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Alexander Alekhine
Alexander Alekhine was the fourth World Chess Champion. He is known for his unique genius and attacking style, and is one of the greatest players of all time. Alexander Alexandrovich Alekhine was born in Moscow, Russia on October 31, 1892. His father was a land owner and grandfather was a rich industrialist, affording the young Alekhine a life of privilege. He was taught the game of chess at age seven by his mother and would play games against his older siblings. Alekhine entered his first correspondence tournament in 1902 at the age of ten and soon began playing tournaments at the Moscow Chess Club. While at first his results were inconsistent, it was obvious that Alekhine possessed a tremendous talent for the game. In 1911 Alekhine moved to St. Petersburg to study law. He began winning most of the tournaments at the St. Petersburg Chess Club and would achieve the rank of Master.
In 1914 the prestigious chess tournament of St. Petersburg took place. It featured arguably the strongest group of Masters ever assembled. Up until that point, the 22 year old Alekhine was not well known, and surprised many by scoring a draw against the world champion, Emanuel Lasker, and finishing in fourth place. Alekhine's only loss was against tournament winner, Jose Capablanca. This was the first ever meeting between the two great masters who would form a legendary rivalry. After the tournament Tsar Nicholas II bestowed the title of "Grandmaster" upon all of the finalists, making Alexander Alekhine one of chess' inaugural international grandmasters. In the summer of 1914 the Great War broke out, dividing Europe and putting a halt to all international chess tournaments. Alekhine remained in Russia where he continued to play in national tournaments.
In 1917, the Russian Revolution brought conflict, violent divisions, and regime change throughout the country. At one point Alekhine was accused of espionage and even imprisoned for a short time. In 1920 Alekhine won the first Soviet Championship. Later that year he left the USSR never to return. While Alekhine eventually made his residence in France, but would for the next few years play in tournaments throughout the world with impressive results. Alekhine finished in first or second in every tournament he played for a couple of years. This streak was broken in 1924 when he again finished behind Capablanca and Lasker in New York. Not only had he established himself as one of the world's premier Masters, but Alekhine was playing with incredible sophistication and depth. His uncanny genius to see deeply into positions and conjure attacks where they did not seem possible was astounding. He also had a special ability for blindfold chess and was able to play many blindfold games simultaneously!
Alexander Alekhine
October 31, 1892
March 24, 1946
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In 1927 Alexander Alekhine secured a match against champion Jose Capablanca for the world chess title. The match took place in Buenos Aires Argentina. Alekhine had never defeated Capablanca in any previous contest and Capablanca was heavily favored in the match. What ensued was an epic and legendary battle between two of chess' greatest geniuses. The grueling match was the longest world championship that had ever been played. Alekhine seemed to gain momentum as the match went on. In the end, Alekhine surprised the chess world by defeating Capablanca 6 wins 3 losses and 25 draws and became the fourth world chess champion. Many felt that Capablanca had greatly underestimated Alekhine. Alekhine had in fact diligently studied the games of Capablanca and thoroughly prepared for the match while Capablanca had not. Alekhine and Capablanca were poised for a rematch, but the two could never agree on terms and negotiations fell through. Capablanca became displeased by his inability to secure a rematch and the two became bitter enemies.
While Alekhine did not face Capablanca, he did successfully defend his title twice against Efim Bogolubow in 1929 and 1934. In 1935 Alekhine then faced Dutch master Dr. Max Euwe for the world championship. Although heavily favored, this time it was Alekhine who was underprepared and overconfident. Euwe narrowly won the match 15 ½ to 14 ½ .Many attributed Alekhine's alcoholism to him losing the match. Allegedly Alekhine abstained from Alcohol and trained for his rematch with Euwe in 1937. Alekhine won the match convincingly 15 ½ to 9 ½ to regain his title. Soon afterward World War II erupted in Europe and larger international tournaments stopped for several years.
During the war, Alekhine, who was now a French citizen, was forced to comply with Nazi demands that strictly limited his appearances. When the war ended in 1945 Alekhine was seen as a Nazi sympathizer and anti-Semitic and was not invited to play in international tournaments. He died under mysterious circumstances on March 24, 1946 in Estoril Portugal. He remains the only world champion to ever die while holding the title. Alexander Alekhine remains a legendary player of the golden age of chess and one of the greatest world champions of all time. His genius for attack produced countless beautiful games that served as a model for many great future world champions.
Some Quotes on Alexander Alekhine:
"Play on both sides of the board is my favorite strategy."
"II consider chess an art, and accept all those responsibilities which art places upon its devotees."
"Chess will always be the master of us all"
On Alekhine:
"Who else in chess history has won so many serious games with the help of brilliant tactical strokes?" - Gary Kasparov
"He considered that chess was closest to art, and he was able to demonstrate this with his optimistic, eternally youthful play" – Boris Spassky
"Alekhine is the supreme genius of the complicated position" – Edward Winter
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With a Foreword by Boris Gelfand
Sergei Tkachenko has written a fascinating account of Alexander Alekhine's time spent in Odessa during World War I, the Russian Revolution and Civil War, as well as of the impact of Odessa on his later life.
Alekhine's Odessa Secrets - Chess, War and Revolution
Alexander Alekhine, Boris Spassky and Mikhail Tal
Three brilliant books from Everyman Chess brought together in one volume - The Masters: Alexander Alekhine, Master of Attack, The Masters: Boris Spassky, Master of Initiative and The Masters: Mikhail Tal, Tactical Genius By Alexander Raetsky and Maxim Chetverik
Masters of Attack
Alexander Alekhine, the fourth World Champion, played many fantastic attacking games and to this day enjoys the reputation of being an attacking genius. But ever since Alekhine won the World Championship match against Capablanca in Buenos Aires 1927 the chess world could see that the Russian-born Alekhine – who immigrated to France in 1921 – also handled technical positions excellently. But his success against Capablanca was still a surprise because the Cuban was considered to be virtually unbeatable.
DOWNLOAD - MASTER CLASS - Alexander Alekhine - VOL. 3
An Invitation Into the Hallowed Halls of the Chess Masters
Here are the colorful personalities, the scandals and the great blunders of the champions that make up the chess panorama. Light in tone sometimes humorous and always entertaining these stories illustrated with game diagrams offer a marvelous introduction to the world of chess.
Chess Panorama
Fred Reinfeld found that there were many great games by Alekhine that were not included in his My Games Book. Fred set about collecting and going though these games. He found 102 interesting and exciting games not found in the other volumes. So he called it "The Unknown Alekhine". These games are all thoroughly annotated in Descriptive Notation.
The Unknown Alekhine - 1905-1914
Fourth World Chess Champion
The fourth title in the popular World Chess Champion Series is about the enigmatic Alexander Alekhine. Tracing the Russian-born champion from his youth in Russia, through his assault on the chess Olympus and beyond, this books paints a fresh portrait of man who was one of the most spectacular tacticians ever to play the game.
Alexander Alekhine
In this book, FIDE Master Steve Giddins invites you to join him in a study of his favorite Alekhine games, and shows us how we can all learn and improve our chess by examining Alekhine's masterpieces.
Alekhine - Move by Move
46 Title Fights - From Steinitz to Carlsen
German chess journalist Andre Schulz tells the stories and the history of the World Chess Championship fights in fascinating detail: the historical and social backgrounds, the prize money and the rules, the seconds and other helpers, and the psychological wars on and off the board.
The Big Book of World Chess Championships
Hosted by IM Bill Paschall
Alexander Alekhine a Russian World Chess Champion is often considered one of the greatest chess players ever. He became the fourth World Chess Champion by defeating José Raúl Capablanca, who was widely considered invincible. Alekhine is known for his fierce and imaginative attacking style, combined with great positional and endgame skill.
Concise Alekhine Crushes - Chess Lecture - Volume 110
Alexander Alekhine, the fourth World Champion, played many fantastic attacking games and to this day enjoys the reputation of being an attacking genius. But ever since Alekhine won the World Championship match against Capablanca in Buenos Aires 1927 the chess world could see that the Russian-born Alekhine – who immigrated to France in 1921 – also handled technical positions excellently. But his success against Capablanca was still a surprise because the Cuban was considered to be virtually unbeatable.
MASTER CLASS - Alexander Alekhine - Volume 3
World Champions of Chess, Volume 1 - containing biographies and games of Morphy, Anderssen, Steinitz, Lasker, Capablanca and Alekhine
Die Weltmeister Des Schachspiels 1 von Morphy bis Aljechin - GERMAN EDITION
Steinitz, Lasker, Capablanca and Alekhine
The battle for the World Chess Championship has witnessed numerous titanic struggles which have engaged the interest not only of chess enthusiasts but also of the public at large. The chessboard is the ultimate mental battleground and the world champions themselves are supreme intellectual gladiators. These magnificent compilations of chess form the basis of the first two parts of Garry Kasparov's work on the history of the World Chess Championship.
EBOOK - Garry Kasparov on My Great Predecessors - VOLUME I
Alekhine has long earned a reputation not only a brilliant experience, but also the best chess writer and theoretician of the first half of 20th century. Alekhine's Games, which are shining examples of chess creativity, are provided with detailed notes.This is the second volume of a two-volume biography of World Chess Champion Alexander Alekhine. This second volume is devoted to the art of the strategic concepts of the First Russian World Champion and his contribution to the theory and practice of chess endings.
Chess Heritage of A.A. Alekhine - VOLUME 2 - RUSSIAN EDITION
Two Volumes Bound as One
This unequaled collection reproduces Alekhine's 220 best games, his own personal acounts of the dazzling victories that made him a legend. Spanning almost thirty years of tournament play, it includes historic matches against Capablanca, Euwe and Bogoljubov, and chronicles his briliant ascent to world mastery, his surprising defeat in 1935, and his dramatic return two years later - the first deposed champion to regain his crown.
Alexander Alekhine - My Best Games of Chess - 1908-1937
Alekhine has long earned a reputation not only a brilliant experience, but also the best chess writer and theoretician of the first half of 20th century. Alekhine's Games, which are shining examples of chess creativity, are provided with detailed notes.
Chess Heritage of A.A. Alekhine - VOLUME 1 - RUSSIAN EDITION
A Repertoire for Black Against 1. e4
Former US Open Champion Timothy Taylor takes a contemporary look at one of Black's most ambitious counters to 1 e4, the Alekhine Defence. This is a sharp opening in which Black attacks from the very beginning, luring White's central pawns forward in the expectation of destroying them later on.
EBOOK - Alekhine Alert
This is a reprint of the original third book, with all of the games converted into Algebraic Figurine PGN Notation with diagrams in the back. Alekhine died in 1946, so this third volume was edited by International Master and British Chess Champion Conel Hugh O'Donel Alexander, based in part on the notes left by Alekhine to some of the games.
Alekhine's Best Games of Chess - 1938-1945
This book covers the period when Alekhine was World Chess Champion, including his match with Capablanca and his two matches with Euwe. Included as an appendix in the back of this book all 120 games in this book, in Algebraic notation, plus all 34 games in his match with Capablanca, all 30 games in his first match with Euwe and all 25 games in his second match with Euwe, all in algebraic notation.
My Best Games of Chess - 1924 -1937
This is the book that every chess master and grandmaster has read and studied, and every aspiring chess master should be reading. The author, a World Chess Champion, clearly explains the most complex and difficult concepts. Grandmaster Reuben Fine wrote that Alekhine's collection of best games was one of the three most beautiful that he knew.
Alexander Alekhine - My Best Games of Chess - 1908-1923
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Buyer & Cellar officially opened Off-Broadway June 24, 2013, after previews that began June 18 at the Barrow Street Theatre. Michael Urie, who originated the role of Alex – an out-of-work actor who winds up working in Barbra Streisand's basement – is currently starring in the national tour of the production. Read reviews of the play here.
The New York production currently features Barrett Foa (Avenue Q, "NCIS: Los Angeles,"). The extended Off-Broadway production played 8 previews and 458 regular performances. It recouped its investment in September 2013.
Casting has not been announced for the London production that will open in spring 2015.
Current tour engagements for Buyer & Cellar follow: Los Angeles, CA (through Aug. 17 at the Mark Taper Forum); San Francisco, CA (Aug. 19-31 at the Curran Theatre); and Dallas, TX (Sept. 3-6 at the Dallas City Performance Hall).
A Toronto engagement, scheduled for Nov. 12-30, will play the Panasonic Theatre. Casting for the Canadian premiere has not been determined. Stephen Brackett directs the production, which is billed this way: "Alex More has a story to tell. A struggling actor in L.A., he takes a job working in the Malibu basement of a beloved mega-superstar. One day, the Lady Herself comes downstairs to play. It feels like real bonding in the basement, but will their relationship ever make it upstairs? Buyer & Cellar is an outrageous comedy about the price of fame, the cost of things, and the oddest of odd jobs."
Tolins is perhaps best known as the playwright of The Twilight of the Golds (Broadway), If Memory Serves (Promenade Theater), The Last Sunday in June (Rattlestick and Century Center) and Secrets of the Trade (Primary Stages). He co-wrote the films "The Twilight of the Golds" and "Martian Child." He was a consulting producer on the recent CBS comedy "Partners" and was a co-producer on the first season of "Queer As Folk" on Showtime.
The set design for Buyer & Cellar is by Andrew Boyce; costume design is by Jessica Pabst; lighting design is by Eric Southern; sound design is by Stowe Nelson. The production stage manager is Hannah Woodward; the assistant stage manager is Sam Horwith.
The Barrow Street Theatre is located at 27 Barrow Street. For more information visit buyerandcellar.com.
Here's a look at the show:

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In my series, Recite – A – Sutra, I have talked about the different wonderful benefits or blessings one gets when one recites – a – sutra. By reciting these sutras loudly, one invokes the wonderful energies of the many Buddhas and Bodhisattvas, and because of this one receives a lot of wonderful blessings and good chi.
However, if you have read some of the sutras that I mentioned, especially "THE SUTRA ON THE ORIGINAL VOWS AND MERITS OF THE MEDICINE MASTER LAPIS LAZULI LIGHT TATHAGATHA" (better known as the Medicine Buddha Sutra) or "THE DIAMOND OF PERFECT WISDOM SUTRA", (also called "The Vajra Cutter Perfection of Wisdom Sutra" or "The Vajra Sutra" or "The Vajra Cutter Sutra" or "The Diamond Sutra") or "THE SOVEREIGN KING OF SUTRA, THE SUBLIME GOLDEN LIGHT" (also known as "Suvarnaprabhāsa Sutra" or "The King of Glorious Sutra" or "The Sutra of Golden Light" or "The Golden Light Sutra"), you would have known by now that simply having these sutras will shower upon the holder or owner of the copy of the sutra tremendous amounts of blessings and most importantly protection. In that sense, a sutra is already an amulet, however, to some extent it is much more than simply being an amulet.
It is in the same principle that I'm a big advocate of wearing Kuan Yin with The Heart Sutra Pendant.
Now each Sutra are the same that they offer protection and some blessings, but each sutra might also differ from the other. For example, THE SUTRA ON THE ORIGINAL VOWS AND MERITS OF THE MEDICINE MASTER LAPIS LAZULI LIGHT TATHAGATHA brings with it a blessing of protection, healing, good health, and wealth. So simply having a copy of the said sutra will give you all the wonderful blessings that I just mentioned.
THE DIAMOND OF PERFECT WISDOM SUTRA brings protection and different kind of auspiciousness and wealth luck. In fact, it is considered as one of the most powerful sutra to have with you.
THE GOLDEN LIGHT SUTRA is also very powerful protective sutra amulet, especially if you are in a managerial or leadership situation.
Again, all sutras have a protective blessing but each one differs in the other aspects of the blessings that they bestow to a person or owner. But everyone agrees that having a copy of the said sutra especially if it is printed a 'traditional' sutra manner carries with it some powerful energies, that is why a lot of Buddhist carries small sutra amulets and if they can get hold of it, they put traditional sutra amulets at home.
Allow me to share with you the story of Chuan Biao, a Filipino – Chinese who was born in China and who migrated here to the Philippines. At a very young age, just when the communist are about to take over China, Chuan Biao's father had the foresight to leave and escape China and come to the Philippines. Chuan Biao was only about a year old then so he doesn't have much memory of what happened. His father soon became a businessman here, and he was often told by his father that Feng Shui plays a big role in the success of his business.
Chuan Biao didn't finish school, he didn't even took up even just a year of college, but being the eldest son, he was trained by his father really well to handle their business, and soon Chuan Biao was handling their business and when his father passed away when Chuan Biao was only 30 years of age, he was prepared enough to handle and take over their business. Chuan Biao was also married by then, and aside from his own family; he took care of his mother, two sisters and younger brother.
After a while, his siblings also got married also, business was doing well, and he has expanded to other business. However, like many families, they started having problems because of their family business. When his brother got married, the wife wanted to get their share of the business and leave the family business. Many of you will not understand this but for Chinese families this is a big no – no. It is considered a taboo to do this. If you want to put up your own business, you just save up for it and put up your business, you don't pull your share out of the family business. This created a big rift that broke the once peaceful family. With Chuan Biao and his sisters in one camp, then his brother in the other camp. Chuan Biao admitted that their tried to keep fair and be understanding to all her children but she really hate what Chuan Biao's brother was doing and blamed the wife for all this.
Chuan Biao will be the first one to admit that he some what became bitter with how his brother and sister – in – law acted towards their business and their family that it became his goal to destroy his brother's business. And so he put up the same business and naturally this made their rift even worse. So things got really serious that because of their family feud her mother had a stroke and passed away. Then this became the start of their bad luck.
Both Chuan Biao and his brother started losing money, their business went bad, and they have to start selling properties. Chuan Biao's sisters' family didn't seem to have escaped the bad luck that strike. One of the sister's husband left them for another woman, and Chuan Biao's nephew from his other sister had an accident that rendered him paralyzed.
It is at this time that Chuan Biao's wife seeks the help of a Buddhist monk. This particular Buddhist monk suggested that they put a sutra amulet of THE SUTRA OF THE PAST VOWS OF THE BODHISATTVA KSITIGARBHA also called THE SUTRA OF THE PAST VOWS OF EARTH STORE BODHISATTVA or simply EARTH STORE BODHISATTVA SUTRA or KSITIGARBHA BODHISATTVA SUTRA.
NOTE: Although I have talked about Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva and mentioned and put a link of his sutra, I really haven't included this sutra in the RECITE – A – SUTRA series. But this is one of the most powerful sutra in the world.
Chuan Biao's wife decided to follow the Buddhist monk's advice, even though at that time her relationship with Chuan Biao is also already under strain because he seems to refuse to listen to her advice that he should make peace with his brother. She was also in luck because acquiring a traditional sutra amulet is quite difficult and is quite pricey. However, she was fortunate that the Buddhist monk who gave her the advice has a copy at that time.
Anyway, Chuan Biao's wife decided to put a copy of THE SUTRA OF THE PAST VOWS OF BODHISATTVA KSITIGARBHA on their altar and sure enough things started to get better. In fact, at present Chuan Biao and his whole family, including his brother's grandchildren and great grandchildren will always have a family reunion 3x a year. Her sister who was left by her husband, is now back with her husband who repented. Chuan Biao's nephew wasn't able to walk again but he is now also a businessman, contrary to what the doctor said at that time that he would not be able to work again and think properly again. His brains are now fully functional.
How do I know this? I met Chuan Biao in a temple in Manila; they were saying a sutra for family members who passed away. At that time I was quite surprised to see them because it was the first time I saw such a big family. My father has 12 siblings but even our family reunions pales in comparison with what I saw. One of the Buddhist nun invited me to partake in the Vegetarian lunch sponsored by Chuan Biao's family at the temple (it is customary for Buddhist to sponsor a vegetarian lunch at the temple where the whole family will eat also when they pray for the family members who has departed), and this is where I met Chuan Biao or Uncle Chuan Biao as I call him. He was the one who shared with me his story after 3 or 4 meetings when we were both waiting for something at the temple.
Chuan Biao is now 83 years old, he and his wife still goes to the temple a lot, and both believes that it was THE SUTRA OF THE PAST VOWS OF BODHISATTVA KSITIGARBHA that brought the family back together again and brought their business back to it's old glory. Chuan Biao believes that her mother passed away with a heavy heart that caused their bad luck.
At that time, when Uncle Chuan Biao found out that I am a student of Feng Shui, Taoism and Buddhism, he asked me whether I know where they can avail of the Traditional Sutra, because he wants all his family members to have one. Most temples have it but it is never given away or even sold. But at that time I don't have anywhere to get a copy. That was about 3 years ago.
But imagine my surprise when my Guru Lama called me to inform me that he will be sending me a few copies of traditional sutra (amulet) of the THE DIAMOND SUTRA and THE SUTRA OF THE PAST VOWS OF BODHISATTVA KSITIGARBHA! Apparently, he got several copies from a Pure Land Buddhist monk in China, and he sent me 10 copies of each for me to be able to share with my readers in exchange for a specified donation that will go to food and an image of a Buddha. This has something to do with the exchange of energies, and to understand this better please read my post called – THE EVOLUTION OF ACQUIRING AN AMULET.
I was allowed to get one copy each so only 9 copies of each the traditional sutra (amulet) is available.
On my next post, I will talk about how THE DIAMOND SUTRA amulet and THE MEDICINE BUDDHA SUTRA amulet can benefit us.
You can download the sutras mentioned above by clicking on the link below:
- The Golden Light Sutra
- The-Sutra-On-The-Original-Vows-And-Merits-Of-The-Medicine-Master-Lapis-Lazuli-Light-Tathagata
- The Diamond Sutra
- Sutra of the Past Vows of Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva
- The Prajna Paramita Heart Sutra
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Living on the West Coast has some significant advantages when it comes to patch day. Most namely, the servers being live by the time I get off of work 😉 I did not have to sit around and wait for them to go live while twiddling my thumbs, which was nice.
I was able to get most of my mods updated, but I am still missing a few that I don't know if there are updates for (anyone know if oRA2 updated?). And for those using X-perl as your party and target frames, there is a fix for the "target" issue over on WoWAce, just download the most recent "beta" version, and you should be fine.
By the time I got logged in last night, the server had already been live for at least and hour, if not two. We had 40(!) people online in our guild. Most of them were already taking advantage of the new 5 man zone, I was still working out all my mods. In fairly short order, however, everything seemed to be functioning, and I seemed quite ready to raid.
Ice Crown Citadel Raid
Monolith made a decision back in TBC to take Tuesdays out of our progression raiding schedule. This is a decision that I am generally pleased with, as any kind of wonky maintenance tends to screw up Tuesdays, and with the majority of the server raiding on this day, the lag is god awful. The only thing that I dislike about this decision is that my competitive side of me hates not getting in there on the very first night and getting a kill done. It all works out in the end, and really is the best for us, but man does it burn me when others get horde first kills 😉
What we tend to do on release days is use the night to give us an advantage in our 25 man raids, by sending in a 10 man guinea pig group to ferret out anything tricksy that we need to watch out for in the 25s. Last night, at one point, our guild had 3 of these 10 man groups going, with varying success. The group that I put together to prepare us for tomorrow night cleared the zone fairly easily. But what every group did and contributed to was exposing almost the entirety of our raid force to the first and second boss. I think that this will be invaluable to the learning curve for our 25 man when we go in tonight.
As the groups progressed we openly shared tips and tricks that we learned throughout the evening, such as:
- The giant bone skeletons in the trash on the way to Marrogar are set off by "traps" that can be disarmed by a rogue.
- Making a targetting macro for the bone spikes saves a lot of time!
- Fanatics cleave. Cleave I tell you!
While I enjoyed myself quite a bit in the zone, it was really hard for me to actually get a measure of what the zone is going to be like in our 25. Largely because we are a 25 HM guild in our 245/258 gear plowing through 10 man content. I am very much hoping that our 25 is successful tonight though! *crosses fingers* I don't want to set our expectations hugely high, but I realistically think that 2-3 bosses is not out question.
5 man Zone and the new LFG system
After our 10 man finished last night, Brade and I decided to go ahead and give the LFG tool a whirl, so I figured I'd share my thoughts on it. Brade and I queued as a party, selecting "tank" and "healer" respectively. We probably waited in the queue for no more than 30 seconds each of the two times we used the tool last night, and then were ported to our instance. Well…we tried to port to our instance, anyhow. The strain on the instance servers last night was enormous, and we often ended up back in dalaran.
However, all you need to do is use the green eye on your mini-map and select "teleport to instance" until you can enter your instance. Your party will maintain as everyone tries to get an instance opened up. We chose to do the "daily random" instance first, for our tokens of frost. The dungeon finder paired us up, and we were escorted to Halls of Lightening with a moderately geared mage, warlock and warrior. Of course, the mage was not expecting so much beef from the tank (Brade with ~50k life) and heals…and went on and on about it. But, Brade and I took it in stride giggling to each other at home, and went about our way. The instance occurred without incident, and when we were finished, we were happy to find that we could be teleported out using the same little green eye on the mini-map 🙂
"That wasn't so bad", I said, and I queued us for another. This time I decided I would risk the lag of the new 5 man, and put the two of us in the queue for the first of the new 5 man heroic (the one with the guy at the end that reminds me of Reliquary of Souls!). This time we were paired up with a huntard (truly, he was), a rogue and a death knight that was AFK. The hunter kept telling us that "he'll be back 1 minute" and shared that he was "smokin' weed". Uh, ok. By this point it was past the point that I should be online, and should have been getting ready for bed, so I'm not happy about the AFK guy.
We decided that we could clear up some trash while we waited. But, I discovered the most wonderful thing: you can vote to remove a member of your current party. How I found this, I'm not entirely sure, but there was the option staring at me in all it's glory. So, before we got too far I opened up a vote to remove the AFK, weed smoking, Death Knight. Apparently everyone else in the party agreed as we were quickly presented with the option to return to the LFG system to fill our party.
It took probably no longer than 10 seconds upon selecting "yes" for another DPS to join our group, and be ported to our dungeon. It was a very capable ret paladin. Short of the Huntard being…well a huntard, the instance went on without incident. My first thoughts of the zone was that there was too much trash. I thought we were never going to get to the first boss and would endlessly be pulling crap just to get there. Once we finally did though, the two bosses in the zone proved to be fairly fun 🙂
I'm not entirely sure that I can judge the difficulty of the zone, as Brade and I can brute force our way through a metric shit-ton of stuff, so I suspect that I won't truly know how difficult it is until I go in with the paladin, priest or shaman and a tank that is a little less geared than Brade.
Overall, I think that I quite like the new LFG tool. The mage from our first group gushed about how wonderful it was, and seemed to do most of his dungeoning through PuGs prior to the LFG tool. The instance that he finished with us was his 10th for the evening. I really like that you get the option to remove someone from the party if they are AFK, unpleasant, etc. I really like how quickly it fills groups out, and I can't wait to see how it works for Kitai as I start to hit the regular Northrend instances at level 70. Heck, maybe even some of the outlands ones that you can never find groups for anymore short of being boosted.
I like to instance, and I really don't mind PuGing too much. I think that it's going to offer up such a smoother experience for everyone, at least as far as instancing goes. I really recommend that folks give the tool at least a few tries, even if they have a guild full of mates that they can utilize to instance.
Haste, Glyphs and Re-specs, Oh My!
As discussed yesterday, I took the 18/0/53 spec on Beru. I made some of the new Glyphs of Rapid Rejuvenation, but did not try them yet, as I was trying to get a feel for the effects of the GotEM changes.
Last night, I opted to keep my 4 piece T9 set bonus, and run with ~600 haste. My 10 man did not have any of the haste buffs that can be provided in a raid setting. I honestly did not notice a very large difference at all in the 10 man running at 600 haste and no additional haste buffs. The other resto druid in our guild, who has significantly less haste, however, did make several comments about feeling quite sluggish. I am going to suspect that the more haste you managed to get, the less noticable the change is going to be. Quite honestly, in my 10 man, nothing felt different. I'm going to suspect that this is going to be even more so true in our 25 man tonight when I have additional haste buffs.
However, when we hit the new 5 man dungeon last night, there was a noticable difference. I quite frequently received the "that ability is not ready" error message, much to my frustration. I was *just* clipping the GCD and I suspect it is because in the 5 man, lots of people were taking damage and I was trying to get them all topped off as fast as I could. To compensate, I just forced myself to wait a breath longer before casting, and that stopped the error message spam.
I think that the new rejuv glyph would probably have been useful in my 5 man last night, but because I wanted to get a feel for the GotEM changes, I didn't want to break it out and try it. I intend to play around with it a bit soon.
Overall, I do not think that I am going to be hugely affected by the haste changes. Any adjustments that I will need to make will be quite minor, and will soon enough be engrained to become second nature 🙂
Random Other Things!
Because I have an authenticator, I was the recipient of the super cute Core Hound Pup. I absolutely adore this little fella! And speaking of pets…don't forget to stop by and visit Breanni in Dalaran to obtain your albino snake and calico cat.
Tonight, when we enter Ice Crown 25 for the first time, we are going to publically announce our first Shadowmourne recipient. I sent him a whisper earlier this week in confidence to let him know, and so that he knew to get on the new rep stuff ASAP to get started on the quest. But we are going to make it official tonight, and let the guild give him the congratulations that he rightfully deserves.
I think that's about all I've got for the moment! Now it's off to see what else I can learn to help us in our first 25 man push in the zone tonight 😉
I am curious though, how did everyone else's experience go last night?


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Canadian Doctor Explains (Dangers In Vaccines) Flu-apocalypse
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Adam Ruins the Hospital
Public health
In 2014, after a New York physician returned from treating Ebola patients in West Africa and showed symptoms of the disease, Trump tweeted that if the doctor had Ebola, "Obama should apologize to the American people & resign!"[203] When the doctor was later confirmed to have developed ebola in New York, Trump tweeted that it was "Obama's fault" and "I have been saying for weeks for President Obama to stop the flights from West Africa. So simple, but he refused. A TOTAL incompetent!"[204] Trump also criticized President Obama's decision to send 3,000 U.S. troops to affected regions to help combat the outbreak (see Operation United Assistance).[205]
As Dr. Kent Brantly returned to the U.S. for treatment, Trump tweeted that U.S. doctors who went abroad to treat Ebola were "great" but "must suffer the consequences" if they became infected and insisted that "the U.S. must immediately stop all flights from EBOLA infected countries or the plague will start and spread inside our 'borders.'"[206] When an Ebola patient was scheduled to come to the U.S. for treatment, Trump tweeted, "now I know for sure that our leaders are incompetent. KEEP THEM OUT OF HERE!"[207]
Trump's suggestion on the Ebola crisis "would go against all the expert advice being offered," with doctors warning "that isolating West Africa would only make the Ebola outbreak much worse, potentially denying help and supplies from getting in," and possibly destabilizing the countries and contributing to the disease's spread outside West Africa.[205]
On August 3, 2016, Trump called the Zika virus outbreak in Florida "a big problem".[208] He expressed his support for Florida Governor Rick Scott's handling of the crisis, saying that he's "doing a fantastic job".[208] When asked if Congress should convene an emergency session to approve Zika funding, Trump answered, "I would say that it's up to Rick Scott."[208] On August 11, 2016, Trump said that he was in favor of Congress setting aside money to combat the Zika virus.[209]
Trump believes that childhood vaccinations are related to autism, a hypothesis which has been repeatedly debunked.[210][211] The American Academy of Pediatrics and the Autism Speaks patient-advocacy group have "decried Trump's remarks as false and potentially dangerous."[211]
In 2010, the Donald J. Trump Foundation donated $10,000 to Generation Rescue, Jenny McCarthy's nonprofit organization that advocates the incorrect view that autism and related disorders are primarily caused by vaccines.[212]


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Pork and Liver Pâté
Whether it's a simple chicken liver mousse or a more involved project like this Pork and Liver Pâté from At Elizabeth David's Table, there's something so satisfying about homemade charcuterie. Part of it comes from the get-your-hands-dirty experience, which requires a trip to the butcher for some unusual items and a fair amount of grizzly meat grinding. The end result comes with a real sense of accomplishment.
This particular country-style pâté is made from fatty pork belly, ground veal, pig's liver, and your choice of bacon or fat back. The ingredients are ground together, flavored with juniper, mace, brandy, white wine and garlic, and finally draped with a lattice of bacon. Slowly cooking all of the meats releases their fats creating a preserving layer around the terrine.
Making this pâté at home, it was a struggle to wait until it had cooled with all those heady, meaty aromas and the lovely layer of bacon on top. Slicing into it, the texture was rustically grainy with an over-the-top porky flavor. It's fatty enough to easily spread on toast. Juniper and brandy come through in a big herbal way. Sliced thin and served alongside crusty bread with a bit of mustard and cornichons (and of course, a glass of wine) this pâté is probably the most authentically French dish to come out of my kitchen.
As always with our Cook the Book feature, we have five (5) copies of At Elizabeth David's Table to give away this week.
Adapted from At Elizabeth David's Table by Elizabeth David. Copyright © 2011. Published by Ecco. Available wherever books are sold. All Rights Reserved.
- Yield:8 to 10
- 1 pound pork belly (without rind), ground
- 1pound lean veal, ground
- 1/2 pound pig's liver, ground
- 4 ounces sliced bacon or pork back fat
- 1 clove of garlic, crushed
- 6 black peppercorns, crushed
- 6 juniper berries, crushed
- 1 to 2 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon ground mace
- 3 to 4 tablespoons dry white wine
- 2 tablespoons brandy
To the ground meats, all thoroughly blended, add 2 ounes of the bacon or pork fat cut in thin, irregular little dice, the garlic and seasonings, and the wine and brandy. mix very thoroughly and, if there is time, leave to stand for an hour or two before cooking, so that the flavors penetrate the meat. turn into one large 4-cup capacity terrine, or into 2 or 3 smaller ones, 2 1/2 inches deep. Cut the remaining fat or bacon into thin strips and arrange it across the top of the pâté. Place the terrines in a baking pan half-filled with water and cook, uncovered, in a slow oven, 325°F, for 1 1/4 to 1 1/2 hours. the pâtés are cooked when they begin to come away from the sides of the dish. Take them from the oven, being careful not to spill any of the fat, and leave them to cool. They will cut better if, when the fat has all but set, they are weighted. to do this, cover with parchment paper and a board or plate which fits inside the terrine and put a weight on top. however, if this proves impractical, it is not of very great importance. if the terrines are to be kept longer than a week, cover them completely, once they are cold, with a sealing layer of just-melted pure pork lard.
Note: When cooking any pâté remember that it is the depth of the terrine rather than its surface area which determines the cooking time. the seasonings of garlic and juniper berries are optional. The proportions of meat, liver and seasonings making up a pâté can be altered to suit individual tastes, but always with due regard to the finished texture of the product. a good pâté is moist and fat without being greasy, and it should be faintly pink inside, not grey or brown. a dry pâté is either the result of overcooking, or of too small a proportion of fat meat having been used.
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Rockies hope Bettis can develop into rotation mainstay
Rookie, who faced Braves in debut, is working on command of 96-mph fastball
PITTSBURGH -- The Rockies aren't exactly easing right-hander Chad Bettis into Major League play and responsibility.
In his big league debut on Thursday, Bettis faced one of baseball's hottest teams, the Braves. His next start will be on a big stage against the Mets at Citi Field on Tuesday, after Tyler Chatwood was scratched with left hamstring tightness. Bettis was originally slated to start Wednesday.
"I like challenges," said Bettis, 24, the Rockies' second-round Draft pick in 2010 out of Texas Tech. "It's who I've always been. I feel like this is a huge learning experience for me, facing the Braves and then going up to New York. I can learn a lot from these two starts and apply it to my third one."
The Rockies are making sure to give him every chance to prove he is the fifth starter they've been seeking.
They tried out veterans Jon Garland, Jeff Francis and Roy Oswalt. Only Oswalt remains on the Major League roster, and he is out indefinitely with a left hamstring strain. Callups Drew Pomeranz and Collin McHugh pitched themselves out of their opportunities.
Bettis could become a significant Rockies pitching figure should he succeed.
The club is moving toward young power pitchers, having put right-hander Juan Nicasio on the fast track a couple of years ago and making Tyler Chatwood, an acquisition from the Angels before last season, a key rotation figure. Nicasio hasn't shown the consistency the Rockies believe he will. But guys who throw in the mid 90s and faster, like Bettis, are clearly in favor these days.
In addition, the development program could use the boost that would come from Bettis performing well. There hasn't been a drafted collegiate pitcher succeed over a period of time since Francis debuted in 2004; by 2007, he was starting Game 1 of the World Series. The only other collegiate Draft pick who shows up in significant career statistical categories is Jason Jennings, No. 1 in 1999.
Bettis is the only former collegiate pitcher in the rotation and one of just four on the roster. Relievers Rex Brothers, Adam Ottavino and Josh Outman are the others, and Ottavino and Outman came from other organizations.
But Bettis, with a 96-mph fastball and a changeup that has worked at the Minor League level, has offered plenty of evidence that he could go a long way toward reversing the trend.
Before last season, there was talk that the Rockies could move Bettis to the Majors as a reliever, with an eye toward making him the future closer. After all, he earned 17 saves over his last two seasons at Texas Tech, as he went back and forth between starting and relief roles. But Bettis suffered a shoulder strain last spring that simply refused to heal, and he missed the entire season.
Bettis returned healthy this spring, but any plan to make him a reliever was scrapped. The Rockies determined that Bettis needed to go to Double-A Tulsa and pitch, and throwing a high volume of pitches every fifth game, plus working on his craft between starts, was the best way. Bettis went 3-4 with a 3.71 ERA in 12 starts. His stint included lost time because of an oblique injury. Bettis struck out 68 and walked just 13, with 1.5 groundballs for each fly ball.
Rockies assistant pitching coach Bo McLaughlin, who was the Minor League pitching coordinator and worked with Bettis in 2010 and '11, said Bettis' versatility in college worked in his favor.
"He would start on weekends, then pitch [relief] in between starts, and he developed a little faster because of that reason," McLaughlin said. "A lot of the younger guys take longer to go from a seven-day rotation to a five-man rotation, so he adapted a lot sooner to the professional game."
The test for Bettis will be how he completes his development.
Bettis has an effective slider and changeup -- although McLaughlin said the Rockies want more speed difference between the fastball and change -- but doesn't always put his 96-mph fastball where he wants it.
In the first inning of his debut, Bettis walked Braves leadoff man Jason Heyward. He wanted his 1-1 fastball to the next hitter, Justin Upton, to back him off the plate. Instead, it stayed on the inner half -- right where Upton loves it. Just like that, Bettis trailed, 2-0, as Upton mashed a homer to center.
"The stuff is intact; the pitches we don't worry about," said Bill Geivett, the Rockies' senior vice president of Major League operations. "The command of them is what he needs to show to be effective."
Bettis gave up five runs, five hits and five walks in five innings of the Rockies' 11-2 loss to the Braves. He battled nerves in the early going and his command was on and off. But other than a hanging curveball to Heyward later in his outing -- which Heyward knocked over the right-field wall -- Bettis' aggressiveness helped him limit the damage.
"Pretty hard," he said when asked how difficult it is to not evaluate based on the numbers. "But what it comes down to is two mistake pitches. If I make better-quality pitches to Upton and Heyward, it could've been a different outcome to the game."
While at Tulsa, he listened as Oswalt, who went to Tulsa after signing with the team in May, discussed with the younger pitchers the value of not being tied to conventional pitching plans. Bettis was already experimenting with different ways to attack hitters.
"You have to come to the field every day willing to learn something. If you can't will yourself to learn something, it's a really bad day. Just sitting down here the last couple days talking to Roy, talking to Chatty about pitch sequence and stuff like that, you learn a lot quickly."


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again, great episode thanks to mamoru miyano's voice acting and the director
and kurisu is so HHHNNNGGGHHHHHH
sadly the animation is a bit off at the start
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|2011-07-05, 14:01
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S;G 14 - And if time can even heal all neverending misery
And the cat is out of the literal-and-maybe-metaphorical bag. Suzuha is indeed Johnny T. Itor. For an internet hoax, Titor's got style. That also explains what the satellite thingy was - a time machine. A bit inelegant for a time machine, but not every machine can be a phone booth or a DeLorean or a ship or a train. Nice to see Rintaro finally trying some other ideas too, such as talking to Moeka, and, finally, talking to Kurisu. Not to mention the idea of using D-Mail again (I think) and the Time Satellite to actively change the world. (Hopefully one of those timelines can return Akiba to the nerd paradise it's supposed to be, but there are more pressing priorities at the moment.)
In the slightly muddled words of Yogi Berra, "When you come to a fork in time, take it."
|2011-07-05, 14:52
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Kurisu doing the mad scientist was really cool yet kind of awkward for me to see. Also love how Kurisu said she would believe Okabe 5 hours ago but instead didn't at first
I thought I was getting an endless eight kind of episode this week but luckily the second half revealed a lot of infomation.
Suzuha is John Titor.
Okabe created the divergence meter.
Satellite is a time machine.
Main world line has mini world lines which eventually reaches the only outcome of a particular Main world line.
D-mail and time leap machine can't move someone from a Main world line to another.
A fantastic episode!
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Suzuha is finally confirmed from the future and that she is John Titor. The satellite is also indeed a time machine. She also reveals important information about the world lines.
Suzuha explains that they right now are in the Alpha world line and reveals her Divergence meter that Okabe created in the future showing the exact timeline they are in. The Alpha and other "big" world lines is comprised of many "mini" world lines that are mostly similar with minor differences that always leads to the same results. No matter what happens, Mayuri will always die in the alpha line. In order to save her, Okabe needs to cross the 1% Divergence into the Beta world line. The question now remains is how do they cross the 1% divergence?
On another note, that Okabe x Kurisu interaction destroyed my nutbaldder. Kurisu doing her own mad scientist impression was so awkward yet so cute. And when before Okabe time leaped again, when she said that she won't remember him calling her Kurisu...she really does care about Okabe.
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And so, all the crazy theories here are proven to be false since Suzuha is John Titor. It was theorized many times before that Daru would be Suzuha's father and also John Titor.
Was a great episode, but with this, saving Mayuri suddenly feels too easy. I wonder what kind of world line will the new world line be when they go beyond the 1% divergence number.
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Suzuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuhaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaa !!! Kurisuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu !!! Dman, I really love both of them :3
I loved when Kurisu did the mad scientist scene and her reaction when Okarin told her about her fork and all So cute and funny
I thinl no one is really surprised about Suzuha being John Titor and the satellite beign the time machine but the scene was really well made :3
Dman, I love this serie, can't wait for the next ep !
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This episode confirmed my suspicions about Suzuha and the satelite (it did help to rewatch ALL episodes before watching that one, and that's the thing I usually do during this summer between working on my HnA short, Civ5 and BlazBlue games and watching Arte TV).
I died a little inside over the shot of Jelly Mayuuri. Poor little thing could be compared to a kitty who gets shot repeatedly with a different gun or weapon each time. It's like Hazama of BlazBlue and Murphy decided to have a puppet show with Okabe's group, especially with Mayuuri.
Steins;Gate continues to deliver episode after episode and IF Fate/zero comes up as good, this year may as well be named the Year of Nitro+.
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Another great episode, I'd give it a 10/10, but I wouldn't call this quite the climax that last episode was .
At least the predictions that Suzuha was John Titor or was related to John Titor were on the mark. It'll be interesting to see where they go from here. Poor Mayuri .
In before the "Okabe should've told everyone from the start."
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While i still can't get over how he keeps managing to escape his assailants one thing seems seems certain, they dont have reading steiner.
Kurisu is looking more suspicious by the 3rd part, she may be smarter than she lets on or it may be the aftereffects of Kurisu Timeline 0.
What fuels my suspicions is: what is stopping the others from using the time leap device?
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Great episode. Not terribly surprised about the revelation about Suzuha being Titor. The biggest hints that I noticed were the times when Okabe was talking to Suzuha and Okabe about John Titor, and when Suzuha claimed that her father was Barrel Titor.
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I don't have much to say about this episode, since all it did what confirm my theories. I shall comment on Kurisu (I'll call her that this time)'s greatness though! She is as insightful as we thought, and all around an awesome companion for Okabe. Her MADDO SCIENTISTO impersonation was awesome. That blush and her smile afterwards were so cute. Gyaaah, I don't know who to ship Okabe with... When in doubt, just go for harem end!
|2011-07-05, 16:58
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The first half of the episode was depressing with Mayuri dying over and over and Okabe depressed and crying, but thankfully there's Kurisu and Suzuha to make things better - really, Okabe should go to them in the first place. Besides helping Okabe and giving explanations, they help in other things as well. Seeing Kurisu's mad scientist impression, her blushing face and smiles, as well as her admonishing her future self...all so cute. Am I the only one who thinks that when Kurisu is talking about her personal fork and spoon, she may not strictly just talking about kitchen utensils there?
The next important part is of course from Suzuha, confirming some of our speculations and giving more info about how things are. So it's all about the divergence number, huh, at least now Okabe isn't running blind and have a goal to achieve. Her being John Titor, that time machine, and Okabe being important to time travel in the future is obviously predicted already, but I still wonder about what Suzuha means when she says that she's working under the orders of FB...
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Wonder if there's a microwave inside that satellite/time machine
Great episode, once again! As everyone else has already said, it probably wasn't a surprise for anyone that Suzuha was John Titor... the scene was still very well done and made me want to know more about Suzuha's "past" which is the future for current Okabe and friends.
However, it would fit that Suzuha is the daughter of Daru and that's how he is so familiar with Okabe's past. It'd be pretty random if Suzuha ended up being just some soldier that voluenteered for the time travel mission.
But, we still don't know why Suzuha is here. She has said that she is here for her father but I doubt that's the truth. It could be Suzuha that killed Kurisu in the first episode but these are only guesses.
Wondering who the FB is. Probably someone already introduced to us like Kurisu's father or Feyris' dad.
Will be fun to see what happens if Okabe manages to travel between the main worldlines... things could be way different in other worldlines and therefore things could go very badly wrong.
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I hope that the Greenwich Street South project is built and that the horrible parking garage on West Street is razed.
That 50 West Street could be a skyline defining tower.
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Imagine what this area will look like in 6 years with the WTC.
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I hope that the Greenwich Street South project is built and that the horrible parking garage on West Street is razed.
I hate that garage. I am glad something big is coming soon.
If 50 West is that squarish brown thing with the mostly-blank south-facing wall (red sign attached at top) in the center of the photo above ...
That's 52 West/90 Washington. Moinian converted that a few years ago. 50 West Street is a tiny 3 story building between that and the mansard roofed building....I hope that mansard building isn't coming down though. The other two parcels could be other smaller buildings behind 50 West.
Drat ... so we're stuck with the big brown crud
Hopefully they will build something very TALL on the site of 50 that will completely cover the south wall of 52 -- and put it in shadow for the better part of the day
ps: The one with the mansard rood has got to stay.
Am I correct to assume that air-rights will be transferred from the tunnel entrance?
what is "b-lo"?
There's millions of square feet available from those garages, I suppose a positive of the Moses era, if you can ignore the gems that were probably destroyed, these large parcels allow for the opportunity for something great to rise here once sensibility prevails half a century later. I just don't want to see this opportunity squandered. No Monian group here, please.
What occupies the mansard roof building currently?
And it would be great if the Greenwich South plan was realized soon. The amount of construction downtown is just staggering....imagine if that plan was acted on in the next 5 years as well.
The address of the mansard roof building is 47 West St. - erected 1912, one commercial tenant.
There's a rear extension to it that is exactly as large as this building (has the same address). I'm afraid these two parcels along with, of course tiny 50 West St. may be the three buildings that the news story was referring to.
Can someone find out if it is landmarked?
The one with the mansard roof is 47 West Street. Per DOB it is NOT Landmarked.
DOB shows a recent C/O, which lists Offices on the 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th and 7th Floors with Residential on the 6th, 8th and 9th Floors (6 residential units total).
However there is an Application from 2003 (per the Schedule A "Occupancy - Use Data" submitted with that Application) which shows a proposal for a total of 14 Residential units in the building:Job Description: CONVERT 5TH THROUGH 11TH FLOORS FROM OFFICES AND MANUFACTURING TO RESIDENTIAL DWELLING UNITS AND PHOTO- GRAPHIC STUDIO47 West Street from EMPORIS ...
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Thousands march to Qalandia checkpoint at the July 24 protests. | Photo by Haley Paladino
On one of the holiest nights in the Islamic calendar, Laylat al Qadr,10,000 Palestinians marched to Qalandia checkpoint in the biggest demonstration in the occupied West Bank since the second intifada.
The central purpose of the protest was to deliver a message of solidarity with the people of Gaza, according to the events organization committee.
Palestinian youth threw rocks and Molotov cocktails whilst setting off a steady stream of fireworks over the clashes. Israeli forces located at Qalandia checkpoint used tear gas, stun grenades and live ammunition.
Mohammad al-Araj, 17 was killed after being shot in the head, arm and leg, another protestor Majd Sufyan, 27 is deemed clinically dead and over 100 people were injured.
"We were marching straight forward [to Qalandia checkpoint] until the Israelis started firing, they fired live ammunition … in every direction," said one activist present at the clashes.
Demonstrations erupted throughout the occupied West Bank, with significant clashes in the greater Hebron area, Nablus, Bethlehem, Salfit, Qalqiya, Tulkarem, and Abu Dis. From last nights clashes over one hundred injuries have been reported across the West Bank, no total number has been confirmed. Israeli forces have reportedly used live ammunition, skunk water, and explosive bullets during these clashes.
The protests come after more than 815 Palestinians have been killed in the besieged Gaza Strip since Israel's 'Operation Protective Edge' began 17 days ago. A substantial percentage of those killed have been civilians, including 123 children, according to Defence for Children.
Delivering a message
The 48,000 March Committee organized the demonstration. The group is a collective of "young Palestinians who want to live in freedom and dignity…We want to deliver this message to the highest members of the international community and the Israeli occupation," according to Qassam al Barghouti, a core organizer with the March Committee and son of imprisoned Palestinian political figure Marwan Barghouti.
"Looking at the things happening in Gaza truly calls for action and for something to be done…I hope that it will gather a range of people from different backgrounds and political affiliations," one volunteer organizer of the demonstration, who preferred to remain anonymous, told Palestine Monitor.
Palestinians from the West Bank planned to march from al Amari refugee camp, on the outskirts of Ramallah, to al Aqsa mosque to express their opposition to Israel's ongoing offensive in the besieged Gaza Strip and to deliver a message of solidarity.
"We will not forget Jerusalem"
Barghouti stated that the aim of the protest was to reach al Aqsa mosque, located in Jerusalem's Old City. Their reasons for this were twofold: They aspired to transmit their message of solidarity from East Jerusalem, a part of the city that Palestinians wish to be their capital, and they wanted to reach al Aqsa mosque, one of the holiest sites in Islam, to pray.
"We hope to reach al Aqsa mosque and to pray there. It also a very important indicator that Palestinians will never forget Jerusalem…whatever Israel tries to do, we will not forget Jerusalem" said Barghouti.
Violent clashes have persisted today in Hebron and Nablus. Israeli forces are continuing to use live fire to disperse crowds, killing four protesters. One Palestinian was reportedly fatally shot by a settler near Nablus. Among today's fatalities is Hashem Abu Maria, 27, of Defence for Children International Palestine.
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Hmmmm. I don't think you can go wrong with the fedora. I mean, it covers up any number of bad ear days/ear disasters, it looks quite rakish, and yet can be used a make-shift water dish if necessary. I'm just saying….
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PeeEss: I think you and Scooter could definitely be related. However, Mom says that Abby and I are related, and we look NOTHING alike. She all short and squat and thick, and I'm long leggity and lanky. So there is no way that we are related. Maybe you and I are related? Oh. I don't own any hats. I guess not. *sigh*


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Brewers and Rare Beers Shine at NYC Brewer's Choice
Here's what makes a beer event truly great:
1. Delicious beer that you can't necessarily buy at your local store.
2. A chance to interact with the knowledgeable folks behind the beers.
The NYC Brewer's Choice event at City Winery on Thursday had both of those key elements and more.
Jeff O'Neil of Ithaca Beer Company shared some of my favorite beers of the night. I couldn't get enough of his White Gold, and was lucky enough to get a pour of the deliciously sour Brute as well. Ithaca is a brewery to watch.
It didn't hurt that there was plenty of good food. We nibbled Somerdale English Farmhouse Cheddar and fantastic bread from Orwasher's. A riot nearly started every time the last griddled salami sandwich from Mile End was snatched from the tray. (Luckily, another batch didn't take long.) There were fresh oysters and spicy shrimp, salted chocolate from Mast Brothers and plenty of other goodies. Not every item was really a perfect match for the beer—Kimchee and Geektoberfest, anyone?—but at least there was something delicious to line our stomachs as we plowed through one incredible beer sample after another.
Other top picks of those beer samples? A rarely-seen bottle of Southampton's amazing Hommage, Ommegang's luxurious and smoky Cup 'O Kyndness, Stillwater's Stateside Saison, and Sixpoint's impressive new Pilsner.
It's going to be hard to top these tastes, though Beer Week's not quite over yet. What's the best thing you've tried during NY Craft Beer Week?
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So it's been 4 years 1 month since Matt and I arrived in Moldova. It's been 2 years since Matt, Vlad and I founded Smoke House SRL with the intention of opening a BBQ restaurant. And it has been 1 year since we opened Smokehouse. In that time we have accomplished a lot. Furthermore, we have seen a lot of change in Moldova - most of it for the better. There is new business and investment here; There are new products available in the stores and supermarkets; Most importantly, there are more and more expressions of cultural and personal expression that are breaking old norms and stereotypes and giving the feel of an ever more diverse and modern society. In short, we started out with a belief in Moldova and, in spite of all of the tumultuous events of the last years, we still have it. For that reason I want to introduce a project that we are working on that is near and dear to my heart. The Foreign Small Enterprise Alliance or FSEA.
you have literally no idea how long it took us to settle on this logo. I will punch the first critic in the mouth. That's a promise.


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Collection Acne Studios
The ACNE Studios brand was founded in 1996. At the time, Jonny Johansson and his creative team had no defined strategy; they just wanted to "make fashion" and to offer something contemporary. What is more contemporary than jeans? The team created one hundred pairs of denim jeans with red stitching and distributed them to friends and family as well as a few local customers. Two years later, the label offered a complete ready-to-wear collection. ACNE Studios, an acronym for Ambition to Create Novel Expressions, aims to redefine and go beyond fashion boundaries. The Swedish brand differentiates by its multidisciplinary approach, a mix of materials, colors and volumes and great attention to detail. Photography, painting, fashion history and architecture have greatly inspired and influenced ACNE Studios over the years.
Passionate about art, Jonny Johansson began his career as a musician. As a young man, he was used to creating his own clothes. He left his hometown of Umea and moved to Stockholm where he worked in a clothing store. His shop windows caught the eye of Diesel's sales manager, who invited him to come and design for the brand's decoration branch in Italy. After a few years, the designer realized how much he loved fashion and returned to Stockholm to start a new career. Supported by two friends, he founded ACNE Studios.
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Ionut Alex Chitu / Google Operating System:
Updates from Your Gmail Contacts — One of the reasons why the chat box can no longer be disabled in the new version of Gmail is that it will include some new features: updates from your contacts. Yes, they are the same contacts you barely know, but these updates will help you learn more about them.
Discussion: TechCrunch
Duncan Riley / TechCrunch: Gmail To Offer Friend Updates?
Garett Rogers / Googling Google:
Gmail source code hints at social feature — Ionut was digging around through the source code in Gmail when he stumbled across some pieces of text he thinks indicates "updates" for your friends could soon be part of the integrated Google Talk module. — The source code he found includes snippets of text including the following:
Mark 'Rizzn' Hopkins / Mashable!:
GMail: The New Social Network — What is the true measure of your social graph? If you ask Google, the answer is found in your contact database. In further moves designed to create a defacto social network, it was discovered by the source code sleuthings of Ionut Alex Chitu …
Zoli Erdos / Zoli's Blog:
Will Google Pull a Plaxo? — Google Operating System speculates that Gmail will soon display status updates from your contacts: … Ionut says based on reading some Google code that users will be able to delete updates - now word whether there will be a "Big Switch" to opt out globally.
Discussion: mathewingram.com/work
Jesus Diaz / Gizmodo:
Video of iPhone Firmware 1.1.3 in Action and Evidence Shows Update Is Real — Here's a video of the allegedly iPhone Firmware 1.1.3. Update: It is very real, according to Natetrue and the evidence we have gathered from him. Knowing that the mighty Natetrue (the author of iBrickr …
Discussion: ParisLemon and Slashdot
Eric Eldon / VentureBeat:
WhatsOpen launches public beta, shows you what nearby stores are open — WhatsOpen, a secretive local search company that has promised an easier way to find which stores are open near you, is now in public beta. Just type in the name of what you're looking for, and your location.
Discussion: Valleywag
Randall Stross / New York Times:
How to Lose Your Job on Your Own Time — WERE Henry Ford brought back to life today, he would most likely be delighted by the Internet: the uninhibited way many people express themselves on the Web makes it easy to supervise the private lives of employees. — In his day, the Ford Motor …
Nick Gonzalez / TechCrunch:
Subvert And Profit Unapologetically Targets YouTube — Subvert And Profit is a service that lets users pay to get their sites on Digg (and more recently StumbleUpon). — Unlike Pay Per Post, the company doesn't waste a lot of time trying to spin their business into something socially acceptable.
Desiree Everts / CNET News.com:
New security rules for batteries on planes — If you don't want to lose your spare lithium batteries for your camera, notebook or cell phone, you might want to pack carefully for your next flight. — New rules from the Transportation and Security Administration that take effect …
Discussion: The Mobile Gadgeteer, Mobility Site and Paul Kedrosky's …
Matthew Miller / The Mobile Gadgeteer: New spare lithium battery travel rules go into effect 1 January 2008
Jack Cook / Mobility Site: Are you traveling by plane? — You better check these NEW rules for batteries!
Jeff Jarvis / BuzzMachine:
Google is God — For something I'm working on, I compiled a bunch of stats on Google (sorry, I didn't intend to blog it and so I didn't capture all the links, but I found the collection so compelling I thought I'd share it): — • Google is the "fastest growing company in the history of the world."
Steve Rubel / Micro Persuasion:
Become a Knowledge Management Ninja with Google Reader — In this era of data smog, the knowledge worker who can act like an agile ninja by consuming vast quantities of information, synthesizing it and getting it in the hands of the right people at the right time is invaluable.
Discussion: Insider Chatter, Marketing.fm and WebMetricsGuru
Donna Bogatin / Insider Chatter: 2008 Social Media Warning: Beware Google AND Facebook
Marshall Sponder / WebMetricsGuru: using Google Reader to data mine RSS feeds - Steve Rubel
Ryan / WordPress › Blog Tool and Weblog Platform:
WordPress 2.3.2 — WordPress 2.3.2 is an urgent security release that fixes a bug that can be used to expose your draft posts. 2.3.2 also suppresses some error messages that can give away information about your database table structure and limits and stops some information leaks in the XML-RPC and APP implementations.
Discussion: John Chow dot Com and T. Longren
John Chow / John Chow dot Com: WordPress 2.3.2 Available for Download
Duncan Riley / TechCrunch:
RIAA's Target In 2008: You — The RIAA has lodged documents in the ongoing case of the Record Industry vs Jeffrey Howell that argues that ripping music from legally purchased CD's is illegal. — If the Judge rules that the RIAA is right, any person in United States who has ever ripped …
Discussion: Engadget, Scobleizer, Randy Holloway Unfiltered, odd time signatures, p2pnet, TECH.BLORGE.com, Alice Hill's Real Tech News, Thomas Hawk's Digital …, DSLreports, larry borsato, mathewingram.com/work, Smalltalk Tidbits …, broadstuff, Mark Evans, Geek News Central, Geek Speaker, Best Engaging Communities, Publishing 2.0, Changing Way, Gizmodo and Washington Post
Darren Murph / Engadget: RIAA suing citizen for copying legally purchased CDs to PC
Robert Scoble / Scobleizer: The RIAA is right — I see a lot of you are pissed off …
Drumsnwhistles / odd time signatures: Rip Your CDs; Go to Jail? Or Bankruptcy Court.
Michael Santo / Alice Hill's Real Tech News: RIAA Goes After Fair Use
Thomas Hawk / Thomas Hawk's Digital Connection: And the Recording Industry Wonders Why Everyone Hates Their Guts
James A. Robertson / Smalltalk Tidbits, Industry Rants: Insanity at the RIAA — It looks like I'm nothing more than a dirty, rotten thief.
Mukund Mohan / Best Engaging Communities: NAA (Newspapers Association of America) follows the RIAA in lawsuits
Jon / p2pnet:
Maine law students vs the RIAA — RIAA News:- One of the most important, but as yet largely unrecognized, Big Music stories to break this year centres on a small university legal clinic in Maine. — And, it's about to cause a revolution in the P2P filesharing war launched by Warner Music …
Discussion: WinExtra, TECH.BLORGE.com, Listening Post and Recording Industry vs …
Steven Hodson / WinExtra: Is 2008 to be RIAA's death knell?
Triston McIntyre / TECH.BLORGE.com: University of Maine law students fight the RIAA
Eliot Van Buskirk / Listening Post: Maine Legal Students Defend Fellow Scholars from RIAA Lawsuits
Fox, Apple to sign iTunes deal — Service will make movies available for rent — Apple is set to break new ground with iTunes, offering movie rentals in a bid to rejuvenate that sluggish part of the otherwise boffo service. — Fox and Disney will be announced as partners in a major unveiling …
Discussion: Webomatica, Silicon Alley Insider and paidContent.org
Brian Caulfield / Forbes:
Will The iPod Kill Blockbuster?
Will The iPod Kill Blockbuster?
Discussion: The Unofficial Apple Weblog
Scott McNulty / The Unofficial Apple Weblog: iPod's victims: first CDs, now DVDs?


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J: 京葡国际澳门在线,捕鱼游戏下载手机版Hi, it's Backpack time. And today we're learning about good advice and how do you take care about yourselves. Here's a song with a lot of advice. Let's listen.
Singing time
J: OK! Now you sing the song.
Singing again
J: Playing in the park is fun. You can play basketball, ride your bike or skate. But you should always protect yourself. You should wear a helmet on a bike, and you should wear special safety equipment when skate. Let's watch the story about safety equipment for skating.
J: 京葡国际澳门在线,捕鱼游戏下载手机版Lots of kids like to skate. Be careful, you don't want to hurt yourselves. Onch! A bad fall! But he didn't hurt himself because he was wearing a safety equipment.You should always wear a good safety equipment. First, you should wear kneepad like this. They protect your knees. Then you should wear elbow pads. They protect your elbows. And you should also wear wrist glove. They're very important. They protect your wristlets. Finally, you should wear a helmet. You wear a helmet to protect your head. Now you're ready to skate. You have your skate, you have your kneepads, elbow pads, wrist glove and helmet. OK! Let's go.
Let's talk
J: 京葡国际澳门在线,捕鱼游戏下载手机版Hi! Today we're talking about taking care of oursleves. Jana and Corry are here. Hi, Jana! Hi, Corry!
J&C: Hi, Julia!
J: 京葡国际澳门在线,捕鱼游戏下载手机版It's very important to take good care of yourself. Corry, how should I protect myself if I go swimming.
C: 京葡国际澳门在线,捕鱼游戏下载手机版You should always swim with another person. And you should wear a sunscreen.
J: 京葡国际澳门在线,捕鱼游戏下载手机版That's a good advice. Jana, now it's your turn. How should I protect myself when I ride my bike?
J: Well, you should always wear your helmet. That's very important. You should always wear shoes and you should ever be straight.
J: Thanks Jana. My brother likes to keeping in shape. He loves soccer. How should he protect himself?
C:京葡国际澳门在线,捕鱼游戏下载手机版 He should strength his muscle and warm up.I always strength my muslce and warm up.
J: My friend colded this morning. He has a toothache.What should he do?
C: He should take some medicine and he should go to the dentist.
J: Again. Good advices. Jana, how can I stay healthy?
J: Easy. You should eat well. You should get enough sleep, and you should exercise.
J: 京葡国际澳门在线,捕鱼游戏下载手机版Thanks Jana and Corry. You gave very good advice. What do you do to take care of yourself? You heard some very good suggestion here. So stay healthy, have fun and be take good care of yourself. And I'll see you on Backpack next time. Bye-bye.


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As elements of the Mass Hysteria Media question their role in promoting Obama's 'Apocalpyse Now' approach to the upcoming sequester, even the NY Times finds itself wondering about its commitment to cheerleading against the sequester.
First, they point out that there are liberals who love the idea of cutting defense and sparing entitlements:
Parties Focus on the Positive as Budget Cuts Draw Near
WASHINGTON — With time running short and little real effort under way to avert automatic budget cuts that take effect Friday, substantial and growing wings of both parties are learning to live with — if not love — the so-called sequester.
For weeks, President Obama has barnstormed the country, warning of the dire consequences of the cuts to military readiness, educators, air travel and first responders even as the White House acknowledges that some of the disruptions will take weeks to emerge.
The reverse side has gone unmentioned: Some of the most liberal members of Congress see the cuts as a rare opportunity to whittle down Pentagon spending. The poor are already shielded from the worst of the cuts, and the process could take pressure off the Democratic Party, at least in the short run, to tamper with Social Security and Medicare.
My, my. The Times also wonders about the devastation we should expect at one minute after midnight of the sequestration. Or even one month...
White House Counts on G.O.P. to Bend as Cuts' Effects Are Felt
WASHINGTON — President Obama's team concedes that the almost certain arrival of across-the-board budget cuts on Friday will not immediately produce the politically dramatic layoffs and airport delays that the administration has been warning about for days.
But White House strategists say they believe that a constant drip of bad news will emerge in Congressional districts across the country in the weeks ahead, generating negative headlines and, they hope, putting Republicans on the defensive for their refusal to raise taxes.
The mission of the Mass Hysteria Media is clear - somewhere out there a granny will be eating catfood or have a cat stuck in a tree because of the sequester, and it is their job to find that person, or cat, and bring them to John Boehner.
Yet the Times seems to be having a bit of angst about their assignment:
In accepting the inevitability of an extended Washington stalemate, the White House is risking the possibility that Americans may eventually blame the president, not members of Congress, for job losses, smaller paychecks, longer lines at airports, a reduction in government services and a less well-equipped military.
Mr. Obama could also ultimately emerge as a kind of president who cried wolf if Americans just shrug at the slow-rolling budget cuts and think the crisis atmosphere that he created was more hype than reality. On Wednesday night, the president acknowledged to a group of business leaders that "a lot of people may not notice the full impact of the sequester" for weeks.
Well, yes, the public may think the President cried wolf and the media played along.
The battle lines are clear:
Republicans are trying to make the case to the American public that the president and his staff are trying to frighten people by overstating how difficult it will be for government agencies to trim their spending. Mr. Boehner said in an interview on Wednesday on the CBS program "This Morning" that the president had "traveled over 5,000 miles in the last two weeks doing campaign-style events," adding, "this is a time to lead."
Every news organization covering this has gone through cutbacks in the last few years. Yet they are now supposed to report to us that the provision of basic services will end if the government is cut back to funding levels last seen in, oh, 2008. One worries about an impending botox shortage as anchormen strain to keep a straight face.


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Boxers for Peace Syria 2019 video archiveOne way we remember events that are important to us is through video. Below is an archive of a dozen videos from our June/July trip to Syria. I have ordered the videos chronologically:
The end of the War on Syria!Credit where it is due – Donald Trump has done the right thing. He's withdrawing US troops from Syria, which effectively ends the war! Today I notice that the UAE is re-opening its Syrian embassy – a sign that things will now slowly return to normal. Mind you, the response in the US has been howls of protest from both sides of government! Apparently, there's no need for Congressional approval
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The Gassing Game in Syria: Regime Change and BeyondThis excellent analysis of the latest crisis in Syria is penned by my friend, Dr. Chandra Muzaffar, President of the International Movement for a Just World. Father Dave THE GASSING GAME IN SYRIA: REGIME CHANGE AND BEYOND By Chandra Muzaffar The use of chemical weapons in Sheikhun, in the Idlib province of Syria on 4th
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the Syriac Orthodox Church – a light shining in the darkness!January, 2017 – our Australian delegation had a wonderful time visiting the Syrian Orthodox Patriarchate in Damascus. While there, I had the privilege of interviewing his grace, Ignatius Aphrem II – the Syriac Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch. Three minutes into the interview all the lights went out and we sat in complete darkness. The Patriarch
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Regime changers declare war on CongresswomanRISING US political star Tulsi Gabbard has been linked to Nazis and labelled a "dictator's stooge" after daring to promote a peace agenda for war-ravaged Syria. The Hawaiian Congresswoman set off a firestorm when she advocated a break with the regime change doctrine at the heart of modern US foreign policy, after an eight-day trip
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If you or a loved one are at high risk of osteoporosis, new guidelines from the American College of Physicians (ACP) could affect the way you take care of your bones. The new recommendations update guidelines from 2008 and have been endorsed by the American Academy of Family Physicians.
The new guidelines include six recommendations, based on findings from medical research performed over the past decade. The ACP has classified two of these recommendations as "strong recommendations" based on the quality and extent of the research behind them.
Those two recommendations are:
The first recommendation made by the new ACP guidelines covers the type of drugs that doctors should use to treat osteoporosis in women. The guidelines recommend three types of medications classed as bisphosphonates (alendronate, risedronate, zoledronic acid) along with denosumab, a biologic agent. ACP's updated guidelines recommend that doctors prescribe one of these four types of medication as the first choice for osteoporosis treatment in women.
The recommendation also states that physicians should prescribe generic versions of these drugs whenever possible and that patients should be counseled on the risks of not taking these medications properly.
The second strong recommendation made by the ACP is that doctors should no longer recommend hormone therapy as a treatment option for osteoporosis in women. The ACP advised doctors to stop prescribing three common types of hormone therapy for osteoporosis. Those therapy types include menopausal estrogen therapy, menopausal estrogen plus progestogen therapy, and raloxifene.
This recommendation is based on new medical evidence that hormone therapy may not carry the benefits needed to make it an effective treatment. Evidence also shows that hormone therapy comes with significant risks, such as cerebrovascular accidents and venous thromboembolism. These risks outweigh the potential benefits of this treatment, according to the ACP.
The ACP guidelines also included four further recommendations. These recommendations, however, were classed as "weak" recommendations. They include:
These recommendations all received a "weak recommendation" classification due to lack of evidence or low-quality evidence. While existing evidence suggests that these recommendations may be beneficial for treatment, the ACP advises physicians to make treatment decisions based on their best judgment.
The updated ACP guidelines carry significant implications for seniors with or at risk of osteoporosis. If you or a loved one suffer from osteoporosis, you may wish to speak directly with your physician about these new guidelines and whether or not they will impact your current treatment plan. Anyone currently receiving hormone therapy for osteoporosis should speak with their physician about whether or not a change in treatment would be best.
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