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1st Cruise - Glad We Chose The Glory: Carnival Glory Cruise Review by Garsu
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1st Cruise - Glad We Chose The Glory
Destination: Canada & New England
Embarkation: New York (Manhattan)
We were looking for a short trip from our home port of New York to see if we liked cruising and are we glad we chose this 5 night Carnival trip.
We traveled with our sons ages 18 and 20 and we were concerned they might be too old for the teens activities on board and a bit too young for the adult activities as well. No problem at all there.
Well it turns out our fears of congestion on board ship with long lines for embarkation and debarkation, lousy food and not enough to do were all alleviated within the first couple of minutes of our trip.
Getting on and off the ship to start our vacation as well as in ports of call were handled very professionally by the Carnival Staff. Things always moved quickly.
The atmosphere was relaxed and the staff very friendly which put us right in the mood as soon as we hit the ship. More
The staterooms we clean and comfortable with plenty of storage space. Our suitcases fit right under the bed. The balcony rooms were worth every penny. We requested that the barrier between our two staterooms on the balconies be unlocked and a member of the staff quickly arrived and our rooms were soon connected.
The first morning I woke early and went on the balcony and took some great photos of the sunrise. The next thing I see are dolphins swimming and feeding alongside the boat! Frigging amazing, if Carnival planned that one for me they put the hooks in me right there.
The food was excellent for the most part. The desserts were your garden variety bakery type desserts but the food provided was diverse while at the same time comfort food was always available.
We took in many shows, the comedians and the casino and we felt like we were treated first class.
There was some vibration in the rear of the ship which we felt while dining in the main dining room but all in all dining was a very pleasant experience.
Before sailing we were a bit concerned about this ship missing Halifax earlier in the month due to fog but we noticed that after leaving Saint John the ship really seemed to be trying to make time and sure enough we hit dense fog overnight which slowed our progress. Our compliments to the crew who got us into Halifax a bit late but none the less into port by anticipating the fog conditions which caused the ship to miss port before.
The trip into Halifax in the overnight was a bit rough with some high seas but the ship really handled the weather and we had no adverse effects other than hearing the fog horn that was being sounded for safety reasons.
All in all we had a great first cruise. While we have nothing to compare this trip and cruise line to yet we have to give Carnival a big thumbs up and a thank you for the great trip they provided.
Josh the Cruise Director was top notch. He was funny but professional and very informative the whole trip.
The Glory is a big boat with a lot to offer and we wish we were still on it as I write this. We look forward to traveling with Carnival again real soon. Less
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Port and Shore Excursions
After reading up on the city and reading reviews here we chose to follow a suggestion and take a cab up to The Citadel then walk back to the water front and work toward the ship.
The Citadel was an interesting tour and Keith's Brewery and other sites kept us busy as well. We had lunch at The Hart and Thistle which had outdoor seating here as well and the food was excellent!!
Our visit was cut a bit short due to fog issues which had us dock late but we enjoyed the port.
Our expectation for the two ports we visited were as expected. We had done our research and basically found what we expected.
The fog we saw upon waking up was a source of concern when we arrived in Saint John. We couldn't see the dock until we actually tied up in port.
The fog quickly cleared and we were soon ashore after a leisurely breakfast on board.
We hadn't booked an excursion but after walking around town and visiting what there was to see we grabbed a cab and headed over to Fundy Bay. (5-10 minute ride)
In retrospect we would take a jet boat ride the next time. The zip lining and jet boat ride at the bay were well attended and any openings at these attractions would have put us close to departure time for the ship so we took a pass. I suggest making reservations to anyone on this in the future.
We had lunch at one of the restaurants with outside seating near the dock by the Hilton and the food was excellent.
The people were very friendly in Saint John and the souvenir shops had some nice stuff.
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China heads for a hard landing…(Prepare For War…)
By Jeremy Warner
July 5th, 2012
Earlier on, I tweeted that I had become so worn down by repeated rounds of Quantitative Easing that I wouldn't be blogging on the latest £50bn slug of it. I'm going to stick to that line, suffice it to say QE didn't do any good last time, so it scarcely seems likely it will do any good this time either.
But while all eyes were focused on the Bank of England's monetary mumbo jumbo, and the parallel rate cut by the European Central Bank in Frankfurt, much more significant central bank action was taking place on the other side of the world – the People's Bank of China cut rates in the world's second largest economy for the second time this year. This was quite unexpected and shows that Chinese policymakers have become seriously rattled by the evident slowdown in their economy.
China is a big place – a statement of the bleedin obvious if ever there was one – and economic performance across the country has always been extremely varied. Think how divergent it can be in Europe and America – with some regions growing fast and others in depression – and magnify it a couple of times for China. As a whole, the economy is still growing fast by European and American standards, but for China, which needs to create tens of millions of jobs a year to keep pace with rapid urbanisation, it's not nearly fast enough.Some parts of the more developed eastern seaboard may already be starting to suffer from the same sort of boom to bust dynamics that has engulfed advanced economies. Excessive credit expansion, over development, and an overheated property market – all these things are now coming home to roost. The standard view is that the Chinese authorities are well placed to counter the growing list of negatives, but I wonder.
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Based on the work of the distinguished Nepalese Ayurvedic Doctor Mana
Dr. Mana is the name given by Westerners to Vaida Mana Bajra Bajracharya, a
living treasure in the world of herbal medicine. Dr. Mana is heir to the
world's oldest known herbal medicine tradition, and maintains his family
clinic in the center of Kathmandu, nestled between the mightly Himalayan
mountains. Dr. Mana has been an inspiration to several of today's premier
medical herbalists, including Cascade Andersen-Geller and Alan Tillotson.
By special agreement between Michael Tierra and Dr. Mana, this section of our
website will publish information written by him on how he treats some of
today's most deadly diseases. His clinic doors are open today without an
appointment to those that want to see him, and there has never been a charge
for an office visit in the 700 years since the clinic opened its doors.
I was born in 1930 in a family of Vajracharya ( Buddhist priests). My father,
Durga Vajra Vajracharya, and mother Tirthakumari Vajracharya have five sons;
I am the fourth one. We are members of a Vihara called "Kamaka Chailya
Mahabihar," one of the most famous Viharas in Kathmandu Valley. Our Vihara
was established about seven hundred years ago in front of the ancient Chailya
of Kanakmuni Buddha.
By caste, we are Shakya related to the Shakya of Kapilavastu, the birthplace
of Gautama Buddha. During the medieval period, following the principles of
Vajrayana, the third advanced stage of Buddhism (following Hinayana and
Mahayana), our ancestors received the consecration of Vajrayana. This
consecration bestows the title of Vajracharya. To have this title, one must
follow the principles of the "Heruka Chaka Samvara Tantra." Those with the
title of Vajracharya are the priests of the Newari Buddhists, one of the
ancient inhabitants of Kathmandu Valley.
In 1937, I received my formal initiation as a Vajracharya, which I needed to
be a member of the Vihara. In 1944, I received my consecration as Vajrayana,
which I needed to be an authorized Vajracharya. In 1945, I married with Jnani
Bajracharya. Marriage is essential for Vajrayana practice. We have a son and
four daughters.
My family, in addition to being priests, have also carried forward the
tradition of Ayurvedic medicine, running unbroken from generation to
generation during these seven hundred years. Our family maintains our
original vows to help mankind, and especially to maintain the health of the
Newari Buddhists who live around the Vihara. During all this time, we have
never charged for a medical consultation. We have a very good traditional
education system in our home to study Buddhism and Ayurvedic medicine side by
side. We have an extensive Sanskrit family library of Ayurvedic medicine,
containing many unpublished texts.
My grandfather, Nila Bajra Bajracharya, was a specialist in Spiritual Healing
(Bhuta Vidya). In his time, he was the royal physician of Nepal. In his
field, religious approaches are used to cure diseases such as paralysis,
meningitis, children's diseases and mental illness. My father was a
specialist in Ayurvedic Internal Medicine (Kayachikitsa Tantra). However, he
died at an early age in an accident. This tragedy actually made our family
very strong. My eldest brother, Divya Bajra Bajracharya, who had already
completed his studies in Internal Medicine, continued his work and study, and
with the help of my grandfather, achieved a high level in Internal Medicine.
He passed his knowledge to his brothers, and I am one of those who chose to
specialize in the Internal Medicine field.
For six years, I studied Sanskrit from my brother and his friends. Almost all
of the Buddhist and Ayurvedic texts are written in Sanskrit, so it is
necessary to achieve complete fluency. During this period of study, I also
had to help my grandfather and my brothers run our medical clinic. I learned
the practical basics of Ayurvedic diagnosis, botany, chemistry, philosophy,
anatomy, and pharmacology.
When I was seventeen years old, I finished my formal Sanskrit study. Then, I
started to learn the Ayurvedic texts, including Charaka Samhita (the text of
internal medicine), Susruta Samhita (surgery), Madhava Nidana (diagnosis),
Madanapala Nighantu (botany and pharmacology), and Rasatarangini (chemistry).
I also paid much attention to my study of Buddhism. At the beginning, I
studied Naryakarana, the nine original Mahayana Buddhist
texts--Prajnaparamila, Saddharma Pundarika, Lanka Valara, Dosha Bhumi,
Gandavyuha, Samadhiraja, Suvarnaprabha Lahilaristara, and Gukya Samaja. I
continued my study of Buddhism and Ayurveda for eight years.
During this time, with the help of my brothers, I was gaining more and more
medical practice, dealing with different kinds of patients. In addition, I
also had much interest to learn painting and sculpture. I practiced by
drawing pictures of herbs, and making clay models of the human body. This
helped me to learn anatomy in great detail, and to be able to recognize all
the plants we used in our medical practice. Finally, I became free to start
my individual medical practice, and to choose further advanced study.
In 1955 I realized that, first of all, I must see all the plants, and how
they grow in different climates. So, I spent two years traveling on foot in
Nepal and India. During this time, I collected almost all the plants which
are mentioned in the Ayurvedic texts, and made color paintings of them on the
After returning from my trekking, I began to treat patients without
supervision. At first, I was not a success in drawing patients because I had
no power to convince patients of my skill. But, in a short time, with the
help of my brothers and mother, my reputation began to build. For the next
fifteen years, I treated many, many Nepali patients. During this time, I
decided to study English, and I began to have contact with international
people. I started to study Western medical texts in detail, bringing home
books each week to read, and our family now has the tradition of studying
Western sciences. My son and many of the children of my brothers have
attended college for this purpose. My nephew is an ophthalmologist, my
son-in-law is a post-doctoral research associate in the Ohio State University
School of Natural Resources, and my son Madhu Bajracharya is one of six other
Ayurvedic doctors working at our clinic in Nepal.
In 1969, I started to teach Buddhism and Ayurvedic medicine to Westerners.
This teaching activity made me famous in Kathmandu. In 1972 I went to Europe
and America, following an invitation from one of my students, to speak at
Columbia University on Buddhism. After coming back, I realized that the
people of the new young generation liked very much Ayurvedic medicine. So, I
opened an examining room in my family clinic, and I concentrated on handling
foreign patients. This clinic is named Piyusavarsi Ausadhalaya.
In 1975 I was elected chairman of the Nepal Ayurveda Association, the
nation-wide organization of Ayurvedic physicians. The main aim of the
organization is to help each other for the development of Ayurvedic
practice. I have written several books and pamphlets on Buddhism, Ayurvedic
medicine and Nepali culture, which are published in the Nepali language. Some
are translated into English, such as "Buddhist Mythology of the Kathmandu
I continued my work at my clinic for foreigners, and I realized very early
the need for writing down all the Ayurvedic knowledge in a form which will
preserve it for future generations. I also learned that the way of talking
and explaining Ayurvedic Medicine to patients and foreigners required much
thought and practice, and now my Western patients can understand my way of
practice when I explain to them. I found out that many diseases that Western
medicine cannot treat successfully can be treated with Ayurvedic medicines. I
wrote a series of books and pamphlets for my Western patients. Some of the
titles are "Eastern Theory of Diet," "Hepatitis," "An Outline of Ayurveda,"
"Breast Cancer," and "Ayurvedic Medicinal Plants and General Treatment."
For many decades I have maintained my practice of four hours study and
writing each day, and working in the clinic for five hours in the afternoon.
I have completed writing 47 books containing full descriptions of all aspects
of Ayurvedic practice. The books are in the Nepali and Sanskrit languages. In
1995 I wrote "The Real Facts of Ayurveda Based on Related Ancient Science and
Philosophy" in English. This book is a condensed extract briefly covering all
the traditional Ayurvedic texts that I have studied. It is 157 pages long,
and it contains short descriptions of each area.
My dream for many years has been to establish an International Ayurvedic
Research Center in Kathmandu. This is becoming more important recently,
because ecological destruction in Nepal is causing many of our valuable
plants to disappear. Some of these plants are essential for formulas which
can deal with serious diseases for which there is no medicine in other parts
of the world.
To stop this destruction I am attempting to develop a model farm in
Kathmandu, as part of the Institute, to teach farmers how to grow and
preserve valuable plants. This will improve their incomes, and benefit the
Nepali economy. As another part of the Institute, I have decided to
translate my books into English so people will realize what Ayurveda really
is, and the value it has for mankind. When completed, this will serve as a
University level course in Ayurvedic medicine. In 1997 I completed the
translation of the first of my 47 books into English, entitled "Ayurvedic
Ophthalmology," with the help of one of my senior American student Alan
Tillotson, and American Medical Doctor Robert Abel, Jr.. I am working very
hard these days to realize my dream, and I hope to gather international
support to help protect our threatened eco-systems, save our plants, bring
our medicines to the world community, and, most importantly, to preserve and
strengthen our traditional medicine system in Nepal.
The Granthi and the Arbuda
Referring to the fundamental causes of the Arbuda, Dr. Harita presents his
"There are several conditions which can cause abnormal branches of the veins
and arteries to develop. Among these are an overbalanced nervous system
(Vata) caused by withholding the natural urges of stool, urine or gas etc.,
ulcers (either accidental or physical), or blockages in any duct system.
These abnormal branches of the blood vessels, not having free passage for the
circulation, eventually dry up and result in blood circulatory system
blockages. In this morbid condition, the Arbuda develops with its continuous
In regard to this fact. Dr. Susruta adds some more of his understanding. He
explains that the abnormal growth of the Arbuda has been found to develop
only in the presence of pathogenic defects within the muscular tissues, the
fatty tissues or the ingredients of the blood.15
The excessive or daily use of sugar or anything which is sweet in taste
without other counteracting tastes (such a: bitter, pungent, astringent etc.)
can be the cause of the Arbuda. (??Su. S. Chap 24) The word sweet includes
many things such as: sugar, milk, butter, molasses, rice, meat, fish etc.
Dr. Agnivesha has no objection to the viewpoint of Dr.Susruta. But, he wants
to make it much clear. He explains that the excessive or daily use of
exudative foods cause of pathogenic defects of the muscular tissues. These
foods are meat, fish, yogurt, milk, cream etc. Exudation is also increased
when milk is taken together with fish or meat or acid fruits. Exudative
behaviors also cause problems. These behaviors include sleeping during the
day (especially after meals), overeating, and eating before previous meals
are digested.16
The cause of pathogenic defects of the blood is found in excessive or daily
use of acid producing and heat producing foods. These include fried, roasted
or burnt foods, sour foods, sour fruits, salt, strong alkalis, alcohol,
overripe fruit, rotten or stale foods, greasy foods, and spicy foods.17
Improper behavior includes excess anger or severe emotional upset, sunbathing
or working in the sun, and working too near fire or heat .18
The excessive or daily use of foods which increase weight, sleeping during
the day, and neglect of physical exercise are some causes of pathogens
invading the fatty tissues.19
Besides these conditions, Dr. Agnivesha points out another cause of Arbuda.
He explains that a patient with gout who does not receive proper treatment
can develop the problem of Arbuda as an advanced complication.20
The Granthi and the Arbuda have the same kind of nature of abnormal growth.
So, it follows that whatever is a cause of the Arbuda is also the cause of
the Granthi. But Dr. Susruta presents some more of his understanding about
the cause of Granthi. He explains that the Granthi, in particular, develops
in the pathogenic defect the fatty tissues and glands.21
Dr. Susruta also gives one striking example of a poison causing Granthi. He
states that the Granthi has been seen to develop after contamination by
rat's semen, a poisonous substance that is often mixed with the rodent's
urine. Rat's semen causes pathogenic defects of blood.22
The Granthi and the Arbuda
The Granthi and Arbuda with different characteristics or natures are divided
into groups for proper diagnosis and treatment. For example, the Granthi can
be divided into the following groups: Vataja, Pittaja, Kaphaja, Medoja,
Shiraja, Asthija, Vranaja, Asraja and Mamsaja. In the same way, the Arbuda
has different natures: Vataja, Pittaja, Kaphaja, Raktaja, Mamsaja and Medeja.
The nature of the Granthi or Arbuda primarily depends upon the tissues in
which the abnormal growth or neoplasm is developed. Different types of
Granthis and Arbudas manifest particular symptoms which are very important
for the physician to differentiate to determine treatment.
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1 These terms also have broader definitions.
2 Chemical trauma would also fit this definition.
3 Susruta Samhita, Nidana sthanam, chapter 2.
4 Susruta Samhita, Nidana sthanam, chapter 9.
5 Susruta Samhita, Nidana sthanam, chapter 2.
6 Charaka Samhita, Chikitsa sthanam, chapter 12.
7 Astanga Hridaya, Uttara sthanam, chapter 29.
8 Susruta Samhita, Sutra sthanam, chapter 4.
9 It is estimated by Western cancer specialists that 80% of all neoplasms
start in this tissue.
10 Embryos of women who died in different stages of pregnancy were observed.
11 Charaka Samhita, Sharira sthanam, chapter 4.
12 Charaka Samhita, Sharira sthanam, chapter 7.
13 Susruta Samhita, Nidana sthanam, chapter 2.
14 Harita Samhhita, Chapter 36.
15 Susruta Samhita, Sutra sthanam, chapter 24.
16 Charaka Samhita, Vimana sthanam, chapter 5.
17 Western chemical drugs also fit this category.
18 Charaka Samhita, Sutra sthanam, chapter 24.
19 Charaka Samhita, Vimana sthanam, chapter 5.
20 Charaka Samhita, Chikitsa sthanam, chapter 29.
21 Susruta Samhita, Sutra sthanam, chapter 21.
22 Susruta Samhita, Kalpa sthanam, chapter 7.
1. Yamada. 1992. Multiple sclerosis. Getting better day by day. Normal
walking. No more blurred vision. This is the result of six months treatment.
Medicines are continued for one year. After ones years treatment, he is
feeling normal life. Now he is fine. Still he has contact with me. MS first
stage and second stage is curable with Ayurvedic medicine. Third stage with
completely paralyzed legs and severe pain in not curable.
2. Heidy. 1985. Metastatic lung cancer, last stage. Declared maximum six
months life. She felt better day by day after my treatment and went back to
Germany with strong confidence. After six months she came back to my clinic
with recent medical check-up which is very, very satisfactory. She is very
happy with improved health. The neoplasm of the lungs almost disappeared.
Treatment repeated again for six months with some tonic. In this way, she
took two years treatment with me. Now she is completely cured, and still in
contact with me. Her doctors in Germany do not believe how she is cured. They
think it is a result of her destiny.
3. Sandra. 1990. Adenocarcinoma, malignant (biopsy result). Advised to have
an operation ASAP, but she does not want operation. For three months no any
radical change, but no pain with less smaller the lumps. It is informed from
America. Finally, after three months treatment, she felt better, her breasts
gradually went down to normal size. She took medicine for one year without
break. Now she is fine. Still she is taking blood cleaning medicine. But I
have not seen her for 6 years. Only she calls me on telephone telling the
general health and send somebody to me to get medicine.
4. Champa Devi. 1992. Acute jaundice, no appetite, nausea, very weak,
constipation, enlarged liver. Obstructive jaundice with tumor
(neoplasm/cancer), hepatomegaly. Operation at teaching hospital for
investigation. Discharged from hospital, no treatment. After starting
Ayurvedic treatment, she felt better day by day. After a month, her general
health much improved. No more jaundice, but enlarged liver still not changed.
After three months treatment, her enlarged liver decreased to half. Then she
got hope for life. and continued treatment for one year. Now she is
completely cured. She thinks she got new life.
5. Judy. 1990. Joint pain, . . unable to walking and working with hands . .
.Rheumatoid factor with high uric acid 8.7. At the beginning she lost
confidence with my treatment, because the effects are very slow. However,
swelling disappeared. No more pain. After one years treatment she got better.
At the beginning, she disappointed with treatment. However, she continued
thinking there is no any other alternative cure, and some positive effect is
there. If she not get better, she said to me (she wanted) to get back her
6. Angelica 1996. Suffering for 10 years . . psoriasis. Getting worse.
Patient is honest. Treatment continued for two years. Now she is fine.
Specially as a woman, she was nervous about getting ugly. She cannot go
swimming before. Now she is very happy, having her normal life and natural
beauty. She said to me now she can marry with anyone.
7. Alex. 1994. Infection of skin around hands and leg, itching, burning
sensation, oozing, suffering from 10 years. General health is not bad.
Neurodermatitis, eczema, chronic. Getting better day by day. Sometimes
advised powder for external application. He took treatment for one and a
half years. Now he is fine. No any complications.
8. Hari Shrestha. 1996. Jaundice, enlarged liver nausea, vomiting,
constipation, body itching, no appetite, very weak,, fever. Hepatitis E virus
finally diagnosed. After one months treatment, he felt much better. No any
symptoms of hepatitis. Good appetite and energy back to normal. . . He knows
Ayurvedic medicine is very effective in case of hepatitis. Contagious
hepatitis from virus A or E is very common in the southeast Asia. In this
case there is no any medicine from allopathic side. After one months
treatment, liver tonic is prescribed for three months. If the case of
hepatitis is chronic (B or C), treatment need at least for three months,
maybe one or two years.
9. Viswanath. 1994. Allergic asthma. At the beginning, difficulty to stop
using inhaler. After one month, he got confidence to stop inhaler. The
treatment continued for six months. Now he is fine, enjoying normal life.
Sometimes cold causing him trouble, for that normal treatment of cold is
prescribed. Bronchial asthma is more easy to cure with the same treatment.
Related Case
Using strategies from Dr. Mana, and using my own knowledge the following case
occurred with multiple sclerosis, one case of Hepatitis C.
Barbara Starling, African-American female, age 50
Dx of MS in 1990, chronic progressive type, but symptoms of fatigue and
optical problems since 1960. At the time she first saw us on 11/25/97, she
was able to walk only a short distance with great difficulty with a walker,
and used a wheelchair most of the time outside her home. At home she could
walk with difficulty from room to room by supporting herself with her hands
on the wall and the help of family members. The main symptoms she complained
of at that time, were nausea localized at mid-epigastrium, limb pain, lowered
blood pressure, loss of sensation below the knee, muscle spasms, poor
appetite, craving for ice. She denied reflux. Weight loss of 15-20 pounds
from 3 years previous. She also had heavy menses, every two to three weeks
with 7 days of heavy bleeding. Difficulty in swallowing. Western Meds:
diazepam 5 mg 1-3/day for muscle spasm. Prakriti (body type): Vata. Pulse:
weak, thin. Tongue: slightly pale, thin white coating.
We decided to work on digestion and diet first, and gave her Chlorophyll 2%,
1 tablespoon QAM, Slippery elm/ Licorice powder, 2 grams BID, and Trikatu
pills 2 pills BID. MS diet as described in the article.
After one month, her digestive symptoms had subsided, but still with poor
appetite. We started an individually prescribed tonic formula. There were
no results over a two month period with regard to pain or walking ability,
but her heavy bleeding decreased. The digestive improvement has persisted
with use of the slippery elm powder, but her appetite was still irregular.
There was some mild improvement in fatigue. We gave her Trikatu Rasayana, an
Ayurvedic tonic for irregular appetite:
One part each of Sulphur (purified), Cuminum cynimum, mineral salt
(Saindhavam), Zingiber officinalis (dried), Piper longum, Piper nigrum,
Ferula narthex and Allium sativum
Preparation: powder, ground with lemon juice
Dose: 1 gram before meals
Pt discontinued therapy for 4 months, then returned on 8/3/98 and began the
multiple sclerosis formulas & protocol. She could only tolerate 1 gram per
day of the powder formula. She reported on 10/15/98 that sensation had
returned from the knee downward on one leg, the first such level in the past
six years. The numbness and pain had disturbed her sleep for many years.
On 12/9/98, she called to report that her pain has disappeared from the
entire leg, allowing her to sleep without painkillers for the first time in 9
years. In addition, she was now able to walk around her house with a cane,
where she had required a walker for the past few years. Her family has noted
and acknowledged her visible improvement. This improvement has persisted
through 3/1/99. She was now able to tolerate the formula at 1.5 grams BID.
By 4/99, Barbara had continued to improve in strength and energy. She was
able to walk further with her cane. Upon examination on 4/5/99 it was
determined that she had significant muscle atrophy, so we sent her for
physical therapy. At that time she could walk 10 feet without a cane. On
6/7/99 her physical therapist reported that she could now walk 20-30 feet
unassisted, and 200 feet with a cane before needing a short rest. Muscular
strength is obviously improved. Currently she still has problems with gait
and coordination, but can now go shopping and walk through the mall taking
occasional rests.
Note: This report was based upon re-interviewing Barbara Starling (302) 658
8157, Dr. David Jezyk, MD (302) 454- 1010 and a verbal report from physical
therapist Kenneth Dill (302) 655-8989.
KM, American Male, 150 pounds, age 45.
KM was diagnosed positive for hepatitis C on 2/24/97 via RIBA. He was
asymptomatic, and the disease was found on a routine blood scan. He reported
a history of drug use as a teenager, and fellow users at that time were
Vietnam veterans. He reported getting Hepatitis A in Mexico in 1970. He had
several relapses over the next year, especially after alcohol abuse, but
remained free of symptoms from that time.
The Ayurvedic diagnosis was chronic hepatitis (Halimaka). He began Dr. Mana's
protocol of three hepatitis medicines on 10/16/97. He was given:
Mandura vataka - Two 1 gram pills twice a day
Shilajatu rasayana - Three 1 gram pills twice a day
Triphala guggulu - Three 1 gram pills twice a day
Hepatitis diet instructions.
A repeat test for HCV was done on 11/17/97 and it was positive. He continued
the protocol for six months, and then was retested. The RNA PCR HCV was
negative. The test was repeated three months later, and still negative. This
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Hi Spry:fans,
Quick notes from the Spry world.
First, tomorrow is Spry's 1 year anniversary on Labs! Thanks to everyone that has joined our Spry community. We appreciate your interest and all the feedback we have gotten over the past year. Spry is better because of it.
Second, the Spry team is busy putting the final touches on the Spry 1.5 Prerelease. We expect it out next week.
Have you seen the Spry LiveDocs? http://livedocs.adobe.com/en_US/Spry/1.4/help.html
LiveDocs allow you to post comments and questions that we use to improve the documentation. The idea is that LiveDocs will have documentation that has had time to settle. Features like the new 1.5 stuff will exist on Labs and in the zip. Once those are out for a few months, we will move them to LiveDocs. We also incorporate the suggestions into the next rev. Check them out.
We also now have a Spry Developers Center. http://www.adobe.com/devnet/spry/ Check out the articles there. Let us know if you have ideas for new articles or even if you want to write one yourself!
An example of Spry for those of you with Adobe CS3 products. If you open the Help Pages and do a search, the results are done with Spry!
Due to user demand, the Spry team put out the SpyURLUtils.js file last week or so. Once included on the page, you can set up a variable that gathers either the URL parameters or hashes and populates the var. Now you can easily use them throughout the page. The samples we wrote show how to use them to have a particular Tabbed Panel tab open. This grabs the panel number from the URL and uses it in the constructor. There is also an example of how to specify a specific row for a detail region with Spry Data and URL params. http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/spry/preview/samples/utils/URLUtilsSample.html These will be in the Spry 1.5 release and on the Labs site once we go live.
And a final note, at the end of the month, there are going to be a couple Spry seminars in Europe. This humble member of the Spry team will be presenting an overview of Spry. If you can be in Rome on May 29th, or in Milan (Pavia) on May 31st, please come by and check it out. http://www.actionscript.it/showEvent.cfm?id=76
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As you may be aware, October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. And, every year around this same time, I post something about it. Well, the only thing different about things this year is that I got to talk about it on my show.
You see, October 5 is a special day for me. It's the day I lost my mother to breast cancer, and this year marked 10 years to the day of her passing. Before she passed, she fought a long and hard battle for 9 years.
She found the lump by performing a self-exam one morning, and immediately called the doctor. By the time she got in, it had already tripled in size. This was a very aggressive stage 4 breast cancer! So, the doctors took action and performed a radical mastectomy where they removed both breasts and all the lymph nodes around the area. After she had recovered from surgery, they began chemotherapy and radiation treatments.
After all that they threw her way, they thought they had it nabbed. On top of that, she didn't miss a single day of work! But despite all the hopes and prayers of the doctors, it never really left. Not only did the cancer move into her bones, there were complications from all of the heavy doses of radiation. Ultimately, it wound up causing a great deal of damage to her intestines that had to be removed.
At the time of her passing, she did so in the arms of my father with no breasts and a colostomy bag hanging off of her. In the end, aside from making sure my father was okay, the only thing that I was able to process in my mind was that I would continue to raise awareness.
This year was no different. Instead of putting some words on the screen, I got behind my microphone and talked about it. I also took part in the #RockOutBraOut challenge. Think about it. What brings more awareness than a guy wearing a pink bra?
So what do I want you to walk away with after reading my story? I want you to be aware that breast cancer is real. It affects more than just the person who has it. It affects both women and men.
Here are just a few stats:
- About 1 in 8 U.S. women (about 12%) will develop invasive breast cancer over the course of her lifetime.
- A man's lifetime risk of breast cancer is about 1 in 1,000.
- For women in the U.S., breast cancer death rates are higher than those for any other cancer, besides lung cancer.
- Besides skin cancer, breast cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer among American women. Just under 30% of cancers in women are breast cancers.
- A woman's risk of breast cancer approximately doubles if she has a first-degree relative (mother, sister, daughter) who has been diagnosed with breast cancer. About 15% of women who get breast cancer have a family member diagnosed with it.
- About 85% of breast cancers occur in women who have no family history of breast cancer.
After all of that, here's what I want you to do: Check yourself! Check your spouse! If you need help because you can't afford to get checked, reach out to me and I'll see to it that you get the assistance you need.


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A divorce is a life-changing event. Accordingly, a divorce affects a person's emotional well-being and the process may feel stressful. Even when a person knows a divorce was inevitable and necessary, there still may be a feeling of loss; therefore there is a natural temporary mourning process. This makes even basic decisions feel difficult and therefore making major decisions at this time on your own can be dangerous. A divorce also completely affects one's financial situation. Planning for one's future becomes even more important because of the changes a divorce creates. Dealing with the emotional feeling associated with a failed marriage at the same time as having to rethink you financial future may be difficult and feel overwhelming.
For the above reason, it is critical to work with professionals to help you through every step of the process. First, it is imperative that you feel comfortable with your divorce attorney. He or she will provide you guidance through the divorce process. Some divorcing spouses even involve their financial planners during settlement negotiations before entering into a settlement agreement. Once the dissolution process is final you will have to deal with other professionals such as real estate agents and estate planning attorneys to revise your estate plan.
You should immediately inform your financial planner of your major life change once a divorce is final. Michelle Wright, a former financial advisor at industry juggernauts such as Prudential Securities, Smith Barney and Citi Group states, "It is critical that your financial advisor is always aware of your current and future needs as well as your changing and evolving needs." A true financial plan constantly grows and evolves. Wright adds, "We need to know when our clients go through major life changes so we can adjust their financial plans appropriately."
If a supported spouse is dependent on a fixed amount of alimony / spousal support then they will need to set a smart budget, save and invest as much as possible and even consider protection via appropriate life insurance. If a settlement was reached and one spouse received a lump sum payment, the money must be invested wisely and responsibly. Moreover, paying off debts must be done strategically and in a savvy manner. Wright emphasized the need for a professional to help. She stated, "Never try to plan your own financial future during a time of change, stress or feeling of loss."
Wright, who is now a prominent real estate agent in the Greater Naples Florida area informs that the above principle should apply when addressing any asset, including buying or selling a new home. She informs that the smartest buyers and sellers take their emotion out of the equation and simply let their real estate agent do what they do best. Wright explains, "An effective realtor makes their clients feel comfortable and aware of the process and thus evokes their trust." If you do not get this from an agent it is time to move on to a new agent.
In addition, a recently divorced individual should revise their will and estate plan immediately. Jim Green of Claery & Green who has prepared hundreds of simple wills informs, "A life change such as a divorceabsolutely warrants a revised will and estate plan." He stresses the need to find an attorney you feel comfortable with to make sure the documents are done properly.
Dissolution of your marriage or domestic partnership may be stressful and create a temporary feeling of loss. However, the help of the right professionals can alleviate any unnecessary stress.
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PLAQUEMINE — The Iberville Parish Council on Tuesday unanimously threw its support behind Parish President J. Mitchell Ourso's recommendation for the parish to share costs with Ascension Parish in funding a feasibility study that could mean a new highway and bridge on the west bank of the Mississippi.
Iberville Parish is offering up $175,000 to match state funds approved during the last legislative session to pay an engineering firm to research a proposal to construct the West Bank Connector, a proposed four-lane highway between Interstate 10 near Port Allen and Interstate 310 just west of New Orleans.
The study will also take a hard look at building a bridge over the Mississippi River to connect La. 1 and La. 30, most likely in Iberville Parish.
Officials said the new highway and bridge would relieve traffic congestion on I-10 through Baton Rouge and provide an alternate evacuation route during hurricanes and emergencies.
Both projects are poised to become key endeavors among state lawmakers as daily traffic congestion along La. 1 in Port Allen becomes an increasing headache for government officials as well as businesses, commuter and residents.
According to 2013 Department of Transportation traffic data, some 47,000 vehicles travel each day on La. 1 near the Intracoastal Waterway bridge in West Baton Rouge. But only 24,573 people live in West Baton Rouge Parish, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.
"The parish is really taking a hit with commerce and jobs," Council president Matthew Jewell said during Tuesday night's meeting. "Can we all agree a new bridge is very much needed?"
State officials have estimated a new bridge would cost about $800 million.
The council's vote Tuesday comes more than a week after the Ascension Parish Council approved their agreement to enter into the funding partnership with Iberville Parish.
Ascension is putting up $125,000, Ourso told the Parish Council. Iberville's share is more because a new bridge would likely be located in their parish, he said.
The study will cost approximately $1.7 million, Ourso said.
"You are talking about something that might be 10 to 15 years off if it materializes," he said. "All we're trying to do is position ourselves for the bridge."
"That ought to be a pretty short study," Councilman Bart Morgan quipped. "All they need to do is sit in traffic and they'll see that we need a bridge."
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First some thoughts on character:
"Character is the very life of fiction. Setting exists so that the character has someplace to stand, something that can help define him, something he can pick up and throw, if necessary, or eat, or give to his girlfriend. Plot exists so the character can discover himself (and in the process reveal to the reader) what he, the character is really like: plot forces the character to choice and action, transforms him from a static construct to a lifelike human being making choices or reaping the rewards. And theme exists only to make the character stand up and be somebody: theme is elevated critical language for what the character's main problem is." (On Becoming a Novelist by John Gardner, p. 54)
On the '"accuracy of the writer's eye"
"….whether you're writing about people or dragons, your personal observation of how things happen in the world – how character reveals itself can turn a dead scene into a vital one…. Good advice might be: Write as if you were a movie camera. Get exactly what is there. All human beings see with astonishing accuracy, not that they can write it down…. Getting it down precisely is all that is meant by 'the accuracy of the writer's eye.' Getting down what the writer really cares about – setting down what the writer himself notices, as opposed to what any fool might notice – is all that is meant by the originality of the writer's eye. Every human being has original vision…." (p. 71, Gardner).
Pixar story artist Emma Coats tweeted a series of "story basics" here are her highlights on developing character:
#1 You admire a character for trying more than for their successes
-- Simplify. Focus. Combine character. Hop over detours. You'll feel like you're losing valuable stuff but it sets you free.
-- What is your character good at, comfortable with? Throw the polar opposite at them. Challenge them. How do they deal?
-- Give your characters opinions. Passive/malleable might seem likable to you as you write, but it's poison to the audience.
-- Coincidences to get characters into trouble are great; coincidences to get them out of it are cheating.
--What are the stakes? Give us reason to root for the character. What happens if they don't succeed? Stack the odds against.
--If you were your character, in this situation, how would you feel? Honesty lends credibility to unbelievable situations.
Writing EXERCISES…
1) Take a simple act, say unbuttoning a shirt, pulling on a sock, pouring a cup of coffee or milk, and write it in slow motion, that is, give it two hundred words. Don't automatically lapse into hyperbole (and thereby the comic), but think of the effect: make it matter-of-fact, sinister, gross, full of touch, feel, sight, and smell.
Discuss how the manner in which the character performs the act shapes his character.
2) Write two hundred words on a character entering a space (a car, a classroom, a kitchen, a backyard, etc). Inventory all the sense of the space as she moves toward the one thing that she desperately wants in that space. Take your time and describe in detail what the character sees, hears, smells, senses and knows—and doesn't know—about the surroundings.
Discuss how the character's perceptions or point of view, and motivation or want, shapes this character.
Adapted from Ron Carlson Writes A Story by Ron Carlson
I've written two novels with multiple points of view... if you haven't read them yet, consider BEFORE MY EYES and LIE.
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VALLEY CENTER -- Sheriff's arson investigators were called to the scene of a newer-model truck that was burning in a rural avocado grove early Wednesday morning, fire engineer Brian Castellini said.
Firefighters were called at 4:11 a.m. The truck was burning at Mesa Crest near Mesa Verde, Castellini said. The four-door truck was engulfed in flames with no one near it after apparently being abandoned, he said.
Firefighters were able to put out the flames within a few minutes of arrival, he said, but the truck was destroyed. It's estimated the truck was worth $15,000, he said.
The truck was towed to a nearby yard, where Sheriff's Bomb/Arson officials were trying to determine the cause of the fire. Castellini said the fire was "suspicious."
No injuries were reported and no further details were available, the engineer said.


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A review of recent paintings and drawings by Chris Robb. His work has been profiled in many national publications and is in collections throughout the country.
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Standard Portrait, 8×10 in, 20×25 cm
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- Publish Date Dec 17, 2008
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Thursday, 17 October, 2002, 16:13 GMT 17:13 UK
Body Shop profit slide continues
Ethical cosmetics chain Body Shop has extended a run of poor results by announcing sliding profits for the first half of the year.
The 1980s High Street icon made £2.5m ($3.9m) before tax and one-off costs in the 26 weeks to August, slipping from £3m last year as it dealt with increasing mainstream competition on both sides of the Atlantic.
Including the extra costs, the company in fact made a loss of £700,000.
But it said that sales in the first five weeks of the second half were up 3% on last year, and looked forward to a good holiday season.
"Our outcome for the full year is, as always, dependent on trading during the Christmas period," said chief executive Peter Saunders.
"But we continue to believe that there will be an improvement in performance over last year."
Apart from anything else, he noted that 2001 sales had been distorted by the after-effects of the 11 September tragedy.
City reaction
After its rip-roaring success in the 1980s, as it championed peppermint foot lotion and tea tree shampoo, Body Shop has fallen on harder times.
Last year produced profits before tax down 9% to £11.6m, while failed buy-out talks brought the departure of its high-profile founder, Anita Roddick.
The Body Shop owns about 500 stores in 50 countries, and also runs a network of international franchised outlets.
The results failed to move the market, however, with Body Shop shares closing unchanged at 103.5 pence.
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North Carolina eliminates Florida 5-2
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GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Tyler Ramirez and Adam Pate hit back-to-back RBI doubles in the third inning after a rain delay of 3 hours, 19 minutes to spark North Carolina to a 5-2 victory that eliminated host and No. 2 national seed Florida on Saturday.
North Carolina scored all five of its runs in the third inning as Alex Raburn, Ramirez, Pate and Korey Dunbar all had run-scoring hits in the frame
Reilly Hovis worked four innings out of the bullpen to pick up his team-high ninth win of the season, while Spencer Trayner got the final six outs to shut the door on the host Gators' season.
The Gators (40-23) went 0-2 in a regional for the second year in a row and have lost their last six NCAA tournament games since the 2012 College World Series.
Before the rain delay, UNC's Michael Russell took a fastball from Bobby Poyner just above the left eye, sending medical staff and coaches running onto the field. The junior All-America shortstop was able to leave the field under his own power, but a large cut required stitches and Russell was replaced by Zach Daly.
Russell later tweeted a picture of his cut and stitches, commenting about a lightning bolt, referencing the movie "The Natural".
North Carolina (35-26) advanced to a game on Sunday against the loser of the late game between the College of Charleston and Long Beach State.
The Tar Heels broke open a scoreless tie after returning from the lengthy delay, greeting Florida reliever Kirby Snead with four consecutive hits.
Hovis (9-1) got the victory in relief after replacing starter Benton Moss after the delay.
Zack Powers and Casey Turgeon had RBI singles for the Gators.


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Can Jerry Brown Cut California Down to Size?By and
He's a master of political reincarnation. Can Jerry Brown, first elected governor of California in 1974 at the age of 36, double back to Sacramento and revive a state economy with the lowest bond rating in the U.S. and an unemployment rate clocking in at 12.6 percent?
With the state facing its third year of multibillion-dollar budget deficits—the gap for the fiscal year starting on July 1 is $19.1 billion—California's gubernatorial election is shaping up to be a referendum on who has the best strategy for fixing the Golden State's $1.8 trillion economy. The 72-year-old Brown, the state's attorney general and a Democrat, faces no serious challengers within his own party. He's also leading his potential Republican opponents, former eBay (EBAY) Chief Executive Officer Meg Whitman and state Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner, a onetime Silicon Valley executive, according to a May 29 University of Southern California/Los Angeles Times poll. Brown led Whitman, 44 percent to 38 percent, and Poizner, 45 percent to 31 percent.
When it comes to understanding the intricacies of governing, few can match Brown's résumé. He served as California's secretary of state, governor for two terms, and mayor of Oakland. "The state is very messed up," Brown said in a June 1 interview. "The issues that we are facing are in some ways eerily similar to ones that I was focused on as governor. My central message then was that we were in an era of limits."
Whitman, who leads Poizner going into the June 8 Republican primary, says she'll cut business taxes, slash 40,000 state workers, and put future hires into 401(k)-like savings plans to cut pension costs. Brown says he would favor increasing retirement ages or workers' contributions to pensions but not elimination of state retirement plans. Overall he is vague on his policy.
Fund-Raising Challenge
One immediate challenge for Brown: how to compete in fund-raising with Whitman and Poizner, both of whom can draw from personal fortunes. Brown has raised $20 million so far, according to public records, less than a third of what Whitman has already spent in the primary. The state's labor unions are worried enough about a potential Whitman victory that they're forming independent committees to raise funds and run Whitman attack ads.
One, the California Working Families 2010 committee, is sponsored in part by the Service Employees International Union, the California Professional Firefighters, and Los Angeles investor Ron Burkle. It hopes to spend at least $30 million to portray Whitman as a heartless job slasher with Wall Street ties who'll give tax breaks to rich friends.
The heavy reliance on union money will make putting Sacramento's financial house in order tricky if Brown prevails. True, Brown's frugality is well known. As governor in the '70s, he shunned the official mansion and predecessor Ronald Reagan's Cadillac limousine in favor of a two-bedroom apartment across from the capitol and a state-issued Plymouth Satellite. "He reduced salaries when he came to office," says Gray Davis, who served as Brown's chief of staff in the 1970s and was ousted as governor in a 2003 recall. "He will perform as necessary."
When Brown ran California, state spending doubled during his eight years in office, though it increased at a higher rate under Reagan. The state's workforce, as a percentage of California's total population, actually shrank. He ran surpluses early in his administration, but the 1982 recession resulted in deficits. Whitman, who plans to spend $150 million to win the election, has already been criticizing Brown as a tax-and-spend liberal who set the stage for public-sector bloat by signing legislation in the 1970s that gave teachers and state workers the right to bargain collectively. "She's going to run a very classic, Reaganesque campaign," says Whitman's chief campaign strategist, Mike Murphy. "We are going to be getting everybody who is tired of the Sacramento political system that Jerry Brown is the alpha-male dog of." The California Chamber of Commerce has already produced an ad criticizing Brown for his early opposition to the 1978 Proposition 13 voter initiative, which limited the growth in property taxes, and his spending record as Oakland mayor.
Admirers in Business
That said, Brown does have admirers in the business community. Martin J. Wygod, the chairman of New York-based WebMD Health (WBMD) and an independent, says he recently hosted a lunch meeting between Brown and Gerald L. Parsky, a Los Angeles money manager who chaired a commission on tax reform for Republican Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger. The two talked about ways to reconfigure the state's tax structure for nearly four hours. "He only has one agenda, which is to try to help the state," Wygod says of Brown.
Some think Brown's long record of public service, a negative across much of the country this year, will actually be a plus in California, where a charismatic figure like Schwarzenegger couldn't deal effectively with a legislature controlled by Democrats. "If Arnold couldn't deal with this legislature, given his personality and being a moderate Republican, I don't know how Meg Whitman could really govern," says Los Angeles billionaire Eli Broad, a longtime Democratic Party supporter.
Rick Caruso, a Republican mall developer in Los Angeles, says he is supporting Brown because he is the candidate most likely to make positive changes. "I don't think he wants to end his political career as Governor Moonbeam," Caruso says, referring to Brown's '70s-era nickname.
Brown says one of his biggest qualifications is that he truly wants the job. "These wannabe governors have Potomac fever," says Brown, who ran for President unsuccessfully three times. "I have been there myself."
The bottom line Brown's efforts to portray himself as a centrist won't go unchallenged by California Republicans who call him a tax-and-spend Democrat.


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Near where I stay in Manhattan there is a very dependable Chinese restaurant.
Since today is so nice, I am taking a break from writing and enjoying a stroll and lunch starting with Hot Sour Soup.
And blazing hot Hunan Chicken.
Near where I stay in Manhattan there is a very dependable Chinese restaurant.
Since today is so nice, I am taking a break from writing and enjoying a stroll and lunch starting with Hot Sour Soup.
And blazing hot Hunan Chicken.
Now I'm sure you are feeling better. Enjoy your lunch and the beautiful weather!
Father Enjoy! How close are you to "Little Italy" or what is left of it???
Fr. – On the off chance you're not acquainted with them, I heartily recommend the many excellent fried dumpling establishments around and below Canal Street. I lived in NYC for three years, and I miss two things most: the learned sermons of Fr. Joseph Koterski, SJ, the prospect of five enormous pork and chive dumplings for $1.50.
That should be, "and the prospect. . ."
Hee Seung Fung is at 46 Bowery, near the foot of the Manhattan Bridge – notable for dim sum, as are other establishments in Chinatown. My own memories of the Upper East Side do not include Chinese restaurants, but Central European. That included Hungarian places (near 2nd Ave and 79th), German restaurants on 86th St E., and the East Side branch of H&H Bagels (in the Middle European tradition) on 2nd Ave near 81st St. Temporibus antiquis – annis MCMLXXV fuit.
Salutationes omnibus.
Hot and sour soup and Hunan chicken will probably ward off any other ailments, as well as being very yummy!
Sammy's Noodles on Sixth Ave near 8th St. is great.
HighMass: Not too close to what's left of Little Italy. I am closer to the disconcerting Chelsea. I am staying at St. Vincent de Paul's rectory where a good friend of mine is pastor.
Thanks Father, e boun devertimento in questo viaggio
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Ok,Fr. Z,
Your chinese food doesn't usually look too good, but this one looks yummy. I prefer egg drop soup, though.
I initially misread "Hunan chicken" as "Human chicken." o_O
Looks yummy. Sometimes I think I could live on hunan chicken.
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Publisher: Aksys Games
Genre: Role-Playing Game / Dungeon Crawler
Players: 1
ESRB: Teen
Reviewer: Marcus Way
Overall: 4 = Below Average
In the world of fiction, few sects of the global community are in as much danger as teenagers in Japan. Whether they're being called upon to pilot giant robots, battle evil magicians, or train incessantly to fend off an inevitable alien invasion, they are always at risk. The universe of MIND?0 (I'll just go with Mind Zero), a dungeon crawler co-developed by Class of Heroes' creators Acquire and Zero Div and published by Aksys, is no different. Serving as the guiding hand that controls a group of friends pulled into a mysterious realm of violent creatures and bizarre dungeons, players must unravel the mystery behind this strange land and discover who or what is behind its increasing, violent encroachment into the real world.
After an average day at school, friends Kei Takanashi, Leo Asahina, and Sana Chikage find themselves transported to a peculiar weapon shop. The store's proprietor informs them that they can choose one of any weapon to keep for free—and that they must do so, if they wish to leave. There's another catch: if anyone selects the wrong weapon, they will die. The group survives the selection process relatively unscathed, save for Leo. It turns out that grabbing a weapon instantly forms a pact with a demon known as a Mind, and that Leo's was able to get the upper hand in the deal; as a result, while the others look normal to one another, they see that one of Leo's arms has been replaced with that of his Mind. Not everyone will notice the change, though, as only those who can see Minds will detect Leo's demonic appendage. The group's new powers are quickly put to the test as they must safely find their way out of this odd world, known as the Inner Realm, and back to their world, the Outer Realm. But between the shop and home stand hordes of violent Minds, those not in a pact with their Outer Realm human counterpart, and the labyrinthine dungeons in which they reside.
Back in their world, the teens discover that Minds have been invading for a number of years and that the government has been covering up their incursions. They also learn that a Mind that makes its way to the Outer Realm can overpower any nearby human who is sufficiently emotionally vulnerable for their innate psychological guards to weaken, and that this process leaves the shell recklessly chaotic and ferocious. The police blame the possessed's behavior on drugs, but a private investigator, Yoichi Ogata, quickly befriends the group and reveals the truth. After taking the students under his wing, he invites them to assist him on cases and further investigate the Inner Realm as they work outside of his detective agency. The group gradually adds two more to their ranks, the bookish Kotone Shiragiku and aristocratic Lina Albertine, and determines to sever the realms to save mankind.
Persona fans will undoubtedly find this setup familiar. It's difficult not to see the similarities between the two games, as each one features a group of teenaged friends capable of summoning powerful, ethereal creatures to battle monsters in dungeons within a surreal realm. The archetypes are there are as well, with the wacky male friend, the spunky athletic female friend, the straight-laced friend, and an investigative backstory with a tired lead detective and a luckless junior officer. There are tunes that sound straight out of Persona 4 as well, in addition to two voice actors who are (coincidentally voicing their Mind Zero counterparts). The resemblances quickly prove to be superficial, however, as both take very different approaches to plot development, exploration, and combat.
One of the more striking elements of Mind Zero is the visual-novel-style cutscenes. Unlike Persona 4, players do not get a say in how bonds form between characters during their interactions and conversations with one another. Relationships unfold along set paths, and only a handful of side missions (Requests) allow for any additional character growth. These are fairly benign, however: fetching items, fighting a battle on a particular dungeon floor, killing a number of certain enemy types, and so on. Most of the dialog that results from these are more general chit chat than revelatory, though there are a few quests that delve a little deeper and reveal some personal growth. For the more lackluster exchanges—a few bad jokes or throwaway lines—there can be a tangential benefit to undertaking Requests, such as special character-specific or general skill cards. Despite the numerous opportunities for character exploration and development, Mind Zero's main narrative thrust isn't about the party members themselves but rather their connection with what's going on between their world and the Inner Realm.
The majority of the game will take place in the numerous dungeons scattered throughout Akihabara, Amamiya, Nippori, and Yokohama. In addition to the dungeons, each area is dotted with various shops to acquire new equipment, items, and skill cards. Convenient stores are available in all areas, and stock a variety of replenishing potions, ailment cures, and relics to relieve exhaustion. The other stores are only in certain areas, but traveling between them is easily done by heading to the local train station or using a hotkey to access the world map. Equipment can be bought early on, but getting to the Antique Shop to acquire and enhance skill cards will take some time. The primary reason why skills cannot be manipulated early on is because of the time it takes for characters to unlock new slots in which to assign cards; their few accessible slots are easily filled with numerous weaker cards dropped by enemies during combat. The handling of the Antique Shop leads to a number of issues, however: the beginning is less interesting as a result of the limitations, there is an overabundance of upgrade choices once the shop is open due to the thousands of Skill Points accumulated during battle, and the odd distribution of upgrade spheres required to level up skills is obtained at strange intervals, which often left me with spheres too powerful to acquire the mid-level upgrades necessary to utilize them. As it happens, pacing is a recurring problem throughout Mind Zero.
Once everyone has been outfitted with the best gear and the potions have been stockpiled, it's time to tackle the dungeons. Just as the visual novel moments stand out for looking sharp and vibrant, the dungeons stand out for looking muddy and bland. Trudging through the majority is the antithesis of what one experiences in an Etrian Odyssey; there is no excitement, intrigue, or trepidation—only the shock of having shifted from a world of sharply drawn, colorful characters to one of overblown, blocky textures decorating such exciting objects as closed shutters, bare hallways, and empty streets. Save for a few interesting dungeons that actually exude something approaching a sense of style, there is such a lack of creativity and thoughtfulness that going through them is a chore.
A few lackluster levels wouldn't be so bad, but after spending hours upon hours walking through soulless hallways and rooms, it's difficult not to be disappointed. That's especially the case after visiting one of the more imaginative realms, such as one based off of being inside a German folk book or a warped Chinatown. In addition to lackluster art design, the dungeons are just poorly designed. I've never played a game with so many winding hallways that lead to empty rooms or dead ends. The game's ridiculous encounter rate—a battle every four or five feet, on average—makes progress especially slow, and the amount of backtracking becomes fatiguing. Given that loot is restricted to (boring) potions and (slightly less boring) armor, due to characters not having to buy weapons, the only real impetus to explore is the discovery of a switch to open a locked door, the stairs to another level, or one of the portals that warp the party to another floor or out of the dungeon. Needless to say, finding nothing but a wall at the end of a snaking side path is discouraging and irritating. It also doesn't help that the most boring dungeons have parallel counterparts that open later, which is a strange design decision, considering it forces players to spend hours repeating portions that quickly wore out their welcome the first time.
As mentioned, the game has a serious problem with pacing. In addition to having to repeat nearly carbon-copy dungeons with similar themes and largely palette-swapped enemies, the story recedes around the same point and doesn't come back in any meaningful way until halfway through the last act. When the story returns, it does so with a deluge of conversation and expository text. Right when the game feels like it should be wrapping up, it's just getting its narrative juices flowing. As a result, it felt like hours were wasted on a treadmill of filler because nothing interesting story-wise happens during that entire time, and the Requests struggle to maintain the player's interest in what seems like an endless series of battles with crabs, scorpions, possessed knights, and Osiris-styled guards. As with the dungeons, the enemies are largely generic and uninteresting. Considering that most enemy designs are based around fantasy tropes, their designs could've been more acceptable had it not been for their ability to absorb sizable amounts of damage dragging out the many, many battles. After a while, it's hard not to get sick of seeing them.
Combat is anchored by a solid underlying system, but it doesn't offer the kind of variety required to keep so many battles fresh. Only three of the six party members can be called up at a time, and this proves to be a major sticking point. Initially, three characters suffice, but as the game goes on and the first of the two difficulty spikes appears near the halfway point, it becomes apparent that three of the characters will have to be relegated to the rear. The limitation not only restricts the player's tactical flexibility, but the experience earned is so desperately needed for each of the bosses, who easily eclipse the nearby minions, that giving one of the other three time in the front makes one far too weak when it comes time for the big battle. This becomes worse as time goes on and the enemies become deadlier, frequently appearing four at a time and unleashing multi-unit attacks that inflict an ailment. Characters in the fight absolutely need as many available skill slots as possible so as to counter the enemy's elements—water, fire, earth, and wind—with single and multi-unit attacks along with special attacks, assist buffs, and recovery spells; there are never enough slots, and going into the later battles without the maximum possible, which will occur if anyone is swapped out for any length of time, is a sure way to die. The characters have access to very few character-specific skills, so there are actually few reasons to opt for one over the other, save for personality or art design preference.
Defeating enemies requires carefully balancing the health of both the character and the Mind. Each character has three gauges that are constantly in flux during combat: technical points, health points, and Mind points. Mind points are drained each round that the Mind is summoned, while one or more of the 10 technical points are used every time they use one of their skills. The character's health points are safe as long as the Mind is summoned, though some ailment attacks, such as poison, can bypass the Mind and deal direct damage. Minds become 'broken' if the character runs out of Mind points. If the points are drained as a result of time, then the Mind cannot be summoned for a single turn, while points being reduced due to damage will result in a harsher penalty, with characters stunned for one turn and unable to summon their Mind for two. Each round will return some of the technical points, but these will quickly be depleted once higher level spells are attained. In addition to technical points, skills will also frequently require some of the character's health, and it's this factor that can cause problems for the rash player. Only the characters can defend, however, and while this makes them susceptible to heavy damage, they gain a greater amount of technical points and Mind points.
This dynamic can create some very tense moments, and it's here where the non-visual-novel elements shine. Having to constantly factor in whether the character is strong enough to take a hit to replenish points or if it's worth risking a Mind break to land the killing blow is a strong hook. Enemy composition frequently throws a monkey wrench into this balance with some ostensibly innocuous units being time-consuming pains, such as scorpions that are heavily armored, deal damage to multiple units, and can inject poison with each attack, quickly draining every point pool possible. The boss battles, despite the grinding required to win them, offer some of the best fights because they allow players to really explore the system and formulate effective attack patterns. When everything lines up, the combat is great, but things don't far too often.
Overall: 4/10
Mind Zero is a lackluster dungeon crawler with some great ideas largely drowned out by tedium. Despite some funny dialog and a few likable characters, the story is poorly paced and crams most of the plot in the last few hours, which leaves much of the game bereft of anything interesting to uncover; on top of that, the ending is a complete dud. The combat system has a lot going for it, with a great check-and-balance system built around the character-Mind relationship, but it has a difficult time sustaining the 50-plus hour adventure given the excessive encounter rate, unimaginative enemies, interchangeable characters, and bland dungeons.
(This review is based on a retail copy provided by the publisher.)


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It's apple season around our yard (only one tree and about 200+ Regent apples!) and I been asked by the DIY Guy to start using them up. We've made crisps and pies but I really wanted to try them in a savory recipe. Risotto happens to be one of my favorite side dishes. I use to be intimidated by the directions and all that stirring, but the time goes quick and then you are left with this creamy and flavorful dish - the perfect comfort food!
Ok, so I only used one apple but it was LARGE! Now we only have 199+ apples to go. I can see some applesauce, more crisps and pies in my future along with some apple caramel bars that I'll be sharing soon. And let's not forget eating them... that's allowed too - you know an apple a day...
Apple, Bacon and Thyme Risotto
- 2 cups arborio rice
- 5 1/2 cups chicken broth
- 1 cup white wine
- 1 tbl minced garlic
- 1 tbl minced shallot
- 2 tbls chopped onion
- 6 sprigs of fresh thyme (remove leaves from stems)
- 4 oz. bacon chopped into 1/4" pieces
- 1 large apple peeled, cored and cut into 1/2" cubes
- 1/3 cup parmesan cheese
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1/4 tsp pepper
- In a separate saucepan bring the chicken broth to a simmer and leave on entire time while making risotto
- In an another large pot over medium high heat place the bacon, onions and shallots and cook until bacon is almost crisp
- Next add the garlic and apples and cook for 3 minutes
- Add rice and cook until edges become translucent (stir often)
- Add wine and stir until it is reduced by about half
- This next step should take about 25 minutes by adding a ladle full of hot broth at a time, stirring constantly and letting it be absorbed into the rice before adding more broth (over medium heat)
- The end result should be a creamy rice with a slight bite to it
- Remove from heat add parmesan cheese, salt, pepper and thyme
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VIDEO: Spencer Pratt Says Heidi Is "The New Michael Jackson"
Will somebody slap muzzles on these two already?
Appearing on MTV's The After Show recently, Hills baddie Spencer Pratt, with typical humility, declared to host Jessi Cruickshank that his wife, Heidi Montag, is the "new, modern day, 2010 Michael Jackson."
Informed by Cruickshank that Jackson had recently died (according to some people, anyway), Pratt pointed at his spouse and declared, "Yeah, but here it is, it's living, like the holy spirit."
Not content to make half a fool of himself, Pratt found room in his mouth for the other foot and elaborated.
"Like, Michael Jackson's in heaven," Pratt added. "The Holy Spirit now has Michael Jackson juice, so boom! For all we know, Heidi gets possessed with Michael Jackson's divine spirit."
In fact, Pratt threw in for good measure, Heidi is "way bigger" than Michael Jackson.
Hmm; did he actually see his wife's horrible Miss Universe performance?
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SECOND-placed Glaxo are now only 11 points behind leaders Ibis with a game in hand after a crushing 10-0 victory against Crook in Division One of the Kendal and District League.
Crook were unfortunate not to haul themselves onto the scoresheet in the penultimate and final matches of the encounter.
At 8-0 down, Crook's Phil Swift lost 11-7, 7-11, 11-9, 5-11, 6-11 to Paul Ackred in a dramatic fifth set duel, while team mate Mike Taylor was defeated in similar fashion against a relieved Keith Dymond in the last singles match of the night.
Glaxo rounded off the 10-0 whitewash with a 14-12, 11-6, 11-7 success in the doubles.
Natland consolidated their third place position with a resounding 9-1 triumph against strugglers Dallam B.
Dallam's only taste of victory came when Tom Carling eclipsed Mark Ashburn 11-7, 11-9, 11-8, while Natland's Harry Carter and Luke Biggins remained unbeaten with three wins apiece.
The victory leaves Natland one point behind Glaxo having played one match more, while Dallam B are second from bottom, one point from safety.
Burton strengthened their fourth place position after a comprehensive 8-2 triumph over Natland C.
In Division Two, leaders Natland D and third placed Burton C played out an evenly matched 5-5 draw.
Natland's Mick Taylor won all three matches, including 11-5 and 11-8 victories in exhausting fifth set marathons against Tony March and Graeme Wheelhouse respectively.
Richard San Jose also chipped into the Natland account with two four set wins against Wheelhouse and Daniel Herd.
Burton's points came courtesy of one win apiece from March, Herd and Wheelhouse, as well as an 11-4, 11-6, 11-5 victory in the doubles.
Crook B remain fourth thanks to an 8-2 mauling of Dent B.
Pete Hawley got Dent on the scoreboard early to level the tie at 1-1 thanks to a thrilling 12-10 success in the marathon fifth set against John Wood. From this moment on Crook looked too strong as Brian Tigg earned all three victories and was supported by Ed Lister and Wood's two victories.
Dent doubled their points total when Hawley swept aside Lister 11-3, 11-6, 11-3.
Kirkby Stephen B have gone one point above their A team in fifth place following an impressive 5-5 draw with Burton D.
Eric Robinson and Gerry Baines won two games apiece for Kirkby, while Burton's Bryan Rhodes won all three matches.
In Division Three, Natland F's George Pickthall, Ed Pickthall and Glen Allen head the table by 12 points from second placed Crook C.
Natland E's Tim Marris, Rinaldo Colombi and Gavin Lowe are following closely in third place.


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As part of an ongoing project, the College's Sports Information office has been producing "Meet the Coach" videos, featuring members of the Polar Bear coaching staff.
So far, head men's soccer coach Scott Wiercinski, women's soccer coach Brianne Weaver, women's rugby coach Marybeth Mathews, volleyball coach Karen Corey, men's basketball coach Tim Gilbride and women's basketball coach Adrienne Shibles have recorded interviews, which include questions about their coaching philosophy, what they want students to take away from their Bowdoin experience and their number-one tip for prospective students. Interviews with coaches of other sports are forthcoming. Watch the profiles and other Bowdoin Athletics videos here.
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Fire closes sheet metal workers facility
By Terry Oparka
Posted August 27, 2013
TROY — High heat and heavy smoke initially hampered firefighters' efforts to extinguish a blaze possibly sparked by electrical wires at the Sheet Metal Workers Local 292 facility at 64 Park Street on the Clawson-Troy border, east of Livernois and south of Maple, just after 3 p.m. Aug. 26.
According to reports, upon arrival at the scene, firefighters saw smoke coming from the roof of the large, two-story light industrial building that also housed a sheet metal business. Firefighters took a hose line up to the second floor to try to locate and put out the fire but were forced to back out due to heavy smoke and heat, said Troy Assistant Fire Chief Dave Roberts in a prepared statement.
The fire gained intensity and burned through the roof, raising a second alarm, according to reports.
Roberts said two ladder trucks deployed large-capacity hoses to extinguish the blaze from the air in an effort to contain the blaze to the front part of the building.
This knocked down most of the fire, and then firefighters, from inside the facility, used hose lines to put out the rest of the blaze on the second floor and roof of the warehouse. This kept the fire from spreading to the warehouse, Roberts said.
All occupants of the facility evacuated safely before firefighters arrived, according to reports, and nobody was hurt. Alliance Mobile Health emergency medical technicians closely monitored firefighters due to the high heat of the fire and the humid weather conditions, Roberts said. Firefighters were on the scene for several hours and Park Street was closed to traffic throughout the incident.
The building suffered extensive damage to the front, two-story office section, according to reports. Roberts said the rear warehouse and contents were not damaged. The business remained closed at press time and could not be reached for comment.
The blaze started on the second floor of the building, above the ceiling, and spread into the attic, according to reports. Roberts said that the preliminary investigation indicated the fire may have been electrical, but it remains under investigation.
About the author
Staff Writer Terry Oparka covers Troy and the Troy School District for the Troy Times. Oparka has worked for C & G Newspapers since 2000 and attended Oakland University and Macomb Community College. Oparka has won an award from the Michigan Press Association and four awards from the Society of Professional Journalists, Detroit Chapter.
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Amidst the splendor of the Southern California mountains and next to Big Bear Lake stands Snow Lake Lodge. Snow Lake Lodge is your mountain getaway in an area that offers a wide variety of activities including down-hill and cross-country skiing, toboggan sled runs, water skiing and more. Snow Lake Lodge offers one-bedroom suites with a king-size bed, two full bathrooms and two gas fireplaces. Guests can also enjoy free ski lockers, gas barbeques and a recreation room with T.V.
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text: TUSTIN, Calif. ( TheStreet) -- Peregrine Pharmaceuticals ( PPHM) disclosed new pancreatic cancer study results Wednesday showing its cancer drug bavituximab behaves very much like a placebo. In a phase II study of 70 patients with advanced pancreatic cancer, the combination of bavituximab and gemcitabine prolonged survival by just 12 days over gemcitabine alone. Peregrine didn't disclose a p value for the survival analysis, so assume it was large and definitely not statistically significant. Neither the 5.8 month median overall survival in the bavituximab-gemcitabine arm of Peregrine's phase II study nor 5.2 months in the gemcitabine arm was any better than the historical 5-6 month survival typically seen when pancreatic cancer patients are treated with gemcitabine alone. In Celgene's ( CELG) recent phase III study, which enrolled more than 800 patients, the combination of Abraxane plus gemcitabine yielded a median overall survival of 8.5 months compared to 6.7 months for gemcitabine alone. Overall survival was the primary endpoint of the bavituximab pancreatic cancer study, which dulls the clinical meaning of the response rate benefit touting by Peregrine in Wednesday's press release. Patients treated with bavituximab-gemcitabine had a 28% tumor response rate compared to 13% for patients treated with gemcitabine alone. Peregrine fails to note if the response rate difference was statistically significant, or if response rates were confirmed by independent review. Peregrine has a habit of releasing unverified response rate data from bavituximab studies, only to see those response rates nullified by independent review. And of course, Peregrine's credibility was shot when it was forced to rescind last year's bavituximab lung cancer data due to improper study conduct. In a statement Wednesday, Peregrine said it hoped to find subsets of pancreatic cancer patients where bavituximab may work better. Data mining negative study results is the last bastion of hope for desperate drug developers. -- Reported by Adam Feuerstein in Boston. Follow @AdamFeuerstein


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Fusarium Fruit Rot of Muskmelon
Posted: August 29, 2012
Fusarium fruit rot can be caused by several different soiborne Fusarium spp. which are different than the Fusarium species that commonly cause vascular wilts in cucurbits. Many of the infected fields had been experiencing periods of heavy rain in addition to warm temperatures. These extreme fluctuations in moisture and temperature can leave muskmelon fruit prone to cracking and infection. The pathogen can also infect at the soil-melon interface. Following infection, the initial lesions are small and surrounded by a green margin. As the lesion matures, larger cracks can develop along sutures that run the length of the fruit and secondary organisms can enter further degrading the fruit. Under high humidity, white to pink fungal growth may also be observed near the crack or when the infected fruit is cut open.
Regular irrigation to reduce drought stress will help reduce cracking and minimizing potential wounding of the fruit in the field or at harvest will reduce potential points of entry for the pathogen. Reducing direct fruit contact with the soil through use of cover crops, mulches or strip tillage will reduce soil splashing on the fruit. There is not an effective fungicide for managing Fusarium fruit rot primarily because is difficult, if not impossible, to adequately cover the fruit especially where it comes in contact with the soil. Post-harvest treatment of the fruit with a disinfesting/sanitizing solution may help reduce post-harvest losses. Be careful to rogue out infected fruit or let them sit for several days post-harvest before being placed in bins. Infected fruit can deteriorate rapidly in storage bins and ruin the entire container. Muskmelon cultivars may differ in their susceptibility due to differences in rind characteristics so make notes at harvest as too much cultivars may have had more or less disease.


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Station House is a lovely Victorian pub in leafy Haslemere. The inn has fabulous food and drink in its stylish brasserie and bar, and offers 16 luxurious bedrooms and a charming open air terrace for you and your dog to relax after a long day of walking.
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