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See a list of possible causes in order from the most common to the least.
In hyperparathyroidism, the parathyroid glands make too much of their hormone. It affects a number of body systems and can cause skin changes, including brittle nails and itching.
Endometriosis occurs when tissue from the lining of the uterus grows outside of it, forming growths on the ovaries and in the pelvic region.
Porphyrias are rare types of genetic blood disorders in which patients have a defect in heme production, an important part of hemoglobin. Blisters are a sign of porphyria cutanea tarda, the most common type of porphyria.
Spread by mosquitos, West Nile virus symptoms can vary in severity. Diarrhea and abdominal pain usually appears within two weeks of infection.
Brucellosis is a rare disease usually spread through ingesting infected raw meat and unpasteurized milk. Back pain, lethargy, chills, and fever may occur and could lead to complications.
Yellow fever is a serious, potentially deadly flu-like disease spread by mosquitoes. It's found mostly in Africa and South America. Symptoms of stage 3 yellow fever include abdominal pain, vomiting, and jaundice.
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Our thanks to the Vancouver Film School and Rhino House, two of the companies that sponsor Cartoon Brew:
Today the Vancouver Film School (VFS) announced that they will open a new animation and visual effects campus in August of this year. The facilities will be located in the 106,000-square foot space in Vancouver's Gastown neighborhood that previously housed the Storyeum theatrical experience:
After $4.5 million in renovations, phase one of this new state-of-the-art VFS campus will open to students in August. Every classroom is designed to optimize the learning experience by giving students access to high-powered software, including the leading render farm management system, as well as more studios and lounge areas to foster collaboration and synergy between VFS's programs. The space's many groundbreaking features include a 280-degree green screen studio and a new fiber network.
The Animation & Visual Effects portion of the facility is 42,000 square feet, double the size of the current campus, and provides students with two 72-seat theatres, editing suites, sound studios, a customized life drawing room, three design studios, and much more.
They've posted some photos of the under-construction space on their Facebook.
Rhino House is an online video reference library for animators. It has a custom player that offers a host of animator-friendly features like bookmarking key frames, onion skinning, slow motion, frame-by-frame scrubbing, thumbnailing, masking, guidelines and grids.
Their Facebook page offers videos of animators discussing how they use video reference, like this clip featuring DreamWorks animator Jason Ryan:

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Orthodox Bayesian decision theory requires an agent's beliefs representable by a real-valued function, ideally a probability function. Many theorists have argued this is too restrictive; it can be perfectly reasonable to have indeterminate degrees of belief. So doxastic states are ideally representable by a set of probability functions. One consequence of this is that the expected value of a gamble will be imprecise. This paper looks at the attempts to extend Bayesian decision theory to deal with such cases, and concludes that all proposals advanced thus far have been incoherent. A more modest, but coherent, alternative is proposed. Keywords: Imprecise probabilities, Arrow's theorem.
Orthodox Bayesian decision theory requires agents' doxastic states to be represented by a probability function, the so-called 'subjective probabilities', and their desires to be represented by a real-valued utility function. Once these idealisations are in place, decision theory becomes relatively straightforward. The best choice is the one with the highest expected utility according to the probability function. Because of Newcomb-like problems there is little consensus on how we ought to formalise 'expected utility according to a probability function', but in the vast bulk of cases the different approaches will yield equivalent results. The main problem for orthodoxy is that the idealisations made at the start are highly questionable. Many writers have thought that it is no requirement of rationality that agent's epistemic states be representable by a single probability function. Others have thought that even if this is an ideal, it is so demanding that we cannot expect humans to reach it. One attractive amendment to orthodoxy is to permit agents's epistemic state to be represented by a set of probability functions. This idea was first suggested by two economists, Gerhard Tintner...


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With great power … comes endless rebooting of rehashed material.
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Sure, the heroes of Marvel Comics tend to get all the praise and adoration, but what about the bad guys? Without them, those beloved superheroes wouldn't have anyone to fight,…
Farmers Insurance has a new ad featuring J.K. Simmons and his usual TV crew dressed up as characters from The Avengers. What does Farmers Insurance have to do with the…
Writer Joseph Campbell popularized the idea of the Hero's Journey – the arc of events that define virtually every myth in human history. Movies could be called a kind of…
Sometimes it seems like morality is dead. It can seem like everybody is just looking out for number one, and nobody has anything but their own immediate gratification in mind….
The art of costume design in movies is often overshadowed by the other aspects of production, like acting, directing, lighting, sound effects, boom mic operating, and sometimes even screenwriting. But…
Marc Webb seems to have found a balance of style and substance that many films, especially comic book adaptations, struggle to find.
On top killing thousands of people, the Al Qaeda bastards also disrupted several Hollywood blockbusters. Osama and his loyal troop of Jihadi fundamentalists actions were so bad that filmmakers throughout…
For years, superhero movies have been capturing the imaginations of audiences around the world. From the original "Superman: The Movie" to 2011's "Captain America: The First Avenger," superhero movies have…
You are tearing me apart, Gwen Stacy!
Any Comic-Con nerd will tell you for every Wolverine and Captain America there's an underrated sidekick or zombie Spider-Man (seriously) waiting in the proverbial wings for their big screen debut.
Probably more entertaining than 'Spider-man 3′.
The ones showcased at E3 this year try hard to change the tide.
Now to put Hulk next to potholes.
Say hello to 'The Amazing Spider-Man.'
Brand new cringe-inducing pictures from the set of the 'Spider-Man' reboot.
Here are some new pictures of Andrew Garfield as Spider-Man, illicitly snapped as filming takes place in downtown LA.
Watch out. He might jump back and kiss himself.
When it rains (production stills), it pours (production stills). Today it pours.
We've got new photos for both the new Marc Webb Spider-Man and X-Men: First Class. So DC comics can officially eat it today.
Now that we've all gotten used to the idea of Peter Parker being able to organically spin webbing from his wrists, those bastards at Sony are pulling the rug out from under us once again, bringing back Spider-Man's famous web-shooters.
Reactions to the first look at Andrew Garfield in the Spidey suit are trickling in. Let's see what the altverse Peter Parker thinks.
He wears it well.
What Would Tyler Durden Do? He'd probably siiiiiiing!
In another bit of casting news for the Quixotic attempt to update Spider-Man into a form that today's young people can hope to understand, 80s teen idol and probable "24"-actor C. Thomas Howell joined Andrew Garfield and company in Marc Webb's Spider-Man.
OoooOOOooooo! Look you guys, it's pics of Peter Parker and Gwen Stacey making out on the set of Spider-man! They're both such sluts. I'm totally JK LOL!!!
Taylor Lautner look-alike and ABC Family regular Chris Zylka has signed up to shove around Peter Parker.
The Spider-Man reboot will go where no other Spider-Man film has gone before, giving the audience a glimpse of Spidey's life before his parents were killed.


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Cindy Crawford's Extortion Suspect Turns Himself In
The man who tried to extort $100,000 from Cindy Crawford has turned himself into police in Germany, the Associated Press reports.
See photos of today's top news stories
Edis Kayalar, 26, reportedly walked into a police station in the southwestern city of Stuttgart late Monday. He has been charged with one count of extortion in the U.S. If convicted, he could face up to two years in prison.
The former supermodel, 43, and her husband Rande Gerber were the latest celebrities to be ensnared in an extortion drama involving a bizarre photo of their eight year-old daughter, Kaia.
See a photo of Cindy with her children -- and other star kids who need haircuts
Kayalar allegedly threatened to release the year-old photo -- which reportedly showed the girl bound to a chair and gagged. According to court papers, Kaia said that a former nanny took the picture as part of a "cops and robbers" game they were playing.
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Shasta Regional Medical Center is proud to be the only hospital in the North State ranked as a 50 Top Cardiovascular Hospital in the nation. This prestigious annual award honors hospitals that have led the way with superior performance in cardiovascular service in four key areas:
We are the only hospital in the North State to be an Accredited Chest Pain Center, but the true honor resides in providing our community with the team, knowledge and dedication to fight America's #1 killer, heart disease.
Our Cardiac program brings together board certified Cardiologists, Cardiac and Vascular Surgeons, Interventional Radiologists and others, tackling Heart and Vascular Disease. From prevention and diagnosis to treatment and rehabilitation, our staff is committed to combining the latest proven technology with personal care and attention to help you get better.
Cardiac diagnostic testing is a very important tool for detecting heart disease. Our Cardiac Catheterization Lab is available 24/7 and features technologically advanced equipment and therapies for blocked arteries, aneurysms, and clots, as well as procedures in treating heart rhythm disorders, implantable cardiac defibrillators and pacemakers. The Cardiac Echo Lab is staffed by certified Echo technologists and the Vascular Ultrasound Lab is staffed by registered vascular technologists. Our staff includes top cardiologists and cardiac and vascular surgeons as well as highly trained cardiac care nurses and techs. Together they offer innovative treatments, advanced technology and comprehensive prevention programs – making Shasta Regional Regional the area's premier destination for cardiovascular care.
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Cardiothoracic surgery is the field of medicine involved in surgical treatment of diseases affecting the heart and lungs and arteries leading to them. The vascular procedures the cardiothoracic surgeons at Shasta Regional Medical Center perform are listed below. Please note that each case is unique, and the treatments listed here are for general understanding purposes only. Your surgeon will provide details on your specific surgical needs.
Vascular surgery is a specialty of surgery that treats diseases of the vascular system by medical therapy, minimally-invasive catheter procedures and surgical reconstruction. Vascular procedures are performed in the operating room and use general anesthesia. They may be minimally-invasive, using a smaller incision, or may be an open surgery with a larger incision.
Interventional cardiology is a branch of the medical specialty of cardiology that deals specifically with the catheter-based treatment of heart diseases. Interventional cardiologists may perform treatments for peripheral vascular disease, carotid artery disease and abdominal aortic aneurysms in the cardiac catheterization lab. This is considered a type of endovascular procedure. See endovascular treatment below.
Interventional radiology is the practice of medicine in which physicians treat disease with image-guided, minimally invasive techniques. These procedures are usually performed under local anesthesia and conscious sedation using some form of guided imaging in the cardiac catheterization lab. They are also considered endovascular procedures.
Endovascular procedures are less invasive procedures than regular surgery and are designed to access many regions of the body via major blood vessels. Basic techniques involve the introduction of a catheter percutaneously (through the skin), into a large blood vessel. Typically the blood vessel entered is femoral artery or vein found near the groin. A balloon, stent (mesh tube) or coil may be inserted through the catheter to maintain the shape of an artery that was previously losing shape or blocked. Additionally, new devices are being used that may grind through blockages in the arteries, restoring blood flow. These procedures are usually performed by an interventional cardiologist or radiologist in the cardiac catheterization lab. Good candidates for endovascular procedures may be older and have multiple health concerns.
Shasta Regional Medical Center is proud to have on staff, Dr. Doug McConnell a Board Certified Cardiac-Thoracic Surgeon and a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons. Dr. McConnell comes from Long Beach Memorial where he was on staff from 1981- 2009. During this time he has served as Department Chairman, Vice-Chief of Staff and as Chief of Staff.
Our Cardiac Surgical Team is well-trained and experienced in all aspects of cardiac and thoracic surgery. A broad range of cardiac surgical services is available 24 hours a day. Our cardiac surgery teams include not only experienced surgeons, but also highly trained clinical and other staff — all focused on providing excellent patient care and outcomes.
Shasta Regional Medical Center is pleased to have Cardiac Electrophysiology Services with Ram Challapalli, M.D., F.A.C.C.
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Our Electrophysiology and Arrhythmia Services offer a comprehensive diagnostic and treatment services for patients with cardiac arrhythmias. The complete range of services include several diagnostic monitoring techniques, including non-invasive risk stratification for arrhythmia, device implant, laser lead extraction, and catheter ablation for arrhythmias including atrial fibrillation and ventricular tachycardia.
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Notes from NorCal
by Kevin Pelton
SACRAMENTO INTERNATIONAL (SMF) - I spent the weekend and yesterday in various locales in Northern California, and naturally hoops was a prominent factor. As I wait to wing my way back to Seattle, I figured I'd offer a recap.
On Saturday, Menlo College hosted the 2008 Northern California Symposium on Statistics and Operations Research in Sports (NCSSORS). Dr. Benjamin Alamar, who runs the Journal of Qualitative Analysis of Sports, put together NCSSORS to give us a conference on statistical analysis here on the West Coast, which allowed me and some others to attend. Every previous conference has been in Boston, and while I hope to make it out there next Spring, that's a long ways for a one-day conference. Thanks to Ben for putting this West-Coast-Biased conference together.
Anyways, while none of the day's presentations featured basketball, there was still a strong NBA presence at the festivities. Dean Oliver, the godfather of APBRmetrics, offered a presentation on (of all things) frescoball, which illustrated how the concept of "fit" can be very important in team sports. Sam Hinkie of the Houston Rockets took part in a panel discussion on how statistics can be used more effectively to help both teams and the media. It was great to meet a lot of people, including Roland Beech of 82games.com, and we had some lively discussions later that evening as we watched college football and Game 6 of the ALCS.
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Murder suspect does not waive extradition
Raymondeze Lamon Rivera, the man charged in connection with Anderson mother Kwana Burns' murder, will not be transported to South Carolina until a judge orders his return.
Mr. Rivera, 28, of Tampa, Fla., did not waive extradition at a hearing held Monday morning in Douglas County, Ga.
The body of Ms. Burns, 28, was found Thursday at her Tribble Street home bound with her 9-year-old son Kameron's jump rope. Her 2-year-old daughter, Kamille, was lying asleep on top of her. The Anderson County coroner determined Ms. Burns had been choked to death.
Kameron had spent the night at a relative's house.
In order to have Mr. Rivera returned to South Carolina, the 10th Circuit Solicitor's Office must file a request to the South Carolina governor's office, said Joel Sawyer, press secretary for the governor.
"Then we contact Georgia authorities (the Georgia governor's office) and the extradition is completed," he said. "It's a fairly automatic process once we receive the request from the local solicitor."
Mr. Sawyer said once the governor's office receives the request it takes about one week to complete the process. Linda Dudley, spokeswoman for the Anderson Police Department, said it could be two weeks to a month before Mr. Rivera is back in Anderson.
A spokeswoman with the 10th Circuit Solicitor's Office said Monday the extradition process had begun. The solicitor's office must send items that have been signed by 10th Circuit Solicitor Chrissy Adams, such as certified copies of the arrest warrant and the incident report to the Georgia governor's office. That information is expected to be sent today, the spokeswoman said.
Authorities made no advances Monday in tying Mr. Rivera to the killing of Asha Wiley, who also was choked to death last week. Ms. Wiley, mother of an 8-year-old girl, was found dead Dec. 12 on her bedroom floor in her Belton Woods apartment.
Investigators had searched for a "person of interest" fitting the description of Mr. Rivera and the burgundy Buick he was driving in connection with both killings.
Mr. Rivera was arrested Friday in Douglas County, Ga., on an auto tag violation.
"An agent assigned to the (U.S. Marshals Service) Southeast Regional (Fugitive) Task Force contacted us Friday evening, letting us know the suspect was believed to be in the Douglas County area and giving us a description of his vehicle," said Chief Deputy Stan Copeland of the Douglas County Sheriff's Office, according to the Douglas County (Ga.) Sentinel.
Chief Deputy Copeland said after Mr. Rivera's arrest Friday, the Anderson Police Department sent investigators to Douglas County.
"We assisted them with search warrants for a residence and a vehicle," he told the Douglas County Sentinel. Chief Deputy Copeland would not reveal the location of the residence searched.
Mr. Rivera was charged Saturday with murder in connection with Ms. Burns' death.
Both homicide cases are still under investigation and no other warrants had been issued as of Monday.
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Ryan Daly is in his third season as a Student Assistant Coach for the Bisons. He is a mass communications major who intends on coaching basketball after graduating. Daly says he [quote]enjoys the opportunity to learn from a great coaching staff while interacting with the players on a daily basis.[quote] Before coming to Lipscomb, Ryan attended Troy Christians High School in Troy, Ohio. There he lettered three years in football, three years in basketball, and four years in baseball. His senior year, he served as Student Council President. He is the son of Tom and Bev Daly. His sister Lindsey was a member of the 2004 Atlantic Sun Tournament and NCAA Tournament Qualifier. Ryan has two brothers, Ian (18) and Logan (15).
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Hyaluronan in Cancer Biology
Edited by
- Robert Stern, Emeritus, Department of Pathology, School of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, USA
Graduate students, post-doctoral fellows, medical students, and researchers (oncologists, cell biologists, experimental biologists, and biochemists) working in the field of cancer research.
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"For decades, hyaluronan researchers have followed with growing interest the slowly developing story of how cancer progression and metastasis are correlated with or regulated by hyaluronan and its catabolic degradation products. Initially trying to understand the role of hyaluronan metabolism in prostate, breast, melanoma and other carcinomas was a bit like the story of the blind men touching and describing an elephant, each with a different impression of what they found. Now, however, our understanding of how hyaluronan is related to cancer biology has come into much clearer focus and this is captured nicely in Hyaluronan in Cancer - a collection of well written research perspectives and summaries from ~20 research groups around the world. The timing of this volume edited by Dr. Stern is excellent - readers can now get an overview and understand the importance of hyaluronan in multiple cancers. The book provides the first state-of-the-field summary and should be a highly useful and cited source for cancer biologists and hyaluronan researchers for many years." --Paul H. Weigel, Ph.D., Professor, Chairman George Lynn Cross Research Professor, Ed Miller Endowed Chair Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, The University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, College of Medicine, Oklahoma City, OK, USA "Hyaluronan is a major component of the fluid extracellular matrix that surrounds cells and fills the intercellular spaces of tissue. Long known for its fundamental role in tissue development and physiology, hyaluronan's involvement in cancer progression and metastasis has more recently become the subject of intense multidisciplinary efforts. This volume provides a state-of-the-art review of hyaluronan's role in the cell biology of cancer, its diagnostic and prognostic value, and its potential as a target for therapeutic intervention. Authored by leading researchers in the field, the chapters help bridge the gap between basic science and clinical oncology, providing background and context that will prove valuable to both cancer and hyaluronan researchers for years to come." -- Philip A. Band, PhD, NYU Hospital for Joint Diseases, Department of Pharmacology, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, New York University Medical Center, New York, NY, USA "The link between the polysaccharide hyaluronan and cancer is well established. This excellent and comprehensive book brings together expert opinion for a thorough and up-to-date review of the topic. It covers the cell biology of hyaluronan in cancer, the role of hyaluronan receptors and signal transduction pathways and the clinical uses of hyaluronan-related biomaterials as anti-cancer agents. This book is a must read for those interested in the role of hyaluronan and its receptors in cancer biology and therapy." --Anthony J. Day, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Manchester, UK


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The Cleaner Studies
Beginning in the early 90's, BEMA has sponsored a series of tests by an independent testing firm to determine which bathroom cleaners were both effective at removing soap scum and gentle on the finish of the metal hardware that frames the bath enclosure. The latest study was completed in April 2006. The following is a description of how the study was conducted along with the results of the tests.
PROCEDURES, effective cleaning
A rating scale was established ranging from zero to three. If the cleaner failed to clean the applied buildup, it received a rating of three. If it slightly cleaned the applied buildup, it received a two. If the cleaner moderately cleaned the applied buildup, it received a one. If the cleaner produced a rating of very clean on the applied buildup, it received a zero. Each cleaner received a score for the two-minute exposure to glass, the 30-minute exposure to glass, the two-minute exposure to aluminum and the 30-minute exposure to aluminum. These four scores were then added together for a total between zero and twelve, with zero being the most effective and twelve having no effect on soap scum.
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Science and Technology Cooperation: The United States and Saudi Arabia have collaborated in several areas since the bilateral Science & Technology Agreement was signed in December 2008. The first formal working group meeting, focused on space, aeronautics, and remote sensing, met in Washington in December 2009. Since then, delegations from the National Aeronautic and Space Administration (NASA) and United States Geological Survey have visited the Kingdom to identify specific projects for collaboration. King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology – the Saudi science ministry – signed an affiliation agreement with NASA's Lunar Science Institute in December 2009.
Health Cooperation: The United States cooperates extensively with Saudi Arabia on health issues. Saudi Arabia requested assistance from the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in auditing its preparations to protect the health of Hajj pilgrims in 2009. This led to a follow up visit by a CDC team to help ensure the 2009 Hajj did not contribute to the H1N1 pandemic. The team also tested a pilot screening program that will help public health officials track infectious disease. To expand this fruitful cooperation, the Saudi Minister of Health and the United States Secretary of Health and Human Services signed a Memorandum of Understanding for broader health cooperation in May.
In addition, the United States-Middle East Partnership for Breast Cancer Awareness and Research unites local champions in the United States and Saudi Arabia who are leading the fight against breast cancer. The United States Department of State, the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Johns Hopkins Medicine, and Susan G. Komen for the Cure have been working with their Saudi Government and non-government counterparts to raise awareness, train advocates, and improve screening and treatment. Since October 2008, through exchanges, training and outreach campaigns, over 1,000 Saudi female doctors, nurses, students, and community leaders have been provided with the tools needed to increase breast cancer advocacy efforts throughout Saudi Arabia.
Streamlining the Visa Process: The United States Department of State has streamlined, and is using new technologies to improve the efficiency and accuracy of, the visa application process. In addition to helping Saudi business travelers and tourists, this change has enabled continuing increases in the number of Saudi students studying in United States educational institutions.
Educational Cooperation: The number of Saudi students studying in the United States has more than quadrupled over the past five years, and there are more Saudi students in the U.S. now than ever before. The United States is providing educational advising services through Education USA to assist Saudi students in exploring options for study in the United States, and is supporting enhanced English language learning.
Engaging with Citizens: This past year over 125 Saudis traveled to the United States on various U.S. Department of State-sponsored exchange programs including high school exchange students, Fulbright participants, and over 80 emerging leaders chosen for the International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP). The IVLP exchanges focused on interfaith dialogue, education for people with learning disabilities, municipal management, non-governmental organization management, human trafficking, and at-risk youth. Additionally, the number of United States-sponsored speakers, cultural programs, and workshops more than doubled from the previous year.
Supporting Civil Society: The United States partners with Saudi Arabian civic actors to promote good governance, broader civic participation, and respect for and understanding of international norms related to civil society and human rights. Through the State Department's Office of the Middle East Partnership Initiative (MEPI), the U.S. helps build the capacity of Saudi society to foster an engaged and active citizenry in the Kingdom. In addition, MEPI is engaged with a number of women's associations and youth organizations aimed at furthering the aspirations of Saudis to expand civic and economic opportunities and to support the King's efforts to move Saudi Arabia toward a more knowledge-based economy.
Increasing Bilateral Trade and Investment: Building upon a robust trade partnership (United States exports to Saudi Arabia totaled approximately $10.8 billion in 2009), Under Secretary of Commerce Sanchez led a highly successful 15-member trade mission to Riyadh and Jeddah, Saudi Arabia in June 2010. This was the highest level trade mission to visit Saudi Arabia since September 11, 2001.
In April 2010, the United States Department of Commerce joined hands with the Ministry of Commerce to sponsor a fruitful conference in Chicago focused on business opportunities in Saudi Arabia and the United States. Four Saudi cabinet members along with Secretary of Commerce Locke participated in this event exchanging views on expanding bilateral economic and commercial ties. More than 250 Saudi and 900 American companies took part in this two-day event. Saudi Arabia has been named one of six "Tier II" targets of the National Export Initiative, in recognition of the significant potential to expand trade and investment.
Saudi Arabia has made strides to improve its intellectual property rights regime, and in February 2010 was removed from the United States Trade Representative's Special 301 Watch List in recognition of its progress. Improving the intellectual property climate is essential for the Kingdom to reach its goal of developing a diversified knowledge economy.
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NORCROSS -- The community is rallying around Norcross schools.
A group of parents, community leaders and business leaders formed the Norcross Community Schools Partnership, a not-for-profit with a goal of enhancing students' experiences.
The cluster includes Beaver Ridge, Norcross, Peachtree, Simpson and Stripling elementary schools and Pinckneyville and Summerour middle schools. The group said they would work with the Norcross High School Foundation as well.
"We plan to mobilize the community with an outreach to provide the services and funding needed to help the schools achieve their goals," said the partnership's president Carolyn Collins. "To define those goals, we'll be working with school administrators and officials as well as working closely with the Gwinnett County Board of Education and other school agencies."
In its first efforts, the group will focus on academic initiatives, funding strategic projects and establishing community mentors, a press release said.
"We've got outstanding teachers, students and administrators in our area schools," Norcross Mayor Bucky Johnson said. "For instance, Norcross High School has the highest ranked International Baccalaureate program in Georgia, and SAT scores that are higher that the national average. The public just needs to hear more about our schools' history of success."
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Thus, when all was said and done, the Tologs realized just how important their victory was after goals by Savannah Viola, Kayla Mills and Laura Thompson propelled them to a 3-1 win over the Eagles at Occidental College.
Viola's goal, coming in just the third minute, served as the quick start the Tologs needed. Mills' score on a penalty kick stood as the game-winner and Thompson's late tally put the victory in the bank.
"Very big," said Mills of the win. "It was a nice little reminder that we know we can play the way we can play."
The victory comes after the Tologs (11-1-3, 3-1-1 in league) opened the week Monday with a 3-0 loss to first-place Harvard-Westlake and then relinquished a two-goal lead on Wednesday in a 2-2 tie with Sherman Oaks Notre Dame. Hence, the win was pivotal in reestablishing the Tologs' confidence going forward.
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Just as important, if not more so, was the win's implications in the standings, as the Tologs are now tied with Chaminade (13-2-2, 3-1-1) for second place with Harvard-Westlake (4-0-1) leading the league. So far, the top three aforementioned teams in the Mission League have combined for just four overall losses, lending further credence to just how important Friday's tilt was.
Leading into the match, Chaminade had allowed just one goal in league play and hadn't given up more than one in any match.
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Interview With Father Manfred Hauke
LUGANO, Switzerland, JUNE 8, 2006 (Zenit) - Dan Brown's best seller "The Da Vinci Code" says the Church demonized the symbol of Venus and killed millions of women accused of witchcraft.
Not so, says Father Manfred Hauke, a professor of dogmatic theology and president of the German Mariological Society, who responds to those accusations in this interview.
Q: Is it true that the Church has demonized the pentacle, a five-pointed star inscribed in a circle, symbol of Venus?
Father Hauke: This is a typical example of the novel's lack of historical credibility. Suffice it to consult the appropriate dictionaries to verify that even the basic data in no way agrees with what he upholds on the pentacle.
It does not seem that the origin of the sign is known with exactitude, though historical evidence has existed in Egypt since 2000 B.C. An astronomic connection with the planet Venus does not seem evident.
The Pythagoreans used the pentacle as a salvific sign, which they related to health itself. Beginning with this tradition, since the 16th century the pentacle became a symbol of doctors and was related by Cornelii a Lapide to the five wounds of Christ.
In the Byzantine army, vanguard combatants carried small shields with the "pentalpha," a tricolored pentacle, as a sign of salvation. If the ancient Church of the first centuries had made the pentacle a demonic symbol, such use would not have been possible.
Moreover, the pentacle appears no less than as a magic and apotropaic [designed to avert evil] sign in ancient Gnosis and in the Jewish Kabala of the Middle Ages. Its relationship with modern occultism goes back to this context.
Therefore, the idea upheld by Brown that the Church altered, with calculated malice, the symbol of the goddess Venus into the sign of the devil has no foundation.
Q: More serious, however, seems the accusation against the Church of the witch hunt.
Father Hauke: Indeed, this is the only point that has some historical basis. Recalling the "Malleus Maleficarum," the character Langdon maintains: In 300 years of witch hunts, the Church burnt at the stake the astonishing figure of 5 million women. The guilt of the witch hunt is therefore entirely attributed to the Church -- the Catholic Church -- which thus sought to destroy "freethinking women."
There is a smidgen of truth in these affirmations, but peppered with enormous and incorrect fundamental exaggerations. To approach the phenomenon in an appropriate manner, one must begin from the dark reality of magic that tries to obtain superhuman effects through recourse to occult powers, linked with the intervention of demons.
This practice, sadly, again rather widespread at present, is the object of an explicit and severe condemnation already in the Old Testament, where capital punishment is provided for witchcraft�.
This punishment, moreover, is one of those established by the Code of Hammurabi, toward 2000 B.C. in ancient Babylon. Whoever follows recent research on the phenomenon and knows the experiences of exorcists, cannot deny that witchcraft exists today with all its pernicious effects, which can be effectively combated by the spiritual means of the Church.
Of course, one must be careful not to confuse real interventions of the evil one with people's superstition and credulity, who see the devil's tail where in fact it doesn't exist.
The deplored "witch hunt" was not caused simply by belief in witchcraft, but by a collective hysteria unleashed at the beginning of the modern era, and by absolutely unacceptable methods used to detect men and women witches.
Torture in fact led to "confessions" of invented offenses, suggested by the accusers themselves. The direct responsibility for sending alleged evil ones to be burned at the stake is that of the state authority. The collective hysteria, which culminated in the years 1550-1650, spread above all through the Germanic and Slavic countries and much less so in the Mediterranean ambit.
Recent research has made it possible to revise the figures relative to the persons executed as witches. According to Danish scholar Gustav Henningsen, in the course of four centuries, when active persecution of witchcraft was practiced, some 50,000 people were killed -- and not 5 million as Brown maintains -- of whom close to 20% were men.
The figure in general was lower in Catholic countries, which were not undermined by the Protestant Reformation.
In Spain, Italy and Portugal of the mid-16th century to the end of the 18th century, there were 12,000 prosecutions against alleged female and male witches; only 36 people in these thousands of trials, were subjected to capital punishment.
In Rome, fewer than 100 people died for the offense of ...
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On August 2, 2012, Edwin Young, former United Pentecostal minister, unexpectedly resigned as pastor of Faith Tabernacle Apostolic Church in Junction City, Kansas. It is an independent Apostolic church. Police say he is under investigation. His son, Jordan Young, was charged with numerous sexually related felonies involving minor boys, from 2008 to 2012. On January 13, 2014, Jordan was sentenced to 24.5 years in prison. He appealed in the fall of 2014 and it was summarily dismissed by the Kansas Supreme Court.
An in depth look at past events at this church is here. A separate page on Jordan Young, the charges and background info is here. A third page on Nathan Dudley and later events is here. Information on the 1978 disappearance of Beverly Ward, the sister of Brenda Young (Edwin's wife) is here. New evidence was discovered in late 2014 by reporter Lynette Richards.
****In another situation, there is controversy over a loss of several buildings owned by the Revival Center of Modesto, California, pastored by UPC ministers Randy Keyes and Todd Johnson. It is also known as The United Pentecostal Church Of Modesto. After the initial report on March 24, 2015, pressure was placed on the author who broke the story, as people were contacting his pastor. He fell under the pressure and removed it, but it is yet available. See here.
In September 2013, Bradley Russell Odeman Sr. announced on Facebook that he believed there was inappropriate behavior toward him from UPC minister Lee Stoneking. He stated nothing physical occurred. UPC minister Garth Gilmartin confirmed it. No documentation has been released.
David Bassette, a UPC minister, married former porn star Crystal DiGregorio on December 20, 2014. According to posts on David Bernard's Facebook, Alan Bassette, David's father and UPC pastor of 3 churches, has divided the Fulton church, by removing David. He allegedly falsely accused Crystal and called her a devil. Crystal has made posts on lying, judging & hypocrisy in Dec/Jan. The couple will soon have their first child together. The due date is September 29, 2015.
"The Journey Out Of The United Pentecostal Church," written in 1994 by former UPC minister Dan Lewis, is now available to read for free here, thanks to the generosity of the author. With the permission of Mr. Lewis, you will find a link to PDF and Word versions of the book here and a Kindle version is available here for $9.98, but is free from July 8-12, 2015. Below is an excerpt from the book.
"Is there life, Christian faith and spiritual peace after coming out of the United Pentecostal Church? Yes, there is, but I would be less than honest if I did not also warn that one will not find it either quickly or easily. There will be a period of time when the person coming out will be like the "man without a country." Life will be confusing, and one's spiritual comfort zone will be exceedingly strained. Will it be worth it? A thousand times, yes! Perhaps this book will help ease the strain and give food for thought as one makes the pilgrimage.
"Coming out is no easy task, but it is possible. If you are one of those who are coming out, I wish to assure you that you can survive with your spirituality and faith intact. In the end, you will find a new love for the Lord Jesus, a new appreciation for his church, and a new compassion for those who have not yet understood his grace. There will be dangers, of course. Some are internal, such as the danger of bitterness. Others are external, such as the superficiality of much that comes under the guise of Christianity. Be patient with yourself. Trust in God. Remember, truth is more than a set of doctrines. It is first of all a relationship with our Lord. Yet even in the doctrinal arena, truth has time on its side. It is error that is usually in a hurry."
Just as emotional abuse affects one emotionally, while physical abuse inflicts pain and bodily injury on its victim, spiritual abuse affects one spiritually. It is the result of a spiritual leader or system that tries to control, manipulate, or dominate a person. This control is often in the form of fear. This is considered a major factor in mind control/coercive persuasion or thought reform. There are those who feel the latter comes into play in cases such as these, while others feel the thinking is in error. No matter where one stands, it does not lessen the affects of spiritual abuse. (read entire text and watch interview with Stephen Arterburn, co-author of "Toxic Faith")
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Serve with couscous.
YIELD: 3 servings
Ingredients3 lamb shanks
1 onion, chopped
2 carrots, chopped
2 large cloves garlic, chopped
1 tsp fresh ginger, minced
1 tsp cumin
1/2 tsp ground coriander
1/2 tsp cinnamon
1/4 tsp allspice
1/4 tsp nutmeg
1 Tbsp tomato paste
1 tsp hot chili paste
1 cup dry red wine
4 tsp chicken stock granules
1 cup water
10 apricots, chopped
6 dates, chopped
1/4 cup molasses
1 Tbsp whole pepper corns
1 tsp dry mustard.
Fresh coriander.
PreparationBrown lamb in olive oil x 10 min.
Remove to a plate.
Add to fat in the pan - onion, carrots and garlic and cook 5 min on med heat till onion translucent,
Add ingredients from ginger to the wine and boil till thick (about 5 min).
Add remaining ingredients except fresh coriander.
Bring to a boil.
Transfer to slow cooker.
Cook on high 4 to 5 hours.
Serve atop couscous and sprinkle chopped coriander over.


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The cause of death of former lawyer for incarcerated deejay Buju Banton is still unknown. Chokwe Lumumba, who helped Buju Banton appeal his drug-trafficking sentence back in 2012, advised the deejay to seek the advice of other legal counsel just before being appointed mayor of Jackson.
According to the New York Times, the official cause of death is still unknown, but says Lumumba had a cold a day before his death.
Lumumba died at St Dominic Hospital in Jackson, Mississippi on Tuesday afternoon. He was 66.
Olimatta Taal, one of his mentees, told The Weekend STAR that Lumumba's life and work was one of her greatest influences and he will be missed by numerous persons across the globe.
"I have known him since I was 13 years old, he was Buju's lawyer, he was Tupac's lawyer and he was always fighting for the rights of black people at any cost, as long as it was within his professional jurisdiction," she said.
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She encouraged persons who respected Lumumba to carry on the rich legacy he left behind.
"There are a lot of people who are hurting right now because this was just so sudden, but him not being here physically is not an excuse for the work to stop.
"He set a blueprint for us to follow, so we should work towards understanding his legacy and continue in his footsteps," she said while offering condolences to Lumumba's family.
Lumumba served one term on the City Council. He was sworn in as mayor last July. As an attorney, Chokwe Lumumba represented the likes of rapper Tupac as well as members of the Black Panther Party.
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breakdown, breakthrough ~ part one
Life as a mama with two young ones has not been easy these days. It would take more time than I now have to explain, but let's just say my hands are quite full and most days end with me sinking into an immovable heap on the sofa.
Our big girl turned four and is truly a marvel to behold. Every day I am awed by her uniquely creative and wily imagination. She builds complex structures and makes elaborate art projects (she can create just about anything with paper, scissors, tape and ribbon). Her memory is especially remarkable (she can remember details from before she was even two). And oh, the questions. It's wonderful, really, her innate curiosity. We read books and tell stories and she learns new things every day. Yet she craves more and has an uncanny ability to figure things out. Her logic and analytical skills are developing right before us. She is unbelievably amazing, our big girl.
Sometimes I forget that she's only four. Her language is so developed and she is so articulate that sometimes we have to remind ourselves that she's still a preschooler. Like most kids her age, she gets frustrated and overcome by emotion, and sometimes can't find her words. She still has tantrums. Epic fucking tantrums.
While we were preparing to build our family through adoption, I was cautioned by several people (including a family psychologist and other parents) not to attribute every troubling behavior to our child's adoption. I took this advice to heart as it made good sense. Sometimes a toddler is just being a toddler. Most teenagers pass through a phase when they don't like their parents (to put it mildly) or want to run away. So as we've struggled to deal with a tough phase of troubling behaviors that include the most challenging parenting moments I've experienced to date, I didn't want to make any unwarranted assumptions.
Often there are clear triggers for the types of behavior I'm talking about. Hungry or tired children, for example, are more prone to tantrums. You can see it coming, sometimes. But that doesn't make it any easier if you can't avert the situation. If such behaviors persist by the time a kid gets to school, the child may be diagnosed with some behavioral disorder. Yet I'd go crazy if I thought about how this may unfold over the years. This could just be a phase. And I can only deal with the here and now.
Usually our daughter knows her actions will have consequences. She doesn't like it, but we hope this helps her learn about responsibility. Love and logic. We try to empower her to make choices and be accountable for them. But in these moments, in the midst of an epic tantrum, there is no logic. The best approach seems to be ignore the behavior, if she's safe and not posing danger. Ignore, and don't engage.
This time it's preschool pickup. She sees me coming but isn't ready to leave. She's outside playing and upset as it's time to go. But that's not it. She looks sort of angry — furrowed brow, pursed lips — and she starts acting out. It begins with leading two friends in a round of pick-your-teeth-with-wood-chips, and leads to drinking dirty water after looking right at me. Then she howls when I take it away. As the screaming begins, her friends gather around. She is out of control now and saying hurtful things. I calmly yet firmly tell her to stop and b r e a t h e, say it's time to go, we're not doing this now, we're leaving. I begin the countdown, which usually is surprisingly effective. 5-4-3… She approaches me and — using her force, and wow is she strong — she hits my leg then tries to push me away. She screams at me to go. She is about to spit. Her eyes are faraway.
It's hardly the embarrassment that bothers me, though I am mortified. This violent outburst is deeply troubling. While not the first, it does seem to be the first time that I am the trigger. I am the target of her rage. And that look in her eyes — it's a look I never thought I'd see until she was at least a 'tween.
I take a deep breath myself. I know I need to remain calm. I know she needs both love and boundaries. I know she will test me, challenging me to both continue to love her and keep her safe. But right now? Right now I too want to cry and scream and ask for help. But right now it's just me, just the two of us, and we need to find our way through this. Here and now.
Does she know why she feels this way? Did I sense sorrow too, or just anger? Can she identify the source of her rage? She's just four years old. She's not yet equipped with the tools a bigger kid (hopefully) learns to deal with overwhelming emotions. She's not likely capable of processing and articulating all she's feeling. While I can't presume to know what that is, I do believe she needs help grappling with some complex emotions that appear to be simmering at the surface, some gentle guidance and support as she begins to explore what she's feeling. If I can help her articulate why she's acting out, maybe she'll begin to feel some control over her emotions and actions. Maybe.
Is she just upset about leaving her friends, as she has been before? Is she mad at me for pulling her away? Or is it something far deeper? Is she feeling some sort of profound sadness or confusion about herself or how she came to be in our family? (At one point she said I was making her sad but she didn't know why.) Has she simply eaten too much sugar (which absolutely affects her behavior in this way)? I wonder if and how we might get to the root of the problem. We may never know, or we may need help. I'm grasping here, a mama desperate to help her flailing, hurting child. I'm trying to hold it together for both of us. I'm really hoping I don't screw this up.
She is still wildly out of control, and I need to do something. She's not listening. She's not being safe with her body or with others. She's being mean and hurtful. She's trying to hit me again.
Clearly she's hurting inside.
Holding her baby sister, I take my big girl's hands off me and tell her once more that we're leaving, and I begin to walk away. She follows now but is still fighting. As we walk, I tell her that her behavior is unacceptable. She starts talking about something else, then I refuse to engage until we're outside, alone. We make our way to the car, yet I know she's only coming so willingly because swim lessons are next. She really wants to go and I've already said I don't think she'll be going. There's no way I can let her go if she's not being safe, not listening, not talking.
I take another deep breath — letting go of my own issues and insecurities. (How the hell do you parent through these episodes? what are appropriate consequences for a raging aching heart?) As I exhale, I make room for peace and calm. I create space for whatever will come next, and I open the car door.
This is hard.
Continued in part two…
19 Responses to "breakdown, breakthrough ~ part one"
It is like seeing into my future. You handled this well. Thanks for being brave enough to put it out there.
Though neither of my children were adopted, their Montessori teacher gave me some advice that made sense to me, too … that they acted out at home, or in front of me, or with me, because I was safe. Because it was a safe place to express emotion, to test boundaries. Because they knew I loved them enough. And though that didn't make it any easier to deal with the behavior, it did make it easier to deal with my own feelings of inadequacy, my own helplessness. Because it meant that loving them fiercely was the right thing to do, even though at times it felt like the only thing I could do. Which is not to say that I let them walk all over me, but that I let them know I'd be there to support them, and that they had the power to work it out.
Sending you hugs as you navigate these waters together.
Oh how I wish I had some brilliant words of wisdom. I can say that I do think you are handling it appropriately given the situation.
I know at 4 yrs old, she might not be able to articulate her feelings even when removed from the tantrum but, that's where I would start (if you haven't already). I would pick a time completely removed from any tantrum she has had and I'd ask her about the reasons for her reaction. She might surprise you.
Wow, I feel like I could have written so much of this. My daughter just turned three and a having a really hard time right now. Very violent episodes, mostly against herself. The teacher talks to me about it with deep concern and I don't know what to tell her. I know it's not "normal" for a three year old to go from happily playing to screaming and throwing her bed back violently against the floor in two seconds flat. I don't know how to avoid those reactions and I don't know how to tell them to avoid them either. It's hard.
I can't even imagine how hard it is to try to unravel what adoption might have to do with the pain and rage. Adding that level of complexity and uncertainty would be impossible for me to bear. I comment you for getting through this, and with a little one in tow. I hope it gets better soon.
Oh Luna, I wish I had words of wisdom to offer you, but I don't. This must be so difficult. Poor little girl, poor mama … you must be so torn up inside.
I like Kristin's advice and agree that your daughter may surprise you with what she says about her reasons for the tantrum. It may be adoption related, but then again, it may not be.
You handled the situation so well – hang in there. You guys will make it through this.
Luna, your pain is so palpable here I can feel it. So first of all, sending you some love.
Your post made me dig back into my own memory to see if I could remember the time that your daughter is living right now. I think, for me, any adoption related angst came much, much later. I may have blamed bad behavior on feeling left out or out of place, but if I search my soul, it wasn't it. I was just being bad.
The day I broke my mother's heart (not for the first time, I'm sure) and said, "I don't have to listen to you; you're not my mom." I did it simply because I knew it would hurt. She had just told me my friend couldn't come over to play. I was pissed and angry, and, um, four. And you know, I went for the low-hanging fruit. (and still feel bad about it to this day).
Obviously, I am not your daughter. She is not me. But I felt like sharing that might help.
And for the record, any daughter is lucky to have a mom so with it and in tune as you (even if you don't feel that way all the time).
Luna, I'm sorry you are struggling with this right now. My gut tells me that these behaviors aren't related to adoption; a lot of it sounds like being 4. Your daughter is a month older than my son, and I've seen some astounding looks in his eye if I make him mad, but he is still struggling with how to express his feelings. I really like the idea of talking to her about it another time and seeing what she says. Could you have her draw a picture of how she was feeling? That might give you some insight into what is going on in her head. Or maybe role play with stuffed animals?
No good words, but definitely a hug for you. The only thing to get you through those moments is to remember that all of it is finite. That with each age, that child changes.
OMG, I could have (and likely did) write this about my older son when he was four and he's now 6 and we are dealing with similar issues, you and I. In fact, my most recent post was entitled, Hard, and here is a link:
I can't wait until your follow-up post!
Oh Luna, I am so sorry for you. I am not a parent, but I am an auntie, and this sounds so much like what I have watched for the past year from my now 5 year old niece. The way she hits her mom, the brutality of it-the force, it sounds just like her, it sounds very typical.
Hi Luna, just wanted to offer support. Four was a tough time for our son Seth, too. He is five now, and what a difference a year makes! I, too, tend to over think and probably attribute behaviors to his adoption that may not be so at all. We moved a year ago and he was adjusting to a new home and new preschool, and threw some tantrums that were doozies! He would get very belligerent with us. We did some serious looking at all the factors, including heredity, his adjustment to the move and his diet. We realized we had become lax about limiting sugar since the move and noticed that particularly when he had anything with dye in it (which always seems to be on the menu at preschool-Kool-aid, candy, cakes, even marshmallows have dye for-crying-out-loud!), that was when he was most hateful and the tantrums flew. We eliminated dyes altogether with the help of his teachers, and restricted the sugar, and the difference was amazing. By the time we did this, he had also had a few months to adjust to the new school and new home, and life became so much more peaceful! I don't know if the diet stuff would apply to Jaye, but it might be worth a shot. I have two teenagers also, and learned from them that they all go through their difficult times, none like the other. Just hang in there, Mama! I know it's cliche, but this too shall pass….
I didn't read everyone's comments. What I would say is "Don't read so much into it". so she's a little behind in what I termed the "Demonic Three's". There were days I had plans and errands to run but didn't because there was no way I was taking my once sweet child now turn into some demon into public. We could put her in her room and she would punch and kick the door and scream, it's not like she was locked in there she was just taking a time out. It was the craziest behavior, so out of character. She seemed to get like this at her half birthday which is also when the long winter is finally about done, for the next 2 years. This year has been fine. She can express herself and tell you about her emotions, but I just think at that age they must be just very frusterated little beings.
Your blog brought tears to my eyes. You are RIGHT, we can't and shouldn't atttibute every behaviour to adoption. At 4 years of age my Sophia had the same kind of tantrums and since our adoption has always been fully open, she went there saying, "I want to live with D, she is nicer." While the words stung, consequences were given out promptly for her tantrum and lack of cooperation not for her genuine an open feelings. Dressed in her tutu and ready for ballet, I turned the car around and brought her home and placed her in time out. Hours later when she was calm, we addressed the elephant in the room. Reaffirming that D entrusted us to care for her and assuring her that she could love D with all her heart forever and always. My sweet Sophia just turned 16 and she continues to chalenge us with her moodiness and emotional meltdowns. The real issue is that she is emotionally 22 and she has always been way ahead of other children socially and emotionally. She told me recently "I am not like other kids mom, I was given away and trust is not easy for me." I said, you were placed not given away Sophia and she said, "Mom I know you and dad love me. I will never ever question that, but I will always questions why D did not keep me." Yes, her humble beginnings forever changed her … she thinks differently and she is intuitive and articulate which equals more challenging! Hang in there and keep pluggling away.
Everyone has great bits of advice Luna! Hang in there..deep breaths. I suppose I'm asking a very obvious question but anything related to sibling rivalry?
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