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Boston, MA -- Advanced Practice Strategies (APS), leading innovators in healthcare knowledge delivery, today announced that Bob Salitsky has joined APS as the Vice President of Engineering.
"Bringing Bob onto the APS team is a big win for us in our mission to bring technology to bear on the most important problem in healthcare. His experience in creating transformative systems to deliver tremendous new value is perfectly aligned with our opportunity,"
"APS is full of smart people who are passionate about the mission: transforming continuing education in healthcare to reduce preventable errors and save lives," said Salitsky. "It's a technical challenge to develop a new platform for content delivery, but the stakes are high, and the payoff is great: the opportunity to have a deep and lasting impact on healthcare."
Salitsky brings more than 25 years of experience with infrastructure software, mobile applications, and Internet technology development to APS. Prior to joining APS, Salitsky was CTO of inStream Media, where he rapidly built a technology platform to launch inStream's targeted retail POS advertising business, which has delivered over three billion targeted ads and counting to consumers.
Prior to joining inStream, Salitsky was VP Engineering and CTO of PatientKeeper, where he led development teams in designing and developing best-in-class physician information systems, from initial product architecture and development to successful nationwide implementation. Salitsky also served as VP Engineering at HighPoint Systems and as Senior Technologist for Vicinity Corporation.
Salitsky holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Engineering Sciences and Computer Science from Dartmouth College.
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Advanced Practice Strategies (APS) is eliminating risk, increasing patient safety, and reducing healthcare costs by making it easier for physicians, nurses, and other providers to fill knowledge gaps that lead to serious medical errors. APS is creating the next generation of mobile, web-based tools to assess clinician competency, map latent risk in the healthcare environment, and deliver highly customized education that saves clinician learning time, rapidly improves performance, reduces medical malpractice risk, and increases patient safety. APS's flexible, state of the art eLearning program has helped more than a thousand hospitals across the country dramatically reduce healthcare costs and error rates. Based in Boston, MA, APS is dedicated to improving the lives of both patients and caregivers through effective, innovative education solutions. For more information, please visit http://www.aps-
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Part V
By Kalio
Akane closed her eyes, once again dizzy, and Ranma held her protectively closer, despite being soaked.
'Akane! What's wrong?'
Her eyes snapped open and looked into his worried ones, and teared up. 'Ranma!' she half shouted
and twisted to embrace him(read: her- he's still in female form). An unusual act for her, to be sure.
Shocked, he paused a moment before returning the gesture. 'A-Akane? Are you feelin okay?'
Akane's eyes leaked a few stray tears. 'No.' she said simply, hugging him closer, as if he would disappear if she didn't. Ranma patted her on the back as she started to calm, holding her slightly larger frame close to him. If someone had told him that he would be holding her like that at the beginning of the month, he would have told them they were crazy, but now it seemed very natural and... he thought for a word. Right.
He closed his eyes, and lost himself. All he could hear was her heart beating and her breath rushing. He could smell the shampoo in her hair and the grass around them. She was warm against him, and her breath brushed hotly against the bare skin of his neck. His right hand traced along her back, soothing and steady, and his left fingers buried themselves in her hair. Of all the times he had daydreamed about a moment like this, he had never thought it would be so tender. Perhaps it was only this way because of his current form, but it didn't matter for the moment, the reason. Thank you, God, he thought, this is enough.
Akane cried softly into his shoulder. She tried to shake the image from her head, but the vision she had was far too real to ignore. Though she was holding tightly to him, she knew if that what she saw was a vision of the future, and that she would lose him soon enough.
That night as Akane drifted into sleep, blurred images clouded her mind's eye. They didn't make any sense to her, but it didn't matter because she couldn't clearly see half of them, anyhow. The clearest ones were the shortest ones: her reflection in a pool, the inside of a terra cotta house. Some were peaceful, others violent- skin shredding as claws slid across her cheek. The most violent was the second to last, the vision from that morning. What disturbed her most was not the image of his death, but the resigned pain that was suppressed as she watched it. Somehow she knew that she was seeing through her own eyes, feeling the same things. It scared her that she did not run to the presently dying female version of Ranma.
The last scene that splayed itself along her subconscious was almost clear, but it was hard to tell through the darkness. The emotions running through her were alien to Akane, something she couldn't place. She heard hard breathing from her and another; she could hear her heart racing. Then it hit her. She couldn't feel anything. Unlike feeling numb, she couldn't even feel the air spilling in and out of the lungs that were working so hard. The dreams shattered as twin gasps echoed into the emptiness that she felt around her.
Mist swirled up around Akane's feet in the now familiar dream-scape. Her heart flew as fast as the one she could hear in her last dream, as she adjusted to her new surroundings. She felt so disoriented from the visions that it took her a moment to realize that she was still asleep. The soft voice cuckled as she remembered where she was. 'My favorite was the last one. What do you think?'
She shook her head once. 'I have no idea what that was. I couldn't feel anything in it, either. I don't understand at all.'
The voice chuckled again. 'Child, you know very well what that was.'
She was silent for a moment, then: 'visions of the future?'
'I knew you knew.'
She frowned. 'I don't understand. I couldn't see half of them, and the others made no sense. And your favorite? I couldn't feel anything, I could only hear and see! And I could see so little in the darkness that I might as well have been blind, too! I refuse to believe that... to think that... to think he'd...'
Akane trailed off, not able to voice her disbelief, as if hearing it from her mouth would somehow make it real. The dream world guide, however, seemed to know, once again, exactly her thoughts. 'He would make the ultimate sacrifice for you?'
She sunk to her knees, trembling as her hand covered her mouth. 'I know he cares for me, but there is now way that I could just stand by and watch with such... indifference... He would never make such a sacrifice for me, and in the vision, it was for me, I could feel it!'
'He will protect you with his last breath, child, just as you were willing to not long ago. You are ever the only one child. You are the chosen, in more ways than one. This is your future. This is your fate.'
Akane felt a sudden anger. 'My fate? My FATE? To watch my fiancée die before my eyes?'
'You are chosen to save the world.'
She grit her teeth and clenched her fists, rising in rage. 'At what cost? My life? His life? Maybe I don't believe in fate! Maybe I believe that this is just cryptic crap my psyche has cooked up to rationalize all the crazy stuff that's been going on here for the last year! Maybe it doesn't matter what my "fate" is if I don't do it. Maybe if I don't train my ass off anymore, it won't matter, and someone else can be the chosen one. Forget this! No more worrying, no more waking up sore or with weird bruises, weird lacerations. No more! So you can take all the chosen-y stuff outta me, and I'll be leaving you to your work. After all, there must be some kid out there getting all chosen as we speak, so goodbye and good riddance!'
Akane shut her eyes and willed her self to wake up. Annoyed, she opened her eyes as the voice started to laugh. 'Stop laughing and send someone else when you send me home, cause I quit! Hop to it!'
The laughing continued so she plopped down on the misty ground, stubbornly refusing to admit that her rage was anything but righteous. 'What's so funny?'
'Child, there is no other. No other single person in the world who could be the chosen one. That is why you are THE chosen one. Just because you decide to quit does not make you any less the chosen, nor will it cause some other to become "all chosen." It is something you alone can do and something you will do whether you make a conscious choice to.'
'Oh, well great for me! If it's something only I can do, then why is the only person I've ever really given a damn about doing it for me?!'
The voice sighed sadly. 'Child, there are many things you don't yet understand.'
Curling her toes in annoyance, she practically yelled at the voice. 'Of course I don't understand! All you ever do is tell me these enigmatic messages that don't mean a thing to me, and when I finally have something solid to go by, I see things I don't want to see, feel emotions I don't understand. You'd think that by my age, I'd have felt just about everything there is to feel. I mean, how can you expect me to go along with this? You promised that if I did this, I could save him! That I could save all I love!'
'And you can. You will. Think, child. Is the future ever set in stone? Visions are not always meant to be. You, you are meant to be the chosen one, that will never change, despite your best efforts. The future is what you make of it, but it is your fate.'
She propped herself up on her elbows. 'I decide my fate, not some voice in the mist.'
'Of course, but you will be taken. That is out of your sphere of control, so why not prepare for what is to come?'
Sighing resignedly, she spoke. 'And what is to come?'
'There is a monster more terrifying than any you have fought or seen others fight. It's lying in another plane of existence, and it is now awakening in this place, searching for the only one with the life force to release it from its prison and open a portal for its passage to this world and the next.'
Silently, Akane sat and let the words wash over her. 'Me...'
'Yes, child. You have the power to imprison it forever, or to release it into the world. This creature is searching for you, and when it finds you, you will have no choice but to go and face it. You will either find the strength to imprison it forever, or you will fall to it, and it will take away everything you hold dear. This is what is to come. The visions you had may or may not make themselves real depending on what you and others do. I would look forward to some, if I were you; they may be some of the happiest times of your life. Be with the ones you love. The one you love.'
Akane sighed, laying back down, staring up into the nothingness above. 'And you mean who exactly?'
'You know very well of whom I speak. There is no other with such a place in your heart. You know, and I know.'
She snorted. 'Lady, I don't even know my own heart, who are you to say who I love?'
'Child… are you so blinded? Your love is obvious to anyone who has eyes to see.'
Chills ran up Akane's spine. After a long moment, she spoke. 'I really do love that idiot, don't I?'
'As sure as he is once again, sleeping by your side. It would be foolish to deny such feelings before such a time of change. Wake with him once more.'
Akane woke from the misty world, into the blackness of night. It did not take her long to realize that Ranma was asleep to her left. She smiled to herself. Perhaps she did know her feelings, now. She lightly traced his tranquil face with her palm.
'Ranma…' she whispered. 'Ranma wake up. There's something I need to tell you.'
He stirred and sleepily looked up into her eyes. Suddenly realizing where he was, his eyes widened. 'A-Akane! It's not what it looks like! I didn't mean to-.'
Akane cut him off with a finger to his lips. 'Shh. Ranma, I realize that you're just being overprotective of me. I'm glad you care. Because…' She paused, hardly being able to form the words. 'Because I care about you. Very much.'
Ranma searched her eyes for a moment, not quite sure what to say. 'I, uh, I'm not too good at sayin' it, but you're right. I do care. I guess it took something crazy for me to show it, but, I really hate to see you hurt when I can't do anything about it.'
Sniffing, she squeezed his shoulder before holding him in an affectionate embrace. 'See what I mean?' Ranma asked as he returned the hug. 'Every time you cry, I don't know what to do. I just want to cry with you.' His words only succeeded in making the tears run faster. 'I don't know how to save you this time. There's no one to fight this time. There's nothing I can do…'he said, stroking her hair.
'Yes, there is,' she whispered faintly by his ear. 'There is.'
'What is it, Akane? I'll do it. Anything…'
Running her hand softly over his back, she nuzzled into his shoulder. 'Hold me. Just… hold me.'
So he did.
Acrid land to no horizon, closer to mountain, village, girl. Ryoga bolt up straight in a cold sweat. The same dream kept haunting his sleep. This time, his vision was in fast forward and ended abruptly on a girl he had never met before. But once, again, she was familiar to him, for no apparent reason. It was really starting to creep him out. Why did his problems have to follow him to his slumber? Really, was it necessary?
Unfortunately, it was.
Ryoga got up and started to pace. Weird things had always happened to him, but recurring dreams was something new. If there was one thing he had learned from all the madness in his life, it was that for better or worse, strange things weren't just accidents. -Yet another reason why he was okay with blaming Ranma for his curse- But strange dreams couldn't be blamed on anyone short of cosmic forces or his own subconscious. For all intensive purposes, delving into his psyche would be unpleasant.
The strangely familiar landscape was now burned into his mind's eye so clearly that he could have drawn an exact map with all the landmarks. The names danced on the tip of his tongue, but were not yet ready to be spoken. For some reason this bothered him, as if he should know everything about the strange land and had forgotten it. Impossible as it seemed, he felt like he had found a home he had lost long ago.
Ukyo was still steaming from the confrontation the previous morning as she wiped the counter. How dare Akane mock her like that? More importantly why did Ranma have to worry so much about her? Why didn't he show that kind of worry for her?
She stopped wiping noticing that her anger was starting to discolor the counter, and her breakfast costumers were staring. Embarrassed, she retreated to her apartment to get ready for school. There was nothing worse than scaring off morning costumers… they were her most loyal. Unable to let her thoughts leave her, though, she began to wonder what on Earth happened to Akane that made Ranma fret. Perhaps if she could duplicate it…
No, she thought, shaking her head. No more lies. She just wished she knew why her world was shifting around her.
It was a long time before Ranma let go of Akane. After lying back down with Akane in his arms, there was simply no reason to part until morning came, and the approach of school and curious family members became impossible to ignore. He breathed her in, taking in the smell of her hair, and thought about how lucky he was that she was safe in his arms. His normally low heart rate was beating in time with hers, reminding him of just how in tune they were and how she made his heart beat faster anyway. He really didn't want to leave, but any moment now, his father was going to wake up and realize that he wasn't there for his morning fight and come looking for him, and despite recent events, he still did not want to be married in a rush. Parental involvement would just complicate things again. So he softly kissed her hair and whispered 'wake up, Akane,' in her ear.
Stirring slightly, she mumbled, 'don't wanna…'
Ranma chuckled. 'Unless you want to be married by the end of the day, I suggest I leave for now.'
Akane rolled away from him and sat on the side of the bed. 'You're right. I hate it, but you're right.'
Sitting up next to her, he took her hand in his and laced their fingers together. Silently, he wondered how things had changed so quickly between them. 'I'm glad you're still okay this morning.' Then, as if remembering himself, 'but don't think you're off the hook! It doesn't mean I'm gonna leave you alone.'
Akane stood up, and gave his hand a little squeeze as she laughed quietly. 'By all means! Just so long as you don't get caught.'
Ranma smiled. 'I have no intention of getting caught.'
She looked at her watch. 'Then you better make a hasty exit.'
'Oh, right…'
Jumping up, he gave her a quick peck on the cheek before disappearing out the window. Surprised, she briefly touched her cheek, before grinning madly as she got ready for the day.
Cologne brought a slightly miserable and thoroughly disgruntled Shampoo into the back of the Nekohaten. Reaching deep into the folds of her clothing, she removed a ring of oddly assorted keys, and shuffled through them until she settled on a smallish brass key. Careful not to show Shampoo exactly which key belonged to the door, she opened the hidden vault in the pantry in the very farthest corner of the kitchen. Ushering her amazed great-granddaughter into the vault, Cologne shut the door behind her.
'Now listen carefully, Shampoo. One of the things that the chosen one will do right before the "milith," is begin to speak in a different language,' Cologne spoke in Chinese, and continued when Shampoo nodded. 'Legend has it that some one will be able to translate the divine language, but no chances must be taken. This book,' she said, taking it off the shelf, 'will give you a chance to roughly translate her speech, and talk back. Akane will probably not realize that she's speaking another language until she finds that she cannot understand us. Do you understand what I am asking of you?'
Shampoo swallowed, to try to wet her dry throat. 'I'm not sure, Great-Grandmother. Do I need to follow Akane until that day comes?'
She shook her head. 'No entirely. I can feel that day drawing closer, but it is not yet upon us. What I need you to do is to learn as much as you can. I know you are not fluent in Japanese yet, but I feel that you might benefit from learning through this divine book. Now, go, serve your customers, but after a week, we close to prepare.'
'But Great-Grandmother-' she protested, her hands twitching into worried fists.
'Don't worry about it, Shampoo. The café will survive for awhile without costumers, the world may not without our help. Go!'
'Yes ma'am…'
Akane hopped into her bed and with some shuffling, ended up on her back facing the ceiling and her hands under her head to contemplate the day. Ranma had held her hand on the way to school, and despite massive blushing, they had made it to the door unscathed. School had been brilliant… aside from the fact that she had to be there at all. This was based on the fact that the drama project she had been working on was presented, and got full marks. Not only that, her other classes seemed somehow less boring than usual.
By the time she and Ranma had arrived home, again holding hands… well, at least until within sight of the door. Later on, she went to the movies with a big group of friends, and enjoyed the dinner ice cream they went out for afterwards as if it was her last. She had spent the evening listening to music and reading manga with Ranma. Except the occasional fight over the funniest characters or the most melodramatic, it was a pretty uneventful evening, which was something quite difficult to come by any more. So with the promise of Ranma's return to her room after his father had nodded off, Akane stared at the ceiling and waited, thinking how much she wished that things had always been that way.
In a sudden, supernatural manner, Akane fell out of the conscious realm, and into her misty night-world. 'Aw, crap. And I was enjoying my day, dammit!'
But the disembodied voice she expected did not appear, and around her, the velvety blackness faded into vision. Scenes slid in front of her eyes which at first she did not understand. Instead of just one image of one person, she would see the person as they are, and then their dreams would echo in her mind. A boy playing air guitar, hoping to be a rock-star; a young man oil painting a still life, the articles proclaiming his show to be the most influential since Leonardo da Vinci; a teenaged girl sitting at the computer, writing, published hardcover novel; a young woman hunched over a thick, dusty book, an operating room success story; a mother ushering her children out the door, dreams of holding the hands grandchildren…
The images went on and on. Some were wonderful dreams of hard work paying off in goals achieved, others were wistful dreams for others of those whom had no more dreams for themselves, still others were wistful dreams of meeting superstars, but the ones that made the very breath catch in Akane's throat, were ones she would not soon forget. These dreams held horrible images of war and then peace; hunger and then hearty meals; deformed child and then a happy, healthy adult; cold and warmth; depression and hope; grief and joy. Soon, all the images became desperate and sad. The voice she had become so accustomed to, whispered across her mind like satin: 'Without compassion, we are nothing.'
Akane was surprised to taste salt on her lips, and realized that she had been crying. She wanted the first images to stop, and all of the dreams to be made reality. At the last image she fell to her knees and sobbed.
A grave, with the inscription: Tendo Sae A mother, a wife, and a friend. Rest in Peace. Similar to some of the other dreams, there she was. Akane's mother walked toward her, older than she remembered, but smiling, nonetheless. The space around her was once again, the sultry ebony of night, but Akane remained in tears.
'Do not cry for me, my child,' the voice said. 'I am not lost, and I am proud of you, and who you have become.'
Finally recognizing the voice as her mother's, Akane chocked on a sob, and stared wide-eyed into the abyss. So many emotions came crashing down on her at once that she didn't know what to think. She awoke suddenly in Ranma's arms as he wiped her saline covered cheeks and whispered assurances in her ears, and on her tongue, a million questions left unanswered.
A/n: erm, what can I say? I'm sorry you had to wait so long… see? Extra-long chapter in penance! No? Well, I haven't forgotten you faithful readers, and I certainly have not abandoned my many writing endeavors, so you can all now heave a sigh of relief. Anyway, until next time, I appreciate feedback, and have a good one… whatever that 'one' may be.


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Defeat to Swansea in the third round of the FA Cup was just the latest blow dealt to David Moyes' kingship at Old Trafford.
It has been a season that has seen few goals, numerous home defeats and a complete shambles during the summer transfer window as moves for new recruits failed.
With the club in real danger of missing out on the top four - let alone retaining their Premier League crown - and now out of an FA Cup the club much coveted after a decade without one - it's tough times for a side synonymous with success.
To shine a light on what a disastrous season it has been so far for the Red Devils, we take a look at some key numbers and statistics that help tell the story.
12 - Seasons since more than three home Premier League games have been lost during a campaign. United have so far lost four with games against Manchester City and Liverpool still to come.
4 - Teams that have won at Old Trafford for the first time in over 20 years. Everton 1992, West Brom 1979, Newcastle 1972, Swansea never.
21 - The number of years since United accrued so few points from the start of the Premier League season.
27.5 - Millions spent on Marouane Fellaini, Moyes' only major signing of the summer who has scored just once this season - when still playing for Everton.
1 - The number of times in Sir Alex Ferguson's near 27 year reign at Manchester United that they were knocked out of the FA Cup in the third round.
7 - Current position in the Premier League - lowest at this stage since 1989-90.
6 - Number of goals contributed by midfielders in the Premier League so far this season.
1.20 - Goals per game at Old Trafford this term. The figure stood at 2.80 during this stage last season.
4 - Current run of four defeats in six games in all competitions never happened under Sir Alex.
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Manchester United - January transfer targets
1/21 Dante
Bayern Munich defender Dante would be interested in a move to the Premier League according to his agent - and United have been monitoring him. His current club could yet convince the defender to stay however.
2/21 Alberto Herrera
United tried to sign the Athletic Bilbao midfielder in the summer but his botched signing rather summed up their ineffective dealings in the transfer market. With a £30m release clause, he remains an available, if perhaps slightly pricey, option in January.
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3/21 Mario Mandzukic
An old-fashioned target man, Mandzukic has been linked with a move to United recently after Bayern signed Robert Lewandowski. However, Lewandowski won't arrive until the summer - meaning United might have to wait.
4/21 Will Hughes
Will Hughes has emerged as a transfer target for Manchester United boss David Moyes after a series of superb performances have catapulted Derby County into the upper reaches of the Championship.
5/21 Guarin
There is no doubt that midfield is the area most in need of reinforcements for David Moyes and another man linked with an Old Trafford switch is Colombian international Guarin. Valued at around £15m, the Inter Milan man's versatility would undeniably improve things for the Red Devils.
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6/21 Bilal Basacikoglu
Bilal who, you might ask, but the young Turkish winger is an emerging star at Dutch side Heerenveen and a player to catch the eye of David Moyes. Aged just 18, he may be a player more for the future than to immediately turn United's fortunes around.
7/21 Steven Defour
For many years the Belgian was linked with a move to Old Trafford and having been a target of Moyes' at Everton, the midfielder could very well be the man brought in to improve things for United. Played for Porto recently against Atletico Madrid in a match watched by Moyes - did he catch the Scotsman's eye?
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8/21 Koke
Reportedly one of United's main January targets, although the Atletico Madrid man is said to be very happy in the Spanish capital, particularly given his team's success this season. Might take some persuading to join Moyes' stuttering side.
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9/21 Ilkay Gundogan
Undeterred by the modest success of their last Dortmund purchase, United could also be after midfielder Gundogan. Wouldn't be cheap but certainly an improvement on their current crop of players. Dortmund are understood to be keen to tie him to a new contract.
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10/21 Sami Khedira
Another strongly linked with a Manchester move, the German international's recent serious knee injury makes a January switch unlikely but he could be brought in from Real Madrid further down the line.
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11/21 Ross Barkley
Manchester United bought the last exciting teenage prospect to come through Everton's ranks so understandably they have been linked with the precocious Barkley. Knows Moyes from his Everton days, but will he join the Scot in making the switch from Blue to Red? Everton have already stated they will not sell in January.
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12/21 Fabio Coentrao
After nearly signing on deadline day last summer, there's every chance that Moyes could return for Real Madrid's second choice left-back should he fail to lure another top name. Not really the priority though considering the good form of Patrice Evra.
13/21 Eliaquim Mangala
United could do with strengthening at the back and French defender Mangala is reportedly another to have caught Moyes' eye. However with Porto wanting all of his £40m release clause, he seems a rather pricey option.
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14/21 Diego Costa
Rooney and Van Persie have spent too much time this season on the treatment table - so more options in attack would be helpful. Who better then than a failed target of eternal rivals Liverpool and a man whose goals have fired Atletico Madrid to the top of La Liga? Highly unlikely Costa would wish to leave in January - and even less likely Atletico would let him.
15/21 Blaise Matuidi
Another midfielder strongly linked with an Old Trafford switch, the PSG man could be available for as little as £7m which would represent great value for money. Not the sort of signing to instil renewed confidence at Old Trafford - but perhaps one of the more likely arrivals.
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16/21 Andrea Ranocchia
Another man being mooted as a defensive recruit for Moyes, the towering Italian has fallen out of favour at the San Siro and would surely jump at a move to Manchester United.
17/21 Everton Ribeiro
The 24-year-old Cruzeiro man believes he could be the solution to United's midfield woes after being linked with a move there saying: 'I would fit in any part of the midfield. I would do well as a playmaker to support the attack.' It remains to be seen whether he'll get the chance to prove it with a January move.
18/21 Miralem Pjanic
The Bosnian midfielder has excelled at Roma this season and would certainly be a good signing for United. Previously linked with moves to Arsenal and Spurs, a move to Manchester would mean no Pjanic on the streets of London. Roma have confirmed they have received offers for the Pjanic.
Miralem Pjanic The Bosnian midfielder has excelled at Roma this season and would certainly be a good signing for United. Previously linked with moves to Arsenal and Spurs, a move to Manchester would mean no Pjanic on the streets of London.
19/21 Kevin Strootman
Another Roma star thought to be wanted by United, the Dutch midfielder is however highly valued by Roma chief Rudi Garcia which may prove an obstacle to any move.
20/21 Toni Kroos
The Bayern Munich midfielder is stalling on a new contract, raising hope he could be prised away. However, he's been integral to the multi-trophy winning side and it seems highly unlikely the German champions will let him go.
21/21 Alex Teixeira
If their pursuit of Strootman falls through, another man reportedly being lined up is Shakhtar midfielder Teixeira. The 23-year-old impressed against United in his side's recent visit to Old Trafford.
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Jan 29, 2013 at 3:34 am #1298567
Loki CuthbertBPL Member
@lokbotLocale: Portland, OR
I'm new to backpacking. This is my second season I started off last season with a 30+ baseweight. I hiked about 100 miles last summer and am looking to push myself now that I've got myself down to a lovely 11 lb kit. I'm looking to find some friends to get out and explore with.
I'd like to spend this year focusing on building my skill set. I don't know much about planning trips with just a topo map and compass. I've done most of my trips using guide books and the GPS on my phone.
-LokiJan 29, 2013 at 12:39 pm #1948472Apr 8, 2013 at 11:29 am #1974047
IanBPL Member
I'm based out of Eastern Washington and I have a few backpacking trips and fun day hikes planned for this summer including:
*Climb Mt. Adams (overnight at lunch counter)
*St. Helens day hike and car camp afterwards (haven't requested a permit yet)
*Day hike the Enchantments from TH to TH (prolly in August as this will be a long but rewarding day)
*Hike PCT from White Pass to Chinook Pass in two days (fun and not so grueling two day hike covering 30 miles)
*A couple overnighters in the Blue Mountains
I'll post them on this forum a couple weeks before I'm ready to go with the exception of St. Helens which will be earlier due to the permit requirement.
I've been in contact with another BPL hiker from the PDX area who has mentioned a hike in the Gorge area.Apr 8, 2013 at 2:48 pm #1974127
The http://www.portlandhikers.org site is down. Yesterday the host server owners (it's a shared server) said they were repairing the hard disk. Today they are still repairing it. Per "Martell," PH's technical guy, the data appears to still be there (phew!) and PH is planning to find a new host ASAP. The info, and no doubt any updates, will show up here:Apr 8, 2013 at 3:25 pm #1974134
Jerry AdamsBPL Member
@retiredjerryLocale: Oregon and Washington
back upApr 8, 2013 at 3:43 pm #1974143
Jerry, you beat me to it! I did announce on nwhikers.net, though.
For those seeking hikes, check out the Field Guide on that site. Then search for trip reports the past few years.Apr 8, 2013 at 5:15 pm #1974186
Michael GillenwaterBPL Member
@mwgillenwaterLocale: Seattle area
I'm new to Seattle, and so you could probably talk me into a trip or two. I have a reservation in for the Wonderland trail around Rainer this summer with some extra slots. I'll post dates once i have them.
I'm about to end 7 years of torture and defend my PhD dissertation this week, and so looking forward to remembering what it is like to actually do something for fun on the weekend.Apr 10, 2013 at 7:54 pm #1975123
John SmithBPL Member
@jcar3305Locale: East of Cascades
I live in Yakima and hike, climb, canoe and cave extensively. This year I plan on a week long trip along the Olympic coast, a week long canoe trip on Ross Lake, Mt Adams, Mt Hood, Mt Stuart, Dynamited Cave, Some sections of the PCT and numerous other shorter trip.
If you are interested contact me via a PM. I will respond usually within a day or two.Apr 11, 2013 at 9:31 am #1975318
For the Portland area, http://www.portlandhikers.org, now that it's back up on a new host server and working beautifully, has an "Organize and Invite" section in its forum. There are also links on the home page to area hiking clubs.
Organized groups are a great way to get started, learn from others and meet future hiking/backpacking partners. Another advantage is that you can car-pool to the trailhead, thus saving far more in gas money than you'll spend on the small trip fee. You don't have to belong to any of these clubs to participate in their trips. Just sign up early because many of the trips have group size limits. There are also several Meetup groups in the Portland area for hiking and backpacking. Googling "hiking clubs portland or" will lead you to an embarrassment of riches. This is true for those from other areas, too–just substitute your own community or nearby city.
For the Seattle area, the http://www.nwhikers.net forum performs a similar function.
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Surface 2 is available in 32GB and 64GB configurations; 1 it will start at $449.Surface Pro 2Surface Pro 2 is the successor to Surface Pro and, like its predecessor, is a true laptop replacement, capable of running virtually all your Windows software including the full Microsoft Office suite, 2 as well as apps from the Windows Store. Surface Pro 2 offers the portability and simplicity of a tablet when you want it and the power and flexibility of a laptop when you need it. It is powered by a fourth-generation Intel Core i5 processor which, combined with other improvements, delivers increased performance and up to 60 percent longer battery life than Surface Pro. Starting at $899, Surface Pro 2 will be offered in 64GB and 128GB configurations with 4 GB of RAM and 256GB and 512GB configurations with 8 GB of RAM. 1 Full specs are available at http://www.Surface.com/pre-order. New AccessoriesToday's announcement also includes seven new accessories that will make Surface even more flexible, more portable and more productive:
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Seeing her right now reminds me of my mother back then which reminds me to see her as she is right now.
The mountains have more snow. Georgia dragged her jacket out today and went outside for one minute before she agreed it was too cold. She was happy to read and play inside today.
My sister sent me an envelope in the mail this week. She attached a short note:
"I found this today while going through a drawer of old letters. I think I found it in Mom's room when cleaning up after her death. Regardless, it belongs with you. Now that Georgia is all grown up, it's especially poignant."
She ate a good supper of chicken and vegetables all by herself. When the spoon proves inefficient, she just digs in with both hands.
The date of the letter was Feb. 14, 2001. I think it was the last letter I sent to my mom before she died.
She thought the doctor's office yesterday was one big hoot but the wait was boring. She is 20 lbs and 31 inches. She was very happy after her long nap and danced backwards and forwards to Barney before her Daddy came home.
Georgia was 18 months old. Not knowing what else to say to a dying woman, I put every little detail of my daughter's day on the paper. I wanted my mother to be in her life. I wanted my mother to be alive.
Last night she had a bath in the big tub, and while she was squatting in the water, she pooped. That was a fast bath and a long cleanup. I bought her a small potty chair for her to look at and she thinks it is a waste of time and money. Good for holding Cheerios but nothing else.
I see how I was mimicking my mother's style of correspondence. My sisters and I used to laugh at the quotidian details she put in her letters. Perhaps we thought she should make better use of the time and space to expound on worldly matters, things that would interest daughters like us.
Georgia misses her Grandpa to chase around the dinner table. She runs a circuit around the table or sofa every night. Where is he?!?
Mom died on April 13, 2001. Dad died on Nov. 25, 2005.
I will not tell you how my parents failed me; I will not tell you I despise my kin. I no longer indulge those conversations when there are more important things to say.
Our love and thanks for another day,
Karen & Family
My holiday wish for you.
This one got to me:
"I'm not sure if you remember me, but I attended your workshop in ——. After the workshop, I told my mother how much I had enjoyed reading Hand Wash Cold and how special it was to meet you in person, and she decided to check your book out of the library to read.
Six months later, Hand Wash Cold is the one gift that my mom has requested from my sister and me for Christmas. My mother is a former librarian who believes strongly in the power of checking out books – I don't think I've ever known her to buy a book or to ask for one for a gift. Yet, here that is and here I am wondering if it would be possible to purchase an autographed copy of Hand Wash Cold for my mom for Christmas."
This one gets to me:
Beginner's Mind One-Day Retreat
Sunday, Feb. 26 9 am-3 pm
Hazy Moon Zen Center, Los Angeles
Information and registration here
Photo taken by Lisa Braun Dubbels at Kowalski's Market in Minneapolis.
Staring from family photographs, we look
older than we are. Even as children, our faces
are shadowed with doubt and parental disappointment,
as if to say to those looking years from now:
We persist. We persevere. We do this for you.
– from "In the Olden Days" by Richard Newman
My grandmother's house held the scent of a mothballed century. Time had locked itself in a cabinet called a chifforobe. The very word was one of the secrets it contained. I considered it a double mystery: first, that a country washerwoman would have a chifforobe, and second, that she would call it by that name, the frill of the double consonant like a vestige of lost extravagance.
Inside hung the few fancy dresses worn by my mother and her sisters to dances and weddings. On summer visits we granddaughters made charades with them. (Such frocks are kept for the sake of girlish fantasy.) But there were other things that held me for a longer stretch — old photographs of the dead and unnamed — my phantom ancestors. I would flip through shoeboxes full of sepia images, staring into the stiff and grim faces of related strangers.
My mother's people were Wends, an odd and oppressed sort of religious colony, which like all colonies, no longer exists. Run out of Prussia in the late-nineteenth century, they settled in the purgatory of Central Texas where they were mostly poor farmers. (Except for my grandfather, who out of enterprise or foolishness later made himself the town barber, ensuring that he would remain the poorest among poor relations.) The Wends were serious about faith, hard work, and economy. The wedding portraits captured their high sobriety: the brides wearing black to signify the life of toil awaiting them. This foresight was not in the least bit faulty.
These were my kin, somber in face and fashion, weighted by work and gravity, and much younger than they looked. On the backs of some photos, salvaged from frames or torn from albums, were half-vanished names written in thin pencil.
What brings this to mind today? Is it the season? A poem about olden days drifted into my hands and moved me. I have been taken of late with the matter of lineage, and how we have largely disposed of its umbrage. We are a do-it-yourself culture. We believe we can manufacture anything with independence and initiative. Our heroes are the self-made who suggest that by clever sorcery we can conjure our own mythology. Perhaps it is my age that turns me back to face the accident of my birth, which was no accident.
I am not self-made. I have come from the persistent. I am the heir of disappointment and doubt. I came out of the chifforobe and I will yet join the ranks of its unremembered. Like all those before me, I do this for you, and it is all I can do.
Leaving me to wonder and to grieve.
Also inspired by the work of Michael Douglas Jones.
Yesterday my teacher said something that I can't seem to shake. It was in the course of an ordinary conversation and not a teaching per se, but that's how you know your teacher: he or she says something that sticks with you like a needle under your skin, and it works its way in.
He said, "I knew you before you were a victim." He wasn't talking about me, but he might as well have been. As is the custom in a lineage tradition like mine, I can only repeat what my teacher has told me. So I will.
I knew you before you were a victim,
before you were a wreck, a mess, and a bomb.
Without a crowning success or crippling failure.
Before you had an issue, an axe, or a cross.
No disorder, no syndrome, no label –
without a blemish or scar.
Before that night and the morning after,
before the after and before the before.
Before the fall, the crash, the crime,
without an upgrade or makeover.
Version 0.0
No story,
no narration, no closed captioning,
no footnotes and no bonus features,
before you remembered to forget and forgot to remember.
I knew you before you were what you say –
what you think, what you fear, what you know.
Do you know yourself before?
You're here! You're here! Welcome to my new home on the web where I've put everything on the kitchen table. Take a moment and subscribe to my new rss or update your Cheerio Road email subscription. Add yourself to my newsletter list. Lift the lid on the laundry and see more about my books and articles. Check out the retreats including a brand new one in Colorado. Put yourself on my Kitchen Table Tour or make plans to meet me in San Francisco, Houston or Kansas City soon.
Find what you need. Take what you find. Come home to a place you never knew you'd left. Right here.
With reverence for the illustrious eye of photographer Tracey Clark, and the artful hand of Eric Curtis at RGB Design Studio.
My friends at the Shambhala SunSpace blog asked me to write a New Year's blessing for their readers. It runs today somewhere over there, and I invite you to have a look. Then I thought, why don't I just record it and share it with everyone who's listening? I hope that includes you and that you share it with all you love.
Here's to your best new year!
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"If you don't see the Way you don't see it even as you walk on it." – The Identity of Relative and Absolute
In this week of returns and revelations, I'm leaving sand on your doorstep with a few repeat posts. Enjoy your time!
The sandwiches are packed; the watermelon sliced. Today I take the kids to the beach. It is the one day every summer every year that we do this: at season's end, the four of us, giddy to go, spit-roasted on return. With me: the two teenagers who were once my babysitter's babies, plus the baby who was once my own.
I believe in cycles like this, in anniversaries and observed traditions. But then, what's to believe? They come on their own, the returns and repetitions, as reliable as seasons because they are seasons. All of life is a season. We dance in a circle the whole way! The rhythm insistent and true – our part is but to hear the music and move.
Next week we end these short summer months with a true family vacation. Venturing up north, where the ocean is darker, the air misty, the forests thick. Yesterday I remembered that Big Sur was the last vacation destination my husband and I took before Georgia was born. Hardly a vacation, it was the place that the full catastrophe of my sickness was felt, and the shock of its sudden conclusion would bear down. We spent three days roaming and moaning the northern coast, and on return, I was hospitalized. Georgia was born too soon after. This Sunday is the anniversary of her coming home.
So I'm riding the waves and wind these days, again, and next week I'll find myself back at the first of everything. All over again. Completely new.
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"If you don't see the Way you don't see it even as you walk on it." – The Identity of Relative and Absolute
In this week of returns and revelations, I'm leaving sand on your doorstep with a few repeat posts. Enjoy your time!
We are weekending at a shimmery stretch of coastline known as Crystal Cove. It is one of my husband's most sentimentally favorite places. We spent his 40th birthday here ___ years ago. It was the site of our first family vacation, when Georgia was nine months old, the disbelieving dawn of my awareness that I could leave the house for more than an hour at a time.
Back then, it was a week of firsts. Georgia crawled for the first time, putt-putting in a forward sway across the putrid shag carpet in our beach rental. We shopped nearby in Laguna Beach, where I stepped inside a clothing shop for the first time since giving birth and let a wise saleswoman cajole me out of my baggy sweat pants and back into a facsimile of me. I carried my cranky girl twice daily down the lonely curve of sand and saw for the first time how she dropped straightaway to sleep to nothing but the sound of the ocean.
That discovery alone saved our lives every day and night for the next four years.
And now it is a weekend of returns and repeats. The cove of beach cottages has been lately reclaimed and restored, and although it lightly approaches the Disneyfication that passes as some kind of global standard of entertainment, it as raw and real as only the ocean can be. My younger sister, a recent transplant from Texas, now lives nearby and, more than that, genuinely occupies our lives. Enough proof for me that in this ceaseless cycle of comings and goings, there is a perfect order and rhythm that can never be foretold.
On the beach nearby us was a young couple with a tantruming two-year-old wrangling out of their clutches as they tried to slather him with sunscreen. He roared and wailed above the pounding surf. I can see now how in the life of a two-year-old nearly everything is an outrage and an imposition; nearly everything is foisted at them with the rudest of good intentions. Now I understand the screams, although for most of that year Georgia and I went nose to nose in mutual mortification.
Today I heard the waves, the same old waves, anew. The ocean tells us over and over to accord ourselves with the rhythm of life, with the movement of life, like grains of sand on the beach, lifted up and carried back, sunken deep and then roiled forward again, staying nowhere, flung through air and water to what is but the next temporary abode, the impermanent address, and that it is only in this change itself, this perpetual unrest, holding nothing, that we can ever find true rest.
All that and hot dogs too.
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As a farewell to backpedaling Mercury, whose retrograde ends this Saturday, thereby closing reopened chapters and resolving unfinished business, awkward pauses and anxious backward glances, I offer this parting remembrance of last year's fire:
We evacuated the house yesterday, probably the last people to be evacuated, because as soon as we drove away the mountain cooled to a wispy simmer and they started letting folks return. We had already loaded up a week's worth of clothes, assorted papers, dusty photo albums and baby videos, the dog and the dog crate, with the potholders, yes those very potholders, at the bottom of the suitcase. That talisman alone probably turned history on its heels.
And for the record, as Georgia swept through her room choosing those few things she would rescue, she donned her pink Disneyland cap and her Girl Scout vest. She strode out bedecked with badges and pins, under a pair of mouse ears. That precious glimpse of who she is, who she is right now, was proof enough that there's no need – ever – to look back.
My 400th post. Proof enough of the wonders ahead.
Originally published on April 29, 2008 as my 200th post.
Update: Miracles underfoot!
Tomorrow I'm going to have to drop into my reliable local bookstore to buy a 2009 wall calendar. The kind with trite pictures of lotus ponds and such. I always stick one on my kitchen cabinet to track comings and goings in the heart of our home: vacations, school holidays, washer repairs, flea treatments, the important stuff. It's amazing to me that I haven't been given a calendar this year. One or a hundred and one, which heretofore has been the custom. The current lack seems weirdly suited to the state of suspension we're all in, this limbo in-between the end and the beginning of so many unfathomable things. It's not surprising that no one could muster the faith this season to look far forward. No matter, I can find the coming days on my own.
Last night I was at the temple for our traditional New Year's services: chanting and bowing in fusatsu or atonement ceremony, followed by meditation across the midnight hour, then the spectacle, (for us spartans anyway), of revolving the sutras, a kind of blessing ceremony. I was more than once reminded of the power and reach of this anniversary. New Year's Eve is an anniversary in and by itself, of time's eternal beginning, and then a personal anniversary in each of our lives.
It is the anniversary of the night my husband lost his shoes in a crowd of Buddhists, for instance. A loss in which everything unexpected was later found.
It was soon after I began my practice with Maezumi Roshi and I then met my husband-to-be in a restaurant in Florence, Italy; a husband-to-be that lived in Los Angeles, glory be, while I was still a wanderlusting south Texan. It seemed too eerily easy that I should begin an affair with an eligible guy in LA, and the obviousness of it prompted Maezumi to say, "Invite him for tea." So my guy came for the first time to Zen Center of LA to meet Maezumi in the lull of New Year's Eve before a traditional ceremony much like the one I was at again last night.
Impressionable, my boyfriend and I were both mildly terrified by the extreme auspiciousness of the favor: to be Roshi's guests in his home on this night of nights. Once arrived, my boyfriend took off his shoes outside the door.
He never found them again.
There were many people there that night, many people inclined to wear the ubiquitous shoe fashion of the time, black Reeboks. After the services, after the time for putting shoes back on, long after everyone but my husband-to-be had his or her own shoes snuggly back on his or her feet, I went around in the crowd inspecting the shod.
"Are those your shoes?" I would say, pointing at the very shoes on their feet. "Are they really your shoes?"
I didn't find anyone not wearing his or her own shoes. We didn't find any shoes unworn.
My boyfriend left his first encounter with Zen sans footwear. (I've tried to leave everything else since then, but alas, I'm still holding on to a lot of unnecessary freight.) In his socks, he drove me to his apartment late that night, and he was pissed.
It's easy to see the metaphor in this. He and I left behind a familiar road on that night, a well-worn footpath, the way things were. We went on, of course, getting over it, finding our way, uncushioned, unprotected, by a different route, to an altogether unimaginable future. We left behind more than a pair of shoes, but losing your shoes can indeed be an auspicious start to a whole new way.
Wishing you abundant lost shoes and found days, because sometimes it takes one to have the other, and I want you to have it all.
For the last 15 years, there's been only one way for me to observe the New Year.
Come, find me there, and let's get this party started!
To you, to me, to everyone cradling a secret wish or a distant dream. Read this through, see what comes, leave your disbelief under the shade of a strong and fragrant cedar, and trust your life as it unfolds.
A welcome blessing for Cedar Leonard Kroon, in full amazement and gratitude for life.
Now, leave your own wish here for what you may not yet believe could come true, and let's see, let's just see, what unfolds.


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I was injected with Juvederm under my left eye which looked like a lump so I requested that it be dissolved with Vitrase. I developed a lesion under the left eye which required the expertise of 2 plastic surgeons to perform a skin graft from behind my left ear and right ear. This took 2 surgeries, 1 year of treatment and lots of activity restrictions and antibiotics. My new left eye does not blink or close at night and has a constant burning sensation.
Vitrase to Dissolve Juvederm Under Eye and Left With Lesion. Cannot Blink or Close at Night? (photo)
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Lesion after Juvederm
I am so tremendously sorry this happened to you. There really isn't anything else I can say about this, but I am glad you have sought proper care and I hope things will improve for you over time. I will say that I have never, ever seen anything like this, especially from an injection like Juvederm and in the eye area. I've never even seen anything like this in literature or reports from the AAD. I am so tremendously sorry it happened to you.
Difficulty closing eyes can lead to exposure keratitis
Your experience is unfortunate, as problems of this nature after a juvederm injection are incredibly rare. If you are unable to close the eye and can't blink well, you are at risk of the eye drying out (exposure keratitis). The burning sensation is your eye letting you know it is getting dried out. you need to use artificial tears as often as needed during the daytime to keep the eye moist and then use lubricating eye ointment every night. You can use the eye ointment in the day as well, but it will cause blurry vision. I would recommend you seek consultation with an oculo-plastic surgeon in the very near future for their recommendations regarding eye care and any further interventions. Best wishes to you.
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Were to go from here ?
One of the boys was alone in his room thinking that he rather be back at the orphanage, the other was still the arms of his mother being conforted. Both unhappy and with more in common that they both realised, and yet such is the way of life ...
The night gave way to a new morrow, and with it the sun shinned thru the widows and woke David up.
He felt so hungry he probably could manage to eat a whole cow, well maybe a calf ?
The footsteps on the stairs made Robert awere he no longer was alone , not able to sleep much the night before, so he had gone for a swim at the break of dawn and now he was here waiting in order for what he was not completely sure, he just need it to know him a bit better if only to take is mind of other problems...
David did not see Rob seating at the table as soon as he entered the room or expected to find him up so early . It just turn 7, what was the little boy doing up so early, surely he need it as much rest as possible ?
Both in oposite sides of the table, neither really knew what to say, and out of the blue it was David who came up with the question that would be the start to their relanshionship.
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" Not just yet. I am sick, yes, but i don`t plan on dying and living all this to you just yet."
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Come to think about it so was he, so he said.
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" Kid, i don`t really care, i need food, so we will play the sick boy card if she catches us up, ok ?"
Robert didn`t really like him that much, but the fact he didn`t tiptoe around him or make him feel useless just because he was sick was an improvement on all the rest, so he followed David into the kitchen.
" So thus this makes friends then ? "
" No, it makes us two people living in the same house and who happen to talk to each other if the occasion occurs, ok ?"
" Ok, you know you are not so bad."
" Nor are you midget."
" What are you going to call me , when i grow taller than you ?"
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67 years ago Tuesday, Americans celebrated the end of World War II, and in Dallas the Daughters of WWII honored vets and their legacy.
Celebrating the End of WWII
The Frontier of Flight Museum commemorated V-J Day, the day fighting with Japan during World War II ended 67 years ago.
More than 600 people, including 170 World War II veterans, attended Tuesday's program.
"I think it makes us appreciate what happened in World War II, how it happened there and what these people [did]," said Robby Campbell, a World War II veteran.
Lt. Fiske Hanley, a World War II veteran and former Japanese prisoner of war, and Bob Nagase, a former Japanese kamikaze pilot, were once enemies, but are now friends.
"We became friends. He told me that his home was burned down, and it just so happened that I was part of the fire raid that time," Hanley said.
The two spoke at the museum's program, which was put together by Daughters of World War II, an organization that honors World War II vets and preserves their legacy.
"It's a very important story to tell, because we're losing these men and women from that greatest generation about a thousand a day, and once these men are gone, the stories are gone," said Laura Leppert, president of the organization.


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With change there comes an element of expectation and a dose of reality. In these early days of mini-camps, quarterback schools, and off-season workouts, many teams are taking the initial steps toward building toward the 2006 season.
losing standout offensive guard Steve Hutchinson in free
agency, the Seattle Seahawks appear poised to build upon their 2005 Super Bowl
appearance. Head coach Mike Holmgren is hopeful that the
combination of Floyd Womack, Tom Ashworth, and
rookie Rob Sims will help fill the huge gap. Hampering the plan
is that Womack has been forced to sit-out practice sessions due to his
surgically repaired left triceps tendon, and Ashworth - a converted tackle - is
relatively inexperienced at the position.
After securing the services of wide receiver Nate Burleson (Minnesota) in free agency, the Seahawks are excited about the potential and dynamics he should provide the Seattle offense. The team was disappointed they were unable to retain receiver Joe Jurevicius, but has quietly noted to Scout.com that Burleson provides improved speed and quickness and has the playmaking ability to ensure the offense remains consistent and explosive…………………
In San Francisco, the 49ers coaching staff has been hard at work
with the youthful roster. Their first-round draft selection, tight-end Vernon Davis, has impressed, but the early story in San Francisco is the confidence and
professionalism offensive coordinator Norv Turner has found in second-year
quarterback Alex Smith. After struggling mightily during his rookie campaign,
Smith has been quick to gain a solid understanding of Turner's offensive scheme
and the trust of the veteran coach. Kevan Barlow remains the starter for the
49ers at running back, but this may be short-lived, as second-year back Frank
Gore had a solid off-season in workouts and is an explosive talent. This
training camp battle may come down to which player displays the ability to hold
onto the football and gain yards after contact. Free agent wide receiver Antonio Bryant has been very professional and willing to learn the 49er way. Known as
somewhat of a malcontent, Bryant's attitude has been great thus far………………..
off a surprising playoff appearance last season, the expectations are high in
Chicago. The Bears are a hard-nosed, defense-first team, which
is evident with the lack of off-season moves to improve a questionable offense.
The team did go out and acquire quarterback Brian Griese, who
is recovering from knee surgery and is expected to be 100% in camp. Throughout
the early off-season, Griese has clearly been the best quarterback in mental
preparation, though Rex Grossman remains penciled in as the
starter on the depth chart. Look for this to change during training camp if
Griese can remain healthy.
Running back Thomas Jones remains upset about the demotion he sustained due to his lack of total commitment to the Bears' off-season voluntary workout sessions. Jones, coming off a career year, welcomes the opportunity to compete for the starting role handed to 2005 first-round draft choice Cedric Benson, or wants to get a look elsewhere, from what we have been told.
Look for cornerback Nathan Vasher to report to training camp on-time, but
voice his displeasure with the Bears' front office. Clearly the best cornerback
on the roster, Vasher would like the team to commit to him long-term with a
contract worthy of an All-Pro. The team has no desire to rework his contract,
which has created some uneasiness between the team and player………………..
The best thing to happen to the Detroit Lions during the Matt Millen era is the hiring of Rod Marinelli. Marinelli has immediately instilled accountability throughout the organization, all which was lacking under former head coach Steve Mariucci. The accountability within the Detroit organization hit home this off-season when dealing with oft-troubled WR Charles Rogers, WR Mike Williams, and QB Joey Harrington. Rogers was told during the off-season to work hard, be involved, and keep his nose clean.
The organization believes Rogers has the talent to succeed, and is giving him
one chance to prove his worth. Both Marinelli and offensive coordinator Mike
Martz like the physical ability of Mike Williams, especially his height and
strength, but the staff wants him to lose weight to improve his quickness.
Williams battled weight problems last season and is rumored to be 8-to-10 pounds
above the goal set by the coaching staff despite being dedicated this off-season
to the work-out room. As for Harrington, his departure was paved when he ignored
Martz during board sessions early in the off-season. The final straw was when
Martz asked Harrington to break down a set, which Harrington refused to
put, Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones made the
call on signing egomaniacal WR Terrell Owens. Head coach
Bill Parcells has gone along with the addition to the
organization, but has informed both Jones and the player that he will not put up
with any nonsense. At the first sign of Owens' disruptive nature, Parcells will
inform Jones he wants the receiver released.
While Owens should be expected to be a good soldier initially, there are danger signs ahead and Parcells could be in a precarious position if Jones does not support him. Despite overtures, the team did not entertain trading running back Julius Jones. The Cowboys on two separate occasions worked on draft-day deals for the questionably fragile running back. From what we've been told, quarterback Drew Bledsoe recently noted the addition of offensive linemen Jason Fabini and Kyle Kosier are as important as anything the organization has done during the off-season.....................
a deal between the New England Patriots and Denver
Broncos is stalemated, the primary players in the deal, tight-end
Daniel Graham and wide receiver Ashley Lelie
are on separate plains. The Broncos went hard after Graham, but the Patriots
have no desire to trade the player. At the same time, New England had no desire
to trade a high first-day draft-selection for the quick, but not so tough
From what we've been told, free agent cornerback Ty Law would like to rejoin the Patriots, but the Patriots have not offered a solid deal to Law. At the present time, the New England front office has no inclination to put the team in a potential salary cap situation by offering Law a deal which would pay the All-Pro 8-to-10 million dollars a season. The New England coaching staff has been working on some subtle adjustments with rookie wide receiver Chad Jackson to get off the line quicker…………………


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PITTSBURGH -- While there is plenty of bitterness involved in the AFC North rivalry between the Pittsburgh Steelers and Baltimore Ravens, there is just as much mutual respect in both locker rooms.
For example, Pittsburgh veteran receiver Hines Ward discussed his respect Wednesday for Ravens Pro Bowl safety Ed Reed. Ward recently introduced Reed for the NFL's compilation of the league's 100 greatest players.
"I did that, and it was just out of respect," Ward said. "They asked if I would do a presentation on Ed Reed and I said 'Sure, why not?' We've had our battles over the years. He's hit me and I've hit him a couple times. It's always been very physical between both of us.
"But at the end of the day -- and I'm a little bias towards Troy [Polamalu] -- but he is by far, No. 1 or No. 2, the best safety in the league."
Reed pulled off an amazing feat this season. Despite starting on the physically unable to perform list and missing six games following hip surgery, Reed led the NFL with eight interceptions in 10 games. Often Reed's picks come in bunches. He had three multi-interception games this season and is the NFL's active leader in that category with 11 total.
"He's a game-changer, same thing with Troy," Ward said of Reed. "When you're playing good and you're a great player, great things just happen when you're around. [Reed] will pick up a fumble and take it to the house. A tipped pass, he will take it to the house or somebody will pitch it to him and he will take it to the house.
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By the year 2014, Gap is planning on opening about 30 stores in the Latin America region.
The vice president of strategic alliances, Stefan Laban, revealed this plan at the same time that the company had opened its first location in Mexico…. 10,000 square feet no less in Mexico City's Interlomas Mall. The location includes a Gap, GapKids, and babyGap collections.
Next up on the southern bound train is a new store in Mexico City's Atizapan Mall, followed by Satellite quarter in October, as well as Guadalajara (the third largest city in Mexico). If everything goes according to plan, then there will be at least 6 new branches opening in Mexico alone.
Mexico has now lifted the previous 10-year punitive duty with all Chinese imports, so Gap is now able to import all of their merchandise without any additional taxation or boundaries.
"We could not bring baby products and our full range because of the duties," says Laban. "Now Mexican consumers will be able to get the same products available in London, Paris and New York, except for a few items that will be localized."
With the company developing a solid foundation in Mexico, Brazil is the next big step in the growth plan.
"Brazil is the big rock in Latin America, but it's also a challenging market,"
Part of the reasoning for so much attention to Brazil is the large growth of the middle class recently as well as quality economic growth. With these two countries, Gap hopes to continue on into Colombia, Chile and Uruguay.
In Novemeber Gap will open two new locations in Panama City, Panama as well as Vina del Mar, Chile. By 2013 there will be five more n Colombia, and two in Uruguay.
While opening this many locations will certainly not turn profits quickly, in the long run it will be a solid investment in the future of the company.
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"We will establish here a paradise, a caliphate, in which Muslim cares for Muslim, taking what he needs and giving away what he can do without, as it says in the Qur'an," explained the stocky 'rebel farmer'.
But there was no time to fulfill his dream.
A day later, special forces broke down Rakhimov's gate in Kara Suu, the Uzbek border town that enjoyed a brief spell of freedom after residents forced out police and government officials in the wake of the massacre at nearby Andijan.
He was beaten with rifle butts and dragged away to join the estimated 6,000 others jailed in Uzbekistan because of their religious beliefs.
A month since Uzbek forces opened fire on a demonstration in Andijan, killing hundreds in the Fergana valley town, President Islam Karimov has sidestepped all calls for an independent inquiry. Nato, the US and the EU seem powerless to force an investigation.
The veteran autocratic president and cherished ally in the "war on terror" may now be congratulating himself on a textbook piece of repression.
"He uses the classic technique of creating a sense of internal threat and then stamping it out to give an impression of establishing order," says Dr Bhavna Dave, a Central Asia expert at the University of London.
Yet, the reality is that Karimov's hardline approach is increasingly counterproductive.
Tashkent claims 169 people died in the violence in the Fergana valley, all of them militants or police. Human rights groups estimate the death toll was four times that, including many civilians.
Wherever the truth lies, it is clear there were some armed men among the crowds that rushed Andijan prison and took police hostages after releasing 23 businessmen jailed for affiliation to an Islamic group, Akramiya.
It is also painfully obvious that soldiers mowed down ranks of innocent protesters. One witness showed reporters a bag full of odd, blood-caked sandals left behind in the chaos that accompanied the slaughter.
President Karimov considers his troops unblemished and lays the blame for the killing at the door of Hizb ut-Tahrir (Party of Liberation), a banned Islamist group that advocates the creation of a supra-national caliphate governed by Islamic law.
"It's all lies," says Abu-Muslim, an intense young member of the group sipping tea in a cafe in Kara Suu. "We completely renounce violence. That is not our road."
Groups like the radical al-Qaida-linked Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan are "our brothers, but they do not follow the way of the prophet", Abu-Muslim explains.
Nevertheless, prosecutions of alleged Hizb ut-Tahrir (HuT) members are an almost weekly occurrence in Uzbekistan, and a useful distraction from mundane issues like poverty and stalled reforms.
"There are many examples in history when a chief or a tsar invents stories to frighten his people and distract attention from the wrongdoings of those around him," says Tursunbay Bakir Ulu, human rights ombudsman of neighbouring Kyrgyzstan, who has defended HuT as peaceful, if idealistic.
But the deception may be wearing off. Most commentators agree there is scant evidence of links between HuT and terror groups, and it is unlikely the group organised the Andijan uprising.
"What is certain, however, is that Hizb ut-Tahrir will benefit from a big boost in membership as a result of the way the troops killed peaceful people," says Alisher Ilkhamov, an independent Uzbek political analyst.
With tens of thousands of members across the Central Asian region, HuT is growing fast. In Uzbekistan, where secular opposition is weak, it represents the only real threat to the established regime.
"Its utopian ideas are more and more attractive to the masses as innocent people get caught up in the persecution," says Ilkhamov. "Moderate Muslims are becoming radicalised."
Whether HuT gains the strength to oust President Karimov may now depend on his own actions.