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The sister of a mentally ill man who died in police custody has spoken of her shock of being told by police that her physically fit brother had "just collapsed and died", an inquest has heard.
Marcia Rigg-Samuel, 48, was giving evidence at the long-awaited inquest into the death of Sean Rigg, who died at Brixton police station in south London in August 2008.
Mr Rigg, 40, who had a 20-year history of serious psychotic episodes, was described by his sister as a "boisterous, funny, talented" musician with no physical health problems.
Ms Rigg-Samuel told Southwark Coroner's Court: "I heard my brother had died in the early hours of 22 August, at about 2.30am.
"The police came to our house and told us he had been arrested and taken to Brixton police station and had suddenly collapsed and died… They said they had no more information. We never heard from them again."
The jury heard how Mr Rigg had been treated in mental health hospitals more than 15 times as a result of relapses which always followed a similar pattern. He had on many occasions been picked up by police in London and abroad in countries including France, Thailand and Sweden, because of the bizarre and sometimes aggressive behaviour he displayed when unwell.
Ms Rigg-Samuel told the court that he was well known to Brixton police, who had helped take him to hospital on several occasions.
Professor Thomas Fahy, who had been Mr Rigg's consultant forensic psychiatrist for several years, described Mr Rigg as an independently minded, charming man when he was well. He was "shocked" to hear about Mr Rigg's sudden as he was a "slim, fit, healthy young man" with no history of heart problems.
No-one from Mr Rigg's community mental health team from South London and Maudsley NHS Trust saw or spoke to Mr Rigg in the week before his death despite being told by hostel where he lived that he was drinking his own urine, doing karate moves and behaving aggressively. These were typical signs of a relapse for Mr Rigg, the jury was told.
Under cross examination by the Rigg family's barrister, Leslie Thomas Q, Professor Fahy admitted that "in hindsight" his team should have intervened earlier as Mr Rigg had clearly relapsed.
Professor Fahy explained that his patient had not been taking his medication for two months. Mr Rigg usually relapsed after not taking his medication for a few weeks when he would then pose a risk to the public because of paranoid and grandiose beliefs, the court was told.
Professor Fahy told the jury he had been away on holiday in the weeks leading up to Mr Rigg's death, but was asked about the response of this team in his absence.
Mr Thomas QC said: "At times when Sean was not being compliant with his medicine, his family had a calming effect on him, didn't they? He listened to his big sis (Ms Rigg-Samuel). Did anyone on your team think to pick up the phone and ring the family?"
Professor Fahy replied: "The family wasn't contacted. They should have been." The proceedings were temporarily halted after Ms Rigg-Samuel broke down in tears.
The inquest continues.
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Nara Medical University School of Medicine, Kashihara, Japan
The benefits of surgical treatment for metachronous lung cancer are not well described. The aim of this study was to evaluate the validity and efficacy of surgical treatment for metachronous lung cancers.
From January 1995 to December 2004, a total of 37 patients underwent a second resection for a metachronous lung cancer. We reviewed the charts of these patients and analyzed type of resection, operative morbidity, mortality, and survival by stage. All tumors were classified postsurgically. Survival was calculated by the Kaplan-Meier method and the data were evaluated with the log rank's test.
The mean interval between the first and second resection was 39.7±31.0 months. Ninety-five percent of the patients presented stage I cancers, 2.7% with stage II, and 2.7% with stage III cancers. Lobectomy was performed in 16.2% of the patients, segmentectomy in 27.0%, and wedge resection in 56.8% for the metachronous cancers. Operative mortality for the second resection was 5.4% (2 out of 37 patients). These two patients died of acute respiratory distress syndrome during the early postoperative period. The mean follow-up after the second resection was 42.1 months. The 1-, 2-, 5-year actuarial survival for the entire group after the second resection was 86.5, 83.4, and 79.5% respectively.
Operations for metachronous lung cancers provided the improved prognosis of these patients. Surgical treatment should be considered as a safe and effective strategy for resectable metachronous lung cancers in patients with adequate physiologic pulmonary reserve.
We found surgical resection of metachronous lung cancers could be performed in selected patients with meaningful long-term survival. This finding suggests that there might be benefit to systematic postoperative surveillance of patients after resection with the goal of detecting metachronous tumors at the earliest possible stage.
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Lawyers must fight to ensure that justice for personal injury (PI) victims is not "McDonaldised" in the wake of sea-changes predicted for legal services.
Michael Napier, president of the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers, told delegates at the London conference: "PI is not a fast-food item. It's not so simple. The issues are not always that easy."
Napier said he had borrowed the analogy from an American lawyer who claimed the court system had become so obsessed with speed that the only thing on offer to clients was a "McTrial".
But guest speaker Lord Woolf, unveiling his vision for the future, said the courts should be able to insist that a u10,000 case was wrapped up in half a day.
"It will involve a culture shock, but we have to think about it in the context that a large number of the population can't afford to litigate at all," said Woolf.
"I don't think anyone here has any reason to be concerned about the possibility. It is something that we should look forward to rather than worry about."
Woolf, who is currently reviewing the civil court system, refuted the claim that speedy litigation would lead to injustice, provided the case was properly presented, the judges had read the papers and the issues had been clearly defined.
But PI lawyers hoping for separate treatment were disappointed by Woolf's stance on the idea of specialist courts and judges.
Judges who dealt with one type of case only would tend to become plaintiff lawyers or defendant lawyers. A more varied experience helped judges to be more objective, he said.
"It's not a case of being bored. It's a question of getting into a groove."
He also warned of the dangers of breaking the court system into separate sections because problems emerged as to whether a case was appropriate for the particular jurisdiction.
Half the judicial review cases began with an argument about whether the action met the correct criteria, Woolf said.
Napier stressed that personal injury work was "good value for money" with the vast majority of plaintiffs receiving damages.
"Any reduction in legal aid is a false economy," he said.
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The UK Foreign Minister Philip Hammond has sent a letter to Minister of Foreign Affairs of Republic of Azerbaijan Elmar Mammadyarov, SIA reports.
In his letter the UK FM stressed that the United Kingdom does not recognize the so-called Nagorno-Karabakh regime and is not going to change this position: " We support sovereignty, territorial integrity and independence of Azerbaijan and stress the importance of the UN and OSCE principles between the relations of the two countries."
"Bako Sahakyan's visit has no relations with the government of the United Kingdom and they had no meeting during his stay in London. This visit is not a factor that could lead to a change in our position on Nagorno-Karabakh. Such kind of personal visits cannot damage the commitment of the United Kingdom relating to the position on peace in the region and Azerbaijan. We insist on finding a peaceful solution of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict soon on the basis of the basic principles of the OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs. We will continue to support efforts in this direction." Philip Hammond noted.
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General Ariel Sharon, a member of the present government who was minister of defence 15 years ago, is suing the Israeli daily Haaretz for saying that Menachim Begin, then the Israeli prime minister, had believed General Sharon had lied to him about advancing all the way to Beirut.
Giving evidence against General Sharon is Ze'ev Begin, son of the former prime minister, who told the court that his father, who died in 1992, had given his assent to a more limited operation. Mr Begin, who resigned from Israeli cabinet over the Hebron withdrawal last month, said his father denied General Sharon's claim to have told him that Beirut was the initial objective. He said his father "was very angry", and said: "These things are baseless."
General Sharon has always been held responsible by the Begin family for the invasion which led to Menachim Begin's resignation. It is also true, however, that the prime minister gave his defence minister full backing in his bombardment of Beirut and the capture of the city. The massacre of more than 700 Palestinians at Sabra and Chatilla refugee camps by Christian militiamen allied to Israel discredited the invasion internationally.
Israel has never wholly recovered in Lebanon from the debacle. It failed to achieve any of its aims of marginalising the Palestine Liberation Organisation, reducing Syrian influence in Lebanon and establishing a Christian Lebanese government allied to Israel. In the face of guerrilla attacks, Israeli forces pulled back to a nine-mile wide security zone in south Lebanon in 1985.
Last week's collision of two helicopters, in which 73 soldiers and airmen were killed on their way to outposts in Lebanon, has given impetus to the debate about whether Israel should withdraw. Yossi Beilin, the architect of the Oslo accord, suggested that control of the security zone be handed over to a third party. The problem with this is that Syria will not let Israel off the hook in south Lebanon without an Israeli withdrawal from the Golan Heights, captured in 1967.
Benjamin Netanyahu, the Pprime Minister, and Amnon Lipkin-Shahak, the chief of staff, oppose a pullout but do not have any alternative strategy to propose. A senior officer was quoted as saying: "The public debate now being carried out that concerns an IDF [Israeli army] withdrawal from Lebanon negatively affects the morale of the officers and soldiers serving in the south Lebanon sector."
The prolonged bombardment of Lebanon by Israeli artillery and planes in operation Grapes of Wrath last year failed to inflict significant damage on Hizbollah guerrillas. The US-brokered ceasefire stopped Katyushas being fired at northern Israel, but also stopped Israel freely using its advantage in firepower against Hizbollah. No civilians have been killed on either side for six months. Expansion of the security zone or attacks on Syrian positions in Lebanon would lead to renewed Katyusha attacks.
The several hundred Hizbollah guerrillas Israel faces in Lebanon have proved highly effective. Even in a skirmish at the weekend, in which a three to five man Hizbollah squad was intercepted by Israeli troops, the result was seven Israeli wounded, one seriously, and no evidence of any Hizbollah casualties. The trickle of Israeli casualties, totalling 68 dead in the last three years, makes it difficult for the government to persuade the public that it has no option but to soldier on.
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Using Individual Assessments in the Workplace: A Practical Guide for HR Professionals, Trainers, and Managers
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BeschreibungThe purpose of individual assessment is to develop as complete a picture as possible of an individual not only to help maximize his or her potential contribution to the organization but also to assist individual employees with their career path. Written for human resource professionals, trainers, and managers, Using Individual Assessments in the Workplace is an easy-to-read and easy-to-apply?manual for using assessment tools. Step-by-step this much-needed resource leads the reader through the often complex processes of job analysis, test selection, test administration and interpretation, and decision making. The authors- Leonard D. Goodstein and Erich P. Prien-are leading experts in the field of workplace assessment. In this book they present a comprehensive resource that offers an introduction to individual assessment, shows how to collect and analyze assessment data (including a five-step model for conducting this process), reveals how to perform psychological measurement, develop and integrate individual assessment data, and report individual assessment results. "This book is the prefect resource for professionals with some background in employment assessment for selection. It offers the best expert advice available for conducting psychological assessment that will yield excellent results, both for job candidates and organizations." -Marshall Sashkin, professor of human resource development, graduate school of education and human development, The George Washington University
InhaltsverzeichnisForeword by W. Warner Burke.
Foreword by Adrian Furnham.
1. Introduction.
For Whom Did We Write This Book?
What Are Our Recommendations?
How Is This Book Organized?
2. The Practice of Individual Assessment.
What Is Individual Assessment?
What Does an Assessor Need to Know?
The Three Levels of Assessor Competencies.
The Individual Assessment Model.
Information Technology and Individual Assessment.
3. Psychological Measurement.
The Normal Distribution Curve.
The Role of the Assessor.
Classification of Psychological Tests.
4. Collecting and Analyzing Assessment Data.
Using the Five-Step Model of Individual Assessment.
Hard and Soft Data.
Assessment Procedures and Choices.
Reporting and Follow-Up Choices.
5. Developing and Integrating Individual Assessment Data.
Choosing Measures.
The Database.
Processing the Database.
6. Reporting Individual Assessment Results.
The Focus of a Final Report.
Content and Style.
Drawing Conclusions and Making Recommendations.
A Decision-Making Model.
A Forty-Question Checklist.
Computer-Generated Reports.
Individual Assessment for Development.
Future-Oriented Job Analysis.
Appendix A: Recommended Readings.
Appendix B: Sample Position Description.
Appendix C: Introduction to Job Analysis.
Appendix D: First-Line Management/Supervisory Level Competency Model.
Appendix E: Senior Management/Executive Level Competency Model.
Appendix F: Sample Individual Assessment Report on Applicant for Administrative Assistant Position.
Appendix G: Sample Assessment Report--Supervisor/First-Line Manager.
Appendix H: Sample Individual Assessment Report--Management and Executive Level.
Appendix I: Selected Tests and Publishers.
About the Authors.
PortraitLeonard D. Goodstein, Ph.D., a consulting psychologist based in Washington, D.C., specializes in providing consultation in personality assessment, especially in the workplace--as well as executive development, including executive coaching. He is also a Principal with Professional Assessment Services and Solutions (PASS), Psichometrics International, LLC, and Forensic Sciences Medical Group, PC.
After receiving his bachelor's degree with honors from the City College of New York, Dr. Goodstein went on to receive both an M.A. and Ph.D. from Columbia University, both in psychology. A holder of the Diploma in Clinical Psychology of the American Board of Professional Psychology, Dr. Goodstein is a Distinguished Practitioner of the National Academy of Practice. He is a licensed psychologist in both California and the District of Columbia. Dr. Goodstein is listed in Who's Who in America and American Men and Women in Science.
Since completing a three-year term as executive vice president and chief executive officer of the American Psychological Association, psychology's national membership association, in 1988 he has been engaged in consulting, research, and writing. Prior to APA, Dr. Goodstein had a distinguished academic career, including professorships at the Universities of Iowa, Cincinnati, and Arizona State, where he served as chair of the Department of Psychology. In addition, he has been a Fulbright Senior Lecturer (Professor) at the Vrije Universiteit in the Netherlands. After leaving academia and prior to joining APA, he was president and later chairman of the board of University Associates, Inc., now Pfeiffer.
Erich P. Prien, Ph.D., an industrial/organizational psychologist based in Memphis, Tennessee, specializes in the development, standardization, and application of psychological tests, especially in the workplace. He is also the founder and president of Performance Management Press (PMP), which has been the principal marketing arm for his tests.
Following receipt of his bachelor's degree from Western Michigan University, he received an MA from Carnegie Mellon University and a Ph.D. from Western Reserve University (now Case Western Reserve), both in industrial/organizational psychology. Dr. Prien has served as a research psychologist for the Standard Oil Company, as assistant director of the Psychological Research Service at Case Western University, as adviser to the Imperial Iranian Armed Forces, and as a faculty member at Greensboro College, University of Akron, Georgia Technical University, and the University of Memphis. After leaving the University of Memphis in 1987, Dr. Prien has devoted himself to his professional practice, his research, and his sustained interest in writing. Dr. Prien is a fellow of the American Psychological Association and the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology and holds the Diploma in Industrial Psychology from the American Board of Professional Psychology. Among his many awards are the Distinguished Professional Award from the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, the Author of the Year Award from The American Society of Training Directors and the Journal of Performance and Instruction, and he was the Creativity Research Award Winner from the American Society for Personnel Administration twice.
Pressestimmen"Clearly written and well organized" (Personnel Psychology, 10/03/2007)
Untertitel: 'Pfeiffer Essential Resources f'. Sprache: Englisch.
Verlag: PFEIFFER & CO
Erscheinungsdatum: Juli 2006
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What Is Family?
Concept of family seems simple enough, but I won't assume that everyone grows up in the four person nuclear family. This, like many other things, is a Western society illusion--a program saying how life should look. Family is any person or group of people who help take care of you growing up. We've all heard plenty of stories about how a coach or a teacher in school can make a huge difference on someone's life. In many respects they step into the space of family, and they can also add to or shift the cultural programming in a person's mind, body, heart, and soul.
More commonly accepted is that a family has a mom and a dad. How common this is in practice worldwide, I won't guess. But at one point a man and woman came together, and their joining had an amazing effect; they created you. How they were during sex is one of the first key junctures for a person. Energetically, their love or lack thereof tells a story to your energy. It is the first of countless stories that parents tell both verbally and energetically about relationships. The stories continue on through infancy, childhood, adolescence, and adulthood. They tell you how to eat, survive, be with other people, fight, grieve, be intimate, be angry, be happy, be loved, give, receive, and so many other things. All of this is sitting down at the bottom part of you--the first energy center of you.
Acknowledging the Power of Family
For my friends who have lots of difficult issues focused around family, you know that clearing these is not a small task. It's a worthy one, and it's an important one. But for the sake of this blog post and the series of posts I'm writing, it's only important to acknowledge the influence family has had over you. Begin to bring awareness to all the issues you've had with your family. Don't try to fix them unless this is a near and present thing for you. If it is, then you've found a key piece to work on to build your spirituality. For others, I simply want you to put your attention there.
In my own life, I've noticed that as I grow, I cycle back to different issues. One of the great things about the spiritual path is that it has cycles. It's kind of whirling dervish. As you gain deeper insights and expand your spiritual toolkit, you come back to issues with more awareness and ability to heal. You have a little broader perspective and more ability to deal with things that you couldn't deal with before. So many things here may be put aside as you--to quote a friend--build your tower to connect to the divine. You can't avoid your family issues on this path. But you can get help and support before you have to face those concerns.
The Gift of Family
For as many issues and--in some cases--abuses, family may bring upon us, family also may have offered you a lot of gifts. They may have taught you a lot of wonderful things that allow you to be happy and to achieve the things that you want to achieve. They took care of you when you were little and sacrificed so that you could have the things that you needed and wanted. I've noticed that there isn't a lot of gratitude referenced around family at times. I may simply be around too many spiritual work-aholics (which is kind of an oxymoron, but I can get into that later). However, as you go down the path, many of us start to see this family programming and the larger cultural programming inside of us. It's the type of thing where the more you clean out the issues inside, the more the remaining ones stand out. And even after all that work, the family issues can still be looming large. However, it is so important to return to love and gratitude with your family as you move through these issues.
Furthermore, a separation starts to happen in your eyes as you get clear. You start to own the issues that you associated with your family instead of projecting them all onto your father, your mother, your sister, or your brother. You will see the issues as separate even as your family members are acting them out. You start to appreciate how they're caught up in the programming, and that it has nothing to do with you.
In many respects, this line of thinking is straight out of Don Miguel Ruiz's The Mastery of Love. Your family is caught up in a story. And that story is theirs and not yours. Bringing your awareness to this fact will bring you some peace, and then you can see even more clearly where you're still hooked into stories and programming that now can be deleted, healed, or transmuted.
Handling Severe Family Dysfunction
I do want to say that there are some situations where the best thing you can do is to remove yourself or find external help. Issues include:
- Physical abuse
- Severe emotional abuse
- Sexual abuse
You may one day be able to engage with deep love and compassion with your family around this, and if so, that's an amazing and profound space to be in. It's certainly not impossible, but if you've been surrounded by this for a long time, you need to get help immediately. Mostly likely, you'll need to find a new living situation. Here's a link to some help from the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services concerning domestic abuse, child abuse, and other issues.
Clearing the Root Chakra
Clearing root chakra issues is a lot of work because those issues are so ingrained. I've spent a good deal of time clearing issues around financial scarcity from my energy and being pretty terrified during the process. But in doing so, I continue to find more and more abundance in my life on multiple levels.
If you put your attention to this foundational area of your life, you will see a lot of patterns learned from your parents and your extended family. Just bring awareness to these. As I build up towards the heart and the mind in these blog posts, you'll see where these basic programs have influenced how you feel, think, and be. We will return to these issues later, but for now, know that they're there and know that they can be healed.
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As soon as I pushed open the door to our house, someone held my hand. It was unexpected, so I instinctively reached out my hand to push them away.
I looked up, and saw Mrs Baker.
"Mrs Baker? What are you doing here?" I asked in a mixture of surprise and confusion. And maybe just a hint of unwelcomeness.
"Oh, honey. I thought you might like to live with me," Mrs Baker's concerned face was enough proof to me that she was telling the truth.
"You are really that concerned about me?" I asked, just to check.
"Yes, dear."
"But why? Why do I need to live with you?"
Mrs Baker looked a bit hurt - just a bit. "Well, the letter, of course, dear."
The letter. The shock and remembrance hit me like a tidal wave. The letter!
I was helping Mother wash up the clothes while trying to get Alexander and Tom to calm down and stop chasing each other.
Tom whizzed past me, his hair flying, and coat flapping frantically as if trying to escape him.
"Tom, settle down!" I tried to stay as calm as Mother, but I was panicking. What if they knocked something down? There would be hell to pay.
Ignoring me, Tom ran precariously close to a pottery set that Mother had been hoping to sell.
"Tom," I warned. He laughed and zoomed away again, out of my reach. Turning to mother with a long-suffering gaze, I groaned at her. "Tom's being so naughty."
"Leave him be," said Mother, her kind, patient voice always the voice of kindness. "He'll stop eventually. No point hassling him."
Next Alexander ran past, laughing and giggling as if he was a madman. "Calm down, Alex," I said, trying to use my very reasonable voice. He started to shake his head, and just as I was about to scold him, the doorbell rang.
"You're lucky," I growled as I went to answer the door. I hurriedly wiped my hands on my apron to dry them.
I got a huge surprise when I opened the door. There was a large man standing there, his toe tapping.
"About time, too," he said curtly, flicking his curls impatiently back from his chubby face. "Here, your house is for sale. Goodbye."
He thrust a letter into my hands and left. The letter was a scented envelope made of marbled paper, but there was time later to marvel at it - our house was for sale!
I stood there, shocked for a moment, then ran into the house, trying to find Mother. She was now hanging up the clothes to dry, and as I burst out the news to her, she dropped the clothes-basket with a cry.
"No, it couldn't be," she said, her voice shaking. "Open it, Emma."
With unsteady fingers, I ripped open the pretty envelope, daring its contents to come out and reveal themselves.
There was another horribly pretty piece of paper in there, again, scented. Written in messy, scrawled writing, not at all matching the pretty paper (as if they hadn't bothered to write neatly for mere villagers) was:
Dear the Trafford family,
It has come to our attention that the overdue fee of five hundred dollars is to be paid immediately. If this fee is not paid, your house will be sold.
Thank you, wishing you a happy day,
Horace Williams,
Chairman of the Bankers association
Mother fainted, and could hardly recover from the shock weeks after. After three weeks, the twins fell ill. Fatally ill.
I sighed, remembering fond memories of our mother. The twins had recovered a bit from that illness, but it was still a very fatal condition. One wrong step from them or their carers could result in something gone horribly wrong. I shivered to think what could happen to my remaining two relatives.
We hadn't even paid the money yet! I told myself to prepare it straightaway. Mrs Baker's slow, steady voice interrupted my thoughts.
"Emma, dear, someone came in your house while you were away." Her warm eyes looked gently into my small, panicked ones.
"Who?" I demanded - a bit too forcefully I think.
"It was the mortgagee."
"A short, fat man, with slightly balding hair," Mrs Baker prompted.
"Oh, him," I said, trying to bring some cheerfulness into this grim conversation, "the last time I saw him he was still young - no balding yet!" I added a chuckle at the end for emphasis, but Mrs Baker seemed not to notice. She didn't laugh.
"Yes, my dear. People do get older as time goes on. There are dark times ahead, Emma. Please bear with me."
"What did the mortgagee say?"
"He said ... he said that you were going to have to move out. You haven't paid your fee: it's been too long already. They're going to sell your house," Mrs Baker hesitated, "and you are going to be kicked out."
"But we'll get it in sometime or other!" I exclaimed.
"Emma, I think it'll be safer if you stay in my house for the time being, whether you are going to get the money in or not - they might come in while you are still living in here." Mrs Baker shook her wise head, "No, I will not be having that."
"But Mrs Baker," I persisted, "you have to at least allow us to -"
"You can't stay, Emma. And that's it: you just can't stay," Mrs Baker said. "Come, let's get your belongings packed and ready. You don't want to leave anything valuable in an empty house."
I unwillingly drag my un-responding feet up the creaky staircase. When I finally reach my room, I take it all in, like some huge sponge. My eyes aren't just for seeing anymore: they're for remembering.
I take in the old wardrobe in the corner, so tiny it can barely contain my few clothes, my worn rug under my bed that looks more like a strip of old carpet now, my little study table which I keep my books stacked on, my three-poster bed - Mother got it cheap from a rich family who wanted to get rid of it because one of its posters snapped off (I have to be careful not to touch the sharp part) -, and finally my cupboard. I keep everything in that cupboard, and whenever I tell people, they always say, 'everything?' in that tone of voice and a crooked eyebrow, and I reply quite proudly, 'yes, everything that I ever owned which doesn't include my clothes or the things that I have given away and no longer own,' then they look at me oddly, and I smile satisfactorily. And I do keep everything in there - apart from my clothes -, my souvenirs from my father's overseas trips, my mother's gifts that she sent me as birthday presents, even my two brothers art pieces that they created long ago, even though they weren't strictly mine.
I smile fondly at the thought of my whole family, together, then laugh at the silliness of it. It was impossible, and I knew it.
I sighed and locked those memories securely into my mind. That silent moment of just standing there, looking at my room, would be part of my memory forever.
"Emma, you ready up there?"
"Yes, nearly," I answered absently.
Damn it. Mrs Baker. I had nearly forgotten what I was there to do, so before I could stray off task anymore, I opened my cupboard and was greeted with the sight of very many things that I missed: my souvenirs, my presents, my gifts - all manner of things.
I searched around for a bag to put things in and succeeded with an old canvas bag for storing potatoes in. I opened it up and tried to blow as much dust out of it as possible, then quickly bundled as much of my cupboard as possible into that tiny canvas bag. I tossed in a few clothes, too, in the space that I had left for other items. I wouldn't need many -- I wasn't staying in there for that long, anyway. I could just reuse my clothes, and buy other necessities...but only if necessary. I couldn't risk to waste any more money in a time like this.
Finally, when I was finished, I went back downstairs, carrying all my possessions. Then I remembered that I had brothers.
"Where are Tom and Alexander?" I asked, panicked. "Where are they, Mrs Baker, where? Oh my goodness, have you lost them? Don't tell me you have, oh Mrs Baker, please, spare me!" I was just reaching out to grab her shoulders to shake when she gently eased my frantic hands away.
"Calm down, Emma. I know you must look after them but please, settle yourself. They are already at my house. Go and check up in their room if you don't believe me," Mrs Baker said, smiling reassuringly.
"Yes, thank you. I'll have to do that to get some peace with me before I leave," I said, gratefully.
I ran up the stairs, two at a time. I opened Alexander's bedroom door and was greeted with an empty room. The only thing left were some clothes and his little toy horse that he had given to Mother on her birthday.
Smiling at the memory, I tucked the little horse into my pocket. If he didn't have any time to take it or any space left to spare for it; I certainly did. I'd take it for him.
I walked to Tom's room, now in a calmer state of mind, and was thoroughly surprised when his room turned out to be a mess. The usually neat Tom was messy? I tried making up excuses, like the fact that he was rushing, or maybe because Alexander had come in and accidentally messed it up, but I still knew that I wasn't quite convinced.
I checked his room anyway, and could find nothing. It was spotless, but the covers were thrown back, his bed-sheet coming loose, his mattress moved off the bed frame, and his bookcase shoved roughly to one side. Why Tom would want to look behind the bookcase was beyond me, but you never know boys silly ways.
I went back down the stairs, now a bit confused, and followed Mrs Baker into her little coach, which wasn't quite a coach.
I heaved my sack onto the coach, leaving just enough room for Mrs Baker and I to sit together, slightly squashed.
"Up you go first, girl," Mrs Baker said jollily. "Don't be shy of old Mrs Baker."
I shyly climbed up onto the coach, pushing my sack a little more to the side to give me some room. Mrs Baker followed, heaving herself up to sit next to me.
"Oh, and I had a thought. Because you're going to be staying in my house for a period of time," Mrs Baker began.
"Yes?" I asked curiously.
"I think you should call me Angelina instead of Mrs Baker. I mean, I am a person too, you know." Seeing my face, she laughed. "Yes, it isn't rude to call an adult who is sheltering you by her first name. Especially when that particular adult happens to want it."
I shrugged. "Whatever you say, Mrs - Angelina." Her name felt odd on my tongue, as if it didn't like it there. An adult should be called a Mrs, and not a name like Angelina. It just didn't feel right.
Then Mrs Baker -- fine, Angelina whistled a strange, piercing whistle, which prompted the horses to trot forward slowly. The trundling of horses' hooves on the cobbled streets made me feel drowsy.
That feeling, combined with the stress that I had endured during the day, made me slowly fall asleep.


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Carol Ann Hill Alderman, 70, has the beginning stages of Alzheimer's disease, according to a release. She was last seen at her Fallwood Drive home around 1:30 p.m. wearing a white top and blue jeans.
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The case is being filed at a court in New York, where ICI American depository shares are traded, and where court rules give class-action suits a much greater chance of success. Stephen Alexander, of British solicitors Class Law, is helping Milberg Weiss recruit UK-based shareholders to join the action.
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In our UK news pages you'll find more on the outcome of the cases. For legal reasons we were not able to run more comment and background to the story, because some verdicts remained outstanding as we went to press, but we'll bring you the full picture behind this extraordinary trial in next week's edition.
Up to that point, much of our attention had been focused on another trial, in Egypt, where three Al-Jazeera English journalists were sentenced to up to 10 years in jail in what most observers saw as a politically influenced verdict. Given the climate of fear in which journalists currently work in Egypt, our cover story by Guardian Cairo correspondent Patrick Kingsley, exposing the regime's secret torture prison, is a quite fearless and exceptional piece of reporting, as well as a riposte to those in Egypt who would seek to silence free speech.
US secretary of state John Kerry was in Iraq this week, where much of the country remains occupied by Sunni Islamist rebels. We bring you the best reporting and analysis from a country on a knife-edge.
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TheWorkingWardrobe Takes Astoria: Survival Techniques and Walking Paths
Dear readers, I heartily apologize for being so lax on Friday and yesterday on my blog posting. The truth is, that I was sick. Well, I'm still technically battling this cold, but it at least isn't sending me back to bed nor causing a shortage of ginger ale and Kleenex in the Astoria area. I have a tendency of pushing myself a bit too hard – especially with work – and I frankly just burned out. Plus, you know, I'm still a slight newbie to this new lifestyle of mine. With the workload (all exhilarating) and the changes (so exciting), my body I feel just said, "STOP!" Yes, I sadly admit this is somewhat of a repetitive process with me (when will I learn?), but afterwards I usually do take some time to take care of myself and get my life a bit back on track instead of only being tied to a computer screen and bouncing between events.
However I have not been sick this entire time, and have been getting to know this new neighborhood of mine! What I discovered most quickly though is one thing about this apartment. The water. Not just the water, but the water heat. I am one of those people who loves hot baths – actually scalding baths. I also heat my coffee in the microwave after I poured it into my cup. I reheat my soup multiple times in the microwave as well. It is shocking that I still have nerve endings, but that's the truth of it. I have a timetable almost finalized as to when I can take a shower before the water turns cold. However hot baths are just impossible. The water is lukewarm at best no matter the time of day or night. Luckily this apartment is equipped with a stove and very reliable pots and pans and a tea kettle. If you've already assumed as much, you assume correctly. While the bath is running, I'm boiling water in a pasta pot and a tea kettle. Mixing the boiling water and lukewarm bath water actually works! Yes, I feel like I'm straddling two different time zones with this process, but at least I can still enjoy a hot bath, and even a slightly homemade one!
Speaking of water, the only time I haven't washed dishes by hand is when I lived with my parents growing up. In every other apartment I've ever lived in, I washed dishes by hand and had a dish rack. This apartment actually has a dishwasher! However this is a funny aspect to this dishwasher. In order for it to work, you have to wheel it over to sink, plug it into an outlet and fit a hose and spigot onto the nozzle of the kitchen sink. It took some back and forth with the couple who I'm renting from, but in the end I figured it out!
Aside from the interesting inner-workings of my apartment, I also discovered that Astoria is a beautiful bureau for walking! Walking has always been my stress-relief, workout, and escape from the work day. I can put on my headphones and power walk for 2-3 hours at a time. I've been walking since I was in junior high, so it was very important for me to find some good walking paths. I am happy to report that I found several!
There are two areas that are absolutely gorgeous and offer a quick "I only have 30 minutes" walk to the "I have all day to kill" walk. The quick option walk is at Astoria Park. It's considered the "Central Park of Astoria", and boy is it beautiful. There is a track, walking and bike paths, tennis courts, a pool (yes, I'm coming back for that in the summer!), and great areas for picnicking or just throwing a Frisbee. I actually prefer this walking path in the evenings. It's right on the river, and walking along the sidewalk to the lights of Manhattan across the way is a great way to unwind from the workday.
The other walking path I discovered is much more of a journey, and boy is it worth it. I walk through Socrates Sculpture Park (yes, there are sculptures there!), past the Costco and then I walk along Roosevelt Island Bridge to Roosevelt Island. Sometimes I just walk to Lighthouse Park and back, but other times when I have more time, I walk around the entire island. Again, it's just so beautiful, it can clear any stress away.
It's exciting getting to know the area, and I continue expanding my circle of exploration each week. We'll see what I stumble upon next week (in perfect health of course)!


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When you play golf this weekend donate an extra buck to the Folds of Honor Foundation as part of Patriot Golf Day (which is actually a weekend). Thousands of courses along with the PGA are chipping in on the efforts all weekend. Patriot Day was started last year and raised $1.1M. This year's goal is $5M.
Folds of Honor helps support military families who's loved ones have been killed or disabled in action in Iraq and Afghanistan. It is a great cause and it's just a buck. Pitch in!
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CH&LAEF & Scholarship Information
The California Hotel & Lodging Association Education Foundation (CH&LAEF) provides funding and assistance to individuals studying in the field of hospitality and the California institutions that offer hospitality training, as well as for related activities which further research and knowledge in the field of hotel management with respect to the lodging, hospitality, and food service industries. In just the past two decades, CH&LA's Education Foundation has contributed more than $500,000 to the future benefit of the California lodging industry.
Hospitality Student Scholarships
The CH&LAEF offers scholarship opportunities to high school students and 2 - 4 year college students majoring in a lodging/hospitality related field. In 2016, the Foundation awarded scholarships totaling over $20,000, to 14 students, representing 7 hospitality programs.
The 2017-18 general student scholarship application period is now closed.
Working Professional Scholarships
The CH&LAEF Working Professional Scholarship Program offers scholarships (50% of activity costs up to $1000) to an employee of a CH&LA member property, for professional development activities within the hospitality industry. Professional development includes classes through community colleges and universities as well as certifications through the American Hotel & Lodging Educational Institute.
Funds will not be available in advance, but will be reimbursed upon completion of the program and documented expenses have been submitted.
Eligibility Requirements
Employees of CH&LA/CABBI member properties, who have been employed at that property for at least one year, are eligible to apply for this scholarship.
- The scholarship activity must be specific to the hospitality industry and your current job or aspired job responsibilities.
- Preference will be given to applicants where the scholarship activity awards a professional designation (i.e. CHA, CGSP, etc.) or awards a Certificate of Completion.
- Allows the applicant access to training that would otherwise not be available without scholarship assistance.
For more information about how to apply for a CH&LA Working Professional scholarship, please contact Susan Ragatz, Education Director, CH&LA, firstname.lastname@example.com,
Annual Online Auction to Grow Hospitality Education
The CH&LAEF would like to thank the many generous members of the industry who donated items to the 2016 annual online auction, which supports its scholarship program. The auction raised over $30,000, a single auction record for the Foundation. Proceeds fund scholarships for students, at all levels, studying for careers, or studying to advance a current position in the lodging industry. CH&LA and its Foundation have been working with high schools, community colleges and workforce development agencies to help raise the awareness of careers in the hospitality industry. This increased focus on the industry has resulted in an increase in available courses, and in the number of students who are making career changes. We need a well-trained and excited workforce pool!
Next year, the auction will again be held in the fall, dates yet to be determined. So please be sure to keep us in mind when considering your donation budget!
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Masquerade of Monsters
By Ariel
Description: Jarlaxle and Artemis Entreri accept what seems to be a typical job; however, their task is complicated by a dangerous encounter with the paranormal. Action/Adventure/Horror.
Disclaimer: Jarlaxle and Artemis Entreri belong to R. A. Salvatore and Wizards of the Coast. No challenge to the copyright is intended or should be inferred. The following story is just for the amusement of the fans and will never make any profit. A/N: This piece is meant to take place shortly after "Empty Joys." You do not need to have read any of my other fanfics in order to read this piece. However, if you have read my series of stories, The Road to Redemption, then you can keep in mind that this story takes place directly before the events in "Progression of a Killer." Also, this story is independent of my second trilogy of stories, Descent into Darkness, the first installment of which I hope to begin posting in late December or early January. Thanks goes to Alzadea, whose curiosity about an event I mentioned in "Progression" inspired me to write this story.
Disclaimer: Jarlaxle and Artemis Entreri belong to R. A. Salvatore and Wizards of the Coast. No challenge to the copyright is intended or should be inferred. The following story is just for the amusement of the fans and will never make any profit.
A/N: This piece is meant to take place shortly after "Empty Joys." You do not need to have read any of my other fanfics in order to read this piece. However, if you have read my series of stories, The Road to Redemption, then you can keep in mind that this story takes place directly before the events in "Progression of a Killer." Also, this story is independent of my second trilogy of stories, Descent into Darkness, the first installment of which I hope to begin posting in late December or early January. Thanks goes to Alzadea, whose curiosity about an event I mentioned in "Progression" inspired me to write this story.
Chapter One
The wan rose sunset refracted off the glistening waters of the Fire River, casting a pale glow upon the shoreline of Raven's Bluff. As nightfall invaded from the east, silence descended upon the bustling docks while the city's seedier underside seeped into the streets, spreading through the alleyways and hovering around the buildings like a yellow fog. From a tavern into the dying light stepped two such mercenaries, who blended into the shadows at the edges of the cobblestone street only to later approach in full view their destination in the city's richest neighborhood.
Jarlaxle and Artemis Entreri traded skeptical glances as they climbed the marble staircase of the red brick mansion. "Interesting that Lord D'Arca should have us use the front door," the drow commented.
Entreri frowned. "Indeed." Even as the assassin reached for the massive brass doorknocker, which was crafted into shape of a lion's head, the door jolted open, and a manservant bowed them into the foyer.
To Entreri, the interior of the D'Arca mansion proclaimed to all those who entered that both impressive ancestry and affluence graced the family. Each grand, arching room that the assassin passed seemed to comment upon the loftiness of the people within. Once ushered into the parlor, Entreri noted each detail of the expansive wealth around him, even the tinkling of wine goblets, which echoed off the pink marble floor to recoil against the shadowy ceiling. Diamond-inlaid chandeliers hung overhead, extravagant in their intricate design, yet their light failed to push back the darkness encroaching from the corners. The heavy brocade curtains, emerald in hue, had been pulled back to allow in the fading sunset, but Entreri decided nothing could have pierced the pervasive sense of gloom enfolding the room.
Lord D'Arca, their perspective employer, joined them in the parlor moments later. "Welcome, gentlemen," he said, gesturing for them to sit.
"Thank you, milord." Jarlaxle radiated his diplomatic air.
Entreri simply nodded to the man, then sat tense and uneasy by Jarlaxle on a lushly upholstered loveseat. The drow ran delicate fingers over the crimson fabric, exclaiming over the quality, but to Entreri the cheerful elf seemed sorely at odds with their surroundings.
"Such a fine piece!" Jarlaxle was saying, emitting his uncanny charm.
"I thank you." Lord D'Arca seated himself in the chair across from them. "I had the piece handcrafted specifically to fit this room."
Entreri remained mute, giving only the faintest of nods to the manservant who offered him wine. His warrior's intuition buzzed in the back of his mind, urging him to be on guard.
Jarlaxle, on the other hand, daintily sniffed his wine and sipped it, savoring its flavor before swallowing. "Truly, you have fine taste, good man. This cabernet sauvignon is exquisite!"
Entreri shrugged mentally as he sipped his; the wine was satisfactory. He had never been one to fawn over alcoholic beverages of any kind, but if he had to drink wine, he preferred red wine—the drier the better. At that thought, a whisper of a feminine giggle seemed to sound right in the man's ear. Entreri glanced quickly to the side only to find no one had entered the room. Odd, I could swear I heard laughter. Entreri frowned. It is not like me to be given to glitches of imagination.
The lord, a towering man of nearly seven feet, had smiled graciously at Jarlaxle's compliment. "Again, I thank you. The vintage is my family's own, and we would like to think ourselves accomplished at distilling the very best of wines."
Entreri stared at the lord, sizing him up in a matter of moments: washed-out blue eyes held a touch of apprehension; wide streaks of grey overtook platinum blonde hair; worry lines wrinkled the man's brow until the skin seemed to fold over on itself. Lord D'Arca suffered under some great fear or worry. "How may we be of service?" the assassin asked bluntly. "Noblemen such as yourself do not often call upon the likes of men such as we." Entreri smirked. "Or, rather, not so openly as you have."
Jarlaxle shot the assassin an irritated glance.
D'Arca did not seem offended, however; he simply slumped in his chair. "Yes . . . well, I have heard from sources I trust of the quality of your work. And as for my reasons . . . it's a long story—too long to tell and unnecessary for your purposes should you choose to accept this job. Suffice it to say that my great-great-grandfather and his brother had a violent disagreement over their inheritance, with the brother thinking he should inherit this estate instead of my great-great-grandfather. The result has been a multi-generational feud. I have tried many times, as have others, to settle this disagreement, although a truce acceptable to both sides has not been reached."
The man placed his wine goblet on the table beside him and ran both hands over his face. "My wife and I were only graced with a single child: a beautiful daughter, Naomi. It is of great importance that she marry one of her cousins, Joseph, in order to keep the estate out of the hands of our tormentors. Unfortunately, this fact has resulted in several attempts on both Naomi's and Joseph's lives." D'Arca shook his head. "I have reason to believe that my distant cousins have hired an accomplished assassin to kill my daughter, and I feel the best course of action is to add . . . an extra, unusual addition to my daughter's defenders for the time being."
"You wish to hire us as bodyguards?" Entreri paraphrased.
D'Arca sighed, and it was a pitiful sigh, indeed. "Yes, and also to kill the assassin as a message to them that I will not be defeated or intimidated regardless of the methods they use."
Except that you already are intimidated, Entreri thought.
"Will you accept?" the lord asked. "I offer ten thousand gold for my daughter's safety and for the head of the assassin."
The mercenaries traded glances. "Certainly," Jarlaxle answered.
Lord D'Arca visibly relaxed. "Thank Mystra. I will fetch my daughter. You must begin your job immediately." He stood and strode from the room, his demeanor one of great urgency.
"I do not like this," Entreri said the instant the man left hearing-range. "We should have simply returned to Damara."
Jarlaxle turned to him and raised an eyebrow. "Why do you disapprove, my friend?" He grinned. "I have noticed you've been quite tense since we entered this fine mansion—or rather, I should say, more tense than usual."
Entreri scowled at him. "I sense something about this place."
Jarlaxle chuckled. "Indeed, there does seem to be a faint aura of misery or gloom shrouding this home, but I am not convinced it is anything we cannot handle."
Entreri frowned and began to reply, but Lord D'Arca swept back into the room with a young lady in tow. Jarlaxle quickly stood, Entreri following suit.
"Gentlemen," D'Arca said, waving his hand toward the young woman, "this is my daughter, Naomi."
A tall, graceful woman approximately eighteen years of age stepped forward and curtsied to Jarlaxle and Entreri. "A pleasure to meet you," she said in a quiet voice, not making eye contact with the men. Her gown, which was pink silk with a design of lilies sewn about the neck and hem, accented the rosy undertone of her complexion and flattered the strawberry blonde curls which fell over her shoulders.
Jarlaxle's one uncovered eye had gone wide with obvious appreciation of the woman's beauty, and Entreri swallowed a snort as he considered discretely stepping on the elf's foot in order to snap him out of it. "The pleasure is ours," the assassin managed to say in a perfectly even voice, and removing his hat, he bowed deeply to the lady.
"Indeed," Jarlaxle said, apparently realizing he was staring, and he swept off his plumed hat as he bowed just as deeply.
Naomi kept her eyes trained on the floor, but a faint flush rose to her cheeks. Fortunately, her father was too distracted to notice any of the exchange. "We must hurry," the man said, a note of sadness in his voice as he turned away. "Please, follow me. I've received a report that they are already on the move."
As D'Arca and Naomi rushed from the room, Entreri turned to Jarlaxle and whispered, "'They?' 'On the move?' Just how much have we not been told?"
The drow mercenary frowned, then shrugged, and they followed the man and his daughter.
"The basement?" Entreri asked, torch in hand as he followed Jarlaxle down the narrow flight of stairs which D'Arca had claimed led to a secret level beneath the mansion. The lord had locked the hidden door behind them and told them he'd return for them as soon as it was safe.
"It's not so bad as you might think," Naomi answered from behind him. "The basement is a fully furnished floor, and no expense was spared at decorating it to match the rest of our abode."
Entreri snorted quietly, but he relaxed ever so slightly as he saw the glow of a fire ahead of them. As the mercenaries reached the bottom of the staircase and fanned out into the room, they realized Naomi had not exaggerated. A large sitting room greeted them, and a lively fire burned in the fireplace. Elaborately woven rugs, which Entreri recognized as Calishite in origin, covered the expanse of pink marble floors. Delicate cherry wood chairs and tables were arranged tastefully to accent a cerulean velvet loveseat, and ivory statues lined the walls, all of them nudes arranged in graceful poses.
"Such fine taste your family has, milady," Jarlaxle commented.
Naomi inclined her head. "My thanks, good sir. But would you be ever so kind as to tell me your names? My father was in such a rush he forgot to properly introduce us."
Jarlaxle blinked. "Why, you are correct!" The mercenary removed his hat and bowed once more. "I am Jarlaxle, milady, and—"
Entreri interrupted the elf before he could continue. "And I am Artemis Entreri." He tipped his hat to her.
Naomi looked at them fully this time, measuring them up as thoroughly as any man would. Apparently pleased with what she found, she glanced down at her hands, which she'd folded before her. "It truly is a pleasure to meet you. I feel sure you will keep me safe from whatever foul creature my distant cousins have sent to kill me."
Entreri smirked but said nothing.
Jarlaxle walked up to her and took her arm. "Indeed we will, milady." He guided her over toward the loveseat. "Why do you not rest while we canvas the area?"
Entreri turned his gaze toward the ceiling, swallowing the groan that threatened to push past his lips. Lecher! Lord D'Arca should have sent a chaperone. The assassin paused suddenly, caught by the thought. Why indeed did he trust two complete strangers alone in a basement with his daughter? A third thought struck him. Given Jarlaxle's disposition, maybe I am unwittingly the chaperone.
But Naomi had grasped Jarlaxle's arm with both hands. "Oh, do not leave me alone! Can your friend not search the basement alone? I assure you there is nothing down here but dust bunnies anyway, for that is the whole reason we are being hidden here."
Entreri couldn't refrain from snickering this time. The lady needed to work upon her acting skills; her flirting was a bit heavy-handed.
Jarlaxle's grin seemed to light the entire room. "Very well. I will not leave you alone." They sat upon the loveseat, their thighs touching in their closeness.
"Yes, I do believe I will secure the area," Entreri said sarcastically. However, as he turned to leave, he dismissed his irritation since it was unlikely that canvassing the basement would prove difficult. Still, his warrior's sense burned, and the shadows dancing along the ceiling seemed to slither from corner to corner. Entreri stopped and glanced back over his shoulder at the drow and the lady grinning at each other, and then he ran his gaze over the statues, corners, and pastoral-themed oil paintings. Nothing. The assassin headed down the nearest corridor, but he could not shake the feeling that the entire room behind him somehow teemed with unseen life.
A/N: Of course, I must acknowledge the allusion in the first paragraph to T.S. Eliot's "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock," one of my favorite poems. Thank you in advance to any who review this piece.


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The user's natural healing capabilities are at the highest levels of human potential. Their immune system fights off microbes, infections, diseases, disorders, wounds, etc. better than normal, and their healing time is very short. May or may not correlate with Decelerated Aging.
- Users can still be killed by extreme means.
- Is unable to regenerate lost limbs, etc.
- While user is better at resisting disease, they don't have Disease Immunity.
Known Users
- Yato Tribe (Gintama)
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- Roronoa Zoro (One Piece)
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Tickets to see Lady Gaga on the UK leg of her worldwide artRave: The ARTPOP Ball tour go on sale today at 9am.
Due to overwhelming demand, the 27-year-old added a further night at London's O2 Arena to her tour, meaning the singer, who released her fourth studio album last year, will play a total of five dates in the UK.
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Lady Gaga arrives in Britain on October 15 when she plays at Birmingham's NIA Arena. Gaga will then perform in Glasgow (October 19), Manchester (October 21) and London (October 23 and October 25). She will also perform in Dublin on October 17.
Lady Gaga released her fourth studio album, Artpop, last year. It debuted at number one in both the UK and US charts, selling some 258,000 copies across America in its first week of release.
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This is evidence that James Franco IS NOT A FRIEND of the LGBT community.
James Franco is simply a scholar exploring gay issues in an academic sense; he holds no allegiance, because a true friend of the gay community would never produce and promote a story about a man who has turned against the LGBT community for the sake of religion.
As late as 2014, Michael Glatz in an interview with the notorious homophobe, Joseph Nicolosi, went on to demonise homosexuals; making the case that his now 'heterosexuality' is the true order of life, see interview here: former- gay-acti/
Therefore what was the purpose of promoting this man's story if it is not to echo the sentiment (at a time when gays are gaining mileage in ending the dangerous practice of reparative therapy) that being gay is a choice that can be changed? James Franco is clearly an opportunist who cares only about his filmic achievements and monetary gains, as confirmed in his recent film, The Interview.
What however, is more alarming is Zachary Quinto's participation in a film that serves to tell young gay men seeking support in their acceptance of self, that their homophobic Christian parents have a valid point with their lies that gays can change their homosexuality for the sake of Christ, because being gay is a shameful sin. What Zachary has shown is that he lives in a bubble and only cares about himself and not the struggles homosexuals continue to face around the world, because no self-respecting gay man who accepts his homosexuality would dare participate in a film promoting homophobia.
It would be one thing if Michael Glatz's story was him simply ending his life as a homosexual man, because he no longer finds other men attractive. With that I could argue that he was probably someone whose adolescent experiences confused him into thinking he was gay; because there are many heterosexual guys who because of their effeminate or soft mannerism become confused by their peers who label them gay and so they begin to experiment, only to discover later on that they are truly heterosexual. But Michael Glatz's story was about him caving into Christianity: the religious institution responsible for the pain and suffering homosexual people have endured for the last 2000 years.
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A former candidate for the Progressive Conservative leadership has crossed the floor to the governing NDP.
Sandra Jansen told reporters Thursday afternoon, as a centrist, she felt like she didn't have a home in the PC party anymore.
"I think being a centrist is sometimes a struggle for folks who are on the right," Jansen said. "There's always a bit of a battle between those who believe in centrist, pragmatic government and those who are a little further to the right. Maybe at the end of the day the important thing for me is less about the fighting that is consuming the party right now and more about getting some actual work done for my constituents, and that's what I want to do."
Proud to welcome @SANDRAYYCNW as a member of @abndpcaucus today. Glad to see another smart, progressive woman joining our ranks. #ableg
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At the recent party policy convention she said no one talked policy with her and she felt she no longer could be an effective legislator. It was at that convention that Jansen said she was harassed by another leadership candidate's supporters. In a statement after the convention she said it was that, combined with excessive online harassment, that lead her to the decision to leave the PCs.
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When speaking with reporters Thursday Jansen took issue with a number of current PC policies, and some proposed by the current leadership candidates. She told reporters Thursday that the NDP is pursuing many traditions of former Tory premier Peter Lougheed, and the PC party is moving away.
"I think that criticism is often lobbed at centrist politicians. Thirty-one years ago I joined the PC party and I joined a party that was inclusive, and progressive and it valued the things that I've always believed in. I don't think that party is there right now and the interesting thing is a lot of that criticism is coming from folks on the right who would rather not see me in the party. I think that's been made very clear."
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The last floor crossing between the Wildrose and the PCs didn't go over so well with Albertans. Former Wildrose leader Danielle Smith lost her seat when she ran again as a PC member. Notley thinks this crossing will go over better.
"In this case if any one for the most part looked at the representations that Sandra Jansen has made certainly since the last election, since she last went to the polls and talked to her electors, and then look at what this government has talked about, you would see a sense of alignment," Notley said. "So we're not in a position where she's moving from one extreme policy position to a different one."
In a statement, Interim Leader Ric McIvor said he was disappointed to hear about Jansen's crossing, but he wishes her well.
"Sandra has been a valued member of our caucus and we know the government will benefit from her sharp intellect and passion for serving Albertans."
Party president Katherine O'Neill echoed McIvor's sentiments with a satement of her own.
"We wish Sandra Jansen well in her new role," O'Neill said. "As a party, we have always supported her. We have taken her allegations of harassment and bullying very seriously, launching a third-party investigation and we will act on that report, regardless of this new development. Our party is working hard to rebuild to represent all Albertans, and we are disappointed Ms. Jansen has chosen not to support this effort."
Notley told reporters this is the first floor crossing to the NDP in Alberta's history. (kb)(with files from Global News)
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Plans for a culture change in NHS hospitals to put patients and visitors in the frontline of the battle against MRSA superbugs will be disclosed tomorrow by Alan Johnson, the health secretary.
He will tell the Labour party conference in Manchester that patients and relatives can do more to remind doctors and nurses of their duty to maintain high standards of cleanliness.
The Patients Association and National Patients Safety Agency will develop "top tips" on infection control to inform people about what NHS staff should be doing to improve hygiene and how they should be challenged if they fail down on the job.
Johnson is expected to say: "In the mid-1990s, infection rates rocketed in understaffed, dilapidated hospitals. Last week I announced that we had succeeded in cutting MRSA rates by 57% [since 2004].
"Our focus on this problem continues. Soon I will be setting out the details of a new public campaign which is aimed at patient empowerment. We want people to have a broader understanding of infections and feel able to ask staff whether they have washed their hands or not."
Johnson will say the proposed NHS constitution gives patients responsibilities as well as rights. These should include high standards of personal hygiene to avoid bringing infections on to a hospital ward and constant vigilance to check on the cleanliness of NHS staff.
The Department of Health will work with Ashley Brooks, a businessman who has survived a hospital-acquired infection. Brooks launched a campaign to get patients more involved in infection control.
The Patients Association is also developing top tips for patients and visitors. Johnson will commit £500,000 to support these campaigns.
The Health Protection Agency last week reported 836 cases of MRSA bloodstream infections between April and June - a 14% decrease on the previous three months and a drop of 36% from the same quarter last year.
The government said that since 2004, MRSA infections had dropped by 57%.
Peter Borriello, director of the agency's centre for infections, warned that continued attention was needed. "The next challenge will be to move to a position of zero tolerance," he said.
Last week Gordon Brown wrote to all healthcare staff to thank them for their efforts. He admitted that some of the imposed initiatives, from the deep-cleaning of wards to the recent bare-below-the-elbows policy had been controversial, but he told staff: "I am pleased that they have helped you make the progress that you have."
At the Labour conference tomorrow, Johnson will also announce plans to award a kitemark to NHS trusts that meet the highest hygiene standards.
David Nicholson, the NHS chief executive, is working with the British Standards Institute to develop tight specifications for hospital cleaning. The Care Quality Commission that is due to take over inspection of health and social care in April will assess how well trusts perform.


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