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Monday, November 25, 2013
Susan Fujita of Choppers has died
We were sorry to learn today from Leslie Maeda, Susan Fujita's daughter, of the death of her mother:
"Susan passed away peacefully at the age of 73 years young on November 17th, 2013 following a short, but courageous battle with lung cancer. Susan was born to Ichiro and Nobuko Hayashida on Bainbridge Island and graduated from Bainbridge Island High School in 1958. She then went on to pursue a lifelong passion of cosmetology. As co-owner of Choppers hair salon in Madison Park for over 30 years, she met many interesting people and made many friends. Even when she was very ill, she didn't want to stop working because she enjoyed her clients so much.
She met the love of her life, Melvin Fujita, on a blind date and they were married November 15, 1964. Susan was an avid tennis player and was very close with her group of tennis friends; enjoying many lunches, laughs and travels with them. She loved sports and played volleyball on the JBC team for over 30 years and was a longtime season ticket holder for the Seahawks, Mariners and the Sonics. Susan loved to travel and her adventurous spirit led to many trips with family and friends to over 17 countries and every continent except Antarctica. Susan also enjoyed gardening, cooking, theatre, and entertaining at the Hansville beach house. True to her generous spirit, Susan annually volunteered for the Forgotten Children's Fund around the holidays.
Susan is survived by her husband Melvin Fujita, and her siblings Tomiko (Hank) Egashira, Hisako (James) Matsudaira, Yasuko Mito, Hiroshi (Loretta) Hayashida, and Judy Hayashida. Susan also leaves behind her two daughters, Tiffanie Fujita and Lezlie (Dean) Maeda, and her grandson, Oliver Maeda. She was predeceased by her parents Ichiro and Nobuko Hayashida, brother in law Henry Mito, and granddaughter Abigail Maeda. Susan's warm and caring spirit will be deeply missed by all who were blessed enough to have their hearts touched by her. There are no words to describe the enormous void that will be felt by her family and her extensive circle of friends.
Remembrances can be made to the American Cancer Society."
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Tuesday, November 19, 2013
Neighborhood hit with extensive tagging
As we've reported in the past, tagging is an ongoing problem in the neighborhood, but the scale of last night's vandalism is perhaps unprecedented. Community Council member Bob Edmiston reported in an email this morning that he counted 40 separate graffiti incidents in the "flat" area of Madison Park, principally in alleys between E. Lee Street to the south and the Edgewater Apartments (E. McGilvra Street) to the north. Garage doors were the principal targets.
Those who have experienced vandalism of their property are urged to report the incident to the police, which is easily on on-line here: Seattle Police CORP.
Monday, November 11, 2013
Happening in November
Our newly renovated neighborhood fire station, located at 633 32nd Avenue E., will be holding a re-dedication and open house on Saturday, November 16, from 11 am until 1 pm. Two years worth of rehabilitation work has, presumably, rectified the seismically-unsound nature of the structure. Fire Station #34 has been in its present location (just behind the Arboretum Court building on the South side of E. Madison Street) since the early 1900's.
As part of the Extraordinary Neighbors Series sponsored by the Madison Park Community Council, lifelong Madison Park resident Jane Powell Thomas will be on deck this Wednesday evening, November 13, to lead a discussion of the history of the neighborhood.
She brings a wealth of knowledge to the task, having directly participated in much of that history. She is the author of Madison Park Remembered, an affectionate look at some of the houses and families that have graced the neighborhood over the years. The event begins at 7:30 pm at Park Shore (1630 43rd Avenue E.).
The Greek Orthodox Church of the Assumption on Capitol Hill is again taking holiday orders for baklava, spanakopita, kourambiedes and other Greek delicacies for early-December pickup at the Church (1804 13th Avenue). Details here. There will also be a Bite of Greece event at the Church on December 6 and 7 (free admission).
FInally, this just in: "Cafe Flora is celebrating its 22nd annual Vegetarian Thanksgiving and has created a special four-course menu influenced by the local fall bounty. All courses offer vegan and gluten-free options and a four-course kids menu is available.
Cafe Flora will be open Thanksgiving Day from 1:30-6:45 p.m. Four-courses are $50 for adults and $25 for children, excluding tax and gratuity. Reservations are required and can be made at 206.325.9100. Cafe Flora is located in Madison Valley at 2901 E. Madison St. Seattle, WA 98112."
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Saturday, November 2, 2013
Mary Henry: 90 years and going strong
Mary wears her nine decades well. She's a spry and intrepid walker (you can see her ambling around the 'hood many days), and if we hadn't been told, we wouldn't have believed her life began during the Roaring '20s.
Mary, a former Seattle Public Schools librarian, is actively involved in the community, most recently being the instigator of the Madison Park Tree Walk. Her civic efforts include archivist of the Epiphany Church, contributor to website HistoryLink, and board member of both the Seattle Education Foundation and the Association of King County Historical Organizations. In her role as a historian, Mary for many years edited the Black Heritage Society Newsletter and was author of the book, Tribute: Seattle Public Places Named for Black People.
Pearl's Secret: A Black Man's Search for His White Family," written by her son, Neil Henry, Dean Emeritus of the University of California-Berkeley School of Journalism. The book tells the compelling story of Mary's family, which traces its descent from the post-Civil War union of a white former plantation overseer, Arthur Beaumont, and a freed slave, Laura Brumley. The "Pearl" of the book's title was their daughter and Mary Henry's grandmother.
"My family's experiences, like those of most black people in America, have mirrored the stresses and strains of our nation's racial history, from slavery to Jim Crow to the integration of the 1960s and on into the complex world of multiculturalism that seems to define the present," Neil Henry writes.
When Mary moved to Seattle there were only 40,000 blacks living in the town, few of whom were in professional roles. Mary and her doctor husband, John Robert Henry, Jr., would see their share of discrimination here but also be part of a sweeping post-war generational change. As their son Neil notes in discussing his family's experience, "Our lives reflect the kind of unusual but significant progress made by advantaged black Americans over the generations since slavery, despite the hazards of racism and discrimination." Mary and her husband raised four children, one becoming a lawyer and two following their mother into education. Their story is a big part of Pearl's Secret.
In doing our research on Mary we came across a Seattle Times article where the writer, Jerry Large, noted that Mary came from "that generation of black people for which dignity was paramount," adding "her bearing and her language are gracious and graceful." To that we can attest.
Happy Birthday, Mary!
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Does Wheat REALLY last 30 years?
While I was at the Louisville preparedness fair I met a woman who told me that she had stored wheat in her basement, inside barrels. She had some water damage in her basement and so is in the process of replacing her wheat storage. She had first called the manufacturer where her wheat was purchased and they asked her to send in a sample of that wheat. The report came back that her 30+ year old wheat was perfect! YEAH
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Are Glamour Stocks Going Out of Style?Newfound Research Follow |
Without a doubt, most recaps this week will be about the Greek debt deal, where Greece received a four-month financial aid extension and in-turn agreed to honor all its debts. Markets seemed to take the news positively with the iShares European Monetary Union ETF (EZU) up 1.88% on the week and 1.58% on Friday alone. But we'll leave it to the economists to speculate as to whether the game "kick the can down the road" is ultimately positive or negative for European growth in the long-run.
So with everyone's eye off of the U.S., we thought that's where we'd spend a bit of time this week. In particular, we want to focus on the relationship between value and glamour stocks. Our models are indicating that glamour momentum is beginning to reach extreme levels, a sign that markets may soon swing in favor of value. The last extreme glamour momentum reading we saw was on 2/7/2014. By the time our indicators peaked in favor of value extremism on 4/10/2014, large-cap value (IWD) outperformed large-cap growth (IWF) by 348 basis points. While we don't usually try to capture such short-term market trends, they are powerful currents to be aware of.
Below we've built a simple model to demonstrate how these trends evolve over time. To determine if momentum is in favor of growth or value, we simply take the ratio of a value ETF versus a growth ETF and see if that ratio is above its 200-day moving average. If it is, momentum is in favor of growth; if it is below, momentum is in favor of value.
We do this daily for nine different ETF pairs (representing large-, mid-, and small-cap equities for Russell, S&P, and Vanguard methodologies) and add up the results to create a diversified composite score.
We can see that glamour stocks have hit all-time highs (9 is the maximum possible score) – though they haven't crossed below the short-term moving average that would indicate a switch to value.
But has such a methodology been successful in indicating momentum swings in the past? Using the crossing of the short-term average as our signal, we built a dollar-neutral long/short portfolio using the ETFs IWD and IWF that rebalances at the end of each month. If growth is in favor, we are long IWF and short IWD; if value is in favor, we are long IWD and short IWF. The resulting equity curve captures the results.
(Note: This performance is entirely backtested and hypothetical, and calculated with the benefit of hindsight. It is net of the underlying ETF expense ratio but gross of any advisor fees, taxes, or trading costs. August 2007 was chosen as the start date because it was the first date on which there was data available for all the ETFs utilized. The hypothetical, backtested performance does not reflect the actual performance of any portfolio, fund or account.)
Looking under the hood of these ETFs, we see two primary differences that may drive the growth- value evolution in the coming months. In IWD, we see a large tilt towards financials and in IWF we see a large tilt towards technology and consumer discretionary. While we can see that energy is a larger component of the value ETF, it is not due to the recent sell-off: these two particular ETFs are based on Russell methodologies and reconstitute their portfolios only once a year in the summer.
We expect the momentum shift between value and glamour, at least in the short-term, will be largely driven by how relative strength among technology, financials, and consumer staples evolves.
It is worth pointing out here that while value appears to be on deck, there is no reason why growth cannot stay in the driver's seat for quite some time. We can see that from 6/2007 to 6/2008, growth was near extreme levels; we see a similar situation from late 2010 through late 2011. In other words, while there will likely be a strong opportunity to rotate towards value in the future, whether it is tomorrow or in a year remains to be seen.
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Your generous donations make our key fundraising events possible. Every contribution impacts the health of both individuals and the larger community.
Last year, the Silent Auction alone raised over $9,000 in vital funds for Family Solutions, Kairos, and Options for Southern Oregon. Your donation helped the thousands of children, teens, adults, and families with mental health needs in Josephine County.
Our goal this year is to raise more than $10,000 during the Silent Auction. To achieve this, we need your help. In exchange for your donation, we will proudly display your item during the Culinary Christmas Classic and Silent Auction, post your item on our website, and link to the Silent Auction page in the Rogue Winterfest e-newsletter. The e-newsletter goes out to more than 1,400 prominent community members and media. Any donations worth over $1,000 will be listed in every newsletter.
Examples of donated auction items include art, vacation packages, household items, electronics, wellness and spa packages, landscaping services, golf, beauty and cosmetic services, medical laser procedures, and furniture. By donating an item for the Silent Auction, you will help us achieve our goal of reaching one more child, teen, adult, or family with mental health needs in Josephine County.
Thank you for your past support. We hope you can be a part of this year's Rogue Winterfest!
November 9, 2018, is your deadline for delivering donated auction items.
If you have questions about donating a piece for the Silent Auction, please contact Silent Auction Team Captain Mary Lynne DeRocher via email or call her at 541.956.4943, ext. 1116.


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1.5L Magnum - ERNEST RAPENEAU "Grande Reserve" - Champagne Brut - France
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New York: Researchers have identified a type of vaginal bacteria that can protect women from the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) as well as other sexually transmitted infections.
The vaginal microbiota has long been considered healthy if it was dominated by any species of lactobacillus, said senior author of the study Sam Lai, assistant professor at Eshelman School of Pharmacy, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in the US.
The researchers found that a specific species of lactobacillus — lactobacillus crispatus — appears to play a key role in sustaining the mucus barrier against HIV and other sexually transmitted infections.
The findings, Lai said, that could lead to the development of new strategies to protect women against HIV.
"What we discovered is that a woman's risk of being infected by HIV can be affected by the type of helpful bacteria present in vaginal mucus," Lai said.
The research team examined mucus from 31 women of reproductive age using high-resolution, time-lapse microscopy to test whether fluorescent HIV pseudovirus particles became trapped in the mucus or spread freely.
The researchers observed two distinct types of mucus samples: one that was very good at trapping HIV and one that did not.
Trapping of HIV did not correlate to the mucus' pH, total lactic acid, or Nugent score, which is a rough measure of vaginal health that reflects how much lactobacillus bacteria is present compared to other microbes.
However, one difference between the two groups did stand out: higher levels of D-lactic acid in the group that trapped HIV.
Humans cannot make D-lactic acid, so the team suspected that bacteria living within the mucus layer were responsible for the difference.
The researchers found that mucus that trapped HIV had predominantly lactobacillus crispatus.
The findings were published in mBio, the online open-access journal of the American Society for Microbiology.


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Heathlands Lower School provides a broad and balanced curriculum for pupils from Nursery to Year 6. Our child centred approach aims to develop children as learners so that every child achieves their potential. Class groups are small with high staff/pupil ratios. Classes are taught by qualified teachers of the deaf assisted by specialist learning support staff in attractive and colourful surroundings.
The communication needs of each child are paramount. All staff have skills in sign language and a Total Communication approach is used combining signing, speech, listening and lipreading. The development of pupils' language and communication is at the centre of all teaching and learning. Speech and Language therapists work in close collaboration with teachers of the deaf and other staff to ensure that every pupils' communication needs are addressed and optimised. All classrooms offer optimum acoustic conditions for supporting listening.
The school is set in attractive grounds and is extremely well resourced. Every room is equipped with up to date ICT equipment including interactive white boards, digital visualisers, internet connection, DVD players and other equipment to enable the most effective visual presentation for teaching. Pupils also have access to a well equipped computer suite, laptops and iPads as learning tools.
Inclusion is important to Heathlands and every opportunity is taken to further develop children's social and communication skills. The nursery at Heathlands offers an inclusive sign and play afternoon every Wednesday when both hearing and deaf preschool children are welcome with their families. Further up the school we have links with several partner schools which provide inclusion and reverse inclusion opportunities for our pupils.
Heathlands aims to promote an attitude of life long learning, respect for diversity and celebration of achievement. Pupils are offered various extra-curricula activities and clubs and the school's central library helps to encourage pupils to read for pleasure and information.
Children are fully involved in the life of the school and the school council is active and enthusiastic.


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This was my first ever jewllery box. I got it back in the 1970's when I was a little girl. I can't remember who gave it to me or what it was for but I think it was probably a birthday gift (if there are any family members reading this, give me a call and enlighten me!).
As you can see, there's not much room to actually store my jewellery. The music box doesn't work automatically anymore but you can still manually spin the little wheel to make it play 'Raindrops keep fallin' on my head'.
I just checked underneath and it was 'Made in Japan'.
This is where my jewellery and knick knacks actually live. It's the top drawer of the bathroom vanity unit (very sad I know).
Thanks to Angela and Anastasia for this weeks theme!
This photo has nothing to do with 'this is' but I had to include it. We had a birthday breakfast thismorning for my sister and brother in law as both of their birthdays were this week. This is one of the pressies that I bought for my sister, a doggie bag for her little doggie Socket. He doesn't seem too impressed with the pink lining.


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By Nirmaldasan
The fog factor is the average number of polysyllabic words (excluding personal names) per sentence in a sample of 200 words. I came across this simple formula in Jyoti Sanyal's Indlish. Here is the scoring system in Sanyal's own words:
Clear writing has a fog factor of between 2 & 3.
Below 2 may be childishly simple.
Above 3 may be rather FOGGY!
Though the formula is not pegged to a grade level, it helps in arriving at a quick estimate of the readability of a text. However, a quicker estimate is possible. All we need to do is choose, instead of 200 words, an equivalent sample of 10 sentences. Now, fog factor = P/10, where P is the number of polysyllabic words (excluding personal names) in 10 sentences.
First let us calculate the fog factor of some passages in Indlish and then compare the scores with those of Harry McLaughlin's SMOG (simple measure of gobbledygook). Martin Cutts' foreword to Indlish has a fog factor of 1.7; Ravindra Kumar's introduction, 3.2; and Sanyal's first chapter titled 'See-sawing To Plain English', 1.6.
The SMOG grades for these texts are 10.14 and 12.79 and 9.92 respectively. (The SMOG Grade = 3 + square root of P30, the number of polysyllabic words in 30 sentences.) Since we have taken a sample of only 10 sentences, the number of polysyllabic words may be multiplied by 3 to get P30.
Interestingly, the SMOG grades and the fog factor scores agree on the order of difficulty of the texts. But there is a strong discord on the interpretation of the grade/score. For example, the SMOG grade suggests that a person with 10 years of schooling can understand Cutts' passage but the fog factor's scoring system tells us that it 'may be childishly simple'.
I re-read the sample passages and found that the SMOG grades are a better measure of the texts than the fog factor. But the fog factor is so very simple that I wouldn't want to jettison it. A better scoring system will make the fog factor a very useful readability tool.
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Published October 9, 2017
A podcast on Scientific American reports UB scientists led by Wenyao Xu, assistant professor of computer science and engineering, have constructed a computer security system that works by scanning the dimensions of the user's heart and using the pattern as an identifier.
The team plan to commercialize the technology in the form of a miniaturized system installed onto the corners of computer keyboards.
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I've always been Ms – if anyone telephones and asks for Mrs so-and-so I know they have no idea who I am. A caller once asked if they could speak to Mrs Morrell – my departed boyfriend (not dead, just left me) was Mr Morrell. We had always been MarvellouSly unmarried. Unsurprisingly, I wasn't thrilled to receive that phone call. Even if an unknown caller gets the correct surname, I'm unlikely to want to talk to them and rarely give out my landline number – Mobile'S best for me.
Let's suppose my surname is Stuart. It's not but I quite like the idea of being Ms M.S. It is common for me to be cast as an unnamed female character - Mum or Teacher or Nurse etc. I recently played Headteacher in a short film. The writer/director agreed I could call her Ms Mary Stewart. It always looks better for your character to have a name on your CV. I went with this name as I was drawing upon BBC newscaster Moira Stuart for the headteacher's voice. Ms Stuart has gorgeous tones and is a joy for me to hear on BBC Radio 2 in the MorningS.
Anyway, as Ms Stuart I might get a junk phone call asking to speak to Mrs Stuart – I will ask who is calling or, if I'm feeling grumpy, I'll just say there is no such person ignoring the fact that my sister-in-law is Mrs Stuart, my mother was Mrs Stuart, and there must be nuMerouS other Mrs Stuarts in the world.
Ms is not the same as Miss or Mrs but can disguise either. My Sister is a Dr (not medical but she has a PhD so doesn't have to be Ms, MisS or MrS). I don't even have a MSc. I am a Ms with MS. The MonSter pervades my life. On a Facebook forum today, another MSer posted the idea that referring to our condition as MonSter is negative and we should alternatively go with MeSsenger "telling you to slow down, rest up, eat well and love the good things and people in your life ". A bringer of tidings, good and bad?
I think I'll stick with MonSter. I quite like MonSters – they can be friendly MaSsive MateS. Their MiSsion is not always MadneSs. The MeSs my MonSter brings may not be something I would have wanted to join. However, MemberShip changed my life MaSsively in a MilliSecond in MillionS of ways, not all bad but I'm still discovering what they are.
The MuSic of my life is an unknown ManuScript MoStly played out in MicroSoft packages or eaten with dodgy quantities of MSg. If I make MiStakes, I proMiSe to recoMpenSe as best I can.
This xMaS I have not kissed under the MiStletoe but I have MuSed on life and love. I am making MoveS forward. It is not iMpoSsible to change. I have MS but I won't go backwards. Let's face it – I don't do SM. I've got enough pain going on already.


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NOW is not the time for quiet characters inside the Hartlepool United dressing room, with captain Scott Flinders urging them to find their voice.
Pools host Wimbledon at Victoria Park tomorrow knowing three points is a must if they are to kick-start their survival hopes.
It is the business end of the season now so we need the quiet lads to start being bubbly in themselves.Pools captain Scott Flinders
Eight points from safety with less than a third of the season left, the task facing Pools is grim.
Flinders is all too aware of the precarious situation and is calling on the more experienced players to help the younger professionals through this tough time.
The likes of Neil Austin, Sam Collins, Marlon Harewood and Flinders himself were, of course, all involved in last season's dramatic escape from relegation.
What appeared to be a relatively comfortable season in mid-table suddenly turned sour with six straight defeats which plummeted Pools towards the drop-zone until a 2-1 win over Morecambe saved them.
Flinders told SportMail: "It is the business end of the season now so we need the quiet lads to start being bubbly in themselves.
"We can't have quiet people in there now.
"A couple of the lads in the dressing room have been in this situation before including the horrible situation we got ourselves in last season.
"We are in deeper trouble now, of course, but the experienced lads really need to give the younger lads a positive attitude to take into the next 14 games and see what the outcome is.
"The manager is a bubbly person and has a great spark about him and that helps.
"He takes no prisoners and after Stevenage he had a few people out.
"But that is what football is about – it is a man's game and we won't sulk.
"He certainly keeps the players on their toes," added the 28-year-old stopper.
While Pools are still struggling to string together a consistent run of results, performances have certainly improved since Moore took charge towards the end of last year.
Flinders believes having a settled back-four in front of him is also helping him, with the gloveman the star performer in the defeat to Bury.
For the past three matches, the defence has consisted of Michael Duckworth, Scott Harrison, on-loan David Mirfin and Austin.
"As a keeper I feel more comfortable with a settled back four in front of me," added Flinders.
"Don't get me wrong, Dan Jones did a brilliant job in there but having the experience of Mirf has certainly helped us.
"He reminds me of Sam [Collins] a lot, towards the end of last season when he came back into the side.
"It is good to have his experience in the back four and Ducky and Scotty will only improve by playing alongside him."


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We asked you to send us a photo of you in uniform with a recognizeable person for a "brush with greatness" photo gallery. After receiving all your submissions, we've assembled them into this gallery, so enjoy paging through to see the familiar faces posing with law officers whose work has led them into contact with actors, politicians and other celebrities. Thanks for all your submissions!
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The Institute has an impressive range of dedicated state-of-the-art bridge simulation and ECDIS (Electronic Chart Display & Information System) training facilities, ably supported by our highly experienced lecturing staff who have many years of operational ship handling experience as well as their teaching and assessor qualifications.
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Thousands of people have answered the call for climate change, attending rallies and demonstrations in major cities around the world ahead of this week's U.N. summit. The summit will be held in New York this Tuesday, with representatives from 125 nations expected to attend.
With record turn outs in Canada, England, Australia and the United States, the public is seeking to show their governments that climate change needs to be addressed immediately. Even the stars came out to address the issue, with the rally in London attended by actress Emma Thompson, who marched along with over 40,000 people.
A rally in the Australian city of Melbourne attracted over 30,000 demonstrators. Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbot, who is not attending the summit, was urged by public and political members to ensure climate change remained a top priority.
Other major climate change rallies around the world included Paris, which attracted over 25,000 people. Approximately 15,000 people turned out in Berlin, where protestors urged their government to recognise global warming as an immediate problem. Other demonstrations occurred in Delhi, Jakarta, Barcelona and Rio de Janeiro.
Canada also made itself known, with thousands of protestors taking to the streets across the country. Demonstrations were held from Vancouver to Toronto and every major city in between. Canadian Prime Minister Steve Harper has drawn widespread criticism for not attending the summit.
However, the biggest turn out occurred in New York, where over 100,000 people took to the streets in an effort to shift global attention to one of the world's most pressing issues. The event was attended by U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, who will chair the U.N. summit on Tuesday. It also drew actor Leonardo di-Caprio, a long-time advocate of climate change, and New York Mayor Bill de Blasio, who has committed his city to an 80% reduction of greenhouse gases by 2050.
The New York rally drew people from a variety of communities and religions and was endorsed by over 1,000 separate organizations. The event even included a 3000 pound ice sculpture that spelled out "The Future." The sculpture, created over 2 days by a dedicated team of sculptors, showed a direct example of the effects of global warming as it melted throughout the day. With such a huge turn-out in New York, event organizers are hoping to put pressure on world leaders to come up with an effective and realistic strategy to tackle climate change ahead of Tuesday's summit.
The summit will mark the first time that climate change has taken the world stage in five years. World leaders met in Copenhagen, 2009, in an attempt to tackle the growing problems of global warming. But the conference ended in disappointing failure, with little headway made against combating pollution or reversing climate change. Since 2009 almost no progress has been made on an international level to deal with the issue, with world attention focused on a variety of global crises, most notably in the Middle-East.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced this year that 2014 is on track to break the record for the hottest year, which was set in 2010. This, along with rising sea-levels, increased ocean acidification and a host of other issues, is leading millions of people to believe that time is running out. This weekend's demonstrations, which included 2000 separate marches across 166 countries, shows the united opinion of many world citizens that global warming must be addressed immediately. With thousands of people attending climate change rallies around the world, demonstrators are no doubt hoping that this time the results will be different.
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An Open Label Dose Escalation Study of Intravenous Paricalcitol (ZEMPLAR™) [19-NOR-1 ALPHA, 25 - (OH)D] With Zoledronic Acid (Zometa™) in Patients With Multiple Myeloma
- Determine the maximum tolerated dose of paricalcitol when used with zoledronate in
patients with relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma or other plasma cell disorders.
- Determine the toxic effects of this regimen in these patients.
- Determine the antimyeloma activity of paricalcitol in patients treated with this
OUTLINE: This is an open-label, dose-escalation study of paricalcitol.
Patients receive paricalcitol IV over 15 minutes on days 1, 8, and 15 and zoledronate IV
over 15 minutes on day 22. Treatment repeats every 28 days in the absence of disease
progression or unacceptable toxicity.
Cohorts of 3-6 patients receive escalating doses of paricalcitol until the maximum tolerated
dose (MTD) is determined. The MTD is defined as the dose preceding that at which 2 of 3 or 2
of 6 patients experience dose-limiting toxicity.
PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 12 patients will be accrued for this study.
Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Treatment
Asher A. Chanan-Khan, MD
Principal Investigator
Roswell Park Cancer Institute
United States: Federal Government
August 2005
|Roswell Park Cancer Institute
|Buffalo, New York 14263


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Beyonce: 'Grown Woman' - Listen Now!
Check out this first listen of Beyonce's new track "Grown Woman," co-written by The-Dream and produced by Timbaland.
Last month, the 31-year-old singer's track was edited and featured in her Pepsi "Mirrors" ad.
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Beyonce has recently performed "Grown Woman" at her concerts.
It was reported that Beyonce is pregnant with her second child, but her husband Jay-Z has said that the baby rumors are not true.
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What 2017 Fall Trends Tell US Hoteliers About Traveler Behavior
September 25, 2017 11:26am
By Lenka Trckova
Dazzling fall foliage, crisp air, and a pile of harvested goodies kick off one of the best times of the year to travel. There are good reasons why millions of travelers visit the US during fall: summer crowds dissipate and the best local experiences in many destinations are ready to shine.
Before leaf-changing season kicks into full swing, check out our fall travel trends that reveal interesting insights into traveler search behavior. Our data* tells us where travelers to the US are coming from and what cities they're going to and compares their search behavior with those traveling domestically.
Where do visitors to the US come from?
Whether it's mother nature's fall foliage display in Upstate New York, summery temperatures in the Golden State, or various festivals across the whole country, the US fall season seduces visitors from across the globe. American residents traveling domestically account for 57% of all US searches, far exceeding the number of travelers from any other country.
Brits make up the biggest group of inbound travelers followed by visitors from Canada, Germany, Brazil, Australia, Argentina, Japan, Mexico, France, and Italy.
What are the most popular destinations this fall?
The following image reveals how the destinations of choice differ between international and domestic travelers.
Across all markets, you can clearly see most destinations of choice are those boasting pleasant weather. American residents traveling domestically especially chase the golden sunlight streams with Florida, Nevada, and California as their top three spots. While warmer places also attract international visitors, the most sought-after destination this fall is New York State with 29% of all inbound searches.
In regards to the city preferences, there's a variation within the top city rankings between the two groups of travelers. While Las Vegas crowns the list for US residents, New York City overtook Sin City for searches by international visitors. Orlando follows in third place in both rankings.
Traveler preferences differ also at the country level. Whereas visitors from Japan and Australia will most likely take a four-to-six night trip to the closest destinations such as Honolulu, travelers from German, Italy, and Argentina prefer the island city of Miami Beach and will stay on average one day longer.
Wondering how the most popular destinations differ from the summer season? Check out our summer trends 2017 report.
What are travelers willing to pay and how long they will stay?
We know that creating marketing and pricing strategies along with predicting travelers' behavior can become tricky, especially if there's no sufficient data to utilize. How long travelers are planning to stay and how much they're willing to spend on average are two valuable insights every hotelier should consider when determining their competitive prices.
Visitors seeking family-oriented destinations with proximity to various famous amusement parks search for the longest stays. Travelers visiting the amusement park capital of the world are no exception. Domestic and international travelers visiting Orlando pack their bags for five nights and eight nights and pay on average $110 and $107 per night, respectively. Some international travelers opt for more bang their buck, choosing nearby Kissimmee and staying for nine nights on average, with a cheaper average nightly rate of $73. When it comes to nationalities, visitors from Brazil and Argentina are looking for the longest getaway – seven nights on average. On the other hand, Canadian travelers will take the shortest trips of just four nights on average.
What else does this image reveal? International travelers heading to New York City this fall will pay an average room-night-rate of $268, which is 55% above the average of the top 10 destinations. While cities such as San Francisco, Honolulu, and Los Angeles are all well above the average when it comes to how much visitors pay for a hotel room, visitors to Kissimmee are clicking on the lowest price. For a night in Key West,** US vacationers are searching for even higher-priced hotel rooms than they are in New York City.
*data gathered from all trivago.com searches in the US between June 1 – August 2, 2017, for the period of October 1 – November 30, 2017.
** This data was collated before Hurricane Irma struck, and therefore does not reflect any changes to trends in the Florida Keys area. We would like extend our condolences to all those affected, and wish for a fast recovery and return to normality.
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Lenka is a member of trivago's Industry Management team for English-speaking markets. She grew up in a family of entrepreneurs and studied marketing communication and business management in the Czech Republic. She joined trivago to pursue her passion for the hospitality industry and is focused on supporting hoteliers to reach their online potential through marketing and technology.
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The greatest advantage that Republicans enjoy in races from JP to president — well, after the advantage of superior money — is that they won the battle for conventional wisdom.
For three decades, Republicans have just been better at mythmaking than Democrats, and they keep perfecting it. It began in the Reagan era, although Reagan was not always the originator and reality sometimes dawned on him, as it did when he learned quickly that huge tax cuts for the well-to-do and corporations would enlarge, not close, budget deficits and would not create the economic boom that Arthur Laffer had predicted.
Who can identify all the reasons that Republicans as a class prove to be better at selling fiction over fact than are Democrats, who individually try from time to time and fail? Republicans everywhere tend to read from the same playbook, which helps. Those who stray, even obliquely, as have a few Republican lawmakers in Arkansas and elsewhere, pay a price in their own primaries. Democrats, from Little Rock to Washington, cannot agree on an ideology or even on what they are proud of, although Joe Biden made a good stab at it in the vice presidential debate. He was clobbered for it.
So Republican bankrollers like the billionaire Koch brothers are selling Arkansans on the idea that Democrats have taxed the state and its people out of competition with all the low-tax states around them and that people are fleeing the state in droves to low-tax havens. We've pointed out that the reverse is true. Arkansas is a low-tax state, although it spreads the tax burden perversely on the poorest people. All the tax hikes of the past 15 years — all but a very small one on gas producers — were a Republican governor's doing, and Republicans if they gain power expect to shift the tax burden even more unevenly on the poorest and the not so rich.
The mythmaking, however, is largely aimed at the national government, and Democratic candidates for low-lying offices are associated with Washington evils and the black president who fashioned them. Republicans in some parts of the state accumulate Obama yard signs and stick them alongside the signs of Democratic candidates for local offices.
So here are a few of the big myths that are shaping elections down to the precinct:
Taxes just keep going up, and Democrats are responsible. Reality: Federal tax rates have been going down, not up, pretty steadily for 60 years, except for a couple of blips for higher-income people in 1990 and 1993 in the case of the income tax and for the higher payroll taxes ordered under Reagan and small excise tax increases under Reagan and Clinton. Middle-income Americans now pay federal income taxes at the lowest levels since before World War II, thanks partly to tax cuts by President Obama and the Democratic Congress in 2009. It is true that state and local taxes during those 60 years, in Arkansas and elsewhere, have tended to rise, but even at that all taxes combined — federal, state and local — consumed 9.2 percent of all personal income in 2009, the lowest rate since 1950, according to the U. S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, and the percentage is declining.
Far more than any of his predecessors, the socialist Barack Obama has sent federal spending out of control. Reality: Federal spending in Obama's first term, including the fiscal year that began two weeks ago, is growing at the smallest pace in more than 40 years — 1.4 percent a year. It would be even smaller were it not for the one-time $551 billion of stimulus spending ($3.5 billion of it in Arkansas for highways, medical care and other projects) that stopped the economic slide of 2007-09.
Here are the equivalent percentages in spending growth of his predecessors: Reagan's first term, 8.7 percent; Reagan's second term, 4.9 percent; George Bush I's term, 5.4 percent; Clinton's first term, 3.2 percent; Clinton's second term, 3.9 percent; George Bush II's first term, 7.3 percent; Bush's second term, 8.1 percent.
Democrats bankrupt the country through deficit spending. Reality: The federal budget has been balanced 12 times since World War II — three times, barely, under President Eisenhower, the other nine under Democrats. Obama inherited a $1.4 trillion deficit from Bush, though $114 billion of that should be reassigned to Obama because that much of his stimulus was spent in the tag end of Bush's last fiscal year. The deficit has declined, though gradually, since then.
Corporate taxes are so high in the United States that we can't compete with other countries and they are costing jobs. Reality: The nominal top tax rate, 35 percent, is relatively high but the effective tax rate paid by U.S. corporations is less than half that and many of the most profitable companies pay no income taxes. U.S. corporations bear a smaller total tax burden than businesses in Western Europe and most other industrialized countries. In Arkansas, unlike many competitor states such as Texas, big multistate corporations escape most of their taxes by assigning Arkansas profits to subsidiaries registered in tax havens like Delaware.
But facts are for statisticians. They bore the voter and have no place in modern politics.


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It's been a while since there was something to announce...
Not too long ago I bought a Forenza specifically to test fit and develop products for the Foernza, Lacetti, Reno. In the past it has taken a long time to to get any type of chassis product out (If at all). Hopefully this will change that.
I'm looking for solid commitment and interest in products from these customers. so far several people have requested parts and just about all of them are done or in the works. so far...
- Braided Stainless Brake Hoses are complete and available now. Previously I had only offerend the front, now all four are available. Really good feedback has been given from this kit. $240 shipped in anywhere in the US, a little extra for other countries.
- Braided Stanless Clutch-slave Hose. None in use yet. $75 shipped in anywhere in the US, a little extra for other countries.
- 4-1 Stanless Header and High-Flow Cat are in the works. a really great design has been developed it just needs to be completed.
- Turbo kit has been in the works for a while. the chassis doesn't lend itself to a simple bolt in turbo kit so a lot of design will be thought out to make it as simple as possible.
I'm hoping to get a lot of good interest and commitment for new products in order to make the efforts well worth it.


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Easter 2: The Living Christ inspires faith
John 20:19-31
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Last week on Easter Sunday, (according to John's gospel), we left Mary Magdalene rushing off to tell the disciples the amazing news, "I have seen the Lord!" What a roller coaster of emotions Mary must have felt in a relatively short period of time, ... amazement when arriving at the tomb and discovering a huge entrance stone was removed, bewilderment and fear that someone had stolen Jesus' body out of the tomb (who would do something like that!), deep grief that Jesus' body was gone, confusion about what all of this meant.
Then Jesus shows up, in the midst of her tears, calls her by name, instructs her not to cling to him, but rather to GO-TELL, the disciples, the brothers, that he would be ascending to his Father. Mary was to GO-TELL-PROCLAIM the good news. Jesus was alive! And with that Mary becomes the first Easter apostle!
What is disappointing is that we don't really know from John's gospel what that exchange with the disciples was like. We can imagine there was much excitement...with questions directed to her, "Well, what did he say, what did Jesus look like, where were you when this happened, you thought he was a what...a gardener? how did he find you, was anyone else around???" But we don't get to hear that conversation.
Today we pick up the rest of the story, according to John's gospel. It is later in the day, evening time. Did the disciples spend all afternoon, knocking on people's doors with the message, gathering at local shops, visiting with families, sharing together the news of this amazing turn of events? Well, what we read is the disciples were gathered together in a house, behind locked doors for fear of the Jews. Grown men, followers of Jesus, hiding together.
Why are the disciples not filled with boldness, with excitement to proclaim that Jesus is alive, that Jesus has conquered death? Did they lock themselves in for the night to protect themselves from what the Jews might do to them? Were they afraid that those who plotted Jesus' death might now come after them, his followers? Remember Peter's denial of knowing Jesus, of being one of them, denying/disowning Jesus not once, but 3 times! Were they fearful that they would be accused of stealing Jesus' body?
Fear makes us do strange things...like locking doors. Fear causes us to live in a perpetual state of anxiety. Fear is exhausting and depressing. Lots of energy is used up when we try to stuff our fears, not face them, not talk about them, not acknowledge them. We'd rather run away from them most of the time!
We are familiar with the rest of this narrative and most often focus on Thomas on this particular Sunday. But as I studied this text, I kept coming back to the disciples, locked behind doors, and wondering what fears keep us locked up? Do we keep people locked out because of our fears? And what does Jesus offer to us in our fearful state? So we are setting Thomas aside for now.
My guess is that most of us deal with fear/anxiety at some time in our life. So we are going to take a few moments to reflect on our experiences of fear. I will offer a few questions for each of us to ponder, to reflect on, sitting in silence and then at the conclusion of these few minutes, we will join together in singing STS 45, Calm me, Lord.. I encourage you to close your eyes, open your hands in front of you, palms up. At the end of our time, when Lisa plays through the song one time, then we will join in.
1.) What are the fears in your life that keep you locked up? fears that paralyze you, that keep you from living a full, healthy life, fears that immobilize you?
2.) How do you keep people locked out of your life, held at a distance?
3.) How does it feel if you are being 'locked out'?
(Sing STS 45 - Calm us, Lord)
Were you able to name some of your fears in the quiet moments, to hold them before God, to release them? I wonder what fears came to your mind?
Fear of failure, fear of death or dying, fear of a terminal illness, fear of the dark, fear of rejection, fear of losing your job or losing your mind, fear of a tragedy happening to a loved one, fear of not making the final cut for the choir or baseball team, fear of an abusive parent or spouse, fear of a bad review in your job, fear for the church. Can we stay together? Are you feeling locked into an abusive relationship or trapped in addictive behavior, or bad job situation.
How do we keep people locked out of our life and who are they? Do we break relationships with people who come to a different understanding of abortion, the peace position, method of baptism, Biblical interpretations, same gender relationships?
What does it feel like when we are 'locked out'? When people pull away from us, don't invite us into their homes and life or small group. When our votes don't count and our voice isn't acknowledged and heard. When there is no place for us at the table or we volunteer for something and are never asked to serve.
When the disciples were huddled together behind locked doors because of their fears, Jesus came, stood among them and offered them 3 gifts. He didn't leave them stuck in their heightened state of anxiety, worry and crippling fear. He entered their inner sanctum, their safe room that they had created. He came, not just for a visit, but came bearing gifts that he knew they desperately needed.
1st gift - Jesus offers Peace. In the earlier part of John's gospel, Jesus reminded his followers, before his death, "Peace I leave with you". He had made that promise to them. Now he offers this same Peace to them as Risen Christ! "Peace be with you." And he offers it to them, not once but 3 times! Jesus offers this peace to us, as well. In the midst of your fears, PEACE be with you. We sang about that desire in our song, "Enfold me Lord, in your peace."
2nd gift - Jesus brings purpose/ mission. His followers are now sent out people, The believers become apostles...sent ones....out into the world. They have work to do, a responsibility to fulfill, a calling to follow. They are sent out of God's love for the world. The now become Jesus' representatives wherever they go...his hands...his feet. We become his hands and feet. We now have purpose and a mission. Peace given helps us unlock the doors that we have hid behind because of our fears and frees us to be 'sent people',....'mission people',..people with purpose!
3rd gift - Jesus gives power and authority to carry out this mission. He breathed on them, he breathed into them the Holy Spirit. "Receive the Holy Spirit. If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven; if you retain the sins of any, they are retained." Jesus gives them the power to fulfill their calling and mission and part of that is to offer forgiveness to others. This is John's version of Pentecost...no large rowdy crowd, no tongues of fire, but a resurrected savior with a spiritual body that didn't allow some locked doors to keep him from passing through and breathing the Spirit into their fearful hearts and bodies.
When does Jesus come with this peace, purpose and power? It seems like he comes when people are in grief, like Mary, weeping, distraught, confused. He comes when people are locked in fear, like the disciples, huddled behind closed doors. I think Jesus shows up, stands among us when you and I and many of our brothers and sisters are locked in darkness or locked out of churches and institutions. I believe Jesus shows up and stands among us as we struggle to make sense of what is happening in our churches, conferences and denomination. He stands among us as we gather at tables and discern together, as we learn to listen to one another respectfully, and pray for wisdom from above that will help move us forward.
We are called to leave the rooms we've locked ourselves in and go out, GO-TELL, the good news. We have been empowered by the knowledge that we bear the gifts of Peace, Purpose and Power of the one who bears the scars of his own pain and can pass through any walls that lock us in or out. When Thomas finally saw the those scars, the nail marks, the wound in Jesus' side, he utters the most powerful confessional of the divinity of Jesus in the NT, "My Lord and my God!"
His darkness and his doubt have become light. Thomas is now a willing follower of Jesus knowing whom he follows. It is a new beginning for Thomas and it can be for us, as well. As we open the doors and release our fears, the Peace of Christ rests with us, the power of the Holy Spirit empowers us and we go out as sent people, proclaiming the good news, that Christ is alive and Jesus is our Lord.
Christ is alive, and goes before us . STS 89 has a rich text that offers us hope
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...and I'm very, VERY busy (getting ready for the wholesale show on the weekend). So that's it from me for now.
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Checking the Scenic Express website for some static grass and Silfor grass tufts for my Western games, I discovered that they have an entire new section devoted to O scale (1:48) scenery perfect for those gaming the desert Southwest in 25mm.
Excited, I thought I would post it here so others might find it useful and so I would remember it. Click on the photo to go to the web page.
Being a fan of narrow gauge railroading, I have always envisioned my Western games set in northern New Mexico (Chama area on the Cumbres & Toltec Railroad) and southern Colorado. If you watch many Western movies, they often shoot their films using the Cumbres & Toltec or the Durango & Silverton.
Little known fact: during my teenage and young adult years, I used to volunteer on a tourist railroad that used steam engines. I began as a maintenance kid, cleaning train coaches and working on the track gangs. Then I progressed to the loco maintenance crew, oiling and cleaning and servicing the steam locomotives as well as cleaning the coaches. Then I spent the last two summers on the train crew as a fireman, the guy who got to shovel a ton (literally) of coal in the engine every day and take care of the locomotives at the end of the day. It would get so hot in the engine cab that one day it melted our Coke bottles we placed next to the boiler!
So my Western gaming tends to be tied closely to railroading. I'll be getting some Bachmann On30 locos and equipment for the game and my model railroading. Sorry if I rambled!


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Celebrity Big Brother star Georgia Salpa came clean in January 2012 when she admitted her image wasn't quite as natural as you might have imagined.
You may not be shocked at all by that realisation, but what may surprise you is that she didn't have cosmetic enhancements on the parts of her body where you might immediately.
Georgia might pass for a Kim Kardashian look-a-like (see Kim Kardashian before plastic surgery), but the truth is she's only admitted to having fillers!
No, not Botox but lip injections.
Georgia Salpa Gets Lip Injections…So, the truth is out. Her lips are about as genuine as her all year round suntan.
Who let the cat out of the bag? Well, it was none other than her new manager, Dave Read, who clearly is in a great position to know the score:
"I've asked her about her boobs and they are real but she always winks when I ask her if she's had her lips done," he said. "She's a beautiful girl, inside and out, and everyone seems to be obsessed with her boobs but they're real. And yeah, maybe she has had a cheeky injection in her lips."
But Did Georgia Have a Boob Job?Given the Celebrity Big Brother publicity, discussions have focused on whether Miss Salpa may have had celeb plastic surgery.
While clearly not in the Heidi Montag plastic surgery or Lindsay Lohan league, there's possibly some evidence (as our before and after pictures show) to support the argument.
Dave, however, went a step further and adamantly denied the breast enhancement rumours despite the fact that things seemed have expanded from a genuine 32C to glamour girl 30E!
Dave said: "I'm not an expert in these things but there must be something in the milk in Dublin" which sounds a bit like the boob job equivalent of Father Christmas, so we're sort of suspicious that to be honest."
Georgia, who recently teamed up with Neon Management in London in an effort to get her UK career going, is an old flame of Calum Best.
Dave argued that appearing on Celebrity Big Brother should be the first of many stages of a potentially money-spinning career.
He said: "She's not the big 'I am' type of person, she's quiet and quite shy but she's very down-to-earth and that's what people will like about her. She's just an all round good Irish lass and we're taking things one day at a time but I'm confident the British public will embrace her just like the Irish have." Thanks for reading: Georgia Salpa Boob Job,Lips Injections Plastic Surgery Before and After


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The Toronto Raptors will be without forward Serge Ibaka for Friday night's game against the Atlanta Hawks. The team suspended the 28-year-old after he was involved in an altercation with a staff member.
The team sent out a press release detailing their decision. It did not get into specifics about the altercation, but said both sides have apologized.
.@Raptors announced Friday that forward Serge Ibaka has been suspended for one game after a violation of team rules. Ibaka will not play tonight vs. Atlanta. pic.twitter.com/dc0FQP2wNt
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Ibaka and the staff member got into it following Wednesday's 124-107 loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder.
Ibaka is averaging 13.8 points and 6.0 rebounds per game. He'll be eligible to return when the Raptors take on the Milwaukee Bucks on Monday.
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He may not have the capability to take on the full impact of the injury he's caused you; however, forgiveness is a very crucial part of your healing journey and your mental health. Don't rush into "cheap forgiveness" what Dr. Springs refers to as a quick remedy because "I am told to, I'm a good person, I'm a christian, it's the way was brought up, It's the right things to do".
Forgiveness does not infer that his behaviors are forgotten, as though this never happened. The consequences of the injuries will exist long after. Reconciling involves a lot of work. It's been eleven years since discovery/disclosure for my husband and I, and it took a couple of years for me to get to genuine forgiveness. The initial consequences of his acting out and triggers left me feeling raw with anger that I had to process, "If you ever do anything like this again, we are done." The fight was what I needed to stay in my protective mode and hold to my limits and boundaries.
It took a lot of energy to stay there.
Whatever your pattern is in a threat response; fight, flight or flee, it takes energy and awareness to stay in the hear and now, and practice self care. I wrestled with my emotions, particularly anger, and the underlying primary emotion of how deeply hurt I was that my husband had the capability of keeping a secret from me that could stir up such pain.
One of the many turning points for me was surrendering my anger and asking God to open my eyes and heart, and allow me to see the new man he was becoming. At that point I knew I was ready to put the gauntlet down and start the process of taking my armor off and trust my ability to open myself up, one layer at a time, somewhat guarded, as I continued to observe his new behaviors and see the authenticity and congruence.
You may not want to go anywhere near forgiveness at this time. The addict may not be taking responsibility for reconciliation and ownership for his actions. Amy's husband went to prison and left her with small children. She was left alone to reorganize her life. She experienced every emotion you can imagine, including missing him. A year later and divorced, Amy was able to let go of her dream with the man she loved, letting go and forgiveness is never easy.
Take a moment and define what forgiveness means to you?
Janis Abrahms Springs How Can I Forgive You? Harper: 2004, p. 15.


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ileocecal fold(redirected from plica ileocecalis)
il·e·o·ce·cal fold[TA]
a fold of peritoneum bounding the ileocecal or ileoappendicular fossa.
Synonym(s): plica ileocecalis [TA], Treves fold
ileocecal fold
two flaps surrounding the opening of the ileum into the large intestine where the cecum and ascending colon join together. The flaps project into the lumen of the large intestine and come together at their end, forming ridges. Musculature from the ileum continues into each flap, forming a sphincter. Possible functions of the ileocecal fold include preventing reflux from the cecum to the ileum and regulating the passage of contents from the ileum to the cecum.
Treves,Sir Frederick, English surgeon, 1853-1923.
bloodless field of Treves
Treves fold - a fold of peritoneum bounding the ileocecal or ileoappendicular fossa. Synonym(s): ileocecal fold
Treves intestinal clamp


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