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Dr. Tony Hill is a brilliant clinical psychologist specializing in psychopathic criminals.Ā He strongly believes that even abnormal behavior follows patterns:Ā That there is a reason for the methods and actions of serial criminals.Ā The trick is to find the twisted logic behind their actions.Ā It is something that Dr. Hill is very good at.Ā Given enough time, he can get inside the mind of a criminal and feel what they are feeling, think what they are thinking.Ā This makes him very helpful in tracking down brutal serial killers.Ā But he is so obsessed with his work, that he has a hard time relating to normal people.Ā He can't have an ongoing relationship with anyone but his patients.
The police call in Dr. Hill after a twenty-year-old girl is found strangled with a bag over her head.Ā The number two is pinned onto her clothing, and her murder closely resembles that of another murder that occurred three years ago.Ā In that case, an 11-year-old girl, Trudy Hibbert, was taken from her yard, killed, and left in the forest.Ā The police arrested a Paul Gregory, a known pedophile, for the murder.Ā He was tried, but the jury found him innocent.Ā Now the police think that Gregory might be responsible for this second murder, but Tony is not too sure.Ā There are many similarities, but some subtle, though striking, differences.Ā The way the body was left, and the age of the victim for example.Ā But when an old woman is found dead with a number three pinned to her, the situation heats up.Ā What is the connection between the two victims, and was Trudy victim number one, or is there a body that they haven't found yet?
Part police procedural, part psychological drama and part whodunit, Wire in the Blood is a fascinating show.Ā The story unfolds slowly as the police find the evidence.Ā You feel their frustration over a lack of leads as more bodies start showing up.Ā The tension builds as the story progresses.Ā As each clue is discovered, you're never sure if it is something valid, or an error that will lead to a dead end.Ā There are several possible suspects that the police consider, but, like the best detective novels, you are never sure who has a motive that is strong enough to lead to murder.Ā The show is able to weave all these elements together to create a very engrossing and interesting show.
The character of Dr. Hill is a very interesting one.Ā Like Fitz in Cracker, he is a brilliant man, but a flawed one.Ā He has many personal foibles, and his analysis is not always correct, though he is always confident of his conclusions.Ā This combination of high intelligence and character flaws makes him both realistic and captivating.
As with the previous disc that I saw, the acting was superb.Ā Robson Green gave a convincing performance as the brilliant but eccentric psychologist.Ā As good as his performance was, Hermione Norris stole the show as the single, aging, workaholic police officer.Ā She was able to make D.I. Jordan seem lonely without being pitiful, and emotionally strong but still feminine.Ā The supporting actors all gave solid performances too.
Originally shown on the BBC, this series is better than its made-for-TV origins would led you to believe.Ā The script is very tight and well thought out, with many twists and turns and the occasional red herring.Ā It is also more intense than most TV police shows.Ā Though this is a British murder mystery, it is not cozy.Ā There is not as much violence as there was in the first installment of the series, but it is still a fairly intense show and more sensitive viewers might be put off.
There are two episodes presented on this DVD, which represent an entire story.Ā The previous two volumes, The Mermaids Singing [review] and Shadows Rising, were adapted from novels by Val McDermid. This installment of the series was an original story based on McDermid's characters.Ā While I thought the first DVD was contained a slightly better story, I don't think the series suffered from being an original work.
The DVD:
The only audio track is an English stereo mix.Ā There are no subtitles.Ā The sound is very clear and crisp.Ā Since there is not a lot of sound effects or music, it wasn't an enveloping sound, but very good nonetheless.Ā Fairly good use was made of the front sound stage with certain sound effects coming from one side or the other.Ā It was an adequate sounding disc.
British television shows, even recent ones, have not looked their best when released in the US.Ā (Generally speaking of course.Ā Some are outstanding.)ĀĀ Often mastered from poor prints with a multitude of compression artifacts present, I've come to expect the worst from British shows, picture wise.Ā Imagine my surprise when I popped this disc in.Ā The picture was very good.Ā Much cleaner than any other shows imported from across the pond that I've seen lately (with the exception of the remastered Dr. Who shows.)Ā The picture was clear and not fuzzy like some resent releases.Ā Skin tones looked natural, and details were present in the shadows.Ā That's not to say it picture was perfect, it was slightly dark, and not as sharp as I would have liked.Ā There was some digital noise reduction done, and there are artifacts from that, mainly a slightly grainy look to the sky and other large objects.ĀĀ This is almost unnoticeable and not a distraction.
The Extras:
This disc has only the barest of extras.Ā There is a trailer and text biographies of the main characters as well as the author of the book these two episodes were based on.
Final Thoughts:
This is an excellent show.ĀĀ The characters are all three-dimensional and the acting is top notch.Ā But it is the strong script that makes this show so enjoyable.Ā The mix of police procedural, psychological drama and whodunit sounds like it would end up as an unwatchable mess, but just the opposite is true in this case.Ā The show is engrossing, captivating and entertaining.Ā A great way to spend the evening.Ā Highly Reccomended.

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'It's so strange...I am missing my razor!
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'Missing? Where did you leave it? ' Her lip sore
Was bleeding. 'Why do you have this? ' His glance
Disturbed her. 'My wound? I popped a pimple.'
'I leave it in a glass near a mirror.'
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Candied fruit is a immense delight to those who seek a sweet snack, especially children. Pineapple, oranges, bananas, and strawberries are the most popular fruits prepared for this treat, though you can use other secondary fruits. But this recipe includes a step that isn't traditional - it'll turn into a tradition! Normally the candy is dipped in sugar or chocolate, but this recipe shows how to use other present-day candies; Oreos, crushed Whoppers, and plenty of other sweet stuff. Follow these steps and get a colorful pastry ready!
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The inter-governmental talks will be the first for Merkel's new team, a marriage of convenience between the Social Democratic Party (SPD) and Merkel's Christian Democrats (CDU).
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Studies have shown that the first treatment you receive for cancer is by far the most important. That's why your first choice in a treatment center needs to be the right one. Patients who begin their treatment at Seattle Cancer Care Alliance often have better outcomes than those who started treatment elsewhere. Not only can you expect the best standard of care available, patients at SCCA have access to advanced therapies and treatments being explored in ongoing clinical trials for gynecologic cancers conducted at SCCA's parent organizations, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center and UW Medicine.
SCCA has five UW Medicine gynecologic oncologists, more than any other medical center or clinic in the five-state region surrounding Washington. In addition, we have a radiation oncologist who is a specialist in treating gynecologic cancers, and a dedicated gynecologic cancer pathologist, a doctor whose job is to diagnose and analyze only these cancers.
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Even with their funding facing massive cuts, the New York Public Library kicked-off its Summer Reading 2010 today with smiles and laughter.
The Bronx Library Center on Kingsbridge Road hosted an entire day of events in an effort to promote reading for kids during the summer months when they are out of school
The event is part of a national program that looks to stem what studies have termed the "summer slide" or a learning decline experienced by a child when not using the skills he or she learned during the school year. The program gives children access to not just books but also free arts and crafts programs, and last year the program had 75,000 participants who read over 380,000 books.
New York Public President Paul LeClerc wants to beat that total exclaiming, "How many participants do we want this year? 100,000! How many books read? 500,000!"
The event kicked off with the Dewitt Clinton High School marching band as the sound of Tito Puente's "Oye Como Va" echoed through East Kingsbridge Road as the band met groups of excited children.
The children -- who had a day off Thursday for the Chancellor's conference/staff development day -- came to the opening and were greeted by the library mascot lions "Patience" and "Fortitude," who handed out baseball caps and lunch bags donated by the New York Yankees.
The Yankees also donated $50,000 to branches operating in the Bronx, while Bank of America donated $175,000 to the program. And the Bombers promised two tickets to the first 50 children that signed up for the Summer Reading Program.
The festivities included a performance Tony Award winning actress LaChanze, who read from her new children's book Little Diva. She also performed a song for the crowd, even asking a child to help her sing onstage.
The library also hosted events that included art made of cereal by Michael Albert, a Step presentation by Mt. St. Ursula Step team. Children also interacted with live hawks, owls and falcons. They also were wowed by the illusions of magician Evan Paquette.
The Bronx Library Center offers events everyday from 9 a.m. to 9p.m. Kids ages 12-18 can enjoy activities that include book readings, game days, and movie nights all summer long.
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Don't Wait Too Long to Vaccinate Girls Against HPV: Study
A new study finds that more than half of girls aged 13 or older already carry the human papillomavirus (HPV), reinforcing recommendations to give girls the shot at an early age.
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention currently recommends vaccination against HPV -- the leading cause of cervical cancer -- by the time girls are 11 or 12 years of age. However, parents and doctors may delay the vaccine, thinking that preteen girls have a low risk of acquiring the sexually transmitted virus.
But according to a study published Aug. 7 in the Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, waiting until the teen years may already be too late, ABC News reported.
A team led by Dr. Lea Widdice, assistant professor of adolescent medicine at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, tested 259 females aged 13 to 21. Among the 190 who said they were already sexually active, 70 percent were already infected. Even among girls who'd had sexual experience without intercourse, 11 percent were infected with HPV, the study found.
Widdice stressed that the HPV vaccine is only preventive -- it is useless in fighting HPV in already-infected women.
She also told ABC News that "HPV is different from other sexually transmitted infections in that it appears to be transmitted a lot more easily. Although it's most efficiently transmitted through sexual intercourse, it can definitely be transmitted through genital skin-to-skin touching."
Widdice believes the finding "supports the recommendation that the HPV vaccine be given to girls when they're 11 and 12 years old."
Composer Marvin Hamlisch Dies at 68
Award-winning composer of stage and screen Marvin Hamlisch died Monday in Los Angeles at the age of 68, The New York Times reported.
A statement said that Hamlisch, who composed the scores of musicals such as "A Chorus Line" and movies such as "The Way We Were," collapsed after a brief illness and died in Los Angeles. No other details were made available, the Times said.
Hamlisch was a 12-time Oscar winner for scores and songs from movies such as "Sophie's Choice," "The Sting" and "The Spy Who Loved Me." He also won four Emmys, four Grammys, and a Tony for "A Chorus Line."
Hamlisch never stopped working, and last month was busy on a musical adaptation of the Jerry Lewis film "The Nutty Professor," the Times said.
No Rise in Medicare Drug Premiums in 2013
American seniors won't see any significant rise in their drug premiums under Medicare in 2013, U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced Monday.
In an HHS news release, the agency said that the average monthly prescription drug premium next year will be around $30, similar to costs for the prior two years.
"Premiums are holding steady and, thanks to the health care law, millions of people with Medicare are saving an average of over $600 each year on their prescription drugs," Secretary Sebelius said in the news release.
The annual enrollment period for Medicare's Part D drug plan begins Oct. 15 and ends Dec. 7, 2012. During this time, Medicare recipients can choose their plans for 2013, comparing rates and coverage of different plans. Any choice they make becomes effective Jan. 1, 2013.
Development of Alzheimer's Drug Halted Following Poor Trial Results
Development of a potential drug for Alzheimer's disease has been halted because of disappointing results in clinical trials, the drug's makers announced Monday.
According to the New York Times, Johnson & Johnson Co. and Pfizer Inc. shelved the research on bapineuzumab because it was not effective in patients with mild to moderate disease.
Like many other experimental Alzheimer's drugs that are currently in the pipeline, bapineuzumab targeted the beta amyloid plaques in the brain that are believed by many to be the culprit behind the mind-robbing condition, the Times reported.
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I had known Raymond as a colleague for almost 4 months and he'd never mentioned before that he was a hypnotist or mentalist. When I finally googled his name I saw him count the number of face up cards in maybe two seconds on YouTube.
Initially I thought it was a trick so I tested him with estimating the number of lines written on a flip-over. He almost instantly said: "24 or 25". I counted them and it was 25!
During a dinner he influenced my choices several times. Then he went to predict the outcome of a game of tic-tac-toe! That was when he fried my mind! Especially because he did it in mirror image and he reminded me that he'd said a few minutes earlier give me your right hand... owe no sorry our left hand, it's in mirror image of course!
He also taught me to read his mind! Or as he calls it: guess someone's thoughts. Slowly but surely the word road came to mind.
All I can say is: "He's not only a computer programmer but also a people programmer."
H.J -- Pune India
Raymond performed a wonderful show in our company. Afterwards he took the time to answer all the questions that arose during his mind boggling experiments.
He then went to demonstrate some of the things in person, which was really thrilling. He's so different when he's performing in front of group than when he's performing in person!
The amount of personal information that he can get from my mentally created picture is just freaky!
Seeing Raymond, perform on stage is wonderful. On stage he's funny, a bit mad, sarcastic and not too serious about himself. But as soon as you are alone with him and you finally persuade him to do some stuff in person than he's suddenly very solemn nonetheless he still knocks your socks off!
R.L -- Utrecht NL
At some point he asked me to say a random number. There was only one number I could think of and I said that number and he said: "Did you recall me opening my wallet briefly and seeing the 50 euro note?" -- he got his wallet out and there was the 50 euro note. The only digits of the serial number that were visible were those 5 digits I'd just said. It freaked me out! He's a real mind wizard!
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He predicted my tic-tac-toe outcome.
He made me stop at a predetermined card.
He could explain so much details about my life just by looking at me drawing.
He made me describe a face and when I saw the picture I freaked out because that was the face I'd constructed.
He remembered 20 items and he could recall the item or the number, that was very amazing!
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SALT LAKE CITY — Another day, another D.I.
But to those needing employment training, purchasing on shoestring budgets or wanting to donate to help others, the opening of another Deseret Industries store is anything but routine.
The D.I., as it is affectionately called by locals, is just one of three Mormon welfare operations housed in the new Sugarhouse Utah Welfare Center, which The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is opening this week.
Located at 724 E. 2100 South, the 65,000-square-foot facility features not only the new thrift store but also LDS Employment and LDS Family Services centers. It sits a half-dozen blocks northwest of the existing, three-story Sugarhouse D.I. at 2234 S. Highland Dr., a neighborhood fixture having survived seven-plus decades and one major fire before its closure last weekend.
"It's a thrift store — and a whole lot more," said Richard W. Ebert Jr., the LDS Church's director of Deseret Industries, during the welfare service center's open house Tuesday evening.
The event showcased not only the donation dock and retail area regularly frequented by the public but also the massive processing area, humanitarian services room, employment center and family services area.
"Most people only ever see two places — the docks and the sales floor," said David Toone, the field group manager overseeing nine D.I. stores along the Wasatch Front.
Following Tuesday's open house, the facility will be dedicated tonight (WEDNESDAY) by President Henry B. Eyring, first counselor in the church's First Presidency, with a community ribbon-cutting scheduled just prior to the facility's 10 a.m. Thursday grand opening.
President Eyring's involvement is fitting, given his April general conference address on the 75-year history of the LDS Church's welfare program.
The facility will provide the three-fold welfare services for LDS priesthood leaders in some 40 local Mormon stakes. Similar to a diocese in other faiths, a stake is comprised of a handful of local congregations called wards and branches.
Deseret Industries boasts 43 stores in seven western states — nearly half in Utah and the rest in Arizona, California, Idaho, Nevada, Oregon and Washington.
The church's most public welfare operation combines a nonprofit thrift store with temporary employment, vocational rehabilitation, employment training both on the job and partnering with local community colleges and tech centers and drop-off locations for tax-deductible donations of household goods and clothing in good condition.
Ebert admits the extensive on- and off-site job training and certification provided the short-term D.I. employees makes for "an odd business model," given they trained to go work somewhere else.
Annual estimates for the new Sugarhouse D.I. include 180 associates (training employees) enrolled, 200,000 shoppers, 220,00 donors, 800 community partnerships and 3,000 volunteer hours donated.
But the big number — 10 million — represents the projected number of items to be processed annually at the Sugarhouse D.I. Not all will reach the sales floor — Deseret Industries also partners with local community agencies to help provide clothing and household items and forwards similar products for use in LDS humanitarian efforts.
Managed and operated by local church-service missionaries, the LDS Employment Resource Center helps church members become self-reliant through job placement, career development and small-business management.
Officials project 2,000 people to be served annually here, with 7,800 missionary and volunteer hours donated.
And the facility's LDS Family Services Center house a branch of the Salt Lake Office of LDS Family Services, with the agency providing consultation, counseling and adoption services.
The agency is managed and operated by a staff of licensed professional therapists and a board-certified psychiatrist.
Toone swept a gesturing hand around the new Sugarhouse Welfare Services Center and said, "This is all a training facility — the Lord really doesn't need a thrift store.
Then he added while holding a forefinger and thing a fraction of an inch apart: "It's just this much of business. It's to help the rest get done."
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Days of labor donated to church welfare services — 777,381
Employment and training placements — 168,713
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Home storage centers — 102
Production projects — 54
Processing facilities — 23
Storage and distribution facilities — 36
Employment resource centers — 326
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Game 147: Blue Jays at Red Sox
Here are the lineups:
Scutaro 2B
McDonald RF
Matinez C
Beltre 3B
Ortiz DH
Lowell 1B
Lowrie SS
Hall LF
Kalish CF
Pitching: RHP John Lackey (12-10, 4.45).
Lewis LF
Escobar SS
Bautista RF
Wells CF
Overbay 1B
Hill 2B
Lind D
Buck C
Encarnacion 3B.
Pitching: LHP Brett Cecil (12-7, 4.12)
Game time: 7:20 p.m.
TV/Radio: NESN/WEEI
State of the Sox: The Sox have won four straight and start the day 6.5 games out of first and six out in the wild card.
Note the game time: The game will start 10 minutes later tonight because of the Red Sox Hall of Fame inductions. Tommy Harper, Eddie Kasko, Jimmy Piersall, John Valentin and Don Zimmer are the honorees and will be recognized on the field before the game.
Other notes: The Sox are 11-4 against the Blue Jays this season, outscoring them by 19 runs in those 15 games. … Toronto has lost seven of its last eight games and isn't exactly send out Cito Gaston on a high note. … When — or if — Tim Wakefield does pitch again this season, he would become the second-oldest player to appear in a game for the Red Sox. Deacon McGuire was 44 years, 280 days old when he appeared in a game in 1908. Carl Yastrzemski is currently in second place, having played his last game when he was 44 years, 41 days old in 1983. Wakefield is 44 years, 46 days old as of today. … Scott Atchison has allowed one run in his last 11 innings. … Marco Scutaro is one hit shy of matching his career high of 162. … Rookie Ryan Kalish has 14 RBIs in 12 games this month. … Lackey has a 7.71 ERA in three starts against Toronto this season.
That's it for me today. I'm off for a few days. Enjoy the game.


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I am new to quilting and have found dozens of patterns that I would like to try, but they are just of the finished block. Do I need to take that apart and add my own seam allowance? How does that work?
Welcome to the Quilting Board!
I am new to quilting and have found dozens of patterns that I would like to try, but they are just of the finished block. Do I need to take that apart and add my own seam allowance? How does that work?
Where are you finding the patterns you like? If they are the free patterns you find so often, they usually tell you if the seam allowance is included. But, if you like one that doesn"t say that, yes, you could cut it apart and make it to a size you would like. Just be sure you do add the 1/4 inch around all sides.
Thank you so much! I took a guess and was doing just that, then started to doubt myself. This is such a fun and exciting hobby to start, but I have a lot to learn. :D
Welcome to the board Wilpatricia ! You are going to have a ton of a fabric & projects in no time :)
I guess I haven't experienced any patterns that didn't have seam allowances included. You're not paper piecing are you?
A lot of the older quilting books and magazines don't include seam allowances on the template shapes. And I have a book, 501 Quilt Blocks, that is just pictures of the blocks. It allows them to have that many one one book. Sometimes it's a pain to make the little templates, but the variety makes up for it, for me.Originally Posted by Rachel
What I do to add the seam allowances is tape or glue (with gluestick) a copy of each template piece to a piece of paper, with enough space between to allow for the seam allowances. Then I lay my ruler against the piece with the 1/4" line on the seam line and mark the cutting lines, then cut the template pieces out. Curves are a little pickier, you just have to mark a lot more often to reproduce the curve smoothly.
There is a ruler that has the 1/4 seam allowance on it you just line it up on the pattern and it extends 1/4 in.
Hello from Ohio.
If the blocks you are looking at have common size patches--say a 2 inch square or a rectangle that is 2 inches by 4 inches--it would still be much easier to use a rotary cutter & rotary ruler to cut your patches. Just remember to add in your seam allowances when you cut the patches out.Originally Posted by wilpatricia
I have a bunch of old magazines from the early to mid 1980's--before rotary cutters & rulers became widely used and they are all like you described. Hand drawn squares even for a pattern as simple as a 4 Patch. Unless you are really into doing things the "old" way--please do yourself a favor and purchase a rotary cutter, ruler & cutting mat. If you are talking about applique, there is no easy way. You have to trace & cut all those shapes out. You can "cheat" by using a lightweight fusible interfacing so you don't need to add the seam allowances or the traditional needle turn method where you do add the seam allowances and turn them under as you hand or machine stitch the pieces down.
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Welcome to the home of LYSA (Longwood Youth Sports Association), where you will be able to obtain more information about the entire organization, as well as the individual sports. LYSA was originally formed back in 1962, as the Middle Island Sports Association and then later evolved into the current LYSA organization it is known as today. The organization was formed to ensure the youth of Longwood would have organized sports available to them throughout the area. Today's leagues have grown to over 3,000 families across 8 sports under the LYSA umbrella and is recognized as the largest youth sport organization in Suffolk county and one of the largest on all of Long Island.
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We would like to inform the community about current and ongoing efforts to acquire fields for all of our outdoor LYSA sports. As many of you may have seen or heard, we have had solid discussions with the owners of the old Kmart property in Middle Island to acquire a big portion of this property to have several fields established. This is being done with the help of Suffolk County Legislature Sarah Anker and MICA President Gail Lynch-Bailey, who have been very instrumental in assisting our efforts. In addition to this property, we have also been promised fields from "The Meadows at Yaphank" as well, once the first phase is completed. Hopefully we will have some great news to share soon. Stay tuned...The LYSA Executive Board
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I have been thinking about what I want to change about this blog lately. Obviously I haven't changed much, yet, but I have some ideas running through my mind. One of those ideas is to do Fabulous Food Fridays. I am going to post a recipe or two,either of my own or one I have found (with the appropriate "give the credit" link) on each Friday, so you all have a chance to make it over the weekend. I hope you all enjoy it. It's a little thing to do, but something different. I get easily caught up on the same mundane things in life and forget that I do like change…sometimes!
*I did update my side bar with recipes I have posted in the past…I really need to get more main meal/side dishy recipes. I will work on that.
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Control factor makes leaders less prone to stress, US study finds
Those in control are less prone to worry about issues than people farther down the hierarchy
Management consultants say 60 per cent of senior executives experience high stress and anxiety on a regular basis, and a thriving industry of motivational speakers teaches business leaders how to manage their corrosive burden of stress. But just how uneasy lies the head that wears the crown?
Not so uneasy, it turns out.
A new study reveals that those who sit atop America's political, military, business and non-profit organisations are actually pretty chill. Compared with people of similar age, sex and ethnicity who haven't made it to the top, leaders pronounced themselves less stressed and anxious. And their levels of cortisol, a hormone that circulates at high levels in the chronically stressed, told the same story.
The source of the leaders' relative serenity was pretty simple: control.
Compared with workers who toil in lower echelons of the American economy, the leaders studied by a group of Harvard University researchers enjoyed control over their schedules, their daily living circumstances, their financial security, their enterprises and their lives.
"Leaders possess a particular psychological resource - a sense of control - that may buffer against stress," the research team reported in the journal, Proceedings of the National Academies of Sciences.
Though the finding appeared to fly in the face of conventional wisdom, it came as no surprise to those who have studied the role that social status plays in the well-being of our primate relatives.
Baboons and monkeys who rise to positions of power in their social groups show lower levels of anxiety and stress, so long as their status is not under challenge.
"It's clear that having a sense of control is protective against stress," said Nichole Lighthall, who researches stress and its effects at Duke University and was not involved in the new study.
"People in a company at all levels may be affected by the market and its unpredictability."
But while rank-and-file employees may worry about being laid off, chief executives can pretty much rest assured that "they'll keep their position in society, their superiority, their lifestyle and their income" even if their organisation suffers, she said.
To gather leaders for the study, the Harvard team took advantage of the university's array of programmes for mid-career and senior professionals, generally rising stars being groomed for promotion. Members of Harvard's Decision Science Laboratory invited them to take part in their studies.
Social psychologist Gary Sherman and his colleagues recruited 148 people who managed others in military, government, business and non-profit organisations. Each was asked to complete an inventory of psychological traits and a questionnaire.
Participants were also asked to describe their jobs and count the workers below them. Finally, the study members provided a sample of their saliva so the researchers could measure levels of cortisol.
The results showed that compared to non-leaders, leaders' sense of control and propensity towards anxiety were lower. So were their cortisol levels.
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For 16-year old hockey player Michael Goldifne, blocking every puck means the world to him. Not just because he wants to be a good teammate, but because being on the ice is, in many ways, his therapy.
"I wouldn't be flowing as fast and fighting through this leukemia if I didn't have something to focus on like hockey," Goldfine said.
He was diagnosed with the cancer last July. The leukemia makes it harder for Goldfine to recover from any injury. And with so much of the game focused on being successful, it's hard for his mom Lisa Goldfine not to worry. " These kids are strictly thinking about winning the game, no matter what it takes. "
But Lisa Goldfine is getting some peace of mind, in the form of this tiny sensor called "Shockwave."
It costs $21.95 and goes on the back of a player's helmet.
Stevenson High School hockey coach Tim Johannes came up with the idea for the sensor. It's already spreading to other schools and the NFL and other pro-leagues are looking at the device. It measures the force of an impact.
"When I know this goes off, I'm not gonna put them back on the ice, " Johannes explained while holding one of the sensors.
Before using it, each player first undergoes a special test that measures balance, and other motor skills. That info, along with an athlete's age and weight is recorded and used to calibrate the sensor.
The sensor is usually clear in color, but it turns red after an impact that could be a concussion.
"The device is like an idiot light on your car. It goes off, you don't necessarily know what it means, but then you go to your owner's manual, look through, and you go ok, it went off, these are the signs and symptoms that I have. "
Northwestern Memorial Hospital neurosurgeon Hunt Batjer believes the sensor is no replacement for real-life medical attention. Because it's only in one location, and doesn't go directly on the head itself, Dr. Batjer says relying on it could be tricky.
"There are close to 4 million sports related concussions each year. The best thing that we know of that can determine whether somebody has had an injury or not, is a trainer and a team physician, who know their players.
But Dr. Batjer also believes the device could be very helpful for young athletes, who are all extremely susceptible to second impact syndrome.
"When a child has a concussion they are off the field or practice, they're out.".
Thanks to the sensor, Coach Johannes says more of his students better understand what a concussion is, and to him that's half the battle.
"It's not all about winning the game, it's about taking care of the kids."
Related Websites: Shockwaveimpact.com; Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Dr. Hunt Batjer.


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NEWBURGH, N.Y., May 1 (UPI) -- Police in Newburgh, N.Y., were investigating a triple homicide shooting that happened in the predawn hours Wednesday, leaving one woman and two men dead.
Two of the victims died at the scene of the 2:40 a.m. shooting, a multifamily house at 98 S. William St., and the third died at St. Luke's Cornwall Hospital in Newburgh, the Poughkeepsie Journal reported.
Ava Lewis told NBC-TV, New York, two of the victims were her cousin John Lewis and one of his longtime friends.
"They'd help you. These guys will help you," Lewis said. "They'll give you their last dollar if they have it, they'll give it to you."
A judge in Manhattan said recently Newburgh is "the most pathetic place" in New York because of its gang and drug-related violence.
"This is the city of death," one woman at the scene told the TV station. "The devil owns this town.
"This right here just sent a message. It sent a message that nobody in Newburgh is safe."


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Mikkal Herberg
Mikkal Herberg is the Research Director on Asian Energy Security at The National Bureau of Asian Research and teaches at the Graduate School of International Relations and Pacific Studies, University of California, San Diego.
Previously he spent 20 years in the oil industry in senior planning roles for ARCO, where from 1997-2000 he was Director for Global Energy and Economics, responsible for worldwide energy, economic, and political analysis. He also headed country risk management and held previous positions including Director of Portfolio Risk Management and Director for Emerging Markets.
He writes and speaks extensively on Asian and global energy issues to the energy industry, governments, research institutions, and the media in the U.S., Asia, and Europe. He has testified before the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission, and the California Energy Commission. He is cited frequently in the news media, including The Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, South China Morning Post, Asahi Shimbun, National Public Radio, NIKKEI News, and Caijing. Recent publications include The Rise of Asia's National Oil Companies: Geopolitical and Competitive Implications, The National Bureau of Asian Research; "Energy Security in the Asia-Pacific Region and Policy of the New U.S. Administration", in America's Role in Asia: Recommendations for U.S. Policy from Both Sides of the Pacific, Asia Foundation; and China's Search for Energy Security: Implications for the United States, co-authored with Kenneth Lieberthal, The National Bureau of Asia Research. He is currently working on a special analysis for the Pacific Council on China's 'Energy Rise' and The New Geopolitics of Global Energy.
In the News:
- Mikkal Herberg analyzes China's energy security in "China's resources policy attracts attention of Congress", Asia Times, February 02, 2012
- Mikkal Herberg on the growth of China's energy demand in "The Price of Coal in China: Can China Fuel Growth without Warming the World?", Scientific American, December 16, 2010
- Mikkal Herberg argues the center of gravity in the energy market is shifting from the Middle East to Asia in "China's Massive Commodities Appetite Moves Markets", AFP, October 24, 2010
- Mikkal Herberg on recent Chinese investments in Belarus in "China Thwarts Russian Goal", Radio Free Asia, April 5, 2010
- Mikkal Herberg in "Energy Shortfalls Prompt Elusive Reform", Radio Free Asia, February 15, 2010
Additional Information:
- The Rise of Energy and Resource Nationalism in Asia
- China's Search for Energy Security: Implications for the U.S.
- China's Energy Consumption and Opportunities for U.S.-China Cooperation to Address the Effects of China's Energy Use (statement before U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission)
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Photographer's Note
Another view of the palace at Pillnitz on the banks of the Elbe River near Dresden. Not the ideal time of year (October) to visit- the weather was overcast and the gardens were not at their best- but still an enjoyable outing. Unfortunately, the various exhibitions housed in these splendid buildings had no explanatory notes in English (German only). They certainly need to raise a lot of money to maintain this architectural heritage and catering to non-German speaking visitors would help.
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Does anyone ever wonder why the illustrious independent vote is always the most sought-after vote in every election?
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Does anyone ever wonder why the illustrious independent vote is always the most sought-after vote in every election?
It is because independents do not cling to a platform or an ideology. Their votes are always must-haves for anyone seeking office or re-election, and they are almost never won over by smear, spin, rhetoric and the rest of the usual malarkey.
Democrats have a base, as do Republicans, but independents are the all-important objective voters who are beholden to facts and whose votes are anyone�s to earn and never guaranteed.
Having said that, here is my idea of what an independent sees when choosing for whom to vote � of course, everyone has an equal opportunity to be right or wrong:
Cute little presentation points like free birth control, pre-existing condition coverage and coverage under mom and dad�s plan until age 26 don�t do anything to earn an independent vote. An independent would step away from that and ask the following: If a candidate came right out during a campaign and said that his plan was to take $716 billion out of Medicare that we had already paid in and spend it, along with many more dollars, on a 2,700-page federal government health-care takeover law, would that have earned anybody�s vote, let alone an independent�s?
Try another one. If a candidate said upfront during a campaign that his plan was to take billions upon billions of dollars that you had earned and given to the government (not in the 501c3 way, but the 1040 way) and spend it on a few folks in Detroit, does that earn a vote?
As you can see, when independents look at candidates, they don�t pay any mind to slogans or rhetoric. They see elected people who have our tax dollars, which ought to be going to teachers, roads and bridges (stuff the government is responsible for) and is being spent on unimaginably useless, expensive things.
In what way, shape or form does any government, local or national, have anything whatsoever to do with running a business? Why does anyone at all think that those neat and tidy talking points constitute a vote-worthy record? Does anyone objectively believe that the new normal, and abysmal, 8 percent unemployment rate, is acceptable? Is anyone happy knowing that 23 million people can�t find a job and twice as many have to rely on food stamps?
At best, such a record is mediocre; at worst, it is reprehensible and dangerously irresponsible.
Here are some very easy and objective ideas that we should consider: Give credit where credit is due. Put blame where it belongs. George W. Bush is not running for president. Feel free to keep on believing that he left quite an inheritance to the incumbent. Now that blame has been properly assigned, let�s give credit where it is due: Bush�s CIA found bin Laden and the incumbent merely answered the phone when Navy SEALs took him out. He did not, however, answer the phone when SEALs and an ambassador called for backup on Sept. 11 of this year.
Once again, there�s plenty of blame for Bush�s monstrous economy that the incumbent just can�t seem to fix; however, credit the incumbent for spending us another $6 trillion into debt � a record for just four years. And by the way, over 8 percent unemployment for four straight years is another record.
Nobody needs to be a rocket scientist to figure out that what has already happened isn�t vote-worthy. You don�t have to be an independent to think like one. Political ideology, pandering and smear do nothing at all to earn votes; they only divide people against each other and preach to each respective choir without informing anyone. It has never fooled independents, and they are the so-called chosen ones of the electorate. They separate the deeds of the person from the spin and vote with their dollars. We all should.
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Simple memory game that belongs to a bigger project developed to help girls from the Amazon victims of a common accident to proceed their psychological treatment.
This little game help people to know some images found in communities around the rivers of Amazon.
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Chicago Teacher's Union President Karen Lewis hasn't spoken to Rahm Emanuel in two years, ever since he allegedly cursed at her during a meeting.
But the mayor appears to be trying to repair their relationship.
"Well the mayor reached out to me because he hadn't seen me in a while," she said during a one-on-one interview with NBC 5. "Obviously that's different, so I'm looking forward to moving in a completely different direction."
Lewis and Emanuel became sparring partners before he took office, and political enemies after Emanuel announced plans to close schools.
She encouraged her union to strike in 2012, and they did just that.
But now that the dust has settled on closing 50 Chicago Public Schools, Rahm is reaching out. He sent Lewis a letter on the first day of school asking about her well being after she missed the first day of school.
"Karen, as a former teacher, I know it must have been difficult for you to miss the first day of school. I hope you feel better and have a quick recovery. Sincerely, Mayor Emanuel," the letter read.
Lewis said she was keeping a low profile on day one, and wasn't ill.
But she takes the letter as a good sign; perhaps an indicator of a relationship reset.
"Well I don't know if we want to do 'do over,'" she said. "I think we need to do differently."
The CTU president, however, isn't planning on backing off her role as thorn in the side of the mayor.
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What Happens to the Brain When You Meditate (And How it Benefits You)
Ever since my dad tried to convince me to meditate when I was about 12, I've been fairly skeptical of this practice. It always seemed so vague and
hard to understand
As an adult, I first started my meditation practice with just
two minutes
What is Meditation?
There are different ways to meditate, and since it's such a personal practice there are probably more than any of us know about. There are a couple that are usually focused on heavily in scientific research, though. These are
focused-attention, or mindful meditation
The other type of meditation that's often used in research is open-monitoring meditation. This is where you pay attention to all of the things happening around you-you simply notice everything without reacting.
What Happens in Your Brain When You Meditate
This is where things get really interesting. Using modern technology like fMRI scans, scientists have developed a more thorough understanding of what's taking place in our brains when we meditate. The overall difference is that our brains stop processing information as actively as they normally would. We start to show a decrease in beta waves , which indicate that our brains are processing information, even after a single 20-minute meditation session if we've never tried it before.
In the image below you can see how the beta waves (shown in bright colors on the left) are dramatically reduced during meditation (on the right).
Below is the best explanation I found of what happens in each part of the brain during meditation:
Frontal lobe
This is the most highly evolved part of the brain, responsible for reasoning, planning, emotions and self-conscious awareness. During meditation, the frontal cortex tends to go offline.
Parietal lobe
This part of the brain processes sensory information about the surrounding world, orienting you in time and space. During meditation, activity in the parietal lobe slows down.
The gatekeeper for the senses, this organ focuses your attention by funneling some sensory data deeper into the brain and stopping other signals in their tracks. Meditation reduces the flow of incoming information to a trickle.
Reticular formation
As the brain's sentry, this structure receives incoming stimuli and puts the brain on alert, ready to respond. Meditating dials back the arousal signal.
How Meditation Affects You
Now that we know what's going on inside our brains, let's take a look at the research into the ways it affects our health.
Better Focus
Because meditation is a practice in focusing our attention and being aware of when it drifts, this actually improves our focus when we're
meditating, as well.
It's a lasting effect
Less Anxiety
This point is pretty technical, but it's really interesting. The more we meditate, the less anxiety we have, and it turns out this is because we're actually loosening the connections of particular neural pathways . This sounds bad, but it's not.
What happens without meditation is that there's a section of our brains that's sometimes called the Me Center (it's technically the medial prefrontal cortex). This is the part that processes information relating to ourselves and our experiences. Normally the neural pathways from the bodily sensation and fear centers of the brain to the Me Center are really strong. When you experience a scary or upsetting sensation, it triggers a strong reaction in your Me Center, making you feel scared and under attack.
When we meditate, we weaken this neural connection. This means that we don't react as strongly to sensations that might have once lit up our Me Centers. As we weaken this connection, we simultaneously strengthen the connection between what's known as our Assessment Center (the part of our brains known for reasoning) and our bodily sensation and fear centers. So when we experience scary or upsetting sensations, we can more easily look at them rationally. Here's a good example :
For example, when you experience pain, rather than becoming anxious and assuming it means something is wrong with you, you can watch the pain rise and fall without becoming ensnared in a story about what it might mean.
More Creativity
As a writer, this is one thing I'm always interested in. Unfortunately, it's not the easiest thing to study, but there is some research into how meditation can affect our creativity.
Researchers at Leiden University in the Netherlands studied both focused-attention and open-monitoring mediation to see if there was any improvement in creativity afterwards. They found that people who practiced focused-attention meditation did not show any obvious signs of improvement in the creativity task following their meditation. For those who did open-monitoring meditation, however, they performed better on a task that asked them to come up with new ideas.
More Compassion
Research on meditation has shown that empathy and compassion are higher in those who practice meditation regularly. One experiment showed participants images of other people that were either good, bad or neutral in what they called "compassion meditation." The participants were able to focus their attention and reduce their emotional reactions to these images, even when they weren't in a meditative state. They also experienced more compassion for others when shown disturbing images.
Part of this comes from activity in the amygdala-the part of the brain that processes emotional stimuli. During meditation, this part of the brain normally shows decreased activity, but in this experiment it was exceptionally responsive when participants were shown images of people.
Another study in 2008
found that people who meditated regularly had stronger activation levels in their temporal parietal junctures (a part of the brain tied to empathy) when they heard
Better Memory
One of the things meditation has been linked to is improving rapid
memory recall
Less Stress
Mindful meditation has been shown to help people perform under pressure while feeling l
ess stressed
More Gray Matter
Meditation has been linked to
larger amounts of gray matter
Meditation has also been shown to diminish age-related effects on gray matter and reduce the decline of our cognitive functioning.
A Note on Getting Started
One of the best (free!) apps I've come across to help you get started with meditation is called Headspace . Invented by former Buddhist monk Andy Puddicombe, this is meditation geared towards busy people like you and me. Andy guides you through 10 minutes of simple meditation every day. You don't have to do anything-just sit down and turn on the app and let Andy's calm voice (his voice is truly amazing-the app is worth trying just for that!) explain how to approach meditation.
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Mrs Fiddlesticks
letting the chickens out in the morning
Do you let your chickens out the minute its light, or do you ignore the shouts and let them out as it fits in with your routine?
I ask as we are in the process of thinking about the summer holiday and whilst we have a willing neighbour to fed and shut them up he might be less willling if they need letting out at 5am!!
Without being cruel would it matter if they were kept shut in for an extra half an hour to an hour in the morning for a mere week in August?
We are looking in to an automatic door opener but the design of our hen house may prohibit that.
We let the chickens out when we can, and when it fits in with our routine. I don't think they will suffer in any way if they have to be let out later than usual, or for less time than usual.
Yes, Julie, agree with Foghorn, I think they'll be fine. We let them out as early as we can - of course in winter this often means waiting for them to get up
We've not noticed much noise from them in the summer mornings if we'rea bit late. Often they're completely silent until they hear us start opening the house. The only thing is once or twice they managed to find their way out from the sleeping quarters in to the ark and then announce their arrival like they're confused about their role in life...
I put curtains up! This prevented any early noises!
Mrs Fiddlesticks
ours ( and there is only 3) tend to start up a glorious 'trumpet voluntary' of a noise the minute its light. If that gets no action then someone, sometimes starts a loud and indignant clucking!! I think the cockerel in the village gives them the idea. We always get up quickly as our neighbours said no cockerel ( i shan't comment about those that move to the country and then moan about country noises!!
The girls have not got us wrapped round their little tail feathers at all then!
thanx for the help!
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I put curtains up! This prevented any early noises!
In your house or the geese's house?
Is geese's a correct word.
Fiddlesticks Julie wrote:
ours ( and there is only 3) tend to start up a glorious 'trumpet voluntary' of a noise the minute its light.
If you can exclude as much light as possible (as Mrs Nesbitt suggests) without stopping the ventilation that should keep them a little more sedate.
An ideal time for ours is about 8ish, 9 doesn't seem to cause them any trouble but I do notice if they are let out late they seem to go to be late.
I remember some old books saying leave the hens shut in until they lay. I wouldn't do it to ours as they are in an ark.
I agree about the country noises, when we come to sell I'd love to rent a cockerel for a month.
Neighbours were complaining about leaves over the weekend. That'll be the trees you get in these parts I thought.
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In your house or the geese's house? Is geese's a correct word.
Dearest Treacodactyl I am talking about our hens here...........in the hen house. the GEESE live in the Goose hut......................... sadly no curtains .yet! However once they read this, and they do read posts just to see their pictures, I am sure they will start asking questions!
We don't have hens now.........they hated the tie backs.said they preferred vertical blinds!!!
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We don't have hens now.........they hated the tie backs.said they preferred vertical blinds!!!
We are currently lighting our hens in Winter, which I know not everyone agrees with.
(I don't feel personally, given their overall quality of life, that we are doing anything detrimental. No more detrimental than keeping them for eggs in the first place, anyway. With or without a Winter break, being bred as an egg producing machine is bound to limit a chicken's life expectancy to some degree. I feel that provided they get good quality feed, extra greens and calcium and lots of TLC, and have plenty of space to run about and do chickeny things, they are still having the best life they can. Ours are in excellent health, and the number of eggs produced during our first Winter has been amazing.)
Their timer is adjusted every week to give a total of 14 hours of light altogether each day - more in the middle of the Summer. They get extra light in the morning only, so they take themselves off to bed naturally as it gets dark and have a gradual dusk in which to find their perches.
This means their light goes on an hour or so after midnight at mid-Winter, getting later and later as the year progresses, and also meant that in December, the chickens were sometimes getting up before I had gone to bed!
They are used to being in their house until they are let out in the morning, and though you can sometimes hear them scratching around or singing to themselves at strange times in the early morning, they don't really make a kerfuffle unless one has just laid, or one of them wants to get into the nestbox before the other has finished. That doesn't often happen, though, and one nest box between the three of them is usually perfectly adequate. (I think they can 'hang on' for a bit if they need to.)
[There was one time recently though, during the day, when I knew one of our three hens had just gone in to lay, and I could only find one chicken in the garden. The missing hen wasn't in the main henhouse, or behind the shed, or under the bushes, and I was quite worried that she might have flown over into next door's garden and been eaten by their dogs or something. Eventually, I checked in the nestbox and found not one, but two birds squashed in head to tail, (it's not a big nestbox to start with), both looking at me indignantly for disturbing their private moment!]
Our three usually get let out in the morning about 7.30 on a weekday, which is about the time I get downstairs, but at weekends or school holidays it can sometimes be as late as 9 o'clock if we have all had a lie in! They don't seem to mind, as the timer is set to stay on until 9 am if no-one has turned it off before then. (There is only a small window in the henhouse, and chickens seem to need higher light levels than humans to be able to see what they are doing - something to do with rods and cones, I think. All I know is, they seem to get panicky in levels of light that we find quite comfortable.
I would be worried about letting my chooks out too early before someone was up and about, as foxes are still likely to be on the prowl at this time. Once people in the neighbourhood are moving about and making noise, the foxes have gone off to sleep and I am happy to let them out.
I guess if you let them out of their house and into a covered area or run, such as the living area of the ark, then that's probably OK, even though it might still enourage unwanted attentions from the local sandy-whiskered gentleman.
I worry about the noise factor too, as I'm living in a sub-urban area, where people aren't really livestock oriented. Having said that, I'm lucky with my neighbours, who swear they hardly hear them. It doesn't stop me panicking a bit if I do hear them shouting in the small wee hours, though.
Dawn is a good time for free range hens to catch insects and worms, though that's probably slightly less relevant for those in an ark as their range is smaller. But on balance, if you have a choice, I'd say stay in bed every time.
I've found with mine, that unless I've made a habit of letting them out at the crack of dawn, they don't expect it. Though I did have a couple of nights on the trot once where they shouted and squabbled with each other for about an hour and a half before I finally relented and went down to let them out in the pre-dawn gloaming, because I couldn't stand it any longer! (I seem to remember telling them I didn't care if the bl**dy foxes ate them!)
I never did find out what it was all about, though I did check quietly out my bedroom window for cats and foxes before going down to open their pop hole. It's my guess that they were just having a heirarchy squabble, as a little while after that the pecking order between the three of them had changed.
I wouldn't leave mine in till they lay, because they sometimes don't get round to it until the afternoon!
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Sharjah Museums Department (SMD) received yesterday a high-level Libyan delegation led by Dr. Aref Nayed, Libyan Ambassador to the UAE, accompanied by an elite group of thinkers, literary figures and artists from the Libyan Ministry of Culture.
The delegation was received at the Sharjah Art Museum by Manal Ataya, SMD Director General, and a number of SMD directors. The delegation was taken on a tour of a number of museums in Sharjah.
The visit reflects the delegation's interest in identifying the role of the Sharjah Museums Department and Sharjah Art Museum, as well as in familiarizing itself with SMD's vision for Sjarjah as a capital of culture and arts at local, Gulf, Arab and international levels, as well as learning about the experience and policies adopted by the Department to preserve the emirate's historical heritage.
The guests were taken on a tour of the Sharjah Art Museum where they viewed the museum's prestigious collections, and then visited the exhibition "Ibrahim El-Salahi: A Visionary Modernist" which comprises 80 works spanning over five decades of the artist's career.
The delegates were briefed on the educational programmes and workshops organized by the museum on the sidelines of exhibitions and workshops involving school and university students as well as male and female teachers, in addition to authors and activists in cultural and art arenas, in order to enhance the culture of arts in the community.
On another leg of its tour, the delegation then headed to the Sharjah Calligraphy Museum in the Heritage Area where they visited the 5th edition of Sharjah Calligraphy Biennial (Universe) 2012, organized by the Directorate of Arts at the Sharjah Department of Culture and Information, which is running over two months with the participation of 160 internationally renowned calligraphers from the UAE, Arab, Muslim and other countries showcasing more than 1000 works spanning both original and contemporary styles.
The guests toured all the various museums in the Heritage Area in Sharjah. Finally, the delegates were taken on a tour of the Sharjah Museum of Islamic Civilization where they toured the museum's six halls featuring 5,000 impressive masterpieces and precious artifacts on the history, culture and art of the Muslim world dating back to various Islamic ages spanning 1,400 years.
The delegates also visited the touring exhibition of 'Owen Jones: Islamic design, Discovery and Vision' from the Victoria and Albert Museum, described as a new window into the history of Islamic civilization and a precious opportunity for artists, thinkers, and intellectuals to get a deeper insight into the works of one of the greatest artists, an artist who was a leading light in the revolution of Islamic art's impact on British design.
Expressing his gratitude for the visit, Libyan Ambassador Aref Nayed said : "the visit has contributed significantly to enhancing our knowledge about cultural and art activities in Sharjah and the ways followed to achieve the required objectives of creating a strong cultural environment in the emirate of Sharjah and other emirates."
He said the visit would help enhance the experiences and skills of officials in charge of Libya's heritage and historical work with regard to policies, mechanisms and plans that are supposed to be followed in order to preserve the Libyan historical heritage. The delegates expressed their admiration for the museum experiences in Sharjah and the collections of museums, as well as the activities and events organized by Sharjah Museums Department. They showed their great interest in boosting cooperation with the Department.
Manal Ataya, Director General of Sharjah Museums Department, said: "The visit of the Libyan ambassador and his accompanying delegation is very important as it recognizes the Museum's cultural value on the global level and the importance and quality of the services provided by the Department to the public."
Ataya expressed the Department's willingness to share its experiences and to familiarize the delegation with the work methods and policies adopted to achieve its goals.
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As a long time ICU/CCU nurse I can say that it is money wasted and the poor dying patients suffer. Have had many dying elderly patients ask me to put them out of their misery, literally ask me to help them die. It is often their family that cannot let go and expect some miracle that won't happen. The nurses that I worked with and I agreed that we did not want to come to ICU if we were dying or elderly and critically ill. We preferred to die outside in the courtyard of the hospital under a tree, even in the rain if necessary (Seattle) than to be attached to beeping, blinking machines in the unit. Hospice is such a blessing and the people who work there are angels. What a wonderful alternative to "expensive" care..
Humans should be equipped with an "off" button, programmed so that people can make this choice for themselves when it is time. The fact that we don't have one is a flaw..
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I agree with you both but my grand mother she is very angry and aggressive still after my grand father died seen years ago, she blames doctors for his death as they did an exploratory looking for cancer and came up empty handed, he died shortly after due to an infection which had nothing to do with any form of cancer. Ow she won't have surgery as she needs a pace maker because she is scarred the doctor will kill her. She is going crazy on these meds she is taking to control her heart, she still often gets worked up oer the smallest thing and let's not forget to mention her short term memory loss which is a huge problem. She often says she is finished, problem is she is too fit, being European she has worked hard since she was young and now she is a tough old bag God bless her soul. Is there anything that can keep her calm and happy she is so depressed and has no zest for anything. Everything is the end for her, best thing in my opinion is keep showing love and hope that works.. An thoughts.
jill rahrig
Eddie - your grandma will likely die more from NO pacemaker, than dying from pacemaker insertion and adjustment. Her heart is going on overload and fluttering around like a bad gas pump...gonna quit one of these days without a pacemaker. Do some online research and get her some related facts. An analogy for those that fear flying..it is factually and significantly safer to fly than drive or be in a car..


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The glossy black Intempo RDi-W is a docking station for iPods but also connects to a PC or laptop and uses this connection to serve up FM and internet radio stations too. Music and other audio pumped through the Intempp RDi-W speaker and its integrated subwoofer has a maximum output of 30 Watts.
Compatible with all iPods, the Intempo dock will also charge other MP3 players (but not the iPod shuffle).
In FM or internet radio mode, the Intempo device can access around 20,000 different radio stations and web-based podcasts. The device can store 20 radio stations presets for quick access to favourites. Details of the current station are displayed on the 4 line LCD screen on the device.
Internet radio stations can be accessed either via a LAN connection or using the built-in Wi-Fi connection. Music stored on a PC can be streamed over these connections.
The Intempo device also has an SD card reader and USB port and can be used to play tracks stored on a memory card or USB stick. It also has the ability to stream music stored on a PC.
The device comes with a remote that allows users to pause, play and skip audio tracks, change radio stations and even adjust the treble and bass.
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