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Red Sox Closer Injury, As planned, the Boston Red Sox will have a new closer to open the season. It just won't be Andrew Bailey. The Red Sox announced Tuesday that Bailey will have surgery on his right thumb, likely ruling him out for most of the season.
"I don't think it will be before the All-Star break – is what the trainer told me," manager Bobby Valentine said when asked for a timetable for Bailey's return.
Both Bailey and ace Josh Beckett were in Cleveland to see Dr. Thomas Graham for second opinions on their respective thumb injuries. Beckett was deemed OK and remains scheduled to start Saturday at Detroit in Boston's second game of the season, but Bailey was diagnosed as needing an operation to reconstruct the ulnar collateral ligament.
The surgery will be performed Wednesday. "That's a tough break. He was sitting right next to me in spring this year, and the whole spring he was saying `I feel really good, really good,' and then something like that happens," said Clay Buchholz, who started Tuesday's 8-7 win over the Washington Nationals in Boston's final spring training game. "I think everybody in there feels for him. He's going to play a big role on our team as soon as he's back, but it's tough. There's going to have to be a couple of guys on this team step up and fill some shoes, and it's going to be big shoes to fill."
The injury left Valentine scrambling for a Plan B to close out games. Candidates include Alfredo Aceves and Mark Melancon, but the manager said he wanted to keep his decision a secret heading into the three-game series against the Tigers. Aceves pitched a scoreless eighth against the Nationals on Tuesday and picked up the win.
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Wagner College Theater Opens 2010-11 Season wtih CINDERELLA 10/6
The Wagner College Theater season opens in October with Rodgers & Hammerstein's "Cinderella" and Lanford Wilson's "Burn This."
Wagner College's theater program has consistently been ranked among the top five collegiate stage programs in the nation by the Princeton Review.
"Cinderella," guest directed by Drew Scott Harris, kicks off the Main Stage season. Harris directed "Beauty and the Beast" last spring on the Main Stage. He has directed over 150 plays on and off Broadway, including the Broadway production of "Ain't Broadway Grand," for which he was nominated for an Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Direction. Harris is leading the cast of "Cinderella" in a new direction, beyond the fairy-tale aspects of this Broadway standard.
"Drew asked us to think about how we would react in real life when we deal with the emotions of the play," said Jill Butterfield (Cinderella).
"He made us look at Cinderella in a different light," said Regan Featherstone (Prince Charming). "We're bringing the characters to life in such a way that the audience can relate to them."
Among the cast members are seniors Butterfield, Featherstone, Jacqueline Nuzzo (Godmother), Sal Pavia (Herlad), Michael Dineen (Chef) and Sammi Cohen (Stepmother).
Opening the Stage One studio theater season is Lanford Wilson's "Burn This," which explores the confusing nature of relationships. "Burn This" brings together four volatile characters following the death of a brother, friend and roommate in New York City as they try make sense of their loss and their lives.
Directing "Burn This" is Wagner College Theater's Head of Voice David McDonald, the director of last season's "Waiting for Lefty." He described the play as "universal."
"We've all dealt with loss and had to re-evaluate our lives, our jobs, our relationships, our inner selves," McDonald said. "At some stage, we've all been dealt a big blow and have had to figure out how we're going to manage. We're forced to review what we believe when we experience some ground-shaking event like losing someone close to you."
The cast includes seniors Donny Londono, Patrick Heffernan and Ryan Rhue and junior Chelsea Vann.
Wilson is an important voice in contemporary American theater. Among his best-known works are "The Hot I Baltimore," winner of the New York Drama Critics Circle Award, the Outer Critics Circle Award and the Obie Award, "Balm in Gilead," and "Talley's Folly," for which he was awarded the 1979 Pulitzer Prize for Drama.
"Burn This" tackles mature subject matter, but infuses it with a lot of humor.
'CINDERELLA' plays in the Main Stage theater, in Wagner College's Main Hall:
* Wednesday, Oct. 6 through Friday, Oct. 8 -- 8 p.m. only
* Saturday, Oct. 9 -- 2 and 8 p.m.
* Wednesday, Oct. 13 through Friday, Oct. 15 -- 8 p.m. only
* Saturday, Oct. 16 -- 2 and 8 p.m.
* Sunday, Oct. 17 -- 2 p.m. only
'BURN THIS' plays in the Stage One studio theater, next to Seahawk Stadium:
* Tuesday, Oct. 12 through Friday, Oct. 15 -- 8 p.m. only
* Saturday, Oct. 16 and Sunday, Oct. 17 -- 2 and 8 p.m.
For information and reservations, call the Wagner College Theater Box Office at 718-390-3259.
The Wagner College Theater will stage a total of eight shows during the 2010-11 season. On the Main Stage, in addition to "Cinderella," Wagner will present "The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee" (November, December), "Smokey Joe's Café" (February, March) and "Seussical" (April). In addition to "Burn This" in the Stage One studio theater will be "A Midsummer Night's Dream" (December), "Loose Knit" (March) and "The Dance Project" (April).

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Effects of ICA-105665 Using the Intradermal Capsaicin and Ultraviolet B (UV-B) Models in Healthy Male Subjects
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First received: August 19, 2009
Last updated: September 27, 2012
Last verified: September 2012
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The purpose of this study is; to determine the pharmacodynamic (PD) effects of ICA-105665 using the intradermal (ID) capsaicin model in healthy male subjects, and to investigate the effect of ICA-105665 on inflammatory hyperalgesia using the ultraviolet B (UV-B) model in healthy male subjects.
|Drug: ICA-105665 Drug: Ibuprofen Drug: Placebo
|Phase 1
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Crossover Assignment
Masking: Quadruple (Participant, Care Provider, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor)
Primary Purpose: Basic Science
|Official Title:
|A Randomized, Placebo-Controlled, 3-way Crossover Study to Investigate the Pharmacodynamic Effects of ICA-105665 Using the Intradermal Capsaicin and UV-B Models in Healthy Male Subjects
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Drug Information available for: Capsaicin Ibuprofen Ibuprofen sodium Ibuprofen lysineU.S. FDA Resources
Further study details as provided by Pfizer:
Primary Outcome Measures:
- Capsaicin: Visual Analogue Scale, hyperalgesia, allodynia, laser Doppler blood flow. UV-B pain assessments: Heat pain detection threshold, Heat pain tolerance threshold (HPTT), Laser Doppler blood flow (intensity and area), Skin temperature. [ Time Frame: Capsaicin - Time 0, to 2 hours after injection. UV-B Pain: 2 hours post ]
Secondary Outcome Measures:
- UV-B: Heat pain,Laser Doppler Blood Flow [ Time Frame: 24 hours after irradiation ]
|Study Start Date:
|August 2009
|Study Completion Date:
|December 2009
|Primary Completion Date:
|December 2009 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
Experimental: ICA-105665
Three study drug treatments will be used: ICA-105665, ibuprofen, and placebo (for both ICA-105665 and Ibuprofen). The order of study drug treatment given to each subject during each specified treatment period is determined at randomization.
Drug: ICA-105665
Subjects randomized to receive ICA -105665 will receive 200 mg BID
Active Comparator: Ibuprofen
Three study drug treatments will be used: ICA-105665, ibuprofen, and placebo (for both ICA-105665 and Ibuprofen). The order of study drug treatment given to each subject during each specified treatment period is determined at randomization.
Drug: Ibuprofen
Subjects randomized to receive Ibuprofen will receive placebo to ICA-105665 at all scheduled dosing times on Days 1 to 4 and a single dose of 800 mg Ibuprofen on the morning of Day 4.
Other Name: Cuprofen
Placebo Comparator: Placebo
Three study drug treatments will be used: ICA-105665, ibuprofen, and placebo (for both ICA-105665 and Ibuprofen). The order of study drug treatment given to each subject during each specified treatment period is determined at randomization.
Drug: Placebo
Subjects randomized to receive placebo will receive placebo to ICA
-105665 at all scheduled dosing times on Days 1 to 4 and placebo to Ibuprofen on the morning of Day 4.
Other Name: orange Syrup BP
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years to 55 Years (Adult)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Healthy males aged 18 to 55 years (inclusive).
- Body mass index (BMI) of 18 to 30 kg/m2.
- Non-smokers and smokers of up to 5 cigarettes or equivalent per day.
- Must be able to abstain from smoking during residential periods.
- Demonstration of positive hyperalgesia as defined by an area of hyperalgesia = 15 cm2 15 minutes after ID administration of 100 µg capsaicin.
- Demonstration of negative hyperalgesia as defined by an area of hyperalgesia < 5 cm2 15 minutes after ID administration of capsaicin vehicle.
- Subject with a skin type compatible with the measures, and without significant skin allergies, pigmentary disorders, or any active dermatological conditions that might interfere with the conduct of the study.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Subject has had a clinically significant illness in the 4 weeks before screening.
- Use of prescribed medications and herbal supplements in the 7 days prior to dosing or over the counter preparations, including multivitamins and paracetamol, in the 48 h before dosing.
- Subject has a significant history of drug/solvent abuse (within 2 years prior to Day 1), or a positive drugs of abuse test at screening.
- Subject with a history of alcohol abuse or currently drinks in excess of 28 units per week (males), or has a positive breath alcohol test at the Screening visit or on Day 1.
- Subject has a Heat pain tolerance threshold (HPTT) of = 50°C at screening.
- Subjects who do not develop erythema at the highest intensity of UV-B light used to establish Minimum erythema dose (MED).
- Known allergy or intolerance to capsaicin or hot peppers.
- Subjects who have any skin trauma, scars or other skin disorder or tattoos on their forearms or on the front of their thighs.
- Subject with active chronic pain conditions or a history of chronic pain conditions.
- Any condition that might interfere with the absorption, distribution, metabolism, and/or excretion of drugs.
- Previous ingestion of ICA-105665.
- Considering or scheduled to undergo any surgical procedure during the duration of the study.
- Prolonged QT/QTc interval (repeatedly = 450 msec). Received any agent known to alter hepatic or renal clearance (e.g., erythromycin, cimetidine, barbiturates, phenothiazines, clarithromycin, troleandomycin, ketoconazole, miconazole, fluconazole, itraconazole, etc.) for a period of 30 days prior to Day 1.
- History of risk factors for Torsades de Pointes (family history of long QT syndrome, heart failure, hypokalemia).
- Subject is unable to tolerate being blindfolded.
- Subject has participated in a clinical study involving capsaicin within 1 year of the Screening visit.
- Subject has a history of skin cancer.
- Subject has a clinically significant history of anemia.
Contacts and Locations
Choosing to participate in a study is an important personal decision. Talk with your doctor and family members or friends about deciding to join a study. To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the Contacts provided below. For general information, see Learn About Clinical Studies.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00962663
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00962663
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|Pfizer Investigational Site
|Wythenshawe, Manchester, United Kingdom, M23 9QZ
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ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on August 18, 2017
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|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT00962663 History of Changes
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|Study First Received:
|August 19, 2009
|Last Updated:
|September 27, 2012
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal
Analgesics, Non-Narcotic
Sensory System Agents
Peripheral Nervous System Agents
Physiological Effects of Drugs
Anti-Inflammatory Agents
Antirheumatic Agents
Cyclooxygenase Inhibitors
Enzyme Inhibitors
Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action
Dermatologic Agents
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Nestled on the beach, this Akyarlar resort is within 12 mi (20 km) of Rabbit Island, Bodrum Dedeman Aquapark, and Midtown Shopping Center. Dibeklihan and Myndos Gate are also within 12 mi (20 km).
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Catch some rays on Kefaluka Resort - All Inclusive's private sand beach or spend the day relaxing at the full-service spa. Then enjoy a meal at one of the resort's 6 restaurants.
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All 384 rooms offer free WiFi, free minibar items, and LCD TVs with satellite channels. Other amenities available to guests include balconies or patios, 24-hour room service, and coffee makers.Information missing or incorrect? Tell us!Opens in a new window
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This resort is all-inclusive. Onsite food and beverages are included in the room price (some restrictions may apply).
Food and beverages
- Buffet meals, snacks, and local beverages included
- Dining availability limited at one or more venues
Activities and facilities/equipment
Land activities
- Fitness facilities
- Tennis
Kids' club
- Supervised activities for children between 4 and 12 years old
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Kefaluka Resort - All Inclusive is an all-inclusive resort. Room rates include meals and beverages at onsite restaurants and bars. Other items and amenities, including taxes and gratuities, and access to recreational activities and entertainment may also be included. Additional charges may apply for meals at some restaurants, special dinners and dishes, certain beverages, and other amenities.
Step outside to unwind on the sand beach. For a free ride to the surf and sand, catch the resort's complimentary beach shuttle. Spend the day at the beach and work on your tan in the sun loungers (chaise longues) or kick back in the shade with complimentary cabanas and umbrellas. At Kefaluka Resort - All Inclusive, enjoy a pampering afternoon at the full-service spa and cool off in one of the 3 indoor swimming pools.
A complimentary breakfast is offered. Dining is available at one of the resort's 6 restaurants. The property also offers a snack bar/deli. Guests can unwind with a drink at one of the resort's bars, which include 6 bars/lounges and a poolside bar. A computer station is located on site and wireless Internet access is complimentary. This all-inclusive resort also offers a complimentary water park, a complimentary children's club, and a children's pool. Complimentary self parking is available on site.
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- 24-hour front desk
- Babysitting or childcare (surcharge)
- Children's club (free)
- Airport transportation (surcharge)
- Arcade/game room
- Total number of rooms - 384
- Number of bars/lounges - 6
- Coffee/tea in common areas
- Free breakfast
- Conference space
- Elevator/lift
- Fitness facilities
- Full-service spa
- Free beach shuttle
- Turkish bath/Hammam
- Free water park access
- Number of indoor pools - 3
- Computer station
- Pool umbrellas
- Billiards or pool table
- Tours/ticket assistance
- Free WiFi
- Library
- Spa treatment room(s)
- Meeting rooms
- Nightclub
- Poolside bar
- On private beach
- Beach umbrellas
- Free beach cabanas
- Beach sun loungers
- Pool sun loungers
- Outdoor tennis courts - 2
- Snack bar/deli
- Free self parking
- Conference space size (meters) - 1935
- Number of meeting rooms - 7
- Tennis on site
- Number of restaurants - 6
- 24-hour business center
- Conference space size (feet) - 20821
- Beach towels
- Number of buildings/towers - 15
- Spa services on site
- Children's pool
- Outdoor seasonal pool
Family Friendly Amenities
- Family Hotel
- On private beach
- Water park access (complimentary)
- Indoor pools
- Children's pool
- Waterslide
- Free Wi-Fi
- Rollaway/extra beds available
- Outdoor tennis courts
- Children's club (free)
- Snack bar/deli
- Babysitting or childcare (surcharge)
- Arcade/game room
- Bowling alley on site
- Cribs/infant beds (complimentary)
Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
Available in some public areas: Free WiFi
Free self parking
Room Amenities
- Balcony or patio
- Air conditioning
- In-room climate control (air conditioning)
- Phone
- Coffee/tea maker
- Minibar (stocked, free items)
- Daily housekeeping
- Private bathroom
- Free toiletries
- Hair dryer
- Bathtub or shower
- In-room safe
- Desk
- Rollaway/extra beds available
- Satellite TV service
- Free WiFi
- Room service (24 hours)
- Free cribs/infant beds
Where to Eat
A complimentary breakfast is offered.
Kefalonya - This beachfront buffet restaurant serves breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
Meyhane - Overlooking the garden, this restaurant specializes in Mediterranean cuisine and serves dinner only. Open daily.
Kebabi - This restaurant specializes in Turkish cuisine and serves dinner only. Open select days.
World Wide - This restaurant specializes in international cuisine and serves dinner only. Open select days.
Luna Piena - This restaurant specializes in Italian cuisine and serves dinner only. Open select days.
24-hour room service is available.
Nearby Things to Do
A private beach, outdoor tennis courts, and a complimentary water park with waterslides are featured at the resort. 3 indoor swimming pools are on site along with a children's pool. In addition to a seasonal outdoor pool, other recreational amenities include a fitness center.
The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.
- Mountain biking nearby
- Windsurfing on site
- Rowing or canoeing on site
- Sailing on site
- Fitness classes on site
- Basketball on site
- Beach volleyball on site
- Personal motorized watercraft on site
- Yoga classes/instruction on site
- Bowling alley on site
- Pilates classes on site
- Racquetball/squash on site
- Scuba diving on site
- Tennis lessons on site
- Water skiing on site
Spa Services
Lim has 18 treatment rooms. Services include hot stone massages, Thai massages, massages, and facials. The spa is equipped with a sauna, a steam room, and Turkish bath/hammam. A variety of treatment therapies are provided, including aromatherapy, Ayurvedic, and reflexology.
- Hot stone massage
- Steam room in spa
- Thai massage
- Reflexology
- Sauna in spa
- Massages
- Number of treatment rooms 18
- Body wraps
- Body scrubs
- Aromatherapy treatments
- Thalassotherapy treatments
- Ayurvedic treatments
- Body treatments
- Facial treatments
If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please note them at check-out when you book your room.
- Accessible bathroom
- In-room accessibility
- Roll-in shower
Resort Policies
Check-in time starts at 2:00 PM
Special check-in instructions:
Check-out time is noon
Payment types
Children and extra beds
- Children are welcome.
- Rollaway/extra beds are available.
- Free cribs (infant beds)!
- No pets or service animals allowed
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Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy.
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- Kefaluka Bodrum
- Kefaluka Resort
- Kefaluka Resort Bodrum
- Kefaluka Resort All Inclusive Bodrum
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Neverending jigsaw puzzle
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Stephen Newman, Head of Corporate and Senior Partner at Baxter Caulfield said, "We are excited to be teaming up with Ramsdens, an outstanding law firm which has gone from strength to strength over the last decade. We share an ambition for growth and the most important core value, delivering an excellent service to clients. "
Paul and Stephen have confirmed that announcements have been made to all Partners and staff at both firms where the news has been received very positively.
David Bradley, Non-Executive Chairman, said, "At a time when the landscape for the provision of legal services is changing faster than ever this merger focuses on the needs of clients and the desire of both firms to provide clients with a depth of resource, experience and expertise to better support the local business community."
The merged firm will operate from 1 October and a communication programme involving all clients of the two firms is underway."
The two leading legal practices in Huddersfield and with offices across West Yorkshire are creating a 23 Partner and 250 person business. The merged practice will offer businesses across the region access to a wider range of expertise, experience and a more comprehensive service.
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text: RT Video/DVD DB /z-wcorg/ DS http://worldcat.org ID 45218587 LA English T1 After ten years : the court and the schools A1 Gorin, Norman., Scheffler, Philip., Peters, William,, Rather, Dan., Wallace, Mike,, Agronsky, Martin., Kuralt, Charles,, Reasoner, Harry,, Kennedy, Robert F.,, Sanders, Carl,, Wilkins, Roy,, CBS News., CBS Television Network., Films for the Humanities (Firm), PB Films for the Humanities & Sciences PP Princeton, NJ YR 2000 AB The 1954 Brown vs. Board of Education of Topeka ruling made it clear that segregation would not be tolerated and that states must comply with federal law. In this program, filmed ten years after Brown, news correspondents report on the mixed progress made toward integrating public schools in Nashville, New Rochelle, New Orleans and Prince Edward County, Virginia. Stumbling blocks such as faculty segregation, busing and segregational zoning are examined. A discussion featuring Attorney General Robert Kennedy, Georgia Governor Carl Sanders and Ex-Secretary of the NAACP, Roy Wilkins concludes the program.


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Apparently the Crypton vocaloids are now so identifiable that it just takes the right color to invoke an association. At least that's the implicit pitch. Piapro has unveiled a set of five nail polishes including Miku green, Lin and Ren yellow, Luka pearl blue (as in her headphones), Meiko red and Kaito blue. They sell for 1,050 yen ($11).
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Thursday, October 28, 2010
Happy 10 Month Birthday Adelyn!
Sweet Little Adelyn turned 10 months on the twentieth. I feel like these 10 months have in a way flown by and in another way have drug out a bit because she was so sick in the beginning. If you would have told me 3 months ago that Adelyn would be on no meds, would sleep pretty well, and would not vomit all over my house by the time she was 10 months, I would not have believed you but I truly and sincerely believe that all the prayers of the people that faithfully prayed for her have made a HUGE difference in not only Adelyn's life but mine as well. I tear up thinking about it because I have had so many people recently ask me how she is doing and told me that she is on their daily prayer list and it has been such a blessing to me.
Adelyn, you are the queen of smiles and funny faces at our house. You are always ready to smile at anyone and are an excellent cuddlier when you choose. You love to straddle us and just lay your head down on our chests. You still adore you daddy to pieces and love his attention.
You make this silly face all the time and we have no idea why. The only thing we can come up with is that you have an itch in your nose because you have had a sinus infection. You are so mobile. You will crawl all over the place and pull up on everything. You will stand for about 15 seconds and when you fall you look at me with a grin like, "I did it mama." It melts my heart. You are definitely getting ready to walk and mama is trying to get ready for it too!!
You LOVE your sister to death and sometimes like it when she "beats you up" but most of the time you cry and Annabelle has to be punished. She is very very rough with you and I am convinced you are going to be a very tough cookie when you get older. I always tell people that I think when you get old enough and want to I'm gonna pretend to leave the room and let you beat Annabelle up at least one good time because, believe me, she deserves it. :)
Annabelle does love you very much though and always asks where you are when you are not there after her nap. I always say, "baby's sleeping" and she says, "Shhhhh baby's sleeping." I still pray all the time you will be the best of friends!
Every morning we hear you banging on your bed post this is how we know you are awake. When we walk in the room you are just standing up playing with your mobile; it is the cutest thing!! You take a nap every day at 1:00 with sister and you try to take one sometime earlier in the morning and sometimes I let you or you just fall asleep and I can't help it. You usually sleep about 2 hours during the day. At night, we put you down at 8 and you sleep until about 7:30 or 8 (on a perfect night :) ) Adelyn, you are still working on 3 top teeth. Two of them are poking through but you always have things in your mouth trying to work on those teeth.
You weigh 20.7 lbs and the doctor you saw yesterday thought it was so funny that you and sissy weights were so close. I told the doctor Annabelle weighed as much as you do when she was your age too. Oh and I have to mention you love affair with food; you are soooo hungry all.the.time. When you are awake you want to eat; I'm pretty sure it is because you have stopped taking bottles. I have been trying to give you formula in a sippy cup and you are not so interested so I think we are just going to move on to milk. This will be funny because we will have 3 different kinds of milk in our fridge for a while.
Adelyn, getting pregnant with you was such a surprise but it was the best surprise I've ever had. I cannot imagine life without your smiley face. You bring such joy to our home. We love you more than you could ever imagine and cannot wait to see what God does with your life! Love you sweetheart, Mommy :)
I took all these pictures yesterday and I was only going to post the one's of Adelyn that I liked but just had to post them all. I thought this last one of Annabelle is hilarious. She is most definitely in the terrible twos stage and I see this whiny face a lot. I think she is starting to learn that she is not going to get away with everything she though she was haha. She is so funny and entertaining these days haha!
This weekend I am going on our church's first women's retreat and I am so pumped. I am excited about getting away and studying God's word and listening to seasoned women share. The only time I have left my children is with their grandparents for weddings and so this will be the first weekend they spend with daddy. I feel so bad for him because both of them are sick and all the other men have grandparents coming to help them but I know he will make it. I am just praying that I can take every thought captive (1 Corin 10:13) and not worry about them while I'm gone. I don't want Satan to distract me with anything!! Will you pray that for me too? I can't wait to post about the retreat and praise Jesus for all He did!!
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- Shannon said...
I am with ya on letting them beat the older one up at least once. Huds takes a beating a keeps on ticking. Jackson is still learning "gentle". Ha!
- October 29, 2010 at 7:06 AM
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Betimol drops
Generic Name: timolol (TIM-oh-lol)
Brand Name: Betimol
Betimol drops are used for:
Treating increased pressure in the eye (ocular hypertension) and open-angle glaucoma. It may also be used for other conditions as determined by your doctor.
Betimol drops are a beta-blocker. It works by decreasing fluid production and pressure inside the eye.
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- you have severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) or a history of asthma
- you have moderate to severe heart block, heart failure, or an unusually slow heartbeat
- you are in shock caused by severe heart problems
- you are using another beta-blocker eye drop (eg, betaxolol)
Contact your doctor or health care provider right away if any of these apply to you.
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Some medical conditions may interact with Betimol drops. Tell your doctor or pharmacist if you have any medical conditions, especially if any of the following apply to you:
- if you are pregnant, planning to become pregnant, or are breast-feeding
- if you are taking any prescription or nonprescription medicine, herbal preparation, or dietary supplement
- if you have allergies to medicines, foods, or other substances
- if you have a history of lung or breathing problems (eg, bronchitis, COPD, emphysema), diabetes, low blood sugar, heart problems, certain muscle problems (eg, myasthenia gravis, muscle weakness), blood vessel problems, or an overactive thyroid
- if you have had eye surgery, or you have an eye infection or injury, a dropping eyelid, or other eye problems (eg, narrow-angle glaucoma, double vision)
- if you will be having surgery
- if you wear contact lenses
Some MEDICINES MAY INTERACT with Betimol drops. Tell your health care provider if you are taking any other medicines, especially any of the following:
- Certain antiarrhythmics (eg, disopyramide, flecainide, quinidine), calcium channel blockers (eg, diltiazem, verapamil), cimetidine, digoxin, reserpine, or selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) (eg, fluoxetine) because serious heart problems or low blood pressure may occur
- Clonidine because high blood pressure may occur in some cases, especially if you suddenly stop taking clonidine while taking Betimol drops
- Insulin or oral antidiabetics (eg, glyburide, repaglinide) because the risk of low blood sugar (eg, dizziness, headache, hunger, shakiness or weakness, sweating) or slow heart rate may be increased. Betimol drops may also hide certain signs of low blood sugar
- Alpha-blockers (eg, alfuzosin, prazosin), oral beta-blockers (eg, propranolol), or other beta-blocker eye drops (eg, betaxolol) because the risk of their side effects may be increased by Betimol drops
- Epinephrine, certain sympathomimetics (eg, albuterol, salmeterol), or theophylline because their effectiveness may be decreased by Betimol drops
This may not be a complete list of all interactions that may occur. Ask your health care provider if Betimol drops may interact with other medicines that you take. Check with your health care provider before you start, stop, or change the dose of any medicine.
How to use Betimol drops:
Use Betimol drops as directed by your doctor. Check the label on the medicine for exact dosing instructions.
- Betimol drops are only for the eye. Do not get it in your nose or mouth.
- Soft contact lenses may absorb a chemical in Betimol drops. Remove contact lenses before you use Betimol drops; lenses may be placed back in the eyes 5 minutes after use of Betimol drops.
- To use Betimol drops in the eye, first, wash your hands. Tilt your head back. Using your index finger, pull the lower eyelid away from the eye to form a pouch. Drop the medicine into the pouch and gently close your eyes. Immediately use your finger to apply pressure to the inside corner of the eye for 1 to 2 minutes. Do not blink. Remove excess medicine around your eye with a clean, dry tissue, being careful not to touch your eye. Wash your hands to remove any medicine that may be on them.
- To prevent germs from contaminating your medicine, do not touch the applicator tip to any surface, including the eye. Keep the container tightly closed.
- If you use any other medicines in the eye, they should be used at least 5 minutes before or after Betimol drops.
- Use Betimol drops on a regular schedule to get the most benefit from it. Using it at the same time each day will help you remember.
- Continue to use Betimol drops even if your condition improves. Do not miss any doses.
- If you miss a dose of Betimol drops, use it as soon as possible. If it is almost time for your next dose, skip the missed dose and go back to your regular dosing schedule. Do not use 2 doses at once.
Ask your health care provider any questions you may have about how to use Betimol drops.
Important safety information:
- Betimol drops may cause drowsiness, dizziness, or blurred vision. These effects may be worse if you take it with alcohol or certain medicines. Use Betimol drops with caution. Do not drive or perform other possibly unsafe tasks until you know how you react to it.
- Tell your doctor or dentist that you take Betimol drops before you receive any medical or dental care, emergency care, or surgery.
- Contact your doctor if you have an eye injury or infection, or if you will be having eye surgery.
- Diabetes patients - Betimol drops may hide signs of low blood sugar, such as a rapid heartbeat. Be sure to watch for other signs of low blood sugar. Low blood sugar may make you anxious, sweaty, weak, dizzy, drowsy, or faint. It may also make your vision change; give you a headache, chills, or tremors; or make you more hungry. Check blood sugar levels closely. Ask your doctor before you change the dose of your diabetes medicine.
- If you have a history of any severe allergic reaction, talk with your doctor. You may be at risk for an even more severe allergic reaction if you come into contact with the substance that caused your allergy. Some medicines used to treat severe allergies may also not work as well while you are using Betimol drops.
- Betimol drops may cause harm if it is swallowed. If you may have taken it by mouth, contact your poison control center or emergency room right away.
- Lab tests, including eye exams and eye pressure, may be performed while you use Betimol drops. These tests may be used to monitor your condition or check for side effects. Be sure to keep all doctor and lab appointments.
- Betimol drops should be used with extreme caution in CHILDREN; safety and effectiveness in children have not been confirmed.
- PREGNANCY and BREAST-FEEDING: If you become pregnant, contact your doctor. You will need to discuss the benefits and risks of using Betimol drops while you are pregnant. Betimol drops are found in breast milk. Do not breast-feed while taking Betimol drops.
Possible side effects of Betimol drops:
All medicines may cause side effects, but many people have no, or minor side effects. Check with your doctor if any of these most COMMON side effects persist or become bothersome:
Seek medical attention right away if any of these SEVERE side effects occur:
Blurred vision; dizziness; dry eyes; feeling that something is in your eye; headache; increased tear production; minor burning, itching, or stinging of the eye; nausea.
Severe allergic reactions (rash; hives; itching; difficulty breathing; tightness in the chest; swelling of the mouth, face, lips, or tongue); chest pain or discomfort; confusion; eye irritation, swelling, pain, or discharge; eyelid pain, redness, scaling, drooping, or swelling; fainting; mental or mood changes; one-sided weakness; pain, numbness, weakness, or tingling of an arm or leg; severe or persistent headache or dizziness; shortness of breath; slow or irregular heartbeat; slurred speech; sudden unusual weight gain; swelling of the hands, ankles, or feet; very cold or blue fingers or toes; vision changes; wheezing.
This is not a complete list of all side effects that may occur. If you have questions about side effects, contact your health care provider. Call your doctor for medical advice about side effects. To report side effects to the appropriate agency, please read the Guide to Reporting Problems to FDA.
If OVERDOSE is suspected:
Contact 1-800-222-1222 (the American Association of Poison Control Centers), your local poison control center, or emergency room immediately. Symptoms may include chest pain; difficulty breathing or shortness of breath; severe or persistent dizziness or headache; slow or irregular heartbeat.Proper storage of Betimol drops:
Store Betimol drops at room temperature, between 59 and 77 degrees F (15 and 25 degrees C). Protect from freezing. Store away from heat, moisture, and light. Keep Betimol drops out of the reach of children and away from pets.
General information:
- If you have any questions about Betimol drops, please talk with your doctor, pharmacist, or other health care provider.
- Betimol drops are to be used only by the patient for whom it is prescribed. Do not share it with other people.
- If your symptoms do not improve or if they become worse, check with your doctor.
- Check with your pharmacist about how to dispose of unused medicine.
This information should not be used to decide whether or not to take Betimol drops or any other medicine. Only your health care provider has the knowledge and training to decide which medicines are right for you. This information does not endorse any medicine as safe, effective, or approved for treating any patient or health condition. This is only a brief summary of general information about Betimol drops. It does NOT include all information about the possible uses, directions, warnings, precautions, interactions, adverse effects, or risks that may apply to Betimol drops. This information is not specific medical advice and does not replace information you receive from your health care provider. You must talk with your healthcare provider for complete information about the risks and benefits of using Betimol drops.
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The City of Rifle is a Home Rule Municipality in Garfield County, Colorado, United States. The population was 9,172 at the 2010 census. Rifle is a regional center of the cattle ranching industry located along Interstate 70 and the Colorado River just east of the Roan Plateau, which dominates the western skyline of the town. The town was founded in 1882[1] by Abram Maxfield, and was incorporated in 1904 along Rifle Creek, near its mouth on the Colorado. Rifle Creek is named for an incident involving white trappers in the late 19th century. According to local lore, one of the trappers accidentally left his rifle along the creek, giving it its name.
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The Rare Glenmorangie 1963 Arrives in Texas at Reserve 101 (It Will Set You Back $550 a Shot)
Scotch fans will be excited to hear that Reserve 101, the downtown Houston bar with the largest selection of whiskey in town, just obtained a rare treat: On Saturday, the bar officially received a bottle of Glenmorangie 1963, one of only 50 in the world. Reserve 101 is the only bar in the entire state of Texas that will receive a bottle-- and possibly one of the only bars anywhere, as many of the bottles have already been sold to private collectors.
Dr. Bill Lumsden, Glenmorangie's Head of Distilling & Whisky Creation, was on hand to introduce the bottle.
The Glenmorangie 1963, recently uncovered and only one of 50 bottles in the world, inside its special casing.
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"When I'm talking about whiskey, I don't like to just talk about the scientific product facts. I like to talk about some of the human stories and the anecdotes that surround it," Dr. Lumsden opened his remarks, and went to describe how the 1963 was made and discovered. As he explained, the Scotch was distilled in 1963, and is believed to be the first ever wood-finished Scotch. In 1985, the whiskey was transferred to sherry casks to age for two more years, before being bottled in 1987. A case of fifty-three bottles sat in a warehouse corner in Scotland for many years, unnoticed, until Dr. Lumsden discovered them. "I found 53 bottles of a dark whiskey, and opened one up and tasted it, and lo and behold, I was fairly certain it was the 1963 vintage." Dr. Lumsden contacted a retired Glenmorangie employee who was familiar with the company's older procedures for coding bottles to verify it. "It was important for me to authenticate the product, absolutely... so the 53 bottles quickly became 50," he said, with a bit of laughter.
"If I hadn't stepped in, these might have just been emptied into a vat and put into a blend," Dr. Lumsden explained.
While we were unable to taste the 1963, Dr. Lumsden described the flavor profile to us. "This has spent two years in sherry casks, and you can see how dark it is, how much the sherry influences it. It's very rich, an unashamedly old-fashioned type of whiskey... there's a subtle smokiness in there, and lovely Christmas-type flavors of raisins, dates, and warm spices. It's a beautiful, old-fashioned whiskey."
A glass of Glenmorangie Signet, Dr. Bill Lumsden's personal creation.
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We were allowed to taste one of Dr. Lumsden's personal creations, the Glenmorangie Signet. Dr. Lumsden described the Signet as being inspired by his love of coffee aromas, and that he wanted to create a scotch with not only a similarly rich aroma, but a flavor to match. To that end, the process of creating the Signet involved roasting the barley, rather than drying it over a peat fire, as is the traditional method. Dr. Lumsden remarked that the chocolate malt is the dominant flavor in the Signet, and this is reflected in the deep color and richness.
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Dr. Bill Lumsden, Head of Distilling and Whisky Creation for Glenmorangie, holds the bottle of Glenmorangie 1963, flanked by Reserve 101 owners Mike Raymond and Steve Long.
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Reserve 101 is selling the 1963 at $550 for a 1.5-ounce shot, so casual Scotch drinkers need not apply. Owner Mike Raymond said that this price is reflective of the bottle price, and not indicative of an excessive markup. In fact, he said the price surprised him, given the rarity and quality of the whiskey: "When they told me how much a bottle was, I was like, 'Is that it'? And it was not a cheap purchase--I had to talk Steve into it a little bit."
Raymond explained that the Glenmorangie 1963 is emblematic of what he looks for when he and Long are seeking to add to Reserve 101's collection: "It's truly unique...it hits every mark of a special whiskey we want in here: it's a marquee whiskey, it's vintage-- we can't go back to 1963-- and it's rare-- there's only 50 bottles in the world."
The Glenmorangie 1963 is available now at Reserve 101. Raymond says he has no idea how long the whiskey will last, but the bottle holds about 18 shots.
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Industry's Brightest Plan Out Future Tech
The days of the internal combustion engine are over. That was the conclusion of Nate Lewis, a professor from CalTech. "Internal combustion engines are 70 percent efficient, electric motors are 85 percent efficient," he said.
But weight is equally as important as the type of engine. Lewis decried the current state of the car, where a device that weighs 3,000 pounds is used to carry around 300 pounds. He predicted a move to more lightweight composite materials, which will dramatically increase the range of electric vehicles. And then once we have lightweight cars with electric motors, the discussion will move to where that energy comes from coal, solar, nuclear or renewable sources, he said.
Elon Musk, co-founder of PayPal, and current chairman of electric car maker Tesla Motors predicted that "by the midpoint of the century the majority of our electricity will be direct solar, photovoltaic". He went on to say that we will end up generating all of our electricity from fusion sources, "direct fusion, or indirect fusion from the sun."
Although many see nuclear power as a way out of our current energy crisis, Lewis discounted that solution. To go nuclear, we would have to "build a new nuclear power plant every day for 38 years." He pointed to clean coal as another possibility, but cautioned that we still don't know how to bury the carbon output for a thousand years. Lewis was also bullish on solar, saying that "more energy hits the earth in one hour than we use in a year."
Although electric cars like the Phoenix Motors electric car were on display, some of the attendees focused on making the best of our internal combustion addiction. Former Micrososft executive Martin Tobias is focused on building "plug and play-able hot-swappable carbons that can replace oil", notably biodiesel.
Tobias contrasted the benefits of biodiesel, which can go into most diesel vehicles without modification, with ethanol. Ethanol requires a lot of power to produce. Biodiesel is like an oil, which is more efficient, and can cost less to produce. That translates into a product that can be cheaper to produce than gasoline.
In a nod to the recent tortilla riots in Mexico, Tobias admitted that food prices have risen in reaction to the move towards plant-based fuels. But there is a solution. "We are working on agricultural crops designed for energy, not food, so we go out of the food versus fuel thing," he said.
He went on to talk about a refinery they are building to turn the poisonous weed jatropha into fuel. The plant produces up to 360 gallons of fuel per acre -- more than four times as much as soybeans. Jatropha also requires very little water, grows on marginal land, but delivers a lot of power.
Monstanto is also working to modify the genetic makeup of soybeans to focus on producing oil, not the meal component of the plant. But he was particularly optimistic about new types of organisms, pointing to a type of algae that can deliver 10,000 gallons of oil per acre. A 100 mile by 100 mile square algae farm located in the desert could provide 100 percent of the US' diesel needs, which is about a quarter of all gas-based fuels used in the US.
Tobias ended his discussion with a strong warning about how big oil companies are using four classic tactics, honed by the tobacco industry, to battle these new fuels: The first was denial, Tobias said. Up until last year Exxon was funding the research debunking climate change.
"The second tool: don't worry about it, we'll solve it," Tobias said. That's why BT has moved beyond petroleum, and claim to be studying the problem. These tactics, explained Tobias, aim to delay change and put off the problem.
The third tactic, Tobias said: kill alternatives using "lobbyists.. to slow down the growth of my business."
And finally: "FUD Fear Uncertainty and Doubt, something I learned at Microsoft," Tobias concluded. "They spread fear of change. Look at the food vs. fuel debate, it is 100 percent funded by the oil companies. Shell claims that it is immoral to use palm oil (for fuel) because it will starve babies in Africa. It's unbelievable." Oil, says Tobias, "kills people and causes war".
On Thursday, The New York Times reported that the push for biofuel could lead to higher prices at the pump. Continued...


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The Mandarin is the main antagonist of the show and seeks the Makluan Rings. He is a title that was carried by specific individuals, and is able to wield the power of the rings. Voiced by Vincent Tong.
Original Mandarin
The first Mandarin was once a man known only as "Khan" who was a savior at his homeland, one day the Makluan found that Khan was the one worthy to wear the rings so he gave the dragonseed to Khan and the Makluan Rings and he became the Mandarin. He conquered all he saw with his might and grew his dynasty.
However, he needed an heir, but his many children were not worthy of the rings, so he scattered them all over the world and designed tests to measure the worthiness and virtue of those who would seek them.
Young Temugin became the stepson of Zhang. After Temugin's mother mysteriously disappeared, Zhang claimed the ring for himself, stole the position of the Mandarin, and became leader of his own criminal organization, the Tong. Temugin changed his name to Gene Khan in the present day. He couldn't wield the true power of the rings because he does not have the dragonseed, unlike Khan family descendants.
When Zhang attempted to destroy Stark International, the plot is stopped by Iron Man. Zhang presumed that Obadiah Stane had unleashed this hero to prevent him from taking the Makluan Ring, which he presumable didn't know its significance. Gene tried to convince Zhang not to be so judgemental. However, Zhang refused to tolerate such insolence in front of his servants and warned Gene to be careful, otherwise he'll join his mother. Gene tells him that he is a Khan and if Zhang was smart, he would start listening to him. His warnings fell on deaf ears and he paid the price with imprisonment and Gene holding the ring.
Gene KhanWhen Gene took back the ring and imprisoned Zhang, he started posing as him in front of his men thanks to the armor. As the new Mandarin, Gene successfully took another ring from Obadiah Stane, and faced for the first time, Iron Man.
Now leading the Tong as he could, Gene started conflicts with the Maggia. As Gene, he ironically befriended Tony Stark, and enrolled in his school when discovering Stark could help him find the rings. This later causes Gene to team up with Stark, Pepper, and Rhodes in order to get all the rings. Though overall driven by his desire to get the remaining rings, Gene proved several times he took his friendship with the group seriously, as he showed it when he helps Tony and Pepper get away from the Maggia, or when he helps Pepper and Rhodes recover the Steath Iron Man armor (though he was unaware of what they were doing).
Though, Gene eventually succeeds in getting his second ring activated and later took the third active one from Iron Man, it was Tony/Iron Man who passed the tests each time, causing Gene to feel unworthy of the rings (an idea Zhang took pleasure in reminding his stepson).
At the same time Pepper, who until now had a dislike of Gene (due to his stepfather rumored to be a criminal), eventually tried to befriend him in order to keep her friendship with Tony. This accidentally caused her to be taken prisoner by Count Nefaria during a diplomatic discussion between the Maggia and the Tong. Despite the risk, Gene tried to find a way to save her, voluntarily calling Iron Man to do it. However, as Iron Man was forced to fight the Black Knight, Nefaria's henchman, Gene has to save Pepper as his normal self. All of this caused the Tong men to have doubt about their master's identity.
Gene eventually succeeds in passing a test, saving in the process both Tony, Pepper, and Rhodey (despite not being with them, as he told Rhodes what to do by using the phone). This is the first test he had personally passed.
Eventually, Zhang returns from his imprisonment and reclaims the rings from Gene. He then orchestrates Tony and Pepper's capture and learns that the fifth ring is in Machu Picchu, Peru. Zhang ends up retreating when the Test of Sacrifice begun with the awakening of Fin Fang Foom. Pepper tries to pass it by throwing the Makluan Rings into Fin Fang Foom but it doesn't work. When Rhodey in his War Machine armor showed up, he learned that Tony was Iron Man. Gene eventually passed the test by allowing Fin Fang Foom to swallow himself when he saved Pepper. Inside the dragon, Gene found the four rings as well as the fifth. Upon coming out of the dragon, he revealed to the others he was the Mandarin and fought Tony. It was during the battle Tony learned that Mandarin was behind the explosion of their plane and that his father is still alive somewhere. Gene manages to get away. Some minutes later, Gene was dissatisfied that he wasn't made stronger until the five Makluan Rings reveal to him that there are five more rings hidden on Earth.
Gene travels the world with the kidnapped Howard Stark as his guide. He searches for the remaining rings and defeats the guardians, taking the sixth and seventh rings. On the eighth test, he had to ask for the help of his former friend, Tony Stark, whom he now knows as Iron Man. During a skirmish with Doctor Doom over the ninth ring, he no longer holds Howard Stark prisoner. He got the tenth ring from his homeland China, he learned the history of the Makluans and his ancestor Khan and also the dragonseed and defeated the Makluan, claiming the ring for himself and gaining limitless power. Gene Khan now currently has ten out of the ten rings, and is acknowledged by Tony as the most powerful person in the world.
Gene issued a proclamation to the Earth for world domination, which was met with resistance with SHIELD, but Mandarin easily decimates their forces and teleports their Helicarrier to the Negative Zone. The three armored heroes, Iron Man, War Machine, and Rescue fight him. But the Makluan Overlord's ship appears and captures Gene and takes back the Makluan Rings. He is forced into a gladiator competition along with the captured armored heroes. All four of them manage to best their warriors, but the overlord in enraged and teleports all of them, except Gene back down to Earth, then the Makluans begin their invasion of the world. Gene remains as the Overlord's prisoner, until the armored heroes and the Hulk fight the Overlord. Tony uses his dad's quantum neutralizer satellite weapon to temporarily disable the Makluan Rings. Gene takes the opportunity to put them back on and decides to help the heroes. Iron Man asks him to teleport War Machine, Rescue, and Banner out of the ship, it explodes, but Iron Man is undamaged. Gene moves the Helicarrier back into their dimension and decides that maybe he wasn't supposed to rule the world, but to protect it. Gene then flies away in the sky to parts unknown.
Makluan Rings: The rings give the user a multitude of abilities that appear to be magical at his disposal. The Makluan rings are highly advanced technology that can perform feats that would be indistinguishable from magic. Each ring the Mandarin holds enhances the power of the rest in his possession. The more rings he has, the greater the Mandarin's power. Their abilities include, but aren't limited to:
- Mandarin Armor Creation: The Mandarin's armor is created by the rings. The user can make the armor and segments of it, disappear and reappear around him.
- Teleportation: He can teleport to any place that he wants in the world.
- Energy Manipulation: The Mandarin can harness the power of energy that he can use for:
- Vacuum Explosions: The rings can cause vacuum explosions.
- Force Fields: The rings can erect force fields.
- Energy Blasts: He can project energy blasts.
- Force Manipulation: He can manipulate force to blast away or pin down targets.
- Levitation: The Mandarin can levitate in the air.
- Control of the Elements: The rings give him control and generation over elemental forces like fire, ice, earth, lightning, water, and wind.
- Fire Manipulation: He can control fire.
- Ice Generation: He can generate intense cold.
- Earth Manipulation: The Mandarin can pull apart a massive cliffside with this ability.
- Lightning Generation: The rings can project electric blasts and generate lightning.
- Wind Manipulation: The eighth ring grants the power to create wind storms and stop them. It also gives him super speed.
- Water Manipulation: This ring can control and manipulate liquid and it can be used to erect a barrier-field made out of water on a target. The Mandarin can then crush it or peel whatever covering it has on itself.
- Map Creation: The rings can create a holographic map of the planet to show the location of the remaining rings. They can also emit a revealing light to find the temples in which they are hidden.
- Immobilization: The Mandarin can immobilize an opponent, freezing it in place like he did with the Melter.
- Acid Cloud: The sixth ring has the ability to produce a green gaseous cloud that dissolves and eats all forms of living matter or metal.
- Mental Abilities: The seventh ring enhances mental power.
- Hypnotism: Mandarin can influence the minds of others and cloud memories.
- Clairvoyance: The Mandarin could access all hidden knowledge through this ring.
- Darkforce Manipulation: Mandarin can control darkforce power with the ninth ring. He can emit blasts and erect barriers of darkforce energy. He can also open portals to other worlds and dimensions. The ninth ring's power is so great, that it could tear the fabric of reality all around the world.
Full Powers
- Matter Manipulation: The full powers of the Mandarin could allow him to create massive structures like temples.
- Life Creation: He can create life, like the Makluan guardians that guard the temples.
- Omnipotence: Mandarin has the power to do anything he wants.
- Omniscience: He can see everything, molecules, electrons, the very building blocks of the universe.


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The 44-year-old, from Great Lever, was with his pilot pal Jon Hilton, aged 45, from Harwood.
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As they were flying over Victoria Square, Mr Gaskell took a photograph.
He said: "We were over the town centre at about 5pm on a Saturday and I expected to see lots of people bustling around or returning from a day of shopping. Instead, Jon and I were both taken aback as we could barely see anyone."
Mr Gaskell and Mr Hilton, both originally from Harwood, regularly combine their respective hobbies of photography and flying — jetting off in Mr Hilton's CTSW Microlight around the British Isles to capture interesting shots or just to have a bite to eat.
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OTTAWA—She was perched on the couch, afraid to speak with the stranger who had come to visit, too frightened to interact with her own children.
The symptoms started soon after the birth of her second child, but the schizophrenia diagnosis was only coming now.
The youngest, a 3-year-old girl, was unclothed; the 5-year-old boy was trying to feed his mother raisins.
"He was the only adult in the house," says Tatiana Wyse, now an early intervention family worker with the Schizophrenia Society of Ontario. Wyse met the boy when a child protection agency referred his family to her years ago.
"There was nobody there to protect them," she
Yet, these children and teens are consistently under-serviced — and often outright ignored — by health and social systems.
Even the long-awaited national mental-health strategy — a 152-page tome urging an increase of $4 billion in mental-health spending over the next decade — devotes only a single paragraph to them. The report, released in May by the Mental Health Commission of Canada, calls for targeted prevention programs for children at risk — but it fails to describe what they would look like or who should provide them.
One explanation lies at the very heart of the mental-health system and what it is designed to do: treat the illness of the primary patient.
Elaine Mordoch believes the system does not pay enough attention to whether adult patients are parents and what that means for their children.
Years ago, she was working as a nurse in the acute psychiatry ward when the police brought in a woman who was in the midst of a mental-health crisis.
Mordoch discovered the woman had three children and asked the police officer what had happened to them.
"They're as nuts as she is," was the reply.
Nearly two decades later, the memory helps drive her research into how children of the mentally ill perceive and cope with their challenging situation in life.
"I think that the system is largely still organized around the biomedical model," says Mordoch, now an assistant professor in the faculty of nursing at the University of Manitoba.
"The system and the people who are in the system have often been educated to look at the illness and not really look at the whole person."
Dr. Simon Davidson, a psychiatrist and chief of specialized mental-health care for children and youth served by the Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario and The Royal Ottawa Mental Health Care Centre, believes there is a bureaucratic divide between the mental-health system for children and youth and the one for adults.
"There is this artificial schism created by bureaucracy, where adults with mental illness go to adult facilities and kids to kids facilities," says Davidson. Like many in his field, he bemoans how this affects children living with mental illness as they "age out" of the pediatric system and struggle to find appropriate care as adults.
An obvious side effect of treating parents in isolation is that their children — the family members who are most affected by the illness — do not come to the attention of the child and adolescent mental-health system or child welfare agencies until they are already in distress.
"My experience is that we are missing these kids, without a doubt," says Dr. Sabina Abidi, a child and adolescent psychiatrist at the IWK Health Centre in Halifax.
While Abidi is part of a collaborative program that aims to smooth the transition between the pediatric and adult mental system for patients with schizophrenia — and therefore pays special attention to how the children of adult patients are faring — she knows that things do not usually work that way.
"When I chat with colleagues who are in primary care, who are dealing with adults who have mental-health problems, who also have children, we don't get notified about those kids until things have already developed," says Abidi. "Kids will be referred to us . . . with anxiety, depression, school refusal (and) dysfunction, whatever it happens to be, after the fact, after onset, as opposed to preventively. It's a huge miss."
The fractured systems also tend to work at cross purposes.
Dr. Mary Seeman, a professor emerita in the psychiatry department at the University of Toronto, says the professional silos created within the mental-health community — extending to the different journals they read, the different conferences they attend and the different viewpoints they hold — also create different loyalties.
"Those who are looking after the mothers want the best for the mothers and often identify with the mothers," says Seeman, who has treated and studied women with schizophrenia. "And, being very sympathetic to the mothers, they of course want children at home with them. They don't want them to be separated from their kids, whereas those who are looking after children see the children's best interests and wonder whether having a mother who is prone to psychotic illness is in fact the best things for the children."
Provincial child protection legislation allows caseworkers to look at mitigating factors and come up with a plan that suits the needs and abilities of individual families, says Rowden. Mental health issues involving adult caregivers are present in about 25 per cent of the cases investigated by children's aid societies in Ontario, she adds.
"Mental health on its own is absolutely not a reason for our involvement and would not be a reason that we are intervening in terms of the parenting role with the child," says Rowden.
"We're looking more functionally at: how is that mom doing in taking care of her kids? There are many very depressed people in this world who are absolutely fantastic parents and so it's not the mental-health issue that's the issue. It's whether or not the child is safe, whether they are well cared for, and they are looking to make sure there are no signs of abuse, risk of neglect and exposure to harm."
Rowden noted child welfare agencies in Ontario investigate about 85,000 cases in a given year, but as of March 31 there were approximately 17,000 children in care, meaning the majority of children remain at home while the family works to fulfill its plan.
A paper published last year by the Western New England University School of Law, in Springfield, Mass., raised important questions about the ability of parents with mental illness to meet the conditions imposed by child welfare agencies in the United States, leading to a termination of parental rights that could have been avoided with more appropriate services.
Jeanne Kaiser, the associate professor of legal research and writing who authored the paper, described a case on appeal. She represented a mother with mental illness who had had her parental rights terminated after failing to meet the demands of the child welfare agency. These demands included having a parent aide help her tidy up her messy home and attending parenting classes.
The parent aide discontinued the service, after deeming the mother "impossible" to work with. The mother refused to let anyone clear away the paper she claimed she needed to prosecute "the enemies" that had "invaded" her home.
She dropped the parenting class after going only once, believing the other parents were making fun of her.
Kaiser uses this example to illustrate how the services provided do not always meet the needs of parents with mental illness.
Imagine a woman in a parenting group where other parents are concerned about how to soothe a crying newborn while she is concerned about soothing the voices in her head.
So, Kaiser argues, it is unfair to use them as conditions for keeping the children at home.
Rowden says that, in Ontario, plans are developed in collaboration with the family.
Christine Cooper, executive director of the Toronto-based organization FAME (Family Association for Mental Health Everywhere), says child welfare agencies have been getting better about reaching out to community organizations for help finding appropriate services.
"They recognize there are limitations to what they can do and they are really smart to partner with community-based organizations that can fill the gap of continuum of service," says Cooper, whose organization runs an educational support group for children and siblings of people living with mental illness.
But Rowden acknowledges that appropriate services can be hard to come by.
"Access to service is a huge issue and one of our priority concerns is not just services for children. It's the services for the families to prevent the children from having to come into care," she says.
This project was funded by a Canadian Institutes for Health Research (CIHR) Journalism Award.
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