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Posted: Tue Jan 22, 2013 11:29 am
Post subject: Struggling a bit (longish one sorry)
In a weeks time I am due to be admitted for a c-section which I am completely fine with, however I am really struggling with my emotions about leaving my LO.
I havent spent a night away from him since he was born and Im feeling really guilty that I wont be there when he wakes up and we wont have our morning snuggle that we normally have.
I know he will be ok cause he will be at my mums with DH so he will have Daddy but I keep thinking that he will think I dont love him anymore and I cant stop crying about how much Im going to miss him.
I know Im just being silly and I cried for about half an hour at bedtime last night. DH is being all nice and saying that he knows Im his mummy and he will be fine cause he will have his Granma but I keep worrying.
Im worried that LO will be jealous when he sees me with another baby although he has a doll he plays with that we pretend is a baby so he is used to it.
Am I just being stupid or has anyone / does anyone feel this way.
Thanks for reading x
Posted: Tue Jan 22, 2013 12:19 pm
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My daughter often has sleepovers at my parents house so it not a huge thing for us. But I do understand your worries about him seeing you with another baby and not feeling pushed out etc. this is something I have been really worried about. I am worried about belle walking into the hospital and I'm say there with another baby and how this would make her feel. We have obviously spent the last 9 months hyping up the fact that she is going to be a big sister and the best big sister in the world. And recently she has been asking a lot about when she used to be in my belly and me and her daddy explain how much she changed our lives and how much we love her etc.
We have also got a special present from belle to baby and from baby to belle.
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I was a little worried with the same issue but I was away for over a week in the end and Sebastian was having too much fun with nanny. He came into hospital every day to see me but wasn't upset when he had to leave nannies are more fun
Besides, enjoy the time away because its hard work with two little ones on your hands!
Posted: Tue Jan 22, 2013 3:52 pm
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Thank you ladies. Its nice to know Im not on my own. Im sure he will be fine with my Ma, and they will have lots more fun than if we were at home. Luckily we lived with my mum until he was just over a year and we go and stay every so often so he is quite settled there. The dog has to go too and LO and the dog are best friends as it is.
Just need to put a brave face on for my LO thats all x
Posted: Tue Jan 22, 2013 8:08 pm
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Awww Rachey - you know I could have written your post myself! My LO will be staying at our home, but we'll have my mum over to care for him in the day then Daddy will come back to him and leave me and baby at hospital for the (hopefully ONE) night that we are in for. But I am so worried about leaving Samuel for that one day and night - he's never been left with anyone, and is so young (like your LO) that it is hard to explain to him what or why etc...
I just remind myself that there is no other way, and that he will be fine with Nanny - she'll give him lots of cuddles and playtime and he will have Daddy for the nighttime bedtime etc too... but it still upsets me and I'm still months away from my c-section! xxx


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PINOLE -- A candidate who fell short in a run for City Council in November says she never received contributions totaling a little more than $2,000 that a prominent backer reported to have made to her campaign.
Friends of Phil Green, the campaign committee of the Pinole councilman of that name, reported on a recent state Form 460 campaign statement a $1,194.08 monetary contribution to Ivette Ricco on Oct. 30 for a "post card."
Such a contribution, if made, would have to be reported on the recipient's campaign statement as well, under state election law. But the Ricco 2012 Council Victory Committee makes no reference to any contributions from Green among the $17,983.76 it took in between Oct. 21 and Dec. 31, according to its Form 460.
"Our banking records do not have any record of this contribution you are describing," the Ricco committee's treasurer, Monica Shaw, said in a Feb. 27 letter to City Clerk Patricia Athenour, responding to an inquiry from the city. "Please check with this payee directly for further information regarding this claim."
Green's campaign reports the same $1,194.08 contribution on another page, in addition to postage in the amount of $900.69, for a total of $2,094.77.
In an email Monday, Ricco said that "any cost for materials listed on (Green's) report must have been an independent expenditure and as such are not a direct contribution to my campaign committee and would not be listed on my report."
Green, in a telephone interview with this newspaper Sunday, said, "There was no contribution on my part to Ivette Ricco. I didn't contribute anything to her campaign, and she knew nothing about (the postcard).
"The postcard, I sent on my own," Green said, adding that it read, roughly, "I support Ivette" and "Join me and the Pinole Police Association in supporting Ivette."
Green also said that he had erroneously overstated the $1,194.08, as well as the $2,094.77 total he listed on Schedule E, "Payments made," of the state form.
A 2008 Pinole ordinance limits campaign contributions from a committee to $1,000 in cash and $2,000 in combined cash, goods and services, but Green contends his payments were not campaign contributions.
"It was a misconception on my part reading the form," Green said, explaining the error in the declared amount for the postcard. The actual expenses, for the postcard and the postage, "came out to about $900 each," he said.
"There was $250 that didn't go to postcards," Green said. "Those were posters for me. Nothing to do with Ivette."
Green said believed he did not even have to file Schedule D of Form 460, where he listed the $1,194.08 item under a type of expenditure "supporting/opposing other candidates, measures and committees." He said city officials were not clear about it either, so he asked the state Fair Political Practices Commission, which told him he did not have to, he said, but by then, with the Feb. 1 filing due date looming, he had already submitted his Form 460 with Schedule D to the city.
Green has filed an amended Form 460 with the city clerk, who posted it Tuesday on the city website with the latest Forms 460, at http://www.ci.pinole.ca.us/admin/docs/CityClerk/Form460.pdf.
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Which type of AUM is worth more to a buyer?
Assets farmed out to money managers are generally more valuable than purely discretionary assets under management
If you are a fee-only or fee-based financial advisor, your key to success is building a critical mass of assets under management. Based on your ability to control assets, you will enjoy an enviable lifestyle during your working years and you will sell your business for two to four times revenue when you retire (Source: IFA Marketplace). That's eight to 16 times higher than commission businesses that frequently sell for 0.25% of revenue.
The question is, what types of assets maximize your AUM business valuation?
We know assets are a measuring stick, but the number that really matters is the recurring revenue that you generate from the assets. For example, two advisors control $100 million each, but one generates $750,000 of fees and the other $1.5 million of fees. The explanation of the range may be as simple as different fee schedules or it may be the types of services that are provided by the advisors. See: Two advisors debate the financial viability of serving as a fiduciary to small accounts amid DOL's new rules.
This article focuses on four types of assets that may be included in the AUM calculation.
Most AUM descriptions include the following conditions:
• The services are delivered by RIAs and investment advisor representatives.
• The assets produce continuous fees.
• The investor receives ongoing advice and services for the fees.
The roles of the professionals do not matter. They could be money managers, financial advisors or financial consultants. What matters is meeting the three conditions.
1. Managed assets
The distinguishing characteristics for this type of asset are money managers who are decision-makers and invest client assets in the securities markets. They do not invest in other money managers — financial advisors do that. For example, separately managed accounts, mutual funds, hedge funds, and ETFs are money managers because they invest in the securities markets. See: Fidelity launches major division in Denver with an 'ETF quarterback' calling the shots.
These assets meet the three AUM requirements.
2. Advisory Assets (discretionary)
There are two types of advisory assets based on the professionals' willingness to make investment decisions for investors — there are discretionary and non-discretionary advisors.
Discretionary advisors provide information, recommendations and make decisions for clients — just like the money managers. The advisors' decision-making is based on a Limited Trading Authority that is part of their service agreements. This Authority permits them to make buy/sell decisions for clients without their approval in advance. For example, they make the decision to sell Fund A and buy Fund B. Investors may not find out about the decision until they receive their next monthly statement or quarterly performance report. See: Should I dump my securities licenses?.
These assets meet the three AUM requirements.
3. Advisor assets (non-discretionary)
Non-discretionary advisors provide the same services as the discretionary advisors, but there is no limited trading authority. In this case, advisors make recommendations to clients, but nothing happens until clients make the final decisions. The professional is acting as a true advisor or consultant and does not make any decisions on behalf of clients. See: Three RIA adventures that led to dramatic asset growth.
These assets meet the three AUM requirements.
4. Broker-dealer assets
Broker-dealers and their sales reps would like to include assets that are invested in financial products in their AUM. Four times revenue is a lot better than 0.25%. However, most of their assets do not qualify when we apply the AUM conditions. There are a couple of gray areas that meet some of the conditions. See: A hungry NYC-based firm takes aim at a bigger future by signing on with Dynasty Financial Partners.
First, there are assets that produce level loads (continuous compensation) for the sales representatives. This may meet the definition for continuous fees, but the rep may not be providing any continuous advice or services. Regardless, these are B-D assets and not RIA assets.
The second type is assets that reside in variable annuity contracts. The contracts may have 30 or more investment alternatives and advisors charge a fee (IAR, continuous compensation) to help investors select the right options and monitor their results (continuous services). The regulators are not fond of this sales practice, they call it double dipping, but the assets fit all three of the AUM conditions. See: Not without criticism, TD Ameritrade opens an 'insurance agency' for RIAs that want to provide annuities.
The first type of asset does not meet the AUM conditions. The second type of asset may meet the conditions, but regulators frown on the combined methods of compensation, unless the products are no-load.
Which assets have the highest valuations?
Assets that have high retention rates should have the highest AUM valuation rates. For example, non-discretionary advisory assets have high retention rates because advisors have lower levels of accountability. Remember, the advisors provide advice, but the investors make the final decisions. For this reason, these assets should have higher valuations.
Based on accountability, discretionary advisory assets should have the second highest valuation. In this case advisors are decision-makers, but they use the services of money managers. When performance expectations are not being met, advisors are in a position to fire underperforming managers and retain client relationships. See: Do 401(k) assets require all fiduciary care all the time?.
Managed assets are the most vulnerable because the managers have the highest degree of accountability for performance. Managers can lose a lot of clients if they underperform in back-to-back years. Therefore, managed assets would have the lowest valuations because they have the lowest retention rates.
Jack Waymire spent 28 years in the financial services industry. For 21 years he was the president of an RIA that provided investment services to more than 50,000 investors. He is the author of "Who's Watching Your Money?" and the founder of two major financial websites.One, www.InvestorWatchdog.com provides free tools and data to investors who use the services of financial advisors, and Paladin Registry is a compendium of pre-screened, five-star-rated, independent RIAs and IARs. Jack is a columnist for Worth magazine and a contributor to major financial websites, and is frequently quoted by the media.


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Combining prior experience in the insurance industry with a dependable and ethical way of conducting business, Carole Massey took on a failing commercial trucking insurance brokerage company and created Massey Insurance in 1980.
During that time, Carole was a pioneer in the industry as one of only two women in California whose agency specialized in truck insurance. Carole understood the intricacies of the insurance process and strove to offer affordable coverage during the market's constant changes.
Despite the insurance industry's competitive nature, Carole adhered to honest business practices and attracted a range of drivers who've since become loyal and repeat customers.
Carole's daughter Gini began working for Massey Insurance in 1988. Starting from the ground up, Gini learned the family business and helped uphold the agency's primary objectives. In 2008, Gini officially became Massey Insurance's company owner.
She continues the tradition of searching the best insurance companies and programs for truckers and small fleets—finding the right policy for the client at the most competitive price.
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Editorial: Don't Scrimp On Testing For Missile Defenses
Aviation Week & Space Technology
03 March 1997
The U.S. Ballistic Missile Defense Organization has a daunting task: destroy a missile in flight by hitting it with an interceptor before it inflicts damage on ground forces and civilians. That's an awfully tough assignment given the size and speed of missile threats, the areas to be covered and targeting problems.
Technologists are confident new sensors, computers and kinetic kill vehicles can do the job. If they are right, 21st century allied battlefields and the U.S. homeland could be shielded by operational missile defense systems.
But there is a potential weak link in the chain of development, evaluation and deployment, and that is testing. Budget realities and the high cost of firing scores of interceptors against targets have forced test teams to rely heavily on computer-based testing.
Computers and software have come a long way. But many of us easily recall a bomb released from an aircraft wing snapping nose up and slicing through a horizontal stabilizer, although simulations indicated that could not happen.
When it comes to developing complex weapon systems that absolutely must work in combat, simulations are hardly as comforting as hard-core flight data. Most of the debilitating flaws already found in missile defense flight tests would not have been uncovered in the laboratory.
Currently, ballistic missile defense (BMD) is comparable to the early days of ICBMs or the Sidewinder missile. Both these programs eventually succeeded, but there were many failures along the way. Leaders at the time pressed on because there was a serious Soviet threat, and they knew advancing the technology would not come easily.
Much of the meandering of U.S. weapons development is due to a less urgent threat perception. But theater ballistic missiles already have killed U.S. and allied troops. The threat is real, and it calls for deployment of effective defenses.
The concern is how the pressure to perform might warp engineering judgment, threat assessment and test plans into a "success-oriented" binge of wishful thinking--a pattern not unknown in the history of missile defense schemes. To their credit, Thaad program managers do not appear to have dumbed down their upcoming test and are still including the first direct use of their new radar.
But already the testing has been cut back. In response to Thaad delays, the Army reduced the number of tests to 14 from 20. Is this the proper approach to a program that is having technical problems and missing targets--to cut the number of tests?
If the Defense Dept. pares back Thaad because of another failure, the lesson to others will be clear: avoid challenging tests, create the appearance of success and hope there are no dormant deficiencies.
Of particular concern should be countermeasures, which would appear to be cheaper than the techniques to foil them. They are beginning to be addressed in tests, but more needs to be done. A "red team" of a few dozen bright engineers should be given $100 million to secretly develop and build countermeasures, to replicate what clever Russian or Chinese designers must be expected to put on the world market.
The new U.S. BMD systems should be flight-tested against these devices. The results might be embarrassing, but it's a better way to learn than in combat, as happened to the Patriot in the Persian Gulf war. This would be a real step toward the "robustness" that leaders say they want.
Funds should be reallocated from national missile defense development to testing the more near-term theater systems. BMD systems need to show first that they are reliable against simpler theater threats. A convincing proof of that will strengthen the technical case for national missile defenses.
The Pentagon and its contractors will do their best to develop first-class missile defenses with the resources they are given. When failures crop up in actual flight tests-- as they will--Congress and the Administration must be prepared to accept the setbacks, then provide what it takes to ensure a viable system is fielded.
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Pearl High School gets app
Students can get info on events, activities
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A new app will allow Pearl High School students and others access to information on sporting events, academics, extracurricular activities and other aspects of the school.
Officials told The Clarion-Ledger that users can access the Pirate Media Network and watch live broadcasts of sports games and receive inclement weather alerts from the school.
Students also can find out when exams are being held with the new app.
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PARKERSBURG - Two-time Class AA all-state golfer Sydney Snodgrass of Ritchie County will start her final prep season on the links soon enough, but it's been quite the busy summer for the Rebel already.
Aside from having played in various events across the country, Snodgrass will be competing this week starting Tuesday in the West Virginia Women's Amateur, which is being held at The Resort at Glade Springs.
"There are some girls my age who are playing in it," Snodgrass said of friends Brooke Bellomy, who is at Campbell University, as well as locals Adeena Shears and Lauryn Davidson. "I will know some people.
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Ritchie County golfer Sydney Snodgrass, pictured here hitting a pitch shot last year, is playing in this week's West Virginia Women's Amateur.
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Ritchie County golfer Sydney Snodgrass, pictured here hitting a pitch shot last year, is playing in this week's West Virginia Women's Amateur.
"I would like to win. That's the goal, but it's going to have to be three good rounds. I'm not just trying to finish in the top five. I'd like to win."
Snodgrass, who won the W.Va. Junior Amateur earlier this month, also has played in the North and South Junior Amateur at Pinehurst as well as events on the PGA Junior Series, the Golfweek Tour and the Peggy Kirk Bell Girls Golf Tour.
"There were 70 girls down there at the North and South Junior Amateur and out of 70 girls, 60 or 65 or maybe more than that will go on to play Division I golf," stated the Rebel. "It's one of the strongest tournaments for female amateurs in the country.
"Some of the girls were already playing Division I in college as freshmen. I finished tied for 22nd and felt pretty good."
Always known as a long hitter, Snodgrass said she's just been working on all aspects of her game in preparation for her final year on the Rebels' golf team, which won state championships when she was a freshman and a sophomore.
"I'm normally outdriving everybody I play with at all the tournaments I go to," she said. "It's always been a strong suit of mine. The last year my 100 yards and in is so much better.
"It used to be a long drive and try to get it in from there, but anymore I feel pretty good about every part of my game. It's gotten a lot better."
Being a girl in a male dominated sport on the high school scene is something Snodgrass has gotten used to in time.
"It's different going back to high school playing against boys," she admitted. "During the summer, I've just been playing against girls. It's going to be a little bit of a transition going back to playing boys.
"I've made a lot of good friends in high school golf and I'm just going to enjoy playing my last year with them. Who knows after I graduate if I will see them again or not. I just want to have fun for one more year in high school."
Snodgrass finished ninth overall and just missed out on all-state honors by two strokes as a Ritchie County freshman. She hasn't decided where she will go to play golf in college.
"I'm just narrowing it down and at the same time trying to keep the doors open and see what happens," she said. "I still have some time and I still want to be a senior.
"I want to make the right decision when I feel comfortable. When I feel I've found the right spot for me, that's when I'll make the decision."


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Research in the Malaria Pathogenesis and Human Immunity Unit focuses on three goals:
In each of the major areas of research, we seek discoveries that improve knowledge of malaria pathogenesis and protection and thereby support searches for new antimalarial therapeutics and vaccines. Research activities in our unit are integrated with field studies in malaria-endemic areas of Mali and Cambodia, where red blood cell polymorphisms are highly prevalent. Working in Cambodia enables us to study Plasmodium vivax malaria and artemisinin-resistant Plasmodium falciparum malaria, which are not present in Mali.
To learn more about Dr. Fairhurst's international work, read Fighting Drug-Resistant Malaria: Rick Fairhurst and Others at NIAID Go Global.
Inquiries about pre- and post-doctoral fellowships, as well as Ph.D. studentships in the NIH Graduate Partnership Program, are welcome.
Dr. Fairhurst received his M.D. and Ph.D. (molecular biology) degrees from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). Following an internal medicine residency and an infectious diseases fellowship at UCLA Medical Center, he joined the Division of Intramural Research in 2001. As a clinical tenure-track investigator, Dr. Fairhurst focuses his laboratory's work on elucidating the mechanisms of malaria pathogenesis, human genetic resistance to malaria, acquired immunity to malaria, and parasite resistance to the artemisinin class of antimalarial drugs. He travels frequently to malaria-endemic areas of Mali and Cambodia, where his trainees and colleagues enroll patients into clinical research protocols and use bio-specimens in laboratory investigations. Dr. Fairhurst is past president of the American Committee on Molecular, Cellular, and Immunoparasitology, a subcommittee of the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (ASTMH), current appointed councilor of ASTMH, and director of the National Institutes of Health M.D.-Ph.D. Partnership Training Program. He has received the NIAID Outstanding Mentor of the Year Award (2011) and the ASTMH Bailey K. Ashford Medal for distinguished work in tropical medicine (2013).
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Amaratunga C, Lim P, Suon S, Sreng S, Mao S, Sopha C, Sam B, Dek D, Try V, Amato R, Blessborn D, Song L, Tullo GS, Fay MP, Anderson JM, Tarning J, Fairhurst RM. Dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine resistance in Plasmodium falciparum malaria in Cambodia: a multisite prospective cohort study. Lancet Infect Dis. 7 Jan 2016. Epub ahead of print.
St Laurent B, Miller B, Burton TA, Amaratunga C, Men S, Sovannaroth S, Fay MP, Miotto O, Gwadz RW, Anderson JM, Fairhurst RM. Artemisinin-resistant Plasmodium falciparum clinical isolates can infect diverse mosquito vectors of Southeast Asia and Africa. Nat Commun. 2015 Oct 20;6:8614.
Lopera-Mesa TM, Doumbia S, Konate D, Anderson JM, Doumbouya M, Keita AS, Diakite SAS, Traore K, Krause MA, Diouf A, Moretz SE, Tullo G, Miura K, Gu W, Fay MP, Taylor SM, Long CA, Diakite M, Fairhurst RM. Impact of red blood cell variants on childhood malaria in Mali: a prospective cohort study. Lancet Haematol. 2015 Mar 24. Epub ahead of print.
Miotto O, Amato R, Ashley EA, MacInnis B, Almagro‐Garcia J, Amaratunga C, Lim P, Mead D, Oyola S, Dhorda M, Imwong M, Woodrow C, Manske M, Stalker J, Drury E, Campino S, Amenga‐Etego L, Thanh TNN, Tran HT, Ringwald P, Bethell D, Nosten F, Phyo AP, Pukrittayakamee S, Chotivanich K, Chuor CM, Nguon C, Suon S, Sreng S, Newton PN, Mayxay M, Khanthavong M, Hongvanthong B, Htut Y, Han KT, Kyaw MP, Faiz A, Fanello CI, Mokuolu OA, Jacob CG, Takala-Harrison S, Plowe CV, Day NP, Dondorp AM, Spencer CCA, McVean G, Fairhurst RM, White NJ, Kwiatkowski DP. Genetic architecture of artemisinin-resistant Plasmodium falciparum. Nat Genet. 2015 Mar;47(3):226-34.
Straimer J, NF Gnädig, B Witkowski, C Amaratunga, V Duru, AP Ramadani, M Dacheux, N Khim, L Zhang, S Lam, PD Gregory, FD Urnov, O Mercereau-Puijalon, F Benoit-Vical, RM Fairhurst, D Ménard, DA Fidock. Drug resistance. K13-propeller mutations confer artemisinin resistance in Plasmodium falciparum clinical isolates. Science. 2015 Jan;347(6220):428-31.
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Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals: A Presentation by AFSC
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In this Spanish-language radio interview, Sandra Sanchez, AFSC Iowa Immigrants Voice Program Director, talks with Des Moines immigration attorney Jim Benzoni about the recently announced "Deferred Action" program for certain undocumented youth, known as "DREAMers."
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Sandra Sanchez on Deferred Action for DREAMers
Deferred Action for DREAMers, as announced by the Department of Homeland Security on June 15, is explained by Sandra Sanchez during her weekly show at radio La Reina.
"Many parents and Dreamers had questions that hopefully this show will answer," said Sandra during the show.
The show is in Spanish.
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Young Latinas explore the legislative process in Iowa
From bored to energized and hopeful, young Latinas in Iowa recently changed their view about the legislative process and their potential to create change. Aided by Sandra Sanchez, AFSC Iowa Immigrants Voice Program Director, this group of girls, called the Mariposas, identified issues important to them, such as the Iowa version of the federal DREAM Act. Sandra explains more in this five-minute interview with Jon Krieg of AFSC's Central Regional Office in Des Moines.


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"Prior research has shown that men with prostate tumors containing more regularly shaped blood vessels have a more favorable prognosis compared with men with prostate tumors containing mostly irregularly shaped blood vessels," study author Erin Van Blarigan, an assistant professor in the department of epidemiology and biostatistics at the University of California, San Francisco, said in an AACR news release.
"Our findings suggest a possible mechanism by which exercise may improve outcomes in men with prostate cancer," Van Blarigan added. "Although data from randomized, controlled trials are needed before we can conclude that exercise causes a change in vessel regularity or clinical outcomes in men with prostate cancer, our study supports the growing evidence of the benefits of exercise, such as brisk walking, for men with prostate cancer."
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This is a post without pictures. I only can refer you to above video on Daily Motion, a 11.05 min video entitled La grotte à Maurice, made by Julien Maguin and Philip Lespinasse, intended as a documentary on an aspect of outsider art.
Maurice Dumoulin (1907-?) from Switzerland is the leading character of the movie. He was filmed when he was almost 100 years old, and revisited a grotto he had digged out himself. According to the Lausanne Art Brut Museum he has been active in digging the grotto from 1975 till 1995, according to a regional newspaper (meanwhile no longer available) he has done this from 1978 till 1984.
Anyhow, digging out the grotto has been an enormeous project. The grotto, in the woods near Bussy, a small community in the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland, is 16.5 m long, 2 m wide and about 2 m high, which means that he must have removed singlehandedly and with simple tools some 60 cubic meters of rubble.
Dumoulin has redefined this grotto into kind of an outsider environment by filling it up with an altar and a huge collection of all kind of objects he brought there, bottles, newspapers, ceramics, iron utensils, objets trouvés one could say, stuff that should have been discarded from another point of view.
I am not sure if there are any creative aspects in this collection of objects. On the internet I could not trace evaluative descriptions, and Dumoulin, as seen and talking in the film is probably too old to be coherent in explaining what this is all about.
As far as I understand the shots of Dumoulin revisiting his grotto have been done in the autumn of 2005; the film has been edited in 2008.
The movie was part of an exposition in the Collection d'Art Brut in Lausanne entitled l'Art Brut Fribourgeois (febr-oct 2009), curated by Lucienne Peiry, at that time the director of the museum.
So, with this imprimatur I suppose this grotto should be ranked as one of Switzerland's outsider environments.
On Google Books parts of the publication coming with the exposition have been republished (with pictures by Mario del Curto of Dumoulin and the grotto)
first published may 2010, revised aug 2012, feb 2015
Maurice Dumoulin
La grotte á Maurice
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|A note on representations of the finite Heisenberg group and sums of greatest common divisors
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|We review an elementary approach to the construction of all irreducible representations of the finite Heisenberg group. Determining the number of inequivalent classes of irreducible representations by different methods leads to an identity of sums involving greatest common divisors. We show how this identity can be generalized and derive an explicit formula for the sums.
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The belief that school only prepares kids for jobs or college negates the role of schools as places where we also prepare kids to be responsible citizens in our communities and country.
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