text: AKD ISSN 1302-8723 EISSN 1308-0032 The Anatolian Journal of Cardiology ® ANADOLU KARD‹YOLOJ‹ DERG‹S‹ Volume Editor in Chief Bilgin Timuralp 14 • Issue 2 • March 2014 Original Investigations Elevated serum gamma-glutamyltransferase levels in patients with dilated ascending aorta Bülent Demir et al.; İstanbul-Turkey Advisory Board of This Issue Ayşen Aksöyek Sglimbea Anca Sevcan Atay Hüseyin Bozbaş Mete Civelek Ayşe Yeşim Göçmen Alon Grossman Yeşim Güray Dolunay Gürses Tolga Sinan Güvenç Can Yücel Karabay Gönenç Kocabay Sinan Altan Kocaman Geoffrey Kloppenburg Alessio Lilli Abdurrahman Oğuzhan Morteza Seifi Emrullah Solmazgül Juan G. Cordoba Soriano Müslüm Şahin Wei-Chuan Tsai Omaç Tüfekçioğlu Kürşat Yaykaşlı Yalın Tolga Yaylalı Mustafa Yıldız Shi-Min Yuan Is there a relationship between serum paraoxonase level and epicardial fat tissue thickness? Ahmet Göktuğ Ertem et al.; Ankara-Turkey Valvular and ventricular functions in Parkinson patients using ergotamine-derived dopamine agonist Necla Özer et al.; Ankara-Turkey Metabolic syndrome and left atrial mechanics in patients without overt diabetes Mustafa Kurt et al.; Hatay-Turkey Mean platelet volume in prediction of clopidogrel resistance in acute coronary syndrome Hazel Uzel et al.; İzmir-Turkey Pain levels of transradial versus transfemoral coronary catheterization: a randomized study Erdal Aktürk et al.; Adıyaman-Turkey Editorial Comment: Transradial approach: Do we have gain without excessive pain? Tariq Farman; Karachi-Pakistan Editorial Comment: Time for pain: today or tomorrow? Alessandro Sciahbasi; Rome-Italy Clinical features of aviators with coronary artery disease diagnosed by multislice CT angiography Muhammed Erdal et al.; Ankara-Turkey Editorial Comment: Prediction of coronary artery disease documented by multi-slice CT angiography in aviation Alon Grossman; Tel Hashomer-Israel Iodixanol, iopamidol and adhesion molecule in angina undergoing angiography: a randomized study Filiz Akyıldız Akçay et al.; Mersin-Turkey The QT prolongation and clinical features in patients with takotsubo cardiomyopathy Bong Gun Song et al.; Seoul-Korea Editorial Comment: Prognostic impact of QT intervals in takotsubo cardiomyopathy Francesco Rotondi; Avellino-Italy Clinical outcome, pain perception and activities of daily life after minimally invasive coronary bypass Barış Uymaz et al.; Ankara-Turkey Reviews Heart failure: a complex clinical process interpreted by systems biology and network medicine George E. Louridas et al; Thessaloniki-Greece Renal denervation Todd Drexel et al; Frankfurt-Germany Education Approach to cases with resistant hypertension Dilek Torun; Adana-Turkey Page: E-5 www.anakarder.com The Anatolian Journal of Cardiology ® Anadolu Kardiyol Derg, Vol: 14, Issue: 2, March 2014 Editor in Chief Bilgin Timuralp, Eskiflehir, Turkey Associate Editors Yılmaz Nişancı, İstanbul, Turkey Necmi Ata, Eskişehir, Turkey Kurtuluş Özdemir, Konya, Turkey Mehmet Bilge, Ankara, Turkey Ercan Tutar, Ankara, Turkey Alparslan Birdane, Eskişehir, Turkey Ahmet Tulga Ulus, Ankara, Turkey Yüksel Çavuşoğlu, Eskişehir, Turkey Berrin Umman, İstanbul, Turkey Sadi Güleç, Ankara, Turkey Mehdi Zoghi, İzmir, Turkey Sanem Nalbantgil, İzmir, Turkey Editor in Chief Consultant Suna K›raç, Denizli, Turkey Senior Consultant in Biostatistics Kazım Özdamar, Eskiflehir, Turkey Consultants in Biostatistics Canan Baydemir, Kocaeli, Turkey İlker Ünal, Adana, Turkey International Editorial Board Adnan Abacı, Ankara, Turkey Kamil Adalet, İstanbul, Turkey Ramazan Akdemir, Sakarya, Turkey Levent Akyürek, Göteborg, Sweden Tayfun Aybek, Ankara, Turkey Mehmet Ateş, İzmir, Turkey Saide Aytekin, İstanbul, Turkey Vedat Aytekin, İstanbul, Turkey Ljuba Bacharova, Bratislava, Slovak Republic Luiggi P. 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The manuscript of the subscriber author is reviewed according to the instructions and principles defined under the related titles, General Guidelines and Special Parts. One-year subscription price is 220 $ and it is necessary to contact with publication house: AVES- +90 212 589 00 53 - [email protected] Original Investigations and Reviews should be presented according to the guidelines: randomized study – CONSORT, observational study – STROBE, study on diagnostic accuracy – STARD, systematic reviews and meta-analysis PRISMA, animal experimental studies – ARRIVE, nonrandomized behavioral and public health intervention studies – TREND. Research Articles 1. Original research articles: Manuscript should not exceed 5000 words and should be accompanied by necessary number of tables and figures. Fifty references seem to be enough for confidence. 1.1-Title page is the first page of the manuscript, which should be uploaded as separate WinWord file and include: full names of authors with their last academic degrees and manuscript title consisted of no more than 50 characters. These should be followed by complete descriptions of the department, institutions and city, country where the work was done. If the study was performed at different institutions it should be noted by symbols. Full address for correspondence contains full name of the first author or responsible authors, postal and e-mail addresses, phone and fax numbers. If manuscripts content has been presented before, time and place of the conference should be denoted. 1.2 Structured abstract, in Turkish language should not exceed 250 words and consists of the Objective, Methods, Results and Conclusion sections. No more than 6 keywords concordant with NLM MeSH vocabulary terms (available at http://www.nlm.nih.gov/ mesh/MBrowser.html) must follow the structured abstract. 1.3 Structured abstract in English language written due to the above mentioned in part 1.2 rules. 1.4 Main text includes Introduction, Methods, Results, Discussion, Study Limitations, Conclusions and References sections. It would be useful to present Methods, Results and Discussion parts with subsections and subtitles. Main text should not exceed 5000 words and should be written in Times New Roman 12 font style. Finally, acknowledgement to persons who significantly contributed to the study or assisted in preparing article should be done appropriately. The latter note should be sent by e-mail or uploaded to the system in form of separate "Acknowledgement" WinWord file. 1.5 Statistical analysis should be performed in accordance with guidelines on reporting statistics in medical journals (Lang T, Altman D. Basic statistical reporting for articles published in clinical medical journals: the SAMPL Guidelines. In: Smart P, Maisonneuve H, Polderman A (eds). Science Editors' Handbook, European Association of Science Editors, 2013.). Describe software used for analysis. For parametric tests represent continuous variables as mean±standard deviation, while for nonparametric tests represent data as median and range (minimum- maximum) or median and interquartile range (25th and 75th percentiles). Whenever complex analyses are used support the relative risk, odds or hazard ratios values by providing confidence intervals and p values. 1.6 References are numbered in order of citation in the main text and are typed on separate page in double space fashion. Personal communications, unpublished data, manuscripts under publication processing are cited in the main text in parenthesis, but not in list of references. Those abstracts that had been published more than 2 years ago are not accepted as references. Publications in kind of abstracts are noted in parenthesis (abstr.). Authors are responsible for accuracy of references. Periodicals: Standard journal article: Abbreviations of journal titles should be done in accordance with journal abbreviations used in Index Medicus (for journal abbreviations consult List of Journals indexed for MEDLINE published annually by NLM at http://www.nlm. nih.gov/tsd/serials/lji.html). In case of six or less authors numbers list of all authors is required. If number of authors exceeds seven, list first 6 authors followed by et al. A list of authors should be followed by the full title of the article, journal title, year, volume and page numbers. Example: Muller C, Buttner HJ, Peterson J, Roskomun H. A randomized comparison of clopidogrel and aspirin versus ticlopidine and aspirin after placement of coronary artery stents. Circulation 2000; 101: 590-3. Books: Chapter in a book: Sherry S. Detection of thrombi. In: Strauss HE, Pitt B, James AE, editors. Cardiovascular Medicine. St Louis: Mosby; 1974.p. 273-85. Personal author(s): Cohn PF. Silent myocardial ischemia and infarction. 3rd ed. New York: Marcel Dekker; 1993. Editor (s), compiler(s) as author: Norman IJ, Redfern SJ, editors. Mental health care for elderly people. New York: Churchill Livingstone; 1996. Conference paper: Bengisson S. Sothemin BG. Enforcement of data protection, privacy and security in medical informatics. In: Lun KC, Degoulet P, Piemme TE, Rienhoff O, editors. MEDINFO 92. Proceedings of the 7th World Congress on Medical Informatics; 1992 Sept 6-10; Geneva, Switzerland. Amsterdam: North-Holland; 1992. P. 1561-5. Scientific or technical report: Smith P. Golladay K. Payment for durable medical equipment billed during skilled nursing facility stays. Final report. Dallas (TX) Dept. of Health and Human Services (US). Office of Evaluation and Inspections: 1994 Oct. Report No: HHSIGOE 169200860. Dissertation: Kaplan SI. Post-hospital home health care: the elderly access and utilization (dissertation). St. Louis (MO): Washington Univ. 1995. Article in electronic format: Morse SS. Factors in the emergence of infectious diseases. Emerg Infect Dis (serial online) 1995 Jan-Mar (cited 1996 June 5): 1(1): (24 screens). Available from: http:/ www. cdc.gov/ncidodlElD/cid.htm. 1.7. Diagrams, Tables and Figures: The figures and pictures should not contain the names of patients, doctors or institutions. Figures and pictures should be sent to the Editor in Chief office. They should be printed in separate from main text pages and A-III numbered in order of citation in the text. The comments for tables, diagrams and figures are explained in a separate page with brief title. The sufficiently thick lines could be used while preparing of graphics, thus preventing the losses in the quality of graphics while decreasing their size. The largest appropriate and acceptable size of graphics is 8-9 cm or 16-17 cm in width. Figures should be done professionally and no gray colors be used. Used abbreviations should be explained in alphabetic order in the footnote of the table or figure's legend. Do not use Roman numbers in the numeration of tables and figures within text and their titles. The decimal numbers in the text, tables and figures should be separated by period. Especially, the text of tables should be easily understandable and explanatory and should not repeat the data presented in the main text. The pictures/art works in black and white, grey colors are published without additional costs for authors. The color pictures/art work will be published at additional costs - please contact the Editor in Chief office and AVES publishing house. Note: In addition to printed version of pictures in case reports and original images published in the journal the video/movie images and additional static images are published in the journal's web site www.anakarder.com The requirements for web site video/movie and static images are: 1. Static images should be submitted in one of the following formats: JPG, GIF, TIFF, BMP 2. Video/movie images should be submitted in following formats: MPEG, VMF 3. The maximum size of the file should be no more than 2 MB 4. Video/movie images and figures/photographs should be sent without description of doctor's or patient's names, institutions and places of origin. The originality of tables and figures should be confirmed in the accompanying letter. In case of reproduction of tables and figures from other published sources, the appropriate citation should be done and the original source either in hardcopy or electronic (*.*pdf) format along with the obtained permission for publication from Copyright owner (publisher, journal or author(s)) should be submitted to the Editor in Chief office. The rules for title page, references, figures and tables are applicable for all types of manuscripts. Special Parts 2. Reviews: are prepared by authors or by invited authors. This manuscript should contain the evaluation, discussion, analysis and synthesis of the newest and updated knowledge on topic, intended to be used in clinic, and should define the perspectives for further research. The author should be an expert and have cited published works in the area of interest. 2.1 Unstructured abstract limited to 250 words is required. No more than 6 keywords concordant with NLM MeSH vocabulary terms (available at http://www.nlm.nih.gov/ mesh/MBrowser.html) must follow the unstructured abstract. Word count is limited by 5000 and references number is limited by 50. 3. Editorials: This type of article is a brief evaluation of published manuscripts by authority in the field of investigation other than referees of the journal. At the end of editorial usually a summary on clinical significance of the study is required. 4. Case reports: Interesting from diagnostic and educational point of view case reports concerning seldom, rare seen even by authorities, those one that usually diagnosed and managed with difficulties, and those cases which description is usually missing in clinical practice applications are published. Limited number of case reports is published. Articles accompanied by video/movie images have high priority for publishing. Case reports consist of introduction, case report, discussion and conclusion parts. Reference and word count numbers are limited (no more than 10 and 700 words), and no abstract is required. 5. Scientific letter: The articles in form of preliminary report aimed to announce the new scientific thoughts and data are accepted for publication as scientific letters. The content of the scientific letter should not contain subheadings and is limited by 900 words. The number of references is limited by 10, and number of figures and tables should not exceed 2. 6. Letter to the Editor: Letter to the Editor is one of the main reasons for publication of this journal. It discusses the importance of the published manuscripts, their missing and deficient sites and usually is limited by 5 references and do not exceed 500 words. 7. Education: Knowledge utilized in clinical applications, included in education curriculum of academic level and confirmed by recent research results should be represented. 7.1 Unstructured abstract limited to 250 words is required. No more than 6 keywords concordant with NLM MeSH vocabulary terms (available at http://www.nlm.nih.gov/ mesh/MBrowser.html) must follow the unstructured abstract. Word count is limited by 5000 and references number is limited by 50. 8. Original image: The impressive and rare images reflecting important findings based on clinical science, shedding light on fundamental mechanisms of cardiovascular diseases, emphasizing anomalies, enlightening new treatment methods are accepted for publication. Articles with accompanying video/movie images have high priority for publishing. The article including the title, text and figure legends (without references) should not exceed 250 words. Original images are prepared according with the abovementioned rules and are published in electronic only version. 9. Historical notes: The articles describing important historical events in cardiology (particularly for Turkey) and relevant disciplines, revealing new information on history of disease's diagnosis and treatment. The new historical findings should be the result of a proper research work on the topic. The content of the historical notes should not contain subheadings and is limited by 900 words. The number of references is limited by 10. 10. Publication Ethics: The material published in this section of the journal includes articles providing the contemporary information on publication ethics and cases of ethics misconduct. The articles are limited by 900 words and the number of references is limited by 10. You can find COPE charts on publication ethics at: http://www. publicationethics.org/files/u2/All_flowcharts.pdf. 11. Diagnostic Puzzle: Images which will be of interest for the readers, images of rare cases, obtained from ECG, imaging methods or operation photographs , microscopicmacroscopic anatomic and pathologic findings can be published. Unlike the original images, initial diagnoses of the cases are hidden; and four questions in multiple choice format are prepared. Definite diagnosis-result, explanation and correct answer with instructive images are declared on the ensuing pages of the journal. The Editor in Chief can change the format of the question by permission of the authors of original image or case report sent to journal. The authors can send puzzle article in a format not exceeding a total of 500 words, with a maximum of 8 words in the title and up to three references, five images /videos. The Anatolian Journal of Cardiology ® Anadolu Kardiyol Derg, Vol: 14, Issue: 2, March 2014 EDITORIAL The state of mind in the Anatolian Journal of Cardiology Bilgin Timuralp; Eskişehir-Turkey 105 ORIGINAL INVESTIGATIONS Elevated serum gamma-glutamyltransferase levels in patients with dilated ascending aorta106 Bülent Demir, İlker Murat Çağlar, Hande Oktay Türeli, Cem Özde, Gönül Açıksarı, Serkan Çiftçi, İsmail Üngan, Esra Demir, Osman Karakaya, Sibel Özyazgan; İstanbul-Turkey Is there a relationship between serum paraoxonase level and epicardial fat tissue thickness? 115 Evaluation of the valvular and biventricular functions in Parkinson patients using ergotamine-derived dopamine agonist: an observational study 121 Relation of presence and severity of metabolic syndrome with left atrial mechanics in patients without overt diabetes: a deformation imaging study 128 Diagnostic accuracy of mean platelet volume in prediction of clopidogrel resistance in patients with acute coronary syndrome 134 Comparision of pain levels of transradial versus transfemoral coronary catheterization: a prospective and randomized study 140 Ahmet Göktuğ Ertem, Ali Erayman, Tolga Han Efe, Bilge Duran Karaduman, Halil İbrahim Aydın, Mehmet Bilge; Ankara, Kahramanmaraş, Muş-Turkey Necla Özer, Hikmet Yorgun, Uğur Canpolat, Bülent Elibol; Ankara-Turkey Mustafa Kurt, İbrahim Halil Tanboğa, Eyüp Büyükkaya, Mehmet Fatih Karakaş, Adnan Burak Akçay, Nihat Şen, Emine Bilen; Hatay, Erzurum, Ankara-Turkey Hazel Uzel, Ebru Özpelit, Özer Badak, Bahri Akdeniz, Nezihi Barış, Fatih Aytemiz, Özhan Göldeli; İzmir-Turkey Erdal Aktürk, Ertuğrul Kurtoğlu, Necip Ermiş, Nusret Açıkgöz, Jülide Yağmur, Mehmet Sait Altuntaş, Hasan Pekdemir, Ramazan Özdemir; Adıyaman, Elazığ, Malatya-Turkey Editorial Comment: Transradial approach: Do we have gain without excessive pain? 147 Editorial Comment: Time for pain: today or tomorrow? 149 Tariq Farman; Karachi-Pakistan Alessandro Sciahbasi; Rome-Italy Clinical features of aviators with coronary artery disease diagnosed by multislice CT angiography Muhammed Erdal, Mustafa Aparcı, Zafer Işılak, Uğur Bozlar, Zekeriya Arslan, Murat Ünlü; Ankara, İstanbul-Turkey 150 Editorial Comment: Role of clinical features in prediction of coronary artery disease documented by multi-slice CT angiography in aviation 155 The effects of iodixanol and iopamidol on adhesion molecule serum levels in patients with angina pectoris undergoing coronary angiography: a randomized study 156 Alon Grossman; Tel Hashomer-Israel Filiz Akyıldız Akçay, Serdar Bayata, Tuna Semerci, Murat Yeşil, Oğuzhan Toklu, Erdinç Arıkan, Selcen Yakar Tülüce, Mehmet Köseoğlu, İdil Koçağra Yağız; Mersin, İzmir, Afyon, Tekirdağ-Turkey The QT prolongation and clinical features in patients with takotsubo cardiomyopathy: Experiences of two tertiary 162 cardiovascular centers Bong Gun Song, Sang Man Chung, Sung Hea Kim, Hyun Joong Kim, Gu Hyun Kang, Yong Hwan Park, Woo Jung Chun, Ju Hyeon Oh; Seoul, ChangwonSi-Korea Editorial Comment: Prognostic impact of QT intervals in takotsubo cardiomyopathy: still a long way to trap the octopus 170 Francesco Rotondi, Fiore Manganelli; Avellino-Italy Clinical outcome, pain perception and activities of daily life after minimally invasive coronary artery bypass grafting 172 Barış Uymaz, Gül Sezer, Pınar Köksal Coşkun, Onurcan Tarcan, Seyhan Özleme, Tayfun Aybek; Ankara-Turkey A-IV The Anatolian Journal of Cardiology ® Anadolu Kardiyol Derg, Vol: 14, Issue: 2, March 2014 REVIEW Heart failure: a complex clinical process interpreted by systems biology approach and network George E. Louridas, Katerina G. Lourida; Thessaloniki-Greece 178 INVITED REVIEW Renal denervation Todd Drexel, Stefan C. Bertog, Laura Vaskelyte, Horst Sievert; MN-USA, Frankfurt-Germany 186 EDUCATION Approach to cases with resistant hypertension 192 Dilek Torun; Adana-Turkey SCIENTIFIC LETTERS Evaluation of pulmonary vascular resistance and vasoreactivity testing with oxygen in children with congenital 196 heart disease and pulmonary arterial hypertension Ayhan Çevik, Serdar Kula, Rana Olguntürk, Sedef Tunaoğlu, Deniz Oğuz, Berna Saylan, Cihat Şanlı; Ankara, Kırıkkale-Turkey IL-10R1 (Ser138Gly) functional polymorphism is associated with acute myocardial infarction in Tunisian patients 199 Latifa Khlifi, Elyes Chabchoub, Afef Letaief, Leila Ben Othmen, Mohamed Ali Smach, Bassem Charfeddine, Ramzi Zemni, Limem Khalifa; Sousse-Tunisia CASE REPORTS The impact of the pre-procedural hemodynamic assessment in transcatheter aortic valve replacement 201 Successful use of a cryoablation sheath for closure of problematic atrial septal defect 202 Cardiac arrest and ventricular tachycardia from coronary embolism: an unusual presentation of infective endocarditis 204 Barış Buğan, Samir R. Kapadia, E. Murat Tuzcu; Ohio-USA Müslüm Şahin, Elnur Alizade, Mustafa Akçakoyun, Cevat Kırma; İstanbul-Turkey Danai Kitkungvan, Ali E. Denktaş; Houston, TX-USA A rare cause of congestive heart failure after seven years of open heart surgery: Organized intrapericardial hematoma205 Yalçın Velibey, Sinan Şahin, Servet Altay, Nijat Bakshaliyev, Eyüp Tusun, Sennur Ünal, Mehmet Eren; İstanbul-Turkey DIAGNOSTIC PUZZLES Change in electrocardiography after cardiopulmoner resuscitation Samet Yılmaz, Fırat Özcan, Dursun Aras; Ankara-Turkey 209 LETTERS TO THE EDITOR A case of radial arteriovenous fistula during coronary angiography 210 An invitation for rethinking about gamma-glutamyltransferase and its association with coronary collaterals 211 Right ventricular functions in obstructive nasal polyposis 212 Does bilirubin level have an effect on cardiac parameters? 213 Real-time three dimensional transesophageal echocardiography has an incremental value in delineation of paravalvular leakages 214 Barçın Özçem; Nicosia-Northern Cyprus Yavuzer Koza, Pınar Demir, Lütfü Aşkın, Uğur Aksu; Erzurum-Turkey Ahmed Salah, Shenghua Zhou; Hunan-China Cengiz Öztürk, Şevket Balta; Eskişehir-Turkey Mehmet Özkan, Mustafa Ozan Gürsoy; Kars, İzmir-Turkey A-V The Anatolian Journal of Cardiology ® Anadolu Kardiyol Derg, Vol: 14, Issue: 2, March 2014 Industry compliant health care provider: accepting defeat 216 Can white blood cell count be used as a predictor of atrial fibrillation following cardiac surgery? A short literature review 216 Ayhan Olcay; İstanbul-Turkey Aria Soleimani, Farshad Hasanzadeh Kiabi, Amir Emami Zeydi, Mohammad Reza Habibi; Sari, Mashhad-Iran DIAGNOSTIC PUZZLES - Answers Change in electrocardiography after cardiopulmoner resuscitation Samet Yılmaz, Fırat Özcan, Dursun Aras; Ankara-Turkey 218 ALMANAC Almanac 2013-stable coronary artery disease 219 Shahed Islam, Adam Timmis; London-UK E-PAGE ORIGINAL IMAGES Optical coherence tomography imaging of intrastent neointimal bridge caused by semicircumferencial dissection after drug eluting balloon dilatation of instent restenosis of sapheneous venous graft E-5 Aortic saddle embolism caused by right ventricle thrombus in a 2-year-old girl with Ebstein anomaly and Glenn shunt E-5 Zsolt Köszegi, Tibor Szük, Gusztáv Vajda, Frederick Marty, Csaba Jenei; Debrecen-Hungary, Vienna-Austria Kadir Babaoğlu, Murat Deveci, Şadan Yavuz, Gürkan Altun, Yonca Anık; Kocaeli-Turkey A-VI


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I've forgotten
The dreams that once
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For me.
Too many times
I've wandered the
Lonely paths you said
To tread.
Too many times
I've sung for you
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Hello members!
A new feature for you- we now have a Gallery Entry page, in the Members Only section. There you can submit your work for the Gallery page, and also for consideration in an online magazine, A for Artistic by our own member Adele Sciortino.
Our current subject is Woodland Fairies. The deadline is March 1st, so you don't have a lot of time, please check that out and if you have a sculpture you think would fit this criteria, please upload your photos to the Gallery Entries page.
I will switch the images on our current Gallery Page after the first of April, when the new Spring issue of A for Artistic is available.
Thank you and good luck!
Attention Members!
Our Year End Award Ballot is nearly complete and will be sent out to you in the next few days. Please be watching and cast your votes. It only takes a few moments of your time and is a wonderful way to show support for our fellow artists. Winners will be announced in mid February!
New for 2016, a Gallery Page has now been added, featuring several of our members. This gallery is dedicated to Mermaids- the content will change from time to time. Please stop by and check it out!
Thank you members for your submissions.
Several new tutorials have been added to our Members Only section so go check those out! Thanks to the members who have stepped up to help others in this art. Love it!
Hi members,
In case you missed it, I wanted to announce this here again. Starting now until the end of this year, I am conducting a contest here at IADR. This is for new, previously unpublished tutorials for our site!
Come up with your best work and make a tutorial to be used exclusively here at IADR, to help build our Tutorial page with more resources.
The rules are simple. It has to be your original work- converted to a PDF. I has to be written in English, but can also be in other languages. It must not be shown elsewhere, not websites, blogs, Facebook, etc. And you must agree to allow IADR exclusive rights to use and post your tutorial for one full year.
Our panel of judges will select the winner and at the end of 2015, it will be announced and the cash prize sent via Paypal!
What a fun way to share with your fellow members. Let's see your techniques in a tut, ok? If you have questions you can reach me at firstname.lastname@example.com Thanks everyone!
Hello Members,
Nancy Vallee has generously made several new Certificate of Authenticity files for you. You can go to the IADR COA tab under Members Only and download these files. Included on that page are instructions for editing the files so you can add photos of your art and use them to print and use for your COA's.
Thanks to Nancy for helping us with these lovely designs!
I am going to start a Mentor Program at IADR again. We had it when the group first started- but it sort of faded over time. Because we have so many new members, I want to get this up and running again. I have a list of artists who are willing to be Mentors for our members. If you are interested in mentoring, or choosing a Mentor for yourself, please let me know.
A Mentor is there to help you, guide you if you need it,answer questions or give you feedback on your work. A shoulder to lean on when you need one!
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Be sure to read the most recent newsletter, sent today, Sunday, June 28th, for info on how to get your own free sampler kit from Staedtler. This is a very generous- limited time offer from them so be sure to check it out.
This offer is good in the USA and Canada only at this time. However, I have some sets of the sampler kit here and if you live outside North America and would like a set, please email me and I will send it out to you. You would be responsible for the cost of shipping.
Thanks members! And thanks to Staedtler for this wonderful offer.
Limit, one per household please.
Our member Apryl Jensen has generously given us new tutorials plus an ebook! all free, all for our members. Thank you Apryl! And for your use. Be sure to check those out on the Artist Reference Section, under the Members Only tab.
Our Rising Star page is now open amd is open to the public also. This will showcase our new comers. A photo album is there, be sure to send photos to showcase your art!
This page is primarily for people who are new to sculpting- so lets cheer them on!
Thanks, Deb
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Sticker-shock derails opportunistic US loan deals, for now
By Lynn Adler and Leela Parker
June 28 (Reuters) - Market turbulence has prompted U.S. companies to shelve more than $14 billion in loans meant to slice borrowing costs or fund shareholder dividends, confining most issuance to borrowers with imminent financing needs.
At least 15 of these opportunistic deals have been pulled since late-May, with more withdrawals likely, while issuers that have opted to forge ahead with their deals have been forced to sweeten terms to lure investors.
Many companies are looking for some pricing stability, even at higher rates, before again pursuing opportunistic refinancing and dividend funding issues.
"If we stabilize here, a few months from now that might be normal and issuers might not be as apprehensive to jump into the market at these wider levels if it still makes economic sense," said Peter Toal, managing director and head of global leveraged financing syndicate at Barclays.
"The market doesn't have to go all the way back to where it was, and a lot of them can come back," he said.
The Fed's looming tapering propelled 10-year Treasury yields up to nearly 2.70 percent from around 2 percent in a six-week period. The rate has since slipped back to about 2.50 percent.
Asurion, which provides customer services for the mobile phone industry, was one of the few borrowers to retest the choppy waters after pulling a refinancing effort early in June.
The company sliced that proposed $850 million refinancing a few weeks later, returning with a smaller $450 million issue and a much bigger discount of 96.5 versus 99-99.5 guidance. Continued...


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A federal judge will soon decide whether Evansville officials can allow a local church to erect 30 crosses decorated by Bible school children on public land along the Ohio River.
U.S. District Judge Sarah Evans Barker will hear arguments Thursday in Indianapolis for and against two Evansville residents' request for an injunction to block the city from permitting the 8-foot-tall crosses along Riverside Drive Aug. 4-18.
It isn't clear whether Barker will rule Thursday, but American Civil Liberties Union legal director Ken Falk says it seems likely she will due to the limited time in which either side could appeal her decision.
The ACLU is representing the residents who object to the display, saying it violates constitutional guarantees of separation of church and state.
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Browns KR/WR Josh Cribbs is quoted by Mary Kay Cabot of the Plain Dealer today, and his words aren't anything we haven't really heard from Cribbs before, but have to be considered an issue- On talking to Pat Shurmur: "I've talked to the head coach but there's no point. Obviously they feel like everybody that's in front of me is a better athlete. I disagree. I feel a different way than the coach feels about me. They must feel I can't produce. We have a difference of opinion." On his value: "I feel like I'm better than the next man, that man, whoever's in front of me, but I don't have that opportunity." On it being his contract year: "I can't even showcase myself. I'm more than a special teams player. I've proven that. I belong on the field more than this, more than what they're allowing me to do. I've tried not to say much, but it's upsetting. We're nine games into the season and I haven't gotten a chance." Plenty more of the interview to read at Cleveland.com. [Related: Cribbs wants to be a bigger part of the offense]
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How Aviary came back from the brink to power photo filters for Twitter and Flickr
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2011, the company made a hard choice to abandon its original game plan. It would become a business-to-business firm, powering the photo editing features of other consumer facing companies. And it would focus on mobile, rather than the web, moving off the Flash platform in its mobile SDK. "It was a hard decision because we had some traction and $11M in funding," says Muchnick. "So to make a big change to our roadmap, there was a lot of convincing that had to take place, to get the board behind this idea of starting over on mobile."
The bet has payed off massively. Aviary launched its mobile SDK in September of 2011 with 30 partners. It now has more than 2,500 companies that rely on its technology to power their photo editing. Its work can be found in some of the biggest mobile photo apps: Flickr's and Twitter's filters being the most well known. "The difference is massive," says Aviary founder Avi Munchnick. "When we were web only, during a big day, we might have 100,000 people edit photos. This year, more than 15 million people used our tools on Thanksgiving."
The way he says 15 million makes me think it's the all time high. Almost all on mobile. Amazing.
They also provide tools for Imgur, Box, and Minus.
But mobile is what made them huge.
Fascinating that the photo editing capabilities of Facebook, Instagram, and Tumblr are so bad. Hasn't hurt their popularity at all.


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- Medium
- lizard skin, leather, metal
- Measurements
- 22.0 × 21.0 × 7.5 cm
- Place/s of Execution
- New South Wales
- Inscription
- label, inside, printed in red ink on cream acetate: MADE BY / BEECRAFT / PRODUCTS / N.S.W. / GENUINE LIZARD
- Accession Number
- 2001.81
- Department
- Australian Fashion and Textiles
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- National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gerstl Bequest, 2001
- Gallery location
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- Description
- The accordion-style bag is covered with goanna skin and features a short strap handle, with hinged metal elements attaching it to the top edge of the bag. The click-lock clasp is also metal and is located at the centre top edge of the bag. The bag is fully lined with tan coloured leather and has two inner pockets trimmed with goanna, a third zipped compartment and a loose coin purse in the same leather.


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Next to the micro-USB socket is the release button for the backplate. Pressing this pops off the tough black anodised aluminium back to reveal the battery and SIM card slot. The battery is only a 1,000mAh (3.7V) unit but we found this to be enough for taking several dozen photos and a few short video clips, listening to an hour of mp3 playback, and doing a couple of hours web browsing and general faffing over the course of three days. Samsung quotes a minimum three hrs of talk time, which is quite low, but standby time is a minimum of 250 hrs. With heavy use we think you'd have to charge this phone every other day.
The M8910's 3.1in screen uses resistive touch sensing technology so has a soft flexible surface that will be very prone to scratching. To counter this, Samsung includes a fitted case that protects the screen and most of the body of the phone, leaving just the lens and camera controls exposed. This means you could theoretically take shots without removing the case but you'll have to guess the framing of your shots and you won't be able to use the flash or LED as theses are all covered.
Responsiveness of the screen is acceptable, so typing using the onscreen keyboards is reasonably easy and the various flicking and tapping gestures required for navigating other features work well. However, it's not a patch on devices that use hard, capacitive touchscreens. Largely making up for this (though the two features don't have to be mutually exclusive) is the quality of the display. It uses AMOLED technology so delivers a really bright, vivid picture that really brings pictures and, in particular, videos to life. The 480 x 800 pixels also provide plenty of sharp detail and viewing angles are exceptional so framing scenes with the phone held above your head is quite possible.
In use the camera feels as intuitive and quick as many a dedicated compact camera. Pressing the camera power button gets you ready to take a photo in about two seconds while shot to shot time is about three seconds, though with flash this drops to around six seconds as the flash takes a while to recharge. Incidentally, lowering the picture quality doesn't seem to speed things up a great deal.
There is a continuous mode but this is a special high speed version that takes up to nine photos at 6fps and results in pictures that are only 640 x 480 pixels. There's also a panorama mode that provides a guide for taking each shot then stitches them all together automatically. Again, the end result is woefully small at only 1,280 x 960 pixels.
The Pixon 12's camera also has object tracking. This is activated by touching an object on the screen which sets the focus and exposure for that object and then dynamically maintains them as it moves around. It works well if the object is moving quite slowly but we can't imagine it being all that effective in truly fast-paced situations.
What about some low light/flash sample pics?
Quote: "Overall results are pretty impressive with a level of detail (in good lighting) that noticeably surpasses my own compact camera. Exposure is generally accurate, the flash is well-metered, and colours look natural."
Can you please explain what camera phone are you talking about in these two sentences, as I fail to agree on your observations looking at included sample photos? If your first sentence is correct, I'd suggest your next purchase to be a new compact camera (any but the one you already have, really), not the 500 pounds camera phone like this. Wonderful world of photography seems to have many positive surprises left on store for camera phone enthusiasts. Personally, I'm appalled by how bad the IQ is with this whooping 12MP cam phone. Exposure is only half right on the focused subject, other 8/9ths of the picture are extremely over/under-exposed with extreme chromatic aberration, using flash results in uneven lighting across the picture even at closer ranges and produces awful colour shifts, and colours don't look anything natural to anyone not suffering partial or full colour blindness. I've seen way better pictures taken with a 5 pound or less worth disposable cameras.
Why can't manufacturers just bung some phone electronics into one of those dinky little compact cameras that can be had for < £200? I can't see why you couldn't get decent quality pics and an ok phone for well under £250.
Never mind the quality feel the megapixels.
@miha: I've added the shots I used for comparison taken with my Canon 850 IS so you can see for yourself. It is a slightly older compact camera so doesn't have some of the more sophisticated chromatic aberation removal features of many new compacts but it's still a very good camera. The Pixon clearly beats it for raw detail and pretty much equals it on every other level. Again, though, this only really counts in good lighting.
As for flash, considering the size of flash you can expect to get on a phone, its results are very impressive (the sample shot was taken in a nearly completely dark room).
Obviously the Pixon's not perfect but is it good enough to replace a basic cheap compact? Arguably, yes. Your comment to the contrary (better pictures taken with a 5 pound or less worth disposable cameras) is utter rubbish.
@Iain: Three things:
1. I'm not sure that many people would actually buy such a device.
2. I think it really is easier said than done. You'd end up with quite a bulky device.
3. It would cost a damn site more than £250 if you wanted half the features of a modern phone. You could argue that they drop all the fancy stuff and just make it have really basic phone features that do only add £50 to the cost of the camera but then who would want such a basic device? I'd personally rather just have the camera and a slightly more feature rich phone.
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"Brothers of the Head" is the feverish, mind-bending odyssey of conjoined twins Tom and Barry Howe who were plucked from obscurity by a 1970s music promoter and groomed into a boy band. Grappling with impossible love, artistic rivalry, and a dark inner life, the twins embrace their freakishness and spit it back in the form of searing Punk Rock. Brothers of the Head is a raucous ride through the seamy underground of '70s rock, and an unsettling glimpse into a relationship that is as beautiful as it is destructive.


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Pandora, the first women to ever be created, stood grasping onto the pithos. Zeus' words echoed inside her head. "On no account, Pandora, shall you open this. It only contains all the evils of the world - doom, devistation and destruction. Pandora: I command you: do not open it."
Her eyes were fixed onto it. The pithos was both hideous and beautiful. Pandora could not determine its age, for it was ageless. There were delicate carvings on its exterior - it must of took years to express so much detail! However, it was not the outside that Pandora took any interest in.
Slowly, Pandora placed her hand on the lid. She took a deep breath. I cannot believe that I am doing this. Pandora opened the lid...
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The explosive finale to the most successful syndicated drama ever!
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I remember watching this episode a number of years ago, and I loved it. Q AND time travel, what a treat!!
This remains faithful to the original storyline, and Jonathan Frakes does an excellent job of reading it, including his quite accurate impersonations of Picard and Worf. Great stuff!!
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Very well done, interesting story that keeps moving. Jonathan Frakes does a great job with the voices. Best of the Star Trek TNG audiobooks on audible.com
"Mr. Frakes is masterful in his Picard accent."
Although a little too close to the television version this audio capture of the final episode of Star Trek the Next Generation is proper. Jonathan Frakes does a masterful job working the voices of the different characters through the plot. The tone set by the background audio is purposeful and brings a lot to the story in keeping my attention.
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'Star Wars' sets record pre-sales in UK; U.S. tickets on sale Monday
By Piya Sinha-Roy
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - British "Star Wars" fans snapped up tens of thousands of tickets on Monday for "The Force Awakens," hours before advance bookings are due to open in the United States.
Although Disney is keeping the plot of "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" under wraps until the Dec. 18 release, British movie theater chains reported record business for advance tickets, underscoring projections that the movie will take in about $2 billion globally.
"It's been our busiest day ever for online bookings in the UK," British cinema chain Odeon said in a statement, acknowledging that some customers experienced booking delays.
British chain Vue Entertainment said it had sold 10,000 tickets within the first 90 minutes, with some customers facing issues purchasing online.
Tickets for U.S. screenings of "The Force Awakens" are due to go on sale on Monday night, after Walt Disney Co debuts a trailer on sports channel ESPN during halftime of the NFL game between the Philadelphia Eagles and New York Giants.
The movie, which brings back actors Harrison Ford, Mark Hamill and Carrie Fisher who starred in the original 1977 film, is expected to gross about $100 million in North America alone on its opening weekend, Rentrak's senior media analyst Paul Dergarabedian said.
He said the film could earn over $2 billion globally, putting it with the world's two biggest-grossing movies, "Avatar" and "Titanic."
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Every year around this time, as a Brit living in the US, I'm aware that the fun-house mirror through which both nations regard each other is even weirder and more distorting than usual: America celebrates its independence from Britain, and Britain looks on at the July 4th pageantry, half-mocking, half-envious.
This year, the US self-love-in comes at a peculiar time for both nations, what with America outlasting England in the World Cup – widely used as an excuse to crow about Britain's national "identity crisis" – and leaving we Brits in the odd position of rooting for Team USA.
Before their ejection at the hands of the Belgians on Tuesday, the US football team pulled off the rare feat of attracting in-country support from those born elsewhere - those who have, traditionally, disparaged Americans for what might be called a victory-focused outlook. At the bar where I watched the match, the American guy standing next to me heard my accent and said, genially enough, "You're supporting Belgium, right?"
But I wasn't. No Brit I know in New York was rooting against America, mostly out of affection for our host nation - although I know at least one person who was supporting Team USA because of Belgium's colonial record in the Congo. But for most non-Americans, there was something cheering about it – to exist wholly, if temporarily, on the side of the country you live in, rather than as a foreigner on the outside looking in.
A lot of Brits, possibly without knowing it, were also supporting the US for the odd spectacle of America-as-underdog. This, surely, is the real moment of British existential crisis: when the upstart Americans, with their ebullience and patriotism, their certainty and optimism, start displaying traditionally English characteristics, right down to the shuffling self-deprecation and wry acknowledgement of their own shortcomings. At one point during the game, the cameras focused on a ripple as it moved through the stadium crowd, and the guy drinking a Pabst beside me said, "Ahhh, America's real gift to the world: the Mexican wave."
Meanwhile, in Britain, politicians are going through one of their periodic efforts to muster a version of American self-glorification in order to deliver a better "national identity" – to which the entire nation, more or less, has reacted with two fingers in the air (not just the middle one) and an entreaty to jog on.
But this is how the Americans do their patriotism: There are these small baskets at the cash registers in regional airports, accompanied by a sign urging travelers to purchase and deposit items for the US military – M&Ms, a tube of Arm & Hammer toothpaste, a copy of Men's Health magazine. Once at the gate, military personnel are invited to board first and other passengers, led by cabin crew, invariably give them a round of applause. Just last week, the actress Amy Adams was showered with praise for giving up her first-class seat to a soldier seated in coach. If someone ever tried to give up her seat for a squaddie in Britain, my hunch is it would be met with bafflement all around.
Indeed, the only time you see anything like that American jingoistic spirit in Britain is when an opportunity presents itself to get a rise out of Germany. But Americans on Independence Day are far more good-natured, and in any case, anti-German sentiment is not so much about defining who we are as Britons as jeering at who we're not.
And we – British expats and allies – are emphatically not Americans, nor do we really want to be for more than 90 minutes and maybe some extra time. One of the most visible differences between the two sensibilities is the way in which Americans love loving America, with all the accessories that entails, in contrast to British default nationalism; arrogant sheepishness doesn't really lend itself to props.
The envy comes from a possibly erroneous perception of simplicity: all those layers of meaning in the old country – self-criticism as a sly form of self-promotion; understatement that is really over-confidence; disingenuousness posing always as irony – can get a little wearying. A couple of years ago, at an Independence Day barbecue where everyone watched fireworks, drank from huge red, white and blue beakers, and wore foam cut-outs of the Statue of Liberty's crown, I was struck by how straightforwardly fun and uplifting it was. But then, when David Cameron asks us to browse the Magna Carta and hoist the Union Flag, we all collectively heave.
Ironically, now that the US is out of the World Cup, Americans can abandon their national experiment in half-expecting to lose, and go back to celebrating themselves with undiluted abandon. Britons, meanwhile, can celebrate 4 July (not July 4th) by writing it off as juvenilia – or at least pretending to be mystified by what it all means.
At half-time on Tuesday, most
football fans around me were out of a drink. "She's coming back," said my
mate, of the single waitress circulating in a
pub of perhaps 100 people. "No she's not," I said. And there it was: the reassuring return to normal service.


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Obama's Bucket List
Why the President Should Visit Haiti
[For Publication the Week of January 11, 2016]
Recently much attention has been made of President Obama's "bucket list," those things he would like to accomplish before the end of his term. Among the items on his list is a visit to Cuba. This would be a dramatic event, climaxing one of the signature achievements of his presidency – breaking the decades- long diplomatic and economic isolation of Cuba to usher in a new era of normalized relations. The site of an American President, the first African American President, being welcomed in Cuba, an Afro-Hispanic nation, would be stunning and historic!
But, I also believe a visit to Haiti, the world's first Black Republic should be on Obama's bucket list. The Haiti Support Project of the Institute of the Black World 21st Century always views January as Haitian Independence Month because it was on January 1, 1804 that General Jean Jacques Dessalines declared Haiti's independence. This after a long, brutal but glorious struggle for self-determination during which the Haitian freedom fighters defeated the British, Spanish and ultimately decimated the army of Napoleon Bonaparte of France! Never in the history of humankind had an enslaved people defeated their slave masters to create an independent nation. The Haitian Revolution, which gave birth to the world's first Black Republic, was one of the greatest feats in history! Not only did the Haitian freedom fighters create an independent nation at the height of the European and American slave trade, they further declared that any enslaved person who set foot on Haitian soil would be free!
These declarations alone are of sufficient historical significance to warrant acknowledgement with a visit by President Obama. This recognition would be particularly significant since Haiti was stigmatized, marginalized and punished by the U.S. and other slave trading nations for fear that the example of an independent Black nation would be infectious, spreading among enslaved Africans everywhere to fuel rebellions. This was indeed what happened.
However, before we address this aspect of Haiti's legacy in more depth, it is important to state that President Obama should also visit the first Black Republic because the U.S. owes a huge debt of gratitude to Haiti for its contributions to this nation's struggle for independence and the expansion of its territory. Under the leadership of General Henri Christophe and at the behest of the French, Haitian troops contributed to the defeat of the British in the battle of Savannah during the Revolutionary War. Indeed, during the commemoration of the bi-centennial of Haiti's independence in 2004, Haitian-American Daniel Fils Aime led a successful campaign to have a monument to this achievement erected in Savannah.
The colonies achieved their independence and were able to found a new nation on what was Native American land, because the Louisiana Purchase was a direct outgrowth of the defeat of Napoleon's armies by the Haitian Freedom Fighters. This disastrous defeat ended Napoleon's grand vision of creating an economic axis between Saint Dominique (Haiti), the most prosperous "colony" in the Caribbean and the vast French territory in North America, anchored by the city of New Orleans at the mouth of the Mississippi River. After the humiliating defeat at the hands of the Haitians, Napoleon abandoned this ambitious goal and sold the Louisiana Territory to the U.S. at a bargain basement price. The size of the U.S. nearly doubled as a result of this acquisition, a fact that Americans should forever be thankful to the Haitians for facilitating.
As I mentioned earlier, the Haitian Revolution was a beacon of hope and possibilities for people of African descent everywhere including in the U.S. Denmark Vesey planned the most extensive insurrection of enslaved Africans ever conceived in the U.S. What was his destination had the revolt succeeded? Haiti! Indeed, as Dr. Leon Pamphile details in his brilliant book Haitians and African Americans: A Heritage of Tragedy and Hope, there is a long history of positive engagement between Haitians and African Americans. King Henri Christophe's first Minister of Education was and African American. And, scores of African Americans migrated to Haiti to escape oppressive life in the U.S. Frederick Douglass was appointed the first Ambassador to Haiti and pointedly warned against treating the Black Republic as a U.S. colony. A prosperous Black community in North Carolina with a thriving business district was named Hayti – a sign of the significance of the first Black Republic in the consciousness of Africans in America.
When the U.S. invaded Haiti in 1915, it was the NAACP under the leadership of Walter White that led the opposition to the U.S. occupation. The reality of an independent Black nation in the Caribbean undercut the argument of Black inferiority as a rationale for legal and de facto segregation in the U.S. Haiti was a beacon of hope to African people everywhere!
Needless to say, as illustrated by the invasion and occupation in 1915, support for the ruthless Duvalier regimes and constant destabilizing interventions and interference in Haiti, the U.S. has seldom afforded the First Black Republic the dignity, respect and support its historical significance and contribution to this nation deserve. A state visit by President Barrack Obama would be an occasion to acknowledge these historical wrongs and properly recognize Haiti's contribution to the U.S. and the World! It might also usher in a new era of respectful and mutually beneficial relations with Haiti; a nation with 10 million people (with a vibrant and productive Diaspora in the U.S.) which has the potential to become an economic powerhouse in the region. So, President Obama, add a visit to Haiti to your "bucket list," and while you're there add a tour of the magnificent Citadel, one of the greatest monuments to freedom and self-determination in the world, to the itinerary. Let the planning begin for a glorious experience in the World's first Black Republic!
Dr. Ron Daniels is President of the Institute of the Black World 21st Century and Distinguished Lecturer at York College City University of New York. His articles and essays also appear on the IBW website www.ibw21.org and www.northstarnews.com. His weekly radio show, Vantage Point can be heard Mondays 10:00 AM – 12:00 Noon on WBAI, 99.5 FM, Pacifica in New York or streaming live via WBAI.org. To send a message, arrange media interviews or speaking engagements, Dr. Daniels can be reached via email at email@example.com
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By Alan Clendenning, AP Business Writer
MADRID Executives of British Airways and Iberia pledged Tuesday to make further airline acquisitions and partnerships after sealing a 5.7 billion pound ($8.9 billion) merger to create Europe's third largest airline.
The pair will lobby governments in countries that have strict regulations against foreign ownership of their airlines to reduce those impediments, said BA Chief Executive Willie Walsh.
Walsh declined to identify potential acquisition targets or countries where looser regulations would give the carrier growth opportunities, but said in September that he had a list of 12 potential takeover targets.
Walsh and Iberia chairman Antonio Vazquez also told reporters Madrid's international airport has room for expansion and that they want to turn it into a hub for flights in between Latin America and Europe for the combined holding company, International Airlines Group.
The two airlines held their news conference a day after British Airways PLC and Iberia SA shareholders approved the merger — an announcement partly overshadowed when the union representing BA's cabin crew said workers will vote on whether to take further strike action at the British flag carrier.
Walsh said he is confident that BA will be able to maintain most operations even if the strike happens, and Vazquez said the threat of a walkout had no impact on the companies' merger negotiations.
Many nations — including the United States and fast-growing Brazil — have laws prohibiting foreign airlines from taking majority stakes in domestic airlines.
Though Walsh would not say where regulations are considered onerous, he noted that air travel is growing exponentially in Latin America as its emerging economies are charging ahead in contrast to a weak recovery in the United States and fears of economic implosion in Europe amid the European debt crisis.
He predicted a wave of carrier consolidation and partnerships will take place, and that regulatory hurdles for foreign airlines will be reduced.
"Today is just the beginning and not the end of this new adventure," Walsh said.
The two airlines announced the merger earlier this year as a way to survive in an industry facing falling demand from both business and leisure travelers in the wake of the global credit squeeze.
The merged Iberia and BA group will rank behind Germany's Lufthansa AG and Air-France KLM in revenue terms. BA last year abandoned merger talks with Australia's Qantas Airways.
The pair also plan to expand their oneworld alliance with American Airlines, a proposal that has angered rival carriers, including Richard Branson's Virgin Airways. Strict U.S. antitrust laws currently bar a full-scale merger with the U.S. airline, but the trio still plan to set prices together and share seat capacity on trans-Atlantic flights.
International Airlines Group will be registered in Madrid, where its board of directors and shareholders meetings will be held. Its financial and operational headquarters will headquartered in London and run by Walsh. Trading in the holding company's shares is expected to begin on the London Stock Exchange in late January.
Each airline will retain its existing brand for commercial purposes, and Walsh said the combined company's plan on future acquisitions is for those airlines to retain their brands.
The combined group will have a fleet of 406 aircraft, carrying around 57 million passengers a year. Annual revenue is estimated at around 12 billion pounds.
Between them, the two carriers fly to more than 250 destinations. A key benefit for BA is Iberia's greater access to South American routes, while Iberia in return will gain from BA's more extensive North American operations.
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