, *very* hard to become a citizen if you weren't one => intensely homogeneous as a city-state. *And* intensely antagonistic/contemptuous of the other city-states. And they produced more works of genius than the much larger Empires of the day (0r most any other day). The other example was the city-states of Italy during the Renaissance. The same environment, the same expression of genius.
So, diversity *and* homogeneity inter-playing at different scales.
Don't know.
Robert H.
Greg Reply:
June 21st, 2011 at 10:15 amRobert,
It's an interesting point, especially in light of Thomas Schelling's models of racial segregation where a little bit of preference toward homogeneity can gentrify a society (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Schelling). So perceptions of identity can in itself create segregation (i.e. news media, tea partiers vs. RINO's etc.).
Athens and Sparta are an interesting case actually. Athens was a free society where Sparta was very militaristic and regimented. The intellectual activity was really centered in Athens. However, the prominent thinker of the time, Plato, thought Athens should model their society on Sparta – a bit ironic.
– Greg
Greg Reply:
June 21st, 2011 at 10:07 amRobert,
It doesn't really seem like we have any disagreement here.
– Greg
Robert H. Reply:
June 21st, 2011 at 11:42 amDon't have a reply link under your answer/post so have to do it here.
You said: "Athens was a free society where Sparta was very militaristic and regimented. The intellectual activity was really centered in Athens. "
Yes, it was [relatively speaking] free but *only* if you were an Athenian. You couldn't join if you weren't. Pericles, the great Man of Athens, created the law that only people with both parents Athenian could be citizens. There had to be a special exemption made for his son with Aspasia just before his death.
So intense isolation of the in-group with hostility/aggression to those other groups 'outside'.
Robert H.
Greg Reply:
June 21st, 2011 at 11:45 amYes, that's true, but it was still extremely free and democratic with respect to the times. You could make similar arguments in reference to the founding fathers of the USA.
– Greg
June 22, 2011
I would just love to live in New York; my city is boring, uninteresting and people here are just plain un inventive. Alas! that is why we have television and the internet. Thanks for the post. ONe of my ul-time fav movies.
June 23, 2011
LOL! so true about Ukraine!! reminds me about my friends – economics graduates from Kyiv Mohyla Academy
starting full-time salary is bigger now – about $500, but still it's easy to hire smart young people[Reply]
Greg Reply:
June 23rd, 2011 at 12:10 pmYes. Excellent people in Ukraine. Government…not so much:-)
– Greg


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Reduction of the spinal cord injuries during scoliosis surgery is a major goal of the anesthesia and surgical team. Despite improvement in scoliosis surgery over the years, the development of neurological deficits remains the most feared complication of spine surgery. During scoliosis surgery it is very important to monitor the spinal cord to detect spinal cord injury with surgical manipulation. Continuous or intermittent intraoperative electrophysiological monitoring (neuron-monitoring) is used routinely during these procedures to provide the surgeon with information concerning the integrity of neurological structures at risk. All neuron-monitoring modalities are affected by the anesthetic regimen used. Of the various intravenous anesthetic drugs, the combination of propofol, remifentanil and dexmedetomidine appear to impact neuron-monitoring the least. The current anesthetic practice is to use the three drugs in combination at doses that do not depress the signals but there is no data relating targeted dexmedetomidine and propofol blood levels to neuron-monitoring signals. The lack of data results in wide variability in dosing with consequent variability in patient response.
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Patients in the ICU who need help with their breathing are put onto a machine called a ventilator and are also given a medicine, called a sedative, which helps them to sleep and makes them...
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Objective: To compare the respiratory and circulatory parameters between intranasal and intravenous dexmedetomidine in gastroscopy. Methods: 60 patients undergoing elective gastroscopy were randomly d...
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Intravenous pentobarbital has been used in the past to sedate pediatric patients in preparation for MRI; however, the drug has unpredictable sedation time. Dexmedetomidine, because of its short half-l...
In this prospective, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial, we tried to find out appropriate amounts of single-dose dexmedetomidine to prolong the duration of spinal anesthesia in a clini...
The pharmacokinetics of dexmedetomidine administered as a constant rate infusion in horses.
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SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) — Notre Dame coach Brian Kelly says quarterback Everett Golson will return to school after serving a semester-long suspension for academic impropriety. Kelly says there will be "a lot of noise" surrounding Golson, who was suspended for academic impropriety after leading the Fighting Irish to the national championship game a year ago. The school announced Friday he had been readmitted.
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For those of your following along with my very slow kitchen re-design, not long ago I completed my first sewing project – a kitchen valence. Up close, I loved the fabric, and the valence itself was sewn perfectly (yeah, I'm awesome!). However, once I hung it up, I was not thrilled. the pattern was too small and the color scheme was not what I had envisioned.
My mom was very understanding, given she had spent several hours helping me learn to sew. She (and my grandmother agreed) that it was worth the time spent in hopes that I would sew many more valances in the years to come.
For my second valence, I decided to change the look a little – I wanted cleaner, crisper lines. As usual, I saw some types of valances that I liked the look of and winged my own version.
Ethan made a simple wooden frame to go around the top of the window. It was made using 3/4″ plywood, the length just wider than the actual window frame and about four inches deep. He then attached metal U brackets to each end. Super simple!
Once I picked my fabric, a beautiful cream and gold upholstery fabric, I bought one yard. Big mistake, I should have bought more, but it worked out okay.
It turned out really wonderful and looks elegant and fresh!
I doubled over the fabric and cut 14 inches up from the bottom, finished edge.
Cut one of the those two pieces in half. You should now have three pieces of fabric – (2) 14×18 and (1) 14×36.
One 14×36 inch piece I placed, centered on the frame. Once you find the center of the frame and fabric, create a three-inch bubble in the center.
Fold the top of the fabric over frame so it just goes up around the top of the board and folds over to the other side. Staple the fabric the back of the board. I used A LOT of staples! Be careful to keep the fabric centered and the bubble perfect.
As you staple, measure the length of the fabric from the frame to the bottom edge along the entire length of the fabric to ensure that the valence will be straight.
Once the center panel is stapled, take one the 14×18″ panels and line it up on one side, face-down. Make sure the bottom edges line up with each other. Staple the inner edge of the fabric to the frame.
Create another bubble at the edge, turning the fabric over to face up.
Wrap the remainder of the fabric around the side of the frame and staple the top around the back of the frame.
Repeat this process for the other side.
Ethan hung the frame and valence, using the metal brackets. Because I used three separate pieces of fabric instead of one (which would have been preferable but more expensive), there was a slight separation of fabric at each of the two sides. I used straight pins to hold together the pieces of fabric and it looked perfect. If I had wanted to invest a little more time and effort, I could have sewn small darts.
This was a quick and relatively inexpensive valence and I really love it, especially the fabric. I am hoping to use the scraps in other ways in the kitchen too, so be on the look out!
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It was 1997 and I had only just gotten my license that summer. At the time, I was driving a hand-me-down 1989 Oldsmobile 88 Royale, burgundy with burgundy interior. Everything was burgundy; hideous and tragic. Then real tragedy struck late that summer when Princess Diana passed away from injuries sustained in a high speed car crash. That was the catalyst for what would be my second hand-me-down car that would eventually lead me to become a Volvo fan-boy. At the start of the fall semester, my mother purchased a 1998 Volvo V70 NA with a cloth interior and bare essentials; power window/door locks and cruise control. The V70 wagon was white with neutral earthy tones for an interior. I drove that car whenever I got the chance. It was no Honda Integra or Toyota Celica, but it was roomy and more luxurious than your average Japanese car even with the bare essentials.
Like any other teenage boy, I wanted a new car, something cool and fast from the import scene or what would be the birth of the the Fast & Furious age. But like other teenagers of most middle class families, I was denied the privilege of having the option to pick and choose which car I was allowed to drive. My parents would not even allow me to purchase a used vehicle and I knew very little about automotive mechanics back then.
When senior year came around, my mother gave me the keys to the V70. She told me that I was going to need something more reliable for college and she was right. But something changed. I grew a deep appreciation for Volvos and their interiors and ride quality. Nothing else I sat in felt as good as my own Volvo. When the 2000 V70R in Laser Blue came out, I wanted that car so badly (I still do). Then there was the 2002 XC70 Ocean Race Edition. I wanted that too. And when I saw the 2004 S60R in Titanium Gray and Flash Green Metallic with the Atacama interior, I was just in love. I told myself I had to have that car. At the time, to purchase the S60R new, it would cost well into the 50k range with all the options. So I waited and told myself that I would buy a car to replace my V70 wagon once I graduated from college. And yes, I was on the Van Wilder (good movie; write that down if you haven't seen it) track of college careers.
As I was approaching my graduation day, I began looking for a car. I considered the 2000 V70R and the 2005 Saab 9-2x. I figured if I were to replace my V70 wagon, I should get something similar, preferably all-wheel-drive and with more horsepower. I graduated in the summer of 2007 and continued looking for the perfect car. I looked on Swedespeed forum classifieds, Autotrader, Craigslist, and eBay. Through out the years, I've searched and come across many cars I would buy, but never really had the chance to do so mostly for financial reasons. College or car; college wins. But now that I was done, I told myself it was time to get myself a present; a graduation present.
The search ended when I found a 2004 S60R, Flash Green Metallic/ Atacama interior with 37k miles in Pittsburgh, PA on eBay. I contacted the seller and made a deal right away. It took three separate trips to Pittsburgh, but eventually we settled and resolved the issues and had the car delivered to me. And this is the beginning to what has become Project Flash Green R.
All the years of trolling the Swedespeed forum instantly paid off because I had access to a vast network of information about the Rs at my finger tips. I gathered advice and opinions from many Swedespeed members including a few from IPD.
My first order of business was to acquire the intercooler, downpipe, and exhaust. The options I had at the time for a FMIC was Bell or Phuz. I went with Phuz because it was nearly 1/3 of the cost of the Bell and was just about the same width as the opening mouth of the front bumper cover. With the downpipe, IPD offered an alternative to the TME at the time and being more affordable, I went with IPD. The downpipe did not come without a hitch; it was poorly welded and had a hole. After that IPD went with a different manufacturer and replaced my downpipe. When it came down to choosing the exhaust, at first I wanted the Heico dual exhaust for the R, but after contemplating on the cost of the exhaust itself and that of fabricating the passenger side exhaust cover for the OEM body kit, I decided to go with TME.
For the interior trim and accessories, I got blue anodized door pins, machined door lock bezels, and audio/climate knob covers for the "aluminum" look. And this past year, I installed a custom iPhone mount to go on to the cup holder to integrate with my iMIV ipod adapter.
On the exterior, I took my moldings off and painted them flash green just like the car, spaced out the "Volvo" emblem on the trunk. And just recently, I finished installing the body kit and deck spoiler. For now, I'll take a breather, but the saga will continue once tax season comes along. Next project is a rear facing trunk camera as well as a nice set of 18" VST Monoblock Type R rims (hopefully I can get my hands on a set). I also had plans to swap out the center console with that of a 2005. But I think I'll just take it one step at a time for now.-- Kit Lau
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Albany Devils vs. Hershey Bears
Sunday, January 19, 2014
Giant Center | 5:00 pm
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HERSHEY, PA – For the second straight weekend, the Albany Devils enter the third contest of a three game weekend with two wins to their credit. And for the second straight weekend, the Devils face the Hershey Bears in the final leg the three-game set. After a 4-1 Hershey win last Sunday at Atlantic City's Boardwalk Hall, the Devils travel to face the Bears at Giant Center.
– The Devils are second in the Northeast Division and fourth in the Eastern Conference at 23-11-3-2 (31 pts.). The Bears are fourth in the East Division and tied for ninth in the conference at 18-14-3-3 (42 pts.). Albany is 11-5-1-2 on the road, while Hershey is 12-6-1-3 at home.
– Last time out, Rod Pelley, Kelly Zajac, Artem Demkov and Tim Sestito each scored, helping Albany to a 4-1 win at Adirondack Saturday. Dan Kelly posted a pair of helpers and Keith Kinkaid made 21 saves.
– Demkov is on a five-game points streak with three goals and two assists. Since making his AHL debut on Dec. 4, he has registered 10 points, including six goals and four assists, in 18 outings.
– Hershey defeated Bridgeport, 5-3, Saturday at Giant Center. Brandon Segal posted two goals and an assist and Jeff Taffe had a goal and two helpers. In goal, Riley Gill made 29 saves on 32 shots.
– Segal and Taffe rank first and second on the team in scoring. Segal has 33 points with 13 goals and 20 helpers, while Taffe has 25 points with nine tallies and 16 assists.
Devils vs. Bears Series
The Devils and Bears are meeting for the second consecutive Sunday. Hershey earned a 4-1 win last week at Atlantic City's Boardwalk Hall. The Devils, who have won three of the last four contests, are 7-15-0-1 all-time against the Bears with a 5-7-0-0 home mark and a 2-8-0-1 road record.
During last Sunday's game, Artem Demkov scored for Albany, but three Hershey goals in the second period lifted the Bears to victory. Hershey's Dustin Gazley, Jeff Taffe and Cameron Schilling each had multi-point games. Gazley and Taffe both posted a goal and an assist, while Chay Genoway contributed a pair of helpers. The two teams will meet again at Boardwalk Hall on Feb. 14 and at Giant Center on Mar. 28.
Puck Drop
The Devils are 14-4-2-2 when coming off a win this season. However, they are 0-3-0-1 during Sunday contests.


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Nick Cave & The Bad SeedsOutside PresenterWednesday, March 20, 2013 at 8:00 PMMusic Center at Strathmore
Those familiar with macabre masters Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds should feel right at home whilst watching the trailer for their new album, Push The Sky Away. Complete with brooding basslines, creepy gang vocals, manic piano flights, and talk of nasty ballads, the gang is obviously in top form. They'll bring their signature sound to The Music Center at Strathmore this March, with fast-rising singer/songwriter Sharon Van Etten opening. Tickets on sale Thursday, December 6th at 10 am. Ticket prices are $75, $55.
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DesCartes: A Continuum of Learning is provided by Northwest Evaluation Association (NWEA) as part of their MAP assessment sytstem.
DesCartes is most useful when students are taking NWEA's MAP assessments. However, NWEA created our original ISAT tests, with student results measured on the RIT scale. Because the current version of ISAT also reports student results as RIT scores, and because both tests are based on state standards, we can continue to use DesCartes with scores from the current version of the ISAT.
DesCartes is a resource designed to make it easier to use MAP scores to improve classroom instruction for all students.
DesCartes makes connections between specific skills and RIT scores to identify what students are ready to learn and to guide instructional planning.
DesCartes is structured by goal areas (such as Literal Comprehension for Reading and Geometry for Math) which are organized based on state standards.
Each column in DesCartes includes the skills within a block of 10 RIT points. If a student has a RIT score of 205, then the skills within the 201-210 block are the skills that student is ready to work on in class right now.
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Total Eclipse LyricsArtist: HypocrisyAlbum: Into The Abyss made you right to be upon me only be out to take their life forever i'll be free come to me ? right into the sky i'm the seprent god it will be the final eclipse drown in the empty rivers are running warm delusion ? a bubbling sun does infect insanity ? always high beautiful chaos day in pain we will lie creation of the demon sky the god of fire is born to come and take control letting his wrath behind in mortal reality now your dead and stand before satan hell is falling in the daemon is of the ? and we will take the dead take the dead touch the ? right into the sky of the serpent sun it will be the final eclipse ? beautiful chaos day in pain we lie creation of the demon sky
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BornAquarius wrote:Hello nightmusic, looking forward to discussions with you also, what are your interest?
Lashmar wrote:nightmusic wrote:politics
Are you into EU politics at all?
nightmusic wrote:Lashmar wrote:nightmusic wrote:politics
Are you into EU politics at all?
So far only what I hear on the BBC. But I am always interested in learning.
I started to post that on here but most people on here don't give a crap about the EU, they're too busy living in fantasyland or bashing Obama.
Edit: my mind hasn't started working yet, hence why my post was pretty jerky and terribly difficult to read.
nightmusic wrote:My wife and I dream of living in Europe.


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Details for the 2015 event coming soon!
We would like to extend our appreciation to all of you who attended or supported the 2012 Voices for Justice event. The evening was lovely and both the silent and live auctions were wonderfully successful. We had the opportunity to give our inaugural award 'The Rupert-Tate Game Changer Award' to the two former legislators for whom it is named. Their vision for criminal justice reform served as the impetus for the creation of CCJRC.
In 1999, Senator Dorothy Rupert (Boulder) and then Representative Penfield Tate (Denver) sponsored legislation (SB 99-95) calling for a three year halt on prison expansion and the creation of a task force to explore effective alternatives to incarceration. Although the bill was unsuccessful, the campaign launched CCJRC's efforts to build a statewide, grassroots movement for criminal justice reform. Dorothy Rupert and Penfield Tate graciously accepted their awards. They had a vision in 1999 that was on-point but ahead of its time. It seems perfectly fitting that CCJRC would circle back to the leaders who inspired our inception and honor all that they helped achieve.
Hassan Latif lent us his wit and passion for CCJRC as the MC for the evening and we were honored to have Kris Dafni and Khalil Halim as our keynote speakers.
Check out some of the pictures from our 2012 event:
Photos from the 2010 CCJRC Miniature Golf Tournament
SB 176 Signing at the Capitol
Michelle Alexander author of The New Jim Crow, will be in Denver Feb. 22-24.
View the complete list of events (785k DOC) View the Feb. 23 event flyer (1812k PDF)
Wednesday, February 23, 2011 – 7-9pm – Public Forum – Park Hill United Methodist Church, 5209 Montview Avenue (near the corner of Montview & Glencoe), Denver. Professor Alexander will present: A Challenge to the Denver Community. Dr. Rachel Harding will moderate a panel discussion and open a community response period. Panelists include Michelle Alexander, Christie Donner, Executive Director of CCJRC and Francisco Gallardo of GRASP (Gang Rescue and Support Project).
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On Tuesday, February 8th the Independence Institute's Justice Policy Initiative, the Colorado Criminal Justice Reform Coalition, and the Pew Center on the States came together again to hold a panel event at the University Club to discuss the work by the Colorado Commission on Criminal and Juvenile Justice (CCJJ) and sentencing reform in 2011. Despite the bad weather, a large crowd showed up to listen to the expert panelists give their take on what the Colorado legislature might have in store this legislative session.
Panelists included Colorado State Representative and CCJJ member Mark Waller, Colorado State Senator and CCJJ drug policy task force member Pat Steadman, Maureen Cain, Policy Director Colorado Criminal Defense Bar and CCJJ task force member, Tom Raynes, Executive Director, Colorado District Attorneys Council, and CCJJ member, Christie Donner, Executive Director of the Colorado Criminal Justice Reform Coalition.
For those of you unable to make it, we've compiled the presentations by each speaker in individual podcasts. Feel free to download these podcasts and share them with others who might be interested. Additionally, here is a link to the pictures presented in slide show format.
Introductory remarks by Mike Krause of the Independence Institute's Justice Policy Initiative.
Panelist #1: Colorado State Senator and CCJJ drug policy task force member Pat Steadman.
Panelist #2: Colorado State Representative and CCJJ member Mark Waller.
Panelist #3: Executive Director of the Colorado District Attorneys Council Tom Raynes.
Panelist #4: Policy Director of the Colorado Criminal Defense Bar and CCJJ task force member Maureen Cain.
Panelist #5: Executive Director of the Colorado Criminal Justice Reform Coalition Christie Donner.
CCJRC Meeting Dates
If you are interested in attending these meetings to support CCJRC's agenda through the Commissions, please contact Christie Donner through CCJRC's website, for more information regarding your interest area and who your CCJRC staff contact will be.
If you are interested in more information for your own benefit, about either of these Commissions, please respond to their links below.
Commission on Criminal & Juvenile Justice Unless otherwise noted, Colorado Commission on Criminal and Juvenile Justice meetings occur between 12:30-4:30pm on the second Friday of each month at the National Enforcement Training Institute (NETI) in Lakewood, CO .
Click the link below for the Commission's 2012 meeting schedule, agenda, and meeting minutes.http://cdpsweb.state.co.us/cccjj/2012_meeting_schedule.html
Denver Crime Prevention & Control Commission Meets on the Third Wednesday of each month, 3 pm -5 pm at 13th and Cherokee, Denver in the police auditorium.
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In his subsequent medical report, Alonso wrote that Acosta "evidenced pain and moderate spasms over the spinous process." Alonso also found that during one test, Acosta complained of pain at the base of the neck, "radiating to the left shoulder." Alonso's diagnosis: "I consider that he will be left with a six percent permanent physical impairment of his cervical spine with loss of whole body functions as a result of his injuries and the fibrosis of the muscles caused by the sprain."
Dr. Pedro Alonso did not respond to New Times's requests for an interview, but his attorney, Ed Carhart, says his client made the best diagnosis possible and that the process of determining a patient's physical impairment can be very subjective. It would be wrong, Carhart asserts, for anyone to second-guess Dr. Alonso's statements or to ascribe sinister motives to his actions.
With Acosta's medical files now in place, his attorney, Raul Delgado, wrote U.S. Security Insurance. Given the serious, permanent nature of Acosta's injuries, he demanded that the company settle the case for $8000. On instructions from fraud investigator John Askins, the insurance company evaluated the claim using its normal procedures. Its counteroffer: a measly $1500. Instead of fighting for more money, Delgado accepted the $1500, despite the medical opinions. Delgado took $500 in attorney's fees and another $140 for his costs. Acosta was given a check for the remaining $860.
The doctors fared no better. U.S. Security Insurance agreed to pay Miami X-R Medical Center a mere $348 of the $2920 it had billed. Likewise, Dr. Pedro Alonso received only $120 for his four-minute examination, rather than the $300 he had requested.
During Acosta's final meeting with Raul Delgado, he discussed with the attorney the unpaid portion of the medical bills. According to a subsequent report prepared by fraud investigator Susan Alberti, "Delgado told Acosta that the doctors could attempt to collect the bill, but that [Luis] Rangel had told him that Acosta had received almost no treatment by the doctors." Acosta then confirmed that he had had a total of only four medical appointments, not forty. Delgado, according to investigator Alberti, responded by noting that "this could be used as a basis for not paying the bill...." (Raul Delgado did not respond to repeated requests for comment regarding this article.)
After nearly a year of undercover work, the case that began with Luis Rangel and insurance company employee Patty Rodriguez still required several more months of work while charges were being prepared. Then Hurricane Andrew struck. With only five investigators to probe all allegations of insurance fraud in Dade and Monroe counties, each member of John Askins's squad is often forced to juggle upward of 80 cases simultaneously. The storm and its aftermath piled on more work than they could possibly handle.
Nobody knows better than the bad guys that Askins's office is undermanned. "He just doesn't have the staff," says Raymond, the former runner who asked that his last name not be used. "He didn't back when I was doing this and he doesn't now. And the folks who are still doing this today know that."
"It's very frustrating," says Susan Alberti, a former South Miami police officer who has been an investigator with the division of insurance fraud for five years. "Each one of us could dedicate all our time just trying to go after runners or some other type of fraud case, but we just don't have the manpower or the resources to do that.
"There is this perception that it's a victimless crime because it's not like a robbery or a murder," she adds. "You're talking about an insurance company as the victim, and people don't feel much compassion for insurance companies. But what people don't realize is that it all comes back to us. The insurance companies are just going to raise their premiums to cover their losses."
Those losses, of course, mean that others are making hefty profits. "We've seen these people become very wealthy," says Askins. "And once you start investigating them and get to the point of charging them, the money they have accumulated will buy them the very best defense attorneys in town. It makes it harder and harder to get them convicted. And even then, they are going to get slapped on the wrist, because you don't know what judge you're going to get. They may be standing before a judge who used to be an ambulance-chaser himself. There are certainly judges here who were high-volume personal-injury lawyers and they parlayed that into a lot of money. And money talks and then they become a judge."
Fellow fraud investigator Alberti agrees. "I've had two judges who wouldn't sign warrants in ambulance-chasing cases because they told me they didn't really think it was a crime," she says, though she declines to identify the judges. "I went so far with one that I pulled out the statute and had him read it along with me to see that it was a crime, and he still wouldn't sign it. Some of them don't want to put the ink to paper against a fellow attorney."
This past October, nearly three years after having first spoken with Patty Rodriguez, 41-year-old Luis Rangel was arrested and charged with soliciting clients. At the same time two doctors -- Guido Alvarez, age 64, and Pedro Alonso, 62 -- as well as Alvarez's receptionist, 68-year-old Doris Blanco, were each charged with insurance fraud and grand theft.


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- Sunsets at Railay Beach The sunsets here are unbeatable, however you choose to view them floating in a kayak, strolling along the sand, or lounging in a beachfront bungalow.
- Kayaking Phang Nga Bay Phang Nga Bay's maze of islands is ideal for gliding alongside towering cliffs.
- Camping at Koh Similan This gorgeous national park has a handful of tents for rent. Hire a longtail boat to do some snorkeling while you're here.
- Exploring Koh Phi Phi The jewel of Phang Nga Bay cannot be truly appreciated from one beach. Make day trips aboard a longtail boat Maya Bay is a must-see and quieter Loh Samah Bay is magical.
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How about they take ALL her sucky music off the radios and iTunes.
How about they take ALL her sucky music off the radios and iTunes.
How about grow some balls and learn how to take a shot.
So if someone made a sitcom called Whiteish it would be considered racist yet this isn't. Sounds like double standards to me.
How about don't be a dumb ass and keep personal stuff on your phone.
How pathetic must one be to not even be able to kill themselves. Thats when you know life sucks.
Vomit. He needs to be hit by a speeding car.
Im sure kraft doesn't want the stupid hate filled cunts buying their stuff anyway.
Hey Amanda. Go kill yourself? Take a bunch of asprin and slit your wrist.
Poor guys. Peace to his fellow brothers and sisters as well as family.
Why doen't the town come together to help the man find a place to live.
Yet another adding shame to all the good paramedics.
Damn, I was hoping he would drown.
zaarak. Bitch please look at you trying to be all goodie goodie. You know you think people are gay when you dont know. Dont try to be so innocent.
High School suck no matter where you are. By not walking, their not missing out. Just get the HELL out of that hell hole and get on with your life and dont look back.
That's a load of seamen off the streets on NY.
Season 1 was really good. Season 2 blah. I think I only watched 3 episodes and have no desire to watch them.
I don't understand people's mentality. It's like Oh there's drugs to take to help if I get HIV. Ugh. Fucking stupid ass idiots. Don't bitch, wine or look for sympathy when you get something.
Peace to his family. Such a tragedy.
time to ban kitchen items now…
21 needs to check his/her chromosomes
Thank YOU!!!! yet I get called an ass hat….
I can do the same. All I have to do is take a picture of my phone with an unfinished message and say the same thing.
missed 1
Find it ironic majority are republicans.
someone is cut and im not talking about ripped muscles.
This post is retarded. I was more interested in the owls.
I think Magic should sue the guy for liable.
So tired seeing this shit. Who cares.
I knew in 4th grade.
And then he took a shit
She's still fucking ugly and a piece is shit.
So Ill just buy more. Like this is suppose to stop anything. This law is the most ridiculous thing I've heard.
Maybe he was watching, Journey to the center of the earth at the time.
I want another one. Wonder if they are still around.
Talking about being brainwashed.
He's even HOTTER with the beard.
Sorry Kevin that a majority of people are narrow minded bigots. Keep your chin up. From all the comments on here you have a lot of people supporting you.
I love flying. I would rather take a 15 min flight over an hour and half drive.
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Something interesting hit my desk recently: a glossy fundraising brochure from the National Trust for Historic Preservation, which is trying to raise money for the Philip Johnson Glass House in New Canaan, Conn. By all accounts the house has proved to be a remarkable success in its new life as a museum, which goes to show the value of preserving modern architecture.
But Johnson and his late partner, the collector David Whitney, left the Glass House estate in less-than-pristine condition. So the trust sent out its brochure, designed by Michael Bierut of Pentagram, as a wish list of projects that require funding. Each initiative comes with a price tag, from $10,000 toward the conservation of Johnson's Nicholas Poussin painting, Burial of Phocion, to $500,000 toward the purchase of an adjacent parcel of land, to prevent the construction of McMansions that would spoil the view. (As thanks, donors get to take curator-led tours and such. You can download the document at www.philipjohnsonglasshouse.org.)
For my money, the most intriguing item on the list is a project called the Materials Innovation Study. A $10,000 donation will support an investigation of 12 of the 90-odd modern houses around New Canaan built by some of the great innovators of the day, including Marcel Breuer, John Johansen, and Eliot Noyes. Like their counterparts across the country, these architects conducted remarkable experiments in design and construction, using untried materials and methods; now researchers will conduct field tests to understand how the components have performed over time.
In a sense, Johnson's generation did its job too well. Innovation entails risk. Many modern buildings, including structures at the Glass House, have weathered poorly. One worthwhile outcome of the trust's study will be a set of conservation guidelines for use in modernist landmarks throughout the United States. Our generation has inherited a responsibility to document the modernist experiment in architecture?and to preserve the results of that experiment for posterity as best we can.
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Dear God I pray to you so Victor may be filled with love so he may feel the love around him in this world. Help Victor feel that love that his family and friends have for him. Lord God give him the strength he needs to walk in life with confidence to stay on a path that will provide for him good things in life. Allow people who will love Victor and share in a peaceful, loving life, find their way to Victor. God heal Victor so he may let go angers and hurts that may lead him astray. In Gods name I ask that Victor be filled with love to allow a peaceful and loving heart. Bless Victor's family for loving and caring for him unconditionally. I pray that people around the world will send out loving and caring energies to help any and all people in their times of need. May this prayer reach Victor, his family and friends, and to all people. Thank you God for hearing my prayer. |
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Age-adjusted colorectal cancer (CRC) mortality has declined over the past two decades for both genders leading to significant increase in the proportion of CRC survivors. Fatigue is one of the most consistently identified problems among CRC survivors, persisting a year or more after diagnosis for some. Physical activity is critical to improve fatigue symptoms among CRC survivors. It has been established in previous studies that CRC survivors who engage in physical exercise report reduced fatigue and better quality of life compared to those who lack physical exercise (Paddle, Au, & Courneya, 2008). However, it can be a challenge to engage fatigued CRC survivors in physical activity. An alternative form of physical exercise is Tai Chi Easy (TCEasy), a simple and repetitive form of exercise that consists of movements with meditation. When performed at a moderate level, TCEasy provides an alternative to standard moderate intensity aerobic exercise. Our Arizona State University collaborators in this proposed study have experience in testing the same form of exercise among women with breast cancer survivors. We intend to further study the effects of TCEasy in improving fatigue and fatigue related symptoms among the colorectal cancer survivors.
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During the early phases (phases 1 and 2), researchers assess safety, side effects, optimal dosages and risks/benefits. In the later phase (phase 3), researchers study whether the treatment works better than the current standard therapy. They also compare the safety of the new treatment with that of current treatments. Phase 3 trials include large numbers of people to make sure that the result is valid. There are also less common very early (phase 0) and later (phase 4) phases. Phase 0 trials are small trials that help researchers decide if a new agent should be tested in a phase 1 trial. Phase 4 trials look at long-term safety and effectiveness, after a new treatment has been approved and is on the market.
This is an open label study of BBI608 in combination with cetuximab, panitumumab or capecitabine in patients with advanced colorectal cancer.
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This study first is designed to see what dose of indigo carmine ingested orally mixed with the standard colonoscopy prep is needed to provide adequate staining of the right colon. It then will use this adequate staining concentration of Indigo Carmine to study whether this dye will increase the detection of polyps during colonoscopy.
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This is an open label, multi-center, Phase Ib dose escalation study of BBI608 administered in combination with either FOLFOX6 with and without bevacizumab, or CAPOX, or FOLFIRI with and without bevacizumab, or regorafenib. A study cycle will consist of daily and continuous oral administration of BBI608 for four weeks (28 days) in combination with FOLFOX6 with and without bevacizumab, or CAPOX or FOLFIRI with and without bevacizumab, or regorafenib.
The purpose of this study is to compare the efficacy of a low-volume bowel preparation versus a high-volume bowel preparation for bowel cleansing on hospitalized patients undergoing colonoscopies.
This is a multicenter, open label Phase 1b/2 study in patients with metastatic colorectal carcinoma. The Phase 1b will identify the dose of the combination of PF-05212384 plus FOLFIRI. The randomized, two-arm Phase 2 portion will compare the efficacy and safety of PF-05212384 plus FOLFIRI to that of bevacizumab plus FOLFIRI. The study population will consist of patients with mCRC previously treated with an oxaliplatin-based regimen in the first line setting or who have progressed within 6 months of the end of an adjuvant oxaliplatin-based regimen.
This partially randomized clinical trial studies cholecalciferol in improving survival in patients with newly diagnosed cancer with vitamin D insufficiency. Vitamin D replacement may improve tumor response and survival and delay time to treatment in patients with cancer who are vitamin D insufficient.
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The purpose of this randomized, double-blind, Phase III trial is to determine if the combination of eflornithine plus sulindac is superior to sulindac or eflornithine as single agents in delaying time to the first occurrence of any FAP-related event. This includes: 1) FAP related disease progression indicating the need for excisional intervention involving the colon, rectum, pouch, duodenum and/or 2) clinically important events which includes progression to more advanced duodenal polyposis, cancer or death.
The effectiveness and safety of TheraSphere will be evaluated in patients with colorectal cancer with metastases in the liver, who are scheduled to receive second line chemotherapy. All patients receive the standard of care chemotherapy with or without the addition of TheraSphere.
PRI-724 is a new investigational drug being studied to treat subjects with cancer who have advanced solid tumors. PRI-724 is thought to work by blocking the Wnt signaling pathway that cancer cells need to grow and spread(metastasize).
Phase Ia: Patient cohorts with solid tumor malignancies will be treated with escalating doses (per cohort) of PRI-724 in order to identify the MTD of this single-agent regimen. PRI-724 dosing is to start at 40 mg/m2/day, CIV infusion over 24 hours × 7 days.
Phase Ib: This phase is to begin upon identification of the MTD in Phase 1a. Patient cohorts with CRC will be treated with escalating doses (per cohort) of PRI-724 administered in combination with a modified regimen of FOLFOX6 (mFOLFOX 6, standardized doses and schedule) in order to identify the MTD of this combined regimen. Up to 2 dose levels of PRI-724 are to be examined (640 and 905 mg/m2/day, CIV infusion over 24 hours × 7 days), with potential to evaluate a previously unexamined intermediate dose, if indicated, to more fully characterize tolerability. The MTD cohort (or maximum dose to be studied) will be expanded up to 12 patients.
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REDWOOD CITY, Calif., March 14, 2011 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- BroadVision, Inc. (Nasdaq:BVSN), the leader in cloud-based social business solutions, today announced the introduction of a free monthly webinar series designed to help businesses learn about the benefits and best practices of social business. An offshoot of the successful Clearvale SecondFloor speaker series, the webinars will be led by industry experts and thought leaders who will share their knowledge about various aspects of social business, such as social media strategies and enterprise 2.0 processes.
The new webinar series is the latest component of Clearvale SecondFloor (see http://secondfloor.clearvale.com/ ), BroadVision's worldwide community, where Enterprise 2.0 customers, partners and thought leaders can meet, learn from each other and collaborate on projects. The ongoing speaker series brings BroadVision technology and strategy experts together with consultants and customers to share knowledge, experiences and best practices. Previous guests of the speaker series have included author and Altimeter Group founder, Charlene Li; LEGO Head of Community Development, Tormod Askildsen; author and technology consultant, Geoffrey Moore; and new media thought leader and author, Brian Solis.
The series will kickoff this week with two webinars. On Tuesday, March 15th, Director of Product Strategy, Richard Hughes will lead, "Help Your Customers Join the Social Business Revolution" (see https://www3.gotomeeting.com/register/258431830 ). Hughes will teach participants how to build a business and sell services to their entire ecosystem of customers and partners, in the cloud, using Clearvale's latest enterprise social networking platform, Clearvale PaasPort.
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Zbrush Sculpting - 1x Sculpting Nose, Mouth, Eye, Ear. Anatomy of the Face: The Mouth. CGNUGGETS! Anatomy series - Detailing the Head (ZBrush) Anatomy of the Face: Infraorbital Triangle or Triangle of Contention. How to Draw Hair, Part 1. Looking back at my tutorials on drawing the head, I realized that I covered individual features, but completely left out hair.
This tutorial will is split into 3 parts: The Basics, Types of Hair, and a Step by Step drawing. I'll start this first part of the series with common mistakes that I see all the time. Common Mistakes when Drawing Hair Forgetting about the volumes This is the most common mistake I see from newer students. How to Draw the Nose.
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For more video tutorials visit Proko.com and subscribe to the newsletter In this tutorial I will go over the structure of the nose and give detailed information about the bridge, ball, and nostrils of the nose. At the end, I will show a step by step of a nose drawing. The Major Planes. How to Draw Lips. For a video version of this tutorial visit www.proko.com/how-to-draw-lips-anatomy-and-structure This tutorial is a continuation of How to Draw the Head from Any Angle.
I will cover the basic forms of the mouth, some anatomical information, and the key information about the minor planes. At the end, I will show a step by step drawing of the lips. How to Draw Ears. For a video version of this tutorial visit www.proko.com/how-to-draw-ears-anatomy-and-structure In this tutorial I will go over the parts of the ear and suggest an easy way to remember all these complex shapes.
At the end, I will show a step by step of an ear drawing. Anatomy of the Face: Tip on Masseter Muscle. Anatomy of the Face Workshop: Introductions. P H O T O R E A L I S T I C T E X T U R E TUTORIAL. 3D Scanning on a Budget. In this very short article I want to show you how to achieve some fairly decent 3D scans for under $200 using AgiSofts PhotoScan software..
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The Vatican has been reining in the progressive leadership of American nuns, creating a political test of wills over the future of a faith with one billion adherents worldwide as it braces for an historic papal transition. Described as a modern 'Inquisition,' this punitive campaign against the nuns lands on the 50th anniversary of the Second Vatican Council and raises fundamental questions about the mission of a global church and the role of nuns who were inspired by Vatican II in taking the social justice gospel directly to the world's poor.
Displaced and often victimized travelers find respite in Nogales.
NOGALES, Mexico — The hundred men and women sat shoulder-to-shoulder at long, wooden tables, all migrants stranded in the crossroads of despair etched into this dusty town on the US-Mexico border.
Most of those gathered looked exhausted and despondent. Some were in pain, nursing wounds, sprained ankles and blisters from nights traversing the unforgiving Sonoran Desert trying to cross into the United States. Others had just been forcibly removed from their lives in the US, now left hundreds of miles from family and friends without money, a phone or a full set of clothing. Some had already tried unsuccessfully to return to the US only to be captured by the Border Patrol and sent back.
This is El Comedor, a small concrete structure where Roman Catholic nuns of the Missionary Sisters of the Eucharist welcome thousands of migrants deported from the United States back into Mexico through Nogales each year. The mission offers spiritual support and two free meals per day in the modest building, where the walls are adorned with inspirational posters encouraging women's rights and a life-size mural depicting Jesus, Mary Magdalene and disciples as modern-day migrants packed together tightly at a jovial "Last Supper."
El Comedor — part of the Aid Center for Deported Migrants — represents the kind of direct social service, undertaken by thousands of Catholic nuns in the US, Mexico and around the world, that stands in high relief against the Vatican's investigation of the US-based Leadership Conference of Women Religious based on what it called a "prevalence of certain radical feminist themes" in the nuns' work.
In short, the American nuns' leaders are being investigated for heresy to Catholic doctrine. Many of the sisters' sense of mission grew out of the Second Vatican Council a half century ago when the church began to modernize, opening itself to the world with a new commitment to social justice.
"I know the stress levels that my brothers and sisters live."~Sister Rosalba Avalos Ramos
The American nuns drawn to field work here on the border, helping AIDS patients in Africa, or assisting victims of human trafficking networks in Asia and Eastern Europe place themselves in direct contact with humanity and suffering. And that field work often puts these nuns up against strict Catholic doctrine on birth control, homosexuality and other thorny issues that always seem more nuanced and complex when they involve real people who are suffering in real time.
Sister Rosalba Avalos Ramos in Nogales, Sonora, Mexico. |
The political backdrop of the tangle between the rigidly conservative hierarchy that runs the Vatican and the more progressive American nuns of the Leadership Conference is defined, Vatican observers say, by a larger clash within the church over Vatican II and how the church will carry itself in the world. There is no attempt by the Vatican to shut down these missions or pull funding for the important field work they do, but the spiritual and social ethos that sustains these nuns is very much under attack. It is an ideological clash that has been compared to a modern 'Inquisition,' the Catholic office that investigated and sometimes tortured what it deemed "heretics" in the darker ages of medieval Catholicism.
Sister Rosalba Avalos Ramos hardly seemed heretical as she described the work she and her fellow sisters do serving meals and ministering to the migrants here in Nogales. And she hastened to add that the politics of Rome hadn't made its way down here to the US-Mexico border. However, the junior sister said she believes the church has strayed from the Catholic teaching of preference for the poor.
"I believe the church is living a moment of crisis," Ramos said during a long interview in an apartment near El Comedor. "The church needs to be transformed and live out a more radical commitment to the most needy. If we're really trying to follow the way of Jesus, there's a lot of his path that we need to pick up again and start living."
The sisters' work is funded largely by the Society of Jesus, also known as the Jesuits, in partnership with a cross-border humanitarian organization called the Kino Border Initiative. The sisters also run a shelter for women and


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If you have read my previous post you already know that I am joining Michelle Foster at Quilting Gallery in her Aim for Accuracy Quilt-A-Long
I am so excited about doing this project. I made the first cuts of my background fabric and can't wait for the next step. I am using this project to get me out of a quilting funk. I have spent so little time quilting lately that I was beginning to think I should stop calling myself a quilter. But no more! I have taken rotary cutter in hand and whacked a beloved piece of paisley that I stole from my good friend Anna. I didn't really steal it, but I did beg incessantly until she coughed it up. Thanks Anna!
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The 22nd Bombardment Group was created on the U.S. East Coast just after the start of the Second World War, training with a mix of B-18 Bolos and B-26 Marauders.
In the aftermath of Pearl Harbor, the 22nd Bombardment Group was transferred to the West Coast, flying anti-submarine patrols from Muroc, California from December 1941 to the end of January 1942.
It was then assigned to the Fifth Air Force, originally based on the Philippines. By the time the 22nd arrived in the theatre the situation on the Philippines was desperate, and the group was based in Australia. From there it attacked Japanese targets on New Guinea and New Britain.
In October 1943 the B-26 Marauders were joined by B-25 Mitchells, and for the rest of the year the group continued to operate in support of Allied troops on New Guinea.
In February 1944 the unit was redesignated as a Heavy Bombardment Group, and was given Consolidated B-24 Liberators. With its new heavy bombers the group attacked targets on Borneo, Ceram and Halmahera, amongst them the crucial oil field of the Dutch East Indies.
In September 1944 the group moved its attention to the Philippines, attacking targets on Leyte. It moved onto Leyte on 15 November 1944. From then until August 1945 it flew against targets on Luzon, as well as supporting the campaign on Borneo and even ranging out as far as China.
Finally, on 15 August 1945 the unit moved to Okinawa, from where it flew a number of armed reconnaissance missions over southern Japan to make sure the surrender terms were being obeyed.
B-24 Liberator Units of the Pacific War, Robert F. Dorr. The B-24 played a major part in the war in the Pacific, serving as the main heavy bomber for the USAAF in the Pacific from the start of the war until the late arrival of the B-29. The Pacific campaign was fought on a vast scale, over theatres as varied as the jungles of Burma and the icy Aleutian islands. Dorr splits this volume into five parts - one looking at the early period of the war, when small numbers of B-24s took part in desperate attempts to stop the Japanese advance, one chapter each for the Fifth, Seventh and Thirteenth Air Forces, and a final chapter for the combined Far East Air Force. |
B-18 and Martin B-26 Marauder: 1940-1941 (training)
Martin B-26 Marauder: 1941-1943
Martin B-26 Marauder and North American B-25 Mitchell: October 1943-February 1944
Consolidated B-24 Liberator: February 1944-1945
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February 1944 | Redesignated 22nd Bombardment Group (Heavy) |
Lt. Colonel Ross F. Cole: February 1940
Lt. Colonel John L Moore: 1940
Major Lewis M Merrick: 20 February 1941
Major Mark L Lewis Jr: October 1941
Lt. Colonel Millard L Haskin: 10 December 1941
Lt. Colonel Dwight D. Divine II: 19 May 1942
Lt. Colonel George R Anderson: March 1943
Lt. Colonel Roger E. Phelan: June 1943
Colonel Richard W. Robinson: February 1944
Colonel Leonard T. Nicholson: 21 January 1945
Lt. Colonel James E. Sweeney: 24 September 1945
Mitchel Field, NY: 1 February 1940
Langley Field, Va.: 14 November 1940
Muroc, California: 9 December 1941-31 January 1942
Brisbane, Australia: 25 February 1942
Ipswich, Australia: 8 March 1942
Townsville, Australia: 7 April 1942
Woodstock, Australia: 5 July 1942
Iron Range, Australia: 29 September 1942
Woodstock, Australia: 4 February 1943
Dobodura, New Guinea: October 1943
Nadzab, New Guinea: January 1944
Owi, Schouten Islands: 17 August 1944
Leyte: 15 November 1944
Anguar: 26 November 1944
Samar: 21 January 1945
Clark Field, Luzon: March 1945
Okinawa: 15 August 1945
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Just found the information on an ebay listing:
TS Antique 1930 Duncan Miller Vaseline Canary Sanibel Large Fruit Bowl Opalescent
This is a wonderful find for a Vaseline glass or Duncan Miller Elegant glass collector. This is a gorgeous hard to find extra large fruit bowl (mine is the tray), made by Duncan Miller in the 30s. The pattern is called "Sanibel" . It is a hard to find pattern that is elegant and graceful, making it increase in value when you can find it. The whole piece looks like an large opalescent shell complete with ribs and an opalescent edge and a curled handle!


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I think they will probably use a weighted random draw like they do for the managed hunts. Since the weighted random draw system was implemented I have only drawn one time, before that I drew, on average, 4 of 5 years or 80%.
I think if there is going to be something other than a true random draw the weighted draw is probably the best but I really don't like any of them.