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- Before we go into the individual entries, we start with the song that was so gloriously awesome that it has become the theme song for the entire franchise: "The Touch" by Stan Bush.
- No mention of Transformers music would be complete without "Arrival to Earth", or any of its various reprises.
- Scorponok's theme.
- The two-part "Decepticons/ Allspark" theme.
- Anothyer excellent two parter: "Sector 7/Bumblebee Captured", both a pulse pounding chase piece and a massive Tear Jerker.
- The completely awesome four-part finale, encompassing "You're a Soldier Now", "Sam on the Roof", "Optimus Vs Megatron" and the aforementioned "No Sacrifice, No Victory".
- Some of the unreleased tracks are pretty epic as well: "Bogey Approach" and "Barricade in Pursuit" stand out.
Revenge of the Fallen
- "NEST", which is the best rock out to Lock-and-Load Montage song since Halo's "Blow Me Away". This theme also manages to sample the theme of the film, "New Divide", to great effect.
- The epic "Forest Battle" found HERE. What happens when this music is playing is both one of the best moments in the movie AND a BIG Momentof Awesome for Optimus Prime.
- "Einstein's Wrong", the main theme for the Seekers.
- "The Fallen", the Leitmotif for the eponymous character, stands out for being an extremely creepy and alien combination of measured synthesizer beats and human voices. It shouldn't work, but it does, and the end result is both awesome and a prime example of Hell Is That Noise (and potential Nightmare Fuel).
- "Infinite White" and its sister track, "Tomb of the Primes". Beautiful...
- The two finale tracks, titled "I Claim Your Sun" and "I Rise, You Fall", are so utterly epic that they lend a kind of credence to the final battle it wouldn't normally have. Right before that, we have "Matrix of Leadership", generally considered the album's best track, and for very good reason.
- The unreleased complete score is, if anything, more awesome than its predecessor. Some of the best include "Optimus to the Rescue", "Orange Smoke", and "Autobots on the Move" (called "Roll Out" among the fandom for obvious reasons).
Dark of the Moon
- Dark of the Moon adds the unimaginatively-titled yet absolutely epic "Battle", and the even more epic later-in-the-movie reprise "It's Our Fight".
- The entire score is incredible. "Sentinel Prime", "There Is No Plan", "I Promise", "I'm Just the Messenger", "No Prisoners, Only Trophies" and "The Fight Will Be Your Own" deserve special mention for being extra awesome or tear-jerkers.
- Amongst the complete score, the standout track would have to be the awesome "Autobots Return". At 0:45, you know that things just got real.
Age of Extinction
The EP:
- The first piece of the movie's music ever released, "Hunted", certainly qualifies, especially the end, an extended version of the climax of "Honor to the End".
- "Tessa", the main leitmotif for the humans, was good enough to make it into the trailers.
- "Autobots Reunite" is an excellent throwback to "Arrival to Earth" and the ''Transformers: Prime" theme.
- It's easy to see why Lockdown's Leitmotif was chosen as the trailer music. It's the eerie, discordant track that plays as he stalks out of the smoke and ends your life.
The Main Album
- "Your Creators Want You Back", a reprise of Lockdown's theme which play's during his capture of Optimus. It nails the terror and sadness of those involved perfectly.
- "Dinobot Charge" is an amazing Triumphant Reprise of the Decision suite. Six and a half minutes of giant robots riding to the rescue on colossal metal dinosaurs doesn't usually get much much more awesome than it already is, but inclusion of this track manages just that.
- "Honor to the End" plays during the final showdown between Optimus and Lockdown. And it is incredible.
- "Leave Planet Earth Alone", which plays during the final scene, is every bit as good.
- "His Name is Shane, and He Drives", played when Shane shows up and gets the Three away from Cemetery Wind, and keeps playing during the first chase sequence of the movie.
Animated Film
- The soundtrack to the 1986 animated movie is so 80s it hurts.
- Here's the HAIRMETAL version of the Transformers theme song, with lyrics more relevant to the movie. And then there's the alternate Vince DiCola version of the theme, which is among Barney Stinson's favorite music picks in the Bro Code!
- Nothing's Gonna STAND IN OUR WAY! It's like something right out of a Metal album cover: "Killer metal sharks hacked to death with a band saw, transforming robot turns into a sports car, fights a giant octopus with lasers and all played out to the backing of some classic 80's hair metal. Is there anyway of packing in any more awesomeness into 2 minutes!?!"
- The Unicron Medley is perhaps the polar opposite of the Transformers theme, being slow, sinister and mysterious in contrast to the upbeat, to the point nature of the main theme. And it is AWESOME.
- The theme for the battle of Autobot City is pretty good seving in its role as classically 80s action-drama BGM.
- NRG's Instruments of Destruction gives the Decepticons some truly badass music to mow down Autobots to. The song's climaxing with a metal scream as Megatron blows Ironhide away is particularly awesome.
The Various Animated Series
- The Transformers:
- Every variation of the G1 series opening theme is pretty damn awesome.
- The Japanese theme song Fight! Super Robot Lifeforms Transformers.
- Beast Wars:
- "Theme of Hero," the quasi-orchestral song that plays during Dinobot's funeral in "Code of Hero."
- The Japanese opening themes for Beast Wars Metals:
- "Honō no Overdrive ~Car Robot Cybertron~", the opening from Car Robots, kicks off with a sense of urgency by musically mimicking the sound of emergency sirens, and shifts into setting the stage for the series' Hot-Blooded BURNING JUSTICE!!
- Transformers Armada: Perhaps the one track that stands out to anyone who have watched the series would be the tragically epic Painful War, which plays during Starscream's last stand. The English theme is a fast-paced, energetic track that immediately gets you pumped for action once you hear it.
- Transformers Energon: The music is sometimes pointed to as the series' only consistent saving grace.
- Transformers Cybertron had an awesome soundtrack, although the original Japanese version, Galaxy Force, and the US version (which was mostly unchanged, with a few exceptions such as the exclusion of the Japanese vocal songs) have individual fan bases.
- Galaxy Force's opening Call you... Kimi to Boku no Mirai.
- The English theme song qualifies, especially due to Optimus Prime's epic Opening Narration and Introdump, as well as that random dramatic announcer heard in the middle of it.
- "Our Courage", and the ever Tear Jerker pieces "A Time to Part" with "Our Journey Is At An End".
- The US version inserted "Our Ally" into a few places where it worked better than the original track, such as Optimus Prime's last clash with Galvatron, which made the mood more heroic than somber.
- The use of "Fierce Battle! Super Mode" for the final leg of Galvatron vs. Starscream made it feel more dramatic. But both can easily be viewed on YouTube, so take your pick.
- Presenting "A Great Power".
- Other Galaxy Force OST favorites include the Stock Footage drivers "Courageous Theme" and "Fierce Battle! Super Mode", and the solemn, even mournful "The Light that Blurs the Temple".
- Transformers Animated:
- This series somehow makes the theme more awesome.
- And then friggin' JAM Project comes along and makes this little number for Animated, "Transformers EVO." (TV opening version.)
- And then JAM Project went and made it EVEN MORE EPIC by performing a symphonic version with a live orchestra!
- Transformers: Prime:
- Most of the soundtrack, but special mention goes to the theme and "We Have Returned". Regarding the theme, there are no words whatsoever, yet they somehow manage to fit all the epicness of the series, no, the ENTIRE TRANSFORMERS MULTIVERSE in one 44 second long song. Even if you don't like the show itself, there's a pretty good chance you'll like the song anyway. And that five-note pattern repeated in the song? It's the godamn classic transformation sound, turned into a song.
- In Japanese Dub, the second opening theme "Transformerz" by m-flow an Rap/Hip-Hop theme and the third ending song "Discord" by Tokyo Girls Style.
- Transformers: Rescue Bots: This show continues the franchise's long standing record of producing awesome opening music.
- Transformers: Rescue Bots Academy: Being marketed to an even younger audience than its predecessor wasn't enough to stop this show from having a solid (and catchy) intro theme.
The Video Games
- Transformers (2004) has an extremely memorable soundtrack, especially the boss themes. Then there's the extra theme song remixes unlocked by collecting Data-cons. The ending credit song by The Brown Hornet puts a funky spin on the original theme song. The lyrics make this song even more awesome.
- While Beast Wars: Transmetals was a pretty bad game, it had this gem.
- Transformers: War for Cybertron: The end credits, reeking of the old-school credits sequences from the cartoon, with Stan "The Touch" Bush singing "Till All Are One". Watch it here.
- Transformers: Fall of Cybertron: The Humbling River is atmospheric, dark, moody, powerful, and perfect for the first trailer in the darkest Transformers game ever created.
- Transformers: Rise of the Dark Spark: Say what you will about the game itself, but the music playing in the main menu is awesome. It initially starts out calmly and mysteriously, but soon escalates into something epic.
- Transformers: Devastation: Since the game was developed by none other than Platinum Games, musical wonders are ensured to happen. Being composed by the same guy who did the music for the 1986 movie doesn't hurt, either.


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Explaining Panic Disorder to Your Friends
The phone rings early in the morning and you hear the voice of your friend on the other end. "Oh my gosh," you think, "Dinner!" Your friend asks where you were last night. She waited at the restaurant for almost two hours, but you never showed up; you were not home either because she called your house. "Where were you?" your friend demands. "In the emergency room with chest pain," you reply. Suddenly, her tone changes to one of concern. She wants to know what is going on.
How do you tell your friend that last night you were sure you were having a heart attack? Twelve hours ago, you were convinced that you were living your last night on earth. However, after hours of tests and monitors, the doctors found nothing. "You have panic disorder. There is nothing physically wrong with you," the doctor said. He then gave you the phone number for a mental-health referral center.
You read the pamphlet you were given at the hospital and it sounded all too familiar. You have panic disorder, a psychiatric illness that comes out of nowhere and occasionally makes you afraid of your own shadow. How can you explain this to your friends?
You and your friends need to know that panic disorder is fairly common, affecting anywhere between 1.5 percent to 3.5 percent of the population at sometime during their life. It is a treatable illness. With medication or psychotherapy-or a combination of both-people who suffer from panic attacks can lead normal and fulfilling lives.
Understand how to read the symptoms
Living with panic disorder is like having a home with an automatic-security system. The first time the burglar alarm goes off, you react as if there is a real threat. You imagine that someone is breaking into your home. You get nervous and dial the police-a completely appropriate reaction. Then, you learn it was a false alarm-a problem with the system or its overly sensitive detectors. The next time the alarm goes off, you react again, imagining this time that it is not a false alarm but a real intruder. You never completely get used to it going off, although you begin to appreciate that it probably is a false alarm. At least you are not so quick to summon the police.
The symptoms of a panic attack are real and measurable-like the bells, sirens and whistles of the burglar alarm-but in both cases they are misleading. You must learn to adjust to the meaning of the symptoms. A racing heartbeat and hyperventilation do not mean that you are having a heart attack. Racing thoughts and feeling as if you are disconnected from your body do not mean that you are going crazy. They are signs that something is amiss, and knowing that can be the first step in getting control of the situation.
Bressert, S. (2020). Explaining Panic Disorder to Your Friends. Psych Central. Retrieved on October 27, 2020, from https://psychcentral.com/lib/explaining-panic-disorder-to-your-friends/
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Many youth with the most serious mental health problems resulting from violence exposure and maltreatment never receive mental health services [MHS].8,11 These youth are disproportionately found in juvenile delinquent populations where 67% - 75% have impairing psychiatric disorders, 20% have severe mental disorders and more than 1/3 need ongoing clinical MHS care- a figure twice the rate of the general adolescent population.7-10-12 Girls are the most vulnerable, understudied and underserved but fastest growing delinquent subgroup, with data strongly suggesting they have the most serious MHS needs: 75-95% have histories of child maltreatment, 95-100% have poly-trauma histories of violence exposure, sexual assault and child maltreatment, up to 50% have current Post Traumatic Stress Disorder [PTSD] and substance and alcohol use disorders [SAUD] and they have higher rates of PTSD and suicidality than delinquent boys.7,10,12,26-28 However there are few, if any, rigorously tested interventions available in the juvenile justice system [JJS] for youth with these comorbid problems. Our primary aim in this proposed study is to evaluate the efficacy of Seeking Safety [SS], an intervention for concurrently treating comorbid PTSD and SAUD that also addresses self harm and negative affect regulation, for female delinquents. This study lays the groundwork for developing a model for importing evidence based treatment [EBT] to high-risk youth who gain the attention of the JJS. We will recruit 250 female delinquents, 13 to 18 years old, with comorbid PTSD and SAUD through the San Diego Probation Department's Girls'Rehabilitation Facility. Our primary aims are to 1) use a randomized control trial design to determine the efficacy of an 8-week, 24 session manualized PTSD/SAUD intervention, 13 compared to the 'treatment as usual'[TAU] (8-week, 24 sessions) provided by the Probation Department for SAUD problems and 2) determine if cognitive factors (verbal skills, executive function) are related to treatment outcomes for SS and TAU. Our secondary aims are to 1) evaluate possible modifications to the SS treatment for improving services to the subject population and 2) use this study as a model for importing EBTs to other high-risk youth in Child Welfare and the JJS by partnering with (a) UC San Diego Comprehensive Research Center in Health Disparities to determine the best approach for fostering collaborative relationships within the alliance of San Diego's community clinics and identify funding streams to provide community-based services for a larger high- risk youth population and (b) Center for Criminality &Addiction Research, Training &Application to learn how to disseminate data about EBTs for youth in JJS across the nation and explore strategies to train correctional officers to work more effectively with traumatized and SAUD youth. With unprecedented support and access through the San Diego County Juvenile Court and Probation Department and a currently embedded multi- disciplinary, translational research program (spanning neurocognitive, psychiatric, imaging, genetics research), we are in a unique position to implement this proposed study that bears far reaching policy implications.
Youth who become involved with the Juvenile Court, either through the Child Welfare or Juvenile Justice system, demonstrate elevated rates of psychopathology and functional impairment, pose significant social and fiscal costs to society and often escape the attention of traditional mental health services. This research examines the efficacy of an evidence based intervention that simultaneously treats comorbid Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and Substance/Alcohol Use Disorders, the most prevalent comorbid pattern observed among high-risk and delinquent girls and a pattern that often results in future arrests (substance use, prostitution). This research will serve as a model for implementing and evaluating evidence based treatments with high-risk youth who gain the attention of the Juvenile Court but are traditionally underserved in the general community.
|Lansing, Amy E; Plante, Wendy Y; Beck, Audrey N et al. (2018) Loss and Grief Among Persistently Delinquent Youth: The Contribution of Adversity Indicators and Psychopathy-Spectrum Traits to Broadband Internalizing and Externalizing Psychopathology. J Child Adolesc Trauma 11:375-389
|Lansing, Amy E; Plante, Wendy Y; Fennema-Notestine, Christine et al. (2018) Psychotic-spectrum symptoms, cumulative adversity exposure and substance use among high-risk girls. Early Interv Psychiatry 12:74-86
|Lansing, Amy E; Plante, Wendy Y; Beck, Audrey N (2017) Assessing stress-related treatment needs among girls at risk for poor functional outcomes: The impact of cumulative adversity, criterion traumas, and non-criterion events. J Anxiety Disord 48:36-44


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Nigeria: Ogoni people hail London court ruling against Shell
The Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People (MOSOP) has hailed the landmark decision of the London Technological and Construction Court, which held that Shell would be liable for damages inflicted on individuals and communities even if the cause of such damage was sabotage done to its infrastructure, if it has failed to take enough steps to protect the assets including pipelines from vandalism as well as tampering.
The Bodo community in Gokana local government council of Ogoni had dragged the transnational oil corporation before the court over the oil spills of 2008 and 2009, which devastated their environment.
"The ruling is not only courageous and relieving but also represent a new judicial movement towards holding Shell accountable for its decades of ecological war on our people, the MOSOP president, Legborsi Saro Pyagbara said today.
The decision is unambiguous and passed the message that Shell can no longer mask behind sabotage to deny the Ogoni and other oil bearing communities of the Niger Delta of their inalienable right to safe and clean environment, and compensation", Mr. Pyagbara further said.
"The simple meaning of the ruling is that those affected by oil spills and related oil production impacts could demand compensation from Shell or any other investor whether the cause of the spill has been sabotage or otherwise", he explained.
Mr. Justice Akenhead of the Technological and Construction Court, London, in the groundbreaking decision said that "it was not enough to employ the services of the police or other security personnel including the soldiers to protect her field facilities including pipelines but also responsible for taking additional effective measures including installing leak detection systems, surveillance equipment and anti- tamper equipment to protect the pipelines". "If these steps have not been taken, the investor (Shell) could not lay claim to having adequately and effectively protected its pipelines".
MOSOP therefore condemn in unmistakable terms, Shell's response to the ruling, which attempted to deceive the unsuspecting general public by creating the impression that the hailed decision was in its favour. As far as MOSOP is concerned, the court's ruling is clear and no doubt in favour of the plaintiffs. And we call on the general public to discountenance Shell's reaction.
MOSOP would thus advice all individuals and communities in Ogoni and other parts of the Niger Delta region affected by the questionable operations of the oil multinationals especially Shell to commence the process of peacefully demanding adequate compensation and related benefits from the polluting investor.
On the other hand, we would advise that the ruling should now prompt Shell to implement genuine reforms regarding its corporate conduct in the Niger Delta region. We would as well demand her emplacement of an appropriate and effective mechanism to bring together all stakeholders to ensure an immediate commencement of the restoration of the Ogoni environment in line with the recommendations of the UNEP environmental report on Ogoniland.
Whilst Nigeria's law forbids payment of compensation for damages to individual and community assets caused by sabotage to investor infrastructure, Shell has over the years been exploiting this provision against the interest of affected communities and individuals.
In order to evade compensating victims of its operations, even where cause of damage has been confirmed to be the result of operational failure, it still hinge it on sabotage and take untoward measures to frustrate affected individuals and communities from obtaining compensation and related benefits.
The United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP) commissioned in 2007 by the Federal Government of Nigeria to undertake the study of the Ogoni environmental situation had in its report released in 2011 indicted Shell for not complying with even her own minimum environmental standard and blamed her for the degradation of the Ogoni environment. It also indicted the company for failure to comply with the Nigerian law. We are yet to see any reasonable step taken by the firm to turn a new leaf.
With its power and influence on the Nigeria government, successive Nigerian regimes have been unable to enforce relevant oil industry laws that would have put the oil and gas companies especially Shell in check hence they carry on as if they are above the laws of the land.
Although, Shell has refused to accept that her field assets believed to be the cause of the frequent oil spills in the area are old, it has continued to fail to tell the integrity or age of these infrastructures. Instead, it has kept blaming oil spills on oil theft and bunkering yet there is nothing on ground to show that it has taken any reasonable step to prevent oil theft and illegal bunkering or artisanal refining.
This is the time for Shell to account for its atrocities in Ogoni and other Niger Delta communities.
Bari-ara Kpalap, Media/Public Affairs Advisor to the MOSOP President
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We have established that God in himself is uncreated and eternal beauty. Man made in his image is created beauty intended to reflect him. The image of God in man is essential to understanding the pinnacle of created beauty in the world. The whole of creation speaks to us about the glory and beauty of God. But none of this beauty is comparable to that of the human being.
This beauty, however, has been marred since the image of God within us has been fractured. As broken image bearers we stand in need of God's mending work. The solution to our distorted image is found in Christ, the true image-bearer, who comes to restore us. There is a strand of New Testament thought that links together Christ, the image of God, and our salvation.
The apostle tells us explicitly that Jesus is "the image of God" (2 Cor 4:4, 1 Cor 15:49, Col 1:15, 2 Cor 3:18). Jesus was a perfect man who yielded to no temptation (Heb 4:15), never sinned (1 Pet 2:22) and lived a life of unbroken worship and obedience before the Father (Rom 5:18-20). This means that Jesus was and is the perfect image bearer. When we look at Jesus we see what a human being was intended to be.
His life of perfect image bearing was lived in our place as our representative. His perfect life and his sacrificial death are equally necessary for our salvation (Heb 2:5-18, Rom 5:17-21). His life and death are in fact a dual substitution. He lived as a blameless image bearer and died in the place of broken image bearers. In his death he received in himself the punishment due every fractured image bearer (Note the connection between Romans 1:18-32, Rom 3:23-25, and Rom 8:28-32).
The problem with a fractured image is that it no longer gives a true reflection of that which it was created to reveal. We tell horrendous lies about God with our lives though we were created to reveal the truth about him. Jesus, the true image bearer, lived a life that told nothing but the truth about God.
In his death, however, he died like the biggest liar in the world. God piled upon him all the sin of our broken imaging. Indeed, he became sin for us (2 Cor 5:21). He took this upon himself and the Father consumed him with wrath, punishing him in our stead. Then the Son rose from the grave with a glorified body (1 Cor 15: 42-48) to complete our justification (Rom 4:25).
The New Testament teaches that the Spirit of God regenerates men and creates faith in them in order to unite them to the Jesus (1 Jn 5:1, Eph 2:8-10). Once united to Christ all that is his becomes ours and all that is ours becomes his (Rom 6:1-12). His righteousness and perfection is now ours while our sin and filth is swallowed up in him (2 Cor 5:21). Through Christ we are considered perfect and blameless (Col 1:22). God sees us in Jesus as perfect image bearers once again.
The reality of our perfect standing before God progressively becomes a reality in our experience here and now. Paul tells us that this was God's predetermined plan. "Those whom he foreknew he also predestined to become conformed to the image of his son" (Rom 8:29). Through the gospel and suffering the Spirit molds us into the image of Christ. As we behold the glory of the Lord in the gospel we are "transformed into the same image from one degree of glory to another" (2 Cor 3:18).
As we suffer hardship God works all these sufferings for our good that we might finally be molded in to Christ's likeness (Rom 8:28-32). The Spirit labors within us aiding us in putting off the old man and putting on the new man, which is "being renewed in knowledge after the image of its creator" (Col 3:10, Eph 4:23-24). At the final resurrection we will put off forever our mortal bodies and be clothed with immortality. It is here that the image of God within us will be fully and finally renewed. For it is at the resurrection that we will "bear the image of the man from heaven" (1 Cor 15:49, see the larger context of 1 Cor 15:42-58).
- Jesus is the one in whom the beauty of God is deposited. Since Jesus is the perfect image bearer it follows that he is the fullest expression of God's beauty. Once again we see that an accurate definition of beauty must be centered in Jesus.
- Since Jesus is fully and perfectly human it follows that he shows us what human beauty genuinely looks like. What does this mean for beauty? It means it is not restricted to gender, it is not preoccupied with the physical (though it includes this), it is tied to character, it is not static but active, and at heart it is sacrificial service for another's good.
- The beauty of God in Jesus Christ saves the world. The place where beauty is most clearly displayed is the same place where God restores the beauty of this fallen world. Begbie puts it like this: "In Jesus Christ is the measure of divine beauty, so also of created beauty. In Jesus Christ, divine beauty has, so to speak, got to grips with the wounded and deformed beauty of the world; in the incarnate Son, crucified, risen, and now exalted, we witness God's re-creation of the world's beauty."[1]
- Jesus provides all that is necessary for broken image bearers to be restored. By faith in Christ we are reckoned righteous, clean, and whole before God. Jesus makes us beautiful by saving us. The beauty of humanity is once again a gift that comes from outside of us. The work of both creation and new creation are the work of God. God alone creates and recreates beauty.
- Beauty is here connected to the saving work of God in our lives. The Spirit is laboring within us with the tools of gospel and suffering to make us more and more like Jesus. It is a beautiful thing to be regenerated, justified, sanctified, and ultimately glorified. We are God's workmanship and we reflect the beauty of his handiwork. Beauty is not something we strive after it is something given us in Christ. In position, we are considered beautiful because we are united to Christ. In experience, we are progressively being conformed to the image of Christ. In other words, we reflect who we are in Christ more and more as we follow after God. The beauty of the Christian does not fluctuate. Gregory of Nyssa nailed it on this point. "He has transferred unto himself the filth of my sins, and communicated unto me his purity, and made me a partaker of his beauty." We are participants in his beauty and this cannot be altered. As the Spirit sustains our faith in the gospel and produces the obedience of faith in us he works out the beauty that is already ours in Christ. We do not become more beautiful we simply manifest what we are in Jesus. Through Christ we hold the position of beautiful image bearers and it is this reality that works its way out in our practice.
- Glorification is the final stage of restoring the image of God within us. This is significant for a few reasons. First, this confirms the fact that the image of God includes the whole person. It is not enough to be renewed within we must also be renewed from without. Apart from restored bodies the image of God would still be broken. Second, it follows that beauty is also external and physical. There is a unique beauty to the resurrected existence of Christ. Paul refers to his resurrected body as "glorious" (Phil 3:21). At his return our bodies will be conformed to the beauty and glory of his (Phil 3:21, 1 Jn 3:2). One day we will "shine like the sun" in the Kingdom of God (Matt 13:43). Just like the angels and Moses reflected the light of God's beauty when coming from his presence so shall we. Our bodies will reflect the luminescence of Christ's glorified body. Third, all of this points to the fact that even physical beauty is a reflective beauty that comes from God. There are three components to the physical beauty of glorification: conformity to the glorified body of Christ, the reflective radiance of seeing God and residing in his presence, and the restored cohesion of both internal and external elements of an individual.
This exploration into the theme of beauty has not been comprehensive. But it has provided us with the necessary anchor points for constructing a framework for a theology of beauty. We can identify these anchor points as the nature of the Triune God, the image of God, the person of Christ, the cross of Christ, union with Christ, the church and the doctrine of glorification.
We have viewed each of these doctrines under the umbrella of God's nature, dwelling, and people. By taking this angle on the question of beauty we have learned some new and fresh things. It is my hope that your thinking on beauty has been challenged, shaped, and sharpened. Now we need to put this framework to action—hence the next posts on the theology of beauty in action.
[1] Jeremy Begbie in The Beauty of God: Theology and Arts, 27. Bruno Forte agrees. "Crucified beauty leads us back to Beauty at the end victorious." The Portal of Beauty, 119.


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- Sunshine vitamin
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How It Works
Adequate vitamin D intake is needed for bone health and other important biologic functions. There are links between increased vitamin D intake and reduced risk of breast and colorectal cancers, but protection against other cancers remains unclear.
Vitamin D is an essential vitamin that is found in certain foods such as fortified milk and cereals, egg yolks, and fish. It is also produced in skin that is exposed to sunlight. Its primary function is to maintain adequate blood calcium and phosphorus levels by increasing absorption of these minerals from the diet through the small intestine. When dietary calcium intake is too low, vitamin D helps move calcium stores from the bones into the blood.
Vitamin D is also involved in many other biologic functions such as immune and hormone regulation. Intake of vitamin D through diet may protect against breast or colorectal cancers or improve markers of prostate cancer. However, other factors may contribute to these benefits, such as better diet and lifestyle habits. In addition, high blood levels of vitamin D may increase risks of pancreatic or aggressive prostate cancer in some cases. Effects against other cancers remain unclear.
The Institute of Medicine recommends a higher Dietary Allowance of vitamin D at 600 IU/day with the Upper level Intake at 4,000 IU/day for bone health. Scientists know that it is helpful to take vitamin D supplements when patients are deficient in this vitamin. Certain populations including cancer patients can be especially prone to this deficiency. However, there is some debate about the right amount needed. There is also a possible connection between taking vitamin D plus calcium and an increased risk for kidney stones, so patients should check with their doctors if they feel they aren't getting enough.
Purported Uses
To prevent or treat cancer
Intake of vitamin D through diet may protect against breast or colorectal cancers or affect markers for prostate cancer. However, vitamin D by itself does not prevent or treat cancer. Other large studies show that high vitamin D levels do not reduce the risk of many other cancers, and may increase risk for pancreatic or aggressive prostate cancer. More studies are needed to evaluate vitamin D in different populations.
For immune regulation
Vitamin D contributes to hormone regulation and other processes involving immune function. In addition, a deficiency in this vitamin can be common in certain populations, including those with cancer or autoimmune disorders. However, studies on effects of vitamin D supplementation on immune regulation are lacking.
To prevent osteoporosis
Several clinical trials and population studies show that adequate levels of vitamin D intake are needed to prevent osteoporosis and bone fractures. In postmenopausal women and elderly populations, vitamin D supplementation may improve bone mineral density and help to prevent fractures.
To prevent multiple sclerosis (MS)
A recent study involving a large number of women suggests that correcting vitamin D deficiency may reduce future risk of MS.
To treat seasonal affective disorder (SAD)
Vitamin D supplementation does not appear to improve SAD.
Do Not Take If
- You take aluminum hydroxide: Vitamin D supplementation may increase the absorption and blood level of aluminum.
- You take atorvastatin: Vitamin D reduces blood levels of atorvastatin, but it also helps to lower cholesterol concentrations.
- You take thiazide diuretics: Vitamin D supplementation may increase serum calcium levels.
Side Effects
Special Point
- Although rare, too much vitamin D can cause abnormally high levels of calcium in the blood or urine, or kidney stones.
- Patients with kidney stones, kidney disease, high blood calcium levels, gastrointestinal disease, heart disease, liver disease or other diseases associated with disorders of calcium metabolism should seek medical advice before taking supplemental vitamin D.
For Healthcare Professionals
Clinical Summary
Vitamin D refers to several forms of fat-soluble vitamins found in fortified milk and cereals, egg yolks, and fish. The two forms utilized in humans are ergocalciferol (D2) and cholecalciferol (D3). Sunlight can promote the synthesis of D3 in the skin. Vitamin D maintains serum calcium and phosphorus levels by regulating their absorption and excretion, and is important for bone formation. Other biologic functions include its role as an antiproliferative agent (1), and as a pro-differentiation hormone (2) with anti-inflammatory and immunoregulatory properties (3). Low levels of vitamin D are associated with a greater risk of mortality (13), may affect cardiovascular health (14), and increase the risk for development of multiple sclerosis in women (74), but a large study found no association between lower levels and cognitive function (15). However, deficiency during pregnancy may affect the neuro-cognitive development of newborns (75). Deficiency can also cause rickets or other bone disorders, and may be a risk factor for extra-skeletal diseases (45). Lower D levels may occur due to time of year or living in northern climates (9); in non-Caucasian race (46) or obese individuals (47); with chronic use of steroids or anticonvulsants; or with diseases such as autoimmune disorders (3), cystic fibrosis (48), kidney disease, and cancer (46) (48) (49).
Clinical data show that vitamin D improves bone mineral density and prevents fractures in the elderly (4) (5) and in postmenopausal women (6), but data are conflicting for primary fracture prevention in other populations following vitamin D and calcium supplementation (7) (8) (9). Furthermore, high-dose supplementation did not benefit bone health in healthy adults (92), and supplementation with 4000 or 10,000 IU, compared with 400 IU vitamin D, resulted in greater losses of bone mineral density in healthy vitamin D-sufficient females, but not males (93). Recent US Preventive Services Task Force reports found no associations between vitamin D supplementation and reduced falls or fracture incidence for community-dwelling older adults (79) (80); another study also failed to find such association with chronic pain (88). High-dose vitamin D had no benefit on lower extremity function and was associated with an increased risk of falls (64).
Findings on whether vitamin D protects against cardiovascular (CV) risk factors have varied across populations and regimens. In a Women's Health Initiative sub-study, calcium plus vitamin D and hormone therapy had a greater effect than either intervention alone or placebo (67); but vitamin D did not improve CV risk factors or physical function in a large long-term trial of older adults (68), and meta-analyses also found no effect on vascular function markers (81) nor reduction in CV disease endpoints (94). Yet, in another placebo-controlled trial, supplementation benefited diabetic patients with coronary artery disease who were vitamin D-deficient (69). In addition, a single large dose of vitamin D2 improved endothelial function in type-2 diabetic patients (11). In non-dialysis patients with chronic kidney disease, D3 was more effective than D2 in raising serum D levels (70). Dietary vitamin D intake was shown to be inversely associated with mortality from stroke (76).
In a small study, higher serum levels of vitamin D were associated with increased beneficial gut bacteria and decreased pathogenic bacteria (95).
In other trials, vitamin D did not significantly reduce upper respiratory tract infections (URTIs) in healthy adults (16), or infections/antibiotic use in the elderly (17), or prevent viral URTIs in children (71). However, it may protect against influenza (78) and reduce wheezing in some infants (82). Vitamin D was not helpful for mild psoriasis (83) or seasonal affective disorder (18) (19). Supplementation may reduce relapse risk in Crohn's disease (12), and D3 plus calcium may have a small effect on postmenopausal weight gain (10). A single oral high-dose of D3 significantly improved fatigue in healthy persons who were vitamin D-deficient (72). Supplementation may also improve sexual function in women with sexual dysfunction and vitamin D deficiency (89), but a large study did not find any benefits of long-term supplementation for preventing depression in healthy adults (96).
Vitamin D has also been examined for its anticancer potential. In animal models, dietary vitamin D3 exerted chemopreventive effects against breast cancer equivalent to those elicited by calcitriol without causing hypercalcemia (20). In humans, vitamin D from sunlight exposure and dietary intake may have protective effects against breast cancer (21) (22), and insufficiency among breast cancer patients is high (23). In postmenopausal women not on estrogen therapy, vitamin D and calcium supplementation may reduce colorectal cancer incidence (24) (25); in women with grade 1 cervical intraepithelial neoplasia, long-term supplementation resulted in regression and improved metabolic status (66). However, in a large trial of healthy postmenopausal women with mean vitamin D levels above those of the US population, taking vitamin D3 plus calcium did not lower cancer risk after 4 years of supplementation (73); and vitamin D supplementation did not prevent aromatase-induced arthralgia (97). In addition, even though pooled analyses found associations between higher serum D levels and lower risks of breast and colon cancers (85) (86), other analyses have not found preventive effects against cancer with high-dose supplementation (87). Other factors contributing to higher D levels and benefit may be at play, such as better diet and lifestyle habits.
In patients with advanced hormone-refractory prostate cancer, vitamin D improved pain and muscle strength (26), along with slowing the rate of rise of prostate specific antigen (13). In older patients with diffuse large B-cell lymphoma, supplementation normalized vitamin D levels and enhanced efficacy of rituximab (27). Active vitamin D compounds may also decrease incidence of post-transplant malignancy among kidney transplant recipients (28).
Other data reveal that vitamin D deficiency is highly prevalent in advanced pancreatic cancer (42) and colorectal cancer (CRC) patients (43), and that CRC patients with higher blood 25(OH)D concentrations have better survival (84); in patients with metastatic CRC, addition of high-dose vitamin D3 to chemotherapy resulted in statistically insignificant progression-free survival but improved the supportive hazard ratio (90). Increased vitamin D intake reduced the risk of CRC (29) (31) (32) (33), but had no effect on colorectal adenomas (65). Vitamin D did not have a protective effect against non-Hodgkin lymphoma (34), ovarian (35), kidney (36), endometrial (37), skin (38), esophageal and gastric (39) cancers, or improve relapse-free survival in patients with digestive tract cancers (91), and may significantly increase risk of pancreatic (40) or aggressive prostate cancer (41). In addition, data from meta-analyses are conflicting on whether vitamin D supplementation can reduce cancer incidence or mortality (44) (77) (94).
The Institute of Medicine recommends a Daily Dietary Allowance of vitamin D at 600 IU/day with the Upper Level Intake at 4,000 IU/day for bone health (50). Oral supplementation has been shown to be the safest way to increase vitamin D levels (51), although debate continues on how this may translate to optimizing vitamin D status (45). Combined vitamin D and calcium supplementation has been associated with increased kidney stone incidence (7) (80). Therefore, patients should consult with their physicians if a deficiency is suspected to assess the amount of vitamin D needed for health maintenance and to avoid side effects.
Food Sources
Purported Uses
Mechanism of Action
The most biologically active metabolite of vitamin D is calcitriol, which regulates calcium and phosphate homeostasis (52). In humans, the primary function of vitamin D is to maintain normal levels of serum calcium and phosphorus concentrations by enhancing small intestine dietary absorption efficiency of these minerals. 25-hydroxyvitamin D [25(OH)D] enhances the efficiency of calcium and phosphorus absorption along the entire small intestine, but primarily in the duodenum and jejunum (5). When dietary calcium intake is insufficient, 25(OH)D and parathyroid hormone (PTH) mobilize monocytic stem cells in the bone marrow to become mature osteoclasts. These osteoclasts mobilize calcium from the bones, thereby maintaining blood calcium levels (50). Vitamin D is thought to have physiological effects in other parts of the body as well because vitamin D receptors (VDRs) are found in the cells of other organs that include intestines, kidney, stomach, brain, prostate, breast, and white blood cells (2) (53).
The anticancer effect of vitamin D is thought to be due to induction of cell differentiation (1) (54) and antiproliferation (55). In lymphoma cells, interventional 25(OH)D3 to normalize levels (>30 ng/mL) resulted in significantly stronger antibody-dependent cell-mediated cytotoxicity, suggesting benefit in D-deficient individuals receiving rituximab (27). In xenograft models of breast cancer, dietary D3 elevated circulating D levels and increased CYP27B1 expression in both tumor and intestines, suggesting it stimulates local calcitriol synthesis in the tumor microenvironment and promotes the ensuing paracrine/autocrine actions that contribute to its anticancer activity (20). The upregulation of CYP27B1 expression by tumors was unique to D3 versus calcitriol in the same tissue (20). In other animal models, a positive feedback signaling loop between the serine-protein kinase ATM (ataxia telangiectasia mutated) and the VDR was identified as critical for cancer chemoprevention by vitamin D (56).
Calcitriol, the hormonally active form of vitamin D3, targets the vitamin D degrading enzyme CYP24A1, which is most abundant in the kidney, but also expressed in several other tissues (57). CYP24A1 overexpression in colon, ovary, breast, lung, and esophageal malignancies, likely leads to degradation of the locally available D3, impairing its antitumorigenic action in the tumor tissue (57).
Individuals with kidney stones, kidney disease, high blood calcium levels, gastrointestinal disease, heart disease, liver disease or other diseases associated with disorders of calcium metabolism should seek medical advice before taking supplemental vitamin D (9).
Adverse Reactions
Rare: Gastrointestinal symptoms, renal disease, nephrolithiasis, hypercalcemia, hypercalciuria (9) (44).
Case Reports
Life-threatening hypercalcemia: In two women resulting from intake of over-the-counter vitamin-D concentrated supplements that were 100 — 1,000 times higher than stated on the label (58).
Hypercalcemic crisis: In a 30-year-old woman after taking large quantities of vitamin D for an unknown period of time (59).
Post-prandial food vomiting and severe abdominal pain: In a 64-year-old woman after taking various vitamin complexes, including cholecalciferol, once daily for about 6 months (98).
Acute renal failure and hypervitaminosis A: In a 51-year old woman after consuming an over-the-counter vitamin D supplement, which also caused vitamin A toxicity possibly due to renal failure related to the hypercalcemia induced by vitamin D toxicity (60).


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Project dates: 2006 to 2011
In East Africa, maize is an important staple crop and is seen as a vital part of food security.
This project examined the various options for farmers in the region – from choosing alternative crops, to using new techniques or technology. It looked at how farmers and others see and make these choices in the context of climate change, uncertain markets and changes in land use. It also looked at the assumptions and framings behind various interventions and proposals by governments, researchers, aid donors and private companies. The project ran from 2006 to 2011.
Finding alternatives
80% of the population of Kenya rely on agriculture. Maize is never far from the headlines, and is a politically-charged topic. Agricultural research and development policy focus on improving maize production. There is a virtual "lock-in" to maize as the dominant pathway to food security.
Our research focused on Sakai, a risk-prone, low-potential area in Kenya. We used Multicriteria Mapping (MCM) to explore how farmers and others involved in maize could develop and envisage alternative pathways. These included growing alternative crops, improving the maize seed itself, and using new seed varieties.
We found that the growing concern with climate change could be an opportunity to challenge conventional practices. However, obstacles remain: for example, farmers' concerns about their ability to sell different produce, and the reluctance of agro-dealers to grow root crops such as sweet potato and cassava.
- Pathways in and out of maize by John Thompson
STEPS members working on this project
- John Thompson – Convenor
- Sally Brooks – Research Officer
- Erik Millstone – Research Fellow
STEPS partners on this project
- African Centre for Technology Studies, Nairobi, Kenya (ACTS)
Serah Nderitu (Phase I) and Andrew Adwera (Phase II)
- Centre for African Bio-Entrepreneurship, Nairobi, Kenya (CABE)
Hannington Odame
- Tegemeo Institute of Agricultural Policy and Development, Egerton University, Nairobi, Kenya
Betty Kibaara (Phase I) and Francis Karin (Phase II)
Related Research and events
- "How might agricultural biotechnology help poor farmers in Developing Countries?" Presentation by Erik Millstone to the Royal Society of Chemistry and Institute for Food Science & Technology, February 2010
- Farmer First Revisited
"Pathways in and out of Maize" (26 minutes) explores how maize farmers are living with environmental change and food insecurity in Kenya. It was shown to a group of stakeholders in Kenya as part of our project.
"Seeds and Sustainability: Maize pathways in Kenya" (4 minutes) is a shorter introduction to the STEPS pathways approach through the voices of a farmer, a scientist, a regulator and a seed policy analyst. A longer 20-minute version is also available.


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Repost of A Fall Table and Embellished Garland!
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My boys can work the word "guts" into just about any conversation.
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Tala Aboulnaga, an elementary grade student in Dharan, east of Saudi Arabia, had her first experience with visually impaired individuals when she joined integrated education schools.
She met a blind girl whom she later became friends with, and their relationship had left a strong impact on her. The girl had difficulties reading in Braille, a system of raised dots that can be read with the fingers by people who are blind or who have low vision.
Aboulnaga felt how much her friend needed to express herself and communicate with the world. Believing in the right of people with visual needs to access information and communicate easily, Aboulnaga decided to offer a practical form of help.
Aboulnaga explained in an interview with Al Arabiya, that her invention aims to be a new language that contains the formation of Arabic letters, so that the visually impaired can read the words in "tashkeel" — with vowel or consonant diacritic — so that the recipient understands the meanings of Arabic words.
She explained that the idea is based on the use of geometric shapes to denote the 28 Arabic letters, divided into three basic groups. Each group has specific "tashkeel" marks to serve blind and visually impaired to read the Arabic words.
Aboulnaga believes that every blind person has their own way of understanding the world around them. So, she thinks, it is not necessary for the visually impaired to interpret words the same way we understand them, which is consistent with the nature of the invention as a creative work.
Her invention garnered her a special prize from the American Psychological Association during her participation in the ISEF 2018 Special Awards.


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Yang-Xin Fu, M.D., Ph.D.
Endowed Title Mary Nell and Ralph B. Rogers Professorship in Immunology
Department Pathology | Immunology | Radiation Oncology
Graduate Programs Biomedical Engineering, Immunology
Yang-Xin Fu, M.D., Ph.D., Professor of Pathology, studies immunotherapy and immunopathology in cancer and infectious diseases. His current research interests include investigating and understanding the mechanisms underlying IR-induced extrinsic resistance as well as testing newly developed personalized immunotherapies to overcome these resistance mechanisms for improved and long-lasting tumor control.
After completing his clinical training in pathology at Washington University in St. Louis (1998), Dr. Fu organized his own team to focus his research on understanding the role of the lymphoid microenvironment in cellular and humoral immune responses using various TNF superfamily members such as the LIGHT/lymphotoxin pathway.
His team has published more than 50 papers relating to the mechanistic understanding of autoimmunity and immunity against pathogens and tumor in top journals (e.g., Science, Nature, Nature Immunology, Nature Medicine, Cancer Cell, Immunity, Journal of Experimental Medicine, and Journal of Clinical Investigation). He has directed clinical, translational, and preclinical studies in immunology––tumor immunology in particular––for more than 15 years. Recently, his team has been developing novel immunotherapeutic molecules, antibodies and armed antibodies by protein engineering. They have established mouse tumor models expressing various oncogenic receptors to mimic clinical tumors and have made significant progress in understanding how traditional cancer therapies both rely on and impact the immune system.
- Medical School
- Shanghai Medical University (1983), Medicine
- Graduate School
- University of Miami (1990), Immunology
Research Interest
- IR-mediated immunity and tumor regression
- Lymphotoxin biology and gut Immunity
- Next generation antibody-based molecules
- Tumor immunology
Featured Publications
- Targeting IFNa to tumor by anti-PD-L1 creates feedforward antitumor responses to overcome checkpoint blockade resistance.
- Liang Y, Tang H, Guo J, Qiu X, Yang Z, Ren Z, Sun Z, Bian Y, Xu L, Xu H, Shen J, Han Y, Dong H, Peng H, Fu YX Nat Commun 2018 11 9 1 4586
- LILRB4 signalling in leukaemia cells mediates T cell suppression and tumour infiltration.
- Deng M, Gui X, Kim J, Xie L, Chen W, Li Z, He L, Chen Y, Chen H, Luo W, Lu Z, Xie J, Churchill H, Xu Y, Zhou Z, Wu G, Yu C, John S, Hirayasu K, Nguyen N, Liu X, Huang F, Li L, Deng H, Tang H, Sadek AH, Zhang L, Huang T, Zou Y, Chen B, Zhu H, Arase H, Xia N, Jiang Y, Collins R, You MJ, Homsi J, Unni N, Lewis C, Chen GQ, Fu YX, Liao XC, An Z, Zheng J, Zhang N, Zhang CC Nature 2018 Oct 562 7728 605-609
- Non-canonical NF-?B Antagonizes STING Sensor-Mediated DNA Sensing in Radiotherapy.
- Hou Y, Liang H, Rao E, Zheng W, Huang X, Deng L, Zhang Y, Yu X, Xu M, Mauceri H, Arina A, Weichselbaum RR, Fu YX Immunity 2018 Sep 49 3 490-503.e4
- CTLA-4 limits anti-CD20-mediated tumor regression.
- Ren Z, Guo J, Liao J, Luan Y, Liu Z, Sun Z, Liu X, Liang Y, Peng H, Fu YX Clin. Cancer Res. 2016 Jun
- PD-1 Shapes B Cells as Evildoers in the Tumor Microenvironment.
- Ren Z, Peng H, Fu YX Cancer Discov 2016 May 6 5 477-8
- Facilitating T Cell Infiltration in Tumor Microenvironment Overcomes Resistance to PD-L1 Blockade.
- Tang H, Wang Y, Chlewicki LK, Zhang Y, Guo J, Liang W, Wang J, Wang X, Fu YX Cancer Cell 2016 Mar 29 3 285-96
- Irradiation and anti-PD-L1 treatment synergistically promote antitumor immunity in mice.
- Deng L, Liang H, Burnette B, Beckett M, Darga T, Weichselbaum RR, Fu YX J. Clin. Invest. 2014 Feb 124 2 687-95
- Targeting the tumor microenvironment with interferon-ß bridges innate and adaptive immune responses.
- Yang X, Zhang X, Fu ML, Weichselbaum RR, Gajewski TF, Guo Y, Fu YX Cancer Cell 2014 Jan 25 1 37-48
- Radiation-induced equilibrium is a balance between tumor cell proliferation and T cell-mediated killing.
- Liang H, Deng L, Chmura S, Burnette B, Liadis N, Darga T, Beckett MA, Lingen MW, Witt M, Weichselbaum RR, Fu YX J. Immunol. 2013 Jun 190 11 5874-81
- Effective anti-neu initiated anti-tumor responses require the complex role of CD4+ T cells.
- Mortenson E, Park S, Zhujun J, Wang S, Fu YX Clin. Cancer Res. 2013 Jan


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When it comes to a textbook case of workplace harassment, an employer's job is generally straightforward – record the victim's complaint; interview the victim, the alleged harasser and any potential witnesses; gather evidence; and implement interim measures to separate the… continue
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Federal prosecutors complain that they are pressed for time, pressed for money, pressed for resources. They bemoan their inability to muster the funding necessary to go up against well-paid private legal teams representing rich defendants. They say they are forced to carefully pick and choose their cases, deciding which ones are the most "winnable", which ones serve some precedent or deterrent value, which crimes are particularly heinous or violate the public trust, which victims are particularly deserving of justice. With those considerations in mind, with so many potentially worthwhile cases out there to prosecute, with so many victims to protect, my prosecution struck me as particularly interesting.
Now, my innocence is not in question. I readily admitted, early in the process, to my role in stealing money from the oligarch, a Russian billionaire by the name of Oleg Deripaska. Given that, my case was perhaps an easy win for the prosecutor, an irresistible opportunity to meet his quota. But when you look down into the specifics of the case, you come to realize that our intrepid federal prosecutors were working hand-in-glove with this man to further his interests in U.S. federal court.
This oligarch, my victim, is no ordinary victim. According to numerous credible news reports in the Wall Street Journal and elsewhere, he was refused visas to the U.S. and Canada on numerous occasions due to alleged ties with organized crime. He gained his fortune through a long-running and bloody battle called the "aluminum wars" in which hundreds of people died. He is also the subject of a decade-long FBI investigation. Sympathetic victim? Not really.
On the one hand, a crime is a crime regardless of who was hurt. But if you look at the vast majority of federal "white collar" prosecutions, they tend to focus on crimes that harm society as a whole or hurt particularly vulnerable segments of the population. The recently concluded Bell prosecution, in which the city administrator was convicted of bilking his poor, working class community of millions of dollars, is a prime example of that. The Madoff case, in which thousands of American investors were hurt, is another. Rightly or wrongly, public outrage is an important consideration of federal prosecutors: if you steal from a widower or a pensioner you're more likely to face a harsh sentence.
Despite my self-interest, I don't really see the "public outrage" factor at work in my case. What I did was stupid and wrong, but in the end the only person hurt by my actions (other than me and my family) was a criminal hardly deserving of sympathy. He and I had also reached a comprehensive settlement pursuant to which I gave back his money.
If my prosecution had consisted only of charging me with a crime, I may have come to the conclusion that the prosecutors were out to punish a wrongdoer or get an easy win, nothing more. The laws are the laws, after all, and I broke them. But in this case the prosecutors went so much further than necessary in direct support of the oligarch, that I can't help but come to the unfortunate conclusion that some hidden agenda was at play.
I don't make these accusations lightly. However, it was apparent throughout the process that the overriding aim of the prosecutors was not only to indict and prosecute me, as necessary to uphold the law, but rather to convince the court to grant the oligarch a windfall in restitution in an amount far in excess of what I took from him in the first place. For whatever reasons, they went far beyond what was necessary for justice to be served in order to directly support their new friend. Thankfully, in the end, the court saw through the prosecutor's overzealous support for the oligarch and refused the request.
How to explain the prosecutors' approach in terms related to justice and punishment? I can't. The approach is one I would have expected in Russia, where officials are eminently bribable. It's not what I expected in the U.S. I'm not accusing the prosecutors of taking bribes or of unethical motivations, just trying to make sense of their overzealous support for a man not ordinarily deserving of such support.
What I know for a fact is that the prosecutors recognized that their support of the oligarch would be viewed as somehow unseemly. This is evident in their blatant attempt to hide the true nature of the victim. Not once, in all the thousands of words in all the prosecutors' filings, will you see the name "Oleg Deripaska". Not once. They didn't want the public to know who it was they were actually fighting for, so bent over backwards, at the expense of honesty and truth, to hide that fact.
I'm not here to suggest that wrongdoers should walk free or that a crime is somehow "less bad" when there's an unsympathetic victim. But when our prosecutors move beyond punishing the wrongdoing to directly advocating for the interests of such a victim, I can't help but wonder. In this world of insufficient resources, rampant crime and so many victims who deserve recompense, do we really want our prosecutors to devote their limited time and resources to furthering the interests of a billionaire Russian oligarch suspected of ties to organized crime?


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Video language: English
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Calling All GBC Creatives! – Students & Recent Graduates
Design, Fashion, Media & Performing Arts, Computer Technology, Business Analyst or Architecture students!
Apply to participate in the Dean's Charrettes to learn the skills that will take you from being an aspiring creative to a creative professional
The Dean's Charrettes are hosted by the Centre for Arts Design & Information Technology (CADIT) to promote cross-disciplinary collaboration to solve real-world challenges. It is a two-week (10 days) course where you can learn about design thinking, systems design and collaboration in an intense, fun, studio environment. Tuition for the course is free. You will earn a charrette certificate and a non-credit elective that will appear on your official transcript. *Students in Graphic Design, Jewellery and Fashion have the opportunity to receive an official program elective credit.
Based on your interest and expertise, students and professionals will be divided into small teams to execute design challenges around each of the following themes:
01: Experimental Entrepreneurship
How can we activate empty spaces within Toronto's waterfront communities to promote entrepreneurship and engage the community? This project will explore creative programming, branding and service design techniques to activate pop-up pilot projects in existing and emerging communities.
02: Urban Products & Interactions
How can we enhance the user experience along the Toronto's waterfront by creating urban products and interactions that bridge the connection between land and water? This project will explore a series of physical products and digital interventions that activate the public realm and showcase sustainable, innovative practices.
03: Future Identities & Narratives
How can we create a cohesive identity for Toronto's waterfront? This project will explore physical and digital wayfinding systems that create new narratives along the network of pathways, public spaces, and communities along Toronto's waterfront.
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How can we create a publication, exhibition and online platform that showcases the future of Toronto's waterfront? This will explore a combination of print, interactive media and environmental design to communicate content.
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Sometimes I have an idea for a blog post, get all excited, start writing it and then realize that I just don't like it anymore… or that it is an absolute abomination.
We all know that some things seem much better in theory than they turn out in reality.
Like shower sex.
Or democracy.
Occasionally I jot these ideas down, just in case I think of some way to make them better in the future.
Or, in this case, for days when I just don't have anything to post.
These probably should have stayed hidden.
Rock on.
This is my now.
I am living in the moment.
How crappified is that American Idol song? That was the winner of the contest?
I totally should enter the songwriting contest next year.
While I can't write actual music, I am an award winning lyricist.
Not many people know that I wrote Right Said Fred's "I'm Too Sexy."
True story.
I was sitting around one day, writing angry letters to the government, when I realized, "Holy shit. I am waaay too sexy for my cat."*
What'cha think about that?
So, yeah, next year I should write a song.
I will totally add a rap section in the middle where Randy Jackson can diss Simon's man-boobies.
It'll be glorious.
Remind me.[* I didn't actually tell the cat. It would have been damaging for her self-esteem. But, she knew. She could see it in my eyes.]
Frequently fictional scenes pop into my head out of the blue. These are usually populated by characters I have never seen before. They just pop in and act shit out. Sometimes it evolves into something mildly amusing that I can turn into something a little bigger. Sometimes it evolves into something unfunny, but kind of interesting. And sometimes it can even turn into a full-on screenplay. (I like those last sometimeses.)
This one turned into none of those things.
A TV reporter is interviewing a Mexican man with a strange claim to fame.
Reporter: So, tell us all about what you have there.
Man: Okay. It is a taco with the image of Kathie Lee Gifford in it.
Reporter: Wow. Can we see it?
The man holds up a taco with an unrecognizable dark patch.
Reporter: Fascinating. And where did you get this? It wasn't on a Carnival Cruise was it?
The Reporter laughs all by himself. Ah ha ha ha. Ah hee hee hee. (Yes, just like Barney Rubble.)
The man just stares at him.
Man: I bought it at the store, homes.
Reporter: I see.
Man: Once we saw that it was Kathie Lee, nobody wanted to eat it.
Reporter: Understandably so. So, what ARE you going to do with it?
Man: We're not too sure yet. But, we usually follow one philosophy.
Reporter: Which is?
The man points to a poster on the wall. It is a poster of a bearded man on a cross, below is written "WWJD"
Reporter: What Would Jesus Do?
Man: Oh no, it's not GEE-ZUS. It is What Would HEY-ZEUS Do? He's my brother. Lives in Baltimore.
The Reporter looks into the camera.
Reporter: This is Kenny Brocklestein reporting…
Man: He's all sage and shit.
Reporter: Back to you in the studio, Kim Tanaka.
Man: I also have a bean that looks like Scott Baio.
Another reason why I shouldn't be allowed to talk to people.
Other person: Do you curse a lot?
Me: I could swear the chrome off a trailer hitch. Wait. That… doesn't sound right.


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13 Oct 2010
The django-hessian library serves objects via Django using the Hessian RPC protocol.
The django-hessian library requires a version of the mustaine Python Hessian library >=0.1.3 which includes a Hessian WSGI server implementation.
See http://github.com/safehammad/mustaine.
Objects can be served using a djangohessian.Dispatcher at a given URL with an entry urls.py. The following example serves an object of type server.Calculator at the URL http://localhost:8000/rpc/calculator/ in the Django development server, use the following:
from djangohessian import exposed class Calculator(object): @exposed def add(self, a, b): return a + b @exposed def subtract(self, a, b): return a - b
from django.conf.urls.defaults import * urlpatterns = patterns('', url(r'^rpc/', include('mysite.myapp.urls')), )
from django.conf.urls.defaults import * from djangohessian import Dispatcher from server import Calculator urlpatterns = patterns('', url(r'^calculator/', Dispatcher(Calculator())), )
Note that any methods you wish to expose on the served object must be decorated with @exposed
The following is a sample client interactive session written using the mustaine Hessian library:
>>> from mustaine.client import HessianProxy >>> h = HessianProxy('http://localhost:8000/rpc/calculator/') >>> h.add(2, 3) 5 >>> h.subtract(7, 3) 4
Up-to-date sources can be found at http://bitbucket.org/safehammad/django-hessian.
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Ninety-something Veva Mahs and i were getting acquainted in her nursing care residence long years ago, asking each other questions and telling stories, the way ya' do. When i told her i had seven sisters, she looked at me with that Veva sparkle in her eyes and said, "Pig." She had no sisters, as i recall. Though i'd had nothing to do with how many sisters i had, i felt a tad guilty. Veva and i laughed, and then she wanted to hear about each of my sisters.
They're on my mind even more than usual, these sisters, because we got together a few weeks ago, our first "sistahfest" since Labor Day 2012 when Precious was nearing the end of her days due to pancreatic cancer. She died October 22, golden autumn outside the window of her hospice room in what we called the "new hospital" for decades, where she had been born, re-purposed now for hospice care. What a circle, eh?
Precious was her official nickname in the sister circle. At our first fest, Lucky had found eight matching white bathrobes and on the pockets Baby had embroidered the name we'd each chosen. Alas, Baby didn't make this shindig in deference to her husband's family reunion. We missed her effervescence and youth, and seven would have been heaven, but each pea seemed in its rightful pod.
Kooky, funny, and tell-it-like-it-is Bunky hosted this recent gathering in Park City UT near her home, which was perfect as traveling is too challenging for her these days. Challenging enough for all of us. In fact, Mad Dog has begun to wonder which plane ride will be her last. (Maybe the one to Park City three weeks ago!) Anyway, Bunky was a regular Perle Mesta, locating a comfortable Air B & B, grocery shopping enough to keep us out of busy, noisy restaurants, mostly, and helping transport between mountain home-away-from-home and airport.
Kitty brought quilted hot pads featuring fairies and such (see picture), one for each of us, that she had picked up at a fundraiser for one of her many causes. Kitty is our Susan B. Anthony, our Winifred Banks. Thoughtful PJ brought sister necklaces for all (see picture detail) AND a button/pin that said, Shh–no one cares… We placed the button in the middle of the dining-gaming-chatting table and made use of it strategically, ha! Our distinct senses of humor add up to lots of laughter and occasional groaning retorts. Foss may well be the wittiest of us all, definitely a gifted impersonator often called on for repeat performances. We celebrated Lucky's birthday under the shadow of impending major surgery, but she's well-constituted for come-what-may–and she's Lucky!
Mad Dog and Foss called advisory sessions for life situations. Helpful results came from our council, supremely qualified by caring hearts and also bringing the skills and experiences of an attorney, a mediator, a counselor, a CNA, a special ed teacher, and a non-profit professional.
We have left scars on each other and helped each others' wounds heal. We are crones now, powerful and wise, who have lived and loved, failed and triumphed, laughed and cried together for a very long time. 'Tis good to bloom where we are each planted, to be ourselves because everyone else is taken, to meet and greet each passage of life, not perfectly, but together, failing and forgiving, trusting and loving. GRATEFUL.
Okay, Fossum sisters who read this, additons and corrections welcome. Sorry, too late for subtractions! Foss–and maybe others–sorry about the crone thing; maybe in ten years it will look different to you, kid…
Comments/responses also welcome from other readers, as always, if anything above trips a thought or memory…


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Some companies which vend wall fountains can add a logo to their wall fountains. This is a great way to add a brand device to a fountain which is featured in a lobby or in office. Logo wall fountains are oftentimes seen in display windows, as well, particularly at high end boutiques. The reasons for this should be readily apparent.
When one decides to add a logo to wall fountains, they're making a very powerful visual representation of their corporate logo. Engraved wall fountains tend to be centerpiece items in an office, a lobby or in a window and are not easily forgotten by those who pass by. A logo wall fountain makes it nearly impossible to not look at the corporate logo emblazoned on the water feature.
One should check with the options regarding engraved wall fountains with their provider well in advance of making an order. A logo wall fountain requires special manufacturing and may take a bit longer to arrive. However, the results are almost always exactly what the designer had in mind.
Personalized wall fountains are a great way to add an element to one's home or office which is a bit more personal than a corporate logo. Examples of items which may be included on a logo wall fountain of this sort include coats of arms and other elements specifically identified with an individual.
A logo wall fountain may be effectively placed just about anywhere provided that there is enough light and room to accommodate the feature. These design features tend to stand out on their own. This makes a logo wall fountain an excellent choice for anyone whose primary goal is to get their brand seen.


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UCAnyTime's TrueDayBook© solution is a web based multi-level scheduling system that integrates with most any conferencing technology and is accessible through Microsoft Outlook™, iPads™, iPhones™ and Androids™ in addition to a web based calendar. With TrueDayBook, meeting coordination is accomplished through a couple of clicks of a mouse, using software that is conveniently accessible 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. The result is an easy to use solution for coordinating everyone's calendars and securing the necessary conferencing equipment.
TrueDayBook Scheduling saves time and money and increases employee productivity by eliminating the time consuming task of manually coordinating meetings. Through use of the centralized dashboard you will be assured that every detail is accounted for before the conference invitations are sent. This includes the availability of all attendees and the required equipment, and the ability to attach any materials needed for the meeting. TrueDayBook even adjusts for the time-zones from which people are attending the conference.
With GIS's TrueDay Book Scheduling Solution, you can manage any number of adhoc, scheduled, and recurring conferences anywhere in the world; quickly handle last-minute changes and additions; and provide attachments, track usage of people, equipment, and rooms.
- Extremely simply yet efficiently manage port capacity: TrueDay allows you to make sure you have enough video ports for your meeting;
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The TrueDayBook Scheduling solution will help you to get the most out of your video conferencing investment. It makes every aspect of video conference coordination easy.
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Twin Falls Police Look For Vandals
The Twin Falls Police Department is looking for help to find the suspect or suspects who committed a rash of thefts and vandalism that happened from late Saturday night to early Sunday morning. As of 4 p.m. Sunday, the police had received 13 calls of theft and vandalism to yard decorations, lighting, vehicles, and landscaping to several homes and businesses in the northeast part of Twin Falls. The damage is estimated to be several thousands of dollars. The suspect or suspects are believed to be in a dark colored, full-sized pickup, possibly a Ford or Toyota. A white male, possibly in his late teens to early twenties, short in stature, wearing jeans and no shirt was seen running from one of the crime scenes. Anyone with information about this crime is encouraged to contact the Twin Falls Police Department.


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In this first episode of the Ignorant Bliss podcast I talk about january movie releases Season of the Witch & Green Hornet. Next I talk about Jay-Z and Kanye West's new single H.A.M. then I talk about Batman Inc. #1-2. I also spend some time talking about Marvel vs Capcom 3 and why Shuma Gorath is awesome.
I also give some shout out to my friends who helped inspired me to make this podcast.
Please forgive me for some of the pops and breaths, I am working on it. I'm new to this podcasting thing.
Music in this episode is:
Warm it up Kane-Big Daddy Kane
H.A.M.-Jay-Z & Kanye West
Shuma Gorath's Theme-Marvel Super Heroes (Capcom)
Ghost Showers-Ghostface Killah
Devil in a New Dress (Album version)-Kanye West featuring Rick Ross