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December 12, 2012 - LM Editorial
While Air cargo volumes have crept along at a snail's pace during most of 2012. The year is apparently going to end without a push for last minute electronics and other higher value retail goods to fill the space on cargo planes to capacity.
According to Charles W. "Chuck" Clowdis, managing director, Transportation Advisory Services for IHS Global Insight, this slow growth still reflects rates that have remained stable for most of the past year.
"Even the strike at the posts of Los Angeles/Long Beach did not last long enough to push goods from sea to air as inventory carrying stocks may have become threatened," he said in an interview. "It is our feeling that rates will continue to remain at present levels during 2013's First Quarter and likely remain so unless there is a discernible economic recovery that will include robust consumer spending."
Some hope for a recovery exists by next summer, however. Clowdis said mid-year spending may see a bit of an upturn for air freight items if new electronic items are released.
"Likewise consumer spending on relatively high value goods could return with a rise in the economy," he said. "But this scenario is unlikely looking forward six months or so. Six months into 2013 will find us most likely awaiting a change in the economic situation hopefully coupled with a drop in unemployment."
Clowdis said that "Back to school" will not have a large impact on air cargo rates in the third quarter of 2013.
"But we feel the industry may eek-out a small, less than 1.5% increase," he said. "The economy is coming to grips hopefully with the impact of any tax changes or health care costs that will be impacting by September 2013."
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People today who could possibly be experiencing Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy Syndrome, or RSD for short, the Type I form of Complex Regional Pain Syndrome ("RSD" can be used in this specific discussion) that require Social Security Disability (SSD) benefits gained support with the issuance of the Social Security Judgment on October thirtieth of 2003. This specific Ruling, titled: "Title II and also XVI: Evaluating Instances Involving Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy Syndrome/Complex Regional Pain Syndrome" outlines all of the binding expectations for proving the disorder and for determining its affect on performance, in SSD statements.
So What is RSD? RSD typically results from an issue that transpires inside the sympathetic nerves (which controls the actual sweat glands and bloodstream blow in a person's hands, arms and other appendages). Whilst this transpires, the actual nervous system may become overactive along with a patient could encounter burning ache, inflammation and a feeling the warmth in the hurt limb. Other long lasting disabilities consist of inflexibility, stiffness and also trouble using the hurt part of the body.
Again you may ask "What is RSD?" and "What are RSD Symptoms"? The fundamental signs and symptoms of RSD vary from individual to individual. Besides the burning up in the significant joints, limbs and also extremities, many sufferers of this sometimes devastating illness often develop a level of sensitivity to touch, hyperhydrosis, and significant swelling. Most difficult to medical doctors and sufferers alike, the outward signs and symptoms of RSD will not always complement complete consistency with the actual injuries that caused all of them. A minor harm could possibly induce amazingly extreme pain, this degree can change from constant to infrequent.
RSD/CRPS occurs due to a nerve's failure to adequately perform, sending relentless pain indicators to the brain, ordinarily transpiring because of the traumatic event, for illustration an accident or even health-related procedure. The condition is marked for the duration of severe pain that appears a great deal more intense when compared to injury warrants; often confusing healthcare authorities who aren't acquainted with RSD/CRPS signs or symptoms. Actually, men and women normally report seeing generally 5 doctors in advance of receiving a unique medical diagnosis.
You might ask "What are RSD Treatments?". Sympathetic nerve block treatment is a process carried out to decrease agony caused by complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS). When treating with pain management medication, doctors take into consideration a number of factors whilst determining what type of medication to utilize. Many physicians try to use multiple drugs to control discomfort. Oftentimes patients receive a sequence of RSD medications to be able to figure out what is most effective.


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Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (AAA for short) is an abnormal enlargement of the largest blood vessel in the body and is known as a "silent killer".
More than 200,000 patients are diagnosed annually with an AAA, yet most have no symptoms. Screening for AAA in select populations at risk has been shown to reduce the morbidity and mortality due to this disease.
Conventional treatment of AAAs requires a 12-inch incision in the patient's abdomen or flank, a two-day stay in the intensive care unit, a week stay in the hospital and a six-week recovery at home. A team of interventional radiologists and vascular surgeons at Hartford Hospital have been pioneers in the development and implementation of a newer approach to abdominal aortic aneurysms 10 years ago.
Using only 2-inch incisions in the groin, a small flexible tube (called a catheter) is introduced into the artery to deliver a metal stent (covered with graft material) into the AAA and eliminate blood flow within the aneurysm. This reduces the blood pressure and flow on the weakened wall of the aneurysm and reduces the risks of the surgery with a shorter hospital stay (on average, 48 hours) and recovery period.
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Interventional radiologists and vascular surgeons at
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When a patient's condition allows a minimally invasive approach, Dr. Cheema repairs aneurysms in both the abdominal and thoracic aortas. He notes that more and more cases are being done minimally invasively and that the benefits are dramatic.
"Using stent grafts to repair aneurysms has reduced mortality from about 15 percent to less than 5 percent," Dr. Cheema says. He adds that another significant risk of open thoracic and abdominal repair was paraplegia resulting from disturbances to the spinal cord caused by clamping and unclamping the aorta. "The risk of paraplegia is 10 to 15 percent with conventional surgery," he says. "With minimally invasive stent graft repair, it is less than 5 percent."
Dr. Cheema also treats peripheral vascular disease—blockages in the arteries of the leg—with minimally invasive techniques that include balloon and drug-eluding stents, lasers and special "cutting" balloons, all of which remove the blockage and eliminate the need for bypass surgery. Instead of an incision from the groin to the calf, patients have just a puncture in the groin, and risks of infection, bleeding, heart attack and stroke are all significantly reduced.
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, also use minimally invasive, endovascular techniques to open blocked arteries to the intestines and kidneys and to the legs.
Eliminating the Debilitating Symptoms of Fibroids
Interventional radiology has made uterine fibroid tumors—a common but troublesome condition—much easier and safer to treat.
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"About one-third of women with fibroids require treatment for them," says interventional radiologist Domenic Zambuto, MD, past Director of Interventional Radiology at Hartford Hospital and a member of Jefferson Radiology. "In the past, the options were to remove the fibroid surgically, remove the uterus or use hormone replacement therapy."
Surgery typically involved considerable pain and four to six weeks of recovery, though, and hormone therapy frequently simulated menopause. Fortunately, Dr. Zambuto and his colleague, Dr.Hallisey, are experienced in treating fibroids using a minimally invasive interventional technique called embolization. It eliminates the debilitating symptoms of fibroids by cutting off its blood supply.
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GBI spokesman John Bankhead said the two victims lived at Washington's apartment, and she forced them to have sex with men for money.
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Recipe can easily be halved. Prepare as directed, using 2 cups green beans, 3/4 cup drained canned diced tomatoes, 2 Tbsp. dressing and 2 Tbsp. mozzarella cheese. Makes 4 servings.
Enjoy more than 1/2 cup of vegetables in each serving of this quick-and-easy low-fat side dish that's a good source of both vitamins A and C, thanks to the combination of beans and tomatoes.
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Fall Tour: September 28 – October 29, 2010
By Mukta Kaur Khalsa, Director
Yogi Bhajan visited Moscow in December 1990 and I had the privilege of accompanying him. In fact, I remember a very tender story I'd like to share with you today. It depicts the hospitality, generosity, and spirit of the people of the land.
One afternoon, our host had misplaced the key to the home where Yogiji was staying. So, there he was sitting on the steps outside in the cold, waiting patiently and calmly. It was quite cold; we couldn't forget that it was December! Not knowing any Russian, we knocked on a stranger's door and motioned if we could come in. Nyet! Oh dear, what to do?
We then went to another stranger's door and asked if we could please come in. Not knowing a word of English, the woman swung open the door and motioned for all 12 of us to enter. Her husband, looking very surprised, rose from his seat and offered it to Yogi Bhajan.
The woman then proceeded to do something unthinkable. She went to the kitchen and brought us fresh bread, cheese, and butter. We had witnessed the long lines and what little food was available in the stores. She served us with utmost grace and deep devotion. Soon thereafter, our host returned with the key. Yogi Bhajan stood up, walked to the door, placed his palms together, and said to the couple, "God Bless you forever and always."
On that same trip, I was reunited with Dr. Jacob Marshak, a Russian medical doctor who was hosted by SuperHealth in Tucson the previous year. He had particular interest in yoga as an addiction therapy. In Russia in 1990, yoga was hardly known or practiced. Yogi Bhajan told him to teach Kundalini Yoga and that it would soon flourish. He gave him the name Guru Jivan Singh.
Last month I returned to Russia to conduct SuperHealth trainings for breaking habits and addictive behavior, in Moscow, St. Petersburg and Kiev, Ukraine. Guru Jivan Singh has continued to work in Moscow with addictions and yoga and we were reunited after 20 years.
On this trip, Amrit Dev Kaur from Brazil came to help teach and added a beautiful radiant grace. She is a Kundalini Yoga teacher and psychologist from Rio de Janiero.
Today, Kundalini Yoga is readily available in this area, and Karta Singh (France) has been dedicatedly conducting Teacher Trainings for many years. On this trip, I've seen so many beautiful people with shining faces; it's like witnessing the living prophecy of Yogiji's words as they come alive. People are gracious, generous, and sincerely dedicated to their practice. Stories of Yogi Bhajan are always a favorite as their hungry eyes devour the teachings.
Meher Singh is a teacher at Surya Ram Yoga Center, Moscow. He is on a TV show called "Life" where he teaches Kundalini Yoga. It airs several times a day throughout Russia – even people at the North Pole are practicing!
We visited staff at Life Line, a drug rehabilitation center that incorporates Kundalini Yoga as a core therapy. After participating in the training, they are eager to include therapeutic juice formulas for cleansing and rebuilding the system into the regimen for the treatment with clients.
Russian Yoga Federation in Moscow invited us to teach a class.
Dilraj Singh is a young Sikh man from Amritsar who works as a chef in a vegetarian restaurant in St. Petersburg. Introducing him to our host, Sada Anand Kaur, and the yoga community, he was invited to lead Japji Sahib on Guru Ram Das's birthday. (Dilraj Singh, front right)
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Going to Kiev, Ukraine, was something I had not planned on, however it was just one of those invitations that was divinely planned. I got a map just to see where Kiev is! Half the time I was pronouncing it incorrectly. (By the way, it is pronounced "Keev.") Yoga is bursting on the scene and our young, 24 year old Sat Sansar Kaur, is energetic and bright, capturing the hearts of so many curious and dedicated people. Some people came from Odessa and Mykolayiv on the Black Sea.
Today, I sit in utter humility and am grateful that I am a part of carrying these sacred teachings Unto Infinity.
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Ethiopia's new flowers
Christian care is vital in a country recovering from Marxism and challenged by both poverty and Islam
ADDIS ABADA, Ethiopia- The Lonely Planet overview of Ethiopia begins, "Once an icon of misery, Ethiopia is coming out of the shadows." But at least in the country's most populous city, shadows are still deep: Although Addis Ababa means "new flower," wilt is common-yet so is grace.
At the gated and well-guarded entrances to the Hilton and Sheraton hotels, beggars lie like Lazarus. It's a 10-minute walk across dirt paths from one hotel to the other, with lush gardens giving way to corrugated metal and cardboard shacks and open sewers before the walker returns to posh. Concierges urge Americans to taxi from one hotel to the other: That advice suggests the existence of two Ethiopias, one of which is generally ignored by diplomats, international organization executives, and tourists. It's easy to go to conferences, travel by taxi, and shop at shiny malls on the road to the airport without seeing abject poverty. But those following the affluent agenda also miss seeing how some Christians are giving up Western comforts for the opportunity to save and change lives.
Those Christians have an exceptionally difficult task. Ethiopia has a population of about 77 million (43 percent under age 15) in an area twice the size of Texas, so it's not a country like India where residents elbow each other for space. But life expectancy in Ethiopia is only 48 years for men and 50 for women: Since the typical Ethiopian woman has five children, the average age of Ethiopians is 18, and only 3 percent are over 50 years old. Most cannot read or write.
Ethiopia has a per capita annual income of perhaps $700, according to the CIA Fact Book's analysis of purchasing power, and one of the highest rates of malnutrition in sub-Saharan Africa: Almost half of children under 5 years of age don't get enough to eat. Micronutrient problems such as Iodine Deficiency Disorders-which irreversibly reduce children's IQ levels-are common.
Estimates of religious adherence vary, but roughly half of Ethiopians may have some connection with Christianity, and half with Islam. Most of those loosely designated as Christian have some connection with the Ethiopian Orthodox Church, which claims to go back to the Ethiopian eunuch schooled by Philip in chapter 8 of Acts. Evangelicals make up perhaps 10 percent of the population.
How can U.S. evangelicals be helpful to their brethren in Ethiopia (and other African countries), as well as to the millions who don't know their right hand from their left?
Press releases late last month shouted one answer: "world bank launches new assistance strategy for ethiopia . . . world bank provides funds to address nutrition needs of vulnerable groups in ethiopia . . . world bank/global environment facility trust fund support efforts to reverse land degradation in ethiopia."
The stories emphasized the World Bank's support for the Ethiopian government's Plan for Accelerated and Sustained Development to End Poverty: "The Bank will support the country's macro-fiscal stability as well as key sectors such as agriculture and . . . large-scale infrastructure. A particular emphasis will be placed on strengthening supply responsiveness of the economy . . . greater economic engagement of women and youth . . . protecting and restoring ecosystem functions and diversity in agricultural landscapes . . . institutional strengthening and capacity building."
All of that could be very useful, but Ethiopia has long been one of the largest beneficiaries of the World Bank and other transnational organizations. The Bank's International Development Association (IDA) had 24 active projects in Ethiopia-valued at $2.3 billion-at the end of last year. Two years ago the World Bank canceled 100 percent of Ethiopia's IDA debt. Ethiopia never was under European control, except for a four-year incursion by Mussolini's Italy that ended in 1941, so imperialism cannot reasonably be blamed for the country's problems.
Ethiopia was one of the 51 original members of the United Nations, and Addis Ababa hosts the headquarters of the UN Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) and of the African Union-formerly the Organization of African Unity, of which Ethiopia was the principal founder. But when Mercer Human Resources Consulting last year ranked 215 cities worldwide based on their levels of air pollution, waste management, water potability, infectious diseases, hospital services, and medical supplies, Addis Ababa was the sixth worst.
To check such critiques by getting some sense of hospital services and medical supplies, one morning last month I visited Addis Ababa's top governmental hospital, Black Lion. Its waiting rooms were packed with patients, including a child with a fractured arm who had waited for days without receiving medical attention. Potential patients in the waiting rooms were better off than those in a dim corridor where beds lined one wall. Those in the corridor were better off than the multitudes waiting outside.
Disorder was evident even in clocks on the wall, each of which showed a different time. Doctors acknowledged that a lack of sterility leads to many infections. Limited budgets lead some nurses who drop an IV to use it anyway, even though the three-second rule for food dropped on floors-move fast and eat-should not be applied to IVs.
Ethiopians say that Black Lion was a better place when it opened four decades ago, but governmental priorities have changed in recent years. When officials from the president on down (or their family members) need operations, they regularly fly to other countries. The Ethiopian government pays its doctors only about $260 per month, so many graduates of Ethiopian medical schools leave the country, often heading to the United States.
What remains is the love of parents for their children. On that morning last month a baby was lying on a table in one ward. A botched spinal surgery had left him unable to move his legs. A visiting American put his hand on the baby's head and prayed for him. Then he asked the mother for the baby's name. "Exodus," she said. "I've been praying that Jesus would heal him." The American and the Ethiopian woman then prayed together.
Do Ethiopian hospitals have to be as bad as Black Lion? No. At the non-governmental Addis Ababa Fistula Hospital across town, young women come by the hundreds with a problem not seen in the United States: Each has a fistula, a hole between her birth passage and bladder or rectum. The hole develops over many days of obstructed labor, when the baby's head pushes against the mother's pelvis and cuts off the blood supply to delicate tissues, which then fall away. One common cause: pregnancy among very young mothers-sometimes at the time of their first ovulation.
With no doctor present to perform a C-section, the laboring mothers are left with a dead baby and a fistula, which leads to the leakage of urine and feces. By the time the women reach the Fistula Hospital, they've often been shunned by their families and communities. Sometimes they've lain on their sides so long, in a desperate attempt to control the leaking, that their muscles have atrophied.
But when the women arrive at the Fistula Hospital, they are surrounded by lush gardens. Clean wards house them, and nurse aides who are ex-patients themselves comfort them. The hospital maintains a farm outside of town for those it doesn't have room to admit right away. The hospital demonstrates the value it places on each patient in small ways as well: Each patient receives a colorful crocheted wrap made by volunteers from around the world.
Each patient also has access to Bible studies and a Walkman, for listening to Bible stories in any of 24 tribal languages. Each can learn about women such as Samuel's mom Hannah who wept about her barrenness and received God's comfort. And it's all because Christian doctors Reginald and Catherine Hamlin not only sympathized with the young women but showed true compassion by operating on hundreds and opening their hospital in 1974.
Ethiopia does not have a governmental versus Christian program dichotomy as sharp as that which the Bush faith-based initiative in the United States has opposed. Some programs combine government-provided commodities with love from dedicated non-governmental organizations, including Christian ones. For example, a joint program of SIM (Serving in Mission) and Mission to the World (part of the Presbyterian Church in America) distributes the anti-retroviral drugs provided for free by PEPFAR, the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief.
The SIM/MTW program also provides food, rent subsidies, and school expenses to 400 beleaguered families. One of the HIV-positive recipients, Gebeyanesh Shigute, 42, welcomed visitors to the two-room house near the top of a muddy hill where she and her 2-year-old granddaughter live: Her husband is dead and her daughter is "away," a term suggesting spiritual as well as physical distance. There's no toilet, and outside the house sits a yellow bucket of water for washing and a blue bucket for drinking water.
Another recipient, Lemelem Gereyoharisa, 40, lives just down the hill behind pieces of metal welded together to make up the first story of the home, which displays a portrait of Jesus and Mary; mud, cardboard, and metal on the sides make up the second story, accessible through a rope ladder. That upstairs room is a bedroom for her two sons and two daughters, who without the SIM/MTW program would be orphans, probably homeless ones.
They don't have much but they share, particularly during the coffee ceremony, a daily social ritual that includes popcorn and allows full participation by women who roast the coffee in the living room while others sit and converse with them. Ethiopia's largest evangelical denomination, the Kale Haywet Church, has adapted the coffee ceremony to its HIV/AIDS prevention work: Health issues become part of the conversation. When the church outreach workers show that it's safe to drink coffee with an infected person, they are helping to restore that person to community life.
Ethiopian Christians also touch those they help: They are showing love tangibly and conferring dignity on those often rejected by neighbors and families. When children see home workers hugging their parents or sharing coffee with them, it helps relieve the shame they feel about their parents' illness. Lives change: One woman, forced as a child to wed husband No. 1, and then helped to escape by HIV-positive husband No. 2, was bedridden and demented four years ago, until the SIM/MTW program saved her life and gave her new hope.
Compassionate Christian medical workers are also active elsewhere in Addis Ababa. A CURE International surgeon will soon be operating on children with cleft palates or clubfoot, disabilities that local healers (aka witch doctors) say are spiritual curses. Another Christian charity, Selam Children's Village, educates 350 orphans who live in its shady village, plus more than 3,000 poor students from the surrounding community.
The village operates alongside Selam Technical and Vocational College, which trains older orphans and other poor students in auto mechanics, metal and woodworking, building construction, machine technology, and electricity. Students build new facilities for the Children's Village and also manufacture items that they adapt for use in poor areas of Africa: Last year the school made and sold more than $2 million worth of threshers, pumps, windows, concrete blocks, ductwork, steel boats, and solar cookers.
Outside of Addis Ababa, other ministries save and change hundreds of lives. A three-hour drive southwest of the capital runs past donkeys, goats, scrawny cattle, and many buzzards, to an area in the Gurage mountains that is 95 percent Muslim. There sits Project Mercy, which offers Christian and vocational education to 1,500 children and also provides a medical clinic and a variety of economic development and agricultural training projects.
Marta Gabre-Tsadick, a 75-year-old former member of the Ethiopian senate, created Project Mercy in the early 1990s by asking local villagers what they most needed and then setting up the school they requested-but "when the children of the school started accepting Christ, they no longer wanted us," said Gabre-Tsadick. "They threw stones at us. For a year and a half we could not go outside the compound at night."
Gabre-Tsadick and Project Mercy survived, in part because her extended family has deep roots in the area and in part because the school and clinic were meeting deep needs. She applies her experience to the training of her students, telling those who only want to evangelize that they should develop a skill that will make people come to them: "Go to nursing school and become a public health person. Learn medicine, engineering, business management, law."
Now the school, with help from the United States, has 12 donated Dell computers; students built the computer tables. American veterinarians are running a cattle-breeding program; students are making bricks and crafting cabinets, benches, and doors. Agricultural experts are introducing to the area tomatoes, cabbage, carrots, and other nutritious vegetables; students are constructing new Project Mercy buildings.
And all is done with unabashed evangelism. Clinic patients pay 60 cents for a consultation, $1 for lab work, and $3 for X-rays, Gabre-Tsadick says, but nothing for an added benefit: "We ask them, 'Could we pray for you before we start? Jesus is the great physician.' We've had 11,000 patients, and no one has said no." The clinic and school still upset some Muslim leaders, one of whom complained about "brainwashing students with the Bible"-but Gabre-Tsadick recounts that he also admitted, "There's no use getting rid of you. You have sunk your roots so deep."
That Muslim's response may suggest the answer to our initial question: How can U.S. evangelicals be helpful to their brethren in Ethiopia? Find and help Christian individuals and groups who are sinking deep roots. World Bank programs and others that work off grants from massive organizations seem to come and go, but the Fistula Hospital, Selam, and Project Mercy have shown staying power.
A second answer for Ethiopian society might be: Emphasize compassion, not politics. The ruling Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF) uses its television and radio monopoly, along with fraud, to win elections, with violence as a backup: Government forces killed close to 200 protesters and imprisoned thousands following the 2005 elections.
Those who criticize Ethiopia's government may face treason charges, as 131 journalists, politicians, and leaders of civil society did in 2005. But the quality of mercy produces fewer strains.
A final answer may be: Help Christian institutions survive the likely onslaught of Islam. In recent years in Ethiopia the competition has generally been peaceful, with one sheik financing construction of a park alongside Menelik II Avenue in Addis Ababa. (Menelik was the son of Solomon and, according to Ethiopian tradition, the Queen of Sheba.) But evidence of past aggression remains: About 40 miles south of Addis Ababa sits Adadi Mariam, an underground church carved out of stone some 600 years ago, with marks left by a 17th-century Muslim attack still apparent.
If Muslims now constitute half of Ethiopia's population, many observers forecast a more aggressive Islam, with radicals attempting to institute Shariah, or Islamic, law. Craig Hammon of CURE emphasizes the importance of humanitarian care, but he also refers to "the struggle going on between Islam and Christianity. . . . This is a strategic, pivotal country in which to serve Christ."
Fistula epidemic
The World Health Organization (WHO) says that over 2 million girls and women in sub-Saharan Africa and Asia suffer from fistula. One reason is that many are forced as adolescent girls into arranged marriages, with the expectation that they bear children well before their birth canals are fully developed. Another is the second-class citizenship of girls and women, who receive less than their share of even the small amount of medical care their societies can provide. Female genital mutilation, a custom in some cultures, also plays a role; WHO suggests the practice may increase the likelihood of fistula sevenfold.
Fistula is an unnecessary tragedy. Emergency obstetric care can prevent it, and simple surgery costing no more than $500 per woman can repair the condition over 90 percent of the time. The Hudson Institute's Michael Horowitz has proposed an anti-fistula campaign involving a consortium of U.S. medical schools that would involve the training of African physicians, nurses, and health educators; the rotation of U.S. surgeons and surgical residents to Africa; and the development of U.S.-African hospital collaborations.


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They say that confession is good for the soul, so I'll cop to a belief that Sony's PSP is, from a technical standpoint, cooler than the DS.
But the PSP is damned near on life support while the DS not only has a ton of games, but awesome and innovative DS non-games that keep popping up as well. First there was a DS cartridge to teach yourself Chinese. Then there was an SAT prep course on DS; a quit smoking self-help DS title; even a cookbook. And soon, readers will be able to own 100 classic tomes on a single DS cart.
Eurogamer reports that Nintendo, in partnership with publisher Harper-Collins, will release the 100 Classic Book Collection for DS on Boxing Day (Dec. 26) in the European market:
You read holding the DS like a book, and flicking through the pages with the stylus. There are search and bookmark functions – and additional works available to download via Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection.
Amazon has the full list of books included. You get 21 Shakespeare plays, 13 Dickens novels, and all the canonical corset-busting classics you'd expect from Jane Austen, Charlott Bronte, Thomas Hardy, Herman Melville and the like.
The collection has a lighter side too, though, with a couple of Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes mysteries, some high adventure from Alexandre Dumas, Jules Verne and Robert Louis Stevenson, wit from Wilde, Swift and Twain, an Edgar Allen Poe collection, and even a bit of racy old D. H. Lawrence for bored housewives everywhere.
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LOS ANGELES It may sound like a West Side Story-style love story, but some dogs love big cats.
Cheetahs are the fastest mammals in the world, but they also are the world's biggest scaredy-cats - so much so that they don't breed easily and are in danger of going extinct.
Some zoos are introducing dogs to calm the skittish cats and bring attention to their plight. They're pairing "companion dogs" with some cheetahs to serve as playmates and to provide the cats with guidance.
"It's a love story of one species helping another species survive," said Jack Grisham, vice president of animal collections at the St. Louis Zoo and species survival plan coordinator for cheetahs in North America.
Or, to quote Stephen Stills, it's a matter of loving the one you're with, he said.
"It is all about comforting and reassuring the cheetah," said Janet Rose-Hinostroza, animal training supervisor at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park - the top U.S. breeder of cheetahs in captivity. In the past 40 years, 135 cheetahs have been born at the park's breeding facility.
The cheetahs most often found at zoos and wildlife parks are not considered good breeding candidates, they don't relate well to other cheetahs, or they are abandoned by their mothers, Rose-Hinostroza said. But they seem to take easily to companion dogs and look to the dogs for play and example.
Of the 19 cheetahs at Safari Park, four have dogs. Four of the zoo's cheetahs also have dogs.
The dogs, usually from animal shelters, and cheetah pups generally are introduced when they are about 3 months old.
"In this relationship, the dog is dominant, but we look for dogs that want to be a buddy," Rose-Hinostroza said. "The dog always has the cat's back, but it's never the other way around. Dogs worry about their cats. They protect their cats."
One of the most popular draws at Safari Park is the 100-meter cheetah run where the public gets to see firsthand the speed of "nature's perfect sprinter."
"Speed is incredibly important. It is their survival technique, in a nutshell," Rose-Hinostroza said. "If they can't run, they won't survive. They are not equipped to be confrontational."
A cheetah's claws don't retract, so they have footing that takes them from "zero to 60 in 3.4 seconds," she said.
"That's faster than every single car on the market, and it only takes three steps," Rose-Hinostroza said.
Cheetahs use their tails like a rotor to balance while they are running. Their top speed is 60 to 70 mph, based on size, but they can run that fast only for 20 or 30 seconds. Extending that to a minute or more puts the animal in serious jeopardy of death.
"Overexertion, heat exhaustion can literally cook their organs at that speed," Rose-Hinostroza said. She added the average cheetah chase in the wild is 200 to 300 meters.
Safari Park's cheetahs chase a lure for 100 meters, a sprint that seldom exceeds 6 seconds.
A century ago there were 100,000 cheetahs in the wild, Grisham said. Today there are fewer than 12,000. The species has become extinct in at least 13 countries. There are about 280 captive cheetahs in zoos across the United States.
As captive efforts to save the species continue, Grisham worries there is no wild to send them home to because habitat is being swallowed up by developers and poachers are killing the cats for their fur.
Cheetahs live 12 to 15 years in captivity. Males weigh 120 to 150 pounds, and females 100 to 120 pounds.
The dogs come in all sizes. At Safari Park, the smallest and sweetest is Hopper, a male mutt who weighs 40 pounds. He's teamed with Amara, the toughest female cheetah on the team, Rose-Hinostroza said.


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The days are getting shorter. The temperature is dropping. Leaves are falling from the trees. Autumn doesn't necessarily foster the same optimism as, say, spring, but October 2013 nevertheless feels like a chance at renewal for many of New York City's sports teams. In football, that most popular of fall sports, it's still early in the season as the Giants aim to make up for missing the playoffs last year (and, despite a slow start, maybe make a run at a Super Bowl in their own backyard), while the Jets look to rebuild. The Red Bulls, after years of falling short in their quest for a major trophy, are within striking distance of the Supporters' Shield and can put themselves in prime position for a run at an MLS Cup as they hit the home stretch of their regular season. The Rangers didn't meet expectations in last year's lockout-shortened campaign, but goalie Henrik Lundqvist and friends get a fresh start this month. In basketball, the Knicks are talking tough and—despite many pundits' doubts—insist that they can improve on last year's finish (the revamped Nets also tip off their season soon—in early November). And even the Yankees, who've had a tumultuous 2013 filled with injuries and one very prominent scandal, find themselves with a shot at playing in October if they finish strong. For details about these and the rest of the month's local sporting events, read on.
New York Yankees Playoffs
When: TBA, if they make it
Where: Yankee Stadium
Tickets: ticketmaster.com
At press time, the Bronx Bombers were lurking on the outskirts of the American League wild card race. If they string together enough wins to snag a berth, they'll play at least one postseason game in October—and have to do it without Derek Jeter, who's done for the year. A recent injury to A-Rod (who'd already been in the news a bit this season) hasn't helped matters; but with Robinson Canó and Alfonso Soriano in the lineup, there's still some hope. Stay tuned.
New York Giants Football
When: October 6 and 21
Where: MetLife Stadium
Tickets: ticketmaster.com
New York Jets Football
When: October 13 and 20
Where: MetLife Stadium
Tickets: ticketmaster.com
New York City's favorite football outfits continue their seasons in October. Big Blue has re-signed Brandon Jacobs (a onetime disgruntled former Giant—which could be a pretty good Alanis Morissette album title, come to think of it), and will host the Eagles on October 6 and the Vikings on October 21. Meanwhile, the Jets—whose defense, at least, looks strong—welcome the Steelers on October 13 and the Patriots on October 20.
New York Red Bulls Soccer
When: October 5 and 27
Where: Red Bull Arena
Tickets: redbulls.com
When: October 12 and 20
New York Cosmos Soccer
Where: Shuart Stadium, Hofstra University
Tickets: nycosmos.com
At press time, an Eastern Conference title—and, dare we say it, even the Supporters' Shield and a berth in the CONCACAF Champions League—remain possibilities for the Red Bulls. It's a close race at the top of that table, though, so Thierry Henry and company may need to secure three points each against New England (October 5) and Chicago (October 27) to keep those dreams alive. Out on Long Island, the new Cosmos continue their NASL campaign with matches against the Carolina Railhawks (October 12) and FC Edmonton (October 20).
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New York Rangers vs. Montreal Canadiens
When: October 28
Where: Madison Square Garden
Tickets: ticketmaster.com and stubhub.com
After a long off-season, Ryan Callahan, Rick Nash, Henrik Lundqvist—the suavest man in hockey—and the rest of the Rangers hope to redeem themselves after falling far short of expectations last time around; in a year when some expected the Blueshirts to contend for a Stanley Cup, they fell to the Boston Bruins in the Eastern Conference Semifinals.
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New York Knicks vs. Milwaukee Bucks
When: October 30
Where: Madison Square Garden
Tickets: ticketmaster.com (not yet on sale) and stubhub.com
Brooklyn Nets vs. Miami Heat
When: November 1
Where: Barclays Center
Tickets: ticketmaster.com and stubhub.com
The Knicks tip off their 2013–2014 season against the Milwaukee Bucks at Madison Square Garden. Whether Carmelo Anthony, Tyson Chandler, Amar'e Stoudemire and company will be able to improve on a campaign during which they won their first playoff series in more than a decade remains to be seen—but considering that Metta World Peace (a native New Yorker who's always up to something interesting) was among their off-season acquisitions, it's safe to say they'll at least be entertaining. The Nets—whose roster now includes Kevin Garnett and Paul Pierce, guaranteeing some fun Knicks-Nets tilts this year—don't get started at home until November 1. But when they do, it's a big one: they host LeBron James and the back-to-back defending champion Miami Heat.
Matthew Sapolin Memorial Wheelchair Basketball Tournament. Photo: Alex Lopez
Matthew Sapolin Memorial Wheelchair Basketball Tournament
When: October 5–6
Where: Draddy Gymnasium, Manhattan College
More info: Matthew Sapolin Memorial Wheelchair Basketball Tournament Facebook page
Take someone to a wheelchair basketball game for the first time and they may be surprised by what they find—a fast-paced, physical battle that's like a cross between NASCAR and the NBA. The smell of burnt rubber, the sound of screeching tires and the sight of determined athletes jostling for position under the boards often make fast fans out of newcomers. Plus, it's free to watch all the weekend's action in this tournament, which is put on by nycgo.com parent organization NYC & Company.
Gotham Girls Roller Derby Championship Bout
When: October 5
Where: Nat Holman Gymnasium, CCNY
Tickets: brownpapertickets.com
The competitors of Gotham Girls Roller Derby skate fast and hit hard. You may not know what a jammer, blocker and pivot are when you enter the gym, but longtime followers can attest: this is adrenaline-pumping, cheer-inducing stuff. As if the action in the rink weren't enough, the event also features spirit-boosting jeerleaders. In this bout, the Queens of Pain and the Manhattan Mayhem square off for the league title.
NYC Mayor's Cup Cross Country Championships
When: October 6
Where: Van Cortlandt Park
More info: NYC Mayor's Cup Facebook page
During this race—the first of this season's NYC Mayor's Cup events, which are organized by NYC & Company—roughly 1,500 high school athletes chug along for 2.5 miles in pursuit of the coveted distinction of "Best in the City." Though they don't often get the recognition that's showered on their football- and basketball-playing classmates, distance runners demonstrate an impressive combination of endurance, determination and (perhaps most of all) pain tolerance.
1864 Gothams Baseball
When: October 12
Where: Old Stone House
More info: gothambbc.com
If you haven't enjoyed such post–19th century changes as the addition of gloves to America's pastime, head out to the Old Stone House to see the New York Gothams—a team that plays the game by 1864 rules—take on the Flemington Neshanock.
Tour de Bronx
When: October 27
Where: Starting at Grand Concourse and E. 161st St.
More info: tourdebronx.org
Staten Island Half Marathon
When: October 13
Where: Starting near Richmond County Bank Ballpark
More info: nyrr.org
NYC Marathon Kickoff
When: October 27
Where: Central Park
More info: nyrr.org
October features a number of notable participatory sporting events. Among them: the Tour de Bronx, the largest of Transportation Alternatives' popular Tours de Boroughs and also the largest free bike ride in New York State. As with Transportation Alternatives' other big events, this is not a race—so there's no need to channel your inner Jan Ullrich. Just relax, keep pace with your fellow riders and enjoy some of the City's most scenic greenways. Meanwhile, runners may want to check out the Staten Island Half Marathon and the five-mile NYC Marathon Kickoff.
Columbia Football. Photo: Mike McLaughlin
College Football
When: All month long
Where: Citywide
New York City's local Division I FCS NCAA football teams are all in action in October: Columbia hosts Lehigh on October 12 and celebrates homecoming on October 19 against Penn; Fordham, riding high after upset wins over Temple of FBS and then eighth-ranked Villanova, welcomes those aforementioned Engineers of Lehigh on October 5 in its only home game of the month; and Wagner takes on Robert Morris on October 26 in Northeast Conference action.
Deron Williams of the Brooklyn Nets. Photo: Adam Pantozzi
Looking Ahead:
November 1: Nets home opener vs. Miami Heat, Barclays Center
November 3: ING New York City Marathon, Citywide
November 16: NYC Mayor's Cup Soccer All-Star Games, Poly Prep
November 27 and 29: Preseason NIT, Madison Square Garden
December 1: Kentucky vs. Providence basketball, Barclays Center
December 5: Nets vs. Knicks, Barclays Center
December 28: Pinstripe Bowl, Yankee Stadium
January 26, 2014: Devils vs. Rangers, Yankee Stadium
January 29, 2014: Islanders vs. Rangers, Yankee Stadium
February 2, 2014: Super Bowl XLVIII, MetLife Stadium
March 2014: NCAA Tournament, Madison Square Garden
Spring 2015: New York City FC (Major League Soccer), site TBA


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Sometimes I'm amazed by how things tend to work out in life. Its the holiday season once again, and as many of us know it is the season for giving, loving and caring. As of recently I have been stressing out because I'm getting ready to move into a new apartment, and I'm a little worried about, moving, bills, gifts, ect. Let's face it, money is tight for a lot of us, I included, but this morning I was greeted by a nice surprise.
My car payment is a little over $200 a month, and I received a letter from the bank informing me that they are willing to give me a break for the holidays. The letter states that I only need to mail a check for $125 for the month of December and January, so I can have some extra cash for gifts and bills. I thought, "Wow this is great, just what I needed a little help during the holidays, this will lighten the load."
Now here is where the story truly gets amazing (and sad). I'm sitting in the studio, working on the computer when I get a message on Facebook from an old friend. In fact he was the first friend I ever made in school, way back in elementary school, where we would remain friends until 7th grade when I would move away., and I think the last time I saw him was in 2005. The message was sent to all his facebook friends, and it was a plead for help.
His youngest sister's 8 month old son passed last Saturday, and he was asking any of his friends if they could donate anything at all to help them out. I read the message and thought to myself, "Just this morning I had a letter that was helping me out in a time of need, and now here I sit, reading a letter from not just someone, but a friend who is in need of help, more than I." I immediately sent him a message, got his address and mailed him out a check.
I don't look for praise for what I did, that's not what this story is about, this story is about taking care of others in need. We tend to be blind during this time of the season and miss these little signs that life gives us. I hope everyone has a great holiday, but more importantly don't forget about people. Not just people in need, but old friends, family and those who are no longer with us.
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Less-than-Truckload Market Update: Profitability improving
August 01, 2012 - LM Editorial
All current reports and analysis of the $33 billion less-than-truckload (LTL) sector indicates that the sector is enjoying a slow, yet uneven recovery from the depths of the Great Recession. With revenue growth on the back burner, top LTL carrier executives and analysts say that the top priorities are now yields and pricing.
David Ross, trucking analyst for Stifel Nicolaus, calls the LTL recovery "slow" and "choppy," yet he's predicting 1 percent to 3 percent annual growth in revenue at least through 2014. As a result, profitability is improving.
A recent analysis by Satish Jindel, principal of SJ Consulting, one of the leading trucking analyst firms in the country, shows that year-over-year operating margins of the top publicly held LTL carriers jumped 3 percent in this year's first quarter, with revenue per hundredweight (excluding fuel surcharges) up 2.6 percent.
In fact, profits are coming, but are uneven. The top publicly held LTL carriers had a 0.7 percent operating margin in the first quarter this year, although that figure was brought down by continuing losses at unionized carriers YRC Worldwide and ABF Freight System. Still, that first quarter figure was the first positive earnings for the publicly held LTLs in four years.
"However, yields are a good bit away from where they need to be," says Ross, adding that the pricing pendulum has swung back in favor of LTL carriers as they try to execute their strategy of raising profitability. "Manufacturing has been growing, which has helped, and carriers are generally choosing to raise rates, improve operations, and expand margins rather than add capacity, which is allowing for the rate increases to continue," adds Ross. "Volume is always important, as LTL is a network business and carriers need density."
Most LTL carrier executives say privately that there is currently at least 10 percent overcapacity in the marketplace. But there are a few network "pinch points" where capacity needs to be added or rates raised. And in some bad news for shippers, carriers say that they are increasingly shedding low-margin business in order to concentrate on their more profitable accounts.
Still, top LTL carrier executives are more bullish now than they've been in at least four years. Part of that optimism stems from newfound pricing discipline seen by virtually every carrier in most lanes.
"The industry seems to have found some religion on pricing," says Doug Stotlar, president and CEO of Con-way Inc, "and growth is now our core strategy. Do we want to grow the business 1 percent to 2 percent a year? Yes. But our focus now is on margin expansion and return on invested capital."
Analysts and executives say that there are three major market drivers nowadays—macroeconomics, capacity (trucks and drivers), and tougher rate negotiations—which will dictate LTL profitability over the next 12 months to 18 months. Logistics Management recently gathered the insight of a number of LTL market leaders to find out how they're coping with each of these critical factors.
It's still the economy…
The LTL business is a derived demand industry, highly cyclical and inexorably tied to overall economic conditions in the U.S. The overall economy appears to be softening, and year-over-year LTL industry volumes and rates have begun trending down.
Shippers and carriers both say that the U.S. is in midst of global macroeconomic uncertainty; and in turn, top LTL executives are seeing choppy freight demand. U.S. No industry segment seems to be doing exceptionally well, though carriers hauling auto-related materials report that business is fairly strong.
"Business is fair but very erratic," says Myron P. "Mike" Shevell, chairman of the Shevell Group and parent of Northeast regional LTL New England Motor Freight (NEMF). "You go through periods where you think it's going to rock and roll, and then it dies. We're hoping to get a shot in the arm later this year, but who knows."
Because of numerous false starts, LTL executives don't have much faith in even short-term economic forecasts. "Economic projections for the near-term appear less than stellar," says Jim Keenan, ABF's senior vice president of sales and marketing. "I believe LTL companies and shippers alike are feeling the slight breeze of an economic headwind, and likely will until world markets settle down."
All LTL carriers operating in a highly cyclical business with high-cost terminal infrastructure and expensive trucks "that depreciate whether they are fully utilized or sitting idle," says Steve O'Kane, president of A. Duie Pyle, another top Northeast LTL carrier. "As the economy slows, volumes drop, incremental costs increase," O'Kane says. "While these incremental costs increase, economic slowdowns create competitive pressures to reduce prices to put that idle capacity to work. So the slowing economy is top on my list of major impact items."
For the LTL sector to return to profit margins of the pre-Great Recession era, it would require either a burst of robust economic growth, which is unlikely, or the bankruptcy or cessation of one or more of the weaker unionized carriers, which is also unlikely. Until then, carriers are merely coping with the hand they are dealt.
"We're all still adapting and adjusting to what the new normal actually is," says Wayne Spain, chief operating office at Averitt Express multi-regional LTL giant. "We've seen signs of a recovery, but it's slow."
About the Author
Contributing Editor
John D. Schulz has been a transportation journalist for more than 20 years, specializing in the trucking industry. He is known to own the fattest Rolodex in the business, and is on a first-name basis with scores of top-level trucking executives who are able to give shippers their latest insights on the industry on a regular basis. This wise Washington owl has performed and produced at some of the highest levels of journalism in his 40-year career, mostly as a Washington newsman.
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