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Steam & Mist: Shadow Over Silestra FIRST DRAFTMature
This is a three part story about a young medical professor named Frederick Lionhart. He served in the Elbanian Armed Forces as a Combat Medic during the war with the Mystics, a foreign race who relied upon magical forces rather than technology. The scars are still fresh from the war as Frederick begins to notice things are out of balance in the capital city of Silestra.
"You should count yourselves lucky to be receiving your education at such a distinguished city as Silestra." The professor's bushy moustache obscured his mouth, whiskers twitching as he turned his pointer to the wide window, "The high capital of the Elban empire stands as a beacon of education and technological advancement!"
The young students in his classroom all teetered on the brink of sleep, the ones further away from his desk already dozing off. He turned, white moustache quivering irritably before he rapped his pointer against the blackboard.
"Have you all forgotten the pains of your forefathers to build this city from nothing? The countless invasions of the Bordu, the Helians, and most of all, the Mystics?"
He hissed the last name, the students now stirring out of their daydreams as the professor straightened. He tapped the pointer in his wrinkled hand before pointing to the large map that hung in the classroom, circling a section of the map that appeared arid.
"The Uncharted Lands, a land of heathens!"
The students sat up straight, some wide eyed as they folded their hands in their lap. The professor wheeled around to the front of his desk, folding his arms behind his back.
"I'm not going to lie. Had it not been for our servicemen, those Lord-fearing savages would have plunged this world into chaos! Many of you aim to go on into careers in steam technology, science, conservation, medical advancement. These options would not be possible, without these great men. Great men, like our visitor today, a boy I knew who held a lot of promise when he entered my classroom seven years ago. I'm honored to introduce an alumni of this school, Frederick Lionhart."
The students looked around, whispering to each other as a figure from the back of the room stood up. He undid his black Ulster coat, slipping it over his arm as he approached the front of the classroom.
"As always, sir, a riveting speech for prospective students at the Academy."
He stood tall at 6"1.5, but he always pushed it to 6"2, his figure slim with pronounced shoulders. His dark hair was modestly long, free flowing curls ending just past his shoulders and tied in a bushy tail. His face was absent of any facial hair, his nails cleanly trimmed and orderly to contrast his wild hair.
He wore a special pair of spectacles, dark blue lenses reflecting the gas lamps while the rims were built to block out light from the sides. He combed back his shaggy black curls, folding his arms in front of him as he sat on the corner of the desk. One young girl raised her hand, face bowed towards her desk.
"Yes, young miss."
"Sir, what…what convinced you to join the EAF?"
"A good question." Frederick responded, smiling gently, "I guess the best response was to protect the ones I love. I joined to maintain the borders as best I could with the skills I acquired."
A younger lad eagerly rose his hand, waving it energetically.
"Is it true, sir, that you're only 26?"
"25, dear boy, I don't intend on being a grandfather any time soon."
Some of the kids chuckled, the boy shrinking in his seat. A young girl in the front row raised her hand with an air of vanity. Frederick gestured towards her.
"My father told me the Mystics cursed you. Is that true?"
"Miss Shannon Miller! I will not have you make such slanderous comments in my class!" the teacher barked, his mustache bristling.
"Why does he wear those funny spectacles then?"
"Miss Miller!" The teacher's eyes widened.
"It's because he's cursed, isn't he? The mark of the Mystics, right?"
"Miss Miller, detention for the remainder of this week after school! And at the end of it, I will want a paper documenting your sincerest apologies to Mr. Lionhart explaining the error of a loose tongue! Am I understood, Miss Miller!?"
The girl pulled in her bottom lip, arms folded as she sulked in her chair. She gave a reluctant nod and looked away, her classmates snickering at her before turning back to Frederick. He had bowed his head during the ordeal, his face impassive beyond the occasional twitch of his lip.
"Whatever rumors you have heard, Miss Miller, I can debunk them. My eyes have become sensitive to light after I was temporarily blinded by a Flash trap set up by the Mystics."
"Sir, what are they like?" Asked another student.
"What do you mean?"
"Well, they kept you prisoner for eleven months; how did you survive?"
"They are…a strange race. One alien to our culture and science."
"Did they torture you?" One student piped up, his eyes gleaming with curiosity.
His classmate nudged him in the ribs, shaking his head. Frederick remained silent for a moment, his face towards the floor. He folded his hands on his thigh, rocking to and fro gently.
"…No." he finally answered, looking up.
The class bell rang, students bolting from their desks. Frederick exhaled and stood up, facing the professor.
"Lively bunch you have, Professor. Ever curious."
"I cannot even begin to apologize for their lack of discretion." His moustache bristled, his eyes cast to the floor as he organized his papers without regard.
Frederick waved his hand as if to swat the apology away.
"Think nothing of i-"
One of the last students to race out of the room knocked into Frederick's side, causing him to falter as his glasses slipped off his face and bounced on the floor.
"I'm so sorry!" the student yelped, "Here, lemme get them for you!"
"No, it's fine." Frederick said quickly, but the boy was faster than him.
He scooped up the spectacles, wheeling around to give them back when he gasped and stared into Frederick's face. His eyes were bright cerulean, purple lines prominent under them. It was the irises themselves that made the boy's face go pale.
While any other pair of eyes would have dark rims, Frederick's were a bright metallic copper, glinting in the lamplight of the classroom.
The boy trembled, unable to take his eyes off of Frederick.
"Mr. Johnston!" The Professor hissed, "Give the man back his spectacles!"
The boy jumped, placing the spectacles in Fredrick's palm with trepidation before darting out of the room. Frederick sighed, hooking his spectacles back around his ears and fluffing out his Ulster coat.
"They don't understand. It's not like it's a viral disease." Frederick mumbled wearily.
"It's still something that cannot be cured." The professor replied, pulling at the world map as it wound back into the bar, "Society is grateful we have not lost your brilliant mind, but nor do we know what those vile creatures did to you."
"My colleagues at The Medical Academy have their hands full with this. Lord knows if they gave me the position for any other reason."
"May He watch over you." The professor said involuntarily, packing up his books and papers, "Shall I escort you, Professor Lionhart?"
"No need." Frederick mumbled, swinging on his coat and fastening the buttons, "It's not like I'm blind."
"Of course. May He watch over you, Professor Lionhart."
"And also with you." Came his mechanical reply, striding out the door.
Frederick was greeted by early morning sunlight as he stepped onto the streets of Silestra, tall bronze roofs gleaming proudly. The more modest buildings were constructed of taupe brick, tin and stone chimneys breathing smoke into the air of industry.
While the sidewalks were littered with people, the streets were wild, steam trolleys and double decker wagons carting people to and from various sections of the city. Every ten blocks, a water and coal refueling station stood conspicuously beside the post box as if trying to hide in vain.
Frederick put up his hand, waving over a steam trolley. It hissed and puttered, rolling up to the curb while coughing steam. The carriage was a simple boxed canvas frame, glass lamps holding unlit candles. It was attached by a leather harness to the trolley itself, a grumbling machine of coal, fire and water.
"Where?" came an accented voice
Sitting in the conductor's seat was a Mystic.
He looked to be in his late thirties, his long hair braided and hanging over his shoulder. His caramel skin was suffocated in a drab pair of worn slacks and a mismatched lounge coat. Frederick could see sewn patches in the cabbie's jacket, his left sock made of black silk while the other was a white wool companion. Above the second hand clothes, the most prominent thing on his person was a thin bronze band on his right wrist. Tiny runes of their language were etched into the metal, the mark of their second class citizenship.
Frederick pulled himself into the coach, not looking at the driver.
"The Medical Academy, Freedom Square." Frederick snapped the door behind him, relaxing in the leather seat as he moaned softly into his hands.
He heard the alert whistle before the coach jerked forward and merged into traffic. He took off his spectacles, pinching his eyelids as he desperately tried to avoid those memories. His gaze fell on the window, a faint reflection of his face sitting in the corner of the glass. He eyed the amber bands around his eyes, the metallic glint catching the sunlight from beyond the shadows of the carriage. He leaned back and shut his eyes, letting his mind wander in nothingness.
The coach suddenly lurched, stopping short and throwing Frederick out of his thought as angry voices approached the coach door. Frederick shoved his spectacles back on just as the door was ripped open, three police officers waiting on the other side. Each held a small black discus in their hands, the same type of runes carved around the crystal material. They glowed a faint white light, the closest officer leaning into Fredericks face.
"Identification Card, now!" he barked, his other hand on his baton.
Frederick groaned and pulled out his billfold.
"How many times must I put up with this ineptitude?" he grumbled to himself.
"Silence! Identification Card or you'll be arrested!"
Frederick pulled out a blue card, presenting it to the vehement officer. He snatched it from Frederick, risking a look down at the text before his eyes widened. He double-checked the name and stamp.
"Major! Forgive me, I didn't know!" he blabbered, thrusting the card back into Frederick's palm.
"So do many of your fellow officers." Frederick muttered.
Frederick sat up.
"You would do well to remember this; your Lore Stones will always pick up a trace on me."
"Why not get a band and prevent this p-"
Frederick slammed his fist into the frame of the coach, and although the officer couldn't see Frederick's eyes, he shrank from his glare.
"You dare even think of suggesting such a thing!?" Frederick snarled, "Had I no manners, I would return the saliva for such a remark! I am now late for a surgical lecture, good day and may you be enlightened!"
Frederick lunged forward and grabbed the door handle, the officer ducking back as Frederick slammed the door shut. The alert whistle screeched again, the Mystic chuckling quietly as he pulled into traffic once again.
Frederick sank into his seat with a weary sigh, massaging his temples. They stopped at the crossing of Harrison and Roan, one of the busiest in the city as carriages, produce wagons and cyclists scurried past.
Someone knocked on Frederick's window, making him jump back before he realized it was an adolescent Mystic, his pale hazel eyes wide as he held out his hands. Frederick went into his breast pocket and pulled out a Quintent. He rolled down his window and passed the coin to the pauper just as the light changed.
"Shünah!" he shouted, his eyes now gleaming.
Frederick nodded and rolled up his window, unaware of the two young Elban beggars that jumped the Mystic boy soon after Frederick's carriage left, wrestling him for the coin.


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Dechert is ramping up its financial services offering in the UK by moving its first US partner into the London unit.
Karen Anderberg has relocated from Dechert's Washington DC office on a long-term basis to add to the group's US regulatory expertise. The London financial services team already has one senior and one junior US-qualified associate and plans further expansion.
The move is part of Dechert's drive to globalise the practice, which operates out of Luxembourg, Paris and Frankfurt, as well as London and the US.
Anderberg spent 10 months in the London office as an associate in 1998. "There are clients I've kept up relationships with. It will be easier to work with them in the same time zone," she said.
Financial services partner Stuart Martin said: "What we want to do is grow our ability and service to clients; and where we believe it would be appropriate, we'll have US partners in London."
In a separate move, Dechert has secured approval from the Luxembourg bar to drop the name of the local firm it merged with in 2001. Instead of 'Brucher & Seimetz in association with Dechert', it will be known simply as Dechert Luxembourg.
Office managing partner Jean Brucher said: "Two years down the line the Dechert name is now well established in Luxembourg and the rules have been relaxed."
Dechert boosts City with first US partner
Dechert is ramping up its financial services offering in the UK by moving its first US partner into the London unit.

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Fundamental Oil Report (2010-01-21)
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|Crude oil contracts gained in the Asian session today supported by Chinese growth figures as the economy expanded at the fastest pace since 2007.
China's GDP expanded in the fourth quarter by 10.7% from a year earlier, after a revised 9.1% in the third quarter from the originally reported 8.9%, where the actual reading came better than expectations of 10.5%.
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I am not a good player. I am a recreational - at best a break even to small loser over the last 20ish years playing the Hold'emz....
Ms. Gamboolgal and I live and work oversea's working oilfield for now pushing 40 years. We only get to come to USA a couple times per year. So we play for fun and want to have a good time. We don't mind losing a few buy ins a day as long as we are having fun. We take low 5 figures for pokersz on our trips in twice per years. I don't even blink with getting 4 or 5 buy in's on the table...all fun stuff...and for 10 months of the year in the 3rd world shiite hole we live and work in - there is no cards or anything but work...so losing a few thousand having fun and de-stressing...just what the Doctor ordered ! And I don't always lose....We have paid for afew trips....you never know.
We come to have a good time and enjoy the gaammbool !!
We play 1/2 or 1/3 and I love to be "that guy" who snaps off the reg's big pocket pair with trash...hahaha funs stuff.....
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You want me on your table....
And for the tin foil hats....we do not play at the same table if we can help it....and if we do we tell the table we are married....and then we have a good time.....But truth is that Ms. Gamboolgal does not like to be on the same table as me - as she gets aggravated as I play stupider....but I'm having fun !
So please, please quit taking 1/2 &1/3 so serious and acting all antisocial. One of the things we like about Vegas, Florida, Mississippi, New Orleans - the Gulf Coast - if we are on a table with a bunch of unpleasant players - We Leave and take the moneys to a fun game at another casino...Winstar is big enough we can swap tables if we get with a bunch of serious pro wannabe's....
Next trip will be in November and will be a road trip of about 3 weeks - fly in to Miami, rent a car and start working our way back to Houston....
Hope to play with some of yawl...and hopefully bust you with my 2 outer.....and we all laugh about it - because you know that you will get me if I play long enough...because remember - I'm not a good player
But the main thing is that we will be the couple who is having fun and wants to enjoy the time at the table...Win or lose - don't matter to us....
What'ya say....Do you want a fun table with someone who is having a good time and does not mind losing as long as I am having fun....or do you want to be at a table with a bunch of "pro's" who are legends in their own minds who are unpleasant and make the game No Joy....
Crazy man ) But thats is tru ... everybody should have fun at what they do anyway if You take big pot with bad hand then it is difficult to expect some with pocket aces will do the same
Wish You have fun at the tables but without make others too angry
I've noticed that at the local casino there are fun players and too serious players. TBH if you're playing $1/$2 and only buy in for $100, seriousness shouldn't be in your table makeup. Now that I've been playing regularly (80+ hours a month, always at the same times) I've become friends with more than a few players and like it when we all start at the same table, with the same stacks.
I do play occasional weekends when people like the OP show up. I find those games to be fun too, I just narrow my range when playing against them and keep it the usual way when playing regulars.
Playing poker can be a lot of fun, but when it comes to making money from it, poker is a serious game. You may love it one day, and the next day you may hate the game. Winning is great, but losing sucks. How you handle both is real important. Getting to happy can be a loser, because you can play to many hands thinking you can't lose, and tilting will be a loser, because you will play to many hands out of anger. And that just makes it worst. So the bottom line is to keep control of your game no matter what. That's why being serious is the best way to play poker. Just don't change from hand to hand. What happens happens, no matter what causes it. Just learn from each hand.
One more month and we will depart Nigeria and fly in to Texas.... Then a day or so later Ms. Gamboogal and I will fly to Miami, rent a car and start to gambool !
We will try to take tons of pics and post back here....we have a full 4 weeks and no plans other than to gambool our way back to Houston from Miami....
Taking about cash $20K but can reload as need be
We hope to meet some of yawl and we really want to get a pic of you at the table with the veins bulging out as your eye balls pop out.....as I rake in the pot with trash ahahaha
Always remember....I'm just holding the $$...as I am not a good player....we are looking to have a good time.....
I will be looking to bag and tag the hoodies with sunglasses and ear buds.....who are all legends in their own minds.....
Come and get it....
But enjoy getting it and have FUN !!
gamboolman & Ms. Gamboolgal....
PS - we always buy in for the MAX.....just in case.....


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Speaking to mediapersons here, Mr Patil, who also holds Home portfolio, said investigation in the case was going in the right direction. When asked about involvement of the accused in the 2006 Nanded bomb blast, he said police investigation was on in this regard.
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B.C. Crude Oil Production Hits 9-Year High With New Discovery
In Premier Christy Clark's vision of British Columbia's economic future, natural gas is the headliner as the province gears up to export billions of tonnes of liquefied natural gas from proposed West Coast projects.
But the premier may have to make room on the bill for another fossil fuel — thanks mainly to a Calgary-based company drilling in the northeastern part of the province, B.C.'s daily crude oil production is at a nine-year high and expected to steadily increase.
Oil analysts at Raymond James in Calgary say B.C. is becoming an emerging oil basin thanks to wells drilled by Calgary oil-and-gas producer ARC Resources in the Tower region, about 40 kilometres south of Fort St. John.
Other companies that own land nearby, including Crew Energy and Tourmaline Oil, are expected to join the rush.
A graphic from Crew Energy shows the area where crude oil is being produced in northern B.C. (Photo: Crew Energy)
"Now that ARC is getting some pretty phenomenal results, watch for them to build out the infrastructure,'' said analyst Jeremy McCrae, explaining pipeline takeaway capacity is a limiting factor for growth.
"And what you may see is some other operators start to drill and do more test wells themselves, get some comfort in the area, then they will build their infrastructure.''
McCrae added that given current oil prices, the boom won't be as pronounced as some that other oil basins have experienced.
"But if oil prices start to come back here, especially given some of the results, watch for this play to have more growth than other areas.''
B.C. Premier Christy Clark, who has long looked to liquefied natural gas (LNG) as a key to B.C.'s economic future. (Photo: Bloomberg via Getty Images)
Crude prices closed at almost US$50 a barrel on Wednesday, its highest level since October.
The Montney underground formation in northeastern B.C. is composed of several stacked layers, some containing mostly dry natural gas or natural gas liquids and some predominantly oil, McCrae said.
The pool of oil extends about 100 kilometres from east to west and could ultimately prove to be as prolific as the best oil plays in Alberta and Saskatchewan, he added.
B.C. oil production peaked at about 100,000 barrels per day in 1998, statistics from the province show, but has fallen off dramatically since then as fields were depleted and investment dried up.
Aerial view of the airport in Fort St. John, B.C., about 40 kilometres north of an emerging oil basin in the province. (Photo: Wikimedia Commons user N727RH)
In 2014, ARC started producing light oil from its first eight-well pad at Tower. It has added two pads since then and is now contributing about half of the province's total crude output of more than 26,000 barrels per day, Raymond James notes.
The B.C. production is a small fraction of Canada's total oil production of over four million barrels per day.
ARC's CEO, Myron Stadnyk, did not return a call requesting comment on Wednesday. But on a conference call in February, he said that three of the Tower Montney wells ARC drilled in 2015 were closing in on cumulative production of 100,000 barrels of oil.
The wells are expected to cover costs and become profitable in less than a year at current prices. They break even at C$30 per barrel, according to an ARC presentation.
ARC estimates it has about 9.7 billion barrels of light oil originally in place on its Tower lands. Only a fraction of that is likely to be recoverable.
"... If oil prices start to come back here, especially given some of the results, watch for this play to have more growth than other areas.''
Hamed Sanei, a Calgary-based research scientist for the Geological Survey of Canada, a division of Natural Resources Canada, said B.C. is mainly a dry natural gas producing province because of the depth and temperature at which organic materials were buried in prehistoric times.
Deeper burial means higher temperatures, thus creating more dry gas.
"When we go toward the east, we are in the right temperature zone that we could have light oil and liquid gas such as condensate,'' he said. "As we get more data now, we can assess the thermal maturity and map this area better around Fort St. John.''
He said producers drilling gas wells knew the oil was there in a zone between 1,600 and 2,400 metres deep but needed to refine their horizontal drilling and well-fracturing completion techniques to target the oil and break up the tight rock underground so it would flow into a well.
McCrae pointed out that natural gas wells in certain areas in northeastern B.C. cost $2.2 million to drill but they can then earn about $1 million in B.C. royalty credits designed to encourage exploration to feed LNG plants.
Oil wells don't currently qualify for those credits but, in its report, Raymond James says it expects recent oil growth could result in provincial government incentives and potential royalty sweeteners to encourage more drilling.
In B.C., oil regulation falls under the Ministry of Natural Gas Development.
A ministry spokesman said he could not comment on whether new oil incentives are planned.
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LNG stands for "liquefied natural gas." Natural gas gets chilled to -160 degrees Celsius so that it can be converted into liquid form. After it has been liquefied and compressed, it takes up much less space — about 1/600th less than natural gas. (Pictured: B.C. Premier Christy Clark speaking after an event for FortisBC's Tilbury LNG facility expansion project in Delta, B.C., on October 21, 2014.)
LNG is odourless, non-toxic, non-corrosive, and less dense than water. It is a by-product of decaying organic matter in rock layers formed below the earth's surface millions of years ago. As the matter decays, the gas is trapped or isolated in the rock formations, which prevent it from surfacing.
Natural gas is a cleaner fossil fuel than coal, but carbon is still emitted when natural gas is burned, according to the Union of Concerned Scientists.
As of December 15, 2014, the provincial government had 21 proposed LNG projects lined up, mostly in Northern B.C. or along the south coast and on Vancouver Island.
Outlined in the LNG Strategy One Year Update, released in 2013, the provincial government has three key priorities to achieve the goal of three LNG facilities by 2020: Keep B.C. competitive in the global LNG market, maintain B.C.'s leadership on climate change and clean energy, and keep energy rates affordable for families, communities, and industry.
The province wants to use the estimated revenue (about $100 billion) from LNG projects to diminish provincial debt, reduce cost burdens for families and local communities, and support services such as education. Premier Christy Clark (pictured) said last year British Columbians would begin seeing revenue from LNG in 2017.
Groups opposing LNG development in B.C. cite risks for fire, low demand for imported LNG, and greenhouse gas concerns, according to non-profit organization Dogwood Initiative.
Environment Minister Mary Polak (pictured) brought in legislation requiring LNG to meet emission standards in October 2014 in order to make the industry much cleaner. Otherwise, corporations could face penalties. The target for greenhouse gas emissions is set at one-third below 2007 levels by the year 2020.
A factsheet by the B.C. government suggests the vast majority of run-off from rivers is untouched by industries. However, four Skeena River First Nations near Prince Rupert oppose the Petronas LNG project due to fears of what it could do to the salmon habitat, CBC News reported. (Pictured: Skeena River)
Premier Christy Clark said that B.C.'s natural gas supply is estimated at over 2,933 trillion cubic feet. With industry extracting about four trillion cubic feet of natural gas each year, that means B.C. has over 150 years of natural gas in supply, CTV News reported.
Malaysian energy giant Petronas delayed construction of an LNG terminal in Prince Rupert in December 2014, saying conditions weren't right to follow through with the project at the time. The $36-billion dollar deal would bring LNG across the Pacific in tankers to the Asian market. (Pictured: Petronas towers in Malaysia)
The provincial government signed an economic partnership agreement with two First Nations along the planned pipeline route for Kitimat LNG last April. Haisla Nation Chief Ellis Ross held a summit to address the job possibilities LNG developments near Kitimat would bring, and voiced his hopes that people from the area would be the first ones considered for these jobs. (Pictured: Kitimat)
In December 2014, Premier Christy Clark denied the NDP's claims that she was planning on hiring temporary foreign workers to build LNG plants. "We believe that British Columbians have to be first in line for these jobs, but it's also true that there will be some need for some temporary workers to come in and support these projects when there are peaks in production and construction because we simply don't have enough people," she said. (Pictured: Clark tours FortisBC's existing Tilbury LNG facility before the groundbreaking for an expansion project in Delta, B.C., on October 21, 2014.)


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Geometry of Manifolds, Spring 2007
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During his daily morning Mass at the Vatican, Pope Francis reflected on the parable of the lost sheep. He explained that God has a 'loving weakness' for those who are lost. He also added that once the sheep go back home, they should not be judged by the flock, but rather welcomed as 'one of their own.'
"God does not like to lose. He is not a good loser, and this is why, in order not to lose, He goes out on his own, and He goes, He searches. He is a God who searches: He searches for all those who are far away from Him, like the shepherd who goes to search for the lost sheep. The joy of God is not the death of the sinner, but the life of the sinner. God loves us. Some will say, 'but I'm a sinner, I've done this, and that.' But God says, I love you anyway. I will go out and search for you and bring you home. This is our God!"
The Pope also talked about hypocrisy. He explained that those who criticized Jesus mistakenly thought that being religious was about being well mannered and pretending to be polite.
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"He replies to this murmuring with a joyful parable. The words 'Joy' and 'Happiness' appear in this short text four times: three times joy, and once happiness. 'And you, you are scandalized by this, but my Father rejoices.' That is the most profound message of this story: the joy of God, a God who doesn't like to lose. God is not a good loser, and this is why, in order not to lose, He goes out on his own, and He goes, He searches. He is a God who searches: He searches for all those who are far away from Him, like the shepherd who goes to search for the lost sheep."
"He can't stand losing one of His own. And this is the prayer of Jesus, too, on Holy Thursday: 'Father, may none get lost, of those You have given to me He is a God who walks around searching for us, and has a certain loving weakness for those who are furthest away, who are lost. He goes and searches for them. And how does he search? He searches until the end, like the shepherd who goes out into the darkness, searching, until he finds the sheep. Or like the woman, when she loses a coin, who lights a lamp and sweeps the house, and searches carefully. That's how God searches. 'I won't lose this son, he's mine! And I don't want to lose him.This is our Father: he always comes searching for us."
Then, Pope Francis explained, "when he has found the sheep" and brought it back into the fold with the others, no one must say 'you are lost', but everyone should say 'you are one of us', because this returns dignity to the lost sheep. "There is no difference", because God "returns to the fold everyone he finds. And when he does this, he is a God who rejoices."
"The joy of God is not the death of the sinner, but the life of the sinner. And how far from this were those who murmured against Jesus, how far from the heart of God! They didn't know Him. They thought that being religious, being good people meant always being well-mannered and polite, and often pretending to be polite, right? This is the hypocrisy of the murmuring. But the joy of God the Father, in fact, is love. He loves us. ut I a sinner, I've done this and that and the other!' But I love you anyway, and I go out searching for you, and I bring you home.'This is our Father. Let's reflect on this."
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Pervez Kambaksh, the Afghan student sentenced to death by an Islamic court for downloading an internet report on women's rights, is to be moved from his current prison to one in Kabul.
Mr Kambaksh has been attacked at his current place of incarceration near Mazar-i-Sharif in the north of the country by fundamentalist inmates at the instigation of the prison guards, his family claim. They also say that he is being held in a small cell that he has to share with 30 others.
But family members said yesterday that they had been told unofficially that the 23-year-old journalism student would be transferred to the Afghan capital in the near future.
The immediate effect of this would be to extract him from the hands of the religious authorities who have pressed for his execution and demanded that the Afghan President, Hamid Karzai, should not grant a reprieve in response to international pressure.
Relations and friends of Mr Kambaksh are worried that he remains in danger as long as he is kept in his current jail. They believe that, as worldwide protests over the case keep growing and the lobbying of President Karzai by public figures continues, the student may fall victim to a convenient "accident".
A member of Mr Kambaksh's family said: "He is being kept by the same people who wish him dead. They have total power in that part of the country and we really fear that anything can happen. The people who put him in prison are very angry about all the international attention this has raised. They can say that he was attacked by a fellow prisoner, or they can even say that he tried to escape. How can anyone disprove something like that?
"We believe that moving him from that jail is the first move in getting him to safety, and we are very grateful that it is now a good possibility. But freeing him is still a long way away and we are praying that the President will use his powers and pardon him."
Condoleezza Rice, the US Secretary of State, and David Miliband, the Foreign Secretary, raised the case of Mr Kambaksh with President Karzai during a recent meeting in Kabul. The Afghan leader has promised that "justice will be done" for the student.
Sayed Yaqub Ibrahimi, Mr Kambaksh's brother, is also a journalist and has written articles exposing abuse, including murder, by powerful political figures. The family feel that one reason Mr Kambaksh was arrested was to put pressure on Yaqub, who is himself now in hiding. "We hope that the same pressure which is helping to save Pervez can protect Yaqub as well," said the family member.
Mr Kambaksh was sentenced to death for blasphemy at the end of last month by a religious court in Mazar-i-Sharif for distributing an article on Koranic verses that deal with women. Part of the article, which he found on an Iranian website, discussed whether a Muslim man should have the right to marry more than one woman.
The severity of the sentence provoked international outrage, and an online petition launched by The Independent to save the student has been supported by more than 86,000 people.
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Interpreting Research (and Making It Work for You): Is Lysine a Good Investment for Shelters Wanting to Prevent URI in Cats?
The ASPCA's Dr. Margaret Slater shares a few principles to help you sort through new research.
In the sheltering world, people have to make decisions all the time. Do we vaccinate on intake? Do we use this cleaner or that one? How can we better inform our decisions using science—and without making anyone's head explode? I'm going to talk about a few principles that can help you sort through all the different information coming at you and make some more informed decisions for the animals in your care.
First the bad news. There isn't a ton of good research on many of the key shelter questions everyone wants answers to. And when there is, it isn't always put together in a readily digestible form. Peer-reviewed publications aren't always great (or even good) studies. Experts aren't always objective in their assessment of the problem and solution. So, some careful thought about what we really do and don't know is good.
Now for the good news. There are some well-accepted guidelines for what type of study makes for the strongest evidence and therefore, the best decision support. These types of studies are increasing in frequency. And increasingly the people doing the research will clearly articulate strengths and limitations of the data. There is a British university that collects them all (see especially the Best Bets and Systematic reviews—only a few things that are likely of keen interest to shelters so far, but stay tuned).
I recently found a systematic review article that purported to address the question featured in this blog's title—Is lysine a good investment for shelters wanting to prevent upper respiratory disease in cats? Systematic reviews are the best options for decision making. They are a structured and transparent method of synthesizing information on a specific topic or question. The question to be addressed (Does lysine prevent illness due to FHV-1?) should be clearly stated up front. Ideally, more than one person should review and assess the included articles. Systematic reviews for treatment or prevention (interventions) should focus on clinical trials with controls. And the review should talk about bias. There are many reasons that a study can be biased (have systematic errors in it).
There are also guidelines as to what should be in a systematic review if you want to know more. I'm going to briefly touch on these guidelines and what should be included in the systematic review of lysine. (If you want the bottom line from the systematic review about lysine, just skip to the next paragraph.) When we are interested in prevention or treatment, the best study type is a clinical trial. That means there are at least two groups, one of which is getting the new or experimental treatment or prevention (lysine and supportive care) and one of which is getting the next best thing (in the case of FHV-1, just supportive care). Ideally, cats are randomly assigned to one of the groups. This makes it impossible for the researcher to unconsciously put favored cats, or cats who are more likely to get lysine, in one group or the other. And ideally, whoever determines if the cat is sick and which virus the cat has doesn't know if the cat got lysine or not (blinding).
Note that not all URI is due to FHV-1. In many shelters, no one knows which cats have FHV-1 and which have that and/or some other pathogen, which complicates the decision to try lysine since the URI may not even be due to FHV-1.
According to the systematic review, there have been 3 nice clinical trials (one blinded and random, one blinded and one neither, as best I can tell). Two were actually done in shelters, which really strengthens the utility of the results. The other was in a colony housing situation in a research facility. Lysine didn't prevent disease from FHV-1 compared to the control groups in any of these studies. In fact, in two of the studies the cats on lysine had slightly worse clinical illness than the control cats. So, not very promising on the quality of evidence and data that lysine prevents URI.
Ok, now on to thinking about causation, lysine and FHV-1. Shelters actually deal with the concept of causation a lot. Does this virus cause this disease in cats? Does vaccinating at intake cause cats to be less likely to get sick? Does this diet cause cats to eat better? Yet, the concept of X causing Y is complex and requires some subjectivity to prove. Usually it takes a critical mass of data and experts in the field to decide that yes, for example, smoking does in fact cause lung cancer in people. There are some general criteria that can help support a decision that X causes Y. (Remember vaccine-associated sarcomas in cats? We are now pretty sure that injections do cause this type of cancer in cats now, but we weren't 20 years ago.)
Some criteria that are useful to consider when deciding on causation are: the time sequence (X happens before Y); strong statistical associations; a dose–response relationship (more of X causes more of Y); plausibility of the relationship between X and Y given our current knowledge; consistency with other evidence; type of study design, and consideration of the extent to which the results could be "caused" by other factors. In reality, only the time sequence is required: the prevention must come before the disease. So cats must be free of FHV-1/URI before they are started on lysine and should be diagnosed with FHV-1 less often if they receive lysine. In this case, there are a few clinical trials, without statistical significance and without any data to support less severe or less frequent disease in cats receiving lysine (time sequence, statistical association, type of study design). The systematic review actually brings in some data from human medicine (where the idea to treat with lysine came from) and from laboratory research in cells, none of which support lysine as being effective at preventing or treating FHV-1 infection (plausibility, consistency).
So, based on the evidence from the clinical trials, it doesn't seem very likely to me that lysine prevents or treats infection with FHV-1 in shelter cats. And it doesn't seem to be helpful at decreasing the frequency of URI when the underlying disease agent(s) are unknown. I'd really love to see shelters put their resources and time into programs aimed at getting cats adopted more quickly and therefore out of the shelter sooner (like fee-waived adoptions) and decreasing stress in cats, which does really help cats stay healthier!
So, decision time. Are you going to go with the research and not spend time and money on lysine and instead on programs that have been shown to cause cats to stay healthier and get into homes faster?
The ASPCA's Dr. Margaret Slater, DVM, PhD, Senior Director, Veterinary Epidemiology, focuses much of her work on free-roaming cats. Prior to joining the ASPCA in 2008, Dr. Slater taught epidemiology at Texas A & M's College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, and today her emphasis is on research, including assessing fee-waived cat programs and the impact of spay/neuter on shelter intake.
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