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Reporter, WCHS/WVAH-TV, Charleston WV • 03/13 – Present
- Conduct research, interview sources, write, shoot b-roll, edit packages for multiple platforms, read current events and engage in social networking.
- Write, produce, edit and serve at talent for weekly Behind The Kitchen Door segment, which informs viewers how restaurants fared during their health inspection.
- Create content for Taisha's Table, a food related blog on the station's website.
Reporter/ Anchor/ Producer, KOTA-TV, Rapid City, SD • 09/10 – 02/13
- Stacked rundowns, wrote and edited national and international stories, ordered graphics and proofread scripts to minimize technical errors for the noon, 5:30 P.M. and 10:00 P.M. newscasts.
- Conducted research, interviewed sources, wrote, shot b-roll, edited packages for multiple platforms and social networked.
- Co-anchored the weekend 10 P.M. newscasts, fill-in anchored for KDUH-TV, the sister station in Scottsbluff, Nebraska.
Intern, NBC NIGHTLY NEWS, Washington, D.C. • 07/08 – 08/08
- Assisted Investigative Correspondent Lisa Myers with an in-studio interview, logging and selecting sound bites as well as transcribing Senate and Congressional hearings.
- Conducted in-depth research for the "Liar Loan" investigation, which exposed Countrywide Financial Corporation and multiple U.S. Senators for their involvement in shady lending practices.
Producer Intern, WSTM-TV/NBC 3, Syracuse, NY • 01/08 – 04/08
- Line-produced the C-block of the evening newscast by providing time cues to the weathercaster to ensure adequate show pacing while concurrently communicating with the technical director.
- Stacked rundowns, wrote and edited national and international stories, ordered graphics and proofread scripts to minimize technical errors for a smooth running newscast.
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- Co-produced multiple 30-minute magazine shows including an award-nominated sports show on Ernie Davis.
- Interviewed sources, wrote and edited multiple long-format packages for a weekly public affairs program that reflected the concerns and views of Syracuse residents.
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- Acquired unique storytelling techniques through writing national and international headlines, teases and voice-overs.
- Conducted interviews with sources, shot b-roll and proofread rundowns to minimize grammatical and technical errors.
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- Enterprise story ideas, interview sources, research, write and edit stories that reflect the views of people nationally and globally.
Master of Science in Broadcast Journalism – S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications, Syracuse, NY (2008)
Highlight: Co-produced an award nominated show, Magna Cum Laude
Bachelor of Arts in Mass Media Arts/Television Production – Clark Atlanta University, Atlanta, GA (2006)
Highlight: Voted Best Producer, Magna Cum Laude
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Red-headed finch
|Red-headed finch
|A male red-headed finch
|Scientific classification
A. erythrocephala
|Binomial name
|Amadina erythrocephala
The red-headed finch (Amadina erythrocephala) (also known as the paradise finch or the red-headed weaver) is a common species of estrildid finch found in Africa. It has an estimated global extent of occurrence of 1,600,000 km2. It is found in Angola, Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia, South Africa and Zimbabwe.
Males have vibrant red heads and chests while the females are duller. The resemblance to the cut-throat finch is unmistakable. The red-headed and cut-throat finch are the only members of the genus Amadina. Amadinas with their heavy beaks resemble members of the Lonchura, so they are actually more closely related to the Pytilias such as the Melba finch.[2]
Origin and phylogeny has been obtained by Antonio Arnaiz-Villena et al..[3] Estrildinae may have originated in India and dispersed thereafter (towards Africa and Pacific Ocean habitats).
Often seen in small flocks on dry savannahs, the red-headed finch is a ground feeder which feeds companionably with other species and often visits waterholes. It has a distinctive double-noted chuck-chuck call.[4]
- ^ BirdLife International (2012). "Amadina erythrocephala". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
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- ^ Arnaiz-Villena, A; Ruiz-del-Valle V; Gomez-Prieto P; Reguera R; Parga-Lozano C; Serrano-Vela I (2009). "Estrildinae Finches (Aves, Passeriformes) from Africa, South Asia and Australia: a Molecular Phylogeographic Study" (PDF). The Open Ornithology Journal. 2: 29–36. doi:10.2174/1874453200902010029.
- ^ Newman, K. Newman's Birds of Southern Africa. ISBN 1-86812-278-6. p. 428.
- Newman, K. Newman's Birds of Southern Africa. ISBN 1-86812-278-6. p. 428.
External links[edit]
- Species factsheet - BirdLife International
- Breeding information - eFinch
- Species text - The Atlas of Southern African Birds
- Distribution map - Biodiversity explorer shows a distribution map
|This Estrildidae-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

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Purple Martin Band Sightings and Recoveries 2014
Rob Cornies from Kingsville, Ontario sighted an ASY female martin with band number 2531-10062 and Don Jackson recovered a dead ASY male martin at his home in Kingsville underneath his martin housing with band number 2531-10000.
Martin 2531-10062 was banded in the summer on July 07, 2011 at the home of Randy Marentette, Cottam, Ontario.
Consider that she has made 6 long distant 3 long distant trips to South America and 3 return trips to Ontario.
Martin 2531-10000 was banded in the summer on July 5, 2011 at the home of Cy Poisson, Essex, Ontario. This male martin made SIMILAR trips before succumbing to poor weather conditions at Don's place this past Spring.
It will be interesting to see if this female returns next Spring at Rob Cornies' colony site.


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Since September 2012, the Participate initiative has carried out participatory research, communications and advocacy work to ensure that the voices of the poorest and most marginalised are included in post-2015 decision-making processes.
Participate key activities include:
- Reviewing lessons from large-scale consultation processes
- Facilitating a global Participatory Research Group (PRG)
- Analysing and synthesising recent and current participatory studies
- Creating Ground Level Panels to mirror the work of the High Level Panel
- Putting cameras in the hands of the poorest to make their own films that tell their own stories
- Coordinating an exhibition of Participate's research findings
- Building partnerships with NGOs and other agencies doing research in the poorest communities
Reviewing lessons from large-scale consultation processes
Previous global consultations with people living in poverty have promised new opportunities for those most marginalised to influence the decisions that affect their lives. There are considerable lessons to be learned about what to do and what not to do. If the future of development is to be 'owned' by those who are affected by it, then it is crucial to learn these lessons.
Read Participate's review paper of previous global consultations, What Do We Know About How to Bring the Perspectives of People Living in Poverty into Global Policy-making?
Facilitating a global Participatory Research Group (PRG)
Current participatory research projects gathering knowledge from the margins on the post-2015 debate are brought together through the PRG. This group is supported through methodological workshops for reflection and innovation, including participatory visual work and documentation of the processes involved.
The PRG comprises 18 organisations working in many countries with the poorest and most marginalised communities.
Analysing and synthesising recent and current participatory studies
Two analyses have been carried out: the first is of 84 recent participatory studies published in the past seven years that pertain to the MDGs; the second is of all the current participatory work carried out by the PRG members. Synthesis was conducted in an iterative way, with findings translated into a series of comprehensive research outputs and key policy messages for decision makers, while retaining their legitimacy with the people who produced them. The synthesised research reports and key policy messages can be viewed in Publications. Learn more about each of the PRG members' research initiatives, under Research Activities.
Creating Ground Level Panels (GLP) to mirror the work of the High Level Panel (HLP)
Ground Level Panels (GLPs) of people experiencing poverty, insecurity and exclusion deliberated on the findings of the UN High Level Panel report published in May 2013, around the future of development and produced their own recommendations. Among others, the participants included urban slum-dwellers, disabled people, sexual minorities, people living in conflict and natural disaster-affected areas, rural poverty, or geographically isolated communities, nomadic and indigenous people, and internally displaced people. Read more about the GLP processes in India, Brazil, Egypt and Uganda, and download the GLP communiqués here.
Putting cameras in the hands of the poorest to make their own films that tell their own stories
Six participatory visual processes were facilitated which provide examples of the complex and nuanced aspects and consequences of development. The films, stories and photographs taken by the communities themselves as part of the participatory research can be viewed under Research Activities. In parallel, a documentary film has drawn together learning on the key themes that surface, and how such processes can reveal and communicate powerfully messages from the margins to policy-makers. Please visit the Documentary film page to watch the film; and the Research Methods pages to learn more about the participatory visual methods used by the network as part of their research.
Coordinating an exhibition of Participate's research findings
An interactive exhibition, Work with us, draws together the findings and messages from the research. The exhibition communicates the voices of those living in poverty through their films, stories, photographs and written research reports. Launched during the UN General Assembly meeting in New York in September 2013, the exhibition offers a platform for continued dialogue around the research, and a direct channel to influence governments and UN decision-makers. Learn more about the exhibition on the Exhibition website and Facebook page.
Building partnerships with NGOs and other agencies doing research in the poorest communities
With an emphasis on engaging marginal communities directly, this initiative is distinct from efforts to engage civil society organisations in the post-2015 debate. Participate provides a valuable means of validating evidence from both sources, and builds partnerships with relevant NGO and CSO led advocacy efforts to increase impact where possible.
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Oh that's so sad. Well done for having the personal courage to stand up and address this. You have always been very honest about your inspirations and wouldn't have meant any offense. I hope that this becomes an unexpected turning point and things just get bigger and brighter for you.ReplyDelete
I admire your honesty and standing up to address the issue, it's a blurred line as to were inspired by becomes plagarism - but I feel the guilty ones are those that have done clearly traced imitations of an artisits work. If your work is hand drawn and interpretative then surely it is a new creation.ReplyDelete
Good luck anyway,
Kudos to you for addressing such an issue! I give you tons of credit for writing this post. I think it was very well written and it seems to me that you've done all the right things to remedy this. I hope everything works out well for you. Good luck!ReplyDelete
All the best,
Heather D.
OMG, this is so sad, Lindsay! I never understand why people do things like that... You are such an awesome and big person to stand up and address these issued - you go girl! I will not be going anywhere - will be right here for you :)ReplyDelete
Happy Easter!
I too want to say kudos for writing the post and for keepin' on keepin' on.. even with a few DT members. I know this place will be booming again in no time!! I hope you have a very blessed Easter.ReplyDelete
Well done for writing this post it must have been difficult for you!! And I do hope that things get back to normal for you soon. And I will certainly be putting some desigs together for when they do. Caroline xReplyDelete
I am sorry for the struggles you have had, but applaud you for your honesty. As an illustrator myself, I know EXACTLY how you feel!! But I am glad that SSD is still going to be around... and I'll be keeping my eyes out for a DT call... I'd LOVE to join you! :)ReplyDelete
I hope you won't be too hard on yourself. Similarities are bound to happen. You see it all over the industry--all the time. The cliché "great minds think alike" is a cliché for a reason. Synchronicity is a wierd thing(coincidence that is so strange you wonder how on earth two such similar incidences could happen at once independently) but they do happen all the time! In my opinion anyhow, coincidence is not a copyright issue. ;o) Anywho, not to rant; I just wanted to chime in to say--You rock; your art is fabulous; you're creating trends along with the best of them & the fact that your in stride with another artist just tells me that you have your finger on the creative pulse. Not to mention that this post is pure class! (And thanks in advance for the freebies!) ;o) hugs, melReplyDelete
O wow Lindsay... I hope you didn't get into trouble :(..Everything will work out :) thinking positive thoughts for you..I'm not one for writing all these eloquent words, so I'll just say your artwork is fantastic and can't wait for more :)...Have a fantastic Easter! ((hugs))ReplyDelete
Oh wow!! How can someone take something that isn't theirs?? How rude. I wish you the best of luck in getting everything resolved.ReplyDelete
xoxo hugz
I am sitting here in awe and amazement. I have rarely witnessed such character in a person. You are truly someone amazing and to be respected. I admire you more than you can know for what you have written here. You have not only taken the high road, but climbed to the top of the mountain. Please know I wish you all of my very, very best for everything in your life.ReplyDelete
Big Hugs!!!
I am sooooo sorry that you are having these issues....May everything work out for you and your drawn images.ReplyDelete
I'll just reitterate what everyone else has said...you do good work; you obviously have a good character cuz not too many people will admit to what's happened; and I'm SO glad you're going to be around....as I was reading your post, I thought you were going to say you were closing shop....I was gonna cry! I LOVE your images...they well, they rock!! :D And your group at PCP is, even though small, still fun! Good luck with the changes around the site/with the team...I noticed there were quite a few pics missing from the DT photos...I was hoping things were okay...glad you're regrouping and "spring cleaning"! :D That's always good for everyone!!ReplyDelete
Good luck with the changes happening and THANK YOU for the cute freebies so far!! :D I'm off to play! I have some cards to make!!!!!! :D
I second that Amanda! I love Lindsay's work and they are so much fun to work with and I always look forward to seeing what she comes up with next :) I'm so glad the sight isn't closing which was my first thought too :( So glad to find out I was just jumping the gun!ReplyDelete
well as someone new to your blog and shop, I applaud your post. I have known Sara for a long time and have great respect for her & her work. So happy she will be staying w/you! :)ReplyDelete
sorry for all you are having to go through though. ick....


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Editor's note - Please be as brief as possible when calling Mail Call, The Daily Mail's reader call-in line.
Mail Call is not staffed on weekends or holidays so it is best to call Mail Call weekdays at 301-791-6236.
Readers are welcome to leave their recorded message on any topic they choose, but some calls are screened out.
Here are some of the calls we have received lately:
"Why is it that so many think that the schools should give the kids free meals? I'll bet they are the ones that pay no taxes. Let the parents be responsible and see that the kids have their money before they go to school. I did."
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Let's be frank: the last Call of Juarez was a bit of a dog. I reviewed it and scored it 3/10, some have even accused me of being a tad generous with that score. But Gunslinger has always looked a little more promising, dragging the series back to its Wild West roots.
Now we have some concept artwork, some rendered screens and this trailer to help us regain faith in the series ahead of its return to our consoles as a downloadable title later this year.
Ubisoft and Techland are evoking the names of some real Wild West legends like Billy the Kid, John Wesley Hardin, Butch Cassidy, Pat Garrett and Jesse James for this journey through the dusty history of outlaws and lawmen in the near-lawless region between the bustling melting pot on America's east coast and the gold-rich paradise of the west coast.
It's all looking like a very bloody, explosive visit to an era that holds some fantastic opportunities for a great game. We'll keep you updated as we find out more about this one.
blackredyellowMemberSince: Mar 2009
Didn't bother with the Cartel, looked turd. But this looks promising! Wild West can be such a cool and atmospheric setting.Comment posted on 14/03/2013 at 17:09.
transbaconist (formerly bacon_nuts)MemberSince: Mar 2011
Well this looks like it could be good. Dont see that it could be as good as RDR, but will hopefully be a decent western romp at least.Comment posted on 14/03/2013 at 18:34.
E8_BALL_MemberSince: Jul 2010
Very happy they returned back to the original setting. The first game had some good mechanics & gameplay. The wild west genre doesn't get the attention it deserves, but maybe i'm biased, as I love w.west movies & having it done well in a game is a childhood dream come true. When I played RDR, it was just how I imagined a w.west game should be.Comment posted on 14/03/2013 at 18:36.
TSBonymanMemberSince: Dec 2009
I remember being excited at the video for the first game, picking it up day one and being utterly disappointed by the linear, heavily scripted gameplay. ( i don't mind linearity in games btw, just was expecting more of an open-world western FPS… which RDR subsequently provided deliverance for..)
Seemingly the second game was worse so it'll be interesting to see if third time's the charm.Comment posted on 14/03/2013 at 19:43.
E8_BALL_MemberSince: Jul 2010
Forgot how linear the campaign was, most of my time was spent online due to that. Hope they go for the Farcry approach.Comment posted on 14/03/2013 at 20:29.


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|Ramapo College, April 2016 (photo: Jan Barry)
"Pilgrim Pipeline Debate Flares in Towns along Proposed Route"
"Indian Point Power Plant Leak Sets off State Alarms"
"Water Crisis in Newark Opens Up Widespread Lead Pollution Problem"
"Is Lack of Connection to Nature Harming Our Children?"
"Honeybees: Campaigning for the Creatures Who Help Feed Us"
These are just some of the timely and essential ecological issues that 10 student-reporters at Ramapo College of New Jersey explored in the Spring 2016 Environmental Writing class. This flowering of feature story projects is posted on our class website, ramapolookout.blogspot.com.
Also posted is a wide array of eco-themed assignments throughout the semester, from assessments of Rachel Carson's historic expose of chemical pesticide and herbicide poisoning in Silent Spring, to profiles of North Jersey environmental reporter Scott Fallon of The Record and Secaucus Environmental Director (and Ramapo College alum) Amanda Nesheiwat, plus explorations of other current issues in the Ramapo River watershed and beyond discussed by a number of other distinguished guest speakers. Take a look at how students viewed these vistas.
"We should be grateful for reporters who work to inform the community about undisputable facts that could lead to health risks in their own backyards. The public has a right to know who was responsible for the poisoning of their water, soil and air." --Jonathan Sanzari, in "Environmental Reporters Shine Light on Environmental Injustice"
"One aspect of Professor [Howard] Horowitz's visit that really intrigued me were his poetry maps. The poetry maps shared were 'Idaho' ... and 'Manhattan,' which appeared in The New York Times. Poetry maps, for those who don't know, are exactly what you would think. The poem is shaped as a map of the chosen area, and each landmark can be found in the poem where it would be found on any regular map...
"'Manhattan' is read as if the reader is taking a trip through the city. That's the beauty of these poems. They take you on a trip through an area. Of course, there is an advantage to knowing the area, where you can see in your mind all the places mentioned. The works can still be enjoyed by anyone, as Professor Horowitz is so descriptive as he takes readers on such a beautiful walk." --Marissa Erdelyi, in "Maps, Poems and Environmental Writing"
"I believe it to be a common misconception that change can only be enacted from huge sources such as national non-profit organizations. But, in reality, change must be localized, as Dr. Chuck Stead of Ramapo College, frequently tells his students. His recommendation for those wishing to make change is to start at the most local level possible. Perhaps by going to a town hall meeting in your own town." --Melanie Schuck, in "Change Campaigns Start Local"


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KC Native Releases Book about the History of Kansas City Beer
Kansas City native and author Pete Dulin is releasing his latest book, Kansas City Beer: A History of Brewing in the Heartland, Oct. 24. Part of the American Palate series by Arcadia Publishing, it explores the history of brewing in Kansas City from westbound immigrants, pioneers, the Prohibition and present-day KC.
Highlights from the book include a look at more than a dozen breweries that have opened in Kansas City since the start of the 21st century, how Kansas City's railroad bridge and plentiful rail lines in the 1800s attracted regional breweries to distribute there and a scandal that shook a brewery when the developer fled the country with some unfinished business.
Pete Dulin has written about food, beer, wine, spirits and other subjects for more than 15 years. His work has appeared in The Boston Globe, a number of Kansas City publications, and many other national publications and websites. Dulin hopes his book "inspires people to learn more about and from past breweries, celebrate current local businesses and support the aspirations of breweries to come."


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Share information.
For the betterment of all.
Then Grace flows through you.
© 2017 M.N. Hopkins
Note: The inspiration for this poem first came to me yesterday. I have rewritten it 3 times and this is the end result. It is written in the 5-7-5 Haiku form of poetry. A style that I enjoy.
I have published this poem for the first time on my blog today, the 9th of August, 2017.


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All I had to do when I got home was prep my documents, which shouldn't have been a problem. Got everything I thought I needed and sent it off, but an email soon arrived - apparently I needed not only a letter from my previous employer, as in my manager at ECC, but one from my previous employer in the UK as well. I asked my old boss to provide me with one, then it was time for the trans-Europa express. I returned home two weeks later and still there was no letter. It took further badgering but eventually I was able to pick it up and send it off to Korea. I sent it Monday, it arrived Thursday. The following Monday there was an email in my inbox informing me that all the places were full and I wasn't going to Korea. I'd taken too long - or someone had. On Wednesday I got some even more devastating news, but that sorted itself out eventually.
So there I was. All my stuff - my suit, my shoes, all my winter clothes, my PS3, my orange folding bike - they were still in Korea. And I was stranded. It was the same for the guys I worked with, and so followed the aforementioned void of brain-clawingly frustrating workless existence.
Turns out it's a damn sight more difficult to get a job in Korea this year than it was in 2008. I must have registered with forty recruitment agencies and applied for scores of jobs - and the response was alarming. Ninety five percent of the jobs I applied for went nowhere, there was no reply, positive or negative. The rare occasions that I did hear back, there might have been a phone interview arranged for early in the morning so I'd get up, wait around, and.. nothing would happen. A couple of times I did get to speak to someone, but there was no follow-up. Then, at the end of October I had an email from one of the jobs I applied for a couple of weeks previously.
It was an English guy who was going to be opening a school in Incheon in January. He said he'd like to talk to me. We arranged a phone interview for 8am. I woke up nice and early and waited patiently. By 10.40 I'd run out of patience and went for a shower - it was almost 7pm in Korea. I did take my phone in the bathroom though. Just in case. I'd just got wet when it rang.
Turns out I got the job.
Still, I had another six weeks to wait and filling time was challenging. I watched most of the West Wing, then all of Battlestar Galactica and Band of Brothers. I started Mad Men. On one day, I watched ten movies, back to back. I've watched around 115 episodes of Urusei Yatsura. I started writing. I memorised all the capital cities in the world, and all the US state capitals. I became amazing at Kakuro, Sudoku and crosswords. I reached a personal record of 208 football keepy-ups. I bought known time-sapping computer games like Football Manager and Civilization. I went on morning cycle rides. I'm getting close to visiting every article on the list of unusual wikipedia pages. I took my elderly dog on inadvisedly circuitous walks. I read the novelisation of 24. And many more things I'd rather not revisit.
I start next week. I'm going to be a PE and art teacher.
Imagine that.
Since I'll be in Incheon, this blog will be inaccurately titled. If I do continue blogging I'll do it on another piece of blog. And it'll be miles different to this one.


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Load-balanced and locality-aware scheduling for dataintensive workloads at extreme scales
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- Qiao, Kan
- Sadooghi, Iman
- Zhou, Xiaobing
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- Lang, Michael
- Raicu, Ioan
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- Data driven programming models such as many-task computing (MTC) have been prevalent for running data-intensive scientific applications. MTC applies over-decomposition to enable distributed scheduling. To achieve extreme scalability, MTC proposes a fully distributed task scheduling architecture that employs as many schedulers as the compute nodes to make scheduling decisions. Achieving distributed load balancing and best exploiting data-locality are two important goals for the best performance of distributed scheduling of data-intensive applications. Our previous research proposed a data-aware work stealing technique to optimize both load balancing and data-locality by using both dedicated and shared task ready queues in each scheduler. Tasks were organized in queues based on the input data size and location. Distributed key-value store was applied to manage task metadata. We implemented the technique in MATRIX, a distributed MTC task execution framework. In this work, we devise an analytical sub-optimal upper bound of the proposed technique; compare MATRIX with other scheduling systems; and explore the scalability of the technique at extreme scales. Results show that the technique is not only scalable, but can achieve performance within 15% of the sub-optimal solution.


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I found this interesting - maybe you will, too. It's fascinating how history can become myth - in this case it seems the subjects were heavily invested in creating the myth.
The Real Bonnie and ClydeHollywood portrayed them as the most glamorous outlaws in American history, but the reality of life on the run for Bonnie and Clyde was one of violence, hardship and danger.With unprecedented access to gang members' memoirs, family archives and recently released police records, Timewatch takes an epic road trip through the heart of depression-era America, in search of the true story of Bonnie and Clyde.Bonnie Elizabeth Parker and Clyde Chestnut Barrow were well-known outlaws, robbers, and criminals who traveled the Central United States with their gang during the Great Depression.Their exploits captured the attention of the American public during the public enemy era between 1931 and 1934.Though known today for his dozen-or-so bank robberies, Barrow in fact preferred to rob small stores or rural gas stations.The gang is believed to have killed at least nine police officers and committed several civilian murders.The couple themselves were eventually ambushed and killed in Louisiana by law officers. Their reputation was cemented in American pop folklore by Arthur Penn's 1967 film Bonnie and Clyde.Watch the full documentary now


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English Quiz For BOB/IBPS Exam 2016
Directions (1-8): Read each sentence to find out whether there is any error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The number of that part is the answer.
Q1. People are worried more because of the frequency of occurrence of the crime rather than the magnitude of the crime.
(a) People are worried
(b) More because of the frequency
(c) Of occurrence of the crime rather
(d) Than the magnitude of the crime
(e) No error
Q2. The quality of construction of our building was highly appreciable by most of the visitors.
(a) The quality of construction
(b) Of our building was
(c) Highly appreciable by
(d) Most of the visitors
(e) No error
Q3. The discreet enquiry revealed that his involvement in the fraud cases have been more than what was first guessed.
(a) The discreet enquiry revealed
(b) That his involvement in
(c) The fraud cases have been
(d) More than what was first guessed
(e) No error
Q4. The university has not spent enough money to maintaining Its valuable library.
(a) The university has
(b) Not spent enough
(c) Money to maintaining
(d) Its valuable library
(e) No error
Q5. The survey found that most of employees has a positive view of the company.
(a) The survey found
(b) That most of employees
(c) Has a positive view
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Q6. The meeting will not end until the Chairman gets approval form every members of the Board.
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(b) Until the Chairman
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(d) Every members of the Board
(e) No error
Q7. For millions of people his retirement from cricket has been a greatest shock.
(a) For millions of people
(b) His retirement from
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(d) A greatest shock
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Q8. The chairman has refused no to sanction the required funds for the project.
(a) The chairman has refused
(b) No to sanction
(c) The required funds
(d) For the project
(e) No error
Directions (9-15): In each of the following sentences there are two blank spaces. Below each sentence, there are five pairs of words. Find out which pair of words can be filled up in the blanks in the sentence in the same sequence to make it meaningfully complete.
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(a) furtive… abet
(b) malevolent… thwart
(c) unsavory… depict
(d) inappropriate. .derail
(e) benevolent… obstruct
Q10. The young boy's ______________ attempts to explain to his girlfriend why he had failed to show for their movie date did little to ease her ______ feelings.
(a) impassioned …. disconsolate
(b) veracious… vacuous
(c) unbelievable… gluttonous
(d) chronic… vicarious
(e) immeasurable… vacuous
Q11. For some politicians, charm is a mere __________ adopted to get votes and __________ criticism.
(a) prerequisite… distort
(b) affectation …alleviate
(c) tool… inflict
(d) ruse…. condone
(e) contender… earn
Q12. Although the food in the hostel mess was barely ________, after six months, the residents of the hotels had become ______ to it.
(a) edible … immune
(b) edible… inured
(c) palatable.. immune
(d) palatable… inured
(e) affordable… attuned
Q13. The old miser's ___________ did him little good when he died without heir or friend, and all his precious money was ______ to the state.
(a) frugality…escheated
(b) miserliness… ordained
(c) exemplariness… given
(d) frugality.. ordained
(e) indulgence… willed
Q14. Unlike the other photojournalists, Rochelle despised the _______ nature of the newspaper business because she craved______.
(a) permutable…. habitude
(b) flexible. chaos
(c) permutable. chaos
(d) flexible…stable
(e) heinous… posterity
Q15. The committee's ___________ is to create a space for democratic ___________ of conflicts.
(a) efforts, solution
(b) tasks, finding
(c) finding, settlement
(d) concern, adherence
(e) endeavor, resolution
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Sol. Use of rather is unnecessary.
S2. Ans.(c)
Sol. Use 'appreciated'.
S3. Ans.(c)
Sol. Use singular verb has for antecedent 'involvement'.
S4. Ans.(c)
Sol. Use 'to maintain'.
S5. Ans.(c)
Sol. Use plural verb 'have'.
S6. Ans.(d)
Sol. Use every member.
S7. Ans.(d)
Sol. Use great in place of 'greatest'.
S8. Ans.(b)
Sol. 'No' will not be used with refused.
S9. Ans.(b)
Sol. malevolent… thwart fit the context correctly.
S10. Ans.(b)
Sol. veracious… vacuous fit the context correctly.
S11. Ans.(b)
Sol. affectation …alleviate fit the context correctly.
S12. Ans.(c)
Sol. palatable. immune fit the context correctly.
S13. Ans.(a)
Sol. frugality…escheated fit the context correctly.
S14. Ans.(a)
Sol. permutable…. Habitude fit the context correctly.
S15. Ans.(e)
Sol. endeavor, resolution fit the context correctly.


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My band 'The Public Opinon Afro Orchestra' has a new 45 out - Mr Clean... this is it!
The Public Opinion Afro Orchestra - Mr Clean (Full Version) by HopeStreet Recordings
If you dig it, buy it on vinyl kid! It's really the only way to experience quality music. And this wonderous experience can be all yours for unbelievebly low, low, low $12! That's right, 12 freaking dollars (that's only 11.50US or 9.5EU, wow!)
This was my first attempt at writing a press release thingamy too, tells the tale a bit I guess.
Following up on their ARIA-nominated album "Do Anything Go Anywhere" and their sold-out 12" "Two Sides of the Truth" The Public Opinion Afro Orchestra bring some more hard-hitting afro-funk to the dance-floors of Australia and beyond with the new release "Mr Clean". Comprising 17 Melbourne-based musicians, many with origins in Africa, they draw from these diverse backgrounds in creating a heavy afro sound that is uniquely their own.
"Follow your leader!" comes the chorus as guitarist Dave Marama, channeling the power of freedom fighters past, steps up to the mic and delivers his funky sermon. Mr Clean is his vision of leading his native Africa with wisdom and empathy, as something virtually unheard of these days; a clean, honest politician. You might say "he's dreaming" but give this man a chance and by the end he'll have your vote I promise! And don't worry he's not out fighting on his own – he's there with the hardest rhythm section as his foot soldiers, the meanest horn section as his cavalry and a frontline of singers and dancers that would make a grown man weep.
This up-tempo afro-funk stormer has 'club hit' stamped all over it. It might be over 8 mins long, spread over both sides of the 45 (DJ's, you neeeeed doubles!) but if you're on a dancefloor when the needle hits the groove, you'll find yourself a heaving, sweaty mess by the end.
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The Arizona Diamondbacks are expected to announce their hiring of Chip Hale as manager on Monday.
The Arizona Diamondbacks have hired Chip Hale as their next manager, the team announced Monday.
The news was reported earlier in the day by Bob Nightengale of USA Today.
Hale has served as the bench coach for the Oakland Athletics since 2012. He was reportedly one of Arizona's five finalists for the position, along with former MLB manager Jim Tracy, minor league manager Phil Nevin, Cleveland Indians bench coach Sandy Alomar Jr. and Diamondbacks assistant hitting coach Turner Ward.
That group, minus Hale, was also part of the initial list of candidates announced by the team earlier his month. The last three Diamondbacks managers, including Hale, entered the job with no previous major league managing experience.
Former manager Kirk Gibson and bench coach Alan Trammell were fired near the end of this season, with the Diamondbacks ultimately finishing 64-98 and in last place in the National League West. It was the third straight year the team failed to finish above .500. Gibson went 353-375 in his four-plus seasons as manager.
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Arizona also fired general manager Kevin Towers in September and replaced him with former MLB pitcher Dave Stewart later in the month. Former MLB manager Tony La Russa was hired as the team's chief baseball officer in May.
Hale, 49, spent nine seasons in the Diamondbacks' organization as a coach, first as a manager for several minor league affiliates from 2001-06 and then as a third base and infield coach under then-Diamondbacks manager Bob Melvin from 2007-09. He was the New York Mets' third base coach in 2010-11 before leaving to join Melvin with the Athletics in 2012.
In his three seasons with Melvin, Hale helped Oakland to three straight playoff appearances and two AL West division titles, though the team failed to win a postseason series. The A's went 88-74 this season and earned the second AL Wild Card, losing 9-8 in the Wild Card game to the Kansas City Royals.
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Hale also spent six seasons as a player for the Minnesota Twins and Los Angeles Dodgers, last appearing in 1997. He played collegiately for the University of Arizona, helping the team win the College World Series in 1986, and has kept an offseason home in Tucson.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is shifting from consoler to comic for his appearance before a mix of politicians, celebrities and journalists at Washington's premier black-tie dinner.
And some of his most prominent would-be rivals are in attendance, including Donald Trump.
The billionaire businessman was among those who arrived Saturday for the White House Correspondents' Association annual dinner, after a week when he challenged the president on conspiracy theories about his birthplace and the White House released Obama's detailed Hawaii birth certificate.
Newt Gingrich, another considering a presidential run in 2012, also was among the guests. Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell and Obama confidant and Chicago Mayor-elect Rahm Emanuel were among those milling in the foyer with figures from the entertainment world such as TV personalities Joan Rivers and Paula Abdul.
Some 3,000 people are expected to attend.
Obama arrived later Saturday, a day after traveling to Alabama to meet with residents affected by the deadliest tornado outbreak in 40 years.
But in a town consumed by politics and partisanship, the dinner is typically a light-hearted affair and an opportunity for the president to show off his humorous side. Obama has used his past appearances to crack jokes at everything from the infamous couple that crashed his first state dinner to the off-the-cuff speaking style of his vice president, Joe Biden.
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The Obama administration has come up with a remarkable justification for going to war against Libya without the congressional approval required by the Constitution and the War Powers Act of 1973.
American planes are taking off, they are entering Libyan airspace, they are finding their targets, they are dropping bombs, and the bombs are killing and injuring people and destroying things. One can see this as a good war or a bad war, but surely it is a war.
Nonetheless, the Obama administration insists it is not a war. Why? Because, according to "United States Activities in Libya," a 32-page report that the administration released last week, "U.S. operations do not involve sustained fighting or active exchanges of fire with hostile forces, nor do they involve the presence of U.S. ground troops, U.S. casualties or a serious threat thereof, or any significant chance of escalation into a conflict characterized by those factors."
In other words, the balance of forces is so lopsided in favor of the United States that no Americans are dying or are threatened with dying. War is only war, it seems, when Americans are dying — when we die. When only they — the Libyans — die, it is something else for which there is as yet apparently no name.


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This year buying an Esrog is different then other years because of shemitta. Shemitta raises a number of different problems. Esrogim according to the consensus of poskim have קדושת שביעית. Here are some of the issues:
1. שמור - shemitta fruits need to be made hefker, if they are not they may be assur and may not be able to be used for the mitzva
2. נעבד - you are not allowed to do various melachos related to the esrog tree during שמיטה. Again if these are done the esrog may not be able to be used for the mitzva
3. סחורה - you are not allowed to buy/sell shemitta produce.
To get around all of these issues many people are buying אוצר בית דין esrogim. The אוצר בית דין watched the orchards and made sure that there was no forbidden melacha going on. they also were מפקיר כדין. The esrogim are also sold in sealed boxes so you can't go and pick out a specific esrog.
The big issue is what about סחורה? The answer is that the אוצר בית דין is allowed to charge in order to cover their costs. Therefore when you buy an אוצר בית דין esrog, all you are paying for is the actual cost in producing the esrog, there is no profit to anyone.
There is 1 major problem. All of the אוצר בית דין are selling esrogim in 3 different price ranges:
1. כשר - these sell for 40-60 shekel depending on the אוצר בית דין
2. mehudar - these sell for 80-100 shekel depending on the אוצר בית דין
3. mehudar א - these sell for 130-150 shekel depending on the אוצר בית דין
If as we said all the אוצר בית דין is doing is recovering costs, how can they charge more for a better esrog? The answer given is as follows.
The אוצר בית דין has for arguments sake 1000 esrogim and needs to get back 75,000 shekel for their costs. If they tried to sell every esrog for 75 shekel people would not want to buy, there are always people who want a more mehudar esrog and are willing to pay more and there other people who can't afford to pay 75 shekel for an esrog. Therefore what the אוצר בית דין does is split the cost differently. They still get back only the 75,000 shekel however, the more mehudar esrogim subsidize the less mehudar ones. This enables them to sell the esrogim and get their costs back while enabling the more affluent buyer to spend a little more and the poorer buyer to spend a little less. Since no one is actually picking a specific esrog, you just get a sealed box, it still doesn't look like סחורה.
By the way, I bought 3 sealed אוצר בית דין esrogim this year and ended up with 3 beautiful esrogim that in a regular year I probably could not get.
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Buying an Esrog this year
3 comments:
- zdub said...
Last year the going rate here was $60/set. Pitom or pitom-less. This year, it was $73 for a set with a etrog with a pitom, and $83 without a pirom.
I find it ironic that there is an issur s'chora during shemittah but that made things more expensive here. No profit? Gimmeabreak...
- bluke said...
I can't comment on what is going on in the US. I only see what is going on here in Israel.
In any case I have a question, where they selling closed boxes or letting the people look and choose an esrog?
- zdub said...
Late reply. All boxes were open and people were inspecting etrogim as usual.
BTW, the lulavim were sort of shvach. Most were smaller and skimpier than previous years.
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This is a famous painting called "The Astronomer" done by a Dutch painter called Vermeer. It symbolizes huge transformations in Vermeer's society, Netherlands in 1668. At the time the Church was losing control over knowledge and a set of new ideas were taking place: Reason and Science . This work makes a clear and direct reference to one of the icons of the Scientific Revolution, Galileo Galilei. To know more about the "father of modern science" please read here. You can see the original of "The Astronomer" in Paris, at the Louvre.
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Bing played one season at Cape Fear Community College in North Carolina...Averaged 10.5 points, 2.6 rebounds and 2.6 assists per game as a sophomore...Ranked second on the team in scoring...Primarily an outside shooter, he made 46.1% of his field goal attempts, including 43.7% from three-point range...Also made 81.0% of his free throw attempts...In his 31 games, Bing made 66-of-151 shots from outside the three-point stripe, 43.7%...His 66 three-point baskets was a Cape Fear school record...Twice made a personal best seven three-point baskets, once each against Coastal Georgia and Southern Methodist College...Scored his career-high of 21 points in the same games...Bing had personal bests of seven rebounds against Monroe College, five assists against Lenoir College and four steals against Clinton College...Played for Jamie Stowe.
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Available in 10 Sizes from very small to very large.
For Ponds 6,000 to 10,000 gallons (22,700 to 37,800 liters). See other sizes of this filter.
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The Ultima II patented media design has 800 cubic feet of surface area per square foot. This is the highest surface area of any product on the market. The high surface area means less volume of media is needed so the filter itself can be smaller.
Will this filter clear up my green pond water?
There are few factors that can contribute to green pond water. The two most common factors are too much sun exposure and an inadequate or improperly operating biological filtration system. Purchasing an Aqua Ultraviolet filter will definitely take care of the biological and mechanical filtration aspect which is a very common reason for green water. However, one should keep in mind that green pond water is caused by an accumulation of millions of single cell, microscopic spores of green algae. These spores are fueled and reproduce through photosynthesis, which is made possibly by sunlight from the sun. If your pond is receiving too much sunlight in a day, that could also be stimulating an 'algae bloom' in your pond. To learn more, please see our page on green pond water.
Will this filter eliminate string algae/hair algae/blanketweed?
String algae is a common problem in even healthy ponds. Although this filter will definitely help your overall pond ecosystem, it will not eliminate string algae entirely. Please see our page on string algae to learn about a few potential remedies.
Can I use this filter in a swimming pool, or in salt water?
No. This filter is meant for fresh water ponds only.
How often does the media have to be replaced?
The media should never have to be replaced under normal use.
Can this filter be buried to conceal in landscaping?
Yes, the filter can be buried up to the valve to help hide the filter within your pond landscape.
During the backwash cycle, does the beneficial bacteria colony get damaged?
Due to the shape and material type of the filter media, the bacteria is protected during the backwash cycle. Feel free to backwash when necessary without damaging the culture.
How long does it take for an Ultima II filter to start working?
Independent lab tests have shown that the Ultima II is capable of converting ammonia to safe compounds within 2 to 4 weeks after installation. This is actually quite reasonable compared to other forms of biological filtration. Some other brands can take up to 5 or 6 weeks for the ammonia conversion process to optimize.
|Type of Filter
|Pressurized Filter
|Flow Range
|5000 to 7500 GPH
|Optimal Flow
|Pond Size
|6000 to 10,000 gallons
|Inlet / Outlet
|Max Head of Pump
|Media Included
|Yes, Aqua UV tubular media, pre-seeded with natural bacteria
|Built in UV Light Power
|None - See external Aqua UV Clarifiers
|Electrical Cord Length
|24 1/2" Dia. x 43 3/4" H
|One year from the date of purchase


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Punished VandalsSaturday, July 9, 2011
Punished Vandals
"So girls no rent money, spray painted my property outside, time for you to go." The two girls were devastated they pleaded with the owner "can't we do anything to make up for everything?" Oh yes! You certainly can – It's panties down asses up. Regardless of the cries, he puts them in the most revealing and compromising positions. He tells them "lucky for you, I will let you stay, but the discipline will be harsh!"


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Blog Archives
A Prayer for Parents and Children
Yesterday I listened to an NPR story on the radio in my car about Noel Anaya. According to the piece on their website Anaya
was just a year old, he and his five brothers and sisters were placed in the California foster care system. He has spent nearly all of his life in that system and has just turned 21. In California, that's the age when people in foster care "age out" of the system and lose the benefits the system provides. That process becomes official at a final court hearing. Anaya, along with Youth Radio, got rare permission to record the proceeding, where he read a letter he wrote about his experience in the foster care system. (to listen to his letter, go to NPR
While the news is filled with hearings and floods, refugees and wars, this touched me. This young man now launches, out on his own, still searching for a family to love him. Today, I was reflecting on families in pain, intact and broken, and penned this prayer.
God of night and day, dark and light, Lord over joy and pain,
Holder of nations and blesser of babies, witness of Creation and the fall of a single sparrow,
This day, we are comforted that you see the brokenness of your children,
And the brokenness of our children.
In this moment where the road is uncertain, the way unclear
The fog seems to never end, and the light fades ahead,
The path littered with human pain and the wreckage of sorrow,
Help us to look up from our stumbling,
Into the face of Christ,
Who alone knelt in the night of the Garden and remained awake
Who knows what we suffer, for he himself has suffered,
Who was betrayed by his own, hauled away by conspirators of hate and fear,
Tried by those who loved only their own places of entitlement and safety
And condemned by the ignorant and the powerful alike
To die alone with the burdens of the whole world on Him,
And in that face to hear those blessed words,
"Father, forgive them, for they know not what they are doing."
But he also looked into the face of his anguished mother
And his beloved disciple and made them into family.
"Mother, behold your Son."
"Son, behold your mother."
Give us ears attuned to the cries of the ignored,
Eyes to see the invisible ones,
Hearts to understand and welcome the lonely.
Show us the way,
Hold our hands,
Sturdy our resolve,
Settle our doubts,
And empower us to trust that we can keep walking forward
In our own Gethsemanes and Calvaries of the soul.
Standing Up for Children in Birmingham, Alabama
Several years ago, Dr. Penny Marler approached me about participating in a program where pastors might become
friends across differences—race, age, denomination—and learn from each other. Rev. Arthur Price and I decided to make that journey together. He is the pastor of historic Sixteenth Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, where, 50 years ago this fall, people driven by hate and fear set off a bomb that killed four little girls who had just prayed together. The episode set off a national revulsion to the radical racists and helped put America in a new direction.
Over the course of that few years, we became friends, Arthur much younger, a different personality, a native of the North, me a son of the South. It was one of the richest experiences of my life, and it is documented on the website of the Resource Center for Pastoral Excellence. (For more information about the project Rev. Price and I did together, click HERE)
One of the side blessings of that friendship was connecting our churches. We visited each others' deacons meetings, had our congregations together for fellowship, and continued our friendship by having breakfast together regularly over the years. Last year, we began to talk together about doing something positive that would mark this anniversary by affirming that we are in a new day and that the faith community is part of that. We were joined by another friend, Rev. Keith Thompson of First United Methodist Church downtown.
After the massacre at Newtown in December, our sense of commitment was heightened. Whatever strikes at our Read the rest of this entry
Love and Sorrow Mingled Down in Newtown: A Sermon Preached on the Third Sunday of Advent
A voice is heard in Ramah, weeping and great mourning,
Rachel weeping for her children and refusing to be comforted,
because they are no more.
Friday morning, I got up early. I had a doctor's appointment later, then a short appointment at the church and then the rest of the day I took off, as it was my normal day off. I'm an early riser, and a lot of time I take time early in the morning and late at night to indulge myself in music, one of the places, along with my family, of deep joy for me.
Greg Womble and I sat weeks ago and recorded a little improvised song with drum and banjo, a somber, modal-blues piece. Friday I decided to finish it early in the morning, so I listened, feeling the mood and ideas that suggested themselves. I heard bass and light guitar lines in it, so I recorded them, then sat back to listen. The result was full, dark, somber, sad—perfect Christmas song. What on earth should I name it, since there are no words?
A Bible text bubbled up that fit the mood. I took the title, and sent a little email to Greg with the finished product. And here is what I wrote:
"Greg: I edited the song you and i did and added bass and light guitar. The mood suggested a title for the piece: "Weeping in Ramah" CLICK TO LISTEN from Matthew 3:18, after the slaughter of the innocents What do you think?
"A voice is heard in Ramah, weeping and great mourning,
Rachel weeping for her children and refusing to be comforted,
because they are no more."
Then out into the day, doctor, a meeting at the church, then home. Only then did I hear the terrible news about Newtown, Connecticut, a town not all so different from ours. I had a weird feeling—I looked back at the email I sent, read online what time the events of Friday morning transpired. The moment when the verse came to mind was the same moment the deranged young man began his short day of darkness.
I was struck by the weirdness of that juxtaposition. Me, sitting in comfort and safety and boring routine, even Christmas shopping, and at that very moment, something unearthly, unimaginable. Read the rest of this entry
Keeping Children Safe in a Dangerous World
Last weekend, our family gathered in Stone Mountain, Georgia, to celebrate my parents' 60th wedding anniversary. I must hasten to add, my folks are still relatively young—they married right out of high school, had me by age twenty, and the avalanche of four kids and their spouses, twelve grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren, along with spouses, dogs, cats, and horses. We spent the weekend sharing a Holiday Inn Express breakfast area and their home—telling stories, laughing late into the night, and torrid games of Uno at the hotel with three of our aunts who came to help and their spouses.
I was humbled as I listened to my elders tell stories about us, realizing how large the protective covering of love was for us. My Dad was one of nine, my mother one of eight, and one who died at birth. A large family is chaotic sometime, but as my Aunt Johnnie philosophically puts it, "Oh, we argue and fuss and get mad but we always keep getting together."
We have known our share of heartbreaks, losses, tragedies and struggles, all of us. But we keep getting together. There is something astounding about families, something enduring, durable, that transcends politics and economics. Dirt poor was always not as poor as the people down the road, and besides, "we always had each other and enough to eat. So we didn't think we were poor." That despite clothes made out of anything mothers could find and food they grew themselves. Read the rest of this entry
Simple Things and Joseph Kony
I have not been surprised at the diverse and passionate reaction to the Joseph Kony 2012 video, viewed by more than 80 million people as of last night, with accusations of everything from overreaction to his being a "CIA contractor." I can comprehend the anguish. When I went to Kenya in 2007, I was overwhelmed by the sight of tens of thousands of people living in the slums of Nairobi, and the complexities of a country whose history I only began to understand. I chose a humble approach, assuming I knew nothing and had few answers. I also know that only the people of a place can finally discover the answers for their nation. Read the rest of this entry
Thank You, Ella Jones: Churches, the Arts and Why They Matter
I nearly always prefer the hidden, obscure, local and unnoticed to the Big Stuff. Celebrity…zzz…even small pond big fish I find relatively uninteresting. It's just all so predictable and often pompous. When I opened today's Birmingham News, the top of the front page, as usual, was about Alabama and Auburn football, which is as always. You just have to understand that in Alabama, I would fully expect to see this on a front page:
NUCLEAR WAR PROBABLE IN NEXT FEW DAYS (Section B)
COACH SABAN COMMENTS ON NEW RECRUITS: "Next year looks bright," Coach says at local Walmart.
CURE FOUND FOR CANCER (see G17)
As Bruce Hornsby says, just the way it is. But one little hidden gem was on page one, nestled among the two stories on football on the masthead and grim news about our latest number one, being the largest county default in American history, was a story about a woman who played the organ in her church for seventy-five years. Ella Jones has played since she was 12 years old, and still going strong at her church in a nearby town called Graysville.
Over the past year, while reading biographies of Elvis Presly, Sam Phillips, Hank Williams, and a host of other Alabamians, it was striking to see how powerful church music was in forming both their artistry and their musical imaginations. It took me back to all the little churches of my childhood, some great and some very, very small, but they all had a couple things in common. First, they were all Baptist churches, the Southern variety. As I heard people
say, "We were often more Southern than Baptist and more Baptist than Christian." Who else would move to Wisconsin and plant a Southern Baptist Church because they didn't have one? We did when I was in the sixth grade. Two families, mine and another, with about eight kids between us, launched a little church that is still there today.
Churches, for a long time, offered graded choirs, the only choirs I ever sang in, most of the musical training I received, and gave me most of the opportunities to sing in front of people regularly. Not to mention a vast collective memory of hymns.
If you knew how many of the great singers and performers in American entertainment began in the church and around gospel music, it would stagger the reader. Aretha Franklin? Started in church. I could go on but why? The entire early canon of country music was transmitted—and claimed for credit—by the Carter Family, but their musical teeth and a good bit of that canon came from the churches.
I am grateful for it all—anthems, quartets, homely sings around the piano on Sunday night. A way of life is disappearing. Church looks a lot like karaoke in too many places to me. But old hymns still take me back to a different time when we sang and played a lot. I am glad for it.
The German pastor, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, who was martyred by Hitler for trying to overthrow the Nazis, came to New York and taught at Union Seminary before returning to die at Flossenburg. While here, he attended the Abyssinian Baptist Church where Adam Clayton Powell was pastor. He was mesmerized by the gospel singing and took albums back with him of the spirituals. He said that there, for the first time, religion changed for him from "phraseology to reality." Don't tell me the arts don't matter.
It is a truism that when we need the arts the most we usually defund them, downsize them and de-emphasize them. When do you need songs more than during a Dustbowl, a Depression or a Great Recession? I know we need engineers and mathematicians and psychiatrists. But Lord Help us if none of 'em can sing. Humorless and tone-deaf people create a lot of the misery in this world. So, a salute to the Ella Jones' of the world for keeping us alive and giving yourselves to make us all better.
Some of those people who taught me how to sing, "Jesus wants me for a sunbeam" and "Jesus loves the little children" are long gone. But somewhere down in us, it is remembered after most of the sermons have turned back into empty space. It matters.
The Penn State Scandal: Joe Paterno, Duty and Veteran's Day
So who isn't depressed about the whole situation at Penn State? An icon's image trashed, a scandal seems to get bigger
every day, and the story of the events themselves alleged against Jerry Sandusky is stomach-turning. Anyone who has ever dealt with sexual abuse in any way knows how dangerous and emotionally perilous the whole situation can be.
The first abuse victim I ever knew about was a young woman who came to me more than twenty-five years ago. I helped her leave her home with an abusive father who had molested her and took her to a shelter and reported the matter to rape crisis. The laws were murkier and less helpful in those days. After the father threatened to kill me, I called and reported the entire situation to the Sheriff's department, where I was told that all I could do is swear out a restraining order. "What will that do?" I asked. "Well, if he kills you, we can arrest him for violating the order." So…I told my deacons to keep their shotguns at the door and come if I called since I didn't have one.
Things have changed for the better. But this has revealed just how we may not have come as far as we thought. There are so many enormous questions—about out of control emphasis on college athletics, the corrupting power of money at universities, the conspiracy of silence in institutions devoted to higher ideals. In short, not all that different from the implications of clergy abuse scandals.
There are questions about power and priority and value at stake here. College athletics and its money and power on campuses of "higher learning" is a piece of this equation, too. When a footbal coach and program bring $100 million per year to a college, danger of compromise is everywhere. Taylor Branch prophetically has written about this entire sad mess in his book The Cartel: Inside the Rise and Imminent Fall of the NCAA This moment is but a window on our collective soul, and not merely in our worship of collegiate athletics in a way that is out of control.
There is something larger I want to think about—beyond the sad image of Joe Paterno's legacy, the disappointment with a university that had a great reputation, even the cases themselves. It is this—what about our higher obligation to care for our young? Preachers will rail about one more evidence of a culture that does not respect life, but I think of it a little differently. In our addiction to pleasure, the momentary and money, we have sacrificed all notions of loyal obligation.
Oddly, today I was surfing news programs and listened for a while to "Morning Joe,' which I enjoy. The Penn State story got a lot of play and discussion, but it was followed by a Veteran's Day conversation with Jack Jacobs. According to the PBS "Stories of Valor" website, which did a story on Medal of Honor winners,
Colonel Jack Jacobs, who entered military service through Rutgers ROTC, earned the Medal of Honor for exceptional heroism on the battlefields of Vietnam. He also holds three Bronze Stars and two Silver Stars.
Jacobs was an adviser to a Vietnamese infantry battalion when it came under a devastating fire that disabled the commander. Although bleeding from severe head wounds, then-First Lieutenant Jacobs took command, withdrew the unit to safety, and returned again and again under intense fire to rescue the wounded and perform life-saving first aid. He saved the lives of a U.S. adviser and 13 allied soldiers.
As the guests on the show talked about Veterans Day, Jacobs told a story about what motivates Medal of Honor winners
to be so modest. They nearly always say, "I just did my job." The military drills into their soldiers that duty to one another and to their service is the highest necessity for survival and success. Jacobs said that they know that absolute commitment to their duty is what all of their lives depend on. He told of one soldier who was severly wounded in a battle. A seargeant went through a hail of bullets to rescue the man, who later died. The sergeant himself was badly wounded, but he said the young man looked up when he came and said, "I knew you would come for me."
At the heart of military duty, it seems to me, is a profound loyalty to ones fellow soldiers. It is that trust in each other on which lives depend. Jacobs has written a book on these things and extended this virtue to civilian life. Do we not need this same sense that life itself depends on our loyalty to one another and to duty and dependability?
Duty is not always glamorous. It never operates from the pleasure principle, fame, rewards or immediate gratification. Perhaps that is why it has ebbed from view in our current world. It's all about the money, too often, for us. Being true to ourselves, each other and our obligations has been cast aside. We regularly break contracts, covenants and loyalty for some more urgent unhappiness. We reap bitterly from this harvest.
Sex abuse is failure of the most basic of duties—to protect the most vulnerable. Not only their lives, but our own and our collective life absolutely depend on it. So do all our institutions, our financial life, and everything in this world that is worthwhile. Without confidence that we will come for one another, we are utterly lost.
Bobby Horton, a musician buddy, is a Civil War buff and a musical expert on that era. He contributed to many of Ken Burn's series, including the "Civil War." His favorite quotation is from Robert E. Lee, who even in a lost and wrong cause, was a man admired by both sides. He said, "Duty is the most sublime word in our language. Do your duty in all things. You cannot do more. You should never wish to do less." This may be our greatest need on Veterans Day, not the recovery of duty for our soldiers, but for the rest of us. Without doing our duty, can we long survive?


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Tolosa-Hunt Syndrome
Professional Reference articles are designed for health professionals to use. They are written by UK doctors and based on research evidence, UK and European Guidelines. You may find one of our health articles more useful.
Synonyms: superior orbital fissure syndrome, cavernous sinus syndrome, cavernous sinus granulomatosis and Tolosa-Hunt ophthalmoplegia
Tolosa-Hunt syndrome (THS) describes a rare, granulomatous inflammatory process adjacent to the cavernous sinus or within the superior orbital fissure and/or orbital apex. The syndrome manifests as hemicranial or periorbital pain, ophthalmoplegia and sensory loss.
Several combinations of cranial nerve lesions have been described in the syndrome but all localise the site of the lesion to the cavernous sinus or superior orbital fissure. It is a syndrome which responds readily to treatment with steroids but which may recur months or years after the initial attack in up to 50% of cases.[1]
The aetiology is unknown, although it shares histopathological features with idiopathic orbital pseudotumour.
It is a rare condition and most of the literature is case reports rather than series. Cases of THS have been documented worldwide and at all ages. Males and females appear to be equally affected. The age distribution is fairly uniform except for being rare before age 20 years. There are very few paediatric cases described in the literature.[2]
Hunt's original description describes the following features as necessary to make the diagnosis:[3]
- Persistent hemicranial or periorbital 'gnawing' pain, which may occur before or after other symptoms and signs.
- Cranial nerve involvement which may affect any or all of cranial nerves III, IV,V (V1/V2 division) and VI. Cranial nerves III and VI are the most commonly affected. The optic nerve and periarterial sympathetic nerves may also be involved.
- Diplopia is common, as would be expected. Diplopia and cranial nerve lesions are discussed elsewhere. It may precede the pain by several days.
- Involvement of the ophthalmic division of the trigeminal nerve can cause paraesthesia over the forehead. The corneal reflex may be lost on that side.
- The lesion is usually unilateral but bilateral cases have been described.
- Symptoms may last any length of time from days to weeks and may recur at intervals of months to years.
- If untreated, spontaneous remissions may occur, although may be associated with some residual neurological deficit.
- There is no evidence of other pathology.
Since this original description, other features have been added by subsequent case reports, and presentations of the syndrome have been known to include:
- Pain that is periorbital, retro-orbital, frontal or temporal. It is described as severe, 'gnawing' or 'stabbing' in nature.
- There may be a mild proptosis.
- Pupillary reactions may be normal, or there may be sympathetic involvement giving Horner's syndrome or parasympathetic lesions associated with oculomotor nerve involvement.
- Optic disc may be normal, pale or swollen.
- Visual acuity can be normal or impaired. Loss of acuity may be (rarely) permanent.
- Other cranial nerves are sometimes involved, usually the maxillary and mandibular branch of the trigeminal nerve.
- Nausea and vomiting are reported.
The International Classification of Headache Disorders classifies Tolosa-Hunt syndrome as:[4]
- Episodic orbital pain associated with paralysis of one or more of the third, fourth and/or sixth cranial nerves which usually resolves spontaneously but tends to relapse and remit. Diagnostic criteria:
- One or more episodes of unilateral orbital pain persisting for weeks if untreated.
- Paresis of one or more of the third, fourth and/or sixth cranial nerves and/or demonstration of granuloma by MRI or biopsy.
- Paresis coincides with the onset of pain or follows it within 2 weeks.
- Pain and paresis resolve within 72 hours when treated adequately with corticosteroids.
- Other causes have been excluded by appropriate investigations.
- Other causes of painful ophthalmoplegia include tumours, vasculitis, basal meningitis, sarcoid, diabetes mellitus and ophthalmoplegic 'migraine'.
- Some reported cases of Tolosa-Hunt syndrome had additional involvement of the trigeminal nerve (commonly the first division) or optic, facial or acoustic nerves. Sympathetic innervation of the pupil is occasionally affected.
- Careful follow-up is required to exclude other possible causes of painful ophthalmoplegia.
Differential diagnosis
Several other conditions may present in a similar manner to THS and there is no single feature that is pathognomonic for this disease. Other considerations include:[5]
- Trauma.
- Vascular lesions such as cavernous artery aneurysm or thrombosis or carotid cavernous fistula.
- Tumours, such as pituitary adenoma, meningioma, giant cell tumour, metastases.
- Infection - eg, sinusitis, herpes zoster, tuberculosis, fungal.
- Giant cell arteritis.
- Sarcoidosis.
- Wegener's granulomatosis.
- Eosinophilic granuloma.
- Diabetic ophthalmoplegia.
- Migraine.
The diagnosis of THS is a diagnosis of exclusion.[5] Investigations are largely aimed at excluding other causes of signs and symptoms. If THS is suspected, investigations may include:[6]
- U&E, blood glucose, LFTs.
- Syphilis serology.
- Antinuclear antibody, anti-double stranded DNA and anti-smooth muscle antibodies.
- Serum protein electrophoresis.
- Lumbar puncture and examination of CSF.
- MRI scans or CT scan: MRI studies of the cavernous sinus and orbital apex show high sensitivity for the detection and follow-up of inflammatory mass lesions in THS.[7]
- Biopsy.
In 2004, the International Headache Society (IHS) redefined the diagnostic criteria of THS, specifying that granuloma, demonstrated by MRI scan or biopsy, is required for diagnosis.
A review of the literature on THS from 1988 (when the first IHS criteria were published) to 2002, analysed individual cases in relation to the new IHS criteria.[8] They identified 124 cases. It appeared that clinical presentation was similar in all, but 44 (35%) were reported to have inflammation on MRI or biopsy evidence of granuloma, 41/124 (33%) had normal neuroimaging findings and 39 (31%) had a specific lesion, so the THS was secondary.
This confirms that clinical criteria for THS are not unique and their application alone does not assure a correct diagnosis. The requirement for inflammation on MRI will result in better classification of painful ophthalmoplegias. Other features specifically highlighted by the Society are:
- If left untreated, the painful episodes typically last eight weeks. Treated, the pain responds to steroids within 48 hours.
- Cranial nerve involvement coincides with the pain or occurs no more than two weeks after the onset of pain.
- Other conditions should be excluded by neuroimaging (± angiography).
The status of cases which fulfil the clinical criteria but have normal MRI remains to be clarified.
- The treatment of THS is oral corticosteroids to which there is usually a dramatic response with alleviation of pain in 24 to 72 hours. High doses are used (in the order of 60 mg or more, daily) and then tapered off.[9]
- Noticeable improvement is often evident within the first 24 hours of treatment but the ophthalmoplegia may take weeks or months to resolve.[9]
- Failure to respond to steroids suggests an alternative diagnosis.[9]
- Repeat imaging should be done every 1-2 months until there is resolution of the imaging abnormalities.[9, 10]
THS usually responds rapidly to treatment with oral steroids. Relapses can occur and long-term steroid treatment may be required.[9]
Some patients may have residual cranial nerve damage (including the optic nerve, in which case sight is compromised). There may also be complications relating to long-term corticosteroid use.
As THS is a diagnosis of exclusion, it is recommended that patients with a diagnosis of THS must be re-investigated at intervals for at least two years, even if the initial MRI scans were negative, to prevent the possibility of more sinister pathology being missed.
The disease is named after Eduardo Tolosa and William Hunt.[11] They did not work together but independently described the condition. Eduardo Tolosa was a Spanish neurosurgeon who was born in 1900 and died in Barcelona in 1981. William Hunt was an American neurologist and neurosurgeon who was born in 1921 and died in Ohio in 1999. Tolosa first published in 1954,[12] whilst Hunt et al published in 1961.[3]
Further reading and references
; Orbital inflammatory disease. Semin Arthritis Rheum. 2008 Feb37(4):207-22. Epub 2007 Sep 4.
; Tolosa-Hunt syndrome. Ann Ophthalmol. 1978 Sep10(9):1161-8.
; The Tolosa-Hunt syndrome in children: a case report. Cephalalgia. 2009 Nov29(11):1232-7. Epub 2009 Apr 9.
; Painful opthalmoplegia. Its relation to indolent inflammation of the carvernous sinus. Neurology. 1961 Jan11:56-62.
; International Headache Society
; An approach to the patient with painful ophthalmoplegia, with a focus on Curr Pain Headache Rep. 2007 Aug11(4):317-25.
; The Tolosa-Hunt syndrome. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry. 2001 Nov71(5):577-82.
; Tolosa-Hunt syndrome: MRI appearances. J Med Imaging Radiat Oncol. 2008 Oct52(5):447-51. doi: 10.1111/j.1440-1673.2008.01988.x.
; Tolosa-Hunt syndrome: critical literature review based on IHS 2004 criteria. Cephalalgia. 2006 Jul26(7):772-81.
; Tolosa-Hunt syndrome--a rare cause of headache and ophthalmoplegia. Lancet. 2013 Sep 7382(9895):912. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(13)61442-7.
; MRI findings in Tolosa-Hunt syndrome before and after systemic corticosteroid therapy. Eur J Radiol. 2003 Feb45(2):83-90.
; Whonamedit?
Tolosa E: Periarteritic lesions of carotid siphon with clinical features of a carotid infraclinoidal aneurysm; Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry, London, 1954, 17: 300-302.
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