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What is Wilson disease?
Where does the copper come from?
If it is a copper disorder, why is it called Wilson disease?
What kind of gene is abnormal in Wilson disease?
What is known about the gene?
How is Wilson disease inherited?
Does Wilson disease occur more often in some populations than in others?
What kind of disease occurs with Wilson disease?
When does the disease begin?
What kind of liver disease occurs with Wilson disease?
What neurologic problems occur with Wilson disease?
Can Wilson disease affect other organs?
How is Wilson disease diagnosed?
Can Wilson disease be treated?
What is penicillamine and what does it do?
Is penicillamine a good treatment for Wilson disease?
What are the other treatments?
Are these the only treatments?
Is treatment lifelong or can it be stopped at some point?
How should treatment be monitored?
Is a special diet necessary?
Are there any other treatment strategies?
What about liver transplantation for Wilson disease?
Is it okay to drink alcohol if a person has Wilson disease?
If a person has Wilson disease and gets pregnant, what should that person
do about medication during the pregnancy?
If a person has Wilson disease, will that person's children get it?
Since it is a genetic disease, what about family studies?
What research is being done?
Guide to technical words
Eve A. Roberts, M.D., FRCPC
Division of Gastroenterology and Nutrition, Department of Pediatrics,
The Hospital for Sick Children and University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Wilson disease (technical name: hepatolenticular degeneration) is an inherited disorder
of copper handling in the liver. Copper is not packaged properly into its carrier
protein in the liver, and it is not excreted efficiently into the bile. Consequently,
copper accumulates in liver cells. When too much copper is in liver cells, it spills
into the blood stream and is deposited in other organs, mainly the brain and the
Copper is found in many foods. Trace amounts are essential for good health, but
too much copper can be toxic. Most people excrete the extra copper that they do
not need, but persons with Wilson disease cannot do this adequately.
Wilson disease is named after an eminent neurologist, Kinnear Wilson, who first
described the disease in 1912. Although born in the United States, he worked mainly
in England. He described progressive neurologic disease in children in the same
family, although he observed that some children also had liver disease. The ring
of copper deposited in the eye, near the iris, called the Kayser-Fleischer ring,
was described only a few years earlier. Copper's role in damaging the liver was
confirmed in the late 1940s. The genetic pattern of inheritance (called autosomal
recessive) was determined in 1960. The gene that is abnormal in Wilson disease was
identified in 1993. The technical name for this gene is ATP7B, but it also
is called WND. The gene is located on chromosome 13.
The gene that is abnormal in Wilson disease (ATP7B) is the blueprint for
a protein found mainly in liver cells but also in some brain cells and in certain
parts of the kidney. In liver cells, this protein uses energy stored in the cell
to move copper out of the cell, which is why the protein is called a "copper-transporter."
If the gene is abnormal, then the protein is not put together correctly and does
not work.
The gene is large, with over 80,000 base pairs organized in 22 coding units. By
looking at the patterns in the gene, scientists can predict the features of the
protein it makes. The protein has a tail of 6 units to bind copper and a zone to
make a hole, or "pore" in a membrane, through which copper moves; it also has the
mechanism for capturing cellular energy to fuel the whole process of transporting
copper. This gene is complicated. Thus far, approximately 200 different mutations
(or abnormal changes) in this gene have been identified.
Autosomal recessive inheritance means that a person must have 2 abnormal versions
of the WND gene to get the disease. The change that makes a gene abnormal
is called a "mutation." In Wilson disease, some people have 2 copies of the same
mutation, but many people with Wilson disease have 1 copy of 2 different mutations.
Either way, having 2 abnormal WND genes means a person has Wilson disease.
If a person has only 1 abnormal gene, then that person is a carrier of the disease
but does not get the disease. The parents of a person with Wilson disease are obliged
to be carriers.
Wilson disease is considered to be rare. It occurs worldwide at the rate of 1 per
30,000 population, meaning that the carrier rate is approximately 1 per 90 population,
which is a relatively high rate compared to many inherited diseases. Wilson disease
is found in all racial groups. In a few places, the rate of Wilson disease is unusually
high; for example, in Sardinia off the coast of Italy, the disease rate is approximately
1 per 10,000 population.
Younger patients typically have signs of liver disease, and the liver disease can
be highly variable. Many adult patients primarily have neurologic disease, usually
with problems relating to movement. These patients usually have signs of liver damage.
Some children and teenagers mainly develop neurologic disease. A minority of patients
has only psychiatric symptoms. Although copper can be deposited in the eye, it does
not disturb eyesight.
Since Wilson disease is genetic, it is with a person from birth. Most people remain
asymptomatic for years and do not know that they have Wilson disease. Children as
young as 3 years can have severe liver disease from Wilson disease. Some adults
develop only neurologic problems due to Wilson disease when they are in their fifth
decade. In general, liver problems from Wilson disease become evident in people
aged 5 through 40 years. Those persons with neurologic problems from Wilson disease
become symptomatic when they are aged 10 through 55 years.
One of the complicated aspects about Wilson disease is that it leads to many different
types of liver disease some severe, some not. At an early stage, Wilson disease
may cause slight enlargement of the liver, possibly with extra fat in the hepatocytes.
At a later stage, the liver becomes scarred or cirrhotic, often without any symptoms
of liver disease. Patients with clinically evident liver disease can have an acute
illness similar to viral hepatitis or resembling an autoimmune liver injury. Exceptionally,
sudden and rapidly progressive liver failure can occur. This usually is accompanied
by an abrupt and severe anemia, poor clotting function, changes in mental function
(eg, stupor, coma), and renal failure.
Symptoms of Wilson disease affecting the nervous system are extremely variable,
but with 2 main patterns. Movement disorders include tremors, involuntary movements,
poor coordination, and loss of fine movements. Many patients actually have decreased
movement; they get a stiffness of movement, mincing pattern to their gait, and loss
of relaxed and spontaneous facial expression. They also may have garbled speech,
drooling, and difficulty swallowing. In teenagers, excessive clumsiness, unexplained
deterioration in school performance, and change in handwriting from large round
letters to small jagged letters warrant consideration of Wilson disease. Personality
or mood changes or depression may accompany these symptoms. Seizures are uncommon
with Wilson disease. Intellect is normal.
Copper can accumulate in the heart muscle and result in an abnormal heart rhythm.
Copper overload in the pancreas can cause pancreatitis. Copper can cause red blood
cells to break down (hemolytic anemia), leading to some jaundice. Gallstones also
may result. Copper can interfere with various endocrine organs. In particular, women
with Wilson disease may have difficulty becoming pregnant or have repeated miscarriages.
Relatively simple blood and urine tests may be enough to determine whether or not
a person has Wilson disease. The concentrations of copper and ceruloplasmin in the
blood are low. The amount of copper excreted in the urine over 24 hours is higher
than normal. Blood tests to determine liver function are performed. A computed tomography
(CT) scan or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the brain may be performed. The
eyes should be examined carefully with a slit lamp to see if early Kayser-Fleischer
rings are present. More complicated tests include sampling a small amount of the
liver by a liver biopsy to examine the liver under the microscope and to measure
the actual amount of copper in the liver tissue. Genetic testing can be performed
with a blood sample to determine gene patterns that go with Wilson disease or to
detect specific mutations.
Wilson disease was one of the first liver diseases for which effective, lifesaving
treatment was found. Currently, several possible treatments are available for Wilson
disease. These treatments are the chelators, penicillamine and trientine, and the
metallothionein-inducer, zinc. Other treatments are essentially experimental.
In use since 1956, penicillamine is a treatment for Wilson disease. It binds copper
and increases the excretion of copper in the urine. This treatment may increase
the amount of the safe storage protein for copper, called metallothionein, in liver
cells. Penicillamine has other unrelated actions that include inhibiting the immune
response and interfering with the formation of collagen (a protein in fibrous tissues).
Although originally identified as a breakdown product of the antibiotic penicillin,
this drug currently is manufactured by itself, without involving penicillin. Penicillamine
may deplete vitamin B6 (pyridoxine) in the body; therefore, extra vitamin
B6 is taken with it.
Penicillamine has been a lifesaving treatment for Wilson disease since it first
was discovered, and many specialists still regard it as the first-line treatment
for Wilson disease. Although this treatment works for most people, it can have adverse
effects, including fever and rash soon after starting the drug, damage to the kidneys
causing protein to leak into the urine, problems with the bone marrow so that blood
counts drop dangerously low, and complicated damage to numerous organs at the same
time (ie, "lupus-like" drug reaction). Some patients who mainly have neurologic
problems with Wilson disease get worse neurologically soon after starting penicillamine;
this problem is usually, though not always, transient. A patient having any of these
adverse effects may need to change to another treatment. The blood count and urinalysis
have to be monitored whenever penicillamine is used. Some specialists believe that
penicillamine is flawed as a treatment because of the potential for these adverse
effects and advocate using other treatments.
Trientine is a very different chemical from penicillamine, but it is also capable
of binding copper and of increasing the amount of copper excreted in the urine.
This treatment does not have the risk for adverse effects like penicillamine. When
trientine is substituted for penicillamine, the adverse effects of penicillamine
usually stop. Anemia may develop because this drug also can bind iron, and, rarely,
it may cause nausea because of stomach irritation. Trientine is not quite as strong
a binder of copper as penicillamine, but, in day-to-day experience, this difference
is not important. Zinc, taken in very high doses, removes copper from the body by
increasing the amount of metallothionein in the cells lining the intestinal tract.
Copper is bound within these cells and lost in the feces as these cells turn over
every 3-5 days. Zinc is surprisingly strong and quite specific for eliminating copper
from the body. This treatment has few adverse effects, but it can cause stomach
irritation (gastritis).
A few other copper-binding agents have been tried and largely discarded from general
use because they were unpleasant to take (eg, daily injections) or had unacceptable
adverse effects. Some agents are still under development (eg, tetrathiomolybdate),
which means that their effectiveness and adverse effects are not yet fully known.
The safety and effectiveness of combining treatments also is not fully determined.
Most people can be treated satisfactorily with the currently available treatments
(ie, penicillamine, trientine, zinc). Any of these treatments must be used daily
for life. If a treatment has to be stopped because it is causing an adverse effect,
another treatment must be substituted. Stopping successful treatment altogether
inevitably leads to major deterioration. If treatment is started again, it may not
work. In most cases, liver transplant then becomes the only effective treatment
Most patients have follow-up visits twice a year to ensure that they are generally
healthy. Their physician conducts a physical examination and monitors for adverse
effects of drug treatment. Blood counts, liver tests, and urinalysis are performed,
and the level of copper and ceruloplasmin in the blood is checked. The amount of
copper excreted in the urine in 24 hours is checked approximately once a year to
ensure that treatment is effective. A follow-up slit lamp examination of the eyes
may be performed to see whether the Kayser-Fleischer rings disappear.
Especially in the first year of treatment, foods that have very high concentrations
of copper should be avoided. These foods are shellfish, nuts, chocolate, mushrooms,
and organ meats (eg, brains, liver). Since the latter do not play an important role
in the average North American diet, shellfish, nuts, and chocolate are the foods
to target. Advice from a dietitian may be helpful and is mandatory for practicing
vegetarians. Well water or water brought into the household through copper pipes
should be checked for copper content. In general, municipal water supplies do not
have to be checked. A water purifying system may be advisable if the copper content
of the water is high.
Copper may damage liver cells and other cells in the body by causing the formation
of activated chemical intermediates. Antioxidants, such as vitamin E, may neutralize
these chemicals. High doses of vitamin E may be used in addition to a drug to bind
Most patients with Wilson disease can be treated successfully just with medication,
and liver transplant is not necessary. A few patients who do not respond to treatment
require a liver transplant. The rare patient whose first sign of Wilson disease
is acute liver failure requires immediate liver transplantation. Some patients on
treatment who have very severe neurologic disease improve if they undergo a liver
transplant, but, presently, the use of liver transplantation to treat the neurologic
disease remains controversial. Patients who fail to comply with medical therapy
may develop overwhelming liver damage, which can be treated adequately only by a
liver transplant.
Alcohol can cause damage to liver cells that is similar in some ways to the kind
of damage caused by copper; therefore, drinking alcohol is not advised in those
persons who have Wilson disease.
Although a small risk exists that the medication for Wilson disease will damage
the baby, the greatest risk to the baby occurs if the disease is not well controlled
during pregnancy. Therefore, taking the medication during pregnancy is important
for those women with Wilson disease. Management of the pregnancy by a high-risk
obstetrics team may be advisable depending on the severity of the underlying liver
Since Wilson disease is inherited by an autosomal recessive pattern, a person must
have 2 abnormal genes to get Wilson disease. This means that if a person with abnormal
genes marries a person with normal genes, the children inherit 1 abnormal gene and
1 of the mate's normal genes. The children are carriers of the disease, but they
do not have Wilson disease. If a person with normal genes marries a person who is
a carrier of Wilson disease (ie, has 1 abnormal gene), then a 50-50 chance exists
with each pregnancy that the child will have Wilson disease.
As soon as 1 child in the family is diagnosed with Wilson disease, all brothers
and sisters should be tested. Each child has a 1 in 4 chance of being affected with
the disease. Initial studies can be limited to a physical examination; blood tests
of liver function; the concentration of copper and its carrier protein, ceruloplasmin,
in the serum; and a measurement of the amount of copper excreted in the urine over
a 24-hour period. If these studies are suggestive of Wilson disease, further studies
may be required. Such studies may include a slit lamp examination of the eyes for
Kayser-Fleischer rings, a liver biopsy, and CT scan or MRI of the brain. Since patients
who begin treatment before they have any symptoms have the best prognosis, performing
these studies is important. If the tests are inconclusive, they should be repeated
several times, at 6- to 12-month intervals. If genetic testing is available, an
excellent alternate approach is to use genetic testing to confirm who is affected
and who is not. The genetic findings in the child with Wilson disease and parents
can be used to guide the studies in the other children. Although a genetic approach
provides the best data, because so many different mutations exist, it may be difficult
to identify which mutation(s) are present in an individual family.
Research is aimed at understanding as much as possible about the protein that is
coded for by the ATP7B gene. Research is ongoing to identify as many mutations
of the ATP7B gene as possible and to understand why Wilson disease is so
variable as a clinical disease. Research also is focused on learning exactly how
copper damages the liver and other organs so that even safer and more effective
treatments for Wilson disease can be found. Because other inherited diseases involving
copper overload occur, some researchers are studying the basis of those diseases.
Hepatolenticular degeneration: The scientific name for Wilson disease, without
using the name of the physician who discovered it, meaning that the main damage
is to the liver and to the lenticular area of the brain Ceruloplasmin: The
protein in the blood that carries over 95% of the copper in the blood stream Metallothionein:
A storage protein for copper and other metals inside of cells Chelator: Any
chemical that binds a metal such as copper Mutation: A change in a gene leading
to the abnormal function of the protein for which the gene codes Kayser-Fleischer
ring: Deposit of copper in the eye, close to the iris; characteristic of
Wilson disease but also found in other conditions with copper overload
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About the Author
Dr. Roberts obtained her medical degree
from the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and trained in hepatology at
The Royal Free Hospital under Professor Dame Sheila Sherlock. She is currently professor
of paediatrics, medicine, and pharmacology at the University of Toronto and a hepatologist
at the Hospital for Sick Children.
Copyright 2012 Eve A. Roberts, M.D., All Rights Reserved
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Prisoners of the Cave – Deception Point 911 And Its Greatest Democratic Enablers
."911 is is a point of departure for me … I see the deliberate hands of the American-Israeli intelligence agencies and/or "Second Foundationers" from deep within the American ruling elite in orchestrating this New Pearl Harbor. For a country that can sense what is deep within the bowels of the Earth and in the farthest reaches of the heavens, that seeks "full spectrum dominance" of air, land, sea, space, cyberspace, et. al. in its own military doctrines, and that publicly warns in its strategy documents that the only way for it to embark on this "imperial mobilization" is an increased military budget that can only come about in a "new pearl harbor", 9-11 has only one reality – self-inflicted. — Chapter 2: Don't Ever Ask "Why is it possible to hate America" Prisoners of the Cave
."I am betting that when knowledge of the crime of the emperor comes to them, and their complicity in it is realized by them, that like Lady Macbeth, the American public will be torn by their good conscience, that they will be as unable to remain "innocent of knowledge" as Lady Macbeth, and will endeavor to right the wrongs done in their name by their successive governments. As Arundhati Roy put it in a speech: "Yours is by no means a great nation – but you could be a great people – history is giving you the chance – seize the time." I am betting that the conscience of its own people will prove to be the real fifth column in the United States of America. Perhaps somewhat idealistic, but it is precisely ideals that seem to be lacking in the collective wisdom of this nation, where mostly everything is viewed from the distorted prism of the pragmatic, the expeditious, the instantly gratifying, and the "might makes right" imperial sight. Its injection into the American polity cannot be a bad thing. I don't expect everyone to necessarily agree with my work, the point of it being not to make you agree with me, but to motivate you into examining your invisible chains in the hope that if you earnestly look for them, you will likely find them. — Postscript Prisoners of the Cave
The world pleads: "God save us from American peace and liberty"
."This irrational behavior is only possible because we, the citizens of the nation, permit it. It is no longer a question of controlling a military-industrial complex, but rather, of keeping the United States from becoming a totally military culture. — The United States: A militarized society, Jerome B. Wiesner, president emeritus MIT, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, Aug 1985, pg. 104
And just as his predecessors did, President OBAMA too reiterates who the enemy is, even threatening the public to not question America's official sacred story of who the enemy is, and cleverly lumping "questioning 9/11" with "justifying 9/11"
."I am aware that there is still some who would question, or even justify the offense of 911.
But let us be clear. Al Qaeeda killed nearly 3000 people on that day. The victims were innocent men, women, and children from America and many other nations who had done nothing to harm anybody.
And yet Al Qaeeda chose to ruthlessly murder these people, claimed credit for the attack, and even now states their determination to kill on a massive scale.
They have affiliates in many countries, to try to expand their reach.
These are not opinions to be debated. These are facts to be dealt with.
Okay, Mr. President! But can you also inform us how did "Al-Qaeeda" cause this third WTC-7 building demolition on 9/11?
Footage of WTC 7 destruction showing its Penthouse Collapse before the building's symmetric and catastrophic demolition into its own footprint
And how did "Al-Qaeeda" cause this WTC explosion?
Does the pulverized WTC tower into such a fine dust debris look like a Gravity Collapse of millions of tons of steel and concrete due to fire to you?
And can you explain what super-technology Al Qaeeda possessed that they can pulverize steel and concrete into dust but leave the sacred mounds of paper alone?
According to ABC News: "But most interesting, in the mix, they are looking they think, at specs of steel that used to be beams and elevators, marble and the lobby floor and facings, so what were once the strongest architectural elements in the two towers, were pulverized. Large portions turned into clouds, like this one. Still there is this mystery. If some of the hardest materials were vaporized, how to account for the presence everywhere of paper. Fully intact letters, business forms, stationary, paper is so fragile, and combustible, and yet, somehow, maybe because we have so much of it, it was everywhere." — ABC News.
And, by the verdict of your own logic of 3000 innocent victims killed by "Al-Qaeeda" on 9/11, what of the several million INNOCENT CIVILIAN VICTIMS barbarically murdered by the United States in Afghanistan and Iraq in retaliation for 9/11?
."We have shot an amazing number of people, but to my knowledge, none has ever proven to be a threat, — Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal, New York Times, March 26, 2010
."all murderers are punished unless they kill in large numbers and to the sound of trumpets. — Voltaire, Welcome Letter
Until of course, Victor's Justice catches up to the "apostles of death and hate"
." – we are not prepared to lay down a rule of criminal conduct against others which we would not be willing to have invoked against us. — U.S. Justice Robert H. Jackson, formulating the finer points of law as moral absolutes for administering victor's justice at Nuremberg, Minutes of Conference Session of July 23, 1945, International Conference on Military Trials : London, 1945
." – the only conceivable end for these merchants of aggression, and as they plunged the world into a blood bath, it is fitting that they take their final plunge in ignominy! — Universal Newsreels: 21 Nazi Chiefs Guilty, Nuremberg Trials 1946/10/8
But until then, 2 + 2 is always 5 whenever OCEANIA is at perpetual war with the dark murdering armies of EURASIA – watch modernity scripted in George Orwell's movie "1984" below
."To those who would paralyze our Government in the face of impending threat by encasing it in a semantic strait-jacket, we must reply that all concepts are relative. — Justice Vinson, U.S. Supreme Court, 1951, re-formulating the finer points of law in Newspeak, Justice in the Service of Empire
."Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities — Voltaire, The Enduring Power of Machiavellian Political Science
And as the sighted can already see, like the "Big Brother" of OCEANIA, the rulers of United States of America using their own Newspeak and the savagery of fabricated wars against "barbarians", transformed their own nation into a Police State while its indoctrinated masses, its pathetic "House Negroes" and immigrant "Uncle Toms", insanely cheered "United We Stand" against Islamofascism.
America's own prominent Judge, Andrew Napolitano, belatedly lamented the loss of Natural-Rights of the American peoples to The Patriot-Act
Of course, also only the sighted will ever see that from President George W. Bush to President Barrack Obama — More faces changed, more they remained the same!
."The system is not only broken, it was crippled at birth – for it is so easily hijackable – from Wounded Knee to Iran, with new "Pearl Harbors" cleverly used for "imperial mobilization" from the USS Maine to 911 to the new nookular '911' that President Bush keeps warning the Americans and the world about in these ominous words as late as February 13, 2008: "Good morning [America]. At this moment, somewhere in the world, terrorists are planning new attacks on our country. Their goal is to bring destruction to our shores that will make September the 11th pale by comparison." It is one continuous predatory imperative, from the Truman Doctrine, to the Carter Doctrine, to the Reagan Doctrine, and now to the Bush Doctrine. What did impeachment of Richard Nixon ever accomplish or deter, never mind restore to America's millions of untold and unaccounted victims in Asia and South America? — How to derail "imperial mobilization" and preempt the crossing of the Nuclear Rubicon
."What is the point of this analysis and all this verbage? The point is a matter of life and death for nations. That is the point of this. Let me be very precise. Either the United States, or Israel, are poised to attack Iran, as noted by many commentators in the World press,… This is March 2007. I have two imperatives before me: A) I do not wish to hear in 2010 that there was an "intelligence failure", that it was another Gulf of Tonkin, or some other new contrivance from the imaginative and fertile mind of the hectoring hegemons. — Dialog Among Civilizations – Whytalksfail When the Hectoring Hegemons Are Running It And What To Do About It
Since the doctrines of aggression variously couched in Newspeak have remained the same despite the changing presidential faces in the White House, the AMERICAN PUBLIC'S REALPOLITIK to bravely extract their nation from the jaws of Big Brother's Fourth Reich also remains the same:
1) Firstly, anything, including all 'nuclear terrorist acts' on American soil, or anywhere in the world, all shocking revelations by whistleblowers, all leaks in newspapers, and all phantasmal mantras that distract from the afore-stated goal, regardless of how compelling the reasons, must be treated by the unwary and gullible American public and its intellectual dissenting-chiefs, as red herrings, pretexts, and deceptions for premeditated "imperial mobilization" by their nation's rulers.
2) Secondly, if there is reason for the United States to nuclear decimate any country or any peoples in purported 'self-defense', the American peoples must demand a ratification of the decision to go to war through a public referendum – let its great "populist democracy" speak directly in the modernity of the 21st century before it is called upon to make its sacrifices, before it is called upon to pay its taxes to fund the war, and before it is called upon to acquire innocent blood on its hands!
3) Thirdly, draw the soldiers, officers and war-technicians from the pool who vote for war! If they can vote yes to invade other nations and wantonly shatter the tabula rasa of a 'lesser humanity', then they must also first be willing to sign up for doing it themselves – instead of having a draft of economic conscription. Every 'yes' voting home in America must have at least one 'patriot' from the immediate family show up on the front-lines without exception – or their 'yes' vote is void!
For in-depth self-study of the Unhidden Agenda behind this murderous Imperial Mobilization on the Grand Chessboard, see tutorials at URL: http://unhidden-agenda.blogspot.com
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If anyone wants to shove their heads in the desert sand regarding Iran, have at it.
I'm disinclined to hand a free pass to an Islamofascist regime with a pronounced tendency to make the psych ward at Bellevue look like bingo night at the senior center. I'm similarly disinclined to believe Pollyanna-ish assurances that we have nothing to be concerned about in the wake of a line of trucks pulling into the brand-spanking new nuclear plant at Bushehr, Iran on a recent Saturday afternoon.
Sure, they were delivering uranium fuel to the terrorist regime's new nuclear facility — but what's a little radioactivity between friends? Plus, The Associated Press says the Russians are keeping a watchful eye on things. I'm sure we're perfectly safe now. The town drunk has promised to watch the town sociopath while we're out shopping for a new economy. What could possibly go wrong?
But wait — the Russians are not the only ones playing Officer Krupke when it comes to Iran's supposedly peaceful development of the world's most dangerous filament fertilizer.
The United Nations gave the all-clear as well. In fact, they're claiming that the Russian-oversight plan should ease concerns about just how enriched will be the enriched uranium now clasped in the Iranian paws.
In order to function as fuel for a power plant, uranium needs to reach the 3.5 percent enrichment level. Weapons-grade uranium must be jacked up to the 90 percent level. The Iranians are already working on enriching the good stuff to a 20 percent level (for medical research, honest!)
Fret not, my friends — the Russians are going to control the fuel supply. And there's no chance the Iranians might sneak around the corner and dump a little extra octane into the mix, right?
Even the mighty French have chimed in. The French Foreign Ministry released a statement regarding the Iranian nuclear program, saying — again — there was no real cause for alarm. Terrific — the French said the same thing about Germany and the Anschluss.
If only the Iranians were as reassuring. Leave it to one-third of the Axis of Evil to remind us that they're… one third of the Axis of Evil. While the Russians, French and U.N. all spoke in soothing tones, the note struck by Iran was decidedly less mellifluous.
Lest we think Ahmadinejad and the rest of the Islamic Clown Posse were just playing nuclear dress-up, they also broke the news that they have tested their air defense systems around Bushehr, and have determined them to be effectively operational.
Any time a spokesterrorist "strikes a defiant tone" — trouble isn't just in the neighborhood, it's doing doughnuts on the lawn and TP'ing the house.
According to Iranian nuclear chief Ali Akbar Salehi:
"Despite all pressure, sanctions and hardships imposed by Western nations, we are now witnessing the startup of the largest symbol of Iran's peaceful nuclear activities,"
The same guys who can't finish a sentence without shrieking about the fiery death of some Zionist-capitalist-imperialist-somebody are promising to play nice with their high-yield glow sticks.
"We have no intention of building nuclear weapons with this stuff we have that can be used to build nuclear weapons. We are a peaceful society, simply trying to…DEATH TO THE ZIONIST/AMERICAN INFIDELS…make it cheaper to turn on the lights."
Let me get this straight: an Islamofascist regime is about to throw the switch on a heavily defended NUCLEAR facility, and the only assurances that they're not going to start churning out atomic luggage for every Tom, Dick and Akbar with a saif to grind are coming from the guy who can't get past the first step in an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting, the guy who still laughs at Jerry Lewis movies and the rejects from the carnival?
For you victims of teachers' unions out there, Iran's proclamations of peaceful nuclear intent are as transparent as a Lady Gaga Grammy Awards costume.
Iran sits on top of some of the most expansive oil reserves on the planet. Unconstrained by a Democrat Party bent on protecting foreign oil interests to the detriment of their own people, the Iranians can — to paraphrase Governor Sarah Palin: "Drill here and drill now."
The AP, doing their best version of the liberal appeasement shuffle, excuses the Iranian desire for nuclear power despite being awash in enough black gold to make Jed Clampett magenta with envy by suggesting their refinery capabilities don't match their raw material output.
Here's a suggestion: instead of building nukes, have the Iranians considered building REFINERIES? It's not like they have to worry about the Sierra Club showing up to demonstrate — the Sierra Club is busy pretending global warming is real. Besides, the Sierra Club is stupid, not crazy. Protesting against American oil companies earns you donations from Sean Penn. Protesting against Iranian anything earns you a bullet.
Three weeks ago, I penned "The Lapdogs Of War" for Personal Liberty Digest in which I suggested that the time had not yet arrived for war with Iran. Ham-fisted foreign policy, especially with regards to the evil-dwarf regime running the show in Tehran makes a concerted military effort dubious at best.
In a hypothetical conflict, the United States vs. Iran would be shorter than Ahmadinejad without the lifts in his shoes. Sadly, the fact that Obama has alternated between apologizing to murderous dictatorships for the American pursuit of freedom and cowering like a frightened 5-year-old in a thunderstorm every time one of these tin pots starts banging his cymbals together assures we would end up bogged down in the mother of all Mesopotamian quagmires.
However, while our current ruling elite may have brought back the idiotic foreign policy malaise of Jimmy Carter, who was such a sniveling knot head when it came to dealing with global hostilities that his biggest military engagement was a loss in the Battle of the Chattahoochee Bunny; there is an alternative: Israel.
Now, I know many of my fellow Bob Livingstonians consider allowing Israel off the leash to be anathema at best, but consider the alternatives. Our current ruling elite is less likely to lead a successful military effort than House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) is to turn down free Botox®. And given the green light on turning Bushehr into an even more inhospitable sandbox than it already is, Israel would light these guys up like a Menorah on… whatever day it is that a Menorah is fully lit.
When Saddam Hussein tried to enact his original nuclear ambitions, Israel hit the off switch at Osirak (built, perhaps tellingly, by the French) with a sledgehammer, killing the Iraqis' chances at debuting the world's first atomic arsenal in the hands of a complete lunatic (not counting Stalin, Khrushchev, Brezhnev, Andropov, Chernenko and Xiaoping.) Iran has already admitted plans to construct an additional dozen nuclear plants in mountain strongholds.
Iran has also repeatedly promised the complete destruction of Israel. Iran ALSO has missiles which put Tel Aviv well within range. Israel has no problem kicking hostile Islamofascist regimes in the teeth. Given their track record in that area, they're pretty good at it.
A pre-emptive Israeli strike on Bushehr might lead to open warfare in the Middle East. A nuclear-armed Iran will, by its own admission, almost certainly lead to open warfare in the Middle East. The former might well involve American money. The latter might well involve American lives. Combining the possibility that Iranian aggression may well be backed by Russian and/or Chinese men and materiel with Obama's weak-kneed tendencies, a nuclear-armed Iran could well spell Big Trouble in Little Tehran.
Iran has stepped up its schedule with surprising speed. In addition to the Bushehr reactor, they also used the weekend to debut a new Qiam-1 medium range missile and even capped off their Sunday with a ceremony to introduce the world to an unmanned bomber which Ahmadinejad dubbed their "ambassador of death."
Given the Iranian regime's rhetoric, when they can start trying to dictate the terms of the nuclear conversation, they will. I'd rather gamble with Israeli lives than our own. And with our current Commander-in-Chief more interested in engaging Arizona law enforcement than Islamofascist terrorism, the odds on the table are nowhere near worth our chips.
Perhaps most telling of all: I considered offering this piece to President Obama for comment, but he was on vacation… again.
About the Author: Ben Crystal is a 1993 graduate of Davidson College and has burned the better part of the last two decades getting over the damage done by modern-day higher education. He now lives in Savannah, Ga., where he has hosted an award-winning radio talk show and been featured as a political analyst for television.


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In ordinary times, "Jonathan Adelstein will leave the Federal Communications Commission to take up a post at the US Department of Agriculture" would be an elevator pitch for a wacky, Green Acres-meets-West Wing fish-out-of-water sitcom. But in ordinary times, USDA's Rural Utilities Service isn't sitting on $2.5 billion in grant money for rural broadband deployment. President Obama has�announced his intention to appoint the two-term FCC commissioner to head up RUS—a move that had been rumored to be in the works for some weeks.
The departure of Adelstein, whose term was slated to end in June, would leave three of the FCC's five seats open. One is being kept warm for Julius Genachowski, Obama's pick to chair the Commission, who has yet to come before the Senate for confirmation. As for Adelstein's slot, South Carolina Public Service Commissioner Mignon Clyburn (also daughter of House Majority Whip James Clyburn) appears to be the favorite. That leaves one seat reserved for a Republican, for which several candidates have been floated—by tradition, the president gives the pick to the opposing party's Senate leadership. As Harold Feld notes on his blog, at least one of those will need to be filled before Adelstein departs in order to leave the FCC with a quorum—a point of some urgency given that USDA is hoping to get its program set up and doling out cash within the next few months.
Like its larger sister grant program, housed at the National Telecommunications and Information Administration, the RUS broadband fund was established by the recent American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. Stimulus dollars are to be disbursed to projects that will build out broadband infrastructure in regions that are at least 75 percent rural.
Adelstein, a South Dakota native and vocal supporter of more vigorous government action to promote rural broadband, has also advocated an open-access spectrum model for broadband and harshly criticized a deregulatory approach he blames for growing media consolidation.
He may have a chance to act on those views, as the statutory mandate for the USDA grant program is, with the exception of the geographical restriction, somewhat less constrained than its NTIA counterpart. That should leave Adelstein with a modicum of discretion in determining how to interpret, for instance, language in the bill urging a priority for projects that leave rural users with a choice of multiple providers—a directive that might, for instance, be used to impose open access conditions on grant recipients.
While the scale of funding is new, all of this should be somewhat familiar territory for Adelstein. Since 2000, the FCC and USDA have been collaborating on the more modest Broadband Opportunities for Rural America loan program.


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Monday, November 12, 2012
Recycled Cream of Fajita Soup
I don't really like eating leftovers, unless we're talking about something fabulous like Thanksgiving dinner leftovers. On the other hand, it kills me to throw away perfectly good food! What to do? Recycle!
This Cream of Fajita Soup is a perfect example of what I mean. Mr. Wing-It and I had fajitas for dinner the other night (mine were naked on top of cauliflower "rice"), and we didn't quite finish all the roasted bell peppers and onions. The next day I recycled the roasted veggies into a lovely Cream of Fajita Soup!
The original Naked Fajita dinner:
The recycled Cream of Fajita Soup:
Here's what went into it:
1 10oz/285g cooked and peeled yukon gold potato (it can be microwaved, steamed, boiled, baked)
3oz/90g roasted fajita veggies (about 3/4 cup)
1oz/30g fresh baby spinach (a big handful)
about one cup of vegetable stock
salt, black pepper, and a pinch of cumin to taste
It all went into the blender until smooth, and after a couple of seasoning adjustments it was ready to be heated and served. Done! I did not add anything red to the soup (except for the roasted red peppers) because I wanted a bright green color. Thank you, baby spinach! This made enough for either one huge serving or two modest ones.
Now that we've had dinner, let's watch some videos that made me smile! The first one is about a little Pug hastily running upstairs... but how?! Boingy boingy boingy boingy! The second one is the latest Simon's Cat video. They never get old! I love how well the different personalities of the cat and the dog are portrayed.
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I made steak fajita soup for dinner yesterday and ate it for lunch. I mean, other than the whole steak thing, it's like you were there with me. ;)ReplyDelete
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I love the dinner, the re-dinner, and the whole recycling effort. (I have a collection of re-purposed leftovers sitting in my to-post file but you beat me to it.) Our last recycled dinner was chili into nachos, and nacho soup (a.k.a. tortilla soup) could be your next recycle.ReplyDelete
My favorite video was the pug — a little bouncing ball of fur. I just want to scoop him up and give him a kiss. I used to really like Lightlife but ever since their parent company, Conagra, contributed boatloads of money to help defeat the CA proposition to require labeling of genetically modified foods, I feel I can't buy their products anymore. What do you think about supporting natural foods labels owned by giant food corporations with money, not health, as their goal? I'm sad to also find Made in Nature on that list.Replies
That sucks. I like knowing what I am buying and what I am eating! I have never bought any Made in Nature products, but I'm sorry for your loss!Delete
Nacho soup! That sounds amazing actually! I am actually starting a new blog challenge that is all about recycling leftovers and repurposing failed recipes. Hopefully I will launch it tomorrow, right after I procrastinate a little more :D


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The film is also showing on Friday and Saturday, Feb. 4-5, at 7:30 p.m. "WasteLand" was originally scheduled for Monday-Wednesday, Jan. 31-Feb. 2, and Friday and Saturday, Feb. 4-5, but the Feb. 1-2 showings were canceled because of the recent blizzard.
Filmed over nearly three years and directed by Lucy Walker, "WasteLand" follows renowned artist Vik Muniz as he journeys from his home base in Brooklyn to his native Brazil and the world's largest garbage dump, Jardim Gramacho, located on the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro. There he photographs an eclectic band of "catadores" - self-designated pickers of recyclable materials. Muniz's initial objective was to "paint" the catadores with garbage. However, his collaboration with these inspiring characters as they recreate photographic images of themselves out of garbage reveals both the dignity and despair of the catadores as they begin to re-imagine their lives. "WasteLand" is unrated and has a runtime of 98 minutes.
The film is part of the Knickerbocker's 2011 spring film series. The remaining films in the series are "Another Year," showing Monday-Saturday, March 14-19, and "The Illusionist," showing Monday-Saturday, April 4-9.
Tickets for all of the films are $6 for regular admission and $5 for senior citizens and children. Updated information may be obtained by calling the Knickerbocker Information Line at (616) 395-7403 or visiting www.hope.edu/arts/knick. The Knickerbocker Theatre is located at 86 E. Eighth St.


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Classic grill recipe: Skewered Lamb
Here's one from the archives: A 1957 edition of "Cooking Bold and Fearless" from the editors of Sunset Magazine, which still puts out some of the best recipes anywhere.
This one's from Dick Neily, a Mechanical Engineer from San Francisco who submitted this recipe for the magazine's "Chefs of the West" program.
I've skewered and grilled a lot of lamb in my day, but this recipe always draws me back.
Skewered Lamb
Makes about 4 servings.
1 teaspoon dry mint leaves
1 teaspoon dry tarragon leaves
1/2 cup white vinegar
3/4 cup brown sugar
1 teaspoon dry mustard
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup butter
Juice of 1/2 lemon and grated peel
1/2 cup dry white wine
For lamb
About 1 pound lean lamb meat, cut in squares
8 small green tomatoes
2 large onions, cut 1/2-inch thick
8 pieces very thick bacon, cut into squares
Make marinade: Put all ingredients except wine into a saucepan and bring to a boil. Remove from heat, cover pan, and let steep for about 30 minutes. Strain, and add wine. Cool.
Add meat to marinade and marinate for at least 30 minutes. Skewer meat, tomatoes, onions, and bacon onto metal skewers, alternating items. Broil, basting frequently with sauce until done. Serve with rice, French bread and tossed green salad.


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|Student Wards & Stakes
One of the greatest advantages Brigham Young University-Idaho offers its students is the opportunity to be a member of a student ward and stake. Sunday meetings, Monday Night Family Home Evenings and Tuesday Activity Nights contribute to the spiritual and social growth of each student. Progress towards spirituality and righteousness is greatly enhanced through participation in the Sacrament, Priesthood, Relief Society and auxiliary meetings provided each week.
The foremost mission of Brigham Young University-Idaho is to encourage students to live the principles and build testimonies of the restored gospel of Jesus Christ. Since many more students want to attend Brigham Young University-Idaho than can be accommodated, participation in church meetings is a requirement for continued enrollment. Students who fail to take advantage of the spiritual environment of Brigham Young University-Idaho may forfeit their bishop's endorsement so that another deserving student may attend.


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Podcast With CPJ's Nina Ognianova
CPJ's Nina Ognianova describes the widespread criminal prosecution and jailing of journalists in Turkey. A vast and repressive legal structure, combined with a harshly adversarial tone set at the highest levels of government, have created a crisis, says Ognianova, lead author of a new CPJ special report. Listen to the podcast on the player above, or right click here to download. (2:22)
Read CPJ's special report, "Turkey's Press Freedom Crisis."


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Every time the 76ers score over 100 points or more, each fan in attendance at the Wells Fargo center gets a free Big Mac. Last night, Doug Collins's team got the ball back with just under 24 seconds left in the game, up on the Hawks 99-80. The conundrum: going for the points could seem like showing up the other team; not going for the points is unquestionably a grave insult to the fans, who showed up as much for the chance at a Big Mac as for the basketball. Collins did the "honorable" thing, making his team hold the ball and leaving Evan Turner sheepishly dribbling out the clock as fans in the arena booed the home team's dominant win:
MUTINY! How can Doug Collins dictate whether the fans eat or not? How can he presume to—oh:
That's nice. Attendance for the game was listed at 18,061 and the most recent Big Mac Index had the average price per unit in the USA at $4.33, so next time, go for the points.
Sixers Come One Point Shy of Free Big Macs, Fans Boo, Doug Collins Says He's Buying [700 Level]


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There's only so much you can learn about Rutgers from a website. To experience the Rutgers atmosphere and all that New Brunswick, a quintessential college town in the heart of New Jersey, has to offer, come for a visit. It's easy to find us.
Whether you're staying overnight, for a weekend, or for an extended period, there are different options for every budget.


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The Lyon Arboretum recognized by the American Planning Association for its restoration effortsUniversity of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
Lyon Arboretum
HONOLULU — The Harold L. Lyon Arboretum, operated by the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, together with local architectural firm Group 70 International, recently received the American Planning Association (APA) Hawaiʻi Chapter's Environment/Preservation Award for their planning efforts that included initiatives on how to restore the research facility. The award recognizes planning work done to nurture, perpetuate or enhance the environment or the preservation of an area's historic, and/or cultural resources.
"It was an unexpected surprise to learn that while our planning efforts were focused on a functional plan that would allow us to move forward with the Arboretum, APA found our efforts to be exemplary," said Gary Ostrander, UH Mānoa Vice Chancellor for Research. "We are both pleased and humbled by the award."
"This was a great collaborative effort of Lyon Arboretum and Group 70 International," said Clifford Morden, Interim Director of the Lyon Arboretum. "We are looking forward to making changes at the Arboretum that will help us rebuild a better facility in the coming years."
The awards jury commended the Lyon Arboretum and Group 70 International for their "diligent planning work to ensure that the Arboretum will continue to operate and grow as a research facility, education center, and cultural and environmental resource."
The winning entry was for the work prepared for an "After The Fact-Conservation District Use Application" (ATF-CDUA) that was submitted to the Office of Conservation and Coastal Lands of the Department of Land and Natural Resources earlier this year. Along with the ATF-CDUA, an environmental assessment and a management plan were also submitted.
The CDUA application outlined the facility's reconstruction plan to begin in 2007. The process will be carried out in three phases that will begin with renovation of the main building to meet ADA compliance standards. Restoration of the facility's full slate of children's, university and community education classes will resume once the building has been completed, scheduled for Fall 2007. Two cottages, including the education offices, will be rebuilt in Phase 2, followed by renovation of the remaining cottages in Phase 3.
The facility was closed to the public in late August 2004 because of health and safety issues, including the structural stability of some buildings, electrical shortcomings and the safety of pathways. Public access was allowed in early 2005, and limited volunteer activities and educational programs resumed, but some services and activities, such as the giftshop, remain closed. The Lyon Arboretum has increased full-time staff over the last year, and will continue to hire more in the coming year with the hope of resuming the facility's various commercial activities and services.
The Harold L. Lyon Arboretum is an independent organized research unit within the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa. Originally established by the Hawaiian Sugar Planters Association in 1918, the Arboretum encompasses 193.5 acres within Mānoa Valley on Oʻahu. It boasts one of the largest palm collections in any botanical garden, and major collections of Native Hawaiian, ethnobotanical, tropical and economic plants, as well as many others. Its major research emphases are on developing new plants suitable for Hawaiian gardens, and on utilizing micropropagation techniques in rescuing endangered Hawaiian plants. For more information, visit www.hawaii.edu/lyonarboretum .
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The Evil Spawn up close and personal is an experience.
For the life of me, I can't remember why we bought her (this is a joke… as far as you and the authorities know…).
Seeing her in the wild of junior high is just weird.
Weird because in a world where everyone is struggling to fit in, she doesn't care.
I find it both interesting and oddly disturbing.
She's at the age where she should be aware of how she looks, acts, and talks.
She hasn't a clue.
And if she does, she doesn't care.
I'm not even sure she knows she's supposed to care.
She prides herself of going down a path where she's the only traveler.
Her fashion sense is simple. The more sequins the better. She dresses like a really bad country western singer (think Porter Wagoner… by the way this is my oldest reference ever!).
She has more self-esteem than 20 teenagers combined.
It's borderline disturbing.
Her worst day ever was great.
I have no idea where she gets it. It makes me want to meet her real father (another joke… I think… although my wife was strangely quiet when she read this).
Is it possible for my daughter to go through life and be completely content in who she is?
Note from wife: She gets the "I don't care" gene honestly. And for that I am VERY thankful.


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...but... I'm going to be overseas for a year. In Afghanistan.
I got a new job which entails that deployment time. In an odd way, I'm looking forward to it; it'll be a change from my old routines. By the same token though, I'm a little unnerved at being away from home for so long. Basically my emotions are running the gamut right now. *LOL* Anyways... I start work on Tuesday the 10th of February, and I should be heading downrange in early March. Thought you all should know.


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Marina Gurleva-Lynx Club Business & Beauty Spa&beauty
At Design Interviews
Interview with Marina Gurleva : Frank Scott: What is the main principle, idea and inspiration behind your design?. Marina Gurleva : The main principle a minimalistichnost in everything, identity of an interior, combination of a dream and reality .Frank Scott: What has been your main focus in designing this work? Especially what did you want to achieve?. Marina Gurleva : The sense consisted in naturalistically convincing illusory transfer of the impossible .Frank Scott: What are your future plans for this award winning design?. Marina Gurleva : new interesting projects .Frank Scott: How long did it take you to design this particular concept?. Marina Gurleva : the project was projected within 6 months .Frank Scott: Why did you design this particular concept? Was this design commissioned or did you decide to pursuit an inspiration?. Marina Gurleva : To the customer it was offered to some those for design, the choice the lobby, bar, a corridor, 5 two-storeyed aqua zones in space design of an intereer, the 3rd floor restaurant with elements of an art deco, konferen-halls in classical style, author's hotel rooms thematic interiors of Bordeaux, Tequila, Champagne, Whisky stopped 1 floor .Frank Scott: Is your design being produced or used by another company, or do you plan to sell or lease the production rights or do you intent to produce your work yourself?. Marina Gurleva : It is design the ordered project is used by the company .Frank Scott: What made you design this particular type of work?. Marina Gurleva : It is a complex of a new format in our city .Frank Scott: Where there any other designs and/or designers that helped the influence the design of your work?. Marina Gurleva : Interior design razrabotvatsya personally by me .Frank Scott: Who is the target customer for his design?. Marina Gurleva : For business and family rest .Frank Scott: What sets this design apart from other similar or resembling concepts?. Marina Gurleva : To combine the incompatible .Frank Scott: How did you come up with the name for this design? What does it mean?. Marina Gurleva : The name of LYNX club was offered Customers, means "lynx" a wild cat who always achieves the object. On a plan of owners of club, in its territory long-term partnership has to be entered. .Frank Scott: What is the most unique aspect of your design?. Marina Gurleva : The insignificant strokes hinting at infinity of the Universe, a reconstruction of feeling of zero gravity .Frank Scott: Who did you collaborate with for this design? Did you work with people with technical / specialized skills?. Marina Gurleva : yes I cooperated with people with technical and specialized skills of dl of an embodiment of this project .Frank Scott: What is the role of technology in this particular design?. Marina Gurleva : All finishing materials, furniture, lamps were selected taking into account fire and technical and sanitary conditions .Frank Scott: Is your design influenced by data or analytical research in any way? What kind of research did you conduct for making this design?. Marina Gurleva : For our city and the region it is a complex of a new format .Frank Scott: What are some of the challenges you faced during the design/realization of your concept?. Marina Gurleva : difficulties weren't .Frank Scott: How did you decide to submit your design to an international design competition?. Marina Gurleva : I saw the invitation for participation in competition .Frank Scott: What did you learn or how did you improve yourself during the designing of this work?. Marina Gurleva : A lot of work for search of necessary finishing materials, furniture, lamps was attached .Frank Scott: Any other things you would like to cover that have not been covered in these questions?. Marina Gurleva : Each detail in club works for idea of boundless opportunities of the Universe .
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Those worksheets have somehow been lost out there (and I have received a ton of emails requesting), so I recreated them for you. They can be downloaded, here.
I styled them to match my Thanksgiving Place Cards (now on sale).
This worksheet lists everything you'll need to set the table, self-serve bar, kids table, and details you should prepare for the house - guest towels for bathroom, rake leaves, etc.
Every time I throw a party, I make a list similar to this... for my friends who have hosted showers with me, are accustomed to receiving a couple of spreadsheets with my plans : ) I just find that it makes the day of the event so much more fun if everything is planned for ahead of time. And written down. If it is written down, my brain can go on auto pilot during the party and I just have to follow my own instructions for cooking times, what platters to use, etc.
All of these worksheets can be found to download, here, and are formatted in Numbers (for us Mac users), Excel and PDF's. Hope they make your Thanksgiving planning fun and easy.
Fig & Cedar Candles, $16, my new scent for November (that sold out in the first 12 hours!).
Of course, the My Everyday Candle, $16, is always a good option, too.
Kraft Loaf Pan, a linen tea towel, wrapped in a large Cello Bag, tied with Edgartown Sand Ribbon.
Tablet + Le Pens, $14, is another great gift - now packaged ready for gifting.
And remember, place your order by this Thursday to be able to receive it by Thanksgiving!


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Pie You Can Drink: Maine Root Pumpkin Pie Soda
Looking for something for the kids to drink while you're celebrating fall with pumpkin beer? This seasonal soda from Portland, Maine's Maine Root smells like freshly grated nutmeg and clove, and tastes somewhere between cream soda and ginger beer with enough spices to evoke your favorite fall squash pie. It's sweet and bubbly (and maybe too sweet for some) but would be fun to drink alongside a bowl of pumpkin chili on Halloween night (or with a turkey sandwich the day after Thanksgiving.)
There isn't any pumpkin in the soda itself (just water, organic cane juice, and spices) but this bright orange soda still tastes festive and autumnal, and could be a fun base for a non-alcoholic Halloween party punch—mix with apple cider and a little cranberry juice and lemon (float whole cranberries on top), or try stirring with grapefruit juice and a little maple syrup.
Available at Whole Foods and wherever Maine Root sodas are sold.
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I hope everyone had a lovely New Year! Fortunately for you guys it's a bit late for me to do a rather unoriginal reflection of the year so here is just a new outfit post (extremely overdue). The title is rather self explanatory, the top is quite literally the fluffiest thing I own to date.. definitely a good thing! I bought it from topshop along with the boots and skirt *+clone alert*+ (not all at once, I do have some self control :/). Anyway I've been feeling ill the past few days so I'm going to go drown my sorrows with brownies, really bad films and plenty of ps3. Much love Xx
Friday, 17 January 2014
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- Anonymous17 January 2014 at 14:58
so lovely! i saw that top and decided not to buy it, but this post has convinced me to go back xReplyDelete
you look bladdy gorgeous babe!ReplyDelete
Such a great outfit, that skirt is gorgeous!!!ReplyDelete
The mint fluff is gorge! And looving your patent beauties! Brownies are actually the way to my heart! Aha xoReplyDelete
I absolutely adore that skirt! Looks stunning on you! xReplyDelete
amazing outfit! love every item <3ReplyDelete
Stunning outftit! Love your skirt and boots! :)ReplyDelete
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Pinterest seems to have taken off hugely recently and has become the social network du jour. I had a dabble with it when I first got an invite and "pinned" some of my own photos there and some other links I found interesting. However, it never really captivated me and I have largely ignored it […]
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Nate Berg
Nate Berg is a freelance reporter and a former staff writer for CityLab. He lives in Los Angeles.
Whatever your opinion of the ongoing Occupy Wall Street protest, the act itself highlights the importance of public space in cities today. The site of the protest, Zuccotti Park, isn't actually a park, per se. It's actually a privately owned public space, typically a concession made to the public by developers in order to obtain zoning approval to build higher or more than the code usually allows. It's a corporatization of the public square of yore that's somewhat symbolic of the larger systems the demonstrators are protesting. It also raises some questions about what's allowable in a public space that's technically not owned by the public. Legally, it's a very gray area.
A recent article from the Wall Street Journal reports that the New York Police Department urged the owners of the park not to remove the demonstrators. The NYPD press office declined to comment on the legality of occupying the park, deferring to its owners, Brookfield Office Properties.
"Zuccotti Park is intended for the use and enjoyment of the general public for passive recreation," the company said in a statement. "We are extremely concerned with the conditions that have been created by those currently occupying the park and are actively working with the City of New York to address these conditions and restore the park to its intended purpose."
Historically, the intended purposes of public spaces have been numerous, but political demonstration has always been one of them.
"Public space in cities has traditionally been used to project ideas: political ideas, ideological concepts, et cetera," says Jerold Kayden, a professor of urban planning and design at Harvard. He refers to the historical conception of public spaces as not just physical places but as a "marketplace of ideas."
"Isn't that an almost ironic phrase," says Kayden, "given the intent of the demonstration?"
But being a privately owned public space, there's an added irony in Zuccotti Park. The park was built in the 1960s and originally named One Liberty Plaza. Its developers received a zoning concession for building the park, as well as an additional 300,000 square feet in exchange for another plaza space around the building, according Kayden, who produced a survey and a subsequent book about privately owned public spaces in New York. That's a lot of extra – and rentable – space.
But because of its quasi-public nature, the park's rules are a little murky. Kayden calls parks like these "law's oxymoronic invention." Their owners are allowed to impose a reasonable set of rules for public conduct, but the definition of "reasonable" has never been made clear.
Brookfield has allowed this usage of its park, at least for the past 12 days. But if they wanted to kick everyone out, technically it seems they could. Probably.
As Kayden notes, the constitutional protection of free speech applies only when speech is being infringed by government action. The gray area emerges, though, because of the public aspect of this particular privately owned space.
"Is there a close enough nexus between the government and Brookfield? At the end of the day, could private behavior be interpreted as government action? Is Brookfield effectively a government actor?" asks Kayden. "Rules need to be articulated about what can and cannot be prevented by owners of these places."
For now, the demonstration and use of the park continues. How long it's able to last, what actions the park's owners may eventually take, if ever, and what role the protection of free speech plays are all still uncertain. The choice of the park as the demonstration's site – be it coincidental or purposeful – calls for greater attention to these private-but-public places and how they blend into or clash with the public realm.
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To help flatten the curve in the Covid-19 outbreak, officials at all levels of government are asking people to stay home. Here's what's worked, and what hasn't.
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Wind Profile Characteristics and Econometrics Analysis of Wind Power Generation of a Site in Sokoto State, Nigeria
Key words: Wind power; Turbine cost; Cost per kWh; Weibull distribution; Sokoto; Nigeria
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Morning Liturgy
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Description:Each week day at 8am a short service is held in the Lady Chapel combining elements of Morning Prayer and the Eucharist. It is a great moment of individual inspiration as the day begins, but it also has a wider significance – it orientates the life of the Cathedral for the coming busy day, rooting the life of the place in the presence of God. You will be very welcome, occasionally or often.
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