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Christians like to use the first part of verse 7:3 to show God's loving concern for the environment. But the last part makes it
clear that it was the angel's God-given job to "hurt the earth and the sea" just as soon as they finished their forehead marking job.
(7:2) "I saw another angel ... and he cried with a loud voice to the four angels, to whom it was given to hurt the earth and the sea,"
(7:3) "Saying, Hurt not the earth, neither the sea, nor the trees, till we have sealed the servants of our God in their foreheads."
(7:4) "The number ... sealed ... were
... an hundred and forty and four thousand
of ... the children of Israel."
144,000 Jews will be going to heaven; everyone else is going to hell.
Few Christians take the 144,000 number seriously, of course. But the Jehovah's Witnesses do. Boy do they ever! They believe that there
are two distinct classes of believers: the 144,000 "Anointed" that are going to heaven and the "Great Crowd" that will remain here on earth.
The WatchTower teaches that heaven closed in 1935, and that everyone else will either be killed at Armageddon (if they are not JWs) or live
forever on earth.
(7:5) "Of the tribe of Manasses"
What were the 12 tribes of Israel?
(Jehovah's Witnesses)
(7:9) "A great multitude, which no man could number ... stood before the throne, and before the Lamb."
The "great multitude" is the WatchTower's "great crowd" that it claims will remain on earth
rather than going to heaven. Yet in this verse the "great crowd" stands "before the throne" and "before the lamb". Where else
would the thrown and lamb be besides heaven?
(7:11) "All the angels ... and the four beasts ... fell before the throne on their faces."
And they fell on their faces (FOF)
(7:14) "These are they which came out of great tribulation,
and have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb."
Those that survive the great tribulation will get to wash their clothes in the blood of the lamb.
(A friend of the family gave us a coffee cup that features this Revelation 7:3 verse and the cute illustration shown below.)
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January 22, 2013
"Based on our analysis, CSIS concludes that approximately 100 Defense Department contracts are likely to be affected by the requirement for advance review for all awards and modifications that will obligate more than $500 million. The number of modifications to those contracts could total 400 or more per year," Berteau said.
The CSIS analysis also revealed that the number of these large defense contracts has grown over the past decade, from 15 in 2000 to more than 70 in 2008.
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Lea Michele Gushes About The Glee Project 2 Cast: "I Was Just Blown Away"
Glee's Lea Michele (Rachel) will make her first-ever The Glee Project appearance during tonight's Season 3 premiere, and the starlet just can't stop gushing about how excited she felt to take part in the show.
"[Glee casting director] Robert Ulrich was telling me about each one of the kids and about their stories," Lea tells The Hollywood Reporter," and I was just blown away. Blown away by the bravery of these kids to come on the show and really show who they are and tell their stories; it's really inspiring."
This season's contenders have quite an array of powerful backstories. Mario has been blind since childhood, Ali has had to use a wheelchair since age two, Aylin grew up with a traditional Muslim background, and Tyler is the show's first-ever transgender competitor.
Still, even the most compelling of stories won't be of any help if you don't have real singing and acting skills. Luckily, Lea says that isn't a problem for this year's kids.
"The talent is just as great — if not even stronger," Lea shares. "All of these kids, their stories are so inspirational and they're so touching that I think people are just going to fall in love with all the contestants."
So who does Lea think will ultimately win the competition? Turns out, it's looking pretty hard to tell just yet. "There were so many people I saw that could fit into the Glee cast that I literally told [producers] they have the hardest job. There are so many kids that I thought would be perfect on Glee."
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Bruce Springsteen Nabs Rolling Stone's Top Album Of 2012 Honor
Bruce Springsteen has landed on Rolling Stone's list of the best music from 2012. He joins an impressive list of performers from a mix of genres on the 50 Best Songs and Albums of the Year.
The Boss took top honors on the magazine's 50 Best Albums of 2012 list with his most recent release Wrecking Ball. The mag gushed about Springsteen's power and diversity on the release:
"It's Springsteen's most walloping and adventurous release in decades. He and producer Ron Aniello merge the sweep, heft and rumble of the classic E Street sound with modern flourishes: mariachi horns, electronica grace notes and, in the gospel-flavored 'Rocky Ground', a rapped verse nearly as stirring as Springsteen's chorus courtesy of Michelle Moore, a previously unknown backing vocalist."
Alternative and rock artists made a major impact on both charts including Jack White, Mumford & Sons, the Lumineers, Smashing Pumpkins, Alabama Shakes and Muse.
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DiNozzo is sent to France on a covert mission to bring home an admiral's daughter, but he turns to the NCIS team for help when he encounters a controversial crime scene.
The NCIS team enters the world of rock 'n roll after a bomb explodes during the rehearsal for a military charity concert.
Complications arise when the NCIS team discovers a link between a murder victim and the boyfriend of Gibbs' ex-wife.
When it's discovered the Secretary of the Navy was bugged during a confidential briefing, the NCIS team must work with NSA Analyst Ellie Bishop to help determine who is responsible.
An open-and-shut hit-and-run is anything but for NCIS when the prime suspect's lawyer confides in Gibbs that her client's confidential alibi is solid.
NCIS and the CGIS head out to sea to investigate a suspicious explosion on board an oil rig.
The latest NCIS investigation returns DiNozzo to his Baltimore P.D. days when he chases a felony suspect from a 15-year-old case.
The murder of a woman impersonating a deceased soldier leads Gibbs to an Afghan women's shelter formerly championed by Mike Franks.
The NCIS team utilizes Twitter to help solve a case, and McGee agonizes over his lost badge.
As Gibbs and the team search for a terrorist ring stateside, Tony travels to Israel with the mission of finding Ziva.
Following an explosion at a D.C. black-tie affair, Parsons assumes a new role within the NCIS agency, while Gibbs' team remains down three agents.
The NCIS team is questioned by a Department of Defense investigator regarding their response to the Bodnar case.
After Ducky and Jimmy fail to return to headquarters following a crime scene investigation, the rest of the NCIS team works to locate the disappearing duo.
While on medical leave, Ducky decides to reopen a 12-year-old case by ordering the exhumation of a Navy commander's body. Meanwhile, the team also investigates a recent death of a Marine that may be tied to Ducky's old case.moreless
The team's search for a terrorist targeting the Navy takes a bizarre turn when a high-tech bug is found in Probationary Agent Ned Dorneget's tooth.
When a Navy captain is found dead and dressed in a weird costume under his uniform, the NCIS team comes upon a secret society consisting of real-life superheroes, and they have to track down the villain in the story with the help of Tony's ex-fiance.moreless
The NCIS team investigates the murder of a Navy lieutenant commander while dealing with her distraught husband. Meanwhile, Ziva ponders the future when Ray returns.
While investigating the murder of a Navy Commander, the NCIS team finds out the whereabouts of Agent E.J. Barrett.
After a Navy Captain is murdered in his hotel room, the NCIS team has to find his pregnant companion and protect her from unknown assailants. Meanwhile, Jimmy brings his future father-in-law to work.moreless
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When the husband of Gibbs' and Fornell's ex-wife is kidnapped, the NCIS team partners up with the FBI to investigate.
The NCIS team investigates the death of a Navy lieutenant that died of over-hydration, which soon turns into a murder investigation. Meanwhile, Gibbs meets Ducky's new lady.
While investigating the murder of a coast guard officer aboard an abandoned cargo vessel, the NCIS team finds a Lebanese family seeking refuge in the US. Meanwhile, Tony and McGee attempt to find the perfect woman for Gibbs.moreless
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"Treasure" by Gary Chapman (from "The Light Inside) copyright 1979 Paragon Music Corp Figured out by David Michel (email@example.com) intro figure: (G)32003 (G+)321003 (G6)322003 the G7 should be played 323003 G G+ G6 G+ G G+ G6 G+ G G+ G6 G They say that where your treasure is, there will your heart be also C/G Cm/G G G+ And your heart stays where you hide your greatest love. G G+ Now you can leave that love on earth G6 G where thieves may steal tomorrow C/G Cm/G G G7 or you can take it to that hiding place above. CHORUS C G/B Am7 D7/F# Well there's a treasure at the end G D/F# Em of this narrow road I'm traveling C G/B Am7 D/F# G Am7 G/B And it gives me a purpose for my life. C G/B Am7 D/F# G D/F# Em Jesus is my treasure, he's the reason that I am living G D C G/B Am7 And he's going to be my reason when I die. G G+ G6 G+ So if you've been wondering where you are and where it is you're going He's left a map for you and me to use. Just read the map and follow close always walking where it's showing Oh, you just can't miss it, there's way too much to lose. CHORUS CHORUS (slower with ad lib; first half keyboard only) G D C G/B Am7 G2 Yeah, he'll still be my reason when I die.


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Review: Diablo III – is hell waiting for you?
After nearly a decade in development by Blizzard Entertainment, the long awaited game is finally here. With so much hype and anticipation behind Diablo III, many thought that the game would never be able to live up to expectations.
Diablo III takes place twenty years after the events of Diablo II as the game eases you back into new Tristram. The Diablo series has always revolved around this pivotal town as every game starts off just outside of Tristram. Interestingly enough, there is some continuity in the story as you will hear tales of great deeds performed by the mysterious hero that saved old Tristram in Diablo II.
You start the game off by picking from one of five character classes: the Witch Doctor, Barbarian, Wizard, Monk or Demon Hunter. All of the classes are new except the Barbarian. However, the new classes do feel more like successors to the classes found in the previous games.
For example the Witch Doctor has powers that are very similar to the Necromancer, but with a slant towards the voodoo occult. The wizard is also spun from the same cloth as the sorceress with an emphasis on magic, time manipulation and range attacks.
I found the Monk to be the most interesting class out of the bunch due to its focus on melee with martial arts and combos, while still having magical abilities. A combo with the Monk is an interesting concept introduced by Blizzard in Diablo III, where players can build different intensity, or levels of attack when executed in quick succession. While technically the weakest, if augmented properly the Monk can be one of the most versatile characters in the game.
The story starts off with Deckard Cain from the first two games, along with his niece Leah, studying some ancient texts regarding the return of evil after a cosmic event. A mysterious falling star then strikes the famed Cathedral that was central in the previous game, burrowing deep within the lower dungeons separating Cain from Leah.
The game starts you off just outside of New Tristam, with Leah seeking help in finding Cain.
Blizzard weaves an interesting tale pitting angels and demons in Sanctuary, the world within Diablo, as the battleground. There are twists and turns along the linear story, with betrayal and sadness thrown into the mix. The story isn't Diablo III's high point, but it does an efficient job in enriching the lore. Veterans to the Diablo series will greatly appreciate Blizzard's care in introducing old characters into the mix bringing back that sense of familiarity with the newness.
There are hundreds of audio logs scattered all over the level from Leah's personal journal, which magically gets updated periodically to random logs filling in the backstory prior to Diablo III. Newcomers to Diablo, will benefit from reading as many audio logs as possible as it nicely summarizes the first two games.
When encountering a new enemy type, an audio log gets added providing some insight into the lore behind the monster. You can also eavesdrop in on a conversation between two townsfolk as they discuss your deeds or just listen in as they drone on about the state of affairs. While the story is largely told through the in-game dialogs between the characters, cinematic cut scenes are shown between acts and certain checkpoints further adding to the engrossing story.
The meat of Diablo III is in its insanely addictive loot and combat system. The game is always dangling a carrot in front of you with the lure of better loot right around the corner. The loot drop animation is quite satisfying as the gold and weapons erupt from the remains of the monster you have just slain. In many ways, Blizzard has mastered the loot system down to a science as you will always feel like the next kill may be the jackpot.
While most of the weapons dropped are worthless, augmenting your character with some great gear can help improve your chances of obtaining magical items. I did find that its never a good idea to get too attached to a weapon for too long as something better is always around the corner. For example I've seen weapons with damage per second stats in the thousands. Hardcore players can augment and buff their gear to squeeze out 70k to 80k DPS.
The world rewards you according to the type of enemy you slay. If you take down a few elites, the loot will reflect that. You will often find yourself spending a lot of time looking in your inventory to compare the stats with your new found gear. You will pick up weapons and armor that belong to other classes, which can be sold to the merchants along the way.
Each character class will react differently to different properties. For example the Monk's damage per second is greatly influenced by the dexterity level while the Barbarian is influenced by Strength. Augmenting weapons and armor with gems will aid in pushing the boundary of your damage level.
There is a blacksmith and a jeweler in the game that will craft new weapons and armor or even combine gems to create even more powerful stones. You can spend money to train them, which will result in even better items.
However, you will reach a point where the blacksmith and jeweler cannot be upgraded until you start a new game on the next difficulty level. This entices players to continue to play through Nightmare, Hell and even ultimately Inferno mode. For those not afraid of permanently dying can play Hardcore, where once your character is dead there is no resurrection.
Playing on Normal and Nightmare difficulty is actually quite easy, but once you start Hell and then Inferno the difficulty will dramatically increase. Repairing damaged armor and weapons will no longer cost a few hundred gold pieces, but in the tens of thousands.
The enemies in Inferno are extremely difficult, with many players struggling to even complete Act I. However, Blizzard has released a patch that is supposed to decrease the enemy's damage power slightly. I would recommend playing through Normal and Nightmare solo, and start teaming up with friends during Hell and Inferno.
The co-op mode works quite well, with each player carrying over their stash and banner. There will be no more fighting over loot with friends as Blizzard ingeniously shows only your loot and not the other player's. There is no built in voice-chat, but Diablo III supports chat lobbies and private chat sessions with friends.
Diablo III's random level generator makes the same area feel fresh even on the second or third playthrough. A second pass through of an area you may have cleared in a previous playthrough will feel fresh as the environment will be randomized on the fly with new loot and even side quests or events at times.
At first it's a race to unlock as many powers or abilities as you can, but as you progress through the various Acts, the focus will be around finding the right combination of abilities.
The environments will vary greatly as the setting will shift from the dreary town of New Tristram, to the barren deserts of Caldeum, and to the gates of heaven and hell. Along the way you will discover caves and dungeons with an alluring beam of light goading you to explore it.
Things really start heating up in Act III with a full on war being waged against Kurast as the army of demons wreak havoc upon the city. Blizzard does an excellent job pacing the game so that you will encounter wave after waves of enemies in this exciting Act. You will also witness many NPCs killed in action right in front of your eyes, adding to the urgency of the quest.
One major downside to the game is that Diablo III does require an always on Internet connection, which can be a bigger deal that you think. I often experienced periods of time where I would start lagging, resulting in my character's death on several occasion. It just feels a bit odd that online issues could plague and hamper a single player's experience.
Diablo III has evolved, making the hardcore dungeon crawler much more accessible while still maintaining a bit of depth especially when opting to make use of the elective skills. This allows gamers to completely customize each set of skills for each slot. Diablo III is definitely a top notch title and proves it with its addictive gameplay system. Players will most likely sink 35 hours on the first playthrough, and over 100 hours on the third playthrough.
If you're looking for a hardcore RPG dungeon crawler that's fun yet not too frustrating, then look no further as Diablo III will definitely fill that void.


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HomeFunding for ResearchResearch Area DescriptionsAppendix 4: The Crisis in Otopathology
Michael M. Paparella, M.D.
Minnesota Ear, Head and Neck Clinic
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Director, Otopathology Laboratory
Clinical Professor and Chairman Emeritus, Department of Otolaryngology
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis MN 55455
International Hearing Foundation, Minneapolis MN 55454
This work supported in part by NIH-NIDCD Grant # P30DC04660
On behalf of all of us here and all who care, I sincerely thank Drs. Beatty and Gulya and the NIDCD for sponsoring this meeting. As we shall soon be reminded, otopathology is in a deep state of crisis, and its survival is threatened. We know that pathology, which exists in every hospital as a clinical service, is the fundamental backbone of every field of medicine. Understanding anatomical pathology and pathogenesis has, more than anything, led to advancements of diagnosis and treatment of disease. This is especially true of otopathology.
Unfortunately, the pathology of human temporal bones since its inception has necessarily been relegated to an endeavor of research because of complexities of cost, skills, acquisition, processing, and interpretation of data. My comments here, and this symposium, will highlight the many new horizons of research for archival human temporal bones now and in the future. However, if otopathology is to survive, let alone thrive, the greatest emergent need is to find a means of NIH support for routine acquisition, processing, and interpretation of pathological specimens of human temporal bones. The rationale for this statement follows.
The renaissance of otopathology occurred at the turn and in the early period of the 20th century through meticulous drawings and descriptions of otopathology by such great names as Wittmaach, Siebenmann, Fraser, and Nager. The legacy of otopathology in the United States was established first by Stacy Guild at Johns Hopkins University, then by John Lindsay at the University of Chicago, and finally by Harold Schuknecht at Henry Ford Hospital and Harvard Medical School. I, along with others here, was fortunate to have Dr. Schuknecht as my mentor and senior associate in Boston. Having reviewed the world's literature by editing the Year Book of Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery for 30 years, I am always on the lookout for good otopathological publications, but have found relatively few in the past decade or two.
Allow me to quote from a publication by Harold F. Schuknecht in the American Journal of Otology in 1984 in which he discusses temporal bone banks and laboratories in the U.S.A.1:
There are 36 active temporal bone laboratories in the United States. These laboratories are not only a source for new knowledge concerning otologic disease, but also a great didactic asset to an otolaryngology training program. Chairmen of otolaryngology departments should be willing to commit department resources to maintain these laboratories, and granting agencies should he aware of their importance in the search for the prevention and control of ear disease.
That abstract is as true today as it was in 1984. Unfortunately, every department chairman is strapped for funds, and I do not know of any department chairman who has funds to support an otopathology laboratory in the United States. Also as we shall see, there are only three active human temporal bone laboratories in the United States at the present time.2
Unlike many other diseases, otological problems including hearing loss often cannot be seen, and their seriousness is often ignored. Helen Keller, who was blind and deaf, said that of all of her afflictions her loss of hearing was her greatest handicap. A most important quality of humans is our ability to communicate. Millions, young and old, suffer from diseases of the ear. Indeed, there are literally hundreds of such diseases resulting in discomfort, pain, disability, and even, through complications, death.
Approximately 30 million Americans have a significant hearing loss or deafness, and 90 million Americans suffer from dizziness or imbalance, while 30 to 40 million Americans have tinnitus, a constant ringing, buzzing, or roaring in the ear. According to the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD), one in three people older than 60, and half of those over 85, have a hearing loss. Almost all children will have at least one episode of infection in the middle ear (otitis media) by the time they are a year old, while ten percent of children have chronic ear infection resulting in hearing loss and other problems. If left untreated, hearing disorders in the young can interfere with fundamental development of language as well as lead to other serious otological sequelae.
Yet the medical community has only scratched the surface in terms of understanding, diagnosing, treating, and preventing the many diseases that exist in the field of otology. As elaborated further below, the need for more research is especially urgent given the dwindling number of active laboratories collecting, processing, and studying temporal bones, a function critical to advances in this field. Recent breakthroughs in genomics and in cellular and molecular biology have profound potential for future research and progress relating to otopathology, and for understanding ear disease. Yet at this very promising moment in time, otopathological research is in danger. The number of active otopathology laboratories has dwindled to a very small number, and for all practical purposes there are no funds available for routine collection, processing, and study of human temporal bone materials, since NIH grants are based on prospective hypotheses.
Every discipline in medicine has pathology as its basis. Whether it is tissue removed from surgery, or frozen biopsy, or postmortem autopsy studies, pathology is a vital path to knowledge about disease. All hospitals have pathology departments; they are the backbone of medicine. Unfortunately, no hospital in the world has an otopathology laboratory or department. Therefore, it is of paramount importance to continue the efforts of otopathology laboratories to maintain and expand this rare resource. With sufficient resources, otopathology laboratories will be able to build on their inherent strengths and forge a path to leadership on research of ear-disease that will result in a better quality of life for all the millions impacted each year by hearing and related ear-diseases. More than ever, our ability to diagnose and treat otological diseases depends on our understanding of pathogenesis and otopathology. We are in a period of crisis where otopathology needs to survive if our ability to help diagnose and treat diseases in our patients is to progress into the future.
In the United States, the National Temporal Bone Bank program (NTBB) was established in 1960 with the support of the National Institutes of Health and the Deafness Research Foundation (DRF). The principal purpose of the NTBB was the decentralization of temporal bone donors into four regional centers. In 1960, the directors of the DRF initiated the temporal bone banks (TBB) program, the principal objective of which was to identify prospective donors of temporal bones with ear-disease and to acquire their pledges to donate their ear tissues for pathological studies. In 1979, the DRF appointed an advisory committee to make recommendations concerning the future of the TBB program. This committee consisted of Harold Schuknecht, M.D., Chairman; Michael Paparella, M.D., Bobby Alford, M.D., Paul Ward, M.D., David Lim, M.D., George Nager, M.D., Mansfeld Smith, M.D., James Snow, M.D., and Harry Rosenwasser, M.D., and the committee was to meet at least annually. This advisory committee recommended that the NTBB program again be decentralized into four regional centers, an Eastern TBB center, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Boston MA, Director Harold F. Schuknecht; Southern TBB center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston TX, Director Bob Alford, M.D.; Western TBB center, UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles CA, Director Paul H. Ward, M.D.; and Midwestern TBB center, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis MN, Director Michael M. Paparella, M.D. Medical records of the pledged donors were distributed regionally to the four regional centers, who then began their work on January 1, 1980.
In July, 1988, a workshop cosponsored by the National lnstitute of Neurological and Communicative Disorders and Stroke (NINCDS) and the DRF reaffirmed the importance of collection of temporal bones. A decline in the number of active collections of temporal bone as well as a decline in the number of active investigators in the area of human otopathological research was identified, however, and on September 30, 1992, the National Temporal Bone, Hearing, and Balance Pathology Resource Registry was established by the National lnstitute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD). The registry was soon the responsibility of the previous NTBB and most importantly it was to add ambitiously to the objectives in order to provide a more effective network on temporal bones. Drs. Saumil Merchant and Joe Nadol have provided admirable leadership for this program to date. Unfortunately, all of the above programs were set up so as not to provide any resources whatever for routine acquisition, processing, and interpretation of pathological specimens of human temporal bones.
Let us assess some of the current scientific advancements for the study of human temporal bones at the present time with extraordinary potential for future study. Scientific study of the human temporal bone is a time-consuming, expensive, and challenging process. Laboratories dedicated to the study of pathological aspects of ear-disorders are highly specialized. The accomplishments of studies of temporal bone in terms of acquisition of clinically relevant new knowledge are impressive, and the potential for future achievement is great. Today's technology must be of sufficiently high quality to permit quantitative evaluations of pathologic changes in the sensory and neural elements of both auditory and vestibular systems and if possible brain tissue. We have moved into a new era, that of cytologic quantification, morphologic studies, immunohistochemistry, and the elucidation of ultrastructural detail.
Adaptation of the techniques of immunohistochemistry, immunoelectron microscopy, PCR (polymerase chain reaction), RT-PCR (reverse-transcription polymerase chain reaction), laser-capture microdissection, proteomics, and in situ hybridization histochemistry to the study of temporal bone have afforded investigators the tools necessary to study the normal function and pathology of the inner ear and facial nerve. In 1993, Dr. Wackym was the first to describe a method to isolate DNA from archival tissues from human temporal bone that introduced a new horizon to the field of research in temporal bones.3 Polymerase chain reaction is an ingenious new tool for molecular biology that is an in vitro method of synthesis of nucleic acid by which a particular segment of DNA can be replicated specifically. Now, nucleic acids can be retrieved from specimens of temporal bone embedded in celloidin or paraffin or from frozen specimens, and then subjected to amplification by PCR, followed by further analysis using sequencing, electrophoresis, or other techniques.
With such tools, investigators have been able to identify viral DNA or RNA within the inner ear in specimens of temporal bone in a number of disorders. For example, the herpes zoster virus has been identified in Ramsay Hunt syndrome, the herpes simplex virus in Bell's palsy, cytomegalovirus (CMV) in some specimens with labyrinthitis, and the measles virus in otosclerosis. The technique has also enabled the identification of genomic mutations of DNA: mutations in the connexin-26 gene and deletion of the gene responsible for cystic fibrosis have been identified in archival temporal bones. Several investigations have also retrieved mitochondrial DNA from archival specimens.
Because of these recent scientific developments, archival temporal bone studies have become much more relevant from a clinical and molecular biological point of view. It is paradoxical therefore, and ever more tragic, that we are least able to grow our national archival collections due to lack of funds.
The above describes exciting new opportunities for additional research for archival studies of human temporal bones. Some have said that study of otopathology has already been accomplished, negating the need for further acquisition and study. Nothing could be further from the truth. I quote Dr. Ralph Naunton, a good friend and colleague who was a Director in the then National lnstitute of Neurological and Communicative Disorders and Stroke, in the Acta journal of 1985; his words might be of interest. He was writing a preface to European Programs in Otopathology as published in that supplement of Acta4:
The study of human inner ear pathology, necessarily tied to autopsy studies in general, is influenced in the United States at the present time by a number of factors. Virchow would turn in his grave were we even to suggest that the study of human tissue pathology and its comparison with the normal is a practice that has outlived its usefulness. Nevertheless there are those in our field or in closely related fields who believe that light microscopic studies of human temporal bone pathology represent a pasture whose previous yield in the '30s, '40s, and '50s was rich but which has by now been so thoroughly plowed that productivity has diminished to the point of cost ineffectiveness. Certainly many spectacular, effective, and clinically valuable studies were carried out in those decades, but the list of otological problems whose etiology and treatment continue to defy us and whose solutions could come from further studies of the human temporal bone is even more impressive.
His comments are more accurate and relevant today than in 1985. He then goes on to mention the serious problem of the falling autopsy rate, which of course has also become more of a problem at the present time. A recent Festschrift was published in honor of the 95th birthday of lmrich Friedmann, the last great otopathologist of Europe.5 Unfortunately, he died a few months after the Festschrift. Sadly, there are no active funds nor human temporal bone laboratories in Europe currently.6
I wish to emphasize the basic routine function, value, and requirements of a temporal bone laboratory. What are the purposes and rationale of an otopathology laboratory?
To acquire, process, and study pathological specimens of human temporal bone in a routine manner. For various reasons (declining autopsy rates, cost, lack of public awareness, etc.), these pathological specimens are hard to come by, and every attempt ought to be made to collect as many useful pathological specimens with good clinical data as possible. While grant-support and funding mechanisms under the auspices of NIH are based in hypotheses, with appropriate peer-review, there is to my knowledge not a single NIH dollar available for routine acquisition, processing, and study of pathological material from human temporal bones nationwide.
To diagnose accurately the patient's ear-disease and to gain insight into its pathogenesis. This information is helpful to the family, especially since we find that genetic deafness and genetic causes of other otological diseases are much more common than was formerly thought. While current literature and studies are revealing many genomic studies of syndromic and non-syndromic hearing loss, we have no correlative studies in pathology for these thousands of potential diseases and subsets of diseases to be described. Moreover, we routinely find that the pathological diagnosis differs from the clinical diagnosis before death. Thus there is a need for routine collection and processing for all ear diseases.
Multiple otopathologies are common and are routinely not diagnosed clinically.7
To correlate clinical data (for example results of tests using ECoG [electrocochleography], ENG [electronystagmography], ABR [audiologic brainstem response], routine audiology, CT-scans [computerized tomography], MRI [magnetic resonance imaging], etc.) with histopathological findings. It is paradoxical that as advancements in diagnostic technology (tools and equipment) have developed recently, we have fewer studies and means of such corollary studies with the important new clinical data than ever before.
By collecting and categorizing (inter- or intra-institutionally) a larger number of human temporal bones with a specific disease or sub-set of a disease, studies can be initiated, and relevant data can be anticipated with greater statistical significance.
Experimental studies, including histopathological studies, with animals for most otological diseases can be correlated with human otopathological findings, which lends itself to relevance and enhanced understanding of pathogenesis and clinical pathology. While animal studies can replicate many otopathologies as seen in humans, only pathological studies of human temporal bones can provide direct information regarding human otological disease.
To determine anatomical variants as they relate to disease as well as pathological findings.
To assess chronological changes of subcomponents of the temporal bone, as many changes occur from birth to old age.
To assess light-microscopic histopathological studies and to emphasize fresh collections of specimens that enhance stereometric (quantitative) studies and ultrastructural studies as well as other new, currently available scientific studies.
With the falling autopsy rates, to encourage and educate our patients with otological disease to bequeath their temporal bones as specimens after death.
To discover new diseases, which helps diagnose and treat diseases in living patients. (For example, in studying the otopathology of the continuum of otitis media, especially in humans, we identified a very common disease, namely so-called "silent" chronic otitis media, which we find commonly in patients and have been able to diagnose and treat such patients with success to date. This would not have been possible without information from human otopathological studies in the laboratory.)8
To discover new methods of diagnosing and treating diseases, including surgical treatment of disease. (Through a study of the continuum of otitis media, we have developed a flexible, more conservative approach to dealing with all the forms of otitis media. Once again, these surgical approaches have helped thousands of patients and were based on human otopathological studies.)9
To cooperate and to correlate our otopathological studies with studies from other disciplines. This leads to a team effort, and could encourage more relevance to the program-grant mechanism as it exists under NIH. Dr. Scott Giebink, who succeeded me as principal investigator of the otitis media pathogenesis program grant, and who most tragically has recently left us, has always referred to otopathology as the "gold standard" in our collaborative study.
To collect and study temporal bones from patients who have had otological surgery for a variety of diseases. This has assisted, and will greatly assist (especially in the future), our understanding of the methods and rationale for surgery in other, living, patients. Few or no such cases are reported in the recent literature. Particular importance exists in the study of otopathology from patients who have received cochlear implantation or cerebral implantation to assess relevancy and iatrogenic side-effects relative to clinical data.
To acquire specimens from recent disease-onsets or during an active phase of ear-disease (for example Meniere's disease) to correlate with recent clinical data. This desirable objective is non-existent in the literature.
Finally, to use histopathological studies in the teaching of otology to medical students, residents, Fellows, and associates. Understanding of otopathology provides a great insight into the diagnosis and treatment of clinical disease, and of course such studies, in the aggregate, have led to new information to assist our ability to practice clinical otology.
Another individual who has made many significant contributions to our understanding of human otopathology is Tauno Palva of the University of Helsinki in Finland. May I quote from a recent article in the lnternational Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology in this current year,10 in which he states in a letter to the editor that "histopathology is neglected in teaching of otology," and then follows with examples of why this is true. With fewer active laboratories, the teaching of otopathology has also become a dwindling resource and activity.
Using our otopathological laboratory as a basis for study, I have had the privilege of helping train more than 250 specialists including more than 25 professors and chairmen and many other faculty members throughout the United States and other countries, especially through our research Fellowship training program. They, in turn, have developed other scientific disciplines and have taught many others, as did my very first Fellow in 1964, Dr. David Lim. These talented individuals, in turn, have trained many more scientists, which enhances the research-mission of NIDCD.
For those who believe we have completed our understanding of otopathology, once again I strongly reiterate that we have barely scratched the surface, and much needs to be done. Every specialty of medicine or surgery counts upon pathology, not only as a current but a future necessity in order to understand disease and its pathogenesis. This is ever more true for otopathology, since we have such dwindling active laboratories and resources. There is a need for otopathological study which is then the basis for an understanding of pathogenesis. You and I could identify a need for otopathological research for every ear disease. To accomplish this, as mentioned, we must collect as many cases of temporal bone pathology as possible, recognizing that pathological diagnosis often differs from the clinical diagnosis with corollary clinical data.
Allow me just to mention some examples of the need for a better understanding of otopathology for certain selected diseases associated with corollary clinical data:
Otitis media
Meniere's disease
Middle ear/inner ear interactions
Tumors of the temporal bone
Congenital atresia
Pathology of sensorineural hearing loss, congenital or acquired, genetic (syndromal or non-syndromal) or nongenetic
Multiple pathological diseases
Surgery and histopathology of the middle ear and inner ear
Syndromes and histopathology
There are too many syndromes to mention here, for example Down's syndrome, wherein one of our studies indicates Mondini's deformity to be somewhat prevalent
Genetic deafness
Malignant lymphoma, leukemia, multiple myeloma, and temporal bone studies
Temporal bones and intracranial interphase
Age-related changes in human temporal bone in the
Aneurysms of the temporal bone
Facial nerve
Microfissures of the human temporal bone
Ototoxicity including damage from cis-platinum radiation and other toxic agents
Systemic diseases and involvement of human temporal bone such as
The above are merely a few examples of where we need to go, and I am certain that you and I could add many, many more unknown areas where study of the pathology and pathogenesis of disorders in human temporal bones would be of great benefit in dealing with clinical otological problems.
The NIH has a long history of concern and support for the viability of human otopathological research in the United States. With new developments in otopathological science and in diagnostic and therapeutic tools, some of which are described herein, it is unfortunate that these laboratories are under threat of extinction. The NIH has excellent peer-review mechanisms for research based in hypotheses, but these mechanisms do not lend themselves to support of routine, basic, and fundamental functions of a human temporal bone laboratory, including acquisition, processing, interpretation, and training.
With recent advances in molecular biology, otopathology laboratories have greater potential than ever for archival scientific studies. Human temporal bone studies have had and will have the greatest potential for direct clinical application (lab to the bedside) for the diagnosis and treatment of ear diseases. This is especially important for many syndromal and especially non-syndromal ear diseases, prevalently increasing in the literature through NIH-supported studies. It is hoped that this workshop will not only address this crisis situation but that it will make specific recommendations to NIDCD that will result in reasonable set-aside funding to support the survival of these national resources and to provide the opportunity for ultimate growth and development of this national research resource.
Schuknecht HF. Temporal bone banks and laboratories in the U.S.A. Am J Otol 5(6): 431-3, 1984.
Personal quote, National Temporal Bone Bank Registry, 2003.
Wackym PA, Chen CT, Kerner MM, Bell TS. Characterization of DNA extracted from archival celloidin-embedded human temporal bone sections. Am J Otol 16(1): 14-20, 1995.
Naunton RF. Studies of human temporal bone pathologies: The NIH perspective. Acta Otolaryngol (Stockh) Suppl 423: 5-8, 1985.
Arnold W, Ferlito A (eds). Festschrift on the occasion of the 95th birthday of lmrich Friedmann. ORL 64(2): 63-168, 2002.
Personal quote, Dr. Tauno Palva, 2003.
Paparella MM, Schachem P, Goycoolea MV. Multiple otopathological disorders. Ann Otol Rhinol Laryngol 97(1): 14-18, 1988.
Paparella MM, Goycoolea MV, Bassiouni M, Koutroupas S. Silent otitis media: Clinical applications. Laryngoscope 96(9): 978-85, 1986.
Alleva M, Paparella MM, Morris MS, daCosta SS. The flexible/intact-bridge tympanomastoidectomy technique. Otolaryngol Clin N Amer 22(1): 41-9, 1989.
Palva T. Histopathology is neglected in teaching of otology. Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol 67: 681-3, 2003.
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Japan Update: the Post-Tsunami Landscape
The Sendai Mediatheque might be the most famous contemporary building in the northern half of Honshu known as Tohoku. The building is–along with its architect Toyo Ito–admired by designers and engineers around the world. A popular local tourist destination, the Mediatheque serves the one million residents of Sendai as a powerful community resource. In it, Ito has employed an innovative and elegant structural system that flows between its six floors of playfully reimagined library space. In August the building was only half open to the public.
The Mediatheque itself suffered only minor damage following last March's earthquake (tsunami flood waters did not reach most of residential Sendai), but at the close of Summer employees couldn't come for their shifts–their domestic lives still being in shambles. Many people working in Sendai lost their homes to the earthquake or the resulting tsunami. At the Mediatheque, and throughout the city, a policy developed to conserve electricity–rolling blackouts threatened the Tohoku region while the damaged Fukushima power plant conducted extensive safety tests. Indoor spaces remained dark and warm through the summer.
Yet these setbacks haven't stopped a modest art exhibition from occupying the Mediatheque's lobby: Minna No Ie, or "Everybody's House," shows drawings from many ranks of Japan's post-tsunami landscape, drawings from local schoolchildren sit beside those of world-renown architects Steven Holl, Tadao Ando and Frank Gehry. Prompted by Ito, the exhibition invited illustrated thoughts on "places for people to share memories" and "houses of hope through difficulty." The exhibition is one small attempt at correcting to an exacerbated situation–offering solace to a region in many ways paralyzed by bureaucratic sluggishness and the sheer volume of work required to simply prepare to rebuild. In an environment like this, small gestures become indispensable for the resolve of the disaster victims. It's a long road ahead.
Hiromi Tabei, our intrepid liaison between Architecture for Humanity headquarters, Students Rebuild and the Japan team, recently recounted her trip to Japan in August. On the one hand, there were the festivals, the design student charrettes, the Mediatheque exhibitions...and a characteristically youthful ambition to keep moving. On the other hand, the frustrations of meeting with community and government representatives have left a very real understanding of the invisible factors impeding a timely restoration of so many people to the familiarity and security of their pre-quake lives.
Sendai Saiwai-cho Center
Across town from the wounded Mediatheque, Hiromi had her first encounter with the complications of devastation, far worse than the Mediatheque's. The 20-year-old Sendai Saiwai-cho Community Center & Youth Center suffered extensively from the earthquake. The roof is caving in. Glass blocks have fallen out and continue to be knocked loose during aftershocks, to shatter on the sidewalk. The Center had flown under the radar of Sendai's City Hall, and thus no inspections have been made or action taken.
During their stay in Sendai, Hiromi and fellow Fellow Kumiko Fujiwara (who in her spare time operates SOAT–Supporting Organization for Artists of Tohoku) saw to raising attention for the Youth Center from the City of Sendai, and pursue repairs. The two ended up leaving their pleas in a questionable status–City Hall was not immediately responsive, and the tour of Tohoku needed to continue.
Fixing things shouldn't be so hard. Students Rebuild has committed $500,000 to Japan through its Paper Cranes for Japan initiative–and private donations have more than doubled that sum. Still the Community Center turned down private funding. This is because a federal restriction prevents assistance to buildings, programs or institutions already receiving non-government aid. The result: owners of these hobbled buildings hold out for aid programs preoccupied with a failing nuclear power plant.
Inundation Zones
Tsunami-affected areas, despite their much more widespread damage, fair no better odds of receiving the federal attention withheld from Sendai. The Pacific coast through Tohoku is remote, its villages small and populations aging. A large disconnect has grown between this area that still struggles with clearing sites and the metropolitan Tokyo who largely expects reconstruction to be wrapping up.
Three hours Northeast of Sendai, only half of Rikuzen-Takata's 23,000 pre-quake inhabitants can still call the town home. Here at Headquarters, Hiromi pulls out an atlas of the Tohoku coast to show me the extent of the damage. The atlas, printed late last Spring, highlights the areas inundated by the tsunami. She sweeps her hand across downtown: "All this is gone." The village had been swept out, City Hall has vanished. And Japan has placed a moratorium on permanent construction all along the Tohoku coast.* Hiromi points to a couple bluffs, in white. "Markets have been built here." These markets are by necessity temporary: prefabricated structures with concrete block floors, no bells or whistles. )No permanent concrete foundations meets the definition of "temporary architecture.") Still, the newly-transient population needs places to shop.
Tsunami atlas showing the town of Rikuzen-Takata
All throughout Tohoku, temporary housing has sprung up to cater to the thousands of mainly families and the elderly who have nowhere else to go. These camps bear an eerie resemblance to what I've seen on my trips to Haiti–the anonymous gravel basin, the uncharacteristic row after row of fragile single-unit residences. The nonsensical jumble of people into impromptu neighborhoods. The lack of services, schools, or community spaces–and the disregard for their importance.
That's not to say conditions between Japan and Haiti are identical–you can see that each Japanese shelter is provided rigid walls and propane, a far cry from the disintegrating USAID tents still dominating the Caribbean nation (although that's changing). But unlike Haiti, Japanese shelters will have to be prepared for the winter, somehow. "It's going to be cold," Hiromi confirms. The temporary camps are slated for disassembly after two years–though similar camps set up after the 1995 Kobe earthquake were inhabited for five.
Another difference between the two affected regions are the demographics. For the Japanese disaster, the need to rebuild schools is hardly as urgent. The higher proportion of public schools means that more facilities will be guaranteed government support. What's more, Tohoku (as with the rest of Japan, to a lesser extent) has an aging population, and the pressures right now of overpopulated classrooms are much more manageable than those in Haiti. For Japan, the highest priority is housing–and the people that permanent homes can empower to return to their jobs.
Down the coast, a particular mountain of rubble is being amassed of what used to be the town of Ishinomaki. It's estimated that the tsunami created here 100 years worth of trash, and there's no infrastructure in Japan to process this much sheer MATERIAL. As part of this gargantuan effort, an estimated 1500 dump truck loads are brought to the collection site with each passing day. Crews have begun sorting out concrete, metal, and wood for potential recycling or reuse, despite the lack of clear direction how the material will enter the reuse stream.
And then there's the sludge. Every ground surface, over the floor every shop and home in the inundation zone, a layer of wet, pulpy goo has been left by the tsunami. Currently people are trying to work with the new-found resource, mixing it with concrete as an additive, for instance. No one knows what to do with the farmland turned into a barren seawatery wasteland.
A Future for Fishing
Next stop: Maeami-Hama, a typical Tohoku fishing village. Twenty or so fishermen's houses had been built on a series of terraces rising away from the water–this is the extent of the Maeami community. All but a handful of these houses have been destroyed, along with boat docks and fishing infrastructure. The village's only industry has completely shut down. Between June and August, site clearing throughout the village has proceeded at a snail's pace. This part of Tohoku is very remote and it's difficult for trucks, machinery and materials to move from place to place. By the 5th of August, however, sites in the village had finally been cleared. Now the fishermen are facing the choice of whether to build temporary structures on their old land, or re-site a permanent house farther inland and commute in...whenever the boat docks get rebuilt.
"It's a kind of chicken-and-egg thing,"Hiromi explains. At this point, the home- and business-owners are wondering whether it's even worth moving back. Suppose the Government never lifts the restriction to permanently rebuild along the coast–and the temporary housing reaches its two-year expiration date: Japan would be faced with the permanent relocation of thousands of not millions of people. The logistics of purchasing land to relocate schools, hundreds of buildings and institutions is mind-numbing. People don't know where to start. Permanent reconstruction is at a stand-still.
Urban Acupuncture
In tight situations such as this, the practice of "urban acupuncture," can bring immediate community relief within very small footprint budget constraints.
In this disaster, like any other, governments, businesses and organizations tend to make a lot of commitments, and then there's no follow through. During her trip, Hiromi repeatedly saw the impact of well-meaning architects and professors making designs and holding community charrettes that ultimately lead to nothing. The government hasn't been there recently to pick up and build projects–something the Japanese have been accustomed to since World War 2. "It's better by far to get something going on a small project, and start helping these communities right away." Make a partnership, develop a working plan, see it get built.
Take a couple projects in the village of Motoyoshi, 2.5 hours from Sendai. The Ooya Green Sports Park project is sited on donated land and will help a junior high school whose own athletic fields have become temporary housing. It's a simple project–a football pitch with spectator seating–but a crucial community resource. Architecture for Humanity is mobilizing funds to bring it online, and have projected completion by the end of November.
Motoyoshi, August 2011: Jr High School temporary housing; Ooya Green site plan
The Sports Park comes on the heels of the nearby Hikado Marketplace which opened in July. An outdoor deck has been built onto an existing restaurant building, inviting patrons to rediscover a community space. The deck has been assembled from salvaged materials and lumber with help from a team of shrine carpenters. The Marketplace (and host of "the hottest lunch hour in Motoyoshi") bears perhaps more significance than even its impeccable craft could lend it–and that's the point. People have been inspired.
Higashi-san, a Motoyoshi native, shares his enthusiasm: "Everybody is excited to have this community deck. This marketplace is going to become the new hub of this neighborhood. We're going to help each other to rebuild our community."
Bottom-Up or Bust
Though the Tohoku population is aging, Hiromi attests there is the overwhelming DESIRE to rebuild. That's about as much momentum that Architecture for Humanity really needs. The organization enters the scene as a grassroots catalyst, at the request of local communities to work with them to rebuild.
"The projects we finish establish a reputation that we make things happen. We're building trust with every grand opening." And getting a much larger ball on the roll. Small projects like the sports pitch and marketplace have a way of spreading the enthusiasm to other construction projects, and, against odds, structures enable life to return.
Incidentally, a couple weeks following Hiromi and Kumiko's campaign, the City of Sendai started repair work on the Sawai-cho Community Center.
*People not familiar with tsunamis may want to read this Outside magazine article. The article discusses a "sleeper fault" off the Oregon coast and explains how tsunamis work and how coastal populations tend to react. Also, recently a Youtube video circulated our office of a recording of the tsunami striking a village in Japan–warning, it's strong stuff.


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Arizona State Sun Devils
Early Pac-12 power rankings have ASU fifth, Arizona eighth
Now that the 2012 college football season has officially come to an end, it's time to look forward to 2013.
Locally, both Arizona State and Arizona will be coming off surprising seasons, as both Todd Graham and Rich Rodriguez led their respective programs to bowl victories in eight-win seasons.
Where they go from here is anyone's guess, though ESPN's Ted Miller believes the Sun Devils are in better shape than the Wildcats -- at least going into next season.
In his first power rankings for 2013, Miller places ASU fifth and Arizona eighth.
5. Arizona State: Quarterback Taylor Kelly and running backs D.J. Foster and Marion Grice are a good start on offense, as is productive OLB/DE Carl Bradford on defense. The talent is there to challenge for the top of the South Division. Still, there are questions on both sides of the ball, most notably at receiver and in the secondary. If unblockable DT Will Sutton shocks just about everyone and opts to return for his senior season instead of entering the NFL draft, well, that would be a huge boost.
8. Arizona: The big question is quarterback. Replacing Matt Scott won't be easy. Every starter returns on defense, but that might not be a good thing for a woeful unit, one that is particularly lacking on the defensive line. A good offensive line and running back Ka'Deem Carey will make the Wildcats competitive.
Miller's points on both teams is fair, as the Devils are riding high after a strong finish and would appear to be set at quarterback. The Wildcats, on the other hand, are losing their quarterback but still return some quality players.
It's worth noting that neither team was projected to do much in 2012, so very early 2013 predictions don't exactly carry much weight. Then again, it's always nice to see people think highly of your team at all times.
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Judy Gordon, 79, a retired bookkeeper in San Marcos who had worked for a charity agency, faces up to a year in jail after her admission in March to stealing more than $200,000 from her former employer.
Gordon pleaded guilty to grand theft and two counts of forgery, Deputy District Attorney Anna Winn said.
Gordon spent 23 years as the bookkeeper for Trauma Intervention Programs National Inc., or TIPS, a group of volunteers called to emergency scenes to help family members after a sudden trauma, including death, according to the group's brochure and court documents.
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SPY satellites have a new role: as well as watching us they are now spying on each other.
The Pentagon admitted last week that it is using two covert inspection satellites developed for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency to assess damage to a failed geostationary satellite - something no one suspected the US could do. If such satellites can get that close to a target, they could probably attack it.
The Department of Defense says its Mitex micro-satellites, which were launched in 2006, have been jetting around the geostationary ring and have now jointly inspected DSP 23, which was designed to pinpoint clandestine missile launches and nuclear tests, but which stopped working a year after its November 2007 launch. The micro-satellites are trying to nail the problem.
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Outreach Specialist: Calling 311, 911 Increases Number of Officers in Area
By Libo Liu, 500 block of 14th Street NE
Area residents, city officials and police officers met for the last time on Wednesday, April 14, 2004, before the new Police Service Area (PSA) plan takes effect on May 2.
Lt. Caldwell, the head police officer for PSA 511, which currently encompasses the Corner Forum area, led the evening's agenda. He said nearly all police officers who are regularly assigned to this PSA and other adjacent PSAs will be assigned to the new First District. That is considered to be good, because the new PSA 103, into which the current PSA 511 will be absorbed, will be part of the First District. It will increase the chance that these same officers will be assigned to patrol the neighborhoods they are already familiar with. Lt. Caldwell indicated that he might head the new PSA 103, although that wasn't official yet.
Peter Jones, the D.C. Neighborhood Coordinator for Ward 6, briefed those at the meeting more information about safety in the neighborhood. He said the city has identified 14 so-called violent-crime hot spots in D.C., with three in Ward 6. One such hot spot is located in the Benning Road/Rosedale area, just a few blocks from the Corner Forum area. Mr. Jones said this particular hot spot is the "most challenging" one, because of lack of community involvement. Mr. Jones said his primary job is to make sure city services get delivered to citizens in Ward 6. He listed trash pickup and parking zoning as examples of such services. He urged residents to contact him if calling the Mayor's Call Center at 727-1000 does not yield satisfactory results. He can be reached at 698-5622 or firstname.lastname@example.com.
Further valuable information came from John Davis, the Fifth District Community Outreach Specialist. Having served with D.C. Police for over 28 years, Mr. Davis offered perhaps the single most important advice for the evening, saying, "As a former police officer, a current Community Outreach Specialist, and a D.C. resident, I will tell you this: the number of police officers you would like to have patrolling your neighborhood depends on the number of phone calls you make to D.C. Police's emergency and non-emergency help line [311] when you see a problem, even if you don't think any police officer will come. "
When our new PSA 103 becomes part of the First District, our new Community Outreach Specialist will be Teresa Jackson. She can be reached at 727-5413.
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Speedy Wildcats Optimistic About Season
Posted: February 24, 2013 at 5:41 a.m.
Springdale Har-Ber hopes to combine power with speed in an effort to challenge for conference and state baseball championships this season.
Springdale Har-Ber Wildcats
Date Opponent Time
Feb. 25 Farmington (benefit) 4:30 p.m.
Feb. 28 vs. Little Rock Catholic^ 3:30 p.m.
March 6 at Bentonville$ 5 p.m.
March 7 at Rogers High$ 5 p.m.
March 8 Siloam Springs$ 5 p.m.
March 12 Van Buren (DH)* 4:30 p.m.
March 21-23 at Little Rock Catholic Tournament TBD
March 26 Siloam Springs (DH)* 4:30 p.m.
April 2 at Fayetteville (DH)* 4:30 p.m.
April 6 Fort Smith Northside Noon
April 9 at Rogers High (DH)* 4:30 p.m.
April 12 at Claremore, Okla. 7:30 p.m.&
April 13 North Little Rock Noon
April 18 Fort Smith Southside 4:30 p.m.
April 19 at Bentonville (DH)* 4:30 p.m.
April 25 at Rogers Heritage (DH)* 4:30 p.m.
May 2 Springdale High (DH)* 4:30 p.m.
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Pride of Lions
Jack Smith tells Chris Burton of his delight at earning a recall at Millwall and aiding their revival.
Last Updated: 14/11/11 5:58pm
It goes without saying that you can't pass judgement on a season 10 games into it, but how a team starts can, at times, give an indication of what might be about to unfold.
Teams that stumble out of the blocks will see confidence ebb away and it can be difficult to drag yourself out of a hole once you have tumbled into it.
Desperate efforts to establish a foothold or claw your way back towards the surface can result in more earth giving way and you suddenly end up even deeper in the mire.
It is therefore a much wiser decision to keep your cool, remain unflustered and dedicate your time and effort to finding a solution.
After all, 10 games is nothing in the grand scheme of things - especially in a division like the Championship where the campaign is stretched out over 46 gruelling fixtures.
Less than a quarter of the way through that schedule is no time to panic, even if you find yourself occupying a standing much lower than anticipated.
Millwall know all too well how it feels to see the optimism and promise which greeted the start of the season begin to fade before the clocks have gone back.
On 1st October, the Lions suffered a 1-0 defeat at home to Burnley that dropped them to 23rd place in the second-tier standings.
That setback was their fourth in five outings and they would go another two games - taking their winless run to 10 matches in total - before they next netted three points.
They were, however, able to stay calm during the troubled times and have subsequently been able to clamber out of the drop zone and edge five points clear of trouble.
A five-match unbeaten run, which included three straight wins, has restored belief to the Lions and they are ready to roar once more.
They did experience a 1-0 defeat to Blackpool in their last outing, but the international break has provided Kenny Jackett with an opportunity to regroup and reorganise a squad that appears to be heading in the right direction.
Full-back Jack Smith believes Millwall are back on the straight and narrow, with the 28-year-old having returned to the starting XI over recent weeks and played his part in helping them to overcome a tricky start.
"The last couple of weeks have been quite good for me - getting back in the team, or getting in the team to be fair," he told skysports.com's Chris Burton.
"We had three good wins and against Blackpool we didn't play as well as he had done in previous games. We could have got something out of the game, it was a tight game, but one brilliant bit of skill from Kevin Phillips and a great goal settled it. While we were disappointed with how we played, we still think we could have taken something from the game."
When pressed on whether the dip in form had seen heads drop in the camp, Smith added: "We had a run of 10 games, we weren't scoring either, and that starts to play on your mind a bit. People start saying stuff and you start going into games short on confidence. But within the squad we were all determined to turn it around and we were able to do that. It started with Middlesbrough and Brighton and then kicked on from there.
"We got through it on team spirit. We stuck together and we have got plenty of players who have got Championship experience. We knew it was going to turn around, it was a case of when really."
When Millwall did turn things around, they turned them around in style - with much-fancied Leicester thumped 3-0 in their own back yard.
"I think that was a bit of a coupon-buster," said Smith.
"I don't think too many people expected us to get anything out of the game there, let alone win 3-0. But, in this league, anyone on their day can beat anyone and on that day we played well as a team and got the goals at good times. We have kicked on from there."
Those in and the around The New Den are refusing to see the 1-0 reversal against Blackpool as anything other than a minor blip, with Millwall determined to put things right when they return to Championship action against Bristol City on Sunday - in a game that can be seen live on Sky Sports HD1.
Smith said: "That's the good thing about football, you always have a next game to get over it. We would probably have liked it to be sooner because we have got a couple of weeks to dwell on it now in training. The two weeks will drag on a bit but we will be raring to go against Bristol City.
"We were on a bit of a mini-run as well. We had gone five games unbeaten before the Blackpool game, so you just want another game straight away. You want to get another win under your belt and get everyone smiling again."
Depending on other results, victory over the Robins this weekend could fire Millwall back towards mid-table and closer to a play-off chase that looks set to make for enthralling viewing.
"It is still tight," said Smith.
"We are only about six or seven points off the play-offs. If we can put together another spell where we win three games in a row, we will be right up there. As a club and the players we have and the staff here, we are always looking to get into the play-offs at least. We have still got that chance if we can stay injury-free and suspension-free."
Smith is hoping he will be given a chance to aid the play-off charge, having worked hard to force his way back into Jackett's plans.
He said: "It's difficult sometimes when you find yourself on the bench here and there for a few months, but I have had a few starts now. It's a lot harder to get on the bench now because there are only five choices, so it can be difficult. But I stuck it out in training, worked hard and the gaffer has seen that."
His hard work last season saw him rewarded with a new two-year contract, and the former Watford and Swindon defender admits penning fresh terms was a weight off his mind.
He added: "I had a similar scenario last year, in that I didn't have my first start until New Year's Day. But I played until the end of the season and the new contract was a weight off my mind. I was able to play a few games in a row and the manager handed me a contract for another couple of years. That gives you the security and you can relax a bit and enjoy your football again.
"It's a great club. Signing a new contract means I didn't have to move home as well, which is a massive bonus. All the lads get on well with each other and it's a great working environment to go into every day."
Millwall will need to ensure that their famed team spirit remains as strong as ever over the coming months, with the busy festive period likely to determine the fate of many a Football League team.
By the time we toast the arrival of 2012, the Lions will hope to have forced their way into the promotion picture and ended any lingering fears that they could get sucked into a relegation dogfight.
Smith said: "Over the Christmas period the games come thick and fast. That happens all season to be fair, there always appears to be a Tuesday game. There isn't much time to get your thoughts together. But it's an exciting time and we will want to head into Christmas having picked up enough points that we don't get dragged down."


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Sound Consumer | March 2003
by Jody Aliesan, PCC Farmland Fund President and Operating Officer
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(March 2003) — The PCC Farmland Fund is known for saving threatened farmland from development and keeping it in organic production. Since its inception in 1999, the Fund has participated in protecting three farms totaling more than 200 acres.
What may not be as well known is the Fund's work as consultant, educator and advocate for organic farmers and for organic and sustainable agriculture.
During 2002 the Farmland Fund:
- provided farmers in Clark, King, Lewis and Yakima Counties and in Hayter's Gap, VA with information and contacts to help save their land and develop alternative crops and markets.
- set up a "matchmaking" service connecting private farm savers to threatened land in Clallam, Clark, Island, Jefferson, Pierce and Skagit Counties.
- shared organic farming easement language with land trusts as far away as Kansas and assisted co-ops interested in building links with local farmers and educating their members about organic and sustainable agriculture.
- submitted comments to federal and state agencies supporting small direct market farmers, extension of crop insurance to sustainable and organic agriculture, comprehensive conservation plans that address farm succession or farm transfer planning, and opposing irradiated food in the National School Lunch Program.
- participated in letters to Congress supporting water conservation programs, tax incentives for agricultural conservation easements, improving competition and fairness in domestic livestock markets and stemming use of abusive contracts by industry, and establishing Washington State University's program for Organic Cropping Research and Education for the Northwest, and opposing antibiotics in animal agriculture.
- provided information at 18 community events and continued as a supporting member of the Cascade Harvest Coalition and the Land Trust Alliance.
Speaking engagements, interviews with reporters and students, and participation in studies of land trusts and natural resources law offered additional opportunities for the Fund to contribute to our community.
All of this was possible thanks to support for the Farmland Fund from more than 1,200 individuals, families, businesses, foundations and agencies. We are stronger when we work together.
Farmland Fund Highlights
Shipley Fields update
Steffan Sherman's purchase of the Shipley Fields is now underway. Thanks to all who contributed to save this land, the Fund stands ready to begin conservation easement negotiations with him as soon as he holds title.
Donor Roster (January 1 -31)
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A YEAR ago Rick Doblin pulled off a trick most thought was impossible. He convinced the US Food and Drug Administration to allow a clinical study on ecstasy as a treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder.
Ecstasy, or MDMA, is one of the most demonised drugs in the world. And for years federal agencies had stalled research into marijuana, which is less controversial, as a treatment for conditions such as multiple sclerosis and extreme nausea. So winning government approval for a therapeutic study on MDMA was nothing short of astonishing. The question is: why has the research still not begun?
The answer is that for the past 12 months Doblin has been locked in an extraordinary paper war over his experiment. His continuing difficulties suggest that ideological resistance to the legitimate medical use of recreational drugs remains as strong as ever, the FDA decision notwithstanding.
Doblin, who runs the Florida-based Multidisciplinary ...
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11 Dec 2012
Goslings Rum has announced its sponsorship of The Leukemia & Lymphoma Societys Leukemia Cup Regatta to help raise money to support lifesaving blood cancer research and patient services.
Thousands of sailors throughout North America are scheduled to participate in nearly 50 Leukemia Cup events in 2013. The series has been chaired since 1993 by ESPN sailing commentator and 1976 Americas Cup winner Gary Jobson, and over $42 million has been raised to fight blood cancers. Jobson is a Hodgkin lymphoma survivor.
"The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS) is very honored to have Goslings Rums support in our quest to beat cancer, said Liza Munson, LLS vice president, campaign development. Thanks to the support of the sailing community and companies like Goslings, survival rates continue to rise, but much more remains to be done for all patients and their families who are affected by a cancer diagnosis."
Goslings is very pleased to be supporting The Leukemia Cup series of regattas which to date, have raised $42 million for a very worthwhile cause, said Malcolm Gosling, President and CEO of Gosling-Castle Partners, Inc.
The Dark n Stormy®, made with Goslings Black Seal Rum mixed with Goslings Stormy Ginger Beer, has become a favorite of sailors across North America. The Dark n Stormy cocktail will be featured at Leukemia Cup Regatta post-race parties, and coveted Goslings gear will be available to fundraisers who reach certain goals.
The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society® is the worlds largest voluntary health agency dedicated to blood cancer. The LLS mission: Cure leukemia, lymphoma, Hodgkins disease and myeloma, and improve the quality of life of patients and their families. LLS funds lifesaving blood cancer research around the world and provides free information and support services. Founded in 1949 and headquartered in White Plains, NY, LLS has chapters throughout the United States and Canada. For more information about The Leukemia Cup Regatta, visit www.leukemiacup.org
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Malia Obama Photobombs Sasha's Pic of President Kissing Michelle (VIDEO)
Even Presidents of the United States are susceptible to photobombing!
As Sasha Obama, 11, fiddled with her iPod Touch, which she had decked out in a green turtle-shaped case, her parents — newly re-inaugurated President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle — had to kiss for the photo op four times!
Such tedium, huh? Even with his wife's foxy new bangs, the President looked a tad impatient!
Malia Obama, 14, also touting an iPhone, certainly wasn't helping. She even photobombed one of the snapshots, blocking Sasha's sightline with her mouth agape.
Finally Sasha seemed to capture a keeper, and Michelle excitedly beckoned for her to show her the winning shot, then seemed to wipe her lipstick off Barack's mouth with her hand.
It was a cute family moment captured in NBC's coverage of the inauguration, and you can see the whole moment in the video below.