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2018 Season of Excellence - Top Designs Exhibition
One of the most exciting components of the VCE Season of Excellence project is the creation of the Top Designs exhibition graphics at the Melbourne Museum.
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What do I do as a recovery coach?
As I wrote in my book, Rehabilitate, Rewire, Recover! I believe that there are two fundamental aspects to recovery from a restrictive eating disorder as an adult:
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I have emerged! After being buried in family and food and candy and presents and Boxing Day shopping and other assorted goodies, I am here.
Completely exhausted, but here.
Mostly. No Gold Stars today, either, since I'm going to go see Evil Dead: The Musical tonight. And possibly do more shopping. Sears is imploding in Toronto, so their stores are closing and that means SALES. I require more adorable dresses (I always require more adorable dresses).
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Health Care Fights to Watch For in 2018
SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Some health experts are predicting the mother of all Medicaid and Medicare battles this year, as Republicans take a run at cutting social-service programs in order to reduce the deficit.
The GOP failed twice to repeal the Affordable Care Act in 2017, but succeeded in undermining Obamacare by stopping cost-sharing reduction payments to insurers, and repealing the individual mandate to buy health insurance. Anthony Wright, executive director of Health Access California, said the ingredients are there for a showdown in 2018.
"The congressional leadership has made clear that they intend to pay for the tax cuts that they just passed by cutting major health care programs," Wright said. "They call it entitlement reform. What their budget indicates is a $1.5 trillion cut to Medicaid, Medicare and other vital health programs."
The Congressional Budget Office has estimated the GOP tax bill will leave 13 million people uninsured and lead to at least a 10 percent rise in premiums. Currently, 74 million Americans are on Medicaid, and 55 million rely on Medicare.
Republican leaders have said entitlement reform is necessary to keep the programs solvent.
President Donald Trump has repeatedly said that the ACA is "in a death spiral." Wright noted that Trump's policies continue to impose significant costs on patients.
"Between the repeal of the ACA mandate and the de-funding of cost-sharing reductions, that introduces a lot of uncertainty, which causes premiums to go up," he said. "It causes some insurers to withdraw from the market, leaving consumers with fewer choices and more expensive premiums."
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Retired Chilean general discusses his encounter with a giant UFO
Translation (C) 2002. Scott Corrales, IHU
The Journal of Hispanic Ufology
January 2, 2003
SOURCE: Ovnivisión (Chile)
DATE: December 26, 2002
SANTIAGO DE CHILE.- In an interview with Terra.cl., retired general Hernan Gabrielli Rojas mentioned that he had squared off against a gigantic UFO while engaging in a training flight in the skies of northern Chile.
According to the military man, the object was the size of 10 or 15 aircraft carriers, and its presence was picked up by the radars aboard two F-5 jet fighters as well as the Cerro Moreno airport in Antofagasta.
- What do you remember about your contact with the UFO?
Over 20 years have gone by (this was in 1978). I was a captain and was flying a mission with two F-5 fighters. It was noon and I was flying with captain Danilo Catalán - we were both flight instructors. Accompanying us was Fernando Gomez, an avionics tech, and another trainee. The F-5 is radar-equipped, and a line appeared from side to side - in other words, a trace throughout the bottom side of the screen. A trace for a surface ship, a cruiser, is approximately one centimeter long, but this line went from one side [of the screen] to another. I assumed the radar scope had failed, and told Danilo Catalán, but his radar also "failed". I then advised the ground radar at Antofagasta and they also picked up the line. We were engaged with these details when we looked toward the east: we were flying from north to south in the vicinity of Mejillones, and saw a deformed cigar-shaped object. Deformed, like a plaintain banana. It was swathed in smoke.
- What was the object's size?
It was large and must have been some 15 to 20 miles away. It moved in the same direction as us. We had no missiles, guns or anything. As you can imagine, the fright was more or less considerable. We could see a large thing surrounded in smoke, and from which a vapor issued. All of this situation must have lasted some five minues. We approached the UFO but it was motionless. It neither approached nor retreated - it merely sailed parallel to us. It was quite impressive, because it was truly something strange, and something could be seen in concealment behind the smoke.
- What happened later?
The object then disappeared toward Easter Island at an impressive rate of speed. The sky cleared and the lines on the radar vanished. However, there had been an object physically flying there. It's not a yarn, let me tell you. It's my only experience with UFOs.
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Sunday, January 22, 2012
When It's Time To Plant Hope
It's the middle of January when I write about the Joy Harvest and I wonder if anyone really understands what I'm trying to say. Because who harvests anything at all when the ground is frozen right through and the wind whips harsh and unyielding?
But it's the day when snowflakes start falling that I glance up to see the first amaryllis bud breaking wide open, spilling joy into a day that's cold as ice. And I wonder how it is that blooms the color of Summer can emerge right here in the middle of Winter.
And these words, they dance at the edges of my thoughts, make it clear that God's not bound by any conventions of mine or yours or anyone at all.
So neither he who plants nor he who waters is anything, but only God, who makes things grow {Colossians 3:6}
I'm starting to see that a new year's born right in the center of the coldest, darkest days and we might think there's no reason to harvest or plant until the winter months are over. But what if He's calling us to believe, to make a new start here, now, when light's still a long way off?
I hear the groaning as the year enters in, people everywhere fighting against the frenzy of resolutions. Because who can bear to add even one more thing to a list already burdened with responsibilities, expectations, failures?
And I feel it, too, the weight of all that needs doing and learning and being. But it's after I've harvested the joy from a year that's gone that I realize there's more to a new year's beginning than just adding more things to the unending list.
Because maybe every year needs a whole crop of Hope planted deep into its soil, dug into the frozen ground when Winter's still strong and we're still floundering a bit to find our way in the dark. And maybe we need to be reminded that it's not us who'll turn the new year into something beautiful and full of God. No, it's only Him. The One Who takes all our Hopes, breathes life right into them, and grows a life, a faith, a steadfast love straight from the cold, dark earth.
Maybe we'll plant Hope Seeds and they'll turn out to be something wholly other than what we expected. Maybe we'll plant Hope Seeds and find they'll take a lifetime to sprout, grow, flourish. Maybe we'll plant Hope Seeds and realize they're not really what we were hoping for at all.
But see, that's the thing. There's no need to worry that we're planting the wrong seeds because it's only God Who makes them grow, only God who makes all things beautiful when the time is right {Ecclesiastes 3:11}.
And maybe it seems downright foolish to plant Hope when there's no knowing what a year will bring, even what tomorrow will bring. But who wants to live the new year without Hope, without the expectant waiting for what God's going to bring right from the ground?
No year's hopeless unless we choose it to be--and even then, He slips in quiet while we're lost in the dark, plants His Hope where we think there'll never be life again. And, oh, I've had those years, too. The ones where I'm too broken to plant anything at all, too scared to believe there's any Hope to be had.
But this isn't one of those years and, oh, how grateful I am to stand here at the start of a new year with hands full of Hope ready to be set in the soil.
Today the wind rushes hard and the cold bites deep and the weeks of Winter stretch long into the distance. But me, I'm gathering up seeds, pondering all the hopes for a brand new year.
Maybe I don't yet know all the Hopes I'm going to plant, but there's this one that's already been laid right down in the ground. I'm taking the dare to count 1000 more gifts in 2012. Because the counting of His Grace, the counting of Him, it's already changed the woman I am becoming, changed everything. Who wants to hold back from letting Him do it all again?
I don't and I won't and, oh, will you join me?
Counting Graces from the past few weeks...
1119. Full day of work after all the holiday slow days
1120. Little blue bird perched in a friend's home, a symbol of hope
1121. Amaryllis buds growing tall in January
1122. Unexpected post-Christmas gift of tea
1123. Dutch apple cheese muffins for breakfast
1124. New calendars arriving in the mail - new year finally seeming real
1125. Pictures of children I love from afar coming in the mail
1126. Thank you notes all filled out and ready to whisper blessings
1127. Reminder to do a long-forgotten task before it's too late
1128. Money to pay unexpected bills--always, always this
1129. Late-night reading of Anne of Green Gables
1130. Always going to sleep with a bit of laughter in my heart
1131. Cat racing wild as the household goes to sleep
1132. "Talking tea" over email with a friend
1133. Friend who counts it a privilege to advise on hard questions
1134. Wise words to make hard decisions easier
1135. God who's near when the answers aren't
1136. Baby amaryllis plants poking buds above the soil at long last
1137. First steps towards making peace with the past I've stored in boxes
1138. Dear friend by my side all afternoon
1139. Rows and rows of stitches finally nearing completion
1140. Eager anticipation of giving the handmade gift to a friend
1141. Cat who sleeps on the desktop while I work, just wanting to be near me
1142. Candles burning on cold January days
1143. Flock of birds flying straight across this road I'm on
1144. Glancing at the sky just in time to see them fly by
1145. Winter sunrise over frosted rooftops
1146. Amaryllis buds breaking open while the snow falls
1147. Last stitches in place, gift of beauty finally done
1148. Pumpkin cheesecake baking in the oven on a Saturday afternoon
1149. Courage to try a new skill in the late hours of night
1150. Cat nestling in for bed while I struggle to "cast on"
1151. God waking me early to see fresh snowfall
1152. Road covered in white, unmarred by travelers
1153. Standing at the window in PJs and bare feet, watching snowflakes lit up by street lamps
1154. Going to bed frustrated by the learning curve, waking up ready to try again
1155. Snow falling down all day long
1156. Trip to the yarn store on a snowy day
1157. Hands that can't wait to begin a new project
1158. Snow boots with fuzzy fur tops
1159. Snow flurries against the windshield, roads clear enough to drive
1160. Meeting up with a friend, bag of new projects in hand
1161. Telling stories from the week, laughing so hard the tears run free
1162. Friend who advises on the things I'm still learning
1163. Birds playing in the gutter while new snow falls
1164. Mastering the purl stitch at last
1165. Finally believing I might become a knitter yet
1166. Resigning myself to no more snow, then waking up to the world all white again
1167. Amaryllis blooms the color of summer, open wide right in the middle of winter
1168. World quiet under it's frozen blanket
1169. Dad helping in the kitchen because I'm tired and there are things that need doing
1170. Chai topped with marshmallows to end the day
1171. Standing at the window before bed, trying to memorize the winter's beauty
1172. One lone gull flying overhead while the freezing rain falls.
1173. First Hope Seed of the new year planted deep, Joy Dare undertaken.
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This is my favorite sentence from the post: "No year's hopeless unless we choose it to be--and even then, He slips in quiet while we're lost in the dark, plants His Hope where we think there'll never be life again." As Paul said, He is faithful even when we are faithless (or hopeless).ReplyDelete
I love Anne, too, although I did not meet her until my twenties. When the other Ann (Voskamp) pointed me to your blog, it felt like meeting one of Anne's "kindred spirits."
Grace to you, and happy learning of your knit and purl.Replies
@tinuviel: That sentence you love? It was an eleventh-hour addition I wasn't expecting to make. But once it was written, I knew it needed to be there. And, oh, how grateful I am that He is faithful--no ifs, ands, or buts. Nothing we can do can change His faithfulness towards us--Grace!Delete
I read Anne of Green Gables as an adolescent and loved the books then, but it has been wonderful to revisit them and find them as sweet and engaging as they were at the first. And to be called a kindred spirit? Joy. Just--thank you. I have certainly felt the same.
(I'm nearly finished with the first leg warmer--now just to make one to match! I'm rather enjoying myself now that the initial pain of learning is over :o)
it's a joy to hear that you're starting the new year "with hands full of Hope"!ReplyDelete
have you ever read any Thomas Merton? your post made me think of the second chapter of his book, No Man Is An Island. Here's a bit I hope you'll like:
If we hope in God, we already possess Him, because hope is a kind of trust that He creates in us, as a secret witness that He has taken possession of us. So the soul that hopes in God already belongs to Him, and belonging to Him is the same thing as possessing Him, because He gives Himself completely to those who give themselves to Him.
(or words to that effect: my copy of the book is an Italian translation that I've translated back into English above. but i think it's a beautiful enough passage to survive my translation...)
may you hold fast to Hope, now and always...Replies
@Chris: I do so enjoy the quotes you post here for me--I am not particularly well read and it is a gift to be given little treasures from wise authors I've not had a chance to learn from yet.Delete
And this idea that hope is "a secret witness that He has taken possession of us"--such beauty here. I am still pondering the idea of God as my Home and these words are stirring up my thoughts today. Thank you so much for sharing them.
(and translating Italian back into English? I am duly impressed but somehow not entirely surprised :o)
Grace to you, Friend!


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Forest Fire Unit
When is a fire "good" and when is it "bad"? What is the role of humans in preventing and stopping wildland fires? Students use StarLogo TNG simulation models of forest fires to explore these essential and provocative questions which have no simple answers. Students conduct experiments, make observations, collect and interpret data, and use their findings to make informed risk-benefit decisions in game-like challenges using the modeling software. Students also engage in simple programming to modify the behavior of the model.
The curriculum unit includes 4 activities over 7 class periods (assuming 45-50 minutes per class). Although the unit is designed for middle school science classes, the activities also provide a general introduction to StarLogo TNG modeling and programming and highlight the value of simulations modeling in modern science. Also, the unit activities can be used in conjunction with other classroom activities about forest fires and the forest ecosystem.
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|Introduction: Students experiment with wind and tree density variables in a forest fire simulation to determine how these two variables affect the spread and devastation of a fire that starts randomly in a forest. In a programming activity, students modify the simulation to observe the effects of the terrain on fire spread.
|Firescaping: By programming the movements of a fire fighter in the forest fire simulation, students cut firebreaks and start fires to determine an ideal firebreak width that will prevent fires from "jumping.' Once the ideal firebreak width is found, students are challenged to design a forest by using firebreaks and replanting trees to decrease the devastation caused by a random fire.
|Prescribed Burn: In a model that simulates the accumulation of dead plant matter over time, students experiment with the number of sick trees to determine the tipping point that would result in a destructive fire. Students then modify the simulation to include fire fighters that randomly burn sick trees to maintain a healthy forest.
|Runaway Bunny Game: Students play a game where they control a bunny in a forest where random fires start every x number of seconds. The game objective is to get to safety while saving as many animals as possible by having them follow the bunny to safety. Students use what they learned about how forest fires spread by designing difficulty levels for the game.
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In the final lesson, Runaway Bunny Game, students apply the knowledge and insight they've gained about forest fire spread to design different levels for the game by tweaking variables in a forest such as wind, tree density, and the percentage of sick trees.
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On Those Dadburned Elections In Arafatistan
As long-term Lizardites know, although I'm a big fan of Netanyahu, I completely support the Sharon plan of disengagement from the Palestinians by withdrawing settlements from Gaza and the West Bank.
The typical argument people make supporting the position of the incapacitated Ariel Sharon and his uncertain party Kadima is that by withdrawing from the occupied territories, the Palestinians will be mollified by the gesture and will reciprocate with peace and love and brotherhood. In fact, I utterly reject this argument -- I support the policy for other reasons discussed below -- and I have dismissed this wishful thinking ever since I first discussed the situation in Crystal Gaza on Captain's Quarters, back in August, 2005.
With Hamas's landslide victory yesterday in the Palestinian elections, my prediction -- that following withdrawal, Israel will have a freer hand for military response -- may finally be tested. In fact, the victory of Hamas is more complete than the victory of Stephen Harper and his Conservative Party Canada... Hamas won an absolute majority in the Palestinian parliament and will completely control the Palestinan Authority. As they insist they will maintain the party plank to destroy Israel, and they will not disband the military wing of Hamas, they have one of two choices:
- They can be hypocrites, calling for Israel's destruction but steadfastly refusing to do anything that Israel could take as casus belli; or,
- They can be honest, launch an attack on Israel, and be utterly crushed in the ensuing debacle.
Note that Mahmoud Abbas remains the elected president of the PA, having been separately elected last January, and will presumably remain so until the expiration of his term, whenever that is. (History is encouraging for Abbas, as the previous president's term in office appeared to be eternal... at least he himself met his own expiry date.) Abbas does become largely powerless and irrelevant with this election, and he might resign. Who knows?
I'm not surprised by this result; I was actually quite startled yesterday, when all the newsies were claiming that Fatah had won a narrow victory over Hamas, as that seemed highly unlikely. Today's clarification makes far more sense than yesterday's equivocation. In fact, my theory of the Middle East is better served by a Hamas victory in this election than the continued charade of the "peace process."
The existence of an alleged "road map to peace" (President Bush's biggest foreign-policy blind spot) drove the Israelis into continued negotiation and interaction with the Palestinian Arabs (nearly all Moslem). Because the Palestinians have the equivalent of a psychic allergy to Jews, blaming them for everything that has gone wrong in their lives and history, the continued forced intimacy of negotiations, checkpoints, patrols, and settlers kept the Palestinians in a state of continual hysteria and incipient panic. Imagine if Republicans exuded a pheromone that automatically tripled the level of adrenaline in nearly every Democrat they met, causing a perpetual anxiety attack. (Oh, wait -- we don't need to imagine that.)
In such a case, the only possible solution is complete and total disengagement: the Israeli settlers should remove themselves from the occupied territories -- and the Democrats should remove themselves from the United States (I would suggest Madagascar, but it may sound a bit too much like "NASCAR" for their comfort.) So disengagement in the Middle East serves a double purpose: it removes the Jews from the sight of panicked, irrational Arab Moslems, and it also clears the decks for a massive Israeli response in the event of an attack... which is actually very likely now.
I don't know Dennis Prager's reaction to this vote, but I would suspect he at least appreciates the "clarity" (his favorite word), and that is my position, too. Fatah was every bit as terrorist as Hamas in its means and every bit as genocidal in its goals; it simply wore a mask of humanity, pretending to support freedom, liberty, and tolerance. Hamas is more open but otherwise indistinguishable from Fatah.
...Except in one other particular: because of their openness, Hamas may well be driven by the excess of its own rhetoric to formally declare war on Israel, or else to launch a naked attack across the border -- not simply sponsoring suicidal murderers in Netanya or Tel Aviv, but actual masses of Hamas militants charging into Israel, à la 1948, 1967, and 1973. At which point, the legitimate purpose behind disengagement will be manifest: without thousands of hostages behind enemy lines, Israel will be able to respond as any sovereign nation would to invasion from another, without let or hinderance.
If Hamas has a sudden "road to Damascus" conversion and decides it loves life more than it hates the Jews, wonderful. But if they follow true to form, follow the will of the Palestinian people -- a "will" they have put there themselves through relentless propaganda -- and believe their own PR about Allah drawing his sword and fighting alongside the Hamas warriors to exterminate the Jews (in revenge for the Jews being the first to reject Mohammed as the final prophet), they will actually launch a war... and Israel will swiftly and convincingly pound them into little bits.
If the mullahs of Teheran are mad enough to join with them, they too will be defeated... and this would also give unassailable cover for Israel and the United States jointly to strike at Iran's nuclear power facilities and at the mullahs themselves.
Then -- and possibly only then, alas -- will real peace become possible... at least for ten or twelve years. Until the madness once again strikes the Palestinians, and we must go through the whole belly-dance of a "peace process," followed by a war process, followed by another temporary peace.
Wilhelm Reich famously dissected the Mass Psychology of Fascism; I wonder if he ever considered the Mass Bipolar Disorder of the Moslems?
Regardless, as Sachi often says, the absence of open war is not the same as peace. And sometimes, you just have to roll the dice.
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The following hissed in response by: Rick
Dennis Prager did, indeed, use the term "clarity" today to describe the results of the Palestinian elections.
The above hissed in response by: Rick at January 26, 2006 3:46 PM
The following hissed in response by: radarbinder
Please Mr. Hamas guys, please please try to rub those Jews from the face of the earth! Please make an all-out assault on them. Oh, you might be surprised to see a few missiles miss you and carry all the way to Iran...
The above hissed in response by: radarbinder at January 26, 2006 6:13 PM
The following hissed in response by: lmg
I wonder if Hamas would have run ahead of the Liberals in the Canadian elections...
The above hissed in response by: lmg at January 26, 2006 11:14 PM
The following hissed in response by: KarmiCommunist
Another good job, and another good word/s, casus belli: "an event or action that justifies or allegedly justifies a war or conflict"...
However, Hamas might be facing three or more choices, with the third being a Civil War with Fatah or a working Democracy in a State of Palestine.
Apparently Fatah has been stealing Palestinian money for years (sorta like Syria was stealing Lebanon's money), and a lot of Palestinians will be taking some serious pay cuts now...so to speak.
i also support the disengagement plan, since it gives the whole Muslem/Arab/Islamic and Leftist World a chance to watch the Palestinian on Palestinian action, and to eat their own anti-Israel words that they have spewed for decades.
BTW, Jimmy "The Mullah" Carter, the Palestinian elections were *NOT* "completely honest, completely fair, completely safe and without violence." Jimmy, just take a guess at how many times that humble me voted for Hamas. Heck, never mind...no one noticed, and Hamas now 'owes me one'.
The above hissed in response by: KarmiCommunist at January 27, 2006 3:50 PM
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Cheesy Jalapeño Chicken Skillet
One pan and 30 minutes are all you need for this easy weeknight dinner.
- 3 tablespoons vegetable oil, divided
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- 2 teaspoons chili powder
- 2 teaspoons smoked paprika
- 1 teaspoon Mexican oregano
- 1/2 teaspoon dried chipotle pepper
- 1/2 teaspoon cumin
- 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1/2 teaspoon pepper
- 2 cups corn kernels (fresh or frozen and thawed)
- 1/2 red onion, diced
- 1 cup cherry tomatoes, quartered
- 1/2 red bell pepper, chopped
- 2 jalapeños, seeds removed and sliced into rounds
- 2 garlic cloves, minced
- 2 limes, juiced
- 4 ounces cream cheese, room temperature
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- Add chicken, chili powder, smoked paprika, Mexican oregano, chipotle pepper, cumin, salt, and pepper to a bowl and mix well to cover all sides of the chicken.
- Preheat a cast iron skillet or other large oven-safe skillet over medium high heat. Add 2 tablespoons of oil. Once hot, add the chicken to the skillet. Cook for 3-4 minutes per side, until browned and mostly cooked through, then remove to a plate.
- Add remaining 1 tablespoon of vegetable oil to the skillet, followed by the corn, red onion, cherry tomatoes, jalapeños, garlic, and lime juice. Cook, stirring often, until onions are soft and corn is golden brown, about 5 minutes. Add in the cream cheese and continue to stir until fully melted.
- Add the chicken back into the skillet and top with the shredded cheese. Broil under high for 2 to 3 minutes, until cheese is melted.
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Peritoneal mesothelioma is a type of cancer caused by exposure to asbestos. It happens when the asbestos fibers irritate the lining of the abdominal wall and inner organs of the abdomen. This causes cellular mutation and the formation of tumors. The most successful treatment for this disease is surgery with heated chemotherapy. With this treatment, many patients live years beyond their diagnosis.
Understanding Peritoneal Mesothelioma
Peritoneal mesothelioma is very rare. It accounts for only about 10-20% of all incidents of mesothelioma. The cancer develops in the lining of the abdomen, called the peritoneum. In almost all cases, it is caused by ingesting asbestos fibers. After swallowing the fibers, the asbestos may travel to other parts of the abdomen to cause cancer.
Veterans often develop the disease because of exposure to asbestos in their military careers. Many veterans also moved on to work in industrial and construction trades — careers where asbestos exposure was the most common.
What Is the Peritoneum?
The peritoneum is a protective membrane found around the abdominal organs.
The peritoneum has two layers:
- Visceral Layer: Surrounds the organs
- Parietal Layer: Lines the abdominal cavity
Mesothelioma can occur in either layer of the peritoneum.
What Causes Peritoneal Mesothelioma?
No one knows exactly how the asbestos fibers get to the peritoneum. Experts believe that the fibers get to the abdomen by swallowing asbestos fibers or by inhaling the fibers.
The fibers then travel to the abdomen through the lymph system. The lymphatic system is part of the immune system that collects and stores foreign invaders, such as bacteria, viruses, and foreign particles.
Peritoneal mesothelioma patients have the best prognosis compared to patients with other types of mesothelioma. Results from a study published in April 2017 showed that two patients are "alive and well 10-13 years from diagnosis." The two patients got standard treatment, relapsed and then had novel treatments that prolonged their lives.
Peritoneal Mesothelioma Symptoms
Peritoneal mesothelioma symptoms depend on where the cancer has begun. Most of the early symptoms may not seem dangerous.
In the early stages, symptoms might only include:
- Abdominal pain
- Constipation
- Diarrhea
- Swelling from extra fluid in the abdomen
Often there are no symptoms or only nonspecific symptoms until the cancer has advanced. In such cases, there may be unexplained weight loss and fatigue. When mesothelioma has spread, it is harder to cure.
Later signs of peritoneal mesothelioma include:
- Anemia (low blood count)
- Fever
- Fullness in the abdomen
- Nausea and/or vomiting
- Night sweats
- Tiredness
- Weight loss
It takes 10-50 years from the time of asbestos exposure to the development of peritoneal mesothelioma. The asbestos fibers remain in the lining of the abdomen for many years before the irritation leads to tumor development.
Diagnosing Peritoneal Mesothelioma
The nonspecific symptoms of peritoneal mesothelioma can make it hard to diagnose. Doctors may begin to suspect this disease if you have both abdominal symptoms and a history of exposure to asbestos.
If you were in the military from World War II onward, there is a good chance that you were exposed to asbestos in your service. Chances are higher if you worked in construction or in naval shipyards.
An X-ray or CT scan of the abdomen or chest may show areas where tumors might be present. The images look like thickened areas of the lining around the organs or the abdominal cavity. Extra fluid might also show up on the CT scan of the abdomen. This is a natural reaction to having irritation in the peritoneal lining.
If doctors find an area of thickening, the next step is taking a biopsy. In a biopsy, doctors take a sample of tissue from the peritoneum where it has thickened or where nodules (lumps) have formed. Only a biopsy showing mesothelioma cells can diagnose mesothelioma with certainty.
Obtaining a Biopsy
There are different ways to get a tissue sample. A doctor can insert a thin needle into the fluid of the abdomen. Then the doctor draws the fluid out through the needle. Thousands of cells from inside the fluid can be drawn out and looked at under the microscope.
Other methods of getting biopsies of cancerous areas are called endoscopic biopsies. This method involves a camera and small tools inside the abdominal spaces to look for and sample for cancer.
Cancerous cells may be found in the peritoneal fluid. However, fluid samples can only accurately diagnose peritoneal mesothelioma up to 84% of the time.
Laparoscopy involves a camera inserted into the abdomen. A biopsy can also be taken by doing open surgery on the abdomen and looking for possible cancerous areas. Cancerous cells, if present, can be found in a tissue sample.
Treating Peritoneal Mesothelioma
Surgery is the most effective treatment for peritoneal mesothelioma. Whether you're eligible for surgery depends on your overall health and disease stage. Patients with more advanced mesothelioma may need treatments to shrink and contain tumors before surgery is feasible.
Doctors perform surgery along with chemotherapy and radiation to reduce the number of cancer cells in the body.
Cytoreduction with HIPEC is the most successful treatment for peritoneal mesothelioma. HIPEC stands for "hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy." Dr. Paul Sugarbaker, the leading peritoneal mesothelioma specialist in the country, developed the procedure.
In his treatment, all visible signs of cancer are removed from the abdomen with surgery. Then, heated chemotherapy agents are put inside the abdomen to kill any remaining cancer cells.
Some people who have had cytoreduction with HIPEC procedure have lived more than five years after treatment.
Patients in earlier disease stages live longer and have more treatment choices than people with a more advanced diagnosis.
Your prognosis depends on:
- How far the disease has spread
- Overall health level
- Mesothelioma cell type
- Treatment eligibility
About 25% of all peritoneal mesothelioma patients will live for three years with the best treatment possible.
Because treatment is so important to the length of survival, it's crucial to find a mesothelioma specialist. Mesothelioma doctors have invaluable experience treating this rare disease that general oncologists don't have.
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- Treatment Options
- Mesothelioma Specialists
- Veterans Benefits
Surgery for Peritoneal Mesothelioma
Surgery is the best way to remove visible signs of cancer. It's very effective for early-stage patients. If the surgery is designed to be curative, all areas affected by cancer are removed. If the surgery is designed to be palliative, only those parts of the cancer that are causing the most symptoms are removed. Palliative surgery can relieve pain and other symptoms of advanced mesothelioma.
"For patients referred very early, I would say we are successful nearly 100% of the time," said Dr. Paul Sugarbaker in 2011. "We can get a complete cytoreduction with the primary cancer resection, removing the peritoneal metastases, and using HIPEC. We can almost promise those patients that they will not have further peritoneal metastases."
Common surgeries done for peritoneal mesothelioma include:
- Cytoreductive surgery: This aims to remove as many cancerous cells as possible throughout the abdomen.
- Peritonectomy: This tries to remove the cancerous cells and the lining around cancerous cells.
- Bowel resection: This removes parts of the intestines that have advanced cancer on them.
- Organ removal: This can involve the removal of the spleen, kidneys, stomach, or liver affected by cancer.
Chemotherapy and Radiation for Peritoneal Mesothelioma
Chemotherapy can kill cancer cells that cannot be seen by the naked eye. Doctors may prescribe chemotherapy before, during or after surgery for cancer. Common chemotherapy drugs include cisplatin, carboplatin, pemetrexed, and gemcitabine.
HIPEC is a type of chemotherapy that uses heated chemicals during surgery. Heating the chemotherapy drugs and applying them directly to the abdomen can be far more effective than traditional chemotherapy.
While radiation can shrink and kill cancer cells, it's risky to do this in the entire abdomen. Radiation cannot tell the difference between cancer cells and healthy cells. In some patients, it may do more harm than good to the abdominal organs. Your specialist will determine if radiation makes sense for you.
Clinical Trials
You can be a part of experimental therapies for mesothelioma, especially if you undergo treatment at one of the top mesothelioma centers in the country.
In a clinical trial, doctors test new techniques to see if it can help control the disease better than existing treatments.
Some mesothelioma survivors have clinical trials to thank for their longer survival. Clinical trials are also good to consider if you aren't responding well to your current treatments.
Becoming a Survivor
Veterans diagnosed with peritoneal mesothelioma have a cause for hope that some mesothelioma patients don't have. Science is progressing to the point where peritoneal patients are able to live with the disease much longer than before. Most of these patients also have independent, fulfilling lives.
Things to consider about your diagnosis:
- Peritoneal patients have the best life expectancies.
- Seeing a specialist is the most important factor in prolonging your life.
- Discuss all available treatment options with your doctor.
Twenty years ago it was unthinkable that there would be mesothelioma survivors. Yet, thanks to emerging treatments like cytoreduction with HIPEC, that has become a reality. You can learn more about your treatment and support options in our free Mesothelioma Veterans Packet.


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As we covered earlier on Equities.com, shares of startup automaker Elio Motors (ELIO) recently began publicly trading on the OTCQX Best Market. It was certainly a milestone for the company, whose novel three-wheeled two-seater vehicles have become something of a phenomenon for auto enthusiasts during its development. But what Elio Motors has achieved here really represents a monumental breakthrough for the US economy, and in many ways a validation of the democratization of capital for emerging growth companies and their investors.
Elio Motors was the first US company to successfully raise capital through the JOBS Act's Regulation A+ rule. The company raised $17 million through 6,000 individual investors on StartEngine's Crowdfunding Platform. Those shares are now publicly trading, creating liquidity for its investors and validating the hopes for fellow entrepreneurs.
Elio Motors Marking a New Era of Finance
Signed into law in 2012, the JOBS Act was designed to reinvigorate the US economy and create job growth by facilitating better funding channels for small businesses. It took a few years for some of the key provisions to really take effect, but as evidenced by Elio Motors' announcement and a burgeoning startup community, the green shoots are finally happening. In many ways, Elio Motors was a perfect vehicle to pave the way for this new economy.
"It's a real honor," Founder Paul Elio told Equities.com. "For a long time, I've felt that Elio Motors can absolutely compete. We can create tens of thousands of new American jobs, reduce total US gas consumption by nearly a half percent after five years of sales, and create mobility for people who are struggling. For those reasons, I've always thought that this product absolutely has to happen, and now we have the added responsibility of leading this democratization of investments and help a lot of other companies obtain access to the growth capital they need. It's a privilege and a big responsibility."
With a targeted starting price point of $6,800 and a fuel efficiency of 84 miles per gallon, it's not hard to imagine how Paul Elio's invention could become a popular ride for American consumers once it's available to the masses. In fact, the company already has 50,000 reservations to buy their vehicles.
"That customer base, that fan base was critical to our Reg A+ success," Elio said. "I don't think this will always be true, but for us to go first, having a product that is easily understood by the public was important. It looks like we were an overnight success, but we're not. We've been working on this for a long time."
The next step for Elio Motors is to bring the vehicles to the mainstream. The company intends to use the proceeds its raised to build prototypes of its E-Series for testing and engineering purpose, and eventually manufacture its vehicles in Shreveport, La., at a former General Motors (GM) production facility. But prior to Reg A+, finding an investor to fund this vision was a frustrating period for Elio.
"Regulation A+ is bringing Wall Street back to its roots, where companies can find money to start their growth and, on the consumer side, the average guy on the street can invest in the next big thing," Elio said. "Until Reg A+, when you look at companies like Uber, Facebook (FB) and Google (GOOG), unless you were a connected accredited investor, you never got those opportunities. So I think it's going to be good for the investors and good for the companies. Obviously, not all these startups are going to work out, but some will work out really well."
Democratizing Capital for the Modern Economy
While the traditional finance and investment industry has gotten increasingly fixated on large corporations—the $100 billion club for stocks and unicorns for private startups—it's left small emerging businesses, which are the primary driver economic growth, neglected for far too long. With the JOBS Act's Regulation A+ and equity crowdfunding rules now in effect, the focus can shift back to where it needs to be.
"Over the last 20 years or so there has been this concentration of capital for startups," Elio said. "It's all now in VCs and private equity firms, and they've gotten very risk averse. For the stock market, when Wall Street was trading under a buttonwood tree, the purpose of the equity markets was to create capital for new businesses to expand. That's the point of the stock market. Somewhere along the way, it's become a place where VCs and private equity firms cash out, instead of the place where companies find the capital to start their growth."
It's an interesting point that Elio raises. With the public markets now essentially serving as the place where insiders go to cash out, it means average investors are increasingly left out of opportunities to participate with the formative phase of a company's growth. For companies, it means that a select few have the power to decide who fails and who succeeds. But with the advent of crowdfunding portals and opened access for non-accredited investors, companies now have the option to seek growth capital in a more organic and inclusive way.
"The future of finance is now," said Cromwell Coulson, CEO of The OTC Markets Group, which operates financial marketplaces for public companies. Its three tiers include OTCQX, OTCQB, and OTC Pink. "And Elio Motors is starting the revolution. Up until today, it's been illegal to sell new securities online and this is going to change everything. Companies, especially the innovative and entrepreneurial ones, have been limited in their access to investors by not being able to use the internet and Reg A+ is here too, the Reg A+ fields are tailor made for an internet enabled world."
Coulson believes the potential disruption of Reg A+ and equity crowdfunding to the financial industry is akin to the rise of online brokerages in the late '90s to early 2000s. In order to reach that scale, however, he believes the crowdfunding market needs to look to an unlikely source for direction: the online dating industry.
How Data-Drive Technology Is Helping Crowdfunding
"If you look at all the tools that crowdfunding is enabling, and there's of course the Goldman Sachs report, but it all indicates that the future of finance is online, data driven and social," Coulson said. "What it means is millennials aren't going to want to talk to someone on the phone. Millennials, when they're dating, they meet people online. They're not joining exclusive clubs. The activity is data driven because it lets you look at the data you care about. Then it's social because it's transparent. There's feedback from the market. There's discussion around it from the press and chatter on social media. There's also different ways to build credentials in an online and social world and you can be lighter weight because the users are able to use the data to make decisions."
He points to Elio Motors Reg A+ raise of $17 million with 6,000 investors as a perfect example of this. Historically, a company seeking capital would need the support of institutional intermediaries from investment bankers, to market-maker, to brokers, and so forth to find investors. But with the advancement of data-driven technology, the process can be exponentially more efficient. When it comes down to it, connecting a company with a prospective investor is about matchmaking.
"This year is going to be a big learning year," Coulson said. "Next year is going to be a lot of learning too with a little wider use. Then in three to five years, we're going to totally see a change. If you look at [the growth of] online dating and how people meet their spouses, I think the same thing is going to happen with how companies raise capital, but it's going to be steeper."
Coulson referenced the chart above regarding the popularity growth of online dating, which almost overnight became a predominant method of how people meet their partners. The industry has been very adept at profiling and utilizing user data to service their user base, and services are constantly innovating their technology to simplify their features. Crowdfunding and online capital raising platforms will have to do the same if they expect to achieve the same type of growth trajectory, but more than that, they'll need to prove that it works.
Voting with Dollars
"At the end of the day, entrepreneurs are measured risk takers and they will be willing to take the risk, provided that there's substantial evidence that they can succeed," said Ron Miller, CEO of StartEngine. "Elio's success is a critical milestone in proving that equity crowdfunding is workable and will help entrepreneurs achieve their dreams. As more successful raises happen in the future, it will create an even broader track record of equity crowdfunding success, which will incite the development of this market and more entrepreneurs to jump on board."
But StartEngine certainly isn't alone in the equity crowdfunding arena. The industry has seen more than its fair share of funding platforms, some broader in focus and others very niched, to have launched in recent years. But Miller encourages this "collaborative competition," as he calls it, since the success of the industry and this segment of the financial markets largely is a collective effort. As more and more deals are successfully funded and investors rewarded, the momentum will build upon itself.
The ascension of Elio Motors into the public markets is undoubtedly a significant success story, for the company itself but also for the broader economy and capital markets. But if the capital markets really are to be democratized to their full potential, there will need to be many more success stories like this one along the way."The original thought behind the JOBS Act was to reinvigorate the American economy by creating a finance vehicle for entrepreneurs to raise capital so that they can build and grow their companies to achieve their dreams," Miller said. "I think the success of Elio Motors as the first Reg A+ raise demonstrates specifically that. Not only will this create jobs for Elio itself, but also for the entire supply industry. And in doing so, it democratizes the access to capital for entrepreneurs and democratizes the access to investment opportunities for investors. That is ultimately what I think this success stands for. It is, in fact, the revitalization of the American dream."
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