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- What is Forward Tutoring?
- Is Forward Tutoring really free?
- Who can use Forward Tutoring?
- I'm an educator-- what options do I have?
- I'm a parent-- what options do I have?
- How do I get tutoring?
- Who's tutoring me?
- What can I get help with?
- How do I receive credits through a nonprofit not registered with Forward Tutoring?
- How do I become a tutor?
- I'm involved with a nonprofit-- what options do I have?
- How can I get involved with Forward Tutoring?
- How does Forward Tutoring sustain its operations?
- I'm looking to support. What can I do?
- How do I cancel a recurring donation?
- I have ideas or recommendations for you-- how do I get those to you?
- What are your future plans?
- How long do I wait for a tutor?
- My volunteer hours have yet to be approved. What can I do?
Q: What is Forward Tutoring?
Forward Tutoring is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that provides quality, online tutoring to students anywhere-- absolutely free. We allow students to receive free tutoring by volunteering in their community. Our platform creates an ecosystem for students, tutors, and nonprofits to interact: tutors tutor students who volunteer at events posted by nonprofits. In turn, we reward tutors for their efforts with the help of Corporate Partners and Sponsors.
Q: Is Forward Tutoring really free?
Yes. Forward Tutoring stands to make education accessible to anyone, anytime, anywhere-- absolutely free. We don't charge a dime to students, tutors, or nonprofits.
Q: Who can use Forward Tutoring?
Forward Tutoring currently offers three types of accounts:
Student: Any student-- whether in middle school, high school, or college-- can use the Forward Tutoring website. If you have a tutoring need, we have your solution. Students also have access to our Volunteer Opportunity Database, which shows local events by day and by relevance to the student. Students indicate the service areas they are most passionate about and we feed them events that align to their wants.
Tutor: Tutors provide the online tutoring to students; in turn, tutors can review or export their service hour history (useful for college applications, fulfilling school requirements, and to see the impact of your help) and become eligible for scholarships, internships, and other Forward Tutoring-exclusive awards and prizes. Tutors simply create a regular Student account and then follow instructions to Become A Tutor.
Nonprofit: Organizations can use Forward Tutoring to post volunteer opportunities to a diverse and engaged volunteer pool. Nonprofits are then able to see which students sign up for events to ensure their events are successful!
Q: I'm an educator-- what options do I have?
As an educator (teacher, school administrator, counselor, etc.), we highly recommend you take the time to promote Forward Tutoring to your students and staff. If you would like more information, please send an email to firstname.lastname@example.com, let us know what you would like to know more about, and we will get back to you as soon as possible. If you would like for Forward Tutoring to make a presentation to your students, staff, counselors, or parents, please indicate so and we will see what we can do. We are confident Forward Tutoring will be a powerful tool in your school's arsenal to deliver top-notch education.
Q: I'm a parent-- what options do I have?
Parents are critical to the academic success of students. We ask that you encourage your child or children to continue using Forward Tutoring. As time goes on, more and more volunteer events will be added to the Volunteer Opportunity calendar; soon you will see your student eager to lend a hand in the community, and he or she will accumulate credits to receive the tutoring he or she wants to take his or her academic success to the next level.
Q: How do I get tutoring?
As a student, you receive credits applicable towards tutoring by volunteering in the community. Every hour of community service translates into credits! You will be tutored on a two way multi-function whiteboard. So your tutor can talk, chat, draw and paste any information that will help you learn!
Q: Who's tutoring me?
Tutors are high-school or college students, verified by their academic emails, who provide quality, one-on-one tutoring. Tutors must pass a Forward Tutoring original examination to demonstrate academic mastery and must pass a mock session to demonstrate exceptional communication skills; by verifying academic and communication levels we are able to provide quality tutoring to students.
Tutors are held to the highest standards in terms of tutoring etiquette. If you, for whatever reason, have a tutoring that does not exceed your expectations, please email email@example.com with details and we will respond accordingly. We thank you for your input.
Q: What can I get help with?
At the moment, students can be tutored in the following subjects:
Math: Geometry, Algebra I, Algebra II, Pre-Calculus, Calculus I, Calculus II
Science: Chemistry, Biology
Q: How do I receive credits through a nonprofit not registered with Forward Tutoring?
Unfortunately our system does not support unregistered nonprofits granting credits. However, if you have recently complete a volunteer event and would like to receive credit, please email the organization sponsor and encourage him or her to register with Forward Tutoring. We have a host of options that will make recruiting volunteers and managing events easier for the organization! If you would like to receive credit for the information, please email email@example.com with the following information:
Email subject: Requesting Event Credit
Your Name (First and Last):
Forward Tutoring Username:
Event Name:
Total Hours served:
Organization Name:
Organization Contact Name:
Organization Contact Email:
Organization Contact Phone Number:
We will verify the submitted information and we will give you the appropriate credits.
Please encourage the organization to register with Forward Tutoring to ensure you always receive credit for your community service.
Q: How do I become a tutor?
Becoming a tutor is very rewarding! If you're talented in a subject (or several), you will be able to record your service hours and become eligible for scholarships, internships, and exclusive prizes and awards. To qualify, create a student account and click "Become A Tutor."
Q: I'm involved with a nonprofit-- what options do I have?
Nonprofits are critical to the success of the Forward Tutoring platform. You guys provide the events; we provide the volunteers. If you're looking to post volunteer opportunities, create a Nonprofit Account today and get started. Your event will be added to our Volunteer Opportunity Database where students can register for your event. At the end of the day, you will have the volunteers you need to run a successful (and fun) volunteer event. Once the event passes, you approve a student's hours and he or she receives the credits needed to receive tutoring!
Q: How can I get involved with Forward Tutoring?
Are you active in your community? Are you versed in code? Are you passionate about a particular cause? Are you interested in helping students receive tutoring anytime and anywhere? If you can say yes to any of these questions, feel free to send an email to email@example.com, explain your strengths and how you wish to contribute to the team, and we will see how we can get you involved right away!
Q: How does Forward Tutoring sustain its operations?
Forward Tutoring is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization: we forge partnerships with Corporate Sponsors that provide funds for our scholarship programs; we have a team that applies for grants; and we are always looking for individual supporters who believe in our cause. If you're looking to support us-- whether you're an individual or business-- please visit Support Page to donate. (Don't forget-- all donations are tax-deductible per 501(c)(3) regulations!)
Q: I'm looking to support. What can I do?
First, thank you for your interest and support! If you're looking to donate (whether recurring or one-time), please visit our Support Page to donate. (Don't forget-- all donations are tax-deductible per 501(c)(3) regulations!) Corporate Partnership? Send an email to firstname.lastname@example.com and we'll be in touch right away. School Partnership? Shoot us a message, too! Have words of encouragement? Send an email to email@example.com -- we always appreciate your thoughts! Maybe we'll place your thoughts on our News Feed!
Q: How do I cancel a recurring donation?
Thank you for making your donation in the first place. Your contributions allow Forward Tutoring to continue serving people across the country. We are sad to see you cancel a recurring donation. To cancel the donation, press the "Unsubscribe" button on our Support Page within the Donate box. If you have any questions, please email firstname.lastname@example.com and we will resolve your issue immediately.
Q: I have ideas or recommendations for you-- how do I get those to you?
Thank you for your interest in improving our platform! If you have a crazy awesome idea, send an email to firstname.lastname@example.com and we'll see if we can pull some strings.
Q: What are your future plans?
Forward Tutoring is always looking to improve. We strive to make education, tutoring, and volunteering accessible with the latest technological trends. As a result, we are devoted to improving our platform regularly. At the moment we have several upcoming projects to improve the site, such as creating School Portal and integrating Social Media-- stay tuned!
Q: How long do I wait for a tutor?
The wait for a tutor depends on several factors: demand for tutors, number of available tutors in the particular subject, and number of questions asked before yours. While you wait, however, we offer a host of tools you can use to practice skills. Feel free to take a stab at our practice sets or check out our videos!
Q: My volunteer hours have yet to be approved. What can I do?
The volunteer-hour approval system is reliant on the Organization. Please contact the Organization directly and encourage the representative to approve the hours. If you are unable to reach an organization, please contact us directly through the Contact Us page.
Q: Do I need to download any software?
No-- Forward Tutoring is entirely accessible through the internet.
Q: How does the Forward Tutoring platform work?
Forward Tutoring has developed its own proprietary ecosystem that enables student, tutors, and nonprofits to work cooperatively. The whiteboard system used for tutoring sessions is licensed from Twiddla.
If you have any technological questions, please email us at firstname.lastname@example.com and we will respond as soon as we resolve the issue. If the issue is pressing, please call 1-(888)-670-2276 to speak to a support team member.


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George, 65, opened the evening with a speech about Paul, the star of films such as The Sting and Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid.
On the red carpet, George larked around with fellow actor Danny DeVito, with the two joking that they were planning a song and dance number for later in the evening.

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Unfathomably Random Poetry
Ever Stood Upon A Hill
Have you ever stood upon a hill and faced out to the west?
Have you ever looked up to the sky and thought life was at its best?
Ever, smiled, ever laughed, just because it rains?
Pouring down, crashing lightning, clashing like a chain?
Have you ever stood out in the sun, and shed a hundred tears?
Have you ever looked out to the ocean and aged a hundred years?
Ever cried, ever frowned, though you don't know why?
Ever hollered, ever crawled up in a ball,
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Welcome to this unthinkably rich variety of all weather furniture. If this is what you have been searching for, there couldn't have been a better chance to buy something that looks well and is very useful. In the end, can you already see something for your household or what else do you want to check out?
This is made of rattan wicker small outdoor coffee table is the perfect solution to the terrace, patio or garden. The simple design and versatility captivates and makes it a perfect solution for many occasions.
This functional loveseat has been made of poly resin, which is weather and UV resistant. The loveseat offers a comfortable place to spend time outdoor and comes with soft cushions. It comes with 2 year warranty.
This stylish and very comfortable armchair garden is a super sleek design detail. Beautifully woven has a pillow, which adds comfort to rest. The whole is durable and resistant to weather changes.
This is made on the design of the molded wicker set terrace or on the patio is a great set, which allows you to enjoy a pleasant time spent with loved ones. The whole is extremely comfortable and consists of two chairs and a small table.
Wicker beverage cooler. A cooler like this is a must have for a person who loves relaxing outdoor. It has a durable aluminum frame and a wicker construction, which makes this piece durable and weather resistant. Non-slip feet ensure stability.
This stylish ottoman / table is a great way for the development of the garden, patio or terrace. Beautifully made, a braiding style that captivates and fits perfectly with any interior décor.
DIY CRATE PET BED :: Tutorial & pics! Made out of scrap 1x4's from old furniture porjects. She wanted it to look like an old weathered crate so the construction was basic. She added small castor wheels & appled a vinegar & steel wool solution to the wood,
Patio & Hearth All Weather Wicker Furniture: Tommy Bahama Shoes, Tommy Bahama Bedding, Jessica McClintock
Want a great idea to aged wood instantly? I LOVE this technique. PLUS it seems to have an preservative quality. This tabletop looks the same as today through all types of weather.
How to make wood look old. I would love to do this to our coffee table. It is in need of DIY
Bella All Weather Wicker Patio Dining Set - Seats 6 - Patio Dining Sets at Hayneedle - WICKER!!! Don't think my hubby will agree though.
Meridian All Weather Wicker Sectional- Khaki - Conversation Patio Sets at Patio Furniture USA
Go for backyard appeal with a freshly painted patio door and then hang an all season wreath.
Take an Old picture frame... secure it on top of an old or plain coffee table...., paint ALL the same colour and you now have a lovely and unique coffee table for inside of the house .or in your backyard patio. - LARGE PHOTO.
Black All-Weather Wicker Dillion Loveseat with Cushion
Out door room
Casetta Patio Dining Furniture Collection Target Home™ Casetta Patio Dining Furniture Collection $125.00 - $399.00 Reg: $125.00 - $499.00 Outdoor living just got more stylish. The Casetta dining collection from Home includes chairs, a tableeven a pa
bright greens + blues on a raised deck = fun place to lounge and entertain
Extra-deep seating and spacious armrests make our Hyde Park Modular Seating Collection a comfortable composition for most any setting. The ocean-gray finish of the all-weather wicker harmonizes perfectly with whitewashed teak tables. | Frontgate
Sit back and relax outside.
Shutters on Patio. Pretty, very gradual arch over window/door. Divided light. Lighting nice.
So want this. Maybe some day. Rendezvous All-Weather Wicker Sectional Daybed - Patio Chairs at Patio Furniture USA
Torrey All-Weather Wicker Single Chaise
Build Your Own - Torrey All-Weather Wicker Sectional Components | Pottery Barn
PB Low Platform Sectional - This is totally DIYable - the low chunky legs could be made with 4X4's. The base and back are all slat baded. For cheapy cushions you could probably even use stock chair or chaise cushions from Cdn Tire.
Made of all-weather cord handwoven around a lightweight aluminum frame, the Huron Sofa brings just the right combination of comfort and elegance to porches and decks. Its rust-resistant construction lets it live outside, rain or shine.
The most comfortable chair, ever. Palmetto All-Weather Wicker Armchair - Black $699.
Resin wicker outdoor dining sets like this one go with a number of styles from modern to classic. Available for $1599 from Patio Furniture USA.
Papasans by the pool: The outdoor version of our popular Papasan holds up in all kinds of weather
Great outdoor seating. Notice the outdoor fireplace!
Escapade Sectional Daybed - great for laying out or entertaining!
sunbrella® awning stripe outdoor grommet drape black & white
With a cluster of lanterns suspended overhead, this patio is a magical setting for twilight meals. The table's pedestal base has an exaggerated globe shape that makes it a striking focal point, and the chairs' hoop backs and deep aprons evoke vintage
Great step by step tutorial on how to achieve a real weather look, and a home made stain!
This is "I Want" simple done, and the back ground, my piece of heaven on earth..
WorldMarket.com: Grey Solano All-Weather Wicker Dining Arm Chair. $139.99. As shown in Adventures in Decorating Sitting Room. April, 2013.
Home Design | Interior Decor | Home Furniture | Architecture | House Garden: Best Outdoor Sofa Chair Furniture Ideas 2011 – Palmetto All-Weather Wicker Sectional
Have to have it. Bella All Weather Wicker Patio Dining Set - Seats 6 $1599.99
Meridian All-Weather Wicker Patio Dining Set - Terracotta - Seats 8 - Pool Furniture Sets at Pool Furniture
All-Weather Wicker Solano Sectional Armchair - v5
Lovely house and shutters. Love that the outdoor pillows and space match! Perfect!
This sofa chaise lounger is a beautiful performance resin wicker. Beautiful and very versatile design works while resting on the terrace, in the garden or on the patio. Soft pillows add comfort to rest.
The homeowner opted to screen in the section of the porch that's adjacent to the kitchen and chose all-weather wicker furniture for this area -- two comfy sofas, a stately chair, and an ottoman that doubles as a coffee table. The cushions are covered with
All weather wicker daybed - let's stick it in the garden so we can have coffee
Build Your Own - Palmetto All-Weather Wicker Sectional Components - Black
outdoor all weather rattan modern garden furniture - Modern_Garden_Co_Aspen_Manutti
Learn how to build a deck with our handy tips:
Martha knows a thing or two about relaxing in style. Charlottetown wicker patio seating is a great blend of quality and comfort.
Atlanta All Weather Globe with the roof open. Fabric Shown: Durban Violet and Durban Canvas (Large Scatters) Natal Violet and Durban Canvas (Small Scatters). Frame Shown: Dark Brown
I will never ask my husband for another favor, if he builds me this....


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Health Groups
Be Well Chronic Disease Self-Management
Would you like to:
- Feel better?
- Take control of your health?
- Stay active and independent?
Whatever the diagnosis, this class teaches and supports participants in making better choices and practicing self-management! Come participate and support others in building confidence in your ability to manage your health and maintain an active fulfilling life. This class was developed and evidence-based by Stanford University. Learn about things like problem-solving, medication management, sleep, weight management, working with health professionals and more!
Diabetes Fast Track (DFT)
DFT is an ongoing group that meets monthly. Group members can have their prescriptions filled, pick up diabetic supplies and have their lab work done all at the same time. Patients can meet with a medical provider without a separate appointment. Family members and loved one are welcome to attend with the patient. This group is an opportunity to learn about diabetes from other group members as well as from guest speakers.
Just For Women
A group for women that offers a chance to enhance your overall well-being and discuss issues in a warm, supportive atmosphere. Some of the topics covered include: communication, self-care, relaxation techniques, healthly living and goal setting.
Weight Loss
This is a supportive and educational group focusing on weight loss by emphasizing healthier food choices, recognizing emotions and habits, setting measurable goals and exercise. The grup offers FREE assesments and gym memberships.
Other Groups
Marillac Clinic may also offer 5-week workshops that include Art, Music and Writing. Talk to your provider about upcoming workshops.


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Managers: Take action
Oct 01, 2009
Before you can help your team work together more cohesively, you must gain their respect and trust in you as a leader. To do this, you must build a relationship with each employee. Start by:
1. Observing team members' interactions, including the veterinarians'
2. Holding one-on-one meetings with each employee, including veterinarians3. Setting staff-wide meetings as well as small-group huddles
For specific, practical ideas about ways managers can help bring each "us vs. them" group together, click here.
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With its big patio with central swimming pool, the rooms at Ryad Sukkham feature satellite TV, a view of the patio, and the private bathrooms are complete with a shower and toilet.
This 4-star hotel offers massage and beauty treatments and a restaurant serving traditional Moroccan cuisine. Guests can enjoy breakfast, lunch and dinner served on the terrace or in the dining rooms.


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All reader reviews by Liv
YO! Sushi (Soho)
I went to Yo! Sushi as a treat to myself the other day. I hadn't been there in a number of years and had fond memories. Sadly this time I was sorely disappointed. Perhaps if I had never had much sushi before I would have thought I had got a good deal but the sushi was terrible. The rice was bland and hard and shaped by a machine. The fish was not particularly tasty. I had the miso soup which you're meant to get unlimited refills of but the waitress managed to conveniently disappear whenever I tried to get her attention. The meal ended up being very expensive for what was essentially a few plates with two pieces of sushi on. My advice is to go to one of the many other Japanese restaurants (especially the all you can eat ones if you are greedy like me!) in the area where you will get far better quality sushi for a lot less money.
Thursday, May 22, 2008
Overall rating
Food 1 | Service 1 | Atmosphere 1 | Value for money 1
Big Easy (King's Rd)
I have been to the Big Easy twice now - whilst the first time I had an enjoyable meal, the second time was not such a great experience. I had the all you can eat bbq ribs and chicken - both the chicken and the ribs were dry and tough with not much meat on them. A disappointment considering how nice my steak was the first time. Whilst I would recommend the restaurant for steak, I would suggest avoiding their all you can eat menu.
Friday, May 09, 2008
Overall rating
Food 6 | Service 10 | Atmosphere 8 | Value for money 7
Gallipoli Cafe
I like this place - while I wouldn't say that the food is out of this world, I would say that it is very good for the price you pay. If I have to catch up with friends I normally suggest this place as we can get the mezze and share it. The service is friendly and efficient enough. My only complaint would be that they seemed to have crammed a lot of tables into the space, so if you are a little taller (as I am) there is not much room for manoever.
Wednesday, January 23, 2008
Overall rating
Food 7 | Service 7 | Atmosphere 8 | Value for money 9
Palms of Goa
I went here last night and must say the food was absolutely delicious. It was by far the best Indian I have had in a long time, and the service was fantastic. I can definitely recommend the Palms set meals - both the non-vegetarian which I ate, and the fish which my boyfriend ate. Next time I find myself hungry in Soho I will definitely be returning here.
Wednesday, January 23, 2008
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I have 5 MACS in my network that are not properly showing up in my network. I have almost no mac knowlage. what do I need to do to get these machines to show up?
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If they running OS X, set up the SSH login and ensure that SSH is configured the MACs to allow access for scanning by Spiceworks.


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Christiaan Barnard
|Christiaan Barnard
Christiaan Barnard in 1969
|Christiaan Neethling Barnard
8 November 1922
Beaufort West, Cape Province, Union of South Africa
|2 September 2001
(aged 78)
Paphos, Cyprus
|University of Cape Town
University of Minnesota
|Years active
|Known for
|first successful human-to-human heart transplant.
|Marius Barnard
|Medical career
|Groote Schuur Hospital
University of Minnesota
|Cardiothoracic surgery
Heart transplantation
Christiaan Neethling Barnard (8 November 1922 – 2 September 2001) was a South African cardiac surgeon who performed the world's first human-to-human heart transplant on December 3, 1967,[1][2] and the second overall heart transplant (James Hardy did a xenotransplant in 1964[3]). Growing up in Beaufort West, Cape Province, he studied medicine and worked in that field for several years in his native country.[4] As an young doctor experimenting on dogs, Barnard developed a remedy for the infant defect of intestinal atresia. His technique saved the lives of ten babies in Cape Town and was adopted by surgeons in Britain and the United States.[5] In 1955, he travelled to the United States and was initially assigned further gastrointestinal work by Owen Wangensteen.[6] Vince Gott introduced him to the heart-lung machine, and Barnard was allowed to transfer to the service run by open heart surgery pioneer Walt Lillehei.[7] Upon returning to South Africa in 1958, Barnard was appointed head of the Department of Experimental Surgery at the Groote Schuur Hospital, Cape Town.[8]
On 3 December 1967, Barnard transplanted a heart from a person who had just died from a head injury, with full permission of the donor's family, into the chest of a 54-year-old Louis Washkansky. Washkansky regained full consciousness and lived for eighteen days, even spending time with his wife, before he died of pneumonia, with the reduction of his immune system by the anti-rejection drugs being a major contributing factor.[4][9] However, Barnard's second transplant patient Philip Blaiberg at the beginning of 1968 lived for nineteen months and was able to go home from the hospital.[4][10]
He retired as Head of the Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery in Cape Town in 1983 after developing rheumatoid arthritis in his hands which ended his surgical career. He became interested in anti-aging research, and in 1986 his reputation suffered when he promoted Glycel, an expensive "anti-aging" skin cream, whose approval was withdrawn by the United States Food and Drug Administration soon thereafter. During his remaining years, he established the Christiaan Barnard Foundation, dedicated to helping underprivileged children throughout the world. He died in 2001 at the age of 78 after an asthma attack.
Early life[edit]
Barnard grew up in Beaufort West, Cape Province, Union of South Africa. His father, Adam Barnard, was a minister in the Dutch Reformed Church.[2] One of his four brothers, Abraham, was a "blue baby" who died of a heart problem at the age of three (Barnard would later guess that it was tetralogy of Fallot). The family also experienced the loss of a daughter who was stillborn and who had been the fraternal twin of Barnard's older brother Johannes, who was twelve years older than Chris.[11] Barnard matriculated from the Beaufort West High School in 1940, and went to study medicine at the University of Cape Town Medical School, where he obtained his MB ChB in 1945.
His father served as a missionary to mixed-race peoples. His mother, the former Maria Elisabeth de Swart, instilled in the surviving brothers the belief that they could do anything they set their minds to.[4]
Barnard did his internship and residency at the Groote Schuur Hospital in Cape Town, after which he worked as a general practitioner in Ceres, a rural town in the Cape Province.[2] In 1951, he returned to Cape Town where he worked at the City Hospital as a Senior Resident Medical Officer, and in the Department of Medicine at the Groote Schuur Hospital as a registrar.[2] He completed his master's degree, receiving Master of Medicine in 1953 from the University of Cape Town. In the same year he obtained a doctorate in medicine (MD) from the same university for a dissertation titled "The treatment of tuberculous meningitis".
Soon after qualifying as a doctor, Barnard performed experiments on dogs investigating intestinal atresia, a birth defect which allows life-threatening gaps to develop in the intestines. He followed a medical hunch that this was caused by inadequate blood flow to the fetus. After nine months and forty-three attempts, Barnard was able to reproduce this condition in a fetus puppy by tying off some of the blood supply to a puppy's intestines and then placing the animal back in the womb, after which it was born some two weeks later, with the condition of intestinal atresia. He was also able to cure the condition by removing the piece of intestine with inadequate blood supply. The mistake of previous surgeons had been attempting to reconnect ends of intestine which themselves still had inadequate blood supply. To be successful, it was typically necessary to remove between 15 and 20 centimeters of intestine (6 to 8 inches). Jannie Louw used this innovation in a clinical setting, and Barnard's method saved the lives of ten babies in Cape Town. This technique was also adapted by surgeons in Britain and the US. In addition, Barnard analyzed 259 cases of tubercular meningitis.[5] Owen Wangensteen in Minnesota had been impressed by the work of Alan Thal, a young South African doctor working in Minnesota. He asked Groote Schuur Head of Medicine John Brock if he might recommend any similarly talented South Africans and Brock recommended Barnard.[12]
In December 1955, Barnard traveled to the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, United States, to begin a two-year scholarship under Chief of Surgery Wangenteen, who assigned Barnard more work on the intestines, which Barnard accepted even though he wanted to move onto something new.[6] Simply by luck, whenever Barnard needed a break from this work, he could wander across the hall and talk with Vince Gott who ran the lab for open-heart surgery pioneer Walt Lillehei. Gott had begun to develop a technique of running blood backwards through the veins of the heart so Lillehei could more easily operate on the aortic valve (McRae writes, "It was the type of inspired thinking that entranced Barnard"). In March 1956, Gott asked Barnard to help him run the heart-lung machine for an operation.[7] Shortly thereafter, Wangensteen agreed to let Barnard switch to Lillehei's 's service. It was during this time that Barnard first became acquainted with fellow future heart transplantation surgeon Norman Shumway.[13] Barnard also became friendly with Gil Campbell who had demonstrated that a dog's lung could be used to oxygenate blood during open-heart surgery. (The year before Barnard arrived, Lillehei and Campbell had used this procedure for twenty minutes during surgery on a 13-year-old boy with ventricular septal defect, and the boy had made a full recovery.) Barnard and Campbell met regularly for early breakfast.[14] In 1958, Barnard received a Master of Science in Surgery for a thesis titled "The aortic valve – problems in the fabrication and testing of a prosthetic valve".[2] The same year he was awarded a Ph.D. for his dissertation titled "The aetiology of congenital intestinal atresia".[2] Barnard described the two years he spent in the United States as "the most fascinating time in my life."
Upon returning to South Africa in 1958, Barnard was appointed head of the Department of Experimental Surgery at Groote Schuur hospital, as well as holding a joint post at the University of Cape .[8][15] He was promoted to full-time lecturer and Director of Surgical Research at the University of Cape Town. In 1960, he flew to Moscow in order to meet Vladimir Demikhov, a top expert on organ transplants[16] (later he credited Demikhov's accomplishment saying that "if there is a father of heart and lung transplantation then Demikhov certainly deserves this title.")[17] In 1961 he was appointed Head of the Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery at the teaching hospitals of the University of Cape Town. He rose to the position of Associate Professor in the Department of Surgery at the University of Cape Town in 1962. Barnard's younger brother Marius, who also studied medicine, eventually became Barnard's right-hand man at the department of Cardiac Surgery.[2] Over time, Barnard became known as a brilliant surgeon with many contributions to the treatment of cardiac diseases, such as the Tetralogy of Fallot and Ebstein's anomaly. He was promoted to Professor of Surgical Science in the Department of Surgery at the University of Cape Town in 1972. In 1981, Barnard became a founding member of the World Cultural Council.[18] Among the many awards he received over the years, he was named Professor Emeritus in 1984.
Historical context[edit]
Following the first successful kidney transplant in 1953, in the United States, Barnard performed the second kidney transplant in South Africa in October 1967, the first being done in Johannesburg the previous year.[19][page needed][20]
On 23 January 1964, James Hardy at the University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson, Mississippi, performed the world's first heart transplant and world's first cardiac xenotransplant by transplanting the heart of a chimpanzee into a desperately ill and dying man. This heart did beat in the patient's chest for approximately 60 to 90 minutes. The patient, Boyd Rush, died without ever regaining consciousness.[3][21][22][23][24][25]
Barnard had experimentally transplanted forty-eight hearts into dogs, which was about a fifth the number that Adrian Kantrowitz had performed at Maimonides Medical Center in New York and about a sixth the number Norman Shumway had performed at Stanford University in California. Barnard had no dogs which had survived longer than ten days, unlike Kantrowitz and Shumway who had had dogs survive for more than a year.[26][27] [28]
With the availability of new breakthroughs introduced by several pioneers, also including Richard Lower at the Medical College of Virginia, several surgical teams were in a position to prepare for a human heart transplant.[2][29] Barnard had a patient willing to undergo the procedure, but as with other surgeons, he needed a suitable donor.[2][28]
During the Apartheid era in South Africa, non-white persons and citizens were not given equal opportunities in the medical professions. At Groote Schuur hospital, Hamilton Naki was an informally taught surgeon. He started out as a gardener and cleaner. One day he was asked to help out with an experiment on a giraffe. From this modest beginning, Naki became principal lab technician, helped teach over 3,000 surgeons, and assisted with Barnard's organ transplant program. Barnard said, "Hamilton Naki had better technical skills than I did. He was a better craftsman than me, especially when it came to stitching, and had very good hands in the theatre." People have differing recollections about whether Naki was present during the Washkansky transplant.[30]
First successful heart transplant[edit]
Barnard performed the world's first human-to-human heart transplant operation in the early morning hours of Sunday 3 December 1967.[1][4][31] Louis Washkansky, a 54-year-old grocer who was suffering from diabetes and incurable heart disease, was the patient.[9][32] Barnard was assisted by his brother Marius Barnard, as well as a team of thirty persons. The operation lasted approximately five hours.[28][33][34][32]
Barnard stated to Washkansky and his wife Ann Washkansky that the transplant had an 80% chance of success.[35][36][37] This has been criticized by the ethicists Peter Singer and Helga Kuhse as making claims for chances of success to the patient and family which were "unfounded" and "misleading".[38]
Barnard later wrote, "For a dying man it is not a difficult decision because he knows he is at the end. If a lion chases you to the bank of a river filled with crocodiles, you will leap into the water, convinced you have a chance to swim to the other side." The donor heart came from a young woman, Denise Darvall, who had been rendered brain dead in an accident on 2 December 1967, while crossing a street in Cape Town.[2] On examination at Groote Schuur hospital, Darvall had two serious fractures in her skull, with no electrical activity in her brain detected, and no sign of pain when ice water was poured into her ear.[39] Coert Venter and Bertie Bosman requested permission from Darvall's father for Denise's heart to be used in the transplant attempt.[40] The afternoon before his first transplant, Barnard dozed at his home while listening to music. When he awoke, he decided to modify Shumway and Lower's technique. Instead of cutting straight across the back of the atrial chambers of the donor heart, he would avoid damage to the septum and instead cut two small holes for the venae cavae and pulmonary veins.[41] Prior to the transplant, rather than wait for Darvall's heart to stop beating, at his brother Marius Barnard's urging, Christiaan had injected potassium into her heart to paralyse it and render her technically dead by the whole-body standard.[2] Twenty years later, Marius Barnard recounted, "Chris stood there for a few moments, watching, then stood back and said, 'It works.'"[2][28]
Washkansky survived the operation and lived for 18 days. However, he succumbed to pneumonia as he was taking immunosuppressive drugs.
Additional heart transplants[edit]
Barnard was celebrated around the world for his accomplishment. He was photogenic, and enjoyed the media attention following the operation.
Worldwide, approximately 100 transplants were performed by various doctors during 1968.[42] Only a third of these patients lived longer than three months. A U.S. National Institutes of Health publication states, "Within several years, only Shumway's team at Stanford was attempting transplants."[29]
However, Barnard's second transplant operation was conducted on 2 January 1968, and the patient, Philip Blaiberg, survived for 19 months.[4][10] Dirk van Zyl, who received a new heart in 1971, was the longest-lived recipient, surviving over 23 years.[43]
Between December 1967 and November 1974 at Groote Schuur Hospital in Cape Town, South Africa, ten heart transplants were performed, as well as a heart and lung transplant in 1971. Of these ten patients, four lived longer than 18 months, with two of these four becoming long-term survivors. One patient lived for over thirteen years and another for over twenty-four years.[44]
Full recovery of donor heart function often takes place over hours or days, during which time considerable damage can occur. Other deaths to patients can occur from pre-existing conditions. For example, in pulmonary hypertension the patient's right ventricle has often adapted to the higher pressure over time and, although diseased and hypertrophied, is often capable of maintaining circulation to the lungs. Barnard designed the idea of the heterotopic (or "piggy back" transplant) in which the patient's diseased heart is left in place while the donor heart is added, essentially forming a "double heart". Barnard performed the first such heterotopic heart transplant in 1974.[44][45]
From November 1974 to December 1983, forty-nine consecutive heterotopic heart transplants on 43 patients were performed at Groote Schuur. Survival rates for patients at one year were over 60% as compared to less than 40% with standard transplants, and survival rates at five years were over 36% as compared to less than 20% with standard transplants.[44]
Many surgeons gave up cardiac transplantation due to poor results, often due to rejection of the transplanted heart by the patient's immune system. Barnard persisted until the advent of cyclosporine, an effective immunosuppressive drug, which helped revive the operation throughout the world. He also attemptedxenograft transplantation in a human patient, while attempting to save the life of a young girl unable to leave artificial life support after a second aortic valve replacement.
Public life[edit]
Barnard was an outspoken opponent of South Africa's laws of apartheid, and was not afraid to criticise his nation's government, although he had to temper his remarks to some extent to travel abroad.[citation needed] Rather than leaving his homeland, he used his fame to campaign for a change in the law. Christiaan's brother, Marius Barnard, went into politics, and was elected to the legislature on an anti-apartheid platform. Barnard later stated that the reason he never won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was probably because he was a "white South African".[46]
Personal life[edit]
Barnard's first marriage was to Aletta Gertruida Louw, a nurse, whom he married in 1948 while practising medicine in Ceres. The couple had two children — Deirdre (born 1950) and Andre (1951–1984).[2][47] International fame took a toll on his personal life, and in 1969, Barnard and his wife divorced. In 1970, he married heiress Barbara Zoellner when she was 19, the same age as his son, and they had two children — Frederick (born 1972) and Christiaan Jr. (born 1974).[48] He divorced Zoellner in 1982.[48] Barnard married for a third time in 1988 to Karin Setzkorn, a young model.[48] They also had two children, Armin (born 1990) and Lara (born 1997), but this last marriage also ended in divorce in 2000.[48]
Barnard described in his autobiography The Second Life a one-night extramarital affair with Italian film star Gina Lollobrigida,[2][49] that occurred in January 1968. During that visit to Rome he received an audience from Pope Paul VI.[50]
In October 2016, U.S. Congresswoman Ann McLane Kuster (D-NH) stated that Barnard sexually assaulted her when she was 23 years old. According to Kuster, he attempted to grope her under her skirt, while seated at a business luncheon with Rep. Pete McCloskey (R-CA), whom she was a staffer for at the time.[51][52][53]
Barnard retired as Head of the Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery in Cape Town in 1983 after developing rheumatoid arthritis in his hands which ended his surgical career. He had struggled with arthritis since 1956, when it was diagnosed during his postgraduate work in the United States.[2] After retirement, he spent two years as the Scientist-In-Residence at the Oklahoma Transplantation Institute in the United States and as an acting consultant for various institutions.
He had by this time become very interested in anti-aging research, and his reputation suffered in 1986 when he promoted Glycel, an expensive "anti-aging" skin cream, whose approval was withdrawn by the United States Food and Drug Administration soon thereafter.[4] He also spent time as a research advisor to the Clinique la Prairie, in Switzerland, where the controversial "rejuvenation therapy" was practised.[54]
Barnard divided the remainder of his years between Austria, where he established the Christiaan Barnard Foundation, dedicated to helping underprivileged children throughout the world, and his game farm in Beaufort West, South Africa.
Christiaan Barnard died on 2 September 2001, while on holiday in Paphos, Cyprus. Early reports stated that he had died of a heart attack, but an autopsy showed his death was caused by a severe asthma attack.[55]
Christiaan Barnard wrote two autobiographies. His first book, One Life, was published in 1969 and sold copies worldwide. Some of the proceeds were used to set up the Chris Barnard Fund for research into heart disease and heart transplants in Cape Town. His second autobiography, The Second Life, was published in 1993, eight years before his death.
Apart from his autobiographies, Dr Barnard also wrote several other books including:
- The Donor
- Your Healthy Heart
- In The Night Season
- The Best Medicine
- Arthritis Handbook: How to Live With Arthritis
- Good Life Good Death: A Doctor's Case for Euthanasia and Suicide
- South Africa: Sharp Dissection
- 50 Ways to a Healthy Heart
- Body Machine
See also[edit]
- ^ a b S Afr Med J, "A human cardiac transplant: an interim report of a successful operation performed at Groote Schuur Hospital, Cape Town", Barnard CN, 1967 Dec 30; 41(48): 1271–74.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o Every Second Counts: The Race to Transplant the First Human Heart, Donald McRae, New York: Penguin (Berkley/Putnam), 2006. See esp. Ch. 10 "The Wait" and Ch. 11 "Fame and Heartbreak," pages 173–214.
- ^ a b Heart Transplantation in Man: Developmental Studies and Report of a Case, JAMA (Journal of the American Medical Association), James D. Hardy, MD; Carlos M. Chavez, MD; Fred D. Kurrus, MD; William A. Neely, MD; Sadan Eraslan, MD; M. Don Turner, PhD; Leonard W. Fabian, MD; Thaddeus D. Labecki, MD; 188(13): 1132-1140; June 29, 1964.
- ^ a b c d e f g Altman, Lawrence K. (3 September 2001). "Christiaan Barnard, 78, Surgeon For First Heart Transplant, Dies". The New York Times. Retrieved 30 January 2017.
- ^ a b Every Second Counts, McRae, pages 48–49.
- ^ a b Every Second Counts, McRae, page 51.
- ^ a b Every Second Counts, McRae, page 53.
- ^ a b Christiaan Barnard: his first transplants and their impact on concepts of death, Raymond Hoffenberg, BMJ, 2001 Dec 22; 323(7327): 1478–1480.
- ^ a b Louis Washkansky (1913 – 1967), Science Museum. Louis was born in Lithuania in 1913 and moved to South Africa in 1922.
- ^ a b Philip Blaiberg was dying—this time for certain, Chicago Tribune, Mrs. Philip Blaiberg, Oct. 12, 1969, page 68.
- ^ Every Second Counts, McRae page 46.
- ^ Every Second Counts, McRae, page 49.
- ^ Christiaan Barnard, J Invest Surg. 2010 Apr;23(2):72-8. " . . under pioneer surgeons C. Walton Lillehei and Richard L. Varco. Many future distinguished cardiac surgeons, such as Shumway, Cabrol, and many others, were his contemporaries at Minnesota. . "
- ^ Every Second Counts, McRae, page 54.
- ^ Dictionary of African Biography, Volume 6, Emmanuel Kwaku Akyeampong, Henry Louis Gates, Jr., editors-in-chief, Barnard, Christiaan Neethling, Anne Digby, Oxford University Press, 2012.
- ^ Bosco, Teresio (1968) Uomini come noi, Società Editrice Internazionale
- ^ Fricke, T. A.; Konstantinov, I. E. (2013) Dawn and Evolution of Cardiac Procedures, Springer
- ^ "About Us". World Cultural Council. Retrieved November 8, 2016.
- ^ Barnard, Marius. Defining Moments.
- ^ Lederer, Susan E. (2008). Flesh and Blood: Organ Transplantation and Blood Transfusion in Twentieth-Century America. Oxford University Press. p. 174. ISBN 978-0-19-516150-2.
- ^ A brief history of cross-species organ transplantation, Baylor University Medical Center Proceedings, David K. C. Cooper MD, PhD, 2012 Jan; 25(1): 49–57.
- ^ James Hardy, Obituary, The Telegraph [UK], March 20, 2003.
- ^ Every Second Counts, McRae, see Ch. 7 "Mississippi Gambling", esp. pages bottom 122 through 127 which talk about the Jan. 23, 1964, operation in which surgeon James Hardy transplanted a chimp's heart into patient Boyd Rush.
- ^ "James D. Hardy, 84, Dies; Paved Way for Transplants – Obituary; Biography". NYTimes.com. 2003-02-21. Retrieved 2010-01-24.
- ^ Dr. James D. Hardy, University of Mississippi Medical Center (Bio Sketch).
- ^ A new heart, a new era, The Guardian, Donald McRae, June 25, 2006.
- ^ Every Second Counts, McRae, page 190.
- ^ a b c d "Memories of the Heart". Daily Intelligencer. Doylestown, Pennsylvania. 29 November 1987. p. A-18.
- ^ a b The Adrian Kantrowitz Papers, Replacing Hearts: Left Ventricle Assist Devices and Transplants, 1960–1970, National Institutes of Health, U.S. National Library of Medicine. " . . Two Stanford surgeons, Norman Shumway and Richard Lower, had started transplanting dog hearts while experimenting with hypothermia during the late 1950s. . "
- ^ Film on black surgeon in first heart transplant team rekindles controversy, The Guardian (UK), David Smith, 31 May 2009. Refers to documentary film Hidden Heart about Hamilton Naki.
- ^ Milestones in Cardiac Care, Los Angeles Times, Jill Gottesman, March 20, 1988.
- ^ a b 1967: First Heart Transplant Patient Goes Under the Knife, Haaretz, This Day in Jewish History, David B. Green, 3.12.2013. " . . When he was 9, his mother took him [Louis Washkansky] and his three siblings to Cape Town, to join their father, who had come ahead of the family . . "
- ^ Every Second Counts, McRae, 2006, pages 191-96.
- ^ Christiaan Neethling Barnard, South African History Online, updated 11 Jan 2017.
- ^ Calculated Risks: How to Know When Numbers Deceive You, Gerd Gigerenzer, Simon & Schuster, 2002.
- ^ Every Second Counts, McRae, pages 176, 190.
- ^ Ethics of Scientific Research, Kristin Shrader-Frechette, Rowman & Littlefield, 1994, page 38. Along a similar line, this author states, "Barnard's failure to tell Washkansky's wife that her husband was dying," although it's not clear whether this was pre- or post-transplant.
- ^ A Companion to Bioethics, Second Edition, Helga Kuhse, Peter Singer, Wiley-Blackwell, 2012.
- ^ Every Second Counts, McRae, 2006, p. 188.
- ^ Every Second Counts, McRae, page 189, "Coert Venter . . [and] Bertie Bosman . . withdrew, stressing that he should take as long as he needed to consider their request. They would understand if he declined to give his consent." Edward Darvall took four minutes to reach his decision, mainly thinking about his daughter, including how she tried to help others. He then told the doctors, "If you can't save my daughter, you must try and save this man."
- ^ Every Second Counts, McRae, 2006, page 187.
- ^ MAJOR MEDICAL MILESTONES LEADING UP TO THE FIRST HUMAN HEART TRANSPLANTATION, Kate Elzinga, from Proceedings of the 18th Annual History of Medicine Days Conference 2009: The University of Calgary Faculty of Medicine, Alberta, Canada, Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2011. " . . following Barnard's landmark heart transplantation on December 3, 1967, 107 human heart transplants were performed by 64 surgical teams in 24 countries in 1968. . "
- ^ "Dirk van Zyl, 68; Had '71 Transplant". New York Times. 7 July 1994. Retrieved 28 March 2009.
- ^ a b c Transplantation of the heart: An overview of 40 years' clinical and research experience at Groote Schuur Hospital and the University of Cape Town, South African Medical Journal, "Part I. Surgical experience and clinical studies." J Hassoulas, Vol. 102, No. 6 (2012).
- ^ "A tale of two hearts", Postgrad Medical Journal, 27 July 2016. "... HHT [Heterotopic Heart Transplantation] involves transplanting the donor heart without removing the recipient heart, effectively forming a 'double heart'. It was widely used in the pre-cyclosporine era when the donor was not strong enough (eg, the recipient had a much larger body) or the recipient had pre-existing pulmonary hypertension. Christiaan Barnard performed the first HHT ('piggy back' transplant) in 1974 ..."
- ^ "It's the quality of survival that's important". Hinduonnet.com (31 October 1997). Retrieved on 2015-06-30.
- ^ "Christiaan Barnard, celebrated pioneer of heart transplant surgery, dies aged 78", The Independent, 3 September 2001. Retrieved 18 September 2010.
- ^ a b c d "Christiaan Barnard Biography". Retrieved 10 June 2009.
- ^ Barnard, Chris (1994). Druhý dech [The Second Life] (in Czech). Prague: Lidové noviny. pp. 70–71. ISBN 80-7106-096-8.
- ^ "Pope Tells Barnard Of 'Heart' Prayers". Pittsburgh: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. 1968-01-30. Retrieved 2016-10-08.
- ^ http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20161013/news/310139819/
- ^ http://www.nh1.com/news/rep-annie-kuster-tells-concord-monitor-famous-doctor-sexually-assaulted-her-decades-ago/
- ^ http://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2016-10-13/trump-comments-prompt-congresswoman-to-share-assault-story
- ^ Cooper, David K. C. (3 September 2001). "Obituary: Christiaan Barnard". The Guardian. Retrieved 2 December 2013.
- ^ "Autopsy confirms asthma killed Barnard". Cyprus Mail. 5 September 2001. Archived from the original on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 15 March 2007.
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"Adam look this way, come on Adam." They all shouted, each of them trying to get his attention, smoothly as if he was James Dean, Adam pulled on his sunglasses that dangled from his shirt, looked at them as he took out a cigarette, lit it up and oh so coolly smiled at them and gave them a quick wave before easily going inside the nightclub.
He felt at home as the beat of the music thumped against his chest, he smiled as he walked over to his usual spot, the corner of the top floor, where his friends were all sitting around the fish tank table, smoked and laughed at each other's drunken stories.
"Hey guys, its Adam!" Shouted Chris Winterborn, whom for a second, lifted his aviators to look at Adam before smiling widely and bringing a fag to his lips. Turning around Adam's other friends –mostly from high school – greeted him with the same enthusiasm.
Smiling happily Adam sat down next to Chris, who gave him a shot of absinthe and lifted his own. It was a tradition dating back to Adam's seventeenth birthday; Chris had tricked Adam into taking a shot of absinthe with him without the help of any sugar, now their first drink together would always be absinthe. Tapping each other's shot glasses together Adam downed the absinthe with some ease, the green liquid burned the side of his mouth and after a few moments the familiar burn crawled from his throat. Absinthe was horrible tasting, but it got everyone drunk quickly, that was why Adam loved it. Adam laughed loudly as he listened to his friends drunken stories, he especially liked Justin's story of how he and Adam and a couple of other friends raced each other with shopping trollies. Adam remembered getting a huge scratch on his ribs from the road. After a few minutes Chris stood on the sofa bench, his arms stretched and he looked up at the ceiling as if he were doing an impersonation of the famous Michael Jackson.
"It is time for… Jaeger- bombs!" He declared loudly to the group, who cheered loudly before yelling at the waiter to get them a round of jaeger-bombs. After a few minutes the jaeger bombs arrived and everyone passed each other one, so that the group of seven each had a glass.
"One…. Two… Three!" Adam shouted and on three downed his jaeger bomb, slamming the empty glass on the fish tank table and raising his hands in victory. He watched his friends as they all slammed their cups one after the other.
They all booed at him jokingly, accusing him of superhero powers and pretending to work out his secret weakness, to which Adam replied "My only weakness is being near losers!" his friends laughed and clapped loudly before someone shouted "That means you Justin." And the whole table filled with roars of laughter.
Happiness enveloped Adam as he watched and participated with his friends as they pulled pranks, drank, flirted and eventually - as their table began to overlap with glasses once full of alcohol – bought drugs. To which the rest of the night was forgotten to Adam in the morning.


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I was asked by Dave Naffis, one of the founders of the Washington DC Ruby Users Group, to speak at one of their upcoming meetings (the May 3rd meeting as it turns out). It seems to me that a lot of people have been speaking about, or blogging about, similar subjects lately. In a fit of counter-programming, I decided to go with a topic that I thought was neat, but a little out of the mainstream.
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The spectacle, which sees planes travelling at more than 200 miles an hour, is taking place at the home of horse racing, Ascot. And 60,000 spectators are expected. Sally Simmonds has been speaking to some of the pilots taking part.
Inquest into the death of Russian tycoon resumes
An inquest into the death of a Russian tycoon has heard evidence - from the bodyguard - who found him dead at his home in Ascot - a year ago.
Boris Berezovsky, who'd been a fierce critic of Vladimir Putin, had lost a 3 billion pound court case against Chelsea Football Club owner, Roman Abromovich.
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Losing court battle "broke" Berezovsky
The Russian oligarch Boris Berezovsky, found dead at his Berkshire home, became a "broken man" and spoke of killing himself after losing a multibillion-pound legal battle with Chelsea Football Club owner Roman Abramovich, his inquest has heard.
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[ https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/IVY-1408?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:comment-tabpanel&focusedCommentId=13590249#comment-13590249 ] Mykhailo Delegan commented on IVY-1408: --------------------------------------- I'm afraid the patch won't work w/o jsch upgrade, since {{Session.setConfig(String, String)}} was introduced in later versions of jsch. I will submit patch which should work w/o jsch upgrade later today. You can disregard my comment if patch actually worked out and ivy has been succesfully compiled with it, I just don't know where is CI server hosted to check it. > Ssh Resolver doesn't work with recent Jsch versions > --------------------------------------------------- > > Key: IVY-1408 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/IVY-1408 > Project: Ivy > Issue Type: Improvement > Components: Core > Affects Versions: 2.3.0 > Reporter: Mykhailo Delegan > Assignee: Maarten Coene > Priority: Minor > Fix For: 2.4.0 > > Attachments: IVY-1408.patch > > > There is a known "issue" with the Jsch library and Java 1.7, in that it prompts for a kerberos username and password (which are then ignored if other credentials have already been supplied). This doesn't stop the Ant ssh tasks from working, but it does stop them from being completely automated (e.g. scripts invoked by a CI server like Jenkins) > The workaround is either of two: > # Move back to Java 1.6 > # Use old enough Jsch version (0.1.31 seems to be ok). > Jsch author, Atsuhiko Yamanaka, [suggests|http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_id=29359265] to configure Jsch Session as following to avoid the issue: > {code:java} > session.setConfig("PreferredAuthentications", "publickey,keyboard-interactive,password"); > {code} > The very same issue was [filed|https://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=53437] and [fixed|http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?rev=1429602&view=rev] in Ant. -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. If you think it was sent incorrectly, please contact your JIRA administrators For more information on JIRA, see: http://www.atlassian.com/software/jira
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The Department of Research and Records was actually little more than a basement with a locked door. Sally, the Records Clerk, was more a keeper of the key than a librarian. Sally was even allowed to keep a Smith and Wesson in her desk drawer, just in case some of us goons didn't respect her authority. But she was an institution at BPD headquarters, a gravelly voiced, no-nonsense, tough old bird, whose interior moxie was much bigger than her five foot frame could contain.
"Sally, I suppose I'll need about an hour."
"MacKenzie, will you be taking any files out with you?"
"No, Sal. Just going to take some notes and be gone."
"Remember, don't put any files back on the racks. Leave them on the table and I'll put 'em back. Now sign in, name, time, badge number. Knock when you're done."
The basement was row after row of floor to ceiling shelving, filled to bending with boxes of files, all stacked in chronological order. On the one large table was a massive wooden card file, as big as you might find in big city libraries, with cross-indexing by name and case number.
I wanted to see what we had on O'Hara and Checker Cab. Also I wanted to refresh my memory on Flanagan's hearing before Internal Affairs.
We had a number of files on O'Hara, but nothing within the last fifteen years. I suppose now he knew how to insulate himself from all the street stuff, and had gathered enough money to hire lawyers to scrub his dealings clean. Well, at least, until this Billington thing blew up in his face.
I came across some depositions the District Attorney's office had regarding a Checker Cab investigation a number of years back. I found it very interesting that three employees names popped up in those depositions, old man Flanagan, Lily Devonshire, and my blue-eyed Mary. Lead investigator in the case was none other than a young Detective Brian Galloway. Now my feeble memory had not remembered that the case was thrown out on some legal technicalities, improper handling of evidence, it read.
Down the row a ways, I found the cardboard banker's box that held the proceedings from the Flanagan hearing. In the testimony transcript, some names had been blacked out. That seemed a bit on the unusual side, but it was clear that Flanagan and unnamed other cops were on the take from members of the mob. They had evidence that certain police officers were turning a blind eye to some insurance fraud - so called stolen building materials from construction sites. Flanagan refused to name names and was thrown off the force and a friendly judge gave him five years probation. The Judge? Well, I had forgotten this as well, a rising star on the political scene named Judge Warren Watters.
'Thanks, Sal. You take care of yourself, gal."
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