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Did you know?
Somerset East's famous Gill College is named after its 1st patron, a former district surgeon.
Tucked into the forested Boschberg Mountains of the Eastern Cape, the historic little town of Somerset East used to be a key agricultural food source for the newly-arrived 1820 Settlers.
The Cape governor at the time, Lord Charles Somerset, bought a farm below the Boschberg and for more than 10 years it supplied both the military and civilians of the area with livestock and victuals.
Part of that old farm is now one of the leading heritage assets around Somerset East. Glen Avon Farm, still owned by Settler descendants, has been carefully preserved and restored, offering accommodation, interesting walking trails and at least three good fly-fishing pools.
But if you want the low-down on local fishing conditions, drive into Somerset East and visit Alan Hobson of the Angler & Antelope Guest House. He knows all the great places to cast your fly and land a trout of note.
People visit Somerset East for many reasons. Firstly, it is replete with museums telling the story of times gone by in the Eastern Cape, which has seen no fewer than eight Frontier Wars. The main museum stands in the midst of a magnificent display of indigenous trees and rose gardens. Visitors quickly realise that Somerset East people are very proud of their roses.
The other museum you should visit is dedicated to Walter Battiss, one of South Africa's most original and eccentric artists. Lose yourself in his imaginary world of Fook Island and read about how Battiss depicted life and the universe using his art.
Ros Turner, the local tourism officer, will show you the Somerset East Heritage Trail, which takes in a series of churches, schools and private homes built nearly two centuries ago.
There are various walking trails on offer in and around the Boschberg Nature Reserve. And there's a very beautiful nine-hole golf course nearby.
Somerset East stages a successful Biltong Festival (mid-July), a Rose and Art Festival (mid-October), the Bruintjieshoogte Marathon (late April) and the Bruintjieshoogte Cycle Tour (end March) to the village of Pearston and back.
Travel tips & Planning info
Who to contact
Blue Crane Development Agency (Somerset East)
Tel: +27 (0) 42 243 0095
Email: email@example.com
Hobson's Choice Deli
Tel: +27 (0) 42 243 3440
Mobile: +27 (0) 82 375 4720
E-mail: email@example.com
How to get here
Somerset East lies on the R63 route, about 104km south of Cradock and 180km north-west of Port Elizabeth (about a two-hour drive). The best way to get there from Port Elizabeth is to drive north on the N10 and turn west towards Somerset East at Cookhouse.
Best time to visit
Cold winters and hot summers make Somerset East a good place to visit in the shoulder seasons of spring (April to May) and autumn (September to October).
Around the area
From Somerset East you can day-trip to Addo Elephant National Park or the towns of Graaff-Reinet, Cradock and Bedford.
Tours to do
Learn to catch a trout the proper way with fly-master Alan Hobson of the Angler & Antelope Guest House – see listed websites.
Get around
Getting to Somerset East might require you to hire a car, but once you're in town most of the local sights are within walking distance.
What will it cost
Accommodation in Somerset East is inexpensive. Expect to pay in the region of R250 – R350 per person per night, with breakfast around R70.
Length of stay
If you're on a quick visit to the area, then two nights in Somerset East would suffice. However, if you're a more leisurely traveller who wants to experience all the region has to offer, why not spend four nights?
What to pack
Pack for walks and general outdoor activities.
Where to stay
The listed websites have good accommodation options, ranging from farm stays to in-town guest houses.
What to eat
Try some slow food specialties at Hobson's Choice Deli in town – see Contacts.
What's happening
The two-day Biltong Festival happens in July. The Rose and Art Festival is in mid-October, the Bruintjieshoogte Marathon is in late April and the Bruintjieshoogte Cycle Tour is in March.
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Your friendly neighbourhood firefighter has the third-most-stressful job, according to work-stress survey conducted by Harris Interactive for Everest College in Ontario.
Running into burning buildings is very stressful, the study says. Also, the bursts of stress between lulls firefighters experience is more stressful than a steady stream of stress, it says.
"It doesn't surprise me at all," said Alex Forrest, president of United Fire Fighters of Winnipeg, Local 867. "That's why post-traumatic stress disorder is common among firefighters, police officers and emergency-service workers," Forrest said.
There's also a high rate of heart disease and heart attacks among firefighters, he said.
"Every time you're in a fire hall and get an alarm, your level of stress goes up, and your adrenaline fight-or-flight reaction."
Military personnel in the front lines have the most stressful jobs, followed by the military generals who send soldiers to the front, according to the survey.
Fourth on the stress list is a commercial airline pilot, who must bear the responsibility of so many people's lives every time a plane takes off and lands.
Fifth is a public relations executive. Part of the problem is public relations "is a very thankless job," the study said.
The survey used 11 criteria to determine stress including physical danger, how much work is in the public eye, and having responsibility for other people's lives.

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Describe your very first job and what lessons you learned from it.
I was a bike mechanic at Swiss American Bicycles. I learned how to work for a boss who was demanding about service quality, timeliness and doing things right. When I was 14, I thought he was overbearing and too hard on me and others. Now, 24 years later, I realize he helped feed an insatiable desire to do excellent work.
Describe your first job in your industry and what you learned from it.
I was a personnel manager at El Dorado of Sun City. I learned that HR and managers can have too many rules, and that if management creates a culture where people are empowered they can accomplish great things.
What were your salaries at both of these jobs?
(Swiss American Bicycles) $3.35 an hour; (El Dorado of Sun City) $21,500 a year.
Who is your biggest mentor and what role did they play?
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Biotechnology might be the next big thing, but if you find it boring, don't bother. One of the best predictors of success in a field is your passion for it. Good engineers of any type are usually in demand; mediocre ones are rarely in demand. What interests you?
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Hi Julie,
Hard to say for sure without clearer pictures.
But am I right in seeing some ginger colouring around the edges of the thorax? The shiny exoskeleton is showing through on the centre of the thorax indicating hair has been lost. The bee is undoubtably female so my guess is that this is an older/worn worker/female B hypnorum where the ginger hairs of the thorax have worn off. This would make sense with the visible white tail and black abdomen.
Hi Vicbee, thanks for the reply and sorry about the blurred image. Yes, there is a narrow band of dark ginger colouring around the back of the thorax. Your suggestion does make sense, as there were a few hypnorums visiting the same patch of garden earlier in the month.
Hi Vicbee and also Julie,
I also think this bee is very dark B. hypnorum.
There is considerable variation in Thorax colour within this species;.
Chocolate brown rather than ginger-brown is common in my area; and some bees look almost black except for the tail.
A few days ago I was watching the BBs working a big patch of Chive flowers and realised there was an oddity amongst the B. lapidarius (Red Tailed BB) workers that were racing around feeding fast.
This odd one was all black but had a white tail and initially I wondered if it could have been a very sun-bleached lapidarius. Then on closer inspection I realised that the thorax fur had a very dark brown cast to it, so it must have been a B. hypnorum.
I think I took some photos, but haven't downloaded any yet.
If I can find a useful photo, I'll add it here later.
Yours Clive
Hi Clive, and thanks for the info, I didn't know that there could be very dark tree bees. I've seen a lot of hypnorums around, with the bright ginger thoraxes, but they stopped visiting this particular patch around the middle of June - still seeing them in another garden about 4 miles away though.
There were 5 or 6 of these little black bees this morning, feeding on the comfrey alongside common carders and the normal yellow-striped hortorums. Unfortunately they were very camera shy, I might have got one or two useful photos, if so will share later. With the naked eye, they looked to have short black or very dark brown hair all over the thorax (ie the hair has not been rubbed away), with a band of dark gingery-brown where the thorax and abdomen meet. I've read that hypnorums have short faces and hortorums long - so if I managed to get a clear image that included the face, would that decide it, do you think? Or does the white tail and/or hint of ginger mean it's definitely not a melanic hortorum?
thanks again,
Hi Julie,
Another pointer which might be useful is that B. hypnorum bees tend to work Comfrey flowers by entry from the bottom of the flower, as do B. pratorum, pascuorum and hortorum.
B. lucorum and terrestris and honey bees work the flowers by floral larceny - through holes bitten through the petals just down form the top.
Face shape will be a decider, since with hortorum it is noticeably long and horse-like.


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And, the hits keep on coming …
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GM Omar Minaya said Moises Alou had a CT scan that "showed something." That something, Minaya said, could be a fracture. He'll be in NY tomorrow for a MRI. A show of hands from anybody not surprised by this.
And Brian Schneider will be in the hospital another day.
And, finally, the hits kept coming in the game, too. The Mets scored in five innings to beat the Braves.
IN A NUTSHELL, Mets 6, Atlanta 3
Two games in a row the offense has clicked.
Willie Randolph on Carlos Delgado: "I said he'll have a good year. Hopefully, this is a start for him."
Ryan Church on his catch against the wall: "I felt I had a chance for it. It was up there high enough."
Carlos Delgado on not taking a curtain call: "I have a great deal of respect for the game. I didn't think it was the right situation for it."
1ST INNING: Jose Reyes doubles and took third on a grounder. That put him in position to score on a wild pitch. We've been waiting for that Reyes. Mets 1, Atlanta 0.
2ND INNING: Raul Casanova homers, but they miss a chance to break the game open when David Wright leaves the bases loaded. Mets 3, Atlanta 0.
3RD INNING: Carlos Delgado is loved again … at least for one more day. Mets 4, Atlanta 0.
6TH INNING: They stick with Nelson Figueroa too long, but Wright gets a run back. Mets 5, Atlanta 3.
9TH INNING: Billy Wagner gets his sixth save. Mets 6, Atlanta 3.
–Alou will have exam tomorrow to see if he has fracture in left ankle.
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2 November 1944 - 7 May 1945 — Europe
"Colonel Carroll H. DEITRICK (ASN O-14796), Ordnance Department, United States Army, for meritorious service in connection with military operations, as Chief, Ammunition Supply Division, Office of the Chief Ordnance Officer, European Theater of Operations, from 2 November 1944 to 7 May 1945. Colonel DEITRICK was instrumental in determining Armies' needs for certain types of artillery ammunition, presenting these needs to the War Department, assisting in securing expedited shipments thereof from the United States production lines to the European Theater, and in establishing a system to provide Theater headquarters and Army Group with periodic information enabling them to gear tactical offensive operations to the available supply of ammunition with certainty and maximum effectiveness. Colonel DEITRICK's accomplishments reflect high credit upon himself and the armed forces of the United States. Entered military service from Pennsylvania."


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Cruci/Section: My Baby Was Cut Out with a Knife
by Leilah McCracken
© 2001 Midwifery Today, Inc. All rights reserved.
[Editor's note: This article first appeared in Midwifery Today Issue 57, Spring 2001.]
Trying to write about the c-section I had 10 years ago with my second child is difficult. The absolute horror of it all keeps me wanting to remain in quiet hums of normalcy and disinterest, instead of having to relive the pain, the sadness of it—all over again.
It still hurts to know that I was cut like that, seen like that. I think back to how I must have looked to all those people in the OR—strapped on my back with a mask over my face, and wires, tubes, cuffs, needles all over me, all within me... my eyes half-lidded as the slice is made, the slice I can still touch with my hand as a bumpy, ugly white scar. My belly was cut open... the blood that seeped from this wound being my perpetual tears at a birth lost irrevocably to doctors. Birth is not supposed to be a rape like this, a cut in the belly, a bleeding from the veins and heart forever.
I can see in my mind the layers of fat muscle and tissue that were held open by clamps while my precious baby was pulled out of me by his bum. My little Henry was a frank breech presentation. They told me he was a transverse lie, which was why I consented to the section in the first place.
Consented. What a foul joke that is. Would I have consented if I knew how terribly dangerous c-sections really are? For both of us? For my future babies too? Would I have consented if they had been truthful about his position? It was only years later when I ordered my hospital records at the urging of a midwife that I learned the truth.
Lying there, raped and drugged out of my mind, I could feel his body being pulled from mine. "I could feel it!" I exclaimed. Everyone was frightened; they thought the anesthetic had worn off. But the anesthesiologist only smiled. He said, "I like to leave a bit of sensation for the mothers at birth." What a bloody gentleman. Don't mind me swearing. My belly was cut open.... I should have sworn about it back then, and not invited them into my core being like the nice little sycophant I was at the time. I even tried to thank the obstetrician, but he was too impatient to hear my drugged slurs on his way out of the operating room.
But I had victories. There were two. One—I breastfed Henry in the recovery room. Yes! I insisted on feeding him with my body and not tubes. Everyone was amazed, not ever having seen such a thing. My poor baby was so grateful for this; I remember him—he knew just what to do, though I couldn't roll to him without being rolled over by someone, and I was afraid my belly would fall open and my guts would fall out. The light was blinding white and the room's smell was of antiseptic, and my nipples were hiding from the nurses' cold eyes—but still my baby got the breast. Still my baby got the breast... it was a victory.
Victory number two—I refused another drop, another tablet, another lung full of drugs after the section. I remember shaking like a leaf from the morphine—uncontrollable, unstoppable—a quaking nausea of quivering. A nurse came in to give me a drug to make me stop shaking. I said, "No more drugs." I made the shaking stop on my own. The nurse stared at me with wide-eyed incredulity. I said again—"no more drugs."
Then came the aftereffects of the cesarean. For days I was a bedridden and catheterized invalid; I had terrible pain in my belly and uterus, and gas pains ripped sickly through my savaged abdomen, forbidding sleep and the passage of stools. I could barely move to care for my new baby, and the staff people were too busy to even change his diaper. I couldn't stand up straight for weeks afterwards, and was too exhausted to care properly for my baby or his older sister. For months I would see pregnant women and feel the awful pain again—I would see them, so wide-eyed and innocent, and feel bleak fear drip to my boots in dread of their births to come. My god... my belly was stapled shut. Does anyone have any idea what it feels like to know that someone actually took a staple gun to my body?
For years after the section when I would hear the song "Scarborough Fair" by Simon and Garfunkel I would cry. I never knew why. Whenever I would hear it, I would look at Henry—and something about the sadness, the longing of the song would just make me weep. Henry came to know it as my crying song.
One day, a few months after the gloriously healing homebirth of my sixth, I listened to the song... and I looked at Henry... and I finally understood why it made me cry. And god I was so, so sorry that our birth was so terrible for us. I said to him, "I didn't know better." And he said, "It's OK mom." But how could it be... they lied to me, cut me, hurt him, scarred our sacred, precious time. I wrote a poem on the day I understood why the song made me cry—I called it "Cut."
No apology, no remorse from me will bring his birth back. It's gone. I even thought in the months before the homebirth of my seventh that I could somehow give birth to Henry again. I thought that if he was standing by my side at the new baby's birth, we could both feel his birth as new... but no. There is no going back. He didn't even wake up for the birth.
Every baby has only one chance to be born. Women, stay home to give birth. Know that you are safest where no one is waiting to cut you or drug you. Learn all you can about the true nature of childbirth, and how dangerous the typical hospital birth really is. I would now give birth in a cave before I would be in the "finest" hospital in the land.
Midwives—help women give birth in ways that celebrate sanctity and intactness. Trust in women's bodies; trust in babies' instincts to get born in the gentlest, safest ways possible. Trust in birth—as spirit, as life force, as biological obviousness. Trust in a process that exists in women today because it has been so perfect for eons; women are here, now, because they came from so many who, since the beginning of time, were able to give birth just fine.
Doctors—know that when you take from women, you take from yourself. Take from babies and you remove even more. Your soul is increasingly bankrupted by your role in the death of precious, sacred birth. The spirit of birth is just as real as an IV tube. Stop offering up surgeries as some twisted idea of "choice." Making bland and digestible the absolute horror of a cesarean section is the true madness of our times. It takes humility and a certain kind of decency to honor the importance of the birth rite of passage. And no matter how much surgery physicians do to avoid litigation, the litigation continues. Perhaps it's time to stop and reassess the cesarean strategy.
In my book I call my cesarean section my cruci/section—and that is my experience. A nailing to a cross—held down by straps and tubes—and a cut to the core that can kill. The depth of pain that operative delivery brings is as long as a lifetime; and I will always regret my ignorance, my naive trust in my doctors and my shallow hope for their humane treatment of me, and of my baby.
Leilah McCracken is a contributing writer to The Birthkit and the author of the book Resexualizing Childbirth. For more information on the book, go to her Web site, Birth Love.
Resexualizing Childbirth, by Leilah McCracken, 2000. (Virtual Xpressions.com, 1416 Winslow Ave., Ciquitlam, B.C. Canada V3J 2G6, http://www.birthlove.com. $19.95 US (plus $5 for S&H), or $29.95 Cdn. (plus $7 S&H). 194 pages, spiral bound).
When Leilah McCracken says "My body, my birth," she means it. This fiery mom who endured several Western-style births at their worst, at last experienced a homebirth that not only empowered her as a woman and a mother, but as a non-stop fiercely passionate advocate for realbirth, unviolated babies, and women as whole, sexual, primal, richly wise beings. This remarkable collection of her essays is nothing short of fecund—that is, bursting with life, rhythm, energy, possibilities, passion. She manages to be both reverent and irreverent in all the right places, using rich language and pelvis-forward, hands-on-hips energy to tell the truth and goad readers to speak their own.
Leilah talks about birth, breastfeeding, sex, rape, love, midwives, fathers, intolerance and spirit. This is Woman Unabashed, Woman Claiming Herself and Birth, Woman Standing Tall and Saying, Listen to Me! This book is empowerment at it best, and it should be in the hands of every woman on Earth whether they can stand the truth or not, whether they are shy or already strong, whether they are coming of age or in their crone years. As Leilah says, "It is in our destiny to flower full and female in birth and in love; it is our calling to be powerful and free."
—Cher Mikkola, editor of Midwifery Today E-News.
How do we mourn the loss of our babies? How do we mourn the loss of our births? A part of us dies when our births are gone—a part of us dies when it's been taken away.
My baby was sliced out of me like a fish with her guts ripped out my belly was opened like a side of cow—my baby was robbed from me pink and new, my belly's insides were pink and raw—I couldn't touch my blood or lick my wound... my arms were strapped away from me and I couldn't see my baby or hold him—
my baby is gone forever—I have the baby they gave me and I love him so much—but he's not my birth baby—and I'm so sorry, baby, for all that they did to us... I want to give birth to you again but I don't know how—you'll think I'm silly for crying so much about something you don't remember—but my belly was opened, and my veins were opened, and no one thinks it's a big deal but me—
your Daddy thinks it's no big deal to anyone but me... he says you were born and that's good enough—but my belly was cut open and my veins were stabbed open and my arms were strapped away from me and my cries went unnoticed and my baby wasn't mine to hold—
he was held by the doctors and then by his Daddy and they all condone this type of treatment—my Henry, baby of my dreams, I never knew your loveliest of births—I never knew my Henry coming out of me, falling down into my hands—I never knew my birth blood and fluids—I knew Pain.
My baby was cut out of me—part of me died with the knife—and part of me will always be bleeding, and crying, and dying—because my baby was cut out with a knife.
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - The Duval County School Board discussed its search for a new superintendent at a workshop meeting Tuesday.
Board members will not travel to the hometowns of the three finalists as initially thought, but will bring them back to Jacksonville for one more round of interviews Sept. 24.
The vote for the next superintendent is tentatively scheduled for Sept 25.
School Board Chairwoman Betty Burney said the process has been going well.
"We have engaged every facet of the public," Burney said. "If there is anyone in the public who says that they have not been engaged, then I don't know what else we could do."
Last month, the board narrowed the field to Kriner Cash, superintendent of Memphis, Tenn., School District; Dale Robbins, associate superintendent of the Gwinnett, Ga., School District; and Nikolai Vitti, an assistant superintendent with Miami-Dade schools.
During an all-day workshop, board members asked the same questions of each candidate. The questions included leadership style, experience making unpopular decisions and how they would take the school district to the next level.
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In Ireland, Judaism has left its 3rd place, in terms of population, to Islam. Among the reasons of Islam's getting forward is rapid prevalence of Islam, as well as Jewish migration to Israel from Ireland. The number of Muslims in the country has reached 35,000. The region, which used to look like a little Jerusalem includes a Muslim society now.
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Perfect Risotto | Serious Eats
1 1/2 cups (about 400 gram) risotto-style rice (see note)
1 L low-sodium chicken broth
1 cup white wine (optional—can be replaced with extra broth)
2 tablespoons butter (plus more for finishing if desired)
2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
2 medium cloves garlic, grated on a microplane grater (about 2 teaspoons)
2 small shallots, finely minced (about 2 tablespoons)
3/4 cup heavy cream, whipped to stiff peaks
3 ounces finely grated parmesan
Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper
Chopped herbs or other garnishes, as desired
- Combine rice, chicken stock, and wine in a large bowl.
Agitate rice with fingers or a whisk to release starch.
Strain through a fine mesh strainer set in a 2-quart liquid cup measure or other large bowl.
Allow to drain five minutes, stirring rice occasionally.
- Heat butter and oil in a heavy 12-inch skillet over medium-high heat until foaming subsides.
Add rice and cook, stirring and tossing frequently until all liquid is evaporated, fat is bubbling, and rice has begun to take on a golden blond color and nutty aroma, about 5 minutes.
Add garlic and shallots and continue to cook, stirring frequently until aromatic, about 1 minute.
Give reserved broth a good stir and pour all but one cup over the rice.
Increase heat to high and heat until simmering.
Stir rice once, cover, and reduce heat to lowest possible setting.
- Cook rice for ten minutes undisturbed.
Stir once, shake pan gently to redistribute rice, cover, and continue cooking until liquid is mostly absorbed and rice is tender with just a faint bite, about 10 minutes longer.
- Remove lid and add final cup of liquid.
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Sobekhotep wrote:Hey, imbecilica, how would you feel about a Cyrillic alphabet for writing Vietnamese? I think Cyrillic looks more "exotic" than Latin.
I actually don't mind the current writing system, be it that it may look horrendous still it does its job quite well. Here is how the Vietnamese language has been written through time:
Chữ Khoa Dầu (? > ?)
Ancient Script of the Vietnamese language, these have been found on stone etchings and on bronze drums and other artefacts. Little information is available but from a documentary I watched it is described as "frog-like etchings and bubbly-looking", it seems likely to have been related to the other Brahmic style scripts of Laotian, Thai, Khmer etc (no surprise considering location).
Chữ Hán (Hán Tự) (~39 BC > ~1939 AD)
When the Chinese annexed what is now northern Vietnam into its empire, all official documents were written in Classical Chinese. It is undeniable how influential Chinese language and culture has been on Vietnamese culture and language.
Chữ Nôm (~1000 AD > ~1939 AD)
While Classical Chinese was the official writing system employed by the elites, and because the Vietnamese language did not "die out", native words had to also be written down. One way or another, this gave birth to Chữ Nôm (Vernacular Script). It was used alongside native Chinese characters to record native Vietnamese words.
Chữ Quốc Ngữ (~1600 AD > present)
When European missionaries (mainly French and Portuguese) started arriving in Vietnam during the 1600s, they required a script in order to record the language with. The man accredited with the creation of Chữ Quốc Ngư (National Script) was Alexandre de Rhodes. Though at first it didn't acquire much success, it became the national script during the French colonialisation of Vietnam (~1880 > 1954) as both a means to dissuade Chinese influence and later onwards as a tool to increase literacy rates which augmented significantly.
Anyways, though I think Vietnamese writing is fine the way it is, it would be nice to see how it would look. The problem would be how to add the tone markings.


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LAKELAND, Fla. – The No.18-ranked Saint Leo men's tennis team (16-5) turned a 2-1 doubles deficit into a 5-2 defeat of the Florida Southern College Moccasins, Thursday afternoon from the Beerman Tennis Complex in Lakeland, Fla. The win advances Saint Leo to the semifinal round of the Sunshine State Conference Championships.
The Lions got off to a flying start at doubles as the No.8-ranked tandem of Matt Nicholson-Lewis and Victor Lozier controlled their match with the Mocs' top pair, 8-5. However, Florida Southern returned the favor with a pair of 8-5 decisions at two and three doubles to claim the lead, 2-1.
However, Saint Leo rallied-off four consecutive singles wins to complete the come-from-behind win.
Antonine Raffaelli started the push forward as he defeated Jorge Gutierrez in consecutive sets, 6-1, 6-1, at No.6 doubles. Jacobo Gonzalez-Tarrio gave the Lions the lead at four-flight as he bounced Nathan Leavtt in straight-sets, 6-0, 6-2.
Matt Nicholson-Lewis, ranked No.33 in the country, conquered Emanuel Lueber, 6-0, 6-4, while Aloua Adjenak completed the victory as he came from a set down to overthrow Benoit Paradis, 2-6, 6-1, 6-1.
The Lions have now won a record three-straight wins over the rival Mocs.
The Lions win earns them a spot in the semifinals against top-seeded and No.3-ranked Lynn University. Doubles is set to begin at 9 a.m. from the Beerman Tennis Center in Lakeland, Fla.
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Dear CC Family,
We are new and while we are very sad to join this family, we are also overwhelmed by the encouraging support shared within the group and the amazing amount of information concerning treatment options. This is our first post and I'm not really sure where to start.
Our son, Jeff, was diagnosed with CC on 8/11/12. Jeff is developmentally disabled (although he is very high functioning) and lives at home with us (Mom & Dad). He is 36 years old, works full time and is very involved with Special Olympics.
Our CC saga started when Jeff developed jaundice rather quickly and blood work showed his liver functions were off the chart. Within the week he had an ultrasound and CT Scan that showed a mass in his liver and a blockage in his bile duct. He had an ERCP with a stint placement in the common bile duct which relieved the jaundice. He also had an MRI which confirmed the diagnosis.
We were referred to a liver surgeon (Dr. Busuttil) and oncologist (Dr. Sadeghi) at UCLA. His liver biopsy confirmed CC. We were getting ready for liver surgery when the oncologist ordered a CT Scan of the lungs/chest which showed a surprise mass in the lung. We then went through another round of tests which ended with a biopsy of the lung mass. This confirmed that the tumors were related. While it remains difficult for the doctors to know with absolute certainty where the genesis is, the prevailing opinion and diagnosis remains CC. Essentially, this is where we are at the present time.
Our oncologist is making another pitch to the surgeons (TODAY) for the possibility of surgery as a viable treatment option. Unfortunately now, with another mass in the lungs, Jeff's condition is now a lot more complicated. Surgery, if it even is a viable option, will now involve a thoracic surgeon for the lung mass and a liver surgeon for the mass in the liver. The odds are against surgery as an option, but we are waiting to find out for sure where we stand. We are preparing ourselves for a firm "NO" with respect to the surgical option. We anticipate that chemo will begin this week or the beginning of next week. I don't know or remember the names of the drugs.
Over the years, Jeff has had more than his share of medical issues and challenges and has overcome them or found ways to compensate for them while maintaining his happy, sunny, never-complaining and stoic disposition. (If attitude alone could cure, Jeff's tumors would be gone.) I can't count the times where doctors or nurses have told Jeff "I wish all my patients were like you, Jeff".
Faith has always been important to our family and we continue to pray for a miracle. Please join us in praying for my son.
Please share your experiences with us. We know the road ahead is going to be a bumpy one. Any advice, words of wisdom or insight as to what lies ahead will be deeply appreciated.
Bob & Nancy (Jeff's Mom & Dad)


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Two high school softball coaches in East Texas are accused of maliciously outing a sophomore player as a lesbian to her mother, then kicking her off the team.
And Kilgore Independent School District officials are accused of defending the coaches' actions by arguing that they were "legally obligated" to disclose the girl's sexual orientation to her parents.
The student, identified as S.W., and her mother have filed a federal lawsuit against the coaches, the school district, and an assistant athletic director, accusing them of violating her privacy. The student and her mother are represented by the Austin-based Texas Civil Rights Project in the lawsuit filed Dec. 20 in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas.
The lawsuit alleges that the two coaches at Kilgore High School, Rhonda Fletcher and Cassandra Newell, locked S.W. in a locker room in March 2009 and threatened and interrogated her. The coaches allegedly were angry because S.W. was dating a girl whom Newell may have previously dated.
"Fletcher asked S.W. if she was gay, and accused her of having a sexual relationship with another girl. She also claimed that S.W. was spreading gossip about this other girl being 'Coach Newell's girlfriend,'" the lawsuit states. "The girl to whom Fletcher was referring had interacted with Newell at a number of school events. At the time of Fletcher and Newell's confrontation, S.W. was dating that girl."


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Numerous medical disorders, including obstructive sleep apnea, may cause nocturnal diaphoresis. Previous work has associated severe obstructive sleep apnea with nocturnal diaphoresis. This case report is of import as our patient with severe nocturnal diaphoresis manifested only mild sleep apnea, and, for years, his nocturnal diaphoresis was ascribed to other causes, i.e., first prostate cancer and then follicular B-cell lymphoma. Additionally, it was the nocturnal diaphoresis and not more common symptoms of obstructive sleep apnea, such as snoring, that led to the definitive diagnosis of his sleep apnea and then to treatment with a gratifying resolution of his onerous symptom.
Vorona RD; Szklo-Coxe M; Fleming M; Ware JC. Nocturnal diaphoresis secondary to mild obstructive sleep apnea in a patient with a history of two malignancies. J Clin Sleep Med 2013;9(7):717-719.
Diverse medical disorders including malignancies, infections, and endocrine abnormalities have been associated with nocturnal diaphoresis.1 Nocturnal diaphoresis may occur in obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS).2 Nevertheless, research has been limited and findings mixed.3,4 One study found night sweats to be associated with snoring and sleepiness but not apnea-hypopnea index (AHI).3 Excessive nocturnal sweating occurred in 34% of patients with severe OSAS ([AHI] = 52).4 Our case is instructive as our patient's severe nocturnal diaphoresis occurred with mild OSAS and was not clearly connected to his two malignancies.
A 67-year-old male first manifested diaphoresis in 2002 following a radical prostatectomy for T2N0MX prostate cancer. His clinicians reassured him that diaphoresis, common after surgery, should resolve.
It worsened; the patient often soaked through clothing and slept on a towel. Endocrine evaluation was negative. A negative QFT Gold Test for tuberculosis, negative HIV test, normal erythrocyte sedimentation rate test (1), and normal testosterone level (444) were obtained in 2010. However, follicular B-cell lymphoma was diagnosed (1/2011) and thought the likely cause of profuse, almost nightly sweats. The Rituximab treatment for lymphoma (3/2011) did not improve his diaphoresis. The patient's oncologist recommended sleep medicine consultation.
The patient presented 6/2011 to sleep medicine with a chief complaint of "severe night sweats that have gotten progressively worse over the last 12 months." Sweating was most apparent 02:30 until 04:00. His registered nurse wife noted infrequent snoring and pauses in respiration. He denied restless sleep. Ep-worth Sleepiness Scale score was normal (5), though he felt tired upon arising after 7-8 hours in bed. He used minimal alcohol and no caffeine. He ceased smoking cigarettes in 1975 and reported a comfortable bedroom temperature.
Past medical history: Prostate cancer history (treated first with surgery, then with radiation therapy in 2006 for micro-metastatic disease), follicular B-cell lymphoma, radiation cystitis, coronary heart disease, supraventricular and ventricular dysrhythmias (dronederone previously stopped given concerns it contributed to diaphoresis), pacemaker implantation, adenomatous colon polyps with dysplasia, pneumonia, previous left upper extremity thrombophlebitis, gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), Barrett's esophagus, and distant tonsillectomy history.
Medications (at time of initial sleep center visit) included clopidogrel, niacin, atorvastatin, aspirin, flecainide, pantoprazole, lubiprostone, glucosamine/chondroitin, and fish oil.
Review of systems demonstrated no recent change in weight, no history of diabetes mellitus or thyroid disease, and some difficulties with memory and concentration.
Exam demonstrated a tall, slender male with normal respiratory rate and pulse. Upper airway exam revealed no frank anterior septal deviation. He had a large tongue, borderline class III malocclusion, Mallampati IV, retrognathia, and 15-inch neck circumference. Neck exam revealed normal thyroid, and no cervical, supraclavicular, or axillary adenopathy. Cardiopulmo-nary exam: normal lung sounds and heart tones, and a pacemaker. There was no cyanosis, clubbing, or edema.
The patient's diagnostic and continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) polysomnographic data are presented in Table 1. By numeric indices, the patient's diagnostic study manifested mild apnea that was more pronounced in stage R sleep. Pre and post blood pressures were normal at 109/67 and 104/64, respectively. Esophageal pressure monitoring and ambulatory blood pressure monitoring were not done as part of the patient's clinical evaluation.
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The CPAP titration study revealed control of the patient's apnea and improved oxygen nadir. Blood pressures pre and post study, respectively, were again normal at 101/63 and 99/57. In neither study was there evidence for other sleep pathology such as periodic limb movements of sleep.
The patient began CPAP at 9 cwp. At 1-month follow-up, he noted near-disappearance of nocturnal diaphoresis. Diaphoresis had taken a few days after CPAP initiation to dissipate. Medications including niacin remained unchanged. A CPAP download revealed that during the first month (7/12/11-8/10/11), the patient used the machine 5 h 45 min per night, with 87% of the time ≥ 4 h and with an AHI of 2.9 on 9 cwp. His daily records for the preceding month indicated no night sweats save for "moist" neck area and armpits on 3 nights.
Endocrinology work up (8/2011), requested by the patient's oncologist, revealed normal renal, hepatic, and glucose levels. The overall thyroid panel suggested "borderline low" thyroid function, yet TSH was normal (2.94).
His last visit (8/2012) revealed continued control of his diaphoresis with CPAP therapy. He noted some diaphoresis and snoring with CPAP interface slippage.
A CPAP download from 7/8/11-8/1/12 revealed that the patient used his CPAP machine an average of 5 h 8 min per night, with 77% of the time ≥ 4 h and with an AHI of 1.6 on 9 cwp.
At one and a half years post CPAP initiation, on phone communication, the patient believed his diaphoresis was still dramatically improved. The patient stated that if he stopped CPAP that the first night he would sweat only modestly. With CPAP discontinuation for a few days, he noted that increasingly severe diaphoresis ensued.
Firstly, this report illustrates the importance of not excluding OSAS from the differential diagnosis of nocturnal diaphoresis, despite other more obvious potential etiologies. Secondly, this case indicates that even mild OSAS may result in severe diaphoresis, extending findings regarding its presence in severe OSAS.4 Thirdly, CPAP both treated mild OSAS and resolved the troubling night sweats. This case emphasizes the onerous nature of diaphoresis in OSAS, even when unaccompanied by more typical symptoms, such as prolific snoring and sleepiness. In this case, severe nocturnal diaphoresis was our primary clue to the presence of OSAS.
It is possible that the AHI underestimated the patient's degree of respiratory instability and that the patient may have had concomitant respiratory event related arousals (RERAs). However, a careful review of the raw data did not reveal evidence for RERAs. For example, the patient's breathing was usually in-phase, and the intercostal electromyogram signals were almost exclusively quiet. We did not see subtle out-of-phase breathing terminating in arousals. The normal arousal index also argued against our missing subtle upper airway events.
Sleep stages have been associated with different predispositions to diaphoresis. For that reason, we looked for changes in stage N3 sleep (the stage with greatest diaphoresis) and stage R sleep (the stage ostensibly with the least) that might have explained his diaphoresis and response to therapy. We found no explanation in our review of the sleep architecture (please see minutes of stage R for each study in Table 1. The patient had no stage N3 on either study).
We did not analyze heart rate variability (HRV), a measure of autonomic function. With only one night in each condition, selecting samples for analysis while controlling for proximity of apnea events, proximity of arousals, sleep stage, and time of night was beyond our capability.
The severe night sweats in this patient with mild OSAS were noteworthy. Few studies3,4 have investigated diaphoresis in OSAS. Electrodermal activity has also been utilized to probe this relationship in patients with severe apnea (AHI = 45.3).5 These findings, however, may not be generalizable to our patient, who had much milder apnea. Future studies aimed at assessing the prevalence of diaphoresis in mild OSAS and clarifying its pathophysiological basis may be warranted. Perhaps this severe diaphoresis reflects individual variability, just as some patients with mild OSAS by numeric indices may have severe sleepiness. The patient's sympathetic nervous system may have been more sensitive to the impact of OSAS, and the sweating may have reflected heightened autonomic activity. The association of autonomic dysfunction with mild OSAS was previously reported in 2004,6 and, in 2008, systolic non-dipping of blood pressure was reported to be associated with sleep apnea, even mild apnea.7
Finally, this patient had a history of GERD. GERD has itself been reported to cause nocturnal sweats,8 to be comorbid with OSAS, and improved by CPAP.9 While the improvement of diaphoresis by CPAP may have been due to GERD reduction, the patient presented to the sleep center with diaphoresis notwithstanding use of a proton pump inhibitor. Thus, CPAP treatment of OSAS was likely primarily responsible for the gratifying response described herein.
This was not an industry supported study. The authors have indicated no financial conflicts of interest.
Eastern Virginia Medical School Division of Sleep Medicine supported this work.
Viera AJ, Bond M, Yates SW, authors. Diagnosing night sweats. Am Fam Physician. 2003;67:1019–24. [PubMed]
Guilleminault C, Bassiri A, authors; Kryger MH, Roth T, Dement WC, editors. Clinical features and evaluation of obstructive sleep apnea-hypopnea syndrome and upper airway resistance syndrome. Principles and practice of sleep medicine. 2005. 4th ed. Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier Saunders; p. 1043–52
Mold JW, Goodrich S, Orr W, authors. Associations between subjective night sweats and sleep study findings. J Am Board Fam Med. 2008;21:96–100. [PubMed]
Cruz IA, Drummond M, Winck JC, authors. Obstructive sleep apnea symptoms beyond sleepiness and snoring: effects of nasal APAP therapy. Sleep Breath. 2012 6;16:361–6. [PubMed]
Arnardottir ES, Thorliefsdottir B, Svanborg E, Olafsson I, Gislason T, authors. Sleep-related sweating in obstructive sleep apnoea: association with sleep stages and blood pressure. J Sleep Res. 2010;19:122–30. [PubMed]
Woodson BT, Brusky LT, Saurajen A, Jaradeh S, authors. Association of autonomic dysfunction and mild obstructive sleep apnea. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2004;130:643–8. [PubMed]
Hla KM, Young T, Finn L, Peppard PE, Szklo-Coxe M, Stubbs M, authors. Longitudinal association of sleep-disordered breathing and nondipping of nocturnal blood pressure in the Wisconsin sleep cohort study. Sleep. 2008;31:795–800. [PubMed Central][PubMed]
Young P, Finn BC, Bruetman JE, Trimarchi H, authors. Gastroesophageal reflux as a cause of night sweating. An Med Interna. 2007;24:285–8. [PubMed]
Tawk M, Goodrich S, Kanasewitz G, Orr W, authors. The effect of 1 week of continuous positive airway pressure treatment in obstructive sleep apnea patients with concomitant gastroesophageal reflux. Chest. 2006;130:1003–8. [PubMed]


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OLDSWINFORD and Stourbridge Social continued their fine start to the season with a win against Malvern.
They won the Worcestershire County League division two contest by 123 runs away from home last Saturday.
Bowler Philip Croft claimed a five wicket haul to ensure Malvern failed to reach their total.
Oldswinford won the toss and elected to bat. It was a decision that proved a good one as openers Lee Nightingale (35) and Harry Stanier (29) soon set about accumulating a good score.
After they fell, it was Malvern's turn to hit back. Bowler Rob Francis took the wickets of both Thomas Blunt and Matt Siddaway to restrict the visitors.
However, a fine 35 from Philip Croft and a 29 from Waqas Ahmed helped Oldswinford reach 219 as they were bowled out in the last of their 50 overs.
It was their bowling attack that proved the difference. The writing was on the wall when Malvern opener Anthony Arnold was caught and bowled by Michael Hand for just three and Andy Cullen was trapped lbw by Rhy Williams.
Croft bagged his first of five wickets when bowling Olly Bendall for 24. He then helped clear out the lower order as Malvern were all out for 96 after just 28 overs.
Oldswinford and Stour Social now sit in second place behind leaders Cookley and will travel to take on Worcester Dominies and Guild this Saturday.


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poasmu wrote:Dave C. - Who are you? Did I meet you in Taipei?
Oh yeah.. the comparison of Master Yang and Master Gao's forms. Although they both have similar aspects, the forms look completely different from each other. Both however are beautiful in their own ways.
poasmu wrote: [...] There is also an interview section with Master Gao (YMAA Taijiquan lineage is explained within) and many shots of our tour of Taipei with him.[...] Although they both have similar aspects, the forms look completely different from each other.
clairvoyager wrote:I'd love to hear the interview and see the footage. This is just too good, and it's understandable that it should be saved for a DVD. Please, keep us up to date about when this material becomes available. Thanks.
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this video will be made available once it is edited in December.
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Campbell Deals Liberty 2nd Straight OT Setback
Liberty's women's basketball game at Campbell Saturday afternoon followed a similar script to Thursday's contest with High Point. The Lady Flames again came back from a double-digit second-half deficit to force overtime, only to lose in the extra session. The Lady Camels pulled out a 61-55 victory inside Gore Arena.
Lady Flames freshman Mickayla Sanders nearly hit a clutch shot at the end of regulation for the second straight game. After making a game-tying triple during the final second on Thursday, her potential game-winning shot from close range slid off the rim as the regulation buzzer sounded on Saturday. As a result, Liberty headed to extra time for the fourth game in the last five outings.
Campbell only made one field goal during overtime, but it was a big one. D Janelle Brown swished a triple from the right corner with 34.2 seconds remaining, giving the Lady Camels a lead they would never relinquish.
Campbell improves to 14-8 overall and 9-4 in the Big South with its fifth consecutive victory. It was the Lady Camels' first win over Liberty since Nov. 29, 1999, snapping the Lady Flames' string of six straight wins in the head-to-head series.
Liberty slips to 12-9 overall and 8-4 in Big South play after losing back-to-back conference games for the first time since Feb. 20 and 22, 1997. Despite Sanders' career-high 19 points, the Lady Flames managed a season-low 55 points for the game.
Sanders nailed a pair of three-pointers during the first 3:11 of the matinee, before the Lady Flames only made one field goal over the next 9:15. Campbell went on an 11-2 run during that stretch, taking a 16-10 lead on RaeChaun Edwards' layup at the 8:52 mark.
Liberty then went the final 4:14 of the half without a made field goal, enabling the Lady Camels to close the stanza with a 9-1 surge and take a 29-18 advantage into the locker room. It was Liberty's lowest-scoring half since the Lady Flames managed only 17 points during the first half of the season opener at Charlotte on Nov. 8.
The Lady Flames made just 33.3 percent (7-of-21) of their first-half field goal attempts and committed 12 turnovers, which Campbell converted into 12 points.
Campbell shot 37.5 percent (12-of-32) from the field during the first 20 minutes of play, while owning advantages in rebounds (19-16), points in the paint (12-8) and second-chance points (9-4).
Sanders led the Lady Flames with six first-half points, while Catherine Kearney pulled down four rebounds.
The Lady Camels' starting five scored all of the home team's points during the opening half, led by Edwards' seven markers. Ashley James collected a half-best five rebounds.
Roslyn Presley's layup at 17:47 of the second half put the Lady Camels in front by 13 points, at 33-20.
Liberty still trailed by a 40-29 count with 12:42 left before the Lady Flames tied the score with an 11-0 run. Sanders scored the last nine points of the surge, including a baseline jumper with 9:12 to play which made it 40-40.
However, Presley put the Lady Camels back on top by making a pair of free throws 45 seconds later, halting Liberty's momentum.
Liberty held Campbell to just one made field goal during the final 7:08 of play, but points came at a premium at the Lady Flames' offensive end late in the game as well.
Ashley Rininger split a pair of free throws at 2:18 and Sadalia Ellis did the same at the 1:34 mark, tying things up at 49 apiece.
Liberty shot the ball four times during the final 31 seconds, including Sanders' last-second effort off an inbounds play during but could not connect. Thus, the Lady Flames set a program record with their fourth overtime game of the season.
Hoops by Ellis and Sanders helped blue-clad Liberty take a 53-51 edge with 1:47 left in overtime.
The Lady Camels then closed the game on a 10-2 run, featuring Brown's key triple and a 7-of-8 showing from the free throw line. Kiera Gaines hit five foul shots during the final 19.5 seconds to seal Campbell's 10th home win of the year.
For the game, Liberty struggled shooting the ball from the field (20-of-57 for 35.1 percent), three-point range (5-of-19 for 26.3 percent) and the foul line (10-of-18 for 55.6 percent).
Campbell did not shoot well either, making 33.9 percent (20-of-59) of its field goals and 25 percent (4-of-16) of its three-point tries. However, the Lady Camels excelled at the charity stripe, connecting on 17 of 19 attempts for 89.5 percent.
Liberty finished with slight advantages in rebounding (43-40) and points in the paint (24-22), while scoring 19 bench points to the Lady Camels' five.
Sanders scored 13 of her career-high 19 points after halftime, finishing with four made triples. Ellis reached double digits for the second straight game, tallying 11 points to go along with a team-high four assists.
Katelyn Adams collected a team-best nine rebounds for the Lady Flames, becoming one of the top 50 rebounders in program history in the process.
Presley (18 points), Gaines (13 points) and Brown (12 points) all scored in double digits for Campbell, with Presley and Gaines nabbing eight rebounds apiece. James led all players with 11 boards before fouling out.
Liberty will return home for its next two games, beginning with a Thursday evening tilt against Coastal Carolina. Tipoff is set for 7 p.m. at the Vines Center, as the Lady Flames will shoot for their 42nd straight win in the head-to-head series against the Chanticleers.


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Excerpt from Mr. Adnan Oktar's Live Conversation on A9 TV dated May 27th , 2013
Adnan Oktar: Mr. Daniel. Mr. Daniel Pipes. His name is beautiful, it is a Prophet's name. The name of the Prophet Daniel (pbuh). Mr. Daniel Pipes. He is in the States, right?
Audience: Yes.
Adnan Oktar: Yes.. He responded to my writing. What does he say? [From Daniel Pipes' response:] Mr. Oktar and I agree on wishing to see peace in Syria. I also appreciate his compilation of passages about peace in the Bible and the Koran. Given the reality of two immoral, cruel, and brutal forces contending for power in Syria, one must think strategically, not piously. Mr Oktar's insistence on reducing the clash of forces in Syria to rights and wrongs has little utility when both sides are repugnant. We must think through what a victory by the Assad regime or by the rebels would mean for Syrians and the rest of the world; and then, I suggest, let's compare those scenarios with the prospect of the two sides continuing to decimate the other. I find that last option less awful than the others. For Mr. Oktar to persuade me otherwise, he needs to offer more than scriptural citations. Is Daniel not religious?
Audience: No, he is not.
Adnan Oktar: Well, that is the reason then. Yes.. The matter would end if believers ruled the world. It would end in a moment. There would be no problem with Israel, for example. There would be no problem in Palestine, there will be no problem with America. But with true believers, no radicals. Now here, Mr. Pipes' error is this: he is saying, "Given the reality of two immoral, cruel, and brutal forces…" Now there is some truth to this. I do not deny it. I am not saying the opposition are all virtuous and the other side immoral. There is immorality on both sides. And both sides are partly in the right. But both sides are in a dead-end. Both sides are on the wrong path. I do not support any side. He has misunderstood that. That is not the case. Either I could not explain or he did not understand. I know the opposition consists of radicals. One can see that from their language and methods and everything. I know the other side is also very cruel and brutal. I say the matter will be resolved with the system of the Mahdi, by right-thinking, sensible people coming together. What I say is that a rational leader, a loving leader, needs to be chosen to bring them all to the table on conditions of peace, love and friendship, to bring about agreement on the fine basis of science, art and democracy, to establish peace and improve the environment. I am not saying it will all be milk and honey if the opposition takes over. America has power, Turkey has power and Iran has power as well. They should choose a lenient, rational person, not a whole team. If you have a team then you get conflict. One person; a reasonable, loving person with no lust for worldly things. Reaching a fine agreement that everyone would be content with, under his arbitration. This is the whole matter.
[From Daniel Pipes' response:] Adnan Oktar [says:] "The AKP espouses democracy and human rights and love… It is wrong to mention the AKP in the same breath as them [referring to radical groups]. … if the AKP mentality were in charge in Damascus the place would have become one of milk and honey." As a lawful Islamist himself, Mr. Oktar naturally dislikes my lumping Turkey's Erdoğan in with and Iran's Khamenei, then calling them two versions of the same radical utopian movement. And while I do not doubt that the AKP in Damascus would do a far better job of governance than the Assads, I also have no doubt about it deploying a satellite Syrian state against the West.
Now, there is a perspective failure here. I am still saying the same thing. I am not saying the AKP would resolve the problem from the roots, I am saying it will be resolved with the system of the Mahdi, with Moshiach. But if the AKP were in charge in Damascus, in Syria, there would clearly be a more pacificatory, reconciliatory and mild air. A person who can comfortably be an addressee to the European people. Mr. Erdogan is someone one can talk to. He is a person one can get along with. He goes to Obama and Obama embraces him. They become friends. He is given a military welcome. If he thought he was abnormal, he would not have met with him obviously. That means he is an acceptable person; that means he is a person who can be easily addressed to; so he shows him that kindness and respect. That is what I am saying. But I am not saying all could be resolved with the AKP. I say all will be resolved with the system of the Mahdi.
[From Daniel Pipes' response:] Adnan Oktar [says:] "Allah commands in Torah to make peace between fighting sides" "a Jewish person … should be obeying the command of Allah". "You should speak as a Jew and as a believer in Allah"; He says that I am saying this to Daniel. "Almighty Allah says in the Torah that Moshiach will triumph, not with force, in other words not with tanks and guns, but with the power of Allah." These eccentric formulations can be read two contrary ways:
Why would these statements be eccentric? You are a Jew. You were taught with the Torah. Ceremonies were performed involving you when you were small, weren't they? You read the Torah. You are a child of the Torah, a man of the Torah. I do not understand why you think I am saying something new, something surprising to you.
[From Daniel Pipes' response:] In keeping with the equivalence of "God" in English and "Allah" in Arabic, Mr. Oktar is just using an Arabic word in Turkish, which his aide keeps in translating to English. His formulations may sound odd but he's not saying anything unusual.
How can what the Torah says be odd, or something the Gospel says, or how can what the Koran says be odd? Why should peace and love be odd? Why should that be surprising? In addition, I do not tell them to translate the word as "Allah." One should say "God", because they call Him "Lord." People may not understand the word Allah. But everyone understands the word "God," Arabs, Circassians, Turks and everyone would understand. They do not use the name of God as Allah. Jews do not say "Allah" either.
[From Daniel Pipes' response:] "By applying the Muslim name for God to Jews and Judaism, he is both reminding Muslim listeners that Islam claims to be the original religion and asserting its superiority."
As clarified by the command of the Koran, Islam is also the religion brought by the Prophet Abraham (pbuh). The distinguishing feature of Islam is that it recognizes that God is One, believes in heaven and hell, believes in the hereafter, believes in the angels and all the prophets. Anyone who does this is a Muslim. Someone who does not is not a Muslim. There is nothing hard to understand in that. The Torah and the Gospel and the Koran all say the same.
I do not say we will force all Christians to become Muslims. Let Christians speak of Christianity, Muslims of Islam and Jews of Judaism. Let everyone follow whatever faith he chooses. If a Christian wishes to remain in his faith, I would be proud of, I'd respect that. If a Jew wants to remain in his faith, I respect that. I would never say; we are superior, you are inferior. I respect their faiths. But I would like them to be Muslims. A Christian may want me to be a Christian. I respect that, too. Muslims therefore have no spirit of disparaging or despising others. After all, I may go to paradise or to hell, I do not know, so how can I make claim to superiority? I am a servant of God. A Christian may say "La ilaha illa Allah Muhammad ar-Rasulullah." He obeys the Gospel at the same time and properly follows the Prophet Jesus and may go to paradise. But you might see a person who says that he is a Muslim and who prays 5 times a day go to hell; as he has gone astray, insincere and is hypocritical.
But I still regard Mr. Pipes' language as positive. Although he is far removed from Judaism, even though he, as a Jew, is far removed from Judaism his proximity to love and good intentions are good. But let me say I do not support anyone who spreads bloodshed and terror in Syria. There is nothing I am saying is good in Syria. I support only those people who want peace and love. I just think that they will be saved through the Mahdi, Moshiach, and Jesus Christ.


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The East Baton Rouge Parish school system is holding five community forums over the next two weeks to update residents on school safety and seek feedback on ways to make schools even safer.
Three of the forums will take place next Monday to Wednesday at three schools, all starting at 6 p.m.: Baton Rouge Magnet High on Monday, Woodlawn Elementary on Tuesday, and Scotlandville Magnet High on Wednesday
A fourth forum is scheduled at Northeast Elementary at 6 p.m. Feb. 27, and the fifth forum is scheduled at Forest Heights Academy of Excellence on Feb. 28.
School administrators who focus on school safety conducted a rehearsal of sorts at a Feb. 7 School Board meeting.
School system officials gave an audio-visual presentation offering some results of a security assessment conducted within the past three years and financed by a federal safety grant. They showed a video supplied by Emergency Response Information Portal of Jefferson City, Mouses this web service to house and to update its school-level crisis management plans, inform and trainemployees and monitor whether schools are conducting required drills.
"The more you drill, it becomes second nature and the better we can mitigate damage to humans and damage to property," said Herman Brister Sr., associate superintendent for instructional support services.
First responders also have access to the web service the locations of fire extinguishers, security cameras and shut-off valves.
"That's the great thing," Smith said. "Nobody has been to all of our schools, and they don't remember every part of our schools."
Brister said some teachers have undergone two courses in what's known as "incident command training," where they learn how to deal with an incident and successfully hand the situation off to a almost every school principal and on jump drives and via the Internet.
Sandra Smith, coordinator of special support programs, told the board that the service includes maps, photos of school exteriors and interiors, floor plans andfirst responder.
Brister said since the fatal Dec. 14 shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary in Newtown, Conn.text alert system so that the superintendent and top administrators can other districts,new ones, installing buzz-in doors at school entrances, and paying for , the parish school system has instituted a try to stay ahead of incident information that gets out by students who post it online through smartphones.
Others include having hall monitors with two-way communications devices monitor school visitors and securing funding for a new fire alarm and burglar system, Brister said.
The school system is also researching the cost and usefulness of steps taken by including buying permanent metal detectors, replacing older security cameras and adding resource officers at every school, Brister said.
"Safety and security is a constant, moving target. Things are happening all the time," attendees can choose to offer feedback on the topics of security-related equipment, school environments and buildings, or emergency preparedness.
Brister said. "We have to go back all the time and revisit how we're doing what we doing."
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As OSTI Director Walt Warnick likes to say, today's Web is like the Model T Ford -- revolutionary but ready for vast improvement. This is especially true when it comes to making the Web work for science and technology. In that spirit I want to describe a new kind of Web Portal, one which has yet to be built. It is called the X-Portal.
Despite DOE's frequent leadership in science and technology (think "human genome" or winning 46 of the "R&D 100" awards in 2009), it's widely acknowledged within DOE that the public isn't particularly aware of DOE's role. Not that we in DOE are shamelessly craving a little credit, but in a representative government, an inf
OSTI creates and deploys web-based information products to accomplish its mission. One way to measure the success of this approach is to use web metrics to gauge and analyze the usage of the information we disseminate via our web- based products.
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AN ARTIST with close links to Pembrokeshire has said she feels privileged to have been commissioned to paint Falklands war veteran Simon Weston.
Forty-nine-year-old Nicky Philipps was chosen to paint the Welsh icon as part of a project by the National Portrait Gallery (NPG) and the BBC.
The portrait, which now hangs in the gallery, will also feature in a BBC documentary about Mr Weston's life, due to be aired this Sunday (April 13).
Mr Weston, who joined the Welsh Guards at the age of 16, suffered 46 per cent burns to his body and face when the Sir Galahad came under fire during the Falklands War in 1982.
Nicky, who has previously painted Her Majesty The Queen and Princes William and Harry, will also feature in the show.
She said she was initially reluctant to be filmed painting.
"I felt as if big brother was watching me initially, but I quickly forgot about it. Simon helped me with that, because of course he is used to it," she said.
The pair shared seven 'sittings' and the artist also joined Mr Weston and his family for a weekend.
Talking about the process of painting, Nicky said: "Simon's such an interesting guy."
"He has a lot to say, he never stops talking, he made it very easy.
"If you get someone who sits there like a lemon it doesn't work," she said.
She said working with Mr Weston made her appreciate what a 'relentlessly optimistic and very driven' man he is.
"He discovered after going to hell and back – he went through physical and mental hell - that he was in a position to do things," she said, adding that his charity work was "phenomenal".
"He has literally grabbed every opportunity; he really doesn't rest on his laurels."
Despite living in south Kent, Nicky spends much of the summer at her familial home of Picton Castle, where she is now a trustee.
She said the rolling hills, beautiful beaches and clear of air of Pembrokeshire make it a dream location for painters.
"It's an absolutely endless source of inspiration," she said.
The People's Portrait, presented by Fiona Bruce, will air at 5.35pm on Sunday, April 13, on BBC1.


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AUSTIN — Chris Bird, a state game warden based in Wharton County, has been named Officer of the Year by the Association of Midwest Fish and Game Law Enforcement Officers.
Begun 66 years ago, the association is the oldest conservation law enforcement organization in the nation. It is made up of 29 member agencies from the United States and Canada, and the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department Law Enforcement Division has been a member since 1995.
A game warden for six years, Bird has been stationed in Wharton County all of that time. TPWD Executive Director Carter Smith presented Bird the award at the Aug. 25 meeting of the Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission.
"Warden Bird has consistently demonstrated a very strong degree of professionalism and dedication to mission, continually excelling in the high standards we expect from all our officers," Smith said. "He is the epitome of what we hope the public envisions a Texas game warden."Smith noted that Bird has become a core member of the warden team that works the four counties in his district, setting an excellent example of teamwork, investigative skills, work ethic and attitude."One of warden Bird's strongest attributes is his passion for community service and his commitment to TPWD's public outreach mission," Smith continued. "In addition to the excellent working relationships he maintains with landowners and other constituents in his assigned patrol area, he also organizes or participates in several annual Operation Outdoors and educational programs."Among the events Bird has been involved with are the "Hunt for Heroes" and "Wounded Warriors Weekend," which are hunts and fishing trips for disabled or wounded military personnel; the Wharton County Youth Hunt; the Wharton Boys and Girls Club Kidfish; the Victoria Boulevard Lion's Club Kidfish; and the Wharton County Youth Hunter Education program.
"Warden Bird has dedicated himself to not only fulfilling his duties as a game warden in his assigned area," Smith said, "but to also fill a void left in the Wharton County community after Game Warden Justin Hurst was killed in the line of duty in 2007. As a cadet in the Game Warden Training Academy at the time, Chris…requested assignment to Wharton County. Newly commissioned Game Warden Bird reported for duty and immediately went about building a reputation similar to his predecessor, but in his own right, as 'their game warden.'"
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I'm using Drupal 6.x and I'm trying to remove some of the JavaScript (JS) files that get generated inside the source if and only if the current page is of a particular content type I designate (for example, if some of the modules I use generate a bazillion JavaScript references inside the markup, well, it would be nice to be able to remove some of those if they're not needed.) Having this capability would allow me to remove unnecessary overhead.
So in trying to accomplish this, I've come up with the following code:
function <THEME NAME>_preprocess_page(&$variables){
if(arg(2) == '<CONTENT TYPE>' && arg(1) == 'edit' || arg(1) == 'add'){
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$path = base_path().'sites/all/libraries/syntaxhighlighter_3.0.83/scripts/shCore.js';
unset($scripts['module'][$path]);//At this point, this is NULL--so it works here.
$variables['scripts'] = drupal_get_js('header', $scripts);//I think this is where I'm having problems. The output should not have that shCore.js file in it, but it does when you view the source...
if (isset($variables['node']) && $variables['node']->type != "" && arg(2) != 'edit' && $variables['template_files'][2] != 'page-node-delete') {
$variables['template_files'][] = "page-" . $variables['node']->type;
In the above code, I'm trying to remove "shCore.js" from the end-user's markup stack (this is just an example I was trying to test with; this particular file is output by the "syntaxhighlighting" module). This preprocessing function looks to see what content type the current page is, determines if it's an "add" or "edit" page, and then based on this, attempts to unset whatever is found within $path. After that, I'm trying to re-insert what's in the $scripts array back into $variables['scripts'] to be output to the end-user.
Unfortunately, that JS file still gets output... I'm just not sure what I'm doing wrong. I think it might have to do with the fact that I'm trying to remove / unset a library-based JS file, but this is pure speculation at this point.
Any insight would be appreciated. Long story, short: I'm just trying to remove unnecessary JS files form the markup stack if and only if they're not needed.
I had to do something "less Drupal" but got it to work regardless: I took the normal output from a standard page and copied the JavaScript sources from the printed markup and pasted all that into my theme file. From that point, I was able to control which files were used. It's less cohesive / API-ish, but it got the job done. The only drawbacks pertain to caching and whether or not SheetNode needs to add different files to the $scripts variable. Not a big deal in my situation because I don't see that ever being an issue in the future.
The bulk of the overhead is separate requests. However, most of JS is aggregated into a single request. You are really just making more work for yourself by doing this. Not to mention if someone adds something through the UI which expects a JavaScript file which has been removed for the page the site will appear broken. Copy and pasting the source into static file is probably one of the worst things you can when it comes to continued maintenance.
Careful, because you better ask me how many JavaScript files are being printed from $scripts that aren't being used in this theme before assuming that the majority of overhead consists of numerous requests. Don't get me wrong, I see where you're coming from and if I need to, I'm sure I can still find a way to cache / compact all the JavaScript (you can't tell me there's no way of manually calling some function or whatever the API has to do that in a theme file without using $scripts)...
As for continuity, that's the last thing I'm worrying about here because I don't even plan on using this P.O.S. module I did all this for because styling this thing has been a NIGHTMARE. The module I'm speaking of is the Sheetnode module (spreadsheet)... It's cool for some of the things it can do but it sucks when it comes to full-fledged element control, which is why I had to resort to doing this. But hey, if you know of a better way to not only style the add / edit page of an online Excel form while also providing an efficient way to style the view page without making multiple requests and reducing the JavaScript being printed to only use that which is used, by all means, fill me in.


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