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Chapter Fifteen
3 years ago continued
I was woken by whispers through the tent and frowned. I pulled on a shirt and emerged, wearing thin PJ bottoms. Riley emerged from the side of the tent, a wide grin on his face. It was early morning, 7 -8 am.
"What time to do you call this?" I mumbled, wiping sleep from my eyes. More importantly how had I woken up while the others hadn't?
"Follow me," Riley instructed, grabbing my wrist and yanking him. I let out a surprised yelp but it wasn't loud enough to wake anyone up. Riley himself was dressed in cargo trousers and blue shirt.
"At least let me go wash and get dressed," I sighed.
"I don't wanna risk waking anyone up," he called back. Eventually the treeline broke and I realised we were at the lake.
"You wanted an early morning swim?" I joked.
"Cute, follow me," Riley threw back. I frowned at his choice of words but kept moving. We reached one of the commercial building and I hesitated as Riley pulled out two stretched out paperclip from his trousers.
"Erm, I'm not sure that's such a good idea..." I trailed off, shooting glances around us.
"It'll be perfect," Riley murmured, biting his lip as he focussed on picking the back doors lock. Werewolf hearing must've been a big help because he clicked it open quickly.
"C'mon," he urged, grabbing my hand. He shut the door behind us and I took in the large shopping floor. All the usual postcards and name-based keyring's were on display. I idled searched through them but as always Luca wasn't there. I had yet to find a keyring describing whatever Luca meant. I found one for Riley though.
"A child with a luxurious or carefree existence," I read out. Riley blinked before looking over my shoulder at the green piece of plastic.
"Yeah, it's so carefree hiding from my dad," he muttered. I frowned at the words. I hadn't really met any of his family, although I had heard dad say a few choice words about Peterborough's alpha.
"Let's check out upstairs," he suggested, changing the subject before I had to think up an awkward response. Upstairs was mostly storage but there was also a staff room. Riley sat on the sofa, putting his feet up on the coffee table, looking very proud of himself.
"Okay, we totally have a secret hangout now," he said.
"We're not twelve, I'm not sure why we need a secret hide out," I replied, unable to help smiling at his own wide grin. His happiness felt so infectious. I sat down next to him and those blue eyes stared into mine. I felt unexplainable nerves as Riley openly studied me.
"So, what do you want to do?" I asked, breaking the eye contact.
"Are you bi or gay?" I choked at the question.
"I, er, I don't know," I admitted, aware my cheeks were bright red.
"Hmm, fair enough," Riley mused. Wait, was he attracted to me? I couldn't decide how I felt about the idea. I mean, he was cute to me sure, but that didn't mean anything in itself.
"You don't really care about tact do you?" I laughed.
"My dad doesn't bother with it, seems to work for him," Riley shrugged. "Want to find out if you are?" he followed up without missing a beat. I froze at the suggestion, staring down at my knees.
"You're allowed to say no," Riley added with an indifferent shrug. I bit my lower lip and realised Riley was staring. I clamped my lips shut, blushing furiously. I mean, it's not like it hurt to mess around.
"O-okay," I stuttered. Riley didn't hesitate at all. Pulling closer and kissing me. I gasped at the force it sent through me. Even he seemed surprised by it. We kissed more, my skin tingling at every part of me he touched. I don't know hoe I knew, but I was having the same effect on him. I lost track of time, or how long we'd been on the sofa making out. The sound of laughter outside broke us apart and Riley checked the time. 11:25.


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The Frustration
Kalt was very mad now 'why does he treat this like some kind of joke? What kind of a name is The Back Scar Bees gang? If he really didn't want to answer me he could have said so without making fun of me!' he thought to himself.
Kalt had walked back down the long spiral hall of the mountain, occasionally walking past a student who said hello, giggled or just stared at him. He was nearly back at his dormitory when he started to force Xectix to the back of his mind and started pondering about what he would say to his fellow classmates who witnessed the wall accident earlier and more importantly, what he would say to Huji.
During his descent Kalt started to have second feelings about his new found powers, he wondered if Huji and everyone else would be ok with it. Kalt and Huji had their own thing that, despite Kalt being special, Huji had always been the better Mamto, and seeing as how this was not the case anymore it made Kalt wonder if Huji would truly be ok with change.
'Should I tell him the truth? Would he be ok with it? Oh man what do I say?' Kalt was beginning to fret as he walked towards the door leading off to his year groups' section of the mountain where they slept.
He paused outside the front door and his mind was racing with what he should say, Professor Clim's class would be over now and that meant all the Mamto's would be back in the dormitory and no doubt all of them would be telling all of the other people in there of the incident earlier that day.
The only people that wouldn't be in there would be the Ranter's as they had class now, which if it wasn't for Druff's order he would be in right now practicing in vain on his Shadow Strikes. Kalt smirked to himself, all the people that were trying desperately hard to make a shadow foot to kick a jar on the ground and now he himself could do that without thinking about it.
But Kalt shook his head and realised that he mustn't be big-headed about this development or else people would have a reason to have a problem with his powers, this brought his ego down and he promised to himself that he wouldn't let the Prophecy powers make him arrogant.
He had always been able to do more than anyone else and he never let it get to him, and he wasn't going to boost himself up anymore now that things had changed a little, and he felt a little better knowing that if he didn't change at all as a person then his friends shouldn't treat him differently.
Feeling a little more courage in what was coming he went towards the door and put his hand on it, before he even turned it however it sprang open and somebody ran out and bumped into Kalt making both of them fall to the floor.
"Kilik! What was that for?" moaned Kalt as he rubbed his head from the fall and seeing Kilik ling on top of him looking dazed and confused.
Kilik noticed Kalt after a moment and rolled off of him and sprang upwards "Kalt! Thank goodness I found you; I was just going to look for you!"
Kalt dusted himself off and stood up "why?" he asked her.
She got all wide eyed and grabbed his hand.
"Werpic and some boy from your Mamto class are getting into a fight over you, all the Mamto's told us about what you did to the wall and this guy was treating you like a freak and Werpic told him to shut up and-" she shook her head and dragged him into the corridor inside and started leading him to his part of the dormitory.
"Never mind just come and break it up please!" she begged him.

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Russell E. Ware, MD, PhD
Director, Division of Hematology
Director, Division of Hematology
Institute Co-Director, Cancer and Blood Diseases Institute
Associate Director, Global Health Center
Marjory J. Johnson Chair of Hematology Translational Research
Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
Phone 513-803-4597
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MD: Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, 1979-83.
Residency: Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, 1983-86.
Fellowship: Duke Medical Center, Durham, NC, 1986-89.
PhD: Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, 1987-91.
Certification: Pediatric Hematology/Oncology.
Ndeezi G, Kiyaga C, Hernandez AG, Munube D, Howard TA, Ssewanyana I, Nsungwa J, Kiguli S, Ndugwa CM, Ware RE, Aceng JR. Burden of sickle cell trait and disease in the Uganda Sickle Surveillance Study (US3): a cross-sectional study. Lancet Glob Health. 2016 Mar;4(3):e195-e200.
Aygun B, Mortier NA, Kesler K, Schultz WH, Alvarez O, Rogers Z, Kwiatkowski J, Miller S, Sylvestre P, Cohen A, Ware RE. Therapeutic phlebotomy is safe in children with sickle cell anemia and can be effective treatment for transfusional iron overload. Br J Haematol. 2015;169(2):262-266.
Ware RE, Davis BR, Schultz WH, Brown, Aygun B, Sarnaik S, Odame I, Fuh B, George A, Owen W, Luchtman-Jones L, Rogers ZR, Hilliard L, Gauger C, Piccone C, Lee MT, Kwiatkowski JL, Jackson S, Miller ST, Roberts C, Heeney MM, Kalfa TA, Nelson S, Imran H, Nottage K, Alvarez O, Rhodes M, Thompson AA, Rothman JA, Helton KJ, Roberts D, Coleman J, Bonner MJ, Kutlar A, Patel N, Wood J, Piller L, Wei P, Luden J, Mortier NA, Stuber SE, Luban NL, Cohen AR, Pressel, Adams RJ. Hydroxycarbamide versus chronic transfusion for maintenance of transcranial doppler flow velocities in children with sickle cell anaemia-TCD With Transfusions Changing to Hydroxyurea (TWiTCH): a multicentre, open-label, phase 3, non-inferiority trial. Lancet. 2015 Feb;387(10019):661-670.
Yawn BP, Buchanan GR, Afenyi-Annan AN, Ballas SK, Hassell KL, James AH, Jordan L, Lanzkron SM, Lottenberg R, Savage WJ, Tanabe PJ, Ware RE, Murad MH, Goldsmith JC, Ortiz E, Fulwood R, Horton A, John-Sowah J. Management of sickle cell disease: summary of the 2014 evidence-based report by expert panel members. JAMA. 2014 Sep 10;312(10):1033-48.
Ware RE. Is sickle cell anemia a neglected tropical disease? PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2013 May 30;7(5):e2120.
Ware RE and Helms RW for the SWiTCH Investigators. Stroke With Transfusions Changing to Hydroxyurea (SWiTCH). Blood. 2012;119(17):3925-3932.
Ware RE, Despotovic JM, Mortier NA, Flanagan JM, He J, Smeltzer M, Kimble AC, Aygun B, Wu S, Howard T, Sparreboom A. Pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics, and pharmacogenetics of hydroxyurea treatment for children with sickle cell anemia. Blood. 2011;118(18):4985-4991.
Wang WC, Ware RE, Miller ST, Iyer RV, et al. Hydroxycarbamide in very young children with sickle-cell anaemia: a multicenter, randomized, controlled trial (BABY HUG). Lancet. 2011;377(9778):1663-1672.
Ware RE, Zimmerman SA, Sylvestre PB, Mortier NA, Davis JS, Treem WR, Schultz WH. Prevention of secondary stroke and resolution of transfusional iron overload in children with sickle cell anemia using hydroxyurea and phlebotomy. J Pediatr. 2004;145:346-352.
Zimmerman SA, Schultz WH, Davis JS, Pickens CV, Mortier NA, Howard TA, Ware RE. Sustained long-term hematological efficacy of hydroxyurea at maximum tolerated dose in children with sickle cell disease. Blood. 2004;103:2039-2045.
Ralph A. Gruppo, MD
Director, Comprehensive Hemophilia and Thrombosis Center
Director, Comprehensive Hemophilia and Thrombosis Center
Director, Research Coagulation Laboratory
Director, Special Hemostasis & Thrombosis Laboratory
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Dr. Gruppo has been elected by peers for inclusion in the Best Doctors in America List.
MD: Johns Hopkins Medical School, Baltimore, MD, 1967.
Residency: Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio; Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, 1970.
Fellowship: Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, 1974.
Certification: Pediatrics, 1975; Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, 1976.
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Gruppo RA. Treatment of hemophilia in developing countries: a journey of a thousand miles. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2010 Mar;54(3):348-9. No abstract available
Gelfand MJ, Gruppo RA, Nasser MP. Ventilation-perfusion scintigraphy in children and adolescents is associated with a low rate of indeterminate studies. Clin Nucl Med. 2008 Sep;33(9):606-9.
Wu SW, Graham B, Gelfand MJ, Gruppo RE, Dinopolous A, Gilbert DL. Clinical and positron emission tomography findings of chorea associated with primary antiphospholipid antibody syndrome. Mov Disord. 2007 Sep 15;22(12):1813-5.
Balasa VV, Gruppo RA, Glueck CJ, Wang P, Roy DR, Wall EJ, Mehlman CT, Crawford AH. Legg-Calve-Perthes disease and thrombophilia. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2004 Dec;86-A(12):2642-7.
Gruppo RA, Brown D, Wilkes MM, Navickis RJ. Increased breakthrough bleeding during prophylaxis with B-domain deleted factor VIII -- a robust meta-analytic finding. Haemophilia. 2004 Sep;10(5):449-51.
Morrison JA, Gruppo R, Glueck CJ, Stroop D, Fontaine RN, Wang P, Smith KL. Population-specific alleles: the polymorphism (K121Q) of the human glycoprotein PC-1 gene is strongly associated with race but not with insulin resistance in black and white children. Metabolism. 2004 Apr;53(4):465-8.
Gruppo RA, Brown D, Wilkes MM, Navickis RJ. Comparative effectiveness of full-length and B-domain deleted factor VIII for prophylaxis -- a meta-analysis. Haemophilia. 2003 May;9(3):251-60. Review.
Balasa VV, Kalinyak KA, Bean JA, Stroop D, Gruppo RA. Hyperhomocysteinemia is associated with low plasma pyridoxine levels in children with sickle cell disease. J Pediatr Hematol Oncol. 2002 Jun-Jul;24(5):374-9.
McNamara JL, Lombardi JP, Ferguson R, Manning PB, Gruppo RA. Alternative methods for anticoagulation monitoring in pediatric patients with applicability to a patient with severe hemophilia A and circulating inhibitor. J Extra Corpor Technol. 2001 Dec;33(4):239-42.
Gruppo R, Degrauw A, Fogelson H, Glauser T, Balasa V, Gartside P. Protein C deficiency related to valproic acid therapy: a possible association with childhood stroke. J Pediatr. 2000 Nov;137(5):714-8.
Theodosia A. Kalfa, MD, PhD
Co-Director, Erythrocyte Diagnostic Laboratory
Co-Director, Erythrocyte Diagnostic Laboratory
Associate Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
Phone 513-636-0989
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Signaling in erythrocytes; erythropoiesis; sickle cell disease; reactive oxygen species
Visit the Kalfa Lab.
MD: Aristotle University Medical School, Thessaloniki, Greece, 1990.
PhD: Aristotle University Medical School, Thessaloniki, Greece, 1997.
Residency: University Of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, 1999.
Fellowship: Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, 2003.
Certification: Hematology / oncology, American Board of Pediatrics, 2004; Pediatrics, American Board of Pediatrics, 2000; ECFMG Certification, 1995.
Licenses: Full and unrestricted medical license (OH Medical Board), 2003-present; full and unrestricted license of medical practice in Greece, 1990-present.
George A, Pushkaran S, Konstantinidis DG, Koochaki S, Malik P, Mohandas N, Zheng Y, Joiner CH, Kalfa TA. Erythrocyte NADPH oxidase activity modulated by Rac GTPases, PKC, and plasma cytokines contributes to oxidative stress in sickle cell disease. Blood. 2013 Mar 14;121(11):2099-107.
Konstantinidis DG, Pushkaran S, Johnson JF, Cancelas JA, Manganaris S, Harris CE, Williams DA, Zheng Y, Kalfa TA. Signaling and cytoskeletal requirements in erythroblast enucleation. Blood. 2012 Jun 21;119(25):6118-27.
Hammill AM, Risinger MA, Joiner CH, Keddache M, Kalfa TA. Compound heterozygosity for two novel mutations in the erythrocyte protein 4.2 gene causing spherocytosis in a Caucasian patient. Br J Haematol. 2011 Jan 31.
Kalfa TA. Anchoring at an island to relieve stress. Blood. 2011 Jan 20;117(3):748-9.
Mizukawa B, George A, Pushkaran S, Weckbach L, Kalinyak K, Heubi JE, Kalfa TA. Cooperating G6PD mutations associated with severe neonatal hyperbilirubinemia and cholestasis. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2010 Oct 14.
Konstantinidis DG, George A, Kalfa TA. Rac GTPases in erythroid biology. Transfus Clin Biol. 2010 Sep;17(3):126-30.
Kalfa TA, Pushkaran S, Zhang X, Johnson JF, Pan D, Daria D, Geiger H, Cancelas JA, Williams DA, Zheng Y. Rac1 and Rac2 GTPases are necessary for early erythropoietic expansion in the bone marrow but not in the spleen. Haematologica. 2010 Jan;95(1):27-35.
Mulloy JC, Cancelas JA, Filippi MD, Kalfa TA, Guo F, Zheng Y. Rho GTPases in hematopoiesis and hemopathies. Blood. 2010 Feb 4;115(5):936-47.
Wang D, Zhang W, Kalfa TA, Grabowski G, Davies S, Malik P, Pan D. Reprogramming erythroid cells for lysosomal enzyme production leads to visceral and CNS cross-correction in mice with Hurler syndrome. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2009 Nov 24;106(47):19958-63.
Daria D, Filippi MD, Knudsen ES, Faccio R, Li Z, Kalfa T, Geiger H. The retinoblastoma tumor suppressor is a critical intrinsic regulator for hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells under stress. Blood. 2008 Feb 15;111(4):1894-902.
Rho GTPases in Terminal Erythroid Maturation. Principal Investigator. NIH/NHLBI. Sep 2012-Jun 2016. #1R01HL116352.
Cincinnati Center of Excellence in Hemoglobinopathies Research. Co-investigator. NIH/NHLBI. Aug 2013–May 2018. # U01 HL117709.
Karen A. Kalinyak, MD
Director, Outcomes & Quality Improvement
Director, Outcomes & Quality Improvement
Phone 513-636-8790
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MD: Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, 1977.
Residency: Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, 1980.
Fellowship: Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, 1983.
Certification: Pediatrics, 1984; Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, 1987.
King AA, Rodeghier MJ, Panepinto JA, Strouse JJ, Casella JF, Quinn CT,
Dowling MM, Sarnaik SA, Thompson AA, Woods GM, Minniti CP,
Redding-Lallinger RC, Kirby-Allen M, Kirkham FJ, McKinstry R, Noetzel
MJ, White DA, Kwiatkowski JK, Howard TH, Kalinyak KA, Inusa B, Rhodes
MM, Heiny ME, Fuh B, Fixler JM, Gordon MO, DeBaun MR. Silent cerebral infarction, income, and grade retention among students with sickle cell anemia. Am J Hematol. 2014 Oct;89(10):E188-92.
DeBaun MR, Gordon M, McKinstry RC, Noetzel MJ, White DA, Sarnaik SA, Meier ER, Howard TH, Majumdar S, Inusa BP, Telfer PT, Kirby-Allen M, McCavit TL, Kamdem A, Airewele G, Woods GM, Berman B, Panepinto JA, Fuh BR, Kwiatkowski JL, King AA, Fixler JM, Rhodes MM, Thompson AA, Heiny ME, Redding-Lallinger RC, Kirkham FJ, Dixon N, Gonzalez CE, Kalinyak KA, Quinn CT, Strouse JJ, Miller JP, Lehmann H, Kraut MA, Ball WS Jr, Hirtz D, Casella JF. Controlled trial of transfusions for silent cerebral infarcts in sickle cell anemia. N Engl J Med. 2014 Aug 21; 371(8):699-710.
Crosby LE, Barach I, McGrady ME, Kalinyak KA, Eastin AR, Mitchell MJ. Integrating interactive web-based technology to assess adherence and clinical outcomes in pediatric sickle cell disease. Anemia. 2012;2012:492428.
Debaun MR, Sarnaik SA, Rodeghier MJ, Minniti CP, Howard TH, Iyer RV, Inusa B, Telfer PT, Kirby-Allen M, Quinn CT, Bernaudin F, Airewele G, Woods GM, Panepinto JA, Fuh B, Kwiatkowski JK, King AA, Rhodes MM, Thompson AA, Heiny ME, Redding-Lallinger RC, Kirkham FJ, Sabio H, Gonzalez CE, Saccente SL, Kalinyak KA, Strouse JJ, Fixler JM, Gordon MO, Miller JP, Ichord RN, Casella JF. Associated risk factors for silent cerebral infarcts in sickle cell anemia: low baseline hemoglobin, gender and relative high systolic blood pressure. Blood. 2012 Apr;119(16):3684-90.
McCarville MB, Rogers ZR, Sarnaik S, Scott P, Aygun B, Hilliard L, Lee MT, Kalinyak K, Owen W, Garro J, Schultz W, Yovetich N, Ware RE, SWiTCH Investigators. Effects of Chronic Transfusions on Abdominal Sonographic Abnormalities in Children with Sickle Cell Anemia. J Pediatr. 2012 Feb;160(2):281-285.
Kwiatkowski JL, Yim E, Miller S, Adams RJ, STOP 2 Study Investigators. Effect of transfusion therapy on transcranial Doppler ultrasonography velocities in children with sickle cell disease. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2011 May;56(5):777-82.
George A, Benton J, Pratt J, Kim MO, Kalinyak KA, Kalfa TA, Joiner CH. The impact of the 2009 H1N1 influenza pandemic on pediatric patients with sickle cell disease. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2011 Feb.
Wang W, Brugnara C, Snyder C, Wynn L, Rogers Z, Kalinyak K, Brown C, Qureshi A, Bigelow C, Neumayr L, Smith-Whitley K, Chui DH, Delahunty M, Woolson R, Steinberg M, Telen M, Kesler K. The effects of hydroxycarbamide and magnesium on haemoglobin SC disease: results of the multi-centre CHAMPS trial. Br J Haematol. 2011 Jan;1365-2141.
Mizukawa B, George A, Pushkaran S, Weckbach L, Kalinyak K, Heubi JE, Kalfa TA. Cooperating G6PD mutations associated with severe neonatal hyperbilirubinemia and cholestasis. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2011 May;56(5):840-2.
Dampier C, Lieff S, LeBeau P, Rhee S, McMurray M, Rogers Z, Smith-Whitley K, Wang W, Comprehensive Sickle Cell Centers Clinical Trial Consortium. Health-related quality of life in children with sickle cell disease: a report from the Comprehensive Sickle Cell Center Clinical Trial Consortium (CTC). Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2010 Sep;55(3):485-94.
Patrick T. McGann, MD, MS
Member, Division of Hematology
Member, Division of Hematology
Assistant Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
Phone 513-803-4991
Fax 513-636-5599
Email firstname.lastname@example.com
Dr. McGann was a leader in the development of a newborn screening and treatment program in the Republic of Angola. Toward this end, he worked and lived in Angola for much of two and a half years. This work helped to develop many relationships and is the foundation for much of his continued research and public health efforts in Angola. His research efforts during this time were supplemented by formal training in clinical research through the American Society of Hematology's Clinical Research Training Institute and through the master's program in clinical research at Baylor College of Medicine.
He is also actively involved in global hematology and global child health through such organizations as the Global Sickle Cell Disease Network, the Central African Sickle Cell Network (REDAC), the American Society of Hematology, and the AAP's Section on International Child Health (SOICH).
Upon arrival to Cincinnati Children's, Dr. McGann was the recipient of the Procter Scholar Award, which will help to support his international research efforts.
MD: Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, 2006.
Residency: Pediatrics, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, 2009.
Fellowship: Pediatric Hematology-Oncology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, 2009-2011; Baylor College of Medicine, 2011-2012.
MS: Clinical Research, Baylor College of Medicine, 2013.
Board Certification: Pediatrics, 2009; Pediatric Hematology-Oncology, 2013.
McGann PT, Bernardino L. Anemia falciforme: um grande problema de saúde pública em Angola. Jornal Angolano de Medicina. 2013; 1(3).
McGann PT, Ferris MG, Ramamurthy, U, Santos, B, de Oliveira V, Bernardino L, Ware RE. A pilot newborn screening and treatment for sickle cell anemia in the Republic of Angola. Am J Hematol. 2013; 88(12):984-989.
Despotovic JM, McGann PT, Smeltzer MP, Aygun B, Ware RE. RHD zygosity predicts degree of platelet response to anti-D immune globulin treatment in children with immune thrombocytopenia. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2013; 60(9):E106-108.
McGann PT, Flanagan JM, Howard TA, Dertinger SD, He J, Kulharya A, Thompson BW, Ware RE. Genotoxicity associated with hydroxyurea exposure in infants with sickle cell anemia: Results from the BABY-HUG phase III clinical trial. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2012; 59(2) 254-257.
McGann PT, Despotovic JM, Howard TA, Ware RE. A novel laboratory technique demonstrating the influences of RHD zygosity and the RhCcEe phenotype on erythrocyte D antigen expression. Am J Hematol. 2012; 87(3): 266-271.
McGann PT, Ware RE. Hydroxyurea for sickle cell anemia: what have we learned and what questions still remain?Curr Opin Hematol. 2011 May;18(3):158-65.
McGann PT, Howard TA, Flanagan JM, Lahti JM, Ware RE. Chromosome damage and repair in children with sickle cell anaemia and long-term hydroxycarbamide exposure. Br J Haematol. 2011; 154(1):134-40.
McGann PT, McDade J, Mortier NA, Combs MR, Ware RE. IgA-mediated autoimmune hemolytic anemia in an infant. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2011; 56(5):837-9.
McDade J, McGann PT. 50 Years Ago in The Journal of Pediatrics: Autohemolytic Anemia in Young Infants. J Pediatr. 2011; 159(1):69.
McGann PT, Ware RE. 50 years ago in the journal of pediatrics overwhelming infection in children following splenectomy. J Pediatr. 2010; 157(2):202.
A Phase I/II Study of Hydroxyurea for Children with Sickle Cell Anemia in Angola. Principal Investigator. Procter Scholar Award, Cincinnanti Children's Hospital Medical Center TAPS Program. Jan 2014-Dec 2016.
Sickle Cell Education and Screening for Angolan Adolescents. Co-Director/Mentor. AAP International Community Access to Child Health (ICATCH). Jan 2014-Dec 2016.
Eric Mullins, MD
Research Director, Hemophilia Treatment Center
Research Director, Hemophilia Treatment Center
Fax 513-803-5095
Email firstname.lastname@example.com
Care of children and adolescents with bleeding and thrombotic disorders; hemophilia; von Willebrand's disease; Young Women's Bleeding Disorder Clinic; disordered menstrual bleeding; Hemophilia Treatment Center
Interaction of coagulation factors with immunity and inflammation; inflammatory diseases; multiple sclerosis; sickle cell disease; mouse models of these diseases; coagulation factor knockouts; how hemostatic factors modify the inflammatory response
MD: University of Missouri, Columbia, MO.
Residency: Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, 2001-2004.
Fellowship: Pediatric Hematology / Oncology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, 2004-2007; Pediatric Hemostasis Fellowship, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, 2007-2008; Chief Fellow, Pediatric Hematology / Oncology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, 2007-2008.
Board Certifications: Pediatrics, 2004-Present; Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, 2009-Present.
Raghu H, Cruz C, Rewerts CL, Frederick MD, Thornton S, Mullins ES, Schoenecker JG, Degen JL, Flick MJ. Transglutaminase factor XIII promotes arthritis through mechanisms linked to inflammation and bone erosion. Blood. 2014 Oct 21.
Huang Y, Shaw MA, Mullins ES, Kirley TL, Ayres N. Synthesis and anticoagulant activity of polyureas containing sulfated carbohydrates. Biomacromolecules. 2014 Oct 20.
Turpin B, Miller W, Rosenfeldt L, Kombrinck K, Flick MJ, Steinbrecher KA, Harmel-Laws E, Mullins ES, Shaw M, Witte DP, Revenko A, Monia B, Palumbo JS. Thrombin drives tumorigenesis in colitis-associated colon cancer. Cancer Res. 2014 Jun 1;74(11):3020-30.
Davalos D, Baeten KM, Whitney MA, Mullins ES, Friedman B, Olson ES, Ryu JK, Smirnoff DS, Petersen MA, Bedard C, Degen JL, Tsien RY, Akassoglou K. Early detection of thrombin activity in neuroinflammatory disease. Ann Neurol. 2014 Feb;75(2):303-8.
Horowitz NA, Blevins EA, Miller WM, Perry AR, Talmage KT, Mullins
ES, Flick MJ, Queiroz KCS, Speck CA, Conway EM, Monia BP, Weiler H,
Degen JL, Palumbo J. Thrombomodulin is a determinant of metastasis
through a mechanism linked to the thrombin binding domain but not the
lectin-like domain. Blood. 2011;118:2889-95.
Flick MJ, Chauhan AK, Frederick M, Talmage KE, Kombrinck KW, Miller W,
Mullins ES, Palumbo JS, Zheng X, Esmon NL, Esmon CT, Thornton S, Becker
A, Pelc LA, Di Cera E, Wagner DD, Degen JL. The development of
inflammatory joint disease is attenuated in mice expressing the
anticoagulant prothrombin mutant W215A/E217A. Blood. 2011;117:6326-37.
Mullins ES, Kombrinck KW, Talmage KE, Shaw MA, Witte DP, Ullman JM, Degen SJ, Sun W, Flick MJ, Degen JL. Genetic elimination of prothrombin in adult mice is not compatible with survival and results in spontaneous hemorrhagic events in both heart and brain. Blood. 2009;113:676-704.
Omar Niss, MD
Member, Division of Hematology
Email email@example.com
Pediatric hematology; sickle cell disease; hemoglobinopathies; congenital anemias; immune mediated cytopenia
Cardiopulmonary complications of sickle cell disease; congenital anemias
MD: Jordan University of Science and Technology, 2004.
Residency: Pediatrics, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, 2010.
Fellowship: Pediatric Hematology Oncology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, 2013; Sickle Cell Scholar, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, 2014.
Certification: Pediatrics, 2010; Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, 2015.
Niss O, Chonat S, Dagaonkar N, Almansoori MO, Kerr K, Rogers ZR, McGann PT, Quarmyne MO, Risinger M, Zhang K, Kalfa TA. Genotype-phenotype correlations in hereditary elliptocytosis and hereditary pyropoikilocytosis. Blood Cells Mol Dis. 2016 Oct;61:4-9.
Quinn CT, Smith EP, Arbabi S, Khera PK, Lindsell CJ, Niss O, Joiner CH, Franco RS, Cohen RM. Biochemical surrogate markers of hemolysis do not correlate with directly measured erythrocyte survival in sickle cell anemia. Am J Hematol. 2016 Sep 20.
Bakeer N, James J, Roy S, Wansapura J, Shanmukhappa SK, Lorenz JN, Osinska H, Backer K, Huby AC, Shrestha A, Niss O, Fleck R, Quinn CT, Taylor MD, Purevjav E, Aronow BJ, Towbin JA, Malik P. Sickle cell anemia mice develop a unique cardiomyopathy with restrictive physiology. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2016 Aug 30;113(35):E5182-91.
Niss O, Quinn CT, Lane A, Daily J, Khoury PR, Bakeer N, Kimball TR, Towbin JA, Malik P, Taylor MD. Cardiomyopathy With Restrictive Physiology in Sickle Cell Disease. JACC Cardiovasc Imaging. 2016 Mar;9(3):243-52.
Niss O, Sholl A, Bleesing JJ, Hildeman DA. IL-10/Janus kinase/signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 signaling dysregulates Bim expression in autoimmune lymphoproliferative syndrome. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2014 Aug 27.
Joseph S. Palumbo, MD
Director, Comprehensive Thrombophilia Center
Director, Comprehensive Thrombophilia Center
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Dr. Palumbo has been elected by peers for inclusion in the Best Doctors in America List.
MD: Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, Hershey, PA, 1993.
Residency: Childrens Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, 1997.
Fellowship: Childrens Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, 2000.
Subspecialty: Pediatric Hematology / Oncology.
Horowitz NA, Blevins EA, Miller WM, Perry AR, Talmage KE, Mullins ES, Flick MJ, Queiroz KC, Shi K, Spek CA, Conway EM, Monia BP, Weiler H, Degen JL, Palumbo JS. Thrombomodulin is a determinant of metastasis through a mechanism linked to the thrombin binding domain but not the lectin-like domain. Blood. 2011 Jul 25.
Flick MJ, Chauhan AK, Frederick M, Talmage KE, Kombrinck KW, Miller W, Mullins ES, Palumbo JS, Zheng X, Esmon NL, Esmon CT, Thornton S, Becker A, Pelc LA, Di Cera E, Wagner DD, Degen JL. The development of inflammatory joint disease is attenuated in mice expressing the anticoagulant prothrombin mutant W215A/E217A. Blood. 2011 Jun 9;117(23):6326-37.
Akunuru S, Palumbo J, Zhai QJ, Zheng Y. Rac1 targeting suppresses human non-small cell lung adenocarcinoma cancer stem cell activity. PLoS One. 2011 Feb 9;6(2):e16951.
Palumbo JS, Degen JL. Mechanisms coupling the hemostatic system to colitis-associated cancer. Thromb Res. 2010 Apr;125 Suppl 2:S39-43. Review.
Steinbrecher KA, Horowitz NA, Blevins EA, Barney KA, Shaw MA, Harmel-Laws E, Finkelman FD, Flick MJ, Pinkerton MD, Talmage KE, Kombrinck KW, Witte DP, Palumbo JS. Colitis-associated cancer is dependent on the interplay between the hemostatic and inflammatory systems and supported by integrin alpha(M)beta(2) engagement of fibrinogen. Cancer Res. 2010 Apr 1;70(7):2634-43.
Palumbo JS. Mechanisms linking tumor cell-associated procoagulant function to tumor dissemination. Semin Thromb Hemost. 2008 Mar;34(2):154-60. Review.
Palumbo JS, Barney KA, Blevins EA, Shaw MA, Mishra A, Flick MJ, Kombrinck KW, Talmage KE, Souri M, Ichinose A, Degen JL. Factor XIII transglutaminase supports hematogenous tumor cell metastasis through a mechanism dependent on natural killer cell function. J Thromb Haemost. 2008 May;6(5):812-9.
Palumbo JS, Degen JL. Mechanisms linking tumor cell-associated procoagulant function to tumor metastasis. Thromb Res. 2007;120 Suppl 2:S22-8.
Flick MJ, LaJeunesse CM, Talmage KE, Witte DP, Palumbo JS, Pinkerton MD, Thornton S, Degen JL. Fibrin(ogen) exacerbates inflammatory joint disease through a mechanism linked to the integrin alphaMbeta2 binding motif. J Clin Invest. 2007 Nov;117(11):3224-35.
Palumbo JS, Talmage KE, Massari JV, La Jeunesse CM, Flick MJ, Kombrinck KW, Hu Z, Barney KA, Degen JL. Tumor cell-associated tissue factor and circulating hemostatic factors cooperate to increase metastatic potential through natural killer cell-dependent and-independent mechanisms. Blood. 2007 Jul 1;110(1):133-41.
Charles T. Quinn, MD, MS
Medical Director, Erythrocyte Diagnostic Laboratory
Medical Director, Erythrocyte Diagnostic Laboratory
Medical Director, Pediatric Sickle Cell Program
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Sickle cell disease; thalassemia; hemoglobinopathies; anemia; autoimmune hemolytic anemia; disorders of red blood cells; iron overload and iron chelation; chronic transfusion therapy; immune thrombocytopenia (ITP); neutropenia; stroke
Epidemiology, pathophysiology, treatment and prevention of brain injury (structural and cognitive) in sickle cell disease; measurement of red blood cell turnover in sickle cell disease; identification and treatment of cardiomyopathy and nephropathy in sickle cell disease; treatment and prevention of pain (VOC) in sickle cell disease; MRI methods of iron quantitation; new agents for immune thrombocytopenia (ITP)
MD: University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, 1994.
MS: University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, 2008.
Residency & Chief Residency: Children's Medical Center Dallas, Dallas, TX; University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, 1998.
Fellowship: Children's Medical Center Dallas, Dallas, TX; University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, 2001.
Certifications: Pediatrics, 1998; Pediatric Hematology-Oncology, 2002.
Niss O, Quinn CT, Lane A, Daily J, Khoury PR, Bakeer N, Kimball TR, Towbin JA, Malik P, Taylor MD. Cardiomyopathy With Restrictive Physiology in Sickle Cell Disease. JACC Cardiovasc Imaging. 2016 Mar;9(3):243-52.Quinn CT, St Pierre TG. MRI Measurements of Iron Load in Transfusion-Dependent Patients: Implementation, Challenges, and Pitfalls. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2016 May;63(5):773-80.Serai SD, Fleck RJ, Quinn CT, Zhang B, Podberesky DJ. Retrospective comparison of gradient recalled echo R2* and spin-echo R2 magnetic resonance analysis methods for estimating liver iron content in children and adolescents. Pediatr Radiol. 2015 Oct;45(11):1629-34.
DeBaun MR, Gordon M, McKinstry RC, Noetzel MJ, White DA, Sarnaik SA, Meier ER, Howard TH, Majumdar S, Inusa BP, Telfer PT, Kirby-Allen M, McCavit TL, Kamdem A, Airewele G, Woods GM, Berman B, Panepinto JA, Fuh BR, Kwiatkowski JL, King AA, Fixler JM, Rhodes MM, Thompson AA, Heiny ME, Redding-Lallinger RC, Kirkham FJ, Dixon N, Gonzalez CE, Kalinyak KA, Quinn CT, Strouse JJ, Miller JP, Lehmann H, Kraut MA, Ball WS Jr, Hirtz D, Casella JF. Controlled trial of transfusions for silent cerebral infarcts in sickle cell anemia. N Engl J Med. 2014 Aug 21;371(8):699-710.
King AA, Rodeghier MJ, Panepinto JA, Strouse JJ, Casella JF, Quinn CT, Dowling MM, Sarnaik SA, Thompson AA, Woods GM, Minniti CP, Redding-Lallinger RC, Kirby-Allen M, Kirkham FJ, McKinstry R, Noetzel MJ, White DA, Kwiatkowski JK, Howard TH, Kalinyak KA, Inusa B, Rhodes MM, Heiny ME, Fuh B, Fixler JM, Gordon MO, DeBaun MR. Silent cerebral infarction, income, and grade retention among students with sickle cell anemia. Am J Hematol. 2014 Jul 15.
Vetter CL, Buchanan GR, Quinn CT. Burden of diagnostic radiation exposure in children with sickle cell disease. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2014 Jul;61(7):1322-4.
Dowling MM, Noetzel MJ, Rodeghier MJ, Quinn CT, Hirtz DG, Ichord RN, Kwiatkowski JL, Roach ES, Kirkham FJ, Casella JF, DeBaun MR. Headache and migraine in children with sickle cell disease are associated with lower hemoglobin and higher pain event rates but not silent cerebral infarction. J Pediatr. 2014 May;164(5):1175-1180.e1.
Chandrakasan S, Bakeer N, Mo JQ, Cost C, Quinn CT. Iron-refractory microcytic anemia as the presenting feature of unicentric Castleman disease in children. J Pediatr. 2014 Apr;164(4):928-30.
King AA, Strouse JJ, Rodeghier MJ, Compas BE, Casella JF, McKinstry RC, Noetzel MJ, Quinn CT, Ichord R, Dowling MM, Miller JP, Debaun MR. Parent education and biologic factors influence on cognition in sickle cell anemia. Am J Hematol. 2014 Feb;89(2):162-7.
Quinn CT. Sickle cell disease in childhood: from newborn screening through transition to adult medical care. Pediatr Clin North Am. 2013 Dec;60(6):1363-81.
Susan R. Rose, MD
Member, Division of Endocrinology
Member, Division of Endocrinology
Phone 513-636-4744
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Neuro-endocrinology; hypothalamic-pituitary injury; growth disorders; puberty disorders; thyroid disorders; late effects of cancer
Hypothalamic-pituitary function
Susan Rose is professor for the Division of Endocrinology at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center within the University of Cincinnati. She has published over 100 review articles or chapters, and about 100 peer-reviewed articles. These include updating guidelines for care of congenital hypothyroidism and writing the chapter on thyroid for Fanaroff's and Avery's textbooks of neonatology. She's served on the state newborn screening (NBS) committee in Tennessee. She is involved in long term follow up of newborn screening for CAH and congenital hypothyroidism with Region 4 and with the Federal Workgroup on NBS Standards.
She has clinical expertise and research interests in hypothalamic pituitary function, thyroid hormone disorders, and in disorders of growth or puberty. She has a special interest in the effects of central nervous system injury on hypothalamic-pituitary function. In addition, she has expertise and experience in evaluating the endocrine conditions associated with congenital bone marrow failure syndromes such as Fanconi anemia, Blackfan Diamond anemia, and Shwachman-Diamond syndrome. In addition, she is evaluating the endocrine consequences of hypothalamic-pituitary injury, including traumatic brain injury and injury from treatments for cancer, as well as comparing the relative efficacy of several treatments for precocious puberty. In this study, she will be developing growth curves specific to Fanconi anemia, recognizing that healthy children with FA may not grow along the typical growth pattern of other healthy children.
MD: Case Western Reserve School of Medicine, 1980.
MEd: School Psychology, University of Dayton, 1972.
Residency: The Cleveland Clinic, 1983.
Fellowship: National Institutes of Health, 1986.
Certification: Pediatrics, 1985; Pediatric Endocrinology, 1986.
Auble BA, Makoroff K, Bollepalli S, Weis T, Colliers T, Khoury J, Rose SR. Hypopituitarism in pediatric survivors of inflicted traumatic brain injury. J Neurotrauma. 2014 Feb 15;31(4):321-6.
Myers KC, Rose SR, Rutter MM, Mehta PA, Cole T, Harris RE. Endocrine evaluation of children with and without Shwachman-Bodian-Diamond syndrome gene mutations and Shwachman-Diamond syndrome. J Pediatr. 2013 Jun;162(6):1235-40.
Rutter MM, Collins J, Rose SR, Woo JG, Sucharew H, Sawnani H, Hor KN, Cripe LH, Wong BL. Growth hormone treatment in boys with Duchenne muscular dystrophy and glucocorticoid-induced growth failure. Neuromuscul Disord. 2012 Dec;22(12):1046-56.
Rose SR, Myers K, Rutter MM, Mueller R, Khuory JC, Mehta PA, Harris RE, Davies SM. Endocrine phenotype of children and adults with Fanconi anemia. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2012 Oct;59(4):690-6.
Merchant TE, Rose SR, Bosley C, Wu S, Xiong X, Lustig RH. Growth hormone secretion after conformal radiation therapy in pediatric patients with localized brain tumors. J Clin Oncol. 2011 Dec 20;29(36):4776-80.
Kaulfers AM, Backeljauw PF, Reifschneider K, Blum S, Michaud L, Weiss M, Rose SR. Endocrine dysfunction following traumatic brain injury in children. J Pediatr. 2010 Dec;157(6): 894-9.
Rose SR. Improved diagnosis of mild hypothyroidism using time-of-day normal ranges for thyrotropin. J Pediatr. 2010 Oct;157(4):662-7.
Slaughter JL, Meinzen-Derr J, Rose SR, Leslie ND, Chandrasekar R, Linard SM, Akinbi HT. The effects of gestational age and birth weight on false-positive newborn screening rates. Pediatrics. 2010 Nov;126(5):910-6.
Kazlauskaite R, Evans AT, Villabona CV, Abdu TAM, Ambrosi B, Atkinson AB, Choi CH, Courtney CH, Gonc EN, Maghnie M, Oelkers W, Rose SR, Soule SG, Tordjman K, Consortium for evaluation of corticotropin test in hypothalamic-pituitary insufficiency. Corticotropin tests for hypothalamic-pituitary adrenal insufficiency: A metaanalysis. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2008 Nov;93(11):4245-53.
Rose SR. Pharmacologic and physiologic regulators of the nocturnal TSH surge; A clinical research center study. Recent Advances and Research Updates. ISSN 0972-4699, 2007; 8:219-29.
Cristina Tarango, MD
Medical Director, Hemophilia Treatment Center
Medical Director, Hemophilia Treatment Center
Clinical Director, Hematology Program
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MD: Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, 2003.
Residency: Yale-New Haven Hospital, New Haven, CT, 2006.
Fellowship: University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center Dallas, Dallas, TX, 2009.
Certification: Pediatrics, 2006; Pediatric Hematology Oncology, 2011.
Kukreja KU, Lungren MP, Patel MN, Johnson ND, Racadio JM, Dandoy C, Tarango C. Endovascular venous thrombolysis in children younger than 24 months. J Vasc Interv Radiol. 2014 Aug;25(8):1158-64.
Tarango C, Ware RE. Gamma prime fibrinogen and childhood obesity: ready for prime time? J Pediatr. 2013 Aug;163(2):315-6. Editorial.
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Sixty-four leading legal historians ruminate on their own approaches to teaching legal history in nearly a third of the American law schools: what they teach, why they teach as they do, how they structure their courses, and what they expect their students and themselves to take away from the study of legal history.
The diversity of approaches to the teaching of legal history as demonstrated in this collection is impressive and fascinating, and at the same time quixotic, unsystematic, not integrated into the law curriculum, and not comprehensive or thorough.>p>
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Fear of What?
After a moment a lanky limbed, floppy haired student type wearing clothes that had obviously been deliberately and expensively bedraggled stood up. A couple of people noticed him and looked at him expectantly, he said nothing until the presenters gaze, which had been placidly roaming the group settled on him.
"Er. Could I just..." The student mumbled and the presenter held up his hand to stop him.
"Ladies, Gentlemen, Students. We have a question from this young man." The silence was instant. Everyone looked at the standing student. He went red and spluttered.
"I er... I just wanted to ask... well... er... what's the point?" The silence went from expectant to heavy to uncomfortable. All eyes were on the presenter. He shook his head, seeming disappointed. When he spoke, his voice was very quiet.
"Is there anyone else who wanted to ask this question?" There was no immediate response. The presenter's stance changed, his body appeared to actually grow, he lifted his head and his eyes were flashing. Every person in front of him thought he was looking at them. "If you wanted to ask that question then stand up... now!" About two thirds of the people stood up instantly, some looking confused that they had done so. "You people have too much." The presenters arms were raised as he addressed the standing people. "If you cannot understand a reason to offer another human being an adventure then it is because you have no need for one yourselves. Get out, don't come back and forget you came. All of you people standing went to a lecture on evolutionary biology and you thought it was rubbish. Find a nice wine bar and discuss how intelluctually and socially superior you are... now."
The people standing began shuffling silently towards the exit. Some friends of the standees seemed to be asking them to stay but none of them succeeded. The standees and their friends exited the room, leaving fifteen people present. The presenter stood mute until the door swung closed after the last leaver.
"Now. Watch." He pointed towards the screen which showed a grainy handicam shot of a balding man in his forties wearing a suit that probably fit him brilliantly ten years earlier, listlessly stirring a coffee. There was loud smash as a coffee waitress dropped a large tray of crockery in the middle of the cafe. The camera wobbling, showing the cameraman's shock, but the balding man did not even flinch. He finished his coffee and left a bill on the table. He stepped over a broken coffee pot and into the street. The cameraman moved closer to the window and focussed on him. The man stepped outside and looked at the drizzling sky. As he sighed his disappointment with the weather he was jumped. Three large bodies with faces obscured by hoods pounced on him. A black bag was thrust over his head and he was dragged into a van that pulled up with balletic timing. The van sped off while the doors were closing and the camera followed the van until it turned into a side street and then the screen went to black.
"So" Said the presenter to the open mouthed group, smiling calmly. "What the hell have you all gotten yourselves into?"


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Charles Castronovo to join Angela Gheorghiu for the concert in Vienna
There is a very nice website created for the Great voices series at the Wiener Konzerthaus. On Angela Gheorghiu's special page it is announced that Charles Castronovo will join her for the concert on November 23. Being their first appearance together in a concert, I'm looking forward to surprises in the program & encores.
Giordano Bellincampi will conduct the Bohuslav Martinů Philharmonic Orchestra for this last concert of Angela's tour.


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"Are you SURE you're not gay?"
The following morning, the noise of the jungle served as an alarm. The hands of the watch told me that it was just before 6AM. The sky had that unsure colour still present, somewhere between night and day. Stars still shone overhead, but off to the East, the colour of the sky was rapidly turning from black, to shades of blue-grey and then azure blue, as the sun started to makes its presence felt. All around, the sounds of wildlife could be heard. Snuffling and scurrying animals that are no more than a few feet away are invisible in the undergrowth. Birds in the trees competed with what must be some kind of primate to have the loudest cheer for the dawn. And from the other side of the little clearing, in the little conical tent that GG had made for himself, the sound of snoring added to the sounds of the new day. I laid in my hammock, and ran over the events of the night before. We had all sat camped around the fire, chatting politely, discussing what we needed to do over the next few days. It had been agreed, that we should split into groups, some to look for a 'base camp' to set up more permanent shelter, others to find food sources. During the discussions, I had tried to ease myself away from Cammie, not because I didn't want to be near her, but because I did. As soon as it had been decided that I would be in part of the group that looked for the base camp area, I made my excuses and headed for my little tent. Within minutes of me climbing into the hammock, I was asleep.
I had never thought that a tropical dawn could be cold. The heat of the previous day had only lasted for maybe half the night. I tried to be as quiet as I could, so as not to wake the others. Kate in her hammock and Cammie in hers, both slept soundly. Down on the beach, the embers of the fire from the night before cast an orange glow on the surrounding sand. There was just enough light from the new dawn to see that someone had built a fire in the middle of our little camp last night, but hadn't lit it. After a few minutes of stretching, and yawning, I was completely awake, and trying to light the fire. The sparks from the flint stick seemed to burn brighter than the sun, but had the same effect as if the sun had touched the dry grass and twigs. Within seconds, what had been small flames were crackling skyward in popping bursts. The smell of the burning wood was enough to rejuvenate me a little. Whatever wood it was, it burned with an intoxicating smell. The light from the fire showed a small treasure trove of fruit that someone had gathered the day before. Bananas, types of melon and mango, coconuts. I pulled a couple of bananas from a bunch, and grabbed one of the small mangos. Grabbing a bottle of water from the pack close to where I had set up camp, I took a few minutes to have a pee behind a tree, forgetting I could be on camera, and wandered off to the beach to watch the dawn.
The sky off to the East had turned into a mix of colours. Orange/peach/yellow/gold/red/purple….if I had been an artist, then this would have been what I would only ever want to paint. I sat with my back to a fallen palm tree, and waited to watch mother nature at her best. The sound of the surf softly rolling in off to my left was almost hypnotic.
"Beautiful, isn't it?"
Her voice came from out of the blue behind me. The sound of her walking barefoot across the sand had been almost silent, and anything that I would've heard had been masked by both the hypnotic view, and the sounds of the waves. I turned my head and Kate is stood behind me. For a second, I was lost for words. At the moment I had turned around, the sun had finally lifted over the horizon. At the exact moment I lifted my eyes to look at Kate, she had been bathed in golden sunlight. It was if I had seen her for the first time ever. And I was blown away. I had known that she had been a dancer of some sort, and that she liked to keep in shape even though she was a teacher. Now, as she stood there, doing bends and stretches, her hair in bunches falling around her face, her stomach showing as she bent backwards to stretch her spine….I tried to think of something witty to say, but had nothing. At some point yesterday, she had cut the legs off her trousers making them into shorts. It was with a massive effort I pulled my eyes away from a perfect pair of legs that I had never seen before. It had only lasted a few seconds, and when I turned back to the horizon, the sun was starting to climb. It took a considerable amount of self control not to stare at Kate. The amount of concentration I was putting into cutting chunks from the mango I was eating while Kate was doing her yoga-style stretching was almost Zen-like. From the noises coming from the camp, it was apparent that others were awake too. I could only hope that someone else would come along to help me distract myself from Kate.
An hour later, everyone except Darren and Lilly were sat around on the beach, making plans for the day ahead. GG and myself were to find somewhere to set up a more permanent campsite. Kate and Casper were to look for animal tracks, or places to set traps. Mary and Cammie were to look for edible vegetables and fruits, but it seemed that that had been done already, as we were sitting around eating mangos and bananas anyway. Lastly, Father Flynn and Ash were going to see if they could catch fish out in the bay. As for Darren and Lilly…it was anyone's guess when they would show up.
I mentally ticked off my checklist, wanting to make sure that I had everything I may need…'machete, knife, first aid kit, water…'. Everything was ready. It was coming up to about 8AM, and already the heat of the day was beginning to rocket. I could feel the sunburn on my back and shoulders from yesterday already beginning to sting. Hopefully, today I would spend most of my time in the shade. Pulling the half drawn map I had made on the plane flight out, I made sure that the combat belt I wore was sitting snugly on me, and that the knife and drinking canteen were placed comfortable too.
"You love this don't you? I mean, the whole 'man against nature' thing…."
I turned and looked at GG, who was sat in his hammock, swinging back and forth like a child in a park swing.
"I noticed when we were in that training place in Wales, you really got into everything we were being told. What to wear, how to wear it, how to walk in the undergrowth….it didn't bore you at all??"
For a second, I was tempted to give a flippant answer, but I couldn't see the point, so just answered in complete honesty.
"To be honest mate, I loved every second of it. When I realised I was in with a chance of actually getting here, to the island, I didn't want to get my hopes up, but I decided I was going to do my best, and enjoy myself. I don't enjoy taking a crap in the open air, I admit, but everything else? Hell yeah, to me, this is fun. Think about it. We don't need to worry about money, or what time we need to go to work. All we need to worry about are food, shelter, water and warmth. And they're all here, we just need to find them."
I wondered if I had said too much, and came across as being arrogant. Instead, GG hopped off his hammock, picked up his belt kit, and shrugged.
"Well, then Andy boy, in that case, if we are picking teams for anything, I want to be on yours. Casper is gorgeous, but I don't think he knows his perfect arse from his elbow when it comes to this nature stuff, to be truthful…"
We walked the few hundred metres along the beach, to where I had seen the break in the trees from the bay the day before. Sure enough, a stream was flowing into the bay, and the water was fresh. GG was all for calling it a day there and then, but I wanted to explore more, so we pushed on into the jungle. Within a hundred metres, even GG was glad I had twisted his arm. We had followed the stream inland, and after it had rounded a bend, I found another reason to thank the people who had found the island for us. It was a pool, maybe 20 metres wide and about 40 long, the water as clear as crystal. From where we stood rocks seemed to make steps into the water. The stream we had followed flowed out from one end, and on the opposite side there was a small waterfall, filling the pool. The bank we were stood on opened up into an area that was about maybe 30 metres by 50 metres. There was plenty of open space, and sunlight filled the whole place. Looking at GG, I could tell he was thinking the same. We had found our base camp. We had a good look around to make sure that there were no nasty surprises. The trees immediately surrounding the clearing were a mix of palm trees and who knew what. Following the stream further inland, after about 10 minutes we could hear the unmistakable sound of a waterfall. When we saw it, we were both lost for words. Another perfect rock pool, only this time, a waterfall that seemed to have come straight out of someone's imagination. In less than an hour, we had found the perfect spot to set up a camp. Close to the beach and the bay full of fish. A fresh water source, a flat open space with plenty of room for us all. We decided that after our hard work, we deserved a swim. The water was cold, but that was welcome. We had been sweating continuously the moment we had entered the trees, the humidity was that high already. Stepping into the pool was a fantastic feeling. We spent an hour, swimming from side to side, diving to the bottom of the pool, which we guessed was only maybe 3 or 4 metres deep at its deepest part.
On the way back to the beach, we kept our eyes open for other things, edible foods and whatnot. GG spotted a wild pig of some sort snuffling around in the dirt of the jungle floor, so we knew that there would be plenty of meat if we could find ways of catching it.
The urgency in GG's voice made me stop instantly. I didn't know what he was talking about, but I wasn't taking any chances. Just as I was about to ask him what was wrong, I saw it for myself. A snake on the floor about a metre in front of me. If I hadn't had stopped, I would've been stepping on him. We had been told that in the jungle, there are many types of poisonous snake, and to learn them all would take a lot longer than we had. Instead we were told that the best thing to do if we saw a snake, was to leave it the hell alone. The only thing was, this one was very interested in me…
"…GG, go find a branch, or a stick, about a metre long, quick. I'm gonna stay here and not move. Come back directly behind me when you return, ok?…"
"…uhhh, ok, but what are you going to do?"
"Get me the stick, and I'll show you mate…."
I could hear him slowly backing away through the undergrowth, then he was gone. For the next few minutes that seemed like hours, I hardly dared to breath. The snake just sat there, looking at me. I didn't know if it was poisonous or not, but I didn't really want to find out. I tried to remember what we had been told about jungle snakes.. 'the big ones generally aren't poisonous, but they may be Boas or Pythons, so they will try and wrap around you and squeeze you to death…the little colourful ones are the ones to be VERY wary of. They have the bright colours as a warning. Basically, the brighter they are, the more dangerous they are. So avoid all of them and you will be fine…'. The fact that this one seemed quite big AND colourful meant what?…he was both poisonous AND a crusher? It would be just my luck to have stumbled across a mutant hybrid or something…The sound of GG coming back behind me brought me back to reality. Reaching back very slowly, I took the long branch from him. For the next few minutes, I slowly brought the branch around, and positioned it as close to the snake as I dared.
"GG mate, if this fails, and he bites me, I will kill him, then wait here while you go to the beach to get help, ok?"
I hear him agree, and, taking a deep breath, prepare myself.
It was a bit on an anticlimax in retrospect. I jabbed the branch forward, and pinned the snakes head to the ground on my first try. My knife was in my hand in seconds, and in even less time, I had cut the head from the snake. The danger over, I leant against a tree, shaking a little, then, from nowhere, threw up. Nerves or tension, call it what you will. All I know is, I had been scared half to death and had had come through it, and had found some food to boot. The sound of GG sobbing made me look up. I hadn't thought about how he had felt in all this. We sat there for a while, giving ourselves a chance to calm down. We made a pact to not say what had happened, about him crying, or me being sick. If anyone asked, we were going to say we had been big bad jungle lords, and cold hearted killers. Not two scared idiots who had been lucky.
We made it back to the beach about midday, to find that everyone had been busy, and that there was news galore. Kate and Casper had found wildlife tracks all over the immediate area. They had even managed to set snares, and caught some small funny rabbit looking animals. Mary and Cammie had found a literal Garden of Eden. Cammie, being the resourceful one, had brought back aloe plants, and some sort of sap that when combined with the aloe, made a most effective balm, effective for sunburnt skin. Father Flynn and Ash had spent a morning catching fish, using the basic fishing gear from the survival kits. The dozen or so decent sized fish that they had landed made my tussle with the snake seem rather pointless in comparison.
The other big news from the morning was that at some point, the re-supply boat had been. They had dropped of the remaining part of out kit, and some extra goodies too. Aside from have duffle bags with all our spare clothes, there was a surprise gift from 'Upfront Productions' too. We had been given big blow up mattresses.
While the fire that had been lit was continuing to cook the range of food that had been caught, we discussed the logistics of the move to the pool area found by myself and GG. Everyone seemed in agreement that it would be a good idea to move to it, and when I strongly recommended that everyone were to carry large sticks, only myself and GG knew the real reason why they were such a good idea.
Darren and Lilly turned up when the cooking smells had wafted far enough along the beach to reach them. I don't know what it was, but something inside me snapped. We had been on the island less than a day, and so far, the pair of them had contributed nothing to the group. As we all sat around in the shade, eating from large leaves that we used as plates, the sound of them complaining about the taste of the fish was too much to bear.
"You know, for someone enjoying a free meal, you don't half moan mate."
"You what? What did you just say?!"
Suddenly the entire group was silent. I didn't look up, but I could feel Darren's eyes burning into me from the other side of the fire. Not only that, I could tell that everyone else was looking at me too. Ah well, 'in for a penny...' as they say. I hadn't liked Darren from the first day I met him. He had rubbed me up completely the wrong way during one of the selection tasks when he made racist remarks about all Welsh blokes being too fond of sheep. He wasn't too bright though, as when I had replied that 'We shag them, you eat them' he hadn't realised I was taking the mickey out of him to his face. Instead, he had moved onto to insulting the person next to him, and it was only when I saw him again in the final 20 in North Wales did I remember who he was.
"I said 'for someone enjoying a free meal, you don't half moan'. You do realise that since we landed here yesterday, you've done nothing except eat, sleep, and God knows what, wherever you and Lilly have set up shop? Today, we've all busted our asses for each other, all that is, except you, and then you sit there moaning about the funny taste of the fish? I would've thought that blind common courtesy would have made you thank Father Flynn and Ash for catching your food for you, and then thank GG for cooking it. Have you thanked anyone yet may I ask? Or did I miss it?"
"You cheeky Welsh fat git, who the hell do you think you are talking to? Do you have any idea WHO I am?"
"Actually Darren, I do. You're the cleaner here right? Or are you the comic relief?, I'm not sure yet, but I do know you are ungrateful. And as for being a 'fat Welsh git'….well done on your observational skills there mate. Yes, I am Welsh, yes, I am fat, and I suppose I am a git. But rest assured, if we are all going to die of starvation on this island, I will outlive YOU because of me being fat. And, if push came to shove, I would eat your corpse."
GG struggling not to laugh almost made him choke, and that broke the tension of the group. Muttering, Darren threw his food into the fire and stalked off, closely followed by Lilly. I let out a big sigh, and looked up for the first time since the conversation had begun. Everyone's eyes were riveted on me. Casper was grinning, Mary had a look of approval on her face, Father Flynn looked like he was in a state of shock, Kate was wide eyed and GG was still trying to catch his breath.
"What? I'm sorry if that offended anyone, but he does my head in. They haven't lifted a finger since we got here, and then he has the nerve to moan about his food?…"
GG finally clears his throat…
"Dude, I don't think you offended any of us….its just that I for one never thought I would hear YOU say any of that. That was pure '100% B.I.T.C.H!' Are you sure you're not even the slightest bit gay?
GG as ever managed to say the right thing at the right time, making everyone in the group laugh. Looking across at Kate, the way she was sitting cross legged in the sand, and the way she appeared to be looking at me in a new light now too, after I had stood up for everyone in the group sent a tingle down my spine. The smile she gave me almost made my heart pop.
"No sorry GG mate, I'm definitely not gay."


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John from Atlanta writes: What is the primary strategy behind the development and usage of the Portfolio Prophet?
The primary strategy is first of all to be very patient and wait for selected emerging trends to develop in the selected ETFs. Not every emerging trend warrants action because some of them are too risky. You only want to get involved in an emerging trend that puts the odds in your favor. Only then should you expose your capital to the marketplace. The way the Portfolio Prophet does this is by evaluating the markets every night after the close. When an ETF is showing strength (moving up) according to the Portfolio Prophet trading rules and setup conditions, only then will it issue a trade alert to buy the next day. The system will immediately tell you where to place your initial stop level based on the logic we developed. I will tell you that its fairly tight stop, usually around 5% of the entry price.
The system will then monitor the trade and when it's time to move the stop up to lock in some profit, an additional alert will be generated. The nice thing is that anytime an alert is given, you have until the next day when the market opens to place or adjust your orders. You don't have to worry about scrambling to your computer to execute a trade; you are given plenty of time to react. As a trade progresses, the stop will continue being ratcheted up until the time comes to exit the trade entirely and move your money to a cash position.
I also want to mention that there is not a perfect investing system out there. There will be times when losses will have to be taken. What you have to remember is not to be afraid of taking those small losses. Fear of loss is what causes a person to stay in longer than they should and more often than not will result in larger losses. Always remember, cut your losses early and let your profits run.
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Mr. Ahmad Hassam has done Masters from Harvard University. He is interested in day trading stocks and currencies!
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Failed footballer and TalkSPORT host Alan Brazil has angered millions tuning into his show after a disgusting rant about Robin Williams' death.
Brazil told listeners that he thought singer ROBBIE Williams had died, upon originally hearing the news via a passing comment from his wife.
He then went on to say: "And then when she said 'Robin', I thought, 'oh, okay'.
"It didn't hit me hard like it would if it had been Robbie, thank God it wasn't."
Co-presenter Brian Moore quickly reassured listeners "suicide is never an easy matter", but Brazil continued: "I believe he's got a daughter as well, what's she feeling like this morning?"
"Now she's got to sort the arrangements out. I think it's shocking, I really do."
He added: "I don't have a lot of sympathy, I'm sorry.
"It might be harsh but that's the way I feel.. What you leave behind is diabolical, I'm really annoyed about that."
Shortly after his disrespectful rant, thousands of listeners took to the internet, calling for his sacking and slamming his comments.
You're not a doctor @alanbrazil so your opinion on mental health issues counts for nothing to be fair.
— Stan Collymore (@StanCollymore) August 12, 2014
@talkSPORT Alan Brazil, what a disgrace. Should get the sack for his comments on RW. Too ignorant/moronic to have a clue about mental health
— SCRASEY (@TScrasey) August 12, 2014
Bit of advice @alanbrazil, perhaps you need to get that filter looked at between your brain and your mouth. Should cost you your job
— chris gartside (@gartside5) August 12, 2014
A spokesperson for mental health charity Mind said: "Every suicide is a tragedy and it can be hard to understand the pain and suffering that someone is feeling when they reach the point where suicide seems like the only option.
"In the UK we are starting to talk more openly about mental health problems like depression but we are far from beating the stigma that people with mental health problems have to live with every day."
Brazil should probably focus more on his own blood pressure than the mental illness of others.
He's not sorry either.
Well done @StanCollymore for retweeting comments about me. I stand by what I said today. The sympathy I do have is for RW's family & friends
— Alan Brazil (@alanbrazil) August 12, 2014
If he can't comprehend the true symptoms and effects of depression, then his opinions should stay off radio.
I'm sure the same rant would have been spared, had it been a member of his own family.
What a d*ck head.