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Newswise — BOSTON – A cross-disciplinary team of scientists, engineers, and clinicians announced today that they have begun a Phase I clinical trial of an implantable vaccine to treat melanoma, the most lethal form of skin cancer.
The effort is the fruit of a new model of translational research being pursued at the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University that integrates the latest cancer research with bioinspired technology development. It was led by Wyss Core Faculty member David J. Mooney, Ph.D., who is also the Robert P. Pinkas Family Professor of Bioengineering at the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS), and Wyss Institute Associate Faculty member Glenn Dranoff, M.D., who is co-leader of Dana-Farber Cancer Institute's Cancer Vaccine Center.
Most therapeutic cancer vaccines available today require doctors to first remove the patient's immune cells from the body, then reprogram them and reintroduce them back into the body. The new approach, which was first reported to eliminate tumors in mice in Science Translational Medicine in 2009, the year the Wyss Institute was launched, instead uses a small disk-like sponge about the size of a fingernail that is made from FDA-approved polymers. The sponge is implanted under the skin, and is designed to recruit and reprogram a patient's own immune cells "on site," instructing them to travel through the body, home in on cancer cells, then kill them.
The technology was initially designed to target cancerous melanoma in skin, but might have application to other cancers. In the preclinical study reported in Science Translational Medicine, 50 percent of mice treated with two doses of the vaccine — mice that would have otherwise died from melanoma within about 25 days — showed complete tumor regression.
"Our vaccine was made possible by combining a wide range of biomedical expertise that thrives in Boston and Cambridge," said Mooney, who specializes in the design of biomaterials for tissue engineering and drug delivery. "It reflects the bioinspired engineering savvy and technology development focus of engineers and scientists at the Wyss Institute and Harvard SEAS, as well as the immunological and clinical expertise of the researchers and clinicians at Dana-Farber and Harvard Medical School."
"This is expected to be the first of many new innovative therapies made possible by the Wyss Institute's collaborative model of translational research that will enter human clinical trials," said Wyss Founding Director Don Ingber, M.D., Ph.D., who is also the Judah Folkman Professor of Vascular Biology at Harvard Medical School and Boston Children's Hospital, and a Professor of Bioengineering at Harvard SEAS. "It validates our approach, which strives to move technologies into the clinical space much faster than would be possible in a traditional academic environment. It's enormously gratifying to see one of our first technologies take this giant leap forward."
The Wyss Institute comprises a consortium of researchers, engineers, clinicians, and staff with industrial and business development experience from the Wyss Institute and nine other collaborating institutions in Greater Boston.
"It is rare to get a new technology tested in the laboratory and moved into human clinical trials so quickly," said Dranoff, who is also a Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School, and Leader of the Dana-Farber/Harvard Cancer Center Program in Cancer Immunology. "We're beyond thrilled with the momentum, and excited about its potential."
Recruitment of participants for the clinical trial began recently under the leadership of F. Stephen Hodi, Jr., M.D., Director of Dana-Farber's Melanoma Center and Associate Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School. The goal of the Phase I study, which is expected to conclude in 2015, is to assess the safety of the vaccine in humans.
The cancer vaccine work has received support from the Wyss Institute, Dana-Farber, and the National Institutes of Health. In addition to Mooney, Dranoff, and Hodi, other collaborators include Wyss Senior Staff Scientist Edward Doherty, Wyss Staff Scientist Omar Ali, M.D., Jerry Ritz, M.D., Director of the Cell Processing Laboratory at Dana-Farber, Sara Russell, M.D. and Charles Yoon, M.D., surgeons at Dana-Farber, and other clinical research team members based at Dana-Farber.
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About the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard UniversityThe Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University (http://wyss.harvard.edu) uses Nature's design principles to develop bioinspired materials and devices that will transform medicine and create a more sustainable world. Working as an alliance among Harvard's Schools of Medicine, Engineering, and Arts & Sciences, and in partnership with Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston Children's Hospital, Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Massachusetts General Hospital, the University of Massachusetts Medical School, Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, Boston University and Tufts University, the Institute crosses disciplinary and institutional barriers to engage in high-risk research that leads to transformative technological breakthroughs. By emulating Nature's principles, Wyss researchers are developing innovative new engineering solutions for healthcare, energy, architecture, robotics, and manufacturing. These technologies are translated into commercial products and therapies through collaborations with clinical investigators, corporate alliances, and new start-ups. The Wyss Institute recently won the prestigious Webby Award, as well as the World Technology Network award for innovation in biotechnology.
About Dana-Farber Cancer InstituteDana-Farber Cancer Institute is a principal teaching affiliate of the Harvard Medical School and is among the leading cancer research and care centers in the United States. It is a founding member of the Dana-Farber/Harvard Cancer Center, designated a comprehensive cancer center by the National Cancer Institute. It provides adult cancer care with Brigham and Women's Hospital as Dana-Farber/Brigham and Women's Cancer Center and it provides pediatric care with Boston Children's Hospital as Dana-Farber/Boston Children's Cancer and Blood Disorders Center. Dana-Farber is the top ranked cancer center in New England, according to U.S. News & World Report, and one of the largest recipients among independent hospitals of National Cancer Institute and National Institutes of Health grant funding. Follow Dana-Farber on Facebook and on Twitter.
About the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied SciencesThe Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) serves as the connector and integrator of Harvard's teaching and research efforts in engineering, applied sciences, and technology. Through collaboration with researchers from all parts of Harvard, other universities, and corporate and foundational partners, we bring discovery and innovation directly to bear on improving human life and society. For more information, visit: http://seas.harvard.edu.
About Harvard Medical SchoolHarvard Medical School (hms.harvard.edu) has more than 7,500 full-time faculty working in 11 academic departments located at the School's Boston campus or in one of 47 hospital-based clinical departments at 16 Harvard-affiliated teaching hospitals and research institutes. Those affiliates include Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Cambridge Health Alliance, Boston Children's Hospital, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, Hebrew SeniorLife, Joslin Diabetes Center, Judge Baker Children's Center, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Massachusetts General Hospital, McLean Hospital, Mount Auburn Hospital, Schepens Eye Research Institute, Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital and VA Boston Healthcare System.


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You've finally found that investor interested in helping your company raise growth capital. Now you need to get the exact deals and terms that you're looking for. Strong negotiation skills are needed in every business venture and it is important to be able to compromise on the terms so that both parties are happy with the deal. Negotiation skills are acquired through time and practice. Here are five tips that will help you get started:
1. Give and Take: Make sure you know how to compromise. Both sides need to have certain needs met.
2. Be Willing to Walk Away: Go with your gut. Sometimes the deal will not go through – and that's okay. If it's meant to be, it'll happen, and sometimes you may need to go through multiple deals in order to get what you need and want.
3. Don't Rush: Don't ever rush when trying to complete a business deal. By rushing you may miss important details in contracts, or you may miss out on a better deal. That being said, sometimes waiting too long isn't helpful either. Make sure to find the right balance.
4. Do Your Homework: Do all the research you possibly can on the investor(s) that are interested in your opportunity. Going into a business venture completely blind is never a good idea. Doing the proper research will eliminated future problems.
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Palm Beach Hotel
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What's around Palm Beach Hotel
- In Bur Dubai
- BurJuman Mall - 24 min walk
- Gold Souk - 26 min walk
- Dubai Cruise Terminal - 37 min walk
- Meena Bazaar - 11 min walk
- Dubai Museum - 18 min walk
- Textile Souk - 13 min walk
- Sheikh Saeed Al Maktoum House - 14 min walk
Getting around
- Dubai (DXB-Dubai Intl.) - 19 min drive
- Sharjah (SHJ-Sharjah Intl.) - 35 min drive
- Dubai (DWC-Al Maktoum Intl.) - 54 min drive
- Al Ghubaiba Station - 10 min walk
- Saeediya Station - 12 min walk
- Khalid Bin Al Waleed Station - 23 min walk
- Airport shuttle (surcharge)
- Free shopping center shuttle
At a glance
Key facts
Hotel size
- This hotel has 70 rooms
- Check-in time 2 PM-9:00 PM
- Check-out time is noon
Required at check-in
- Credit card, debit card, or cash deposit required for incidental charges
- Government-issued photo ID required
- Minimum check-in age is 18
Travelling with others
- No cribs (infant beds)
- No pets or service animals allowed
- Free WiFi in public areas
- Free WiFi in rooms
- Airport shuttle (available 24 hours) *
- Valet parking *
- Free shopping center shuttle
Payment types at the property
- Cash
In the hotel
- Buffet breakfast daily (surcharge)
- 2 restaurants
- 3 bars/lounges
- Coffee shop/café
- 24-hour room service
- Computer station
- 24-hour front desk
- Concierge services
- Dry cleaning/laundry service
- Laundry facilities
- Free newspapers in lobby
- Luggage storage
- Multilingual staff
- Number of buildings/towers - 1
- Elevator
- Safe-deposit box at front desk
- Designated smoking areas
- Rooftop terrace
- Accessible bathroom
- In-room accessibility
- English
In the room
- Air conditioning
- Minibar
- Private bathroom
- Shower/tub combination
- Free toiletries
- Hair dryer
- Satellite TV channels
- Desk
- Free WiFi
- Daily housekeeping
- In-room safe
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DiningOnsite venue - This restaurant serves lunch and dinner.
Onsite venue #2 - This restaurant serves lunch and dinner.
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Also known as
- Palm Beach Hotel Dubai
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For transfers, guests must contact the property 24 hours prior to arrival at the number on the booking confirmation.
Mandatory fees
You'll be asked to pay the following charges at check-in or check-out:
- A tax is imposed by the city: AED 10 per accommodation, per night
- A tourism fee is imposed by the city and collected at the property. The fee is AED 10 for the first bedroom per night, and increases by AED 10 per night for each additional bedroom.
Optional extras
Early check-in can be arranged for an extra charge of AED 100 (subject to availability)
Late check-out can be arranged for an extra charge of AED 100 (subject to availability)
Valet parking costs AED 30.00 per night
Rollaway beds are available for AED 100.0 per day
Buffet breakfast is offered for an extra charge of AED 35.00 per person (approximately)
Airport shuttle service is offered for an extra charge of AED 100 per vehicle (one way)
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as promised, now i wanna share my thoughts about the complete Angelique products by L'OCCITANE.. last post, i talked about how amazing their Mask is.. now stay tuned for the complete regimen.. ;)
1. Angelique Cleansing Gel
actually the word "gel" doesn't quiet represent the consistency of this one, because as you can see, it's more of liquid-y.. but it doesn't matter anyway coz i like it a lot..
God knows i have a very sensitive skin (besides my weird combination thingy..), and i always used baby soap (liquid one) for cleansing my face otherwise it'll dried out on the outer part of my nose, side of my mouth etc and the redness can be pretty overwhelming.. using "normal" face wash could be suicidal for me.. but sometimes, baby soap have sort of drying effect on my face as well although not as harsh..
well, this baby sure change my mind about "adult" face wash.. LOL.. the consistency reminds me of baby soap yet it doesn't give the dryness bonus on the side.. so i think if you have sensitive skin and forced to use baby soap like me, you could consider this one a try.. the softness and no "tight feeling" after.. yay!!
2. Angelique Exfoliating Gel
ok.. this exfoliating gel have no special end-effect results that makes 'em differ than any other brand.. but the uniqueness came from the scrubbing beads' consistency that actually made from GEL.. yes! gel consistency.. so scrubbing could be less painful.. it's so soft, yet could chop off all the dead skins, and smoother skin all the way..
3. Angelique Hydration Cream.
after all the cleansing, let's move on to moisturizing procedure.. this Hydration Cream actually have pretty thick consistency yet it melt so easily on your skin.. leaving it plump and moist with a nice grass scent as well that could sooth your mind in seconds.. after trying it for few days as a night cream, i can tell this cream made esp for DRY skin.. my skin is combination-to oily, so after a while, some small zits came out but nothing too serious though.. i gave my hubby a try and his skin type is Normal-Dry, actually this cream works well on him and he liked it.. LOLs..
for oily skin, i think i'd prefer more lighter moisturizer.. the next one....
4. Angelique Milky Lotion.
ahh.. see?! though it's name is Milky, but it's not sticky at all.. the consistency reminds me of another quick-absorbed moisturizers i used to wear.. so for my skin type, i'm gonna stick to this one.. it has no SPF though so you'll gonna need extra help.. and go to the next one, my most fave products from angelica...
5. Angelique UV Shield.
ladies, this is UV Shield we are all dreaming of.. it's SPF 40 so quiet good for extreme hot weather lately.. and it's consistency, mannn!! i wish they made BODY SUN BLOCK like this.. so quick absorbed and non-sticky at all.. i was almost burst in tears when tried it.. though it's quiet pricey.. LOL!
but anyway i love this UV Shield.. thank you L'OCCITANE for makin' it STICKY-FREE.. Smoochhhhh!!!
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Putna Monastery, raised between 1466-1469, the first fortified construction of Stephan the Great, was designed to be the necropolis of the ruler's family and his descendents, including Petru Rares. The story goes that it was built in a general area picked out by Stephen's advisor, Daniel the Hermit. The exact position of the church was left up to God when Stephen went to the top of a hill and fired an arrow— wherever it fell the church would be built. A section of tree trunk containing the arrow hole is still kept in the monastery museum and a cross marks the spot from which the arrow was shot. Apparently, a forest was cleared for the building of the monastery.
Putna has known earthquakes, fires and invasions for 5 centuries, the only construction from the 15th century still standing is the "Treasure's tower". According to the plaque, it was built in 1481 and it was conceived as a two-floor building, with a terrace at the top, with a crenellated parapet. Today it has a sharp roof. Light comes in through narrow windows, decorated with frames of sculpted rock in a laic manner reminding the late gothic. The monastery was restored several times. Only a few years after the completion of the buildings and fortifications, a dreadful fire destroyed most of the church, the outer walls and the princely home. The following years, the prince and founder rebuilt the church that soon recovered its former lofty appearance. In 1536, another conflagration seriously damaged all the buildings; there followed a new restoration completed in 1559, on the initiative and at the expense of Prince Alexandru Lapusneanu (1552-1561; 1564-1568). In 1653, the church was pulled down to its foundations and replaced in 1654-1662 by a new building which, with slight alterations, has lasted to this day. In this period, the princely residence and the precinct walls were also enlarged and repaired. However, this important restoration did not last more than three quarters of a century, for in 1739, Putna Monastery was destroyed by a powerful earthquake, which made it necessary to start ample restoration work between 1757 and 1761, upon the initiative and with the endeavors of Metropolitan Iacov Putneanul.
Another important stage in the building of the monastery in the past was marked by the restoration work done from 1854 to 1856, when the precincts were enlarged and new walls were erected, 23 m. to the north of the previous ones. New cells were built parallel to the wall; the old princely residence was demolished, a new building – including a kitchen, a refectory and cells – was erected, together with a new abbey on the western side and a chapel on the north side. Restoration work on the monastery was started again towards the close of the 19th century, under the supervision of the Austrian architect K.A. Romstorfer.
Ample scientific restoration work was under way in 1969, when the church, the treasury tower, the entrance tower and the belfry – built in 1882 to replace a 15th-century tower – were restored in succession. Between 1974 and 1977, the former abbey standing on the western side of the courtyard was replaced by a wooden building, a museum housing art collections, while the cells built in 1854-1856 on the northern side were replaced and renewed.
It seems that the church was initially painted both on the inside and on the outside, but unfortunately, none of the frescoes could be preserved. Even though the church does not keep anymore decorative elements, bricks and glazed discs, specific for the architecture of Stephen the Great's time, it resembles other contemporary churches in shape and dimensions. The walls are split in two areas by a belt in a rope shape, with a row of holes sculpted in the plan of the wall in the higher part. The northern wall was strengthened with counter forts added in the 18th century. With all the transformations, it keeps unchanged the fortress aspect so characteristic for the great Moldavian monastery settlements.
The church is plain and strong, with cable moldings at its facades, blind arcades and trefoiled windows. On the inside, the church is divided into porch, narthex, necropolis, nave and apse. In a recess of the necropolis, supported by two columns and covered by a marble canopy, there is Stephen the Great's tombstone. The necropolis holds also the tombs of the prince's second wife, Maria of Mangop,having a tombstone of oriental inspiration, and that of his third wife, Maria Voichita. Tombs of some of Stephen's descendants, as well as of Moldavian bishops and metropolitans who contributed to the welfare and preservation of the monastery, are also to be found there.
The size and complex plan, the rich decorations (carved stone, terracotta and paintings) as well as the appearance for the first time in the ecclesiastical architecture of Moldavia of the exonarthex and of arches arranged slantingly in the vaulting of the pronaos are the basic characteristics of the earlier church of Putna Monastery. The only carved element preserved from the 15th-century church is the monumental porch which links the pronaos to the burial vault; it is rectangular in shape decorated with crossed moldings characteristic of Stephen the Great's epoch.
A short time after it was built, Putna Monastery became an important center of Romanian mediaeval art and culture. As early as 1467, scribes, calligraphers and miniature painters who had learned their craft under Gavril Uric came from Neamt to work at Putna Monastery. Besides skilful calligraphers and miniature painters, many embroiderers, icon makers, weavers, silversmiths, sculptors in wood and book-binders toiled on in the quiet atmosphere of the monks' cells at Putna. Special mention should be made of the sumptuous and elegant Four Gospels created here, adorned with miniatures in which perfect drawing combines with a motley color scheme in which gold prevails, as well as the fine embroideries (epitaphs, iconostasis curtains, coverings of tetrapods and of graves, stoles, etc.), many of them on show in the museum of the monastery.
The Moldavian embroidery is one of the most original creations of Romanian mediaeval art. The icon waves and the tomb covers are evidence of the creative spirit of the Moldavian artists of Stephen the Great's time. The Putna Monastery can be proud of the rich collection of priests clothes, most of them forming a true gallery of portraits. Among the most original pieces, there are the priests clothes with prophets given to the monastery by Stephen the Great.
A famous school where Grammar, Rhetoric and Logic were taught was set up in the latter half of the 15th century and was open all through the 16th century. One of the outstanding scholars who taught at the school was Eustatie who at the end of the 15th century transcribed the music of several psalms and composed many psalms himself.
The monastic museum at Putna Monastery is one of the richest in the country with precious objects dating back to Stephen the Great' time. Among them we should mention the embroideries made by golden thread, the tapestries, the vellum manuscripts, the metal-bound manuscripts, the silver Psalters, as well as the ecclesiastical objects, the paintings, the sculptures and the triptych icon won by Stephen during one of his wars.
The two major festivals at the monastery which attract thousands of pilgrims every year are the Dormition of the Theotokos on August 15 and the feast of St. Stephen the Great on July 2.


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With GIS Day just around the corner on November 16, 2016, we are issuing an open invitation to any and all to join in the fun at our free event. We'll be in downtown LA's Grand Park from 9 AM to 3 PM. The park's address is 200 N Grand Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90012 and the event will be held across the street from the Civic Center Metro station.
Please see the story map at http://lacounty.maps.arcgis.com/apps/Cascade/index.html?appid=56fb9a8d6c024fe1b06a4e48f9a8d03c for more information.
You can get to the park by either the Red or Purple Line. The area is well-served by buses as well; please visit https://www.metro.net and let the Metro Trip Planner figure out your transit options. We hope to see you there!


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Arrivals Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta Airport
Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson Airport (IATA abbreviation: ATL) has long been the largest airport in the world in terms of passenger numbers. More than 101 million passengers in 2015 using Atlanta airport. It is home to Delta Air Lines, partner of SkyTeam. Together with Delta Air Lines, KLM carries out daily flights between Amsterdam Airport and Atlanta Airport.
The Atlanta airport has 7 located parallel terminals, lettered T, and A to E. Almost all flights coming from outside the United States in Terminal E. In the middle of each elongated terminal are the stations of the underground shuttle train which connect the terminals. At Terminal T, the main Atlanta Airport, is the Ground Transportation Center.


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Lorenzo Cittadini
Stade Francais and Italy
Cittadini joined Wasps for the 2014/15 season after having several clubs in the Premiership and Top 14 chasing the international tight-head's signature. The tighthead, who has won over 40 caps for his country, joined Wasps from his home clubs Benetton Treviso.
On signing Lorenzo, Wasps director of rugby, Dai Young, said: "Lorenzo will be an excellent addition to our squad next year. I rate him as a very good prop at the highest level and his experience at international level will be a real boost for us.
"We've got some very good young props here who will learn a lot from working with him. We want to build a squad which has strength in depth in every position and bringing in players like this will help us continue to build on that aim." Lorenzo showed his class in the final game of the 2014 6 Nations with a huge performance against England in the scrum and now forms a big part of Wasps plans to become a top 4 side once again.
Lorenzo joined Bayonne in 2016 before joining Stade Francais in 2017.
Position – Tight-head prop
Club -Stade Francais
Nationality – Italian
Honours – Italy
Date of Birth – 17/12/1982
Height – 191 cm
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Waiting On" Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted by Jill @ Breaking the Spine It's a chance to showcase upcoming releases we are interested in or drooling over.
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Alea starts first grade in t-minus 7 days. I can hardly believe it! Is it just me or did this summer completely fly by in the blink of an eye? We've got our school supplies ready, we almost have all ... Read More
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What The Hack: True Hackathon For True Geeks
XB Software web development company is glad to welcome you to a 44-hour "What The Hack" hackathon for developers. The event will be held on October, 17-19 2014 in Minsk, Belarus within the Europe Code Week, and the registration is already open. So, what the hack?
This hackathon is arranged by developers for developers that's why it is not obligatory to create a ready-to-use prototype of an idea that will save the world. Though you can if you want to =) The main goal of this hackathon is to get and share knowledge, meet new interesting people, and, of course, to code with pleasure and create a demo or a prototype that will impress the jury and the audience.
This hackathon offers a great possibility for developers of all ages and level of expertise to experiment with cutting-edge technologies. You can attend master classes from the leading hackers from Belarus and Western Europe and get a piece of advice from internatinal mentors. Here you have a shining opportunity to bring your idea to life within just 44 hours.
The outstanding developers will be nominated for special awards by the jury experts and will get prizes from the best Belarusian communities and organizations.
Here is the list of all nominations:
- The best What the Hack 2014
- The most spectacular hack
- The most technological hack
- The most tangled hack
- The best female beauty-smart-hack
- The most useless piece of code
The event will be held in the IMAGURU business-club (Fabritsiusa, 4 Minsk).
If you are a web developer, a mobile developer or any other developer eager to participate in the true hackathon and show the IT world who you really are, you are welcome to join up and have fun!
You can also join the What The Hack group on facebook to stay tuned.
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|Injong of Goryeo
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Injong of Goryeo (인종 仁宗 1109 – 1146, r. 1122-1146) was the seventeenth emperor of the Korean Goryeo dynasty. He was the eldest son of Emperor Yejong (예종 睿宗, the sixteenth emperor) and Empress Sundeok, the second daughter of Yi Ja-gyeom (李資謙), the head of the Yi clan of Incheon. The Yi clan had married their daughters into the royal family for almost a century, and Yi Ja-gyeom and his family had so much political power that he dominated the government. When Injong attempted to reclaim power, Yi launched a coup d'état in 1126, sacking and burning much of the palace. King Injong regained control in 1127, with help from the provincial governors. In 1135, he faced another rebellion led by the Buddhist monk Myocheong (묘청,妙淸), who advocated a return to a more "Korean" state and wanted to move the capital to Pyongyang. This rebellion split the aristocracy into Buddhist and Confucianist factions, but was eventually crushed by the scholar general Kim Busik.
Printing with movable metal type was developed during the reign of King Injong, to replace lost books after the palace and university libraries were burned by Yi Ja-gyeom. Injong also established schools in rural areas to train the sons of provincial aristocrats for positions in the central government. Injong commissioned the compilation of the Samguk Sagi, the oldest extant record of Korean history, by Kim Busik. It was completed in 1945, just before Injong's death.
In 1115, the Jurchen established the Jin Empire and came into conflict with Liao. Jin conquered Liao in 1125, and turned to an invasion of Song. By 1126 Jurchen had conquered the Northern Song, which fled south of the Yangtze River. Jin captured two Song emperors, and royal as well as private Song libraries came into Jin possession. [1]Goryeo, which had been a tributary of the Song Dynasty and had relied on Song for intellectual and cultural resources, remained neutral, but the political turmoil in China inevitably affected the stability of Goryeo.
Aristocratic families used marriage as a strategy to bring their families into greater political prominence. Marriage with the royal clan brought the greatest prestige and direct access to political power. In Korean history there were several families who acquired and held political power through marriages with members of the royal family. The Ansam Kim clan monopolized power for over 50 years by marrying their daughters to four successive kings. The House Yi of Inju (인주이씨; 仁州李氏) married six kings, from Munjong (1046 – 1083) until Injong, until eventually they had more political power than the king himself.[2] [3]
Injong's father Yejong's power had been weakened by strong government advisors and other officials who often squabbled among themselves.[4] This, combined with the military difficulties with the Jurchen in the north, caused him to retreat further and further into his books and Daoist rituals.[5] Injong was the son of Yejong's queen, the second daughter of Yi Ja-gyeom (李資謙), the head of the Yi clan of Incheon.[6]
Injong ascended the throne at the age of 13, and during the early part of his reign, the government was dominated by Yi Ja-gyeom (李資謙), the father of two of his queens, and by other members of the Gyeongwon Yi (이; 李) clan. (The name is sometimes also transliterated as Yi, Ri, Rhie, or Rhee.) Yi Ja-gyeom used his influence over the throne to occupy several government posts concurrently and appoint members of his family to official posts. The Inchon Yi clan used their positions to accumulate vast amounts of land, often by seizing it directly from others. In time, their power and influence came to rival that of the king. Yi Ja-gyeom prevented a Jurchen invasion by negotiating a settlement which gave the Jurchens suzerainty over Korea. When Yi saw that the Jin would inevitably dominate the Chinese, he began plotting to usurp the throne, suported by Ch'ok Chun-gyong, a military officer who had served with distinction in the Jurchen campaigns. In 1126, Injong and a group of his closest advisers attempted to eliminate Yi from the court. Alerted to the plot, Yi launched a coup d'état. Ch'ok Chun-gyong led a contingent of heavily armed troops against the court, set fire to the palace, captured and beheaded Yi Cha-gyom's enemies, and arrested and imprisoned King Injong. Yi Cha-gyom flaunted his power even more audaciously, and even attempted to poison the imprisoned king. One year later, in 1127, the opportunistic Ch'ok Chun-gyong turned against Yi Cha-gyom and drove him out of Kaesong into banishment. With the aid of provincial leaders, Injong regained power in 1127. Though the coup had failed, the power of monarch was weakened and Goryeo underwent a civil war among the families of the nobility.[7]
When Yi Ja-gyeom set fire to the palace buildings, tens of thousand of books in the royal library and national academy were destroyed. There was no longer any way to obtain books from the Song Dynasty in China, which had been defeated by the Jurchen and forced to flee to the south. Printing new books with wood blocks was prohibitive in cost and extremely time-consuming. At that time the idea of printing with re-usable metal type was developed. The casting of bronze type began with the same technology used in casting coins. Goryeo printing with movable metal type was developed to print many titles in limited copies. [8]
In 1135, Injong faced another rebellion, led by the Buddhist monk Myocheong (묘청,妙淸). Myo Cheong argued that Korea had become too Chinese and too Confucian, and had lost sight of its Buddhist heritage. His claims represented the historical struggle between the Confucianist elements and Buddhist factions in Korean society. Myo Cheong proposed that the capital should be moved to Seogyeong (present day Pyŏngyang), splitting the Goryeo court into two factions. One faction, led by Myo Cheong, advocated moving the capital to Pyongyang and expanding into Manchuria. The other faction, led by the scholar Kim Bu-sik, disapproved and thought the capital should remain where it was. The king was at first sympathetic with Myo Cheong, but when the rest of the court and the bureaucracy did not approve of the move, he withdrew his support
Eventually, Myo Cheong rebelled against the government, moved to Pyongyang (which at the time was called Seogyeong (西京)), and declared a new state. Pyongyang had better geomancy than Kaesong and it was the capital of Gojoseon, making the area an ideal location for a more "Korean" state. In the end, the rebellion was crushed by the scholar/general Kim Busik (Kim Pusik).
Kim Busik (김부식; 金富軾; 1075-1151) was an official and a scholar who practiced Buddhist, but supported Confucianism over Buddhism as the guiding principle of governance, and advocated presenting tribute to the Chinese emperors to prevent conflict. In 1121, Kim was appointed as Royal Diarist, or ji, to the court of Emperor Yejong. In 1123, after Yejong's death, Kim, along with two other historians, was charged with preparing Yejong's Veritable Records (sillok).[9].
King Injong ordered him to undertake the compilation of the Samguk Sagi, the oldest extant record of Korean history, which was completed in 1145. The Samguk Sagi was a chronicle of events in the Three Kingdoms and Unified Silla periods. The purpose of the history was to educate scholars and officials of the Confucian bureaucracy about their native heritage, and to illustrate Confucian virtues using Korean historical figures. It was also intended to legitimize the Goryeo dynasty by promoting Silla as the orthodox ruling kingdom of the Korean peninsula, and the Goryeo state as Silla's rightful successor.
The National University (国子監), established in 992 by King Songjong, had become to the basis of the Goryeo educational system. It had grown to encompass a number of colleges, including the University College, High College and Four Portals Colleges which taught the sources of Chinese tradition to the sons of the aristocracy, and the Law College, College of Calligraphy and College of Accounting which trained the sons of low-ranking officials and commoners. King Songjong originally brought young students from rural areas to study in the capital, but later began sending scholars to the countryside to teach. King Injong set up schools in rural areas where the sons of provincial aristocracy could study and gradually become absorbed into the central bureaucracy.[10]
Injong was succeeded by Uijong of Goryeo.
|List of Goryeo Monarchs
|Taejo | Hyejong | Jeongjong | Gwangjong | Gyeongjong | Seongjong | Mokjong | Hyeonjong | Deokjong | Jeongjong | Munjong
Sunjong | Seonjong | Heonjong] | Sukjong | Yejong | Injong | Uijong | Myeongjong | Sinjong | Huijong | Gangjong
Gojong | Wonjong | Chungnyeol Chungseon | Chungsuk | Chunghye | Chungmok | Chungjeong | Gongmin | U | Chang | Gongyang
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The DOS version of an NES masterpiece
If you were born in the 70s, you would have been the exactly right age to really love the insanity of movies such as Terminator or Rambo, and therefore, when you got the chance to embody these characters, their badassery and sheer fire power, it sure was a holiday! That was what Contra had done, for some on the NES, for some, a bit later on the DOS or some other platforms. The game is the perfect 8 bit left to right shooter, with some other stages interspersed around, to add a bit more variety to the gameplay and to keep you entertained. As expected, the game is hard and at times unforgiving, but not in the manner that would give pause to the Angry Nintendo Nerd, rather in a manner that you got used to. What I mean to say is that the game was hard but it never took you by surprise. Yes, it had lots of enemies and a hell bullet awaiting almost at every corner, but if you had your execution right and focused, you could beat the game. And that was it, the game drew you in, it showed you that it could be beaten and it always gave you a new weapon or some other little element to keep you going. Yes, hard, badass, but really great overall. Play Platoon as well, after you're done with Contra.
A classic action platformer
Contra, a great game on the NES and also a great port to the PC. The game is famous for it's NES port. Also known as "Probotector" in Europe and Australia, Contra is an all out platform action game that will have you squirming how many times you die per minute. There are famous Contra cheat codes that some people know off by heart so don't feel like a wuss for using them. Famous for being 2 player, this game can also be enjoyed with one person, but my main complaint is how absolutely hard the game is. I never got that good at the game, but it it quite fun, how much action is thrown at you. It is one of those games, the more you play it the better you get at it. You are constantly getting upgraded weapons. It is like you are playing as Rambo. It also reminds me possibly where the "Metal Slug series" originated from. Contra also had a couple of sequels with Contra III: The Alien Wars being one of them that are also worth checking out.


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What Is Retail Consolidation & Is It Right for You? | C.H. Robinson
Handling ever-changing retailer requirements can be overwhelming—especially if you're working with multiple retailers across the country or the world. Maintaining compliance with these rules requires a strategic approach. If you're currently shipping less than truckload (LTL) or underutilized truckload freight, a retail consolidation program might be the answer you need.


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The Ogunquit Inn On a side street in the picturesque seaside village of Ogunquit, this lovingly restored Victorian home combines the warmth and charm of yesterday with today's convenience. Ogunquit Village is 70 miles and 90 minutes from Boston Massachusetts, 40 miles and 50 minutes from Portland Maine and 6 hours from Montreal Quebec.
Stretch out in a lounge chair on the spacious lawn, a comfortable wicker chair on the front porch or enjoy a drink at the umbrella table on the patio. In damp or nippy weather sit by the fire in our cheerful, cozy living room perhaps sipping wine from that special bottle you've had chilled. Relax in the seven person hot tub under a moonlight night.
Guests receive complimentary continental breakfasts including coffee, juice, a selection of teas, a variety of pastries and fresh fruit. Frequently, the continental breakfast is expanded with homemade quiches or waffles.
Our rooms offer comfort and convenience whether your stay be a weekend away or a full week of relaxation. Our beautiful accommodations feature traditional Victorian style. You will find a lovely mix of real antiques and fine reproductions. We have six rooms in our main house. Some of our rooms have decks overlooking the impressive rock garden and old fashioned flower gardens surrounded by woods and pastures.
Our Amenities
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- Cable TV with DVD/CD players
- Complimentary DVD library
- In room refrigerators
- Wireless Internet throughout the inn
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- Non-smoking
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More children are swallowing batteries, especially the button coin-sized ones
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Swallowing batteries is not good for children.
While this may not be a shocking revelation, the serious health repercussions may be.
Button batteries — the thin, coin-sized batteries found in everything from watches to children's toys — can burn a hole in the esophagus in less than two hours. It can also burn into the aorta and cause a child to bleed to death, said Dr. Gary Smith, director of the Center for Injury Research and Policy at Nationwide Children's Hospital in Columbus, Ohio.
The number of children rushed to the ER has doubled over the past two decades, according to a new study in the June issue of Pediatrics.
"The increase we're seeing is a call to action," said Smith, the study's lead author. "I've treated many of these children, and when it happens it's absolutely horrifying."
Researchers found more than 5,500 battery-related emergency department visits in 2009 by people under age 18. Children ages 5 and under accounted for more than three quarters of them. More than 65,000 visits involving children who ingested batteries — mostly button batteries — occurred over the past two decades.
"If a parent thinks that their young child has swallowed a button battery, they need to go immediately to the emergency department to have an X-ray done. They need to tell them that they think it's a button battery because the clock is ticking," Smith said.
The study in the journal Pediatrics was supported by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.


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ownCloud CardDav sync under 1.1.2 [duplicate]
over the recent weeks some comments made me believe CardDav would work with the new update. I've tried all kind of settings, but did not succeed. Could anybody sync Contacts with Owncloud under 1.1.2?
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close date 2015-03-06 18:34:51.025882
Can you give details? Not all of the fixes for CardDAV support made it into the most recent update, unfortunately, however some did. Depending on your setup, you should have made some progress.
Can you try: 1) Create an account with ONLY CardDAV enabled (ie, disable CalDAV) 2) ssh into your device and do:
$ systemctl --user stop msyncd
$ killall msyncd
$ MSYNCD_LOGGING_LEVEL=8 devel-su -p msyncd
3) log into the device via ssh again, different terminal, and run:
$ journalctl -af | grep carddav
4) trigger sync via settings|accounts|longpress-sync in context menu
5) send the logs to chris dot adams at jolla dot com
Any information you can provide would be useful.
Thanks, Chris Adams.chris.adams ( 2015-03-04 06:20:36 +0300 )edit
@chris.adams - I do have the developer mode set, but I don't know if I can devel-su anything, because I haven't set up a password. However I can ssh to my Jolla. So, do I need to take some extra steps or is it sufficient that I only have the developer mode and ssh active? If not, the I can get those logs for you this evening, say 8 PM (+2 GMT). EDIT: Steps 1 and 2 I think went as expected, step 3 says:
$ journalctl -af | grep carddav
No journal files were found.
I sent the log files, hopefully they are of some use. :)raketti ( 2015-03-04 08:38:14 +0300 )edit
Urgh, sorry - the third one needs devel-su also:
$ devel-su journalctl -af | grep carddav
And actually, it seems like that's the one which will contain the interesting information.chris.adams ( 2015-03-05 03:27:29 +0300 )edit
@chris.adams - no problem, to be honest as a linux user, should have figured that out by myself. I'll get the second log later this evening. Thanks for the support! :)raketti ( 2015-03-05 09:34:45 +0300 )edit


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WonderCon 2009 Coverage Index
WonderCon '09 - X-Men Panel
Its just about a wrap. Marvel held one more panel Sunday at WonderCon, focusing on the X-Men titles
WonderCon '09 - An 'All-New, All-Different First Class'
Marvel's 'First Class' was going to catch up to the 'All-New, All Different' X-Men eventually, and now it has
WonderCon '09 - IDW Panel
IDW took the spotlight Saturday at WonderCon, with news of The Complete Rocketeer and more
WonderCon '09 - Marvel's Ultimate Comics Panel
What's new in the Ultimate Universe, besides its complete reinvention? Marvel held court at WonderCon to say
WonderCon '09 - Aspen Panel
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We have a sweet styled shoot that was created to inspire brides to save on their bridal blooms by going the "forever flower" route, instead of fresh flowers which can break any bride's budget.
Joanna Fisher Photography shared with us how to create a budget friendly, yet beautiful bouquet:
This shoot was created to highlight the possibilities of silk-floral and "forever flowers". The bouquet was made entirely of plastic and silk stems purchased from Michael's Arts & Crafts, and was assembled for under $90! And, as shown in these photos, nothing was lost from the beauty of the arrangement in not having a "live" bouquet, and even less was lost from the "bride's" wallet!
Take a look yourself and see if this piece inspires you to create your own "forever flower" bouquet:
Are you inspired to create a bouquet using faux flowers? Honestly, these look real to me. I like the use of not just "flower buds" in this bouquet, which makes it look more "living", and a bit like wildflowers were picked in the forest. Well done to the team that put this together!
Our thanks to Joanna Fisher Photography for the submission!
Photographer: Joanna Fisher Photography//Flowers: Michael's Craft Store
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Intermediaries can play a critical role in connecting small businesses to the buying power of large businesses and anchor institutions. Often these organizations can identify firms that can meet buying needs while also offering capacity building, technical assistance and connectivity to additional resources that are needed to help the small businesses succeed. This working document contains brief summaries of 20 organizations, websites, and business directories that BIP partners, stakeholders, and staff have used to help identify local, minority, and women-owned businesses. Organizations include government agencies, nonprofits, and for-profit enterprises with Baltimore City or State of Maryland focused operations. Download the Directory (PDF)
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A Kiss Behind the Castanets
My love affair with Spain
Jean Roberts book on moving to Spain.
|I'm Jean, welcome to my website. Thank you for dropping by. 14 years ago I was able to fulfil a long held dream of buying our first house in Spain. My book 'A Kiss Behind the Castanets' chronicles our journey from our first weekend away househunting until today. It covers the ups (many) and the downs (few), our sometimes embarrassing efforts with the language, and introduces you to some wonderful and colourful people who we have met along the way.
|What started as a collection of diary entries and emails home has just grown. I will be exploring the mysteries of blogging and will be posting photos, writing about places we visit, sharing recipes and taking a light hearted look at living in Spain, the food, the culture, and how not to do things. I want to share with you my love for this amazing country and her people. I have been here as a part time ex-pat for 14 years and it is still an adventure, it is still a passion. Come inside, come and join me in my new life in Spain. I'll see you there.


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Earlier this year, I took my 75-year-old father on a golf weekend. At the same time, my daughter, was halfway around the world volunteering and teaching English as a Second Language in Bali. The connection…FaceTime! While sitting in the hotel room and deservingly resting after playing 36 holes of golf, my father and I conversed with my daughter through FaceTime. My dad was in awe as he not only talked to his granddaughter, but saw her and saw where she was in real-time. While both my wife and I have come to rely on modern technology to keep connected with our grown children, it was amazing to watch my dad! He couldn't imagine and it was hard for him to believe that this type of technology was so readily available.
Rewind to my youth- did I ever imagine the potential uses of technology that exist today? Although quite a Star Trek fan (the first Captain Kirk and Spock) as a kid, what occurred on those episodes seemed pretty far-fetched and just science fiction. And while we've not yet perfected the "transporter", many of the communication technologies have come to life in our world today. To that I ask, "Can you imagine the technology advances in the next twenty to fifty years?"
Education today needs to be in the "can you imagine" phase. While change is the constant, predicting the rate and amount of change is almost beyond our own imagination. Yet, if we don't prepare our students (for a world that currently does not exist) with critical thinking abilities, problem solving strategies, creative questions and innovative answers then, we have failed them miserably. What is today, will be orientated differently tomorrow and quite possibly unrecognizable. The influences of technology will not sit idly by and instead will drive much of the changing landscape.
So why did I begin this blog with reference to my dad, daughter and FaceTime? For some in education and the general population there still seems to be a resistance to utilizing technology in our classrooms. "That's nice," they say, "But I use all of the tried and true methods when I teach." I don't argue that those methods have been tried and are true. What I argue is whether those methods were most efficient and for our learner today, most engaging. We could have phoned my daughter in Bali that evening and had a wonderful chat but the experience of seeing her face and viewing her surroundings were far more powerful and emotionally charged. Both work but which one will be more lasting?
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|Inna Sokolova
Bioenergetic approaches to assess the combined effects of multiple stressors in marine organisms
|In today's world, geological forces have combined with past and present human activities to cause an extremely rapid environmental change, one that is often too fast to permit the long process of evolutionary adaptation that can require many generations to complete. The population survival and distribution of many species in this rapidly changing world will depend on their abilities to cope with stress and to quickly adjust their physiology to environmental change. My research focuses on the interactive effects of multiple stressors (including pollution, oxygen deficiency, temperature and salinity stress, and ocean acidification) on marine organisms in naturally stressful environments (such as estuaries and intertidal zones) and during global anthropogenic change. To address this challenge, tools are needed that integrate the effects of stressors that have different nature, mechanisms of action and can interact in a non-linear way. In my lab, we use ecological bioenergetics as such integrative tool that allows measuring, comparing and integrating the effects of multiple stressors at different levels of biological hierarchy - from molecules and mitochondria to whole-organisms and their populations, and links stress-induced changes in physiology to the fitness consequences to predict the potential consequences of the environmental change to their populations. Our study models include marine and freshwater invertebrates (such as mollusks and crustaceans), as well as vertebrate ectotherms (frogs).
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NHS management teams understand the importance and the value of social media, they just needed to be shown how to utilise it correctly. They needed a series of digital marketing workshops to show them how to make the best use of the web and social media without it sapping too much of their time away.
We presented to the senior management teams at the NHS, creating bespoke presentations to suit their needs. In this case, it was all about developing a time-efficient social media strategy.
The presentations went down a storm, so much so that we're regularly invited back to deliver again and again. The management teams feel much better equipped when it comes to social media and are now equipped to get results in the most efficient way possible.
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For 18 years, Noble has demonstrated leadership, strategic vision, and advocacy in various roles with FCC Behavioral Health. In addition to his role as Chief Clinical Officer, Noble also holds the following additional professional positions:
Member of the Missouri Coalition for Community Mental Health Center's serving on Substance Use Disorder Committee and the Children's Committee; also serves on Adolescent Comprehensive Substance Abuse Rehabilitation Committee at the state level, and DOC Liason. Noble has also been an active volunteer for the Kennett Fire/Rescue for 16 yeras.
Since 2000, Noble has worked in various capacities within FCC including; Director of Youth CPR services, Adolescent CSTAR services, Director of Poplar Bluff Comprehensive psychiatric services, Director of Stapleton Center in Hayti. During his career, Noble has served on numerous state-wide workgroups, committees, and councils. Noble is an active member with several professional associations such as: National Board for Certified Counselor's and American Counseling Association.
Noble earned his Master of Arts in Community Counseling at Southeast Missouri State University in Cape Girardeau. Noble is a Qualified Mental Health Professional (QMHP-2005) and a Qualified Addiction Professional (QAP-2005). He holds clinical certifications from the Missouri Credentialing Board as a Certified Reciprocal Alcohol Drug Counselor (CRADC-2004), Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC-2008), and is a Nationally Certified Counselor (NCC-2006). Noble is also a certified Substance Use Disorder Supervisor (Cert 511-2008) through the Missouri Credentialing Board and is a licensed and bonded Notary Public (2014).
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If we ignore race and money inequities, small school reform won't help anything meaningful take root.
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Slat's Food Market of Texhoma is now officially open for business. The store is located at 105 E. HWY 54 in Texhoma and will be open 7 days a week from 7 a.m. - 9 p.m. Monday -Saturday and from 10 a.m. - 6 p.m. on Sunday. The pizza kitchen will be open daily. Slat's is a full service grocery store and includes convenience items for those in need of a quick snack or meal on the go.
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My husband and I wrote our own wedding vows, and one of the things we vowed was to always protect each other. There are many ways of protecting one another—protection from physical harm, emotional protection, financial protection, and even in the future for whichever one of us outlives the other, protecting the other person's memory and legacy. But there's one that I hold as a unique and especially sacred duty: we each protect the other from their own awkwardness.
Being an INTP and INTJ, we are incredibly awkward people. We don't pay attention to social norms, or we just don't care about them. We say and do things without being aware of how we're perceived by other people. We don't know a lot of common-sense things that everyone is supposed to know, and we make a lot of social blunders.
I often feel like I am the biggest victim of my own awkwardness. When I say or do something awkward in the presence of others, even if they don't say anything about it (which they often do), a look of recognition will pass over their eyes for a moment, a look that says, "that was awkward, and I feel sorry for you." That look is my own awkwardness bouncing off of them and coming back to attack me. It magnifies my awkwardness to see it reflected back in the words or expression of others, and it destroys my social motivation. It can happen with anyone and at any moment, and sometimes I dread social interactions because I fear being attacked by my awkwardness.
With my husband, I was never afraid of that. He always absorbed all of my awkwardness so I never had to face it again. He passed by every opportunity to magnify my blunders, and every time he did it felt like a gift. That was one of the first things that made me feel like I belonged with him. And even though we are both awkward, we are awkward in different ways, and our awkwardness cancels each other out because we both want to bring out the best in each other. We protect each other from being victims of our own weaknesses, of which awkwardness is one.
Of course, protecting each other from awkwardness is a fine line because another sacred duty of intimate relationships is making fun of your partner when they do stupid things. So you have to learn to quickly distinguish between awkwardness and stupidity. You have to know when calling attention to your partner's blunders would cause them shame and embarrassment, and when it would bring great mutual enjoyment.
This intimate navigation of the sea of awkwardness has made me more aware of awkwardness in a wider sphere. I've taken it as my duty to protect other awkward people from their own awkwardness, especially other INTP's, because we are the most awkward people of all. When I recognize someone making an awkward blunder, I try to absorb the awkwardness so they don't have to be doubly punished for it. If the faux pas occurs in a group setting, I try to intercede so the conversation doesn't linger over the reflection of their awkwardness in the stagnant looks and comments from others in the group. I resist the urge to say the words that would come the easiest, those that would magnify their embarrassment, and it feels like a sacrifice to give up the witty remarks that for me are so hard to come by.
It's hard for us INTP's to belong. It's hard for us to make witty conversation, to feel a part of a group, and often the easiest way to do it is to seize on another person's awkwardness and allow them to pay the price of discomfort in exchange for our momentary feeling of belonging. I've never found a true place of belonging apart from being with my husband, but when I try to protect someone else from feeling the shame of their own awkwardness, it feels like we are part of the same tribe.


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Children's lives depend on the renewal of the adoption tax credit. Most adoptive families need it in order to afford adoption, which costs an average of $30,000. Most of our applicants at Helpusadopt.org spend $30,000 to $50,000, and sometimes more depending on the circumstances and travel involved.Please comment on the New York Times site, and whatever your opinion, please compliment them for including multiple voices not usually included in these debates. This is really a HUGE DEAL!
Many American families seeking to build their families through adoption can provide for a child on a day-to-day basis but cannot pay these fees in full and up front. So these large costs present insurmountable financial obstacles.
The Adoption Tax Credit originated mainly as an incentive to find families for special needs children who needed homes. (At the time it was nonrefundable, meaning it would only offset any taxes owed, but would not apply to families with too little income for a tax liability.) Lobbyists from the adoption industry pushed to expand the credit.
This increased the demand for adoptable children and adoption agencies responded by finding more mothers at risk to increase their own profits. Historically, as the adoption tax credit went up, agencies followed suit and raised their fees as well.
For a mother facing relinquishment, that same credit could very well be the bit of certainty she needs to parent her own baby. She would know how to pay off medical bills, or pay for day care, or take time off from work to enjoy her child.
The adoption tax credit should not only be renewed, but Congress should once again allow it to be refundable – available even if an adoptive family doesn't have an income tax liability to apply against -- as it was in 2010 and 2011.
A refundable credit would ensure that more families of modest means can provide homes to vulnerable children. When children are adopted from foster care the credit can help care for children with special needs, and keep brothers and sisters together. A 2007 study showed that families who adopt from foster care have, on average, lower incomes than other adoptive families.
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Unless the tax credit is refundable, many children would remain in expensive foster care. Analysis has shown that each adoption from foster care saves the government up to $235,000, so legislation encouraging adoption from foster care — like a refundable adoption tax credit — can both help vulnerable children and save taxpayers money.
The original intent of the adoption tax credit was to help families adopt through foster care, because, as Senator Mary Landrieu, Democrat of Louisiana, said, those parents "are of lower income than those adopting with an agency or internationally."
But extending the tax credit to families who wish to adopt internationally, in 2001, was a misplacement of resources and effort. It benefits American families, often upper middle class and white, but not struggling families overseas.
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Many children adopted internationally, said Mary Martin Mason of the Minnesota Adoption Resource Network, have post-traumatic stress disorder or fetal alcohol syndrome, "as well as traumatic orphanage experiences that are overwhelming to parents who try to parent with traditional techniques. These children are in jeopardy of adoption dissolutions if their families can't find adoption-competent therapists. Funding post-adoption supportive services such as therapists for adoptive families is truly needed."
Allowing the adoption tax credit to cover international adoptions only adds to this problem.
As an adoptee who's just begun to learn about my birth family, I can honestly say adoption saved my life. If my biological mother had raised me after I was born, or if I grew up in foster care, I cannot imagine where my life would be.
There are more than 100,000 children in foster care. They can live in three to as many as 12 different homes before they age out of the system. When they do age out, they have no parent's arms to run to when life has the best of them. They have no place for guidance, financial assistance in case of an emergency or help in fulfilling their dreams. Just 2 percent of foster children earn a bachelor's degree or higher, and studies have shown that most prison inmates have been in foster care at some point in their lives.
These children deserve and need a place to call home, but the high cost of adoption deters many families from considering it. The adoption tax credit is one of the most important resources for them.
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Rated R: Contains Violence and Gore
Monstrous Embrace
by Rachel Swirsky
I am ugliness in body and bone, breath and heartbeat. I am muddy rocks and jagged scars snaking across salt-sown fields. I am insect larvae wriggling inside the great dead beasts into which they were born. Too, I am the hanks of dead flesh rotting. I am the ungrateful child's sneer, the plague sore bursting, the swing of shadow beneath the gallows rope. Ugliness is my hands, my feet, my fingernails. Ugliness is my gaze, boring into you like a worm into rotting fruit.
Listen to me, my prince. Tomorrow, when dawn breaks and you stand in the chapel accepting your late father's crown, your fate will be set. Do nothing and you will be dead by sundown. Your kingdom will be laid waste, its remnants preserved only in the bellies of carrion birds.
There is another option. Marry me.
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Rachel Swirsky
Rachel Swirsky came onboard PodCastle as the founding editor in 2008 and was honored to run many beautiful stories by amazing authors. She would name them all, but would rather point you to the beginning of the PodCastle archive. It's a Peter Beagle story.
Rachel graduated from the Iowa Writers Workshop, and she's been nominated for the Hugo Award, the World Fantasy Award, the Locus Award, and several others. She's won the Nebula Award twice, once for her novella "The Lady Who Plucked Red Flowers Beneath the Queen's Window" and once for her short story "If You Were a Dinosaur, My Love." She's been published a number of times in the first three Escape Artists podcasts: EscapePod, PodCastle, and PseudoPod, and narrated a bunch of episodes, too.
Find her website at rachelswirsky.com, visit her on Twitter, and help her write more stories on Patreon where you can get an original story or poem each month for as little as a dollar.
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Elizabeth Green as been reading stories for Podcastle through each of her different life changes: including teaching history of science at a liberal arts college, designing knitting patterns, doing freelance graphic design, and now working as the graphic designer for Girl Scouts of Central Texas. On weekends you can find her and her son playing samurai in the Legend of the Five Rings RPG. She lives in Austin, Texas.
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By Sam Buckley, Business Disability Forum
We run our Disability-Smart Awards to show what organisations can achieve by becoming disability-smart—welcoming the biggest possible group of customers and employees and creating a welcoming, open and supportive place to work.
One of our most important awards is for Senior Disability Champion, recognising leaders who act as a powerful voice for disability inclusion in their organisations.
Last year, our award for Senior Disability Champion went to Tony Cates, UK Partner at KPMG.
Tony set out to change the way businesses work with disabled people across the UK and beyond, following a simple mission statement: "Empowering people with disabilities to be the best they can be is the right thing to do."
Reflecting a year on from receiving his Award, Tony said:
"Since winning the BDF Award last year, KPMG have been involved in some exciting activities in relation to disability and mental health. I am the board level sponsor for disability and mental health at KPMG – and have been championing this agenda for a number of years. Something I have observed over this time is that there is still a real lack of visibility and representation of both disability and mental health at board level.
"Everyone has their own story or perspective on how disability and mental health issues are present in their lives. Personally, having hearing loss on one side has made me acutely aware not only of the challenges a disability or health issue may present, but also of the additional skills and capabilities that can be developed in response to these challenges."
"We want KPMG to be a magnet for all talent. That means accessing the widest possible talent pool, which we will only achieve if we treat inclusion and diversity as a board level issue.
Tony's work has included sponsoring support networks for disability and mental health and also sharing expertise with companies that KPMG works with across the UK. Colleagues have said that Tony "is known not just internally at KPMG, but he is an executive disability champion who is recognised elsewhere across multiple sectors."
This leadership has seen KPMG gain one of the highest scores in Business Disability Forum's Disability Standard, an internationally used tool measuring organisation's commitment to disabled people, in 2017.
KPMG gained a Silver status, the second highest certification under the assessment, with Tony Cates' leadership cited as a key driver of the achievement.
Tony was also instrumental in KPMG gaining the highest-level of accreditation in the government's Disability Confident scheme, becoming one of the first organisations to do this since Disability Confident was launched last year.
"I set up a Disability Steering Group that looks at disability and mental health holistically, with heads of all key parts of the business represented and reporting in to me. In fact the steering group was set up following our Silver award on the Disability Standard in July 2017, with the aim to make improvements across the firm. Business Disability Forum have helped us to set out our action plan. They also provide us with great support and consultation from our BDF Consultant, Brendan Roach. We also took part in the Mind Workplace Wellbeing Index, and were awarded Silver, something we are very proud of but keen to push forward and improve upon."
Want to put your organisation forward for an award, or celebrate a champion of disability? You can enter our Disability-Smart Awards online now. You can find out more by clicking here.