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1 RELATO DE CASO / CASE REPORT Splenic haemangioma and Kasabach-Merritt Syndrome as differential diagnosis for abdominal mass in a newborn: case report Hemangioma esplênico e Síndrome de Kasabach-Merritt como diagnóstico diferencial de massa abdominal do recém-nascido RVW Bach, 1 RV Carvalho, 2 PAS Faria, 3 AR Gonçalves 4 e CHV Mariño 2 Abstract We report a rare case of splenic haemangioma in the form of an abdominal mass in a 20-dayold female newborn with coagulopathy and thrombocytopenia. She was operated on, and the mass was found to be a tumor of the inferior pole of the spleen. She remains well after six months of follow-up. The diagnostic and treatment options are reviewed and discussed. The authors reviewed the literature about splenic haemangioma in newborns, noticing that it is the third reported case associating splenic haemangioma and Kasabach-Merritt Syndrome. Splenic haemangioma is a rare differential diagnosis to abdominal masses in newborns. Haemangioma is the most frequent benign neoplasm of the spleen. Anemia, thrombocytopenia and coagulopathy are often found in patients with large cavernous haemangioma associated with Kasabach-Merritt syndrome (KMS). The development of splenic haemangiomas in that syndrome is extremely rare in newborns. Key words: hemangioma; splenic neoplasms; abdominal masses; newborn tumors; therapy; diagnostic; newborn infant. 1 Pós-graduando da Seção de Cirurgia Pediátrica. Instituto Nacional de Câncer, Hospital do Câncer I, Rio de Janeiro, RJ - Brasil. 2 Médico Cirurgião Pediátrico da Seção de Cirurgia Pediátrica. Instituto Nacional de Câncer, Hospital do Câncer I, Rio de Janeiro, RJ - Brasil. 3 Médico Patologista da Seção de Anatomopatologia. Instituto Nacional de Câncer, Hospital do Câncer I, Rio de Janeiro, RJ - Brasil. 4 Médico Cirurgião Pediátrico, Chefe da Seção de Cirurgia Pediátrica. Instituto Nacional de Câncer, Hospital do Câncer I, Rio de Janeiro, RJ - Brasil. Enviar correspondência para A.R.G. Recebido em maio de 2001 Revista Brasileira de Cancerologia, 2002, 48(2):
2 Bach RVW, et al Resumo Apresentamos um caso raro de hemangioma esplênico em um recém-nascido do sexo feminino, apresentando-se como massa abdominal, coagulopatia e trombocitopenia. No ato operatório observouse uma massa tumoral vascular do pólo inferior do baço. A paciente encontra-se em acompanhamento ambulatorial. O diagnóstico e as opções de tratamento foram revistas e discutidas. Os autores revisaram a literatura sobre hemangioma esplênico em recém-nascidos e observaram ser este o terceiro caso de associação entre hemangioma esplênico e síndrome de Kasabach-Merritt. O hemangioma esplênico é uma doença rara no diagnóstico diferencial das massas abdominais em recémnascidos. O hemangioma é a neoplasia benigna mais freqüente do baço. A anemia, a trombocitopenia e a coagulopatia são vistos com freqüência em hemangiomas cavernosos grandes associados à Síndrome de Kasabach-Merritt (KMS). O hemangioma cavernoso esplênico associado com esta síndrome é extremamente raro. Palavras-chave: hemangioma; neoplasias esplênicas; massas abdominais; tumores neonatais; terapia; diagnóstico; recém-nascido. CASE REPORT A 20-day-old female newborn had bilious vomiting since birth. She had low weight and presented a solid abdominal mass in the left flank, anemia (hematocrit of 25.5%) and thrombocytopenia (66,000 of platelet counting). Plain thoraco-abdominal radiography (Figure 1) and an abdominal ultrasound examination were performed, as well as an abdominal computerized tomography (Figure 2), that showed a solid heterogeneous mass in left flank. Serum tumoral markers were negative for beta-human-corionic-gonadotropin, alpha-fetoprotein, vanilmandelic and homovanilic acid. Serum metabolic studies, liver laboratory testing, and complete screening for coagulopathy were normal, as well as a mielogram. The newborn was operated on and it was found an angiomatous tumor in the inferior pole of the spleen, vascularized by a branch of the splenic artery. The tumor was resected after clipping of the nutritious artery. The reminiscent spleen persisted to bleed, and after some attemps to stop the bleeding, it was resected. There was an accessory spleen on the large omentum, so we did not have to make heterotopic autotransplantation. Figure 1. Plain thoraco abdominal radiography showing the large left flank mass. The first specimen weighed 126g, and showed a 7.5 x 5.5 x 5cm round reddish tumor with irregular yellow firm central area (Figure 3). Microscopically the lesion consisted of small capillary sized spaces with red blood cells in their lumen (Figure 4). The central yellow area showed sclerosis. The residual spleen was 3.5 x 2.5 x 2cm in size, and showed no abnormalities. 248 Revista Brasileira de Cancerologia, 2002, 48(2):
3 Splenic Haemangioma and Kasabach-Merritt syndrome Figure 2. Abdominal Computed Tomographic examination. Pathology examination revealed it was a cavernous haemangioma of the spleen. The patient remains well after surgery, and the platelet counting was normal. The patient was followed-up for six months until now. She is gaining weight and remains well. Haemangioma is the most frequent neoplasm of the spleen, although it is very rare. 1,2 Only one out of 348 surgically removed spleens presented a primary haemangioma. 3 Symptomatic haemangioma is even rarer. We found only 22 previous cases in children, some of them presenting just similar pathologic studies (angioma, haemangioendothelioma, and haemangiohamartoma). 2,4-9 Only four out of those 22 were newborns, two presented with haemangioma, two presented with haemangioendothelioma. 2,4,6,9 Figure 3. Cross-sectional aspect of the surgical specimen. until 2001, October). The very first case was that of Sencer et al. 7 who reviewed other 14 similar cases of large splenic haemangioma in children, median age of 4,9 years, some of them pathologically unconfirmed. Bravo et al 4 reported another case. There are two cases of splenic haemangiendothelioma in newborns, 6,9 one of them ruptured, 6 but none related to KMS. Splenic haemangioma grows slowly, presenting late in adulthood. Symptoms are upper left abdominal pain and mass. Spontaneous rupture may occur in up to 25% of thcases, but they are uncommon in newborns. 1 Splenic haemangioma may be part of systemic haemangiomathosis. 10 Kasabach and Merritt 11 described an association between thrombocytopenia and large haemangioma. Zervos et al 12 reported the first case of splenic haemangioma causing that syndrome. 2 Thrombocytopenia may be secondary to platelet sequestration in the abnormal endothelium of the tumor. There may be even hypofibrinogenemia because of intravascular coagulopathy. 2 Differential diagnosis to splenic haemangioma must include haemangiendothelioma, 5 splenic littoral cell angioma, 13 hamartoma and fibroangioma. 2 In newborns splenic haemangioma may be differentiated from other solid abdominal tumors. Figure 4. Histologic aspects of the surgical specimen. One can see thesmall capillary sized spaces with red blood cells in their lumen. Splenic or hepatic haemangioma are often associated with Kasabach-Merrit Syndrome (KMS), although this syndrome is more frequent in cutaneous haemangioma. 7 This is the third case of splenic haemangioma associated with KMS in newborns reported in the literature (researched on the PubMed Archives of the National Library of Medicine The histology of haemangioma is characterized by the presence of vascular channels paved with endothelium. At imunohistochemistry studies, the capillary subtype presents with factor-viii related antigen and CD8-; the diffuse subtype presents with CD68+; all subtypes present with CD ,15 Revista Brasileira de Cancerologia, 2002, 48(2):
4 Bach RVW, et al The typical images of splenic and hepatic haemangioma at ultrasound, CT-scan, and MRI have been defined for the last 15 years. 16,17 The ultrasound image shows hyperechogenic mass on spleen. Color-Doppler ultrasound allows definitive diagnosis with 84% sensitivity and 98% specificity. 18,19 The CT-scan, firstly without and sequentially with intravenous contrasting, may show a characteristic progressively hyperdense mass, 20 with 61.3% sensitivity for detecting splenic and hepatic haemangioma. 17 Dynamic Gadolinium MRI appears to be the state-of-the-art imagin examination to define splenic haemangioma, typical areas of hypointense radial streaks on T1 and hyperintensity are observed in T2-weighted images correlated precisely with the pathological findings and differentiate from other splenic tumors. 1 Other valuable studies are digital subtraction angiography 17 or bone cintigraphy. 21 Aspirative biopsy guided by ultrasound may differentiate benign haemangioma from other malignant neoplasms. 17,22 Some juvenile haemangioma may respond to prednisone treatment, however it is of limited value when KMS occurs. Tryfonas studied 10 patients with cavernous splenic haemangioma and KMS, treated with alpha- 2-interpheron (3 MU/m2/dose), obtaining total remission on 5/10 patients e partial remission on 5/10 patients. 23 In another three life-threatening cases reported, there was total disappearance of the cutaneous tumor in one patient, and partial remission (60%-80% of the tumors) in the other two patients.24 There are no reports on the use of alpha-2- interpheron for treating visceral haemangioma, but its uses for treating large cutaneous haemangioma on newborn is already established. 25,26 The treatment of a large splenic haemangioma is the resection of the tumor or total splenectomy when it is impossible to leave some healthy splenic tissue. 2,6 Splenic heterotopic autotransplantation, implanting free splenic residues on the major omentum is viable. If it maintains splenic residual function, it may diminish the risk of sepsis. There is some post-operatory testing that may confirm splenic residual function: absence of Howell-Jolly corpuscle, normal serum dosage of IgM, and abdominal cintigraphy with marked haematia. 4,6,27,28 REFERENCES 1. Ramani M, Reinhold C, Semelka RC, Siegelman ES, Liang L, Ascher SM, et al. Splenic hemangiomas and hamartomas: MR imaging characteristics of 28 lesions. Radiology 1997;202: Sencer S, Coulter-Knoff A, Day D, Folker J, Thompson T, Burke B. Splenic hemangioma with thrombocytopenia in a newborn. Pediatrics 1987 Jun;79(6): Simu G, Bancu VE, Macavei I, Fazekas A, Tohati MT. Microscopic patterns in surgically removed spleens. Rom J Morphol Embryol 1991 Jan- Jun;37(1-2): Bravo M, Aldunate G, Las Heras J, Pumarino G. Hemangioma of the spleen in a newborn infant. Postsplenectomy course and splenic autotransplantation. Rev Chil Pediatr 1989 Jan- Feb;60(1): Budke HL, Breitfeld PP, Neiman RS. Functional hyposplenism due to a primary epithelioid hemangiendothelioma of the spleen. Arch Pathol Lab Med 1995 Aug;119(8): Cerda J, Mialdea RL, Soleto J, Martin-Crespo R, Aguilar F. Segmentary splenectomy of the lower tip because of spontaneous rupture of a splenic hemangioendothelioma in a new-born child -a case report. Eur J Pediatr Surg 1994 Apr;4(2): Hoeger PH, Helmke K, Winkler K. Chronic comsumption coagulopathy due to an occult splenic hemangioma: Kasabach-Merrit syndrome. Eur J Pediatr 1995 May;154(5): Panuel M, Ternier F, Michel G, et al Splenic hemangioma: report of three pediatric cases with patologic correlation. Pediatr Radiol 1992;22(3): Wu CC. Neonatal hepatic hemangioendothelioma identified by real-time ultrasound: report of a case. J Formos Med Assoc 1990 Oct;89(10): Dixit VK, Sharma H, Ratnakar KS, Murthy VS. Splenic hemangiomatosis with osseous involvement. Indian J Gastoenterol 1993 Jul;12(3): Kasabach HH, Merritt KK. Capillary hemangioma with extensive purpura. Am J Dis Child 1940;59: Revista Brasileira de Cancerologia, 2002, 48(2):
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Ahead of connect:ID 2017, Security Document World took time-out to speak to Gerald Hubbard, director of business development at Get Group
Gemalto and IER have teamed up to create Gemalto and IER Fly to Gate, a self-service airport experience for travellers.
Gemalto says: "Airport travel is booming; in 2016, there were 3.8 billion passengers and the International Air Transport Association (IATA) expects this to double by 2035. This means that the industry and authorities will need to deploy automated solutions to optimise the flow of passengers while guaranteeing stringent security."
According to the partners, Gemalto and IER Fly to Gate is designed to provide a self-service experience that takes travellers from their home to the departure gate. A typical Gemalto and IER Fly to Gate departure solution gives the traveller the choice between mobile check-in or self-service kiosks and includes bag drop points, border control, security and boarding gates.
Fly to Gate combines IER's self-service equipment and services with Gemalto's border management solutions. It supports multimodal biometric verification including facial recognition, document verification and straightforward integration with immigration systems.
"For airports and airlines alike, the opportunities created by strong growth in passenger numbers go hand in hand with the challenges of more stringent border and security checks," says Maxime Boulvain, CEO at IER. "This new partnership between IER and Gemalto squares the circle, using world-class automation techniques to improve customer satisfaction, implement consistent identity and document verification procedures, and maximise commercial revenues."
Frédéric Trojani, executive vice president of Government at Gemalto says: "The appetite for automated, self-service travel experiences is already evident in the success of electronic travel authorisation, online check-in and automated border eGates. For the first time, Gemalto and IER Fly to Gate offers a chance to reap the full benefits of this trend, working with leading partners whose solutions have been proven in numerous deployments."
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Article from the 2011-11-07
The Swiss designer furniture manufacturer Vitra hat das Utopia Changemaker Manifest unterschrieben (German site) and engaged itself more to sustainability regarding their own furniture and the company guidance. In ten "Commitments", the manifest explains aims and measures to which Vitra obliges itself.
E.g. one goal is to give the Blaue Engel (Blue Angel) Certificate to all office chairs from Vitra as it already happened in the Eco Packages with MedaPal and MedaSlim. Furthermore some of the most important products from Vitra should be analyzed and developed according to some of the most important Vitra products.
Moreover greenhouse emission by traveling will decrease by 5% in the following year as well as ancient heaters should be exchanged by efficient block-heat factories. Longetivity, high quality and timeless designs are still the most important point on the Vitra agenda, so that the products are still long-lasting and are passed from generation to generation.
Vitra furthermore wants to be an example for the whole furniture branch as Changemaker and market for a high ecological understanding at the customers. Sustainability, longevity and quality should still convince customers so that the purchase-decision wilt not only be made by short-term criteria and the cheapest prices.
Find the Vitra Changemaker Manifest (German site) on the Utopia homepage.
About Utopia
Utopia wants to reach a sustainable change in the consumers' behavior and lifestyle of millions of people. So that they decide more conscious and with every purchase of sustainable products and fair working conditions in the whole world. Together with a wide community Utopia wants to set an impulse directed to companies that focus on economic, ecologic and social sustainability. Further information on the Utopia Homepage.


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Richard Gaston
Richard Gaston is a self-taught photographer originally from the countryside in Scotland. Gaston's work holds a preference in utilising natural light and colour. I aim to illustrate experiences literally as I see them, documenting the peaceful combination of nature and man through composition and the element of secludedness. Throughout His imagery lies a vast sense of overwhelming landscape surrounding the micro aspect of mankind, conveying insignificance and feebleness in the face of epic landscape. Gaston's photography style coincides with his views on mountain culture - we are temporary, minute figures spending a fleeting amount of time in the chaos that is nature.


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Shorts – £7.50 – Aliexpress – Top £2 – Aliexpress
So, our second day was . . . well, okay, basically the same. Food, then tanning next to the pool. And if you consider that a waste then you've never had a burger worth eating, or seen my colour. That is something even Picasso would be proud of.
My outfit was something comfortable and small (this heat is insufferable – and you legitimately suffer it), so it's perfect for traipsing around the hotel or chilling on the balcony without looking like a stripper or a drowned rat.
I love these shorts because they're flattering, comfy and cheap as chips. You know those things you crave for years and, when you're finally able to get them, you put off buying? These shorts were those things, until I found them for £8 and was like . . . why not – and I feel like that was a brilliant decision of mine. Well done, me. I'm so proud of you.
Now might be a good time to realise and think about the fact that all my best life choices involve the purchase of some form of clothing.
Feel bad about yourself yet, Mia? For being able to find extreme joy in the little things and be content and happy with what I've already got in life rather than buying things and thinking "onto the next one"? Yeah . . . I feel so terrible. That wasn't even slightly the point and you knew it. But wasn't my way so much better?
So my second nightly outfit was . . .
Dress – £10 – Missguided / Metallic Tattoos – A Gift / Flower Crown – Primark
So, that night I actually kept with the flower theme by wearing a flower crown! Because this beautiful contraption (courtesy of Amber) was white, I decided to wear my white Missguided dress that I am in absolute love with.
I could write a sonnet about how much I love this dress, but I won't because . . . well, that would be weird.
Oh, so now you realise? You know what, fuck you. I'm going to go and achieve my goddamn dreams.
Dear dress, do you know how I love thee?
Do you feel it through my heartbeat?
Believe my love to be true,
As the symbols you display reflect me too.
You are the sun you so boldly print,
And you don't break the bank so one was not skint.
That wasn't a fucking sonnet. You're not a sonnet.
As you can see, my dress is covered in symbols – my symbols. I paired it with a bunch of metallic tattoos on my arms and (Amber's) platforms for a hot night on the town.
Okay, I lied.
We went to a steak bar.
I don't even like steak.
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Song: Belvedere Cruising
Running Time: 3:03
Year: 1976
Album: Unreleased
Parody of: Original Song
Lyrics: Lyrics
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Download/Listen: Youtube
- This song was recorded in Al's home in 1976.
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As policy makers search for indices to complement existing population-based economic markers, interest has revived in ways to assess how people think and feel about their life circumstances. In this context, researchers are reconsidering the information gained from traditional global (or evaluative) measures of well-being such as life and domain satisfaction and are creating new measures to capture hedonic experience in daily life. Kahneman and colleagues (2004), for example, developed a Day Reconstruction Method (DRM) that integrates the assessment of affective experience with a detailed time diary of yesterday?s activities. The DRM provides on-line information about experience that is distinct from global reports of well-being. Our studies will address several practical and conceptual barriers to the inclusion of a DRM-like measure in large surveys of older adults. One practical barrier is the 40-75 minute length of the DRM. Pilot work on brief 10-15 minute measures that retain a limited set of DRM-features has begun in studies associated with the Health and Retirement Study (HRS). The target length of a survey measure, however, is 3-5 minutes. We currently don't know the minimum features necessary for a short reliable and valid survey index of experienced well-being. Furthermore, we lack information about the impact of cognitive aging on the measurement of experienced well-being and we do not know if evaluative and experienced well-being have distinctive associations with health in later life. We use a multipronged approach. To begin, we compare HRS findings with DRM data collected in the Panel Study of Income Dynamics (PSID), the American Time Use Survey?s (ATUS) new well being module, and the American Life Panel?s (ALP) DRM. These secondary analyses will answer questions about: 1) the quality and comparability of responses to the fine-grained versus brief DRM measures; 2) unique correlative and predictive associations of evaluated and experienced well-being with health; and 3) differences related to life period (midlife, young old, oldest old), retirement status, and individual characteristics such as non-pathological cognitive decline and personality. We supplement these analyses with a series of focus group and experimental studies to examine the implications of age differences in episodic memory and preferences for emotional experience. Two studies will investigate measurement features expected to support or interfere with on-line (episodic) memory of recent experiences. We will compare the effects of instructions to reconstruct yesterday by time versus activities and reactivity to repeated questioning about feelings. Other studies will examine age differences in the recall accuracy of activities and time from one day to the next and memory for hedonic and non-hedonic feelings. We will also collect middle-aged and older adults' ratings of the valence, effort, and affect associated with daily activities. Our overall objective is to establish criteria for parsimonious-but-comprehensive survey measures of subjective well-being. The information obtained will advance assessment of well-being in large surveys of older adults and our understanding of life quality in late life.
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Return to Fiction by Valesta
Ancient Japan…
Once upon a time, a woodcutter found a young girl lying unconscious in the middle of the bamboo forest where he lived. She had no parents, and so the woodcutter and his wife, without any children of their own, took her in and took care of her as their own daughter. The girl, calling herself Kaguya Houraisan, was remarkable in the sense that even in the test of time, she had not aged at all, even as her parents have grown old. She was also strikingly beautiful, with her long black hair and pale complexion, that few men could resist her natural charm.
Elsewhere, a kind and handsome young nobleman found an infant girl, also without parents and raised her as his own. She had red eyes and aqua hair, but more unusual, she had the ability to control fire. Cautious of her ability, she was kept from the public, but treated with kindness. Her name was Fujiwara no Mokou.
In time, five noblemen, including Mokou's father fell in love with Kaguya's charms and became interested in taking her hand in marriage. However, Kaguya, uninterested in all of them, assigns each of them a task to prove their devotion to her and prove their worth.
During dinner one night, Mokou's father asks the 15-year-old Mokou, who is wears a red kimono, "Mokou… Would you like to have a mother?"
Mokou, about to take a bite of her food, lowers her fork, "Huh? What do you mean by that?"
Mokou's father answers, "There is… someone I fancy. If all goes well, I'll be able to have her hand in marriage…"
"I dunno. I like things the way they are now. Just you and me, father."
"Hahaha! I understand, but I'm sure she is a wonderful person!"
"Whatever you say. So… when am I gonna have a mom?"
"Well… You see, there are four other young suitors, in the same position as me. We were told to each find an item to bring back to the young lady I speak of, Kaguya."
"Ka… gu… ya?" Mokou prepares to drinks out of her cup of water, "So… what did she want you to find?" Mokou sips her water.
"She wants me to bring back a robe made of the fur of the Chinese Fire Rat."
Mokou, in surprise, spits her water across the table, dropping short of her father, "What the hell is this? I've heard of those things in myths and legends, but that's it: myths and legends. It's too unrealistic!"
"About as realistic as a girl that controls fire?"
"Well…" Mokou can't come up with a good riposte to her father's statement.
Mokou's father explains, "Next week, I shall depart for China to embark on my quest. I don't know how long it will take me…"
Mokou protests, "You don't need to do this! I've heard that Fire Rats can set their fur ablaze! It will take me some practice, but I'm sure I can make something that fits such a description. You know I have that kind of power!"
Mokou's father smiles, "You are a good girl, Mokou, but I must make an honest effort to find that which Kaguya desires. I've heard rumors that my rivals plan to cheat to win, but deceit is not an expression of love. I will truly prove my love to her by finding a Fire Rat and coming back with its fur."
Mokou rolls her eyes, "Honestly, I still don't believe that Fire Rats exist…"
"I must try. I don't think I'll feel this way about anyone else…"
Despite Mokou's protests, her father has truly made up his mind and she sees no way of talking him out of it. She reluctantly says, "Alright, dad. Good luck out there…"
A week later, Mokou's father, accompanied by a small group of samurai bodyguards, departs for China. Mokou, honoring her father's decision, still has doubts regarding the existence of Fire Rats and questions what Kaguya's angle is with it.
Three years pass…
Each year felt like an eternity as the now 18-year-old Mokou awaited her father's return. Finally, one of her father's samurai returns and comes to Mokou's room with some grave news, "Mokou… I'm sorry. We've searched as hard as we could, but to no avail. I'm afraid the master had caught a deadly disease while over there, and… He never gave up searching, even… Well…" The messenger's stress keeps him from continuing to think straight.
Mokou, hiding her mix of sorrow and rage directed toward Kaguya, says, "I see. I understand…"
The messenger takes a few deep breaths and calms down a little "… The master has no children. I know you were like his daughter, but you aren't really his child so… I'm reluctant to say this, but as of today, this house is disbanded. I'm sorry, Mokou-sama…"
Mokou exhales slightly and says, "I understand. Please leave me now…"
"Yes. Excuse me…" the messenger respectably bows and leaves Mokou alone.
Mokou pauses for a few seconds, then, venting her anger, clenches her fist tightly, ignites it, then slams it against the wooden wall, setting it ablaze, "Dammit! Damn, damn, damn, damn, damn, damn, DAMN IT!" She slumps to the floor and her tears stain the surface, Father… Those pure feeling you had for her… Why did they have to lead you to your death? This is all her… Kaguya's fault! If she didn't send you off on an impossible mission, this never would have happened. We'd still be happy… Mokou rises to her feet, thinking out loud, "I will avenge you. This may not be the path you wanted me to choose, but now I stand alone…"
Mokou changes out of her kimono into a much more casual pair of baggy red overalls and a brown shirt. She leaves the mansion without any intention of returning, like she had left her innocence behind. She looks up to the night sky, "From here on, I am an avenger… Father… if I send her to the afterlife, will the two of you be happy together?"
Like Mokou's father, the other four noblemen seeking to win over Kaguya's heart also failed their respective tasks, though their fates were not nearly as harsh. During the three years Mokou's father had been trying to fulfill Kaguya's request, even Japan's young Emperor had fallen in love with her. He too was rejected, though not given any request, but still kept in touch with Kaguya.
Eventually, Kaguya received a mysterious message from a race called the 'Lunarians,' saying that on the next full moon, they will come to take Kaguya home. She reveals her true identity to her parents and the Emperor: She was originally from the moon. She was sent to Earth in exile as punishment for drinking the Hourai Elixir, a potion that grants its consumer eternal life. However, she had grown attached to her life on Earth and wishes to not ever return to the moon. The Emperor respects Kaguya's wishes and stations one-hundred of his finest archers around Kaguya's home.
However, on the night of the full moon, the Lunarian emissaries, five in number, as they descend, radiate intense white light, blinding the archers. They all wear silver robes with hood concealing all but the lower portion of their faces. They arrive in the back room of Kaguya's home, where Kaguya's elderly foster parents, the Emperor, and Kaguya herself, were hiding.
The leader of the group of emissaries pulls back her hood revealing a young woman with gray eyes and braided silver hair, "Kaguya Houraisan-hime. As per your mother's orders, we have been ordered to take you home to the moon."
Kaguya protests, "No, Eirin Yagokoro! I will not go back! I want to stay here forever!"
Another emissary says, "Don't make this difficult, your highness. Our orders come straight from you mother, Empress Houraisan, herself. You have no choice."
Kaguya beseeches the emissary she identified as Eirin Yagokoro, "Please, Eirin! You understand me better than anyone! You listened to me when I was about to be banished! You were the only one to treat me like a human being, not royalty! Please understand that I don't want to return home! Help me, Eirin!"
Eirin closes her eyes in thought and asks, "Kaguya-hime… are you absolutely certain you don't wish to return home?"
"I am certain!" answers Kaguya, "I never want to go back there ever again!"
"I understand." Eirin opens her eyes, walks over to Kaguya's side, and faces the other four emissaries, "You heard Kaguya-hime. She will not go back. You will tell her majesty, the Empress, that you were unable to locate the princess, as she's gone into hiding."
One of the emissaries snickers, "Heh. You can't be serious. Our sworn allegiance lies with the Empress, not some doctor."
"Oh, I am serious…" A bow materializes in Eirin's hand. She pulls back the cord and an arrow materializes, ready to be fired. She aims at one emissary. Three magic circles appear in front of the other three emissaries and arrow heads emerge from the middle of each.
"Ah!" The Emperor and Kaguya's foster parents gasp at the display of powers they never seen before.
"Leave now! Don't make me get messy!" warns Eirin.
The is a momentary pause, finally one of the emissaries chuckles, "Hmhmhm…" then laughs, "Heheheh…" then outright cackles, "HAHAHA!"
Eirin's eyes narrow, "What is so funny?"
The emissary pulls back her hood, revealing a girl with short brown hair with red eyes and a pair of rabbit ears extending out of her head. "Wh…" Kaguya's parents and the Emperor are taken even further aback at the sight of a creature they have never seen before.
The rabbit-girl says with a devious smirk, "You are too late, traitor! I already sent a psychic message to the other Lunarian Imperial Moon Rabbits! In a matter of hours, many other Lunarians will come here. They will take Kaguya-hime home by force, even if it means bringing back her temporary corpse… and as for you, Eirin… they will do things to you that will make you wish you never created and drank that elixir! HAHAHA!"
Eirin grits her teeth in anger and frustration, "Tch. Damn you!" Eirin fires her arrow, silencing the laughter of the rabbit girl via an arrow through the forehead. In synchronization, arrows fire out of the magic circles killing the other three emissaries.
"…" Kaguya, her parents, and the Emperor are silent to the development that just occurred.
Staring at the corpses of her former comrades, Eirin explains to Kaguya, "Kaguya-hime, you will continue to live within this Earthly realm, but not as you have been. My ignorance to the powers that moon rabbits possess, and my actions, have branded us as fugitives. The best thing we can do right now is escape to someplace where they won't find us."
"…" Kaguya stares at the floor, unwilling to accept what just happened.
With a sigh, Eirin says, "I'm terribly sorry, Kaguya-hime, but what's done is done. If we remain here, your loved ones will be put in danger as well."
"Ah!" Kaguya realizes the truth in Eirin's words and turn to her parents and the Emperor, solemnly explaining, "I'm sorry, but she is right. I don't wish to endanger you. I must leave."
The Emperor protest, "No! You don't have to do this! My men will protect you! I will make sure they won't do so much as touch you!"
Eirin asks, somewhat smugly, "Like those archers were successful in stopping us?" She explains, "I'm sorry, but your forces are not cut out for that kind of task. The Holy Lunarian Empire is more powerful than you can possibly imagine. With all those soldiers outside and the claim you have an army at your command, I assume you are of high status here?"
"I am the Emperor of this country!"
Eirin bows respectfully, "My apologies, then. Look, with all due respect, it would take just one low-level Lunarian grunt to wipe out your entire army. This is NOT an exaggeration. Even I am capable of such a feat. In terms of technology and magic, you don't stand a chance either way. For the safety of this entire country, perhaps the entire world, it is important that Kaguya-hime is hidden."
"… I understand…" reluctantly says the Emperor, torn between Kaguya and all of Japan.
Eirin adds, "I also want you to keep quiet if they question you about our whereabouts. Just feign ignorance all the way." She turns toward the heap of Lunarian corpses, "And hide this 'mess' as well. This is very important… so I'll give you an added incentive…" Eirin pulls a flask out of her robe and hands it to the Emperor.
"What is this?" asks the Emperor.
Eirin answers, "It will grant you mankind's darkest wish. It will make you like Kaguya-hime and myself…"
The Emperor, recalling Kaguya's mention of the Hourai Elixir, guesses, "If I drink this… it will make me immortal?"
Eirin nods, "That's absolutely right. Immortality as an exchange for sacrificing Kaguya-hime from your life and your silence. Sound fair?"
Eirin turns to Kaguya, "We've spent too much time here. Say your goodbyes, but be quick. I want us to be far away from here when the other Lunarians arrive!"
"I understand…" Kaguya turns to her foster parents, "I'm sorry for what you had to see. It's all my fault…"
"We understand," says Kaguya's mother, "You had a tough choice to make and I'm honored you wanted to stay here."
Kaguya's father says, "Please, Kaguya… Be safe and follow your own path…" He turns to Eirin, "'Eirin,' was it? We're leaving our 'daughter' to you. Please take care of her!"
"I will," promises Eirin with a nod.
Kaguya turns to the Emperor, "Thank you for caring so much about me. I know not a lot of girls get an honor like this…" Kaguya forces a smile to hide her sadness, "… and someday, if things were different, who knows?"
"Thank you for letting me know you…" That's all the Emperor can bring himself to say. He raises his hand and waves goodbye.
Kaguya, on the verge of tears, says, "Thank you… for every…thing…"
"…" Eirin walks out of the room. Kaguya follows her, pauses to take one final look at the three loved ones she will never see again, and then keeps going.
They escape out the back door, into the surrounding bamboo forest. Above, unseen, a mysterious figure, who was eavesdropping on the recent turn of events giggles, "Fufufu~ Intriguing… I guess I'll play a part in this too…"
Not a single word is said after that. The Emperor leaves the house and meets with his attendants outside, including a large group of samurai, one of whom is Mokou, completely concealed, after secretly stealing the armor from one of them.
The Emperor's advisor makes the obvious statement, "I'm sorry. We've failed, your majesty…"
"I see…"
The advisor asks about the Hourai Elixir the Emperor is holding, "What is that, your majesty?"
"It's unbelievable…" says the Emperor, indirectly answering his advisor's question, with Mokou secretly eavesdropping, "A long time ago, Kaguya drank something like this… and became immortal…"
Mokou's eyes widen behind her helmet, Immortal? And I'm seeking to kill her under those circumstances?
"… Now, with this… I am given the same opportunity. Eternal life…"
Mokou grits her teeth, Dammit! Looks like you won't be meeting her, father, but I will still do what I set out to do. I know no other way of living now… but to do this, I must become immortal too, and that potion the emperor is holding is the key… but how will I do this?
The advisor is overjoyed, "If you drink that, you can become immortal?"
The Emperor sighs, "But is it worth it?"
"Whew…" Mokou lets out a sigh of relief at the Emperor's hesitation, but knows she is not yet in the clear.
The advisor is taken aback, "Of course! With eternal life, you can do great things!"
The Emperor makes his decision, "I will not. An eternal life without Kaguya is an eternal life I do not desire…" He hand the elixir to a nearby samurai and says to him and another close by, pointing toward Mount Fuji in the distance, "I want the two of you to take this to Mount Fuji and burn it in its flames. This is important. Things like this are not meant for mankind."
"Yes, your majesty," respond the two samurai obediently. They run in the direction of Mount Fuji.
The Emperor turns to the other samurai, including Mokou, "There are four corpses of unusual creatures in there! I want you to hide the bodies. Our fates may depend on it!"
The samurai immediately head toward Kaguya's now-former home. In the confusion, Mokou slips out and runs into the bamboo forest, in the general direction of Mount Fuji. She sheds her hot and motion-restricting armor, saying to herself, between panting, "I gotta… get to the mountain… before those two guys… Immortality… here I come…"
The Emperor's men successfully hide the Lunarian corpses and head back to the imperial palace. Riding his carriage, he says, staring at the distant Mount Fuji, "This is all I can do for you Kaguya. Good luck, wherever you are right now…"
Meanwhile, Kaguya and Eirin dash through the bamboo forest, holding hands, guided only by the source of what they currently dread the most: the full moon. Eirin notices something and pauses, soon followed by Kaguya, "What's wrong, Eirin?"
Eirin notices several things falling from the moon, which disperse in various directions. She observes the path of the objects and notice that they are landing around the outer edge of the forest, from all directions, "No!"
"I just noticed Lunarians descending from the moon and they landed as to surround this forest and close in on us!"
Kaguya tightly closes her eyes, "Oh no!"
Eirin thinks over various ways to escape their current predicament, "There is no way we can make it out of this forest before one of them notices… We can try to pick them off, one-by-one, but Lunarian search parties consist entirely of moon rabbits. If one sees us, it will contact the others…" Eirin can't find any decent way out of their situation, "Damn… We're completely trapped! I'm sorry, Kaguya-hime…"
"Fufufu~ Clearly, you haven't thought of MY way…" In front of them, a portal opens up and a girl with golden hair and eyes, wearing a white dress and cap climbs out.
Both Kaguya and Eirin are surprised by what they just saw. "How did you do that? What are you?" asks Eirin.
"Your way out of your current bind," answers the girl, "That is, if you'll accept my help."
Kaguya observes, "The color of your hair and the way you dress… You are not from around here, obviously."
"I think that was obvious by the rip in time-space I created."
"What are you going to do?" asks Eirin.
"Get the two of you out of here," answers the girl, "I will take you to another realm, parallel to this one, where I'm sure a couple immortals like you will fit in better."
"I'm not too positive in the use of such a means," says Kaguya, "Lunarians have technology that can phase between both earthly and celestial realms with just the push of a button!"
The girl covers her mouth as she gasps in surprise, "Is that so? And here I was so proud of my power. You Lunarians are truly something else. Still my offer stands."
Eirin advises Kaguya, "I think it will be an effective escape. The Lunarians won't suspect that we left this realm, especially since it's technologically inferior."
"I see… So where are you taking us?"
The girl answers, "Gensokyo! A land of magic and wonder! A place of infinite possibilities and people. Just watch out for youkai that would want to eat you!"
Kaguya shrugs her shoulders, "Well it sounds better than this, anyway…" They hear the faint sound of several people approaching from all different directions as twigs snap beneath their shoes. "We accept! May I ask your name?"
The girl answers, "Yukari. Yukari Yakumo." Yukari opens a portal, "Hop in. By the way, I have no intention of bringing you back here. Is this really okay?"
Kaguya pauses, then answers, "Yes. Get us out of here!"
"Very well…" Kaguya and Eirin jump into the portal, never to be seen in this world again. Yukari looks around and says, "Well, Gensokyo will certainly be more interesting now. Fufufu~" Yukari jumps into the portal and it vanishes.
Hours later, at the summit of Mount Fuji, and the edge of the pit leading down to boiling magma, Mokou, who had made it there first, intercepts the two samurai, "Why, hello there! What may you two strapping gentlemen be doing here this late at night?"
One of the samurai responds, "I'd ask the same to you, girl. We're on an important mission to dispose of something."
Mokou asks, "May it be an elixir that grants eternal life?"
The other samurai draws his katana, "How did you know that?"
Mokou casually answers, "Oh, I have my ways, and I must say that I'm quite interested in its effects, so if the emperor doesn't want it, then I'll take it, thank you very much."
"It's not meant for humans! We will not let you have it."
"Don't make me do this the hard way…" Flames erupt from Mokou's entire body, surprising the samurai.
"Wh-what the hell are you?" Both samurai charge at Mokou.
"A soon-to-be-immortal flame-girl!" Mokou releases two streams of fire, which burn through the samurai, killing them instantly. She closes her eyes in slight regret, "Sorry. It didn't have to come to this… but still, my mission continues…" Mokou's flames subside, turning to smoke, which rises high into the air.
From his palace, the Emperor sees the smoke from Mokou's flame rise from Mount Fuji, "So it is done…"
Mokou searches the two bodies and finds the elixir. She drinks it whole and feels different right away, "Amazing! This feeling is so amazing! So with this, I won't die. Perhaps it's for the best. I wouldn't want to face father after realizing my conviction. Speaking of which… Kaguya, here I come!"
Mokou embarked on her search for Kaguya, but found no one. Eventually, she finds herself traveling all over the known world, how many years have passed, she lost count. The periods of time which felt like eternities now felt like minutes. The world around her evolved, but she herself had not changed in the least, eternally in the form of an 18-year-old girl. She is unable to fit in among others, due to her immortality and flame manipulation powers, representing two abnormalities upon the world
Eventually, after a very long and fruitless journey, Mokou find herself back in Japan, in the middle of a windy barley field with the sun setting in the distance. She slumps to her knees, feeling defeated, "Damn it… Where is she? Where is… she…?" Mokou suddenly forgets who she was after, but her memory shortly catches up, "Oh yeah, Kaguya. Why haven't I found her yet… Shit, I don't even know what she looks like, but… after all this time… how is it possible for her to hide from me like this?"
Suddenly, like what happened to Kaguya and Eirin on that fateful night, a portal opens in front of Mokou and Yukari emerges from it, "Hello there. It looks like you've seen better days…"
Mokou, too absorbed in her own thoughts to truly appreciate the unusual occurrence right in front of her, responds, "Yeah… you're absolutely right. Before she intervened, I was so happy… Why did this happen? Does God hate me that much?"
"I don't know. I'd say He loves you more than you think since I'm here now. I've watched you for awhile and I think you are interesting. You are after someone named Kaguya Houraisan, right?"
Yukari's words catch Mokou's undivided attention, "What? You know her? Where is she?"
"Happily living beyond this world," answers Yukari.
"What does that mean?"
"This world has various realms parallel to this one. This is just one of hundreds of possibilities. I personally took Kaguya to another."
Mokou jumps to her feet, feeling she regained her purpose, "Please! Take me there too!"
"That was the plan," says Yukari, "The simple fact that you are an immortal that controls fire is reason enough. You don't belong in this world. Still, are you sure you want to leave here? I don't plan to take you back."
"Yes, I want to leave! Take me from this world! I'm tired of being here!"
"Okay, says Yukari, "I'm sure you'll like where you are going. You are bound to fit in much better. Heck, I'm sort of… against humans right now, but I have no problem with you. You remind me more of a youkai, like myself."
"I don't care what you are or where we are going," says Mokou, "As long as Kaguya lives there, I'm satisfied!"
Yukari points to the portal she emerged from, "Hop on in, then. Your new home awaits!"
"Here I come, Kaguya! You will no longer escape!" Mokou jumps into the portal, followed by Yukari. They emerge on the outskirts of a bamboo forest.
"It's in here that your… adversary lives…" says Yukari, "She made her home in a huge castle there. Have your fun, for this is where we part ways."
"Thank you," says Mokou gratefully. With that, she runs into the forest.
Yukari watches her, A rare human, but interesting. Still, not as interesting as… Yukari sighs, It won't be too much longer now. Just wait a little longer for me, Yuko…
After a long trek, Mokou finally arrives at a colossal castle in the middle of the forest, "So this is it? This is where Kaguya resides. Finally…"
Mokou enters the castle. She is welcomed by floppy eared rabbit-girls, who try to stop her, but to no avail. She finally reaches the castle's inner sanctum, where she sees Kaguya and Eirin, "Are you the one named Kaguya Houraisan?"
"I am," answers Kaguya.
Without another word, Mokou extends her arm and sends a wave of fire at Kaguya, "AHHHHHHHHHHHH!"
"Kaguya-hime!" yells Eirin.
Kaguya, enduring her pain, demands, "What… are you doing? Why did you…?"
"That was for my father, one of your suitors…"
"'Suitors?'" asks Kaguya, "That means you are from…"
"That's right! He had true feelings for you… and now he's dead because of it! I will have my revenge, no matter how many times it takes!"
Eirin volunteers, "Kaguya-hime, allow me to take care of our guest."
"It's fine…" mutters Kaguya, rising to her feet, "I can deal with her myself…" A transparent blade forms around her hand, "Come and try me!"
"Oh, I am going to enjoy this…" Mokou's entire body ignites. The two rivals charge at each other, however, the attacks end in a draw. Mokou sent a blast of fire tearing through Kaguya's lower chest and Mokou gets impaled in the same area by Kaguya's blade. Both dying, the two girls slump to their knees, their blood spreading across the wooden floor. Even though it's her first time feeling that type of pain, Mokou laughs, "Heh… That… felt good… I've wanted to do that… for such a long time…"
"This means nothing…" says Kaguya, "I'll only… come back to life…"
"You know that elixir you gave the Emperor? Well, he didn't want it, so I took it. I'm just like you… Immortal…"
"I see… So tell me… Now that you've gotten this out of your system, what are… you going to do now…?"
"This is just the beginning. I'll do this plenty more times. The never-ending battle of I, Fujiwara no Mokou, begins now…" Mokou, using her last ounce of energy leans over, bringing her face close to Kaguya's, "… and consider this… my eternal promise…" With that, she lightly presses her lips against Kaguya's.
"!" Kaguya, in complete surprise, uses her remaining stamina to push Mokou away from her.
Mokou laughs weakly, "Heh… heh… Word of your beauty got around fast… but looking at you like this… you're not that hot…"
Kaguya pouts and says, "Well, I'm sure you'll at least make things interesting around here…"
"Count on it…"
With that the two girls die, but at the same time, their lives are infinitely far from over.
An eternal rivalry begins…


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Traditional Algorithms
On the THIRD day of Math Review my teacher taught to me...
Traditional Algorithms
Place Value and Whole Numbers
And what the operations mean.
Add 35,748 + 17,026
Let's Check Homework!
Can you explain your steps?
Easy enough? Let's do it!
Write a real-world problem using 267 + 349.
Subtract 64,783-29,525
Be able to explain your steps.
Practice makes Perfect!
You know your facts, but can you use them??
Multiply 4 x 17
What method did you use?
Area Model
How about bigger numbers?
Fifth-graders do it. Think you're smarter than a fifth- grader?
This way works, but is it the fastest?
Let's try something else.
Easy-peasy, lemon-squeezy
That's fun, but what else?
Let's first use a picture to solve a problem... remember those arrays?
60 / 4 = ___
Now for Traditional!
Let's do this first one together
Now it's your turn!
Well done! You've made it to the top of the mountain!
Homework p. 81, 82, & 83
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Roman Catholic Church
| Pope - Pope Benedict XVI
College of Cardinals Ecumenical Councils Episcopal polity Latin Rite Eastern Catholic Churches
| History • Christianity
Catholicism • Apostolic Succession Four Marks of the Church Ten Commandments Crucifixion & Resurrection of Jesus Ascension • Assumption of Mary Criticism of Roman Catholicism
| Trinity (Father, Son, Holy Spirit)]]
Theology • Apologetics Divine Grace • Sacraments Purgatory • Salvation Original sin • Saints • Dogma Virgin Mary • Mariology Immaculate Conception of Mary
|Liturgy and Worship
| Roman Catholic Liturgy
Eucharist • Liturgy of the Hours Liturgical Year • Biblical Canon
|Roman • Armenian • Alexandrian
Sacraments at the service of communion
Holy Orders
Holy Orders is the sacrament by which a man is made a bishop, a priest, or a deacon, and thus dedicated to be an image of Christ. A bishop is the minister of this sacrament. Ordination as a bishop confers the fullness of the sacrament, making the bishop a member of the body of successors of the Apostles, and giving him the mission to teach, sanctify, and guide, along with the care of all the Churches. Ordination as a priest configures the priest to Christ the Head of the Church and the one essential High Priest, and conferring on him the power, as the bishops' assistant, to celebrate the sacraments and other liturgical acts, especially the Eucharist. Ordination as a deacon configures the deacon to Christ the Servant of All, placing him at the service of the bishop, especially in the Church's exercising of Christian charity towards the poor and preaching of the word of God.
Aspirants to the priesthood are required by canon law (canon 1032 of the Code of Canon Law) to go through a seminary program that includes, as well as graduate level philosophical and theological studies, a formation program that includes spiritual direction, retreats, apostolate experience, etc. The course of studies in preparation for ordination as a permanent deacon is decided by the episcopal conference concerned.
See also Catechism of the Catholic Church, 1536–1600
Matrimony, or Marriage, like Holy Orders, is a sacrament that consecrates for a particular mission in building up the Church, and that provides grace for accomplishing that mission. This sacrament, seen as a sign of the love uniting Christ and the Church, establishes between the spouses a permanent and exclusive bond, sealed by God. Accordingly, a marriage between baptized persons, validly entered into and consummated, cannot be dissolved. The sacrament confers on them the grace they need for attaining holiness in their married life and for responsible acceptance and upbringing of their children. As a condition for validity, the sacrament is celebrated in the presence of the local Ordinary or Parish Priest or of a cleric delegated by them (or in certain limited circumstances a lay person delegated by the diocesan Bishop with the approval of the Episcopal Conference and the permission of the Holy See) and at least two other witnesses,[1] though in the theological tradition of the Latin Church the ministers of the sacrament are the couple themselves. For a valid marriage, a man and a woman must express their conscious and free consent to a definitive self-giving to the other, excluding none of the essential properties and aims of marriage. If one of the two is a non-Catholic Christian, their marriage is licit only if the permission of the competent authority of the Catholic Church is obtained. If one of the two is not a Christian (i.e. has not been baptized), the competent authority's dispensation is necessary for validity.
See also Catechism of the Catholic Church, 1601–1666, and annulment (Catholic Church).
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I'd like to add network file system storage to my esxi box but the availbale store needs log on credetials to access it. can i configure with log on credetials? is this something that i have to do at the other end (i.e. the server that has the available storage)?
fyi...the storage server is a SCO UNIX server
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Aug 15, 2011 at 1:45 UTC
ESX(i) uses UID 0 (root) for NFS shares and you cannot change it
Can you grant the IP address of the Service Console and the vKernel used for NFS root access in the NFS export?
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Aug 15, 2011 at 1:47 UTC
VMware doesn't support kerberos (You have to use IP based authentication).
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