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My blog this week was to be an essay on the similarities between my memoir of my two years teaching English and living in Kazakhstan as an older, married Peace Corps volunteer (At Home on the Kazakh Steppe) and Kathy Pooler’s memoir of living in and escaping from domestic violence, twice (Ever Faithful to His Lead).
Nice young ladies don’t complain.
Neither of us was willing to risk the relationship we had by speaking our truth, out loud.
Good girls play nice. They go along.
The blog, though, wasn’t coming together. Instead, it rambled, it bogged down, or it was confusing. Still, I forged ahead. I had a deadline to meet. Stiff upper lip.
With this last one I stopped, realizing I was in the midst of making that same mistake again.
What I was ignoring — a trauma I’d experienced only a few days before — wasn’t going away. And it was affecting my ability to concentrate or attend to what was in front of me, this blog being only the most obvious.
The real story for today had to be what was going on for me tonight, as I write this blog on December 8.
Wednesday night, December 3, on our way home from a chorus rehearsal of The Messiah, Woody and I had an accident.
We skidded on black ice and totaled our pickup truck. The GMC Sierra rolled over a few times, slid down an embankment, and landed on the driver’s side door.
I had initially been unaware Woody had lost control. Engrossed in my cell phone as we sped up the highway, my first indication something was amiss was the sudden jarring motion as the car skidded. I saw the road swerve before me as in one of those slow motion scenes in earthquake documentaries. I fully expected him to bring the truck back under control.
“Don’t overcorrect,” I told him. Twice. I thought it would help.
Then I watched out my side window as a reflector along the shoulder came racing toward me. I knew we were going over the embankment just beyond it. And I had no idea how steep it was, or how long the fall would last, or what would finally bring the truck to a halt.
I believed I could be meeting my death. But what I remember most was that in that moment I felt peaceful. It was out of my hands. I had given up trying to fix it; I’d let go of the outcome. There was nothing I could do and I knew it. I was certainly in the moment.
But the moment didn’t last long. We rolled over at least twice; I heard glass break; the truck bounced a few times. Then there was silence.
“Are you OK?” I asked Woody. “Yes. Are you?” he replied. I took a quick assessment.
The truck had landed on its left side, on Woody’s driver’s side door. Our seat belts held us securely in our seats, which meant I was suspended a few feet above Woody. Both side windows were blown out and shards of glass plastered my face and neck. Woody also lay on his side, his left arm through the former window and onto the snow beneath him.
Miraculously, neither of us had any injuries. But we were trapped in the cab and it would take nearly an hour for the rescue squad to cut us out and help us walk away.
Neither of us panicked. I called 911 from the cell phone that I still clutched in my hand.
“We’ve been in an accident,” I reported to the dispatcher, “Rt 91 Northbound.” I gave her our names and told her neither of us was injured, just unable to get out. She wanted our mile marker. Woody told me, “north of the Barnet exit.” She still wanted the mile marker.
I had seen the legs of people walking around above us while I was on the phone. I’ve got this covered, I’d wanted to tell them. Really; there’s no need to stay. I asked them for the mile marker and someone knew it, so I passed it on to the dispatcher. Then I noticed my phone was low on battery so we hung up.
I hadn’t even thought of that. But it explained the gusts of cold air that Woody was getting from beneath the car.
“Woody’s shaking. He’s lying in the snow and he’s cold. I want to get him out.” I took off my hat and handed it to him. He’d lost his in the roll.
Someone handed us a parka through my open window and I tried to get it over him, but my orientation was off. I’d think I was pushing it up onto his shoulder but I wasn’t even close; it would slide off. Eventually, we figured it out.
I was glad the people were there. Even if none of them had a phone charger I could use.
With the light from the wrecker upon it, our GMC Sierra lies on its side. It served us well.
The state trooper was the first to arrive, delayed by the icy roads, he said. He bent low and peered into the cab through my husband’s missing window.
“Put your car in park and give me the keys,” he said to Woody after asking us about injuries.
The rescue squad came next; they’d all been at home, warm and comfortable before we slid off the road. The EMS crew was the final set to join; they wanted to know our medical history. Really. While I dangled midair in my seat belt, the only medical condition I could think of concerned my overactive bladder.
After much analysis and discussion, the rescue crew cut the roof off the cab. This involved covering us with blankets so the glass from the front and rear windows that they needed to shatter first would not get in our faces. With the roof laid out on the snow, they guided us as we walked over it and up to the EMS van.
Our vitals were taken. My blood pressure was twenty points higher than normal, Woody’s was forty. The crew said they weren’t concerned by that, but I noticed they took Woody’s again after a few minutes; it had come down 20 points.
We chose not to go to the hospital and signed the necessary papers. Then, we waited in the trooper’s car for the wrecker that had to come.
Our entourage had left and I watched from the front passenger seat as the trooper combed the hillside collecting the bags of stones we had had in the truck for winter ballast against the weight of the snow plow (at home in the barn on this night).
After the trooper drove us home, Woody and I spent considerable time making sure we found all the remaining shards of glass. Really. My right ear was packed with glass but I had only a small puncture wound on my right pinky finger. Woody had his single puncture wound on his left ring finger. We felt immeasurably grateful and slept very well that night.
For the next day and a half I believed that we’d escaped unscathed. I posted to one of my closed FB groups, We Love Memoirs, and got all the necessary support and sympathy I expected and wanted. We sang in the first concert of The Messiah that Friday night and talked with the folks from the two cars who had stopped. It had been traumatic for them as well.
Saturday morning we drove into town to see the truck and collect those odds and ends that we wanted to hang onto.
That afternoon I had a massage, then went food shopping, planning to get home in time to have a light supper and dress for the second of the three concerts that weekend. But as I shopped I got angrier and angrier. When I overheard a conversation between the two store employees and a policeman about a shopper, I complained.
“That’s not a topic to be discussing where it can be overheard by a customer,” I told them in anger. They shrugged, but they stopped talking (though one of the managers rolled her eyes and mumbled under her breath at me).
As I drove home I realized that the effects of the trauma I’d had just a few days before were beginning to show.
“I’m staying home,” I told Woody when I got home. “I can’t go anywhere tonight.” I just wanted to stop moving.
“I’m going,” he responded in an equally defiant tone. I ignored him. Eventually, as the reality sunk in, he admitted he’d also considered staying home. He just didn’t want to.
I took a bubble bath; he watched Netflix. Sunday we felt well enough, even eager, to sing in the final concert, an afternoon event. I was glad we did.
On Monday night, telling my hospice choir friends about it, I began to cry. I had no idea I was still so raw.
When I didn’t think about it, I’d carry on as though nothing was amiss. When I thought about it, I’d break down.
When I didn’t think about it, I’d snap at Woody and hear Woody snap back at me. When I thought about it, I’d cry.
I have a hard time concentrating. My mind is scattered. I can’t settle into a routine. Writing this blog, as you now know, has been difficult.
Cognitively, I know that I am grateful we were not seriously injured. But I don’t FEEL grateful. I feel outrage, fury. I want to hit something. I want to yell, to scream really. But I do neither. Instead, I write. I posted tonight to another closed FB group I’m on and am eager to hear from them. I talk on the phone to friends. I walk in the woods (on snow shoes). I take bubble baths.
The anger comes in spurts. Unexpected spurts. And as quickly as it surfaces, it evaporates.
I’m drinking lots of tea. I’m doing all the things I should be doing. I’m also playing computer solitaire like a junkie.
Woody and I stopped talking about it. What more can we say?
Don’t just do something; sit there.
And that is exactly what I will do.
I will allow myself time to wind my way through the many layers that have formed.
And, later, after we know what the insurance company will allow, I will help Woody find himself a new truck.
Time changes the needs of people.
It had a picture of an hour glass and a long, winding road in the background. I haven’t thought of it in years. With time, I feel myself back in my own skin once again. But I’m different too.
From the policeman at the food store talking out of turn, to my mother last week saying something I thought insensitive, to a woman in my recent writer’s group this week interrupting someone I wanted to hear, my reactions are different than they would have been just a few weeks ago. I’m speaking out, standing up, letting my reality be known.
Whether its because I realize my time on this earth really is limited (and precious) or something else, I don’t even try to know.
What I do know is that I felt peaceful at the moment I thought I was facing my death. And that is a gift.
As is our ability to replace our Sierra with a shiny new toy.
In 2000, my husband and I had a car accident and was lucky to be alive. It changed the both of us. Our whole outlook on life has changed since then. We appreciate each other more but I also use that for my decision making. When I don’t want to do something, I ask myself – If the one I loved died tomorrow, would I have regrets? If the answer is no, I don’t do it. If the answer is yes, I grin and bear it while I do it. Many of the little things that used to irritate me don’t any more because in the grand scheme of things – who really cares? I fight the fights that are important to me even if I feel it is a losing battle because it feels right to me. My sense of what is important has changed. Now we do a lot of traveling and meeting new friends. Life is too short so I need to get busy enjoying it! I’m so glad y’all are okay! Give yourself time for everything to make sense again.
Hi Pat. Yes, time. That is the great healer. Thanks for stopping and adding your thoughts. Btw, I’m going to send your website address to my colleagues in Kazakhstan; you can offer them an interesting new perspective on teaching.
I take walks along the beach and sing to the top of my lungs. A great release allowing fresh thoughts and ideas.
Why do you think you feel angry?
Hi Susan, I thought of you when I read the news recently of the contingent going to Uraguay. I need to learn more of your adopted land. In my mind I lump it in with Paraguay, something akin to American lumping all the Stans together.
As for the why, I can only say that I’m more focused on feeling the anger, on experiencing it, “honoring” it if you will. If I start to analyze it, I find myself going into my head and then I don’t feel it so much anymore. It really doesn’t matter to me so much, but honoring it, getting it out does. And, as I write these words, I have to say I’m not feeling it at the moment. As I wrote below, sometimes one trauma can raise old traumas never fully healed, so that’s a possibility.
Oh, Janet, your post took my breath away. I am so glad you and Woody were not physically injured. Trauma like that is not easy to just set aside to go away on its own. It will be with you for a while. Speaking and writing about it is the best medicine for now. Do not ignore it.
I pray your holidays will be filled with healing and peace.
Yes Joan, that’s another gift I have, that I can write about it and I have people in my life who (seem to) never tire of hearing the tale. Telling our stories of trauma, at all levels, is healing. That and hot baths (though someone on facebook did warn that too hot baths seem to be related to stroke, particularly after a physical trauma, so they are no longer so hot). And I also know that each tragedy or loss reignites those that may still lie unresolved, so I’ve got much to chew on since this happened. Thanks for your support.
Oh Janet, thank God you and Woody survived such a frightening ordeal. It’s amazing how near-death experiences wake us up to what really matters. When I was diagnosed with a life-threatening disease in 1996, my life came to a complete halt but in that halt, I learned a very important lesson–life is short and don’t sweat the small stuff. Enjoy the moments and yes. don’t just do something , sit there.” The rawness of your writing brings me right there with you and makes me even more grateful you are around to pick out that bright red truck! BTW, thank you for your thoughts about the similarities of our stories. At the time, they were ,of course, our life crises. But isn’t it grand to be able to look back and realize they were a detour that led to who we are today. Alive and well and very, very grateful. Sending healing hugs your way.
Hi Kathy I love that image of life coming to a halt, and in that halt seeing things more clearly. I shall accept your hugs and return them in full.
Judging from the previous comments, your readers can relate to the accident you’ve recently experienced. I know I can. Writing/illustrating your feelings will help you continue to process the trauma. I experienced something similar back in college when the car I was a passenger in flipped over on a snowy road – all in slow motion as you describe. No one wore seat-belts, so 6 bodies flew all over the place. I ended up with a bloody knee but did go to the hospital to get checked out.
Then, over ten years ago I was rear-ended by a fast moving vehicle which totaled my sturdy car, an Infiniti. Half of the car looked like an accordion. In the moment of crisis, common sense left me, and I handed a complete stranger my wallet so I could us his cellphone. Dumb – though he did hand it back. Like you, thoughts and actions registered as non sequitur.
After such dramatic events, we have to believe we live in an altered state at least for awhile, probably suffering post-traumatic stress syndrome, which may explain your anger. I like your recipe for healing, don’t just do something; sit there.
I hope it’s in front of a blazing fire with some hot chocolate. Blessings and healing to you and your family this Christmas season.
Hi Marian, Well, I can report that we had our woodstove moved upstairs this summer and it’s now ablaze about two feet from me here on the DR table. I find I prefer to write downstairs lately, not upstairs in my little corner of the world. Alas, the hot chocolate is tea, but there is more honey in it than usual. One more concession to where I am at the moment. Thanks for writing. As always.
Glad you and Woody are okay. That was quite an ordeal and it sounds life-changing. I think that is what transformation does. We are never the same. I am going through something similar as I continue to heal from an illness that has dogged my life for nearly four decades. I hear and understand your anger.
For me, adjusting to a new life that is one of health rather than chronic illness has been incredibly difficult. Letting go of life as I knew it–one fraught with illness–has meant changing, completely, how I live including my routine. Only now, am I stepping into my “new shoes,” as it were. A recent watershed moment revealed that transformation requires letting go of what one was for what one is now.
This post is so beautifully and achingly written, Janet. Thank you.
Thank you, Karen. And welcome. Your words are always a balm to me. I’ve been following your story through your blog posts and, with your comment here, I’m really struck by how easy it is for me to fall into that judgment trap. ( e.g., New found health after years of illess is Good. Traumatic auto accident is Bad.) And once again I’m reminded how limiting these judgments can be. Both situations involve change, a change in a sense of who we are, our identity of you will. And both require time and gentleness. I send you a warm virtual bear hug over the miles.

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my blog this week was to be an essay on the similarities between my memoir of my two years teaching english and living in kazakhstan as an older, married peace corps volunteer (at home on the kazakh steppe) and kathy pooler’s memoir of living in and escaping from domestic violence, twice (ever faithful to his lead).
nice young ladies don’t complain.
neither of us was willing to risk the relationship we had by speaking our truth, out loud.
good girls play nice. they go along.
the blog, though, wasn’t coming together. instead, it rambled, it bogged down, or it was confusing. still, i forged ahead. i had a deadline to meet. stiff upper lip.
with this last one i stopped, realizing i was in the midst of making that same mistake again.
what i was ignoring — a trauma i’d experienced only a few days before — wasn’t going away. and it was affecting my ability to concentrate or attend to what was in front of me, this blog being only the most obvious.
the real story for today had to be what was going on for me tonight, as i write this blog on december 8.
wednesday night, december 3, on our way home from a chorus rehearsal of the messiah, woody and i had an accident.
we skidded on black ice and totaled our pickup truck. the gmc sierra rolled over a few times, slid down an embankment, and landed on the driver’s side door.
i had initially been unaware woody had lost control. engrossed in my cell phone as we sped up the highway, my first indication something was amiss was the sudden jarring motion as the car skidded. i saw the road swerve before me as in one of those slow motion scenes in earthquake documentaries. i fully expected him to bring the truck back under control.
“don’t overcorrect,” i told him. twice. i thought it would help.
then i watched out my side window as a reflector along the shoulder came racing toward me. i knew we were going over the embankment just beyond it. and i had no idea how steep it was, or how long the fall would last, or what would finally bring the truck to a halt.
i believed i could be meeting my death. but what i remember most was that in that moment i felt peaceful. it was out of my hands. i had given up trying to fix it; i’d let go of the outcome. there was nothing i could do and i knew it. i was certainly in the moment.
but the moment didn’t last long. we rolled over at least twice; i heard glass break; the truck bounced a few times. then there was silence.
“are you ok?” i asked woody. “yes. are you?” he replied. i took a quick assessment.
the truck had landed on its left side, on woody’s driver’s side door. our seat belts held us securely in our seats, which meant i was suspended a few feet above woody. both side windows were blown out and shards of glass plastered my face and neck. woody also lay on his side, his left arm through the former window and onto the snow beneath him.
miraculously, neither of us had any injuries. but we were trapped in the cab and it would take nearly an hour for the rescue squad to cut us out and help us walk away.
neither of us panicked. i called 911 from the cell phone that i still clutched in my hand.
“we’ve been in an accident,” i reported to the dispatcher, “rt 91 northbound.” i gave her our names and told her neither of us was injured, just unable to get out. she wanted our mile marker. woody told me, “north of the barnet exit.” she still wanted the mile marker.
i had seen the legs of people walking around above us while i was on the phone. i’ve got this covered, i’d wanted to tell them. really; there’s no need to stay. i asked them for the mile marker and someone knew it, so i passed it on to the dispatcher. then i noticed my phone was low on battery so we hung up.
i hadn’t even thought of that. but it explained the gusts of cold air that woody was getting from beneath the car.
“woody’s shaking. he’s lying in the snow and he’s cold. i want to get him out.” i took off my hat and handed it to him. he’d lost his in the roll.
someone handed us a parka through my open window and i tried to get it over him, but my orientation was off. i’d think i was pushing it up onto his shoulder but i wasn’t even close; it would slide off. eventually, we figured it out.
i was glad the people were there. even if none of them had a phone charger i could use.
with the light from the wrecker upon it, our gmc sierra lies on its side. it served us well.
the state trooper was the first to arrive, delayed by the icy roads, he said. he bent low and peered into the cab through my husband’s missing window.
“put your car in park and give me the keys,” he said to woody after asking us about injuries.
the rescue squad came next; they’d all been at home, warm and comfortable before we slid off the road. the ems crew was the final set to join; they wanted to know our medical history. really. while i dangled midair in my seat belt, the only medical condition i could think of concerned my overactive bladder.
after much analysis and discussion, the rescue crew cut the roof off the cab. this involved covering us with blankets so the glass from the front and rear windows that they needed to shatter first would not get in our faces. with the roof laid out on the snow, they guided us as we walked over it and up to the ems van.
our vitals were taken. my blood pressure was twenty points higher than normal, woody’s was forty. the crew said they weren’t concerned by that, but i noticed they took woody’s again after a few minutes; it had come down 20 points.
we chose not to go to the hospital and signed the necessary papers. then, we waited in the trooper’s car for the wrecker that had to come.
our entourage had left and i watched from the front passenger seat as the trooper combed the hillside collecting the bags of stones we had had in the truck for winter ballast against the weight of the snow plow (at home in the barn on this night).
after the trooper drove us home, woody and i spent considerable time making sure we found all the remaining shards of glass. really. my right ear was packed with glass but i had only a small puncture wound on my right pinky finger. woody had his single puncture wound on his left ring finger. we felt immeasurably grateful and slept very well that night.
for the next day and a half i believed that we’d escaped unscathed. i posted to one of my closed fb groups, we love memoirs, and got all the necessary support and sympathy i expected and wanted. we sang in the first concert of the messiah that friday night and talked with the folks from the two cars who had stopped. it had been traumatic for them as well.
saturday morning we drove into town to see the truck and collect those odds and ends that we wanted to hang onto.
that afternoon i had a massage, then went food shopping, planning to get home in time to have a light supper and dress for the second of the three concerts that weekend. but as i shopped i got angrier and angrier. when i overheard a conversation between the two store employees and a policeman about a shopper, i complained.
“that’s not a topic to be discussing where it can be overheard by a customer,” i told them in anger. they shrugged, but they stopped talking (though one of the managers rolled her eyes and mumbled under her breath at me).
as i drove home i realized that the effects of the trauma i’d had just a few days before were beginning to show.
“i’m staying home,” i told woody when i got home. “i can’t go anywhere tonight.” i just wanted to stop moving.
“i’m going,” he responded in an equally defiant tone. i ignored him. eventually, as the reality sunk in, he admitted he’d also considered staying home. he just didn’t want to.
i took a bubble bath; he watched netflix. sunday we felt well enough, even eager, to sing in the final concert, an afternoon event. i was glad we did.
on monday night, telling my hospice choir friends about it, i began to cry. i had no idea i was still so raw.
when i didn’t think about it, i’d carry on as though nothing was amiss. when i thought about it, i’d break down.
when i didn’t think about it, i’d snap at woody and hear woody snap back at me. when i thought about it, i’d cry.
i have a hard time concentrating. my mind is scattered. i can’t settle into a routine. writing this blog, as you now know, has been difficult.
cognitively, i know that i am grateful we were not seriously injured. but i don’t feel grateful. i feel outrage, fury. i want to hit something. i want to yell, to scream really. but i do neither. instead, i write. i posted tonight to another closed fb group i’m on and am eager to hear from them. i talk on the phone to friends. i walk in the woods (on snow shoes). i take bubble baths.
the anger comes in spurts. unexpected spurts. and as quickly as it surfaces, it evaporates.
i’m drinking lots of tea. i’m doing all the things i should be doing. i’m also playing computer solitaire like a junkie.
woody and i stopped talking about it. what more can we say?
don’t just do something; sit there.
and that is exactly what i will do.
i will allow myself time to wind my way through the many layers that have formed.
and, later, after we know what the insurance company will allow, i will help woody find himself a new truck.
time changes the needs of people.
it had a picture of an hour glass and a long, winding road in the background. i haven’t thought of it in years. with time, i feel myself back in my own skin once again. but i’m different too.
from the policeman at the food store talking out of turn, to my mother last week saying something i thought insensitive, to a woman in my recent writer’s group this week interrupting someone i wanted to hear, my reactions are different than they would have been just a few weeks ago. i’m speaking out, standing up, letting my reality be known.
whether its because i realize my time on this earth really is limited (and precious) or something else, i don’t even try to know.
what i do know is that i felt peaceful at the moment i thought i was facing my death. and that is a gift.
as is our ability to replace our sierra with a shiny new toy.
in 2000, my husband and i had a car accident and was lucky to be alive. it changed the both of us. our whole outlook on life has changed since then. we appreciate each other more but i also use that for my decision making. when i don’t want to do something, i ask myself – if the one i loved died tomorrow, would i have regrets? if the answer is no, i don’t do it. if the answer is yes, i grin and bear it while i do it. many of the little things that used to irritate me don’t any more because in the grand scheme of things – who really cares? i fight the fights that are important to me even if i feel it is a losing battle because it feels right to me. my sense of what is important has changed. now we do a lot of traveling and meeting new friends. life is too short so i need to get busy enjoying it! i’m so glad y’all are okay! give yourself time for everything to make sense again.
hi pat. yes, time. that is the great healer. thanks for stopping and adding your thoughts. btw, i’m going to send your website address to my colleagues in kazakhstan; you can offer them an interesting new perspective on teaching.
i take walks along the beach and sing to the top of my lungs. a great release allowing fresh thoughts and ideas.
why do you think you feel angry?
hi susan, i thought of you when i read the news recently of the contingent going to uraguay. i need to learn more of your adopted land. in my mind i lump it in with paraguay, something akin to american lumping all the stans together.
as for the why, i can only say that i’m more focused on feeling the anger, on experiencing it, “honoring” it if you will. if i start to analyze it, i find myself going into my head and then i don’t feel it so much anymore. it really doesn’t matter to me so much, but honoring it, getting it out does. and, as i write these words, i have to say i’m not feeling it at the moment. as i wrote below, sometimes one trauma can raise old traumas never fully healed, so that’s a possibility.
oh, janet, your post took my breath away. i am so glad you and woody were not physically injured. trauma like that is not easy to just set aside to go away on its own. it will be with you for a while. speaking and writing about it is the best medicine for now. do not ignore it.
i pray your holidays will be filled with healing and peace.
yes joan, that’s another gift i have, that i can write about it and i have people in my life who (seem to) never tire of hearing the tale. telling our stories of trauma, at all levels, is healing. that and hot baths (though someone on facebook did warn that too hot baths seem to be related to stroke, particularly after a physical trauma, so they are no longer so hot). and i also know that each tragedy or loss reignites those that may still lie unresolved, so i’ve got much to chew on since this happened. thanks for your support.
oh janet, thank god you and woody survived such a frightening ordeal. it’s amazing how near-death experiences wake us up to what really matters. when i was diagnosed with a life-threatening disease in 1996, my life came to a complete halt but in that halt, i learned a very important lesson–life is short and don’t sweat the small stuff. enjoy the moments and yes. don’t just do something , sit there.” the rawness of your writing brings me right there with you and makes me even more grateful you are around to pick out that bright red truck! btw, thank you for your thoughts about the similarities of our stories. at the time, they were ,of course, our life crises. but isn’t it grand to be able to look back and realize they were a detour that led to who we are today. alive and well and very, very grateful. sending healing hugs your way.
hi kathy i love that image of life coming to a halt, and in that halt seeing things more clearly. i shall accept your hugs and return them in full.
judging from the previous comments, your readers can relate to the accident you’ve recently experienced. i know i can. writing/illustrating your feelings will help you continue to process the trauma. i experienced something similar back in college when the car i was a passenger in flipped over on a snowy road – all in slow motion as you describe. no one wore seat-belts, so 6 bodies flew all over the place. i ended up with a bloody knee but did go to the hospital to get checked out.
then, over ten years ago i was rear-ended by a fast moving vehicle which totaled my sturdy car, an infiniti. half of the car looked like an accordion. in the moment of crisis, common sense left me, and i handed a complete stranger my wallet so i could us his cellphone. dumb – though he did hand it back. like you, thoughts and actions registered as non sequitur.
after such dramatic events, we have to believe we live in an altered state at least for awhile, probably suffering post-traumatic stress syndrome, which may explain your anger. i like your recipe for healing, don’t just do something; sit there.
i hope it’s in front of a blazing fire with some hot chocolate. blessings and healing to you and your family this christmas season.
hi marian, well, i can report that we had our woodstove moved upstairs this summer and it’s now ablaze about two feet from me here on the dr table. i find i prefer to write downstairs lately, not upstairs in my little corner of the world. alas, the hot chocolate is tea, but there is more honey in it than usual. one more concession to where i am at the moment. thanks for writing. as always.
glad you and woody are okay. that was quite an ordeal and it sounds life-changing. i think that is what transformation does. we are never the same. i am going through something similar as i continue to heal from an illness that has dogged my life for nearly four decades. i hear and understand your anger.
for me, adjusting to a new life that is one of health rather than chronic illness has been incredibly difficult. letting go of life as i knew it–one fraught with illness–has meant changing, completely, how i live including my routine. only now, am i stepping into my “new shoes,” as it were. a recent watershed moment revealed that transformation requires letting go of what one was for what one is now.
this post is so beautifully and achingly written, janet. thank you.
thank you, karen. and welcome. your words are always a balm to me. i’ve been following your story through your blog posts and, with your comment here, i’m really struck by how easy it is for me to fall into that judgment trap. ( e.g., new found health after years of illess is good. traumatic auto accident is bad.) and once again i’m reminded how limiting these judgments can be. both situations involve change, a change in a sense of who we are, our identity of you will. and both require time and gentleness. i send you a warm virtual bear hug over the miles.


text: Williams Automobiles is one of the UK's oldest Morgan, Lotus and Caterham car dealers. Founded in 1911 by the Williams family, we have unrivalled expertise and knowledge of these unique vehicles. At Williams our aim is simple - to grow our business by continually exceeding customer expectations and delivering unparalleled levels of service through all aspects of our 105 year old company. With over 35 Morgan, Lotus and Caterham cars on site, our extensive selection of both new and used cars can be viewed and test-driven. Our showrooms are based in a stunning rural location in South Gloucestershire yet are easy to access form both the M4 & M5 motorways. We are dedicated to being as eco friendly as possible and have custom built our Cotswold stone showrooms to have as little impact on the environment as possible. We offer the perfect location from which to purchase your car or have your pride and joy worked on in our workshops. In the winter, you can warm yourself beside our log-burning fire. Or during the warm summer months, why not enjoy a drink on our south-facing courtyard? Should you wish to discuss any aspect of Morgan, Lotus or Caterham, be it buying, selling, servicing, racing, parts or upgrades, please call Williams Today.

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In the last post I discussed some of the issues surrounding gifting the family vineyard to your family. There are a number of reasons that a person or a couple might consider just giving their property. However, the primary factor in that decision process is: control over the decision. If you make a gift, that means that you are alive and able to consciously make the decision to give your property to another person, family or otherwise.
If you are dead, then you can no longer consciously decide. Your property is distributed the way your estate plan dictates. Now, if you’ve done a good job preparing your estate plan, then that distribution may happen exactly the way you wanted it to. Or maybe not…you just won’t know for sure…because you are dead.
So the trade-off between giving property during your life (gifting) and leaving property to someone in your estate (a bequest) is that of trading off decision making control for tax benefits in the form of a step-up in basis. Let me explain.
Let’s use the previous example, and say that you originally bought your 100 acre Napa vineyard in 1978 for $200,000. You planted some grapes, raised your family, and enjoyed the farm life of growing grapes. Now, forty years later, that vineyard with prime Napa Cab is valued at $250,000 per acre. The property is worth $25 million. If you sell it, you have a capital gain on the value it sells for, less what you paid for it ($25 million – $200,000), and will pay capital gains taxes on that amount, approximately $5 million.
However, if you leave it to your estate, your heirs will receive a “step-up in basis” on the property. That means that for tax purposes they will acquire the property at it’s current value, basically what it’s worth upon your death. After they jump through the hoops to get the property properly titled in their names, they will be able to turn around and sell the property without incurring any capital gains tax.
That is a pretty nice perk of receiving property as an inheritance. Again, the only thing you must do to be able to take advantage of this perk…is, well, give up control…forever.

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in the last post i discussed some of the issues surrounding gifting the family vineyard to your family. there are a number of reasons that a person or a couple might consider just giving their property. however, the primary factor in that decision process is: control over the decision. if you make a gift, that means that you are alive and able to consciously make the decision to give your property to another person, family or otherwise.
if you are dead, then you can no longer consciously decide. your property is distributed the way your estate plan dictates. now, if you’ve done a good job preparing your estate plan, then that distribution may happen exactly the way you wanted it to. or maybe not…you just won’t know for sure…because you are dead.
so the trade-off between giving property during your life (gifting) and leaving property to someone in your estate (a bequest) is that of trading off decision making control for tax benefits in the form of a step-up in basis. let me explain.
let’s use the previous example, and say that you originally bought your 100 acre napa vineyard in 1978 for $200,000. you planted some grapes, raised your family, and enjoyed the farm life of growing grapes. now, forty years later, that vineyard with prime napa cab is valued at $250,000 per acre. the property is worth $25 million. if you sell it, you have a capital gain on the value it sells for, less what you paid for it ($25 million – $200,000), and will pay capital gains taxes on that amount, approximately $5 million.
however, if you leave it to your estate, your heirs will receive a “step-up in basis” on the property. that means that for tax purposes they will acquire the property at it’s current value, basically what it’s worth upon your death. after they jump through the hoops to get the property properly titled in their names, they will be able to turn around and sell the property without incurring any capital gains tax.
that is a pretty nice perk of receiving property as an inheritance. again, the only thing you must do to be able to take advantage of this perk…is, well, give up control…forever.


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Michael McFadyen's Scuba Diving - Darts Point On the north-western side of Longnose Point there is a nice beach that is protected from all but southerly winds. I am not sure of the name of this beach. When I spent a weekend on the liveaboard Ocean Trek, we had lunch on the Sunday off this beach. Before lunch, we went for a dive on the point to the west of the beach. This is Darts Point.
The dive started by climbing aboard Ocean Trek's tender, Priscilla, and being taken around the point to a spot west of the beach. Here we entered the water and did a "drift" dive back to the mother vessel. The reef in closer to the shore is about 10 metres and there is a small wall dropping to about 12 metres. Darts Point itself continues under the water in a series of small ridges, running roughly north/south. Following the reef from where you enter the water to the south sees the reef get deeper to about 20 metres. The reef all along here consists of a sandy bottom with small boulders. The boulders have sponges, sea squirts and small gorgonias growing on them. There are the usual fishlife here, including some small rays, giant cuttlefish and various species of leatherjackets.
Once you hit the 20 metres, turn to the south-east and you will ascend to about 13 metres. It is now time to cross over the ridges. These are only a metre or so high and there are two or three of them. You are now heading to the north or north-east and eventually you will be on the sand again. Follow the sand edge (about 8 metres deep) to the north or north-east until near the boat and then cross the sand to do your safety stop under the boat.
Another very good dive, very easy but still interesting.

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michael mcfadyen's scuba diving - darts point on the north-western side of longnose point there is a nice beach that is protected from all but southerly winds. i am not sure of the name of this beach. when i spent a weekend on the liveaboard ocean trek, we had lunch on the sunday off this beach. before lunch, we went for a dive on the point to the west of the beach. this is darts point.
the dive started by climbing aboard ocean trek's tender, priscilla, and being taken around the point to a spot west of the beach. here we entered the water and did a "drift" dive back to the mother vessel. the reef in closer to the shore is about 10 metres and there is a small wall dropping to about 12 metres. darts point itself continues under the water in a series of small ridges, running roughly north/south. following the reef from where you enter the water to the south sees the reef get deeper to about 20 metres. the reef all along here consists of a sandy bottom with small boulders. the boulders have sponges, sea squirts and small gorgonias growing on them. there are the usual fishlife here, including some small rays, giant cuttlefish and various species of leatherjackets.
once you hit the 20 metres, turn to the south-east and you will ascend to about 13 metres. it is now time to cross over the ridges. these are only a metre or so high and there are two or three of them. you are now heading to the north or north-east and eventually you will be on the sand again. follow the sand edge (about 8 metres deep) to the north or north-east until near the boat and then cross the sand to do your safety stop under the boat.
another very good dive, very easy but still interesting.


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JOLIET – A Plainfield man was arrested after he allegedly hit his girlfriend and her mother and then tried to prevent them from contacting the police, authorities said.
On Thursday morning, Willie J. Akins Jr., 21, of the 1900 block of Cumberland Court in Plainfield got into an argument with his 24-year-old girlfriend, who is pregnant with his child, Joliet Deputy Police Chief Ed Gregory said.
The argument then turned physical, Gregory said.
The girlfriend alleged to police that Akins struck her in the face, slapped her and pushed her off the bed in their home at Cumberland Court, Gregory said. The girlfriend’s mother tried to intervene, but Akins allegedly slapped and pushed her as well, he said.
When the girlfriend tried contacting the police, Akins reportedly pulled the phone cord out of the wall, Gregory said. That is when the mother hit the panic alarm in the house and Joliet police responded, he said.
Officers arrived and arrested Akins on charges of aggravated domestic battery, interfering with the report of domestic violence and domestic battery.
Akins was booked into the Will County jail. He was scheduled to appear in court Friday afternoon.

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joliet – a plainfield man was arrested after he allegedly hit his girlfriend and her mother and then tried to prevent them from contacting the police, authorities said.
on thursday morning, willie j. akins jr., 21, of the 1900 block of cumberland court in plainfield got into an argument with his 24-year-old girlfriend, who is pregnant with his child, joliet deputy police chief ed gregory said.
the argument then turned physical, gregory said.
the girlfriend alleged to police that akins struck her in the face, slapped her and pushed her off the bed in their home at cumberland court, gregory said. the girlfriend’s mother tried to intervene, but akins allegedly slapped and pushed her as well, he said.
when the girlfriend tried contacting the police, akins reportedly pulled the phone cord out of the wall, gregory said. that is when the mother hit the panic alarm in the house and joliet police responded, he said.
officers arrived and arrested akins on charges of aggravated domestic battery, interfering with the report of domestic violence and domestic battery.
akins was booked into the will county jail. he was scheduled to appear in court friday afternoon.


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Are you looking for an apartment painting contractor in Cary, North Carolina? Whether you're searching for a painting contractor to paint the interior or exterior of your apartment building or just a single apartment, look no further. Since 1980, Exceptional Painting has provided quality, affordable Cary apartment painting services. We work on all projects, no matter how big or small. Whether you're a resident looking to have your apartment painted, or a building manager looking to have the building painted, Exceptional Painting is the right choice for you.
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are you looking for an apartment painting contractor in cary, north carolina? whether you're searching for a painting contractor to paint the interior or exterior of your apartment building or just a single apartment, look no further. since 1980, exceptional painting has provided quality, affordable cary apartment painting services. we work on all projects, no matter how big or small. whether you're a resident looking to have your apartment painted, or a building manager looking to have the building painted, exceptional painting is the right choice for you.
is the paint on your cary apartment building chipped or just looking dull? does it need to be rejuvenated? how about fresh new coat of paint? there's no better way to freshen up a worn out looking building than to apply a fresh coat of paint. allow your tenants to take pride in their apartment building, or better yet, attract new potential tenants by giving your building a brand new look with a fresh coat of paint. call the painting experts at (919) 435-2997.
whether you're a resident looking to have your cary apartment painted, or you a building manager looking to have the interior of the apartment building painted, call the cary painting pros at (919) 435-2997. having 39 years of painting experience, the painters at exceptional painting are the best fit for you.
whether you're a resident looking to have your apartment or condominium painted, or a building manager looking to have the whole building or individual units painted, exceptional painting of cary, north carolina is the right choice for you. call us today at (919) 435-2997 for your free estimates.


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San Carlos School, an educational ministry of San Carlos Cathedral providing a quality Catholic education for students in grades TK-8.
We welcome all families seeking a faith-filled learning community for their children.
We nurture the whole child by integrating spiritual and moral development with high academic standards.
We serve the local and global community by fostering a spirit of stewardship, safety, and peace.
San Carlos School is fully accredited by the Western Catholic Educational Association (WCEA) and the Western Association for Schools and Colleges (WASC). A 6-Year accreditation was awarded to San Carlos School through June 2022.

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san carlos school, an educational ministry of san carlos cathedral providing a quality catholic education for students in grades tk-8.
we welcome all families seeking a faith-filled learning community for their children.
we nurture the whole child by integrating spiritual and moral development with high academic standards.
we serve the local and global community by fostering a spirit of stewardship, safety, and peace.
san carlos school is fully accredited by the western catholic educational association (wcea) and the western association for schools and colleges (wasc). a 6-year accreditation was awarded to san carlos school through june 2022.


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Please Assist NGOs by Contributing Funds towards Projects Listed here.
Please use the "Contribution Form" below to communicate your assistance to NGOs.
Project: Training of Respite providers and primary caregivers for senior and children with mental impairment.
The specific objective of the project is to train and empower carers, respite providers, special needs educators, primary caregivers, parents and professionals. The training is offered by a team comprising of occupational therapist, speech therapist, psychologist, physiotherapist and nutritionist as well as a team of foreign experts to implement new techniques to improve the lives of our Special Needs Children and seniors .
List of NGO Projects in the Republic of Mauritius requiring Funding.

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please assist ngos by contributing funds towards projects listed here.
please use the "contribution form" below to communicate your assistance to ngos.
project: training of respite providers and primary caregivers for senior and children with mental impairment.
the specific objective of the project is to train and empower carers, respite providers, special needs educators, primary caregivers, parents and professionals. the training is offered by a team comprising of occupational therapist, speech therapist, psychologist, physiotherapist and nutritionist as well as a team of foreign experts to implement new techniques to improve the lives of our special needs children and seniors .
list of ngo projects in the republic of mauritius requiring funding.


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PASCAL Delivers allows current HGTC employees and students to request books from other South Carolina colleges and universities. Search the PASCAL catalog, or visit their website for answers to frequently asked questions.
Students, faculty, and staff with an HGTC library card and proof of their current schedule from WaveNet may also borrow materials from Coastal Carolina University's Kimbel Library. Anyone taking advantage of this reciprocal borrowing agreement must comply with all of Kimbel Library's policies.
All three HGTC campus libraries are equipped with computers to support academic research and related school work. Each computer has Microsoft Office Suite and Internet access. Facilities at the library, including computer workstations, are available for public use. Students, faculty, and staff are allotted 4 hours per day of computer use; public patrons are allotted 30 minutes per day. This time is guaranteed. Students working on class assignments may request extra time from a library staff member. Printing is available from all computers, and 8GB flash drives are for sale at the Circulation Desk for $8.00 as are earbuds for $1.00.
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use a-z databases to view our full list of databases by name, subject, and vendor.
use smartsearch to retrieve information from multiple databases at once.
use journal search to search by a journal's title in the databases.
select a database, and click the go button.
use libguides for research assistance, subject guides, and useful resources compiled by your friendly librarians.
select a guide, and click the go button.
submit your questions and view our faqs on libanswers, or chat with us live.
the georgetown campus library will close at 4:00 pm on 3/27/19. additionally, this campus library will also be closed on 3/28 and 3/29. please visit or contact the conway campus library for assistance during these times. normal operating hours will resume on 4/1/19 at the georgetown campus library.
hgtc libraries offer the following services to faculty, staff, students, and the public.
hgtc students, faculty, administration, and staff may check out library materials with their h number and a valid picture id. residents of horry and georgetown counties are invited to apply for a library card with photo identification at any of the three campus locations. residents can use their hgtc library card at all three campus libraries. the first card is free and replacement cards are $5.00 each.
with intracampus loan, patrons can order materials belonging to any of the three hgtc libraries and have the materials delivered to their home campus. speak to a library staff member to request an item.
in order to meet specific research needs of students, faculty, and staff, the library offers an interlibrary loan service. through this service, hgtc library patrons may borrow materials from other libraries throughout the country. you can request an interlibrary loan with this form, or by speaking with a library staff member.
pascal delivers allows current hgtc employees and students to request books from other south carolina colleges and universities. search the pascal catalog, or visit their website for answers to frequently asked questions.
students, faculty, and staff with an hgtc library card and proof of their current schedule from wavenet may also borrow materials from coastal carolina university's kimbel library. anyone taking advantage of this reciprocal borrowing agreement must comply with all of kimbel library's policies.
all three hgtc campus libraries are equipped with computers to support academic research and related school work. each computer has microsoft office suite and internet access. facilities at the library, including computer workstations, are available for public use. students, faculty, and staff are allotted 4 hours per day of computer use; public patrons are allotted 30 minutes per day. this time is guaranteed. students working on class assignments may request extra time from a library staff member. printing is available from all computers, and 8gb flash drives are for sale at the circulation desk for $8.00 as are earbuds for $1.00.
current hgtc students may check out laptops from the library for up to 7 days at a time. laptops are equipped with microsoft office, myitlab, and mymathlab. all laptops are equipped with wireless capabilities. students checking out laptops will be required to sign an agreement and present a student id and a valid driver's license (or government issued id along with proof of local residency). you will also be asked to login to wavenet to show your current class schedule. students cannot checkout a laptop for 24 hours after returning the item, nor can they renew the item.
the library offers a collection of downloadable ebooks on axis 360 and offers a large selection of downloadable digital magazines through flipster available to students, faculty, and staff. both axis 360 and flipster titles can be downloaded to smartphones, tablets, laptops, and pcs via free apps.
wireless printing is available at the conway and grand strand campus libraries. the usual fees ($.10/page for black and white prints, $.35/page for color prints) will apply.
in order to borrow from the hgtc library, a patron's account must be cleared of all fines. student account holds will be placed on every account with overdue books or $5.00 or more in fines. students with student account holds will be blocked from receiving transcripts and all borrowing privileges will be revoked. please see a librarian at the campus nearest you to pay fines for any lost materials and processing charges. when the account is cleared of all fees, student account holds will be removed.
each campus library offers private study rooms that can hold anywhere from one to four people - perfect for quietly studying for an exam or working with a group on a project. click here to view the study room rules and regulations.
in the interest of providing a comfortable and positive learning environment for our users, the hgtc library permits limited consumption of light snack food and non-alcoholic drinks in covered/secure containers in most areas of the library. click here to view the food and drink rules and regulations.
as an academic library, we seek to provide a scholarly environment that allows for quiet study. although we recognize that certain library activities (such as reference and circulation) generate some noise, we ask that all patrons and staff work cooperatively to minimize noise in the library. if you must talk in the library, please respect those who seek a quiet place to study by keeping your voice to a whisper and your conversation to a minimum. students are asked to use areas outside the library for calls and general conversation. click here to view the noise and cell phone rules and regulations.
computers in the library are provided for educational purposes only. priority is always given to students conducting school-related research or work. chat rooms and illicit internet sites are strictly prohibited at all hgtc campus libraries. computers are carefully monitored at each campus to prevent this type of use. see the library's computer rules and regulations and the college's computer policy and procedure.
the library of horry-georgetown technical college will accept donations with the understanding that they will not necessarily be added to the collection. the donation form will be submitted with the donation. donations are acknowledged with a form letter. click here to view our collection development guidelines.
the selection of library books and materials is based on the library user’s right to read and his/her freedom from censorship by others. some library materials are controversial and may offend some persons. selections for the library will not be made on the basis of anticipated approval or disapproval, but rather on the merits of the material in relation to the building of the collection, and to serving the interests of the users and supporting the curriculum.
the library holds censorship to be a purely individual matter and declares that while anyone is free to reject for him/herself books and other materials of which he/she does not approve; he/she cannot exercise the right of censorship to restrict the freedom of others.
selection cannot be governed by the chance that books may come into the possession of minors. should a patron challenge library materials, that individual will be expected to complete a request for reconsideration of library materials form. upon completion of this form, library leadership will make an evaluation of the request.
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Researchers from the University of Southern California have discovered that a drug currently being developed to treat stroke patients could also prevent Alzheimer’s disease. The study, which will be published January 15 in the Journal of Experimental Medicine, shows that the genetically engineered protein 3K3A-APC protects the brains of mice with Alzheimer’s-like symptoms, reducing the buildup of toxic peptides and preventing memory loss.
“Because of its neuroprotective, vasculoprotective, and anti-inflammatory activities in multiple models of neurological disorders, we investigated whether 3K3A-APC can also protect the brain from the toxic effects of amyloid-beta toxin in a mouse model of Alzheimer’s disease,” says Berislav V. Zlokovic, Director of the Zilkha Neurogenetic Institute at the Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California.
Toxic amyloid-beta peptides accumulate in the brains of Alzheimer’s patients, leading to neurodegeneration and reduced blood flow within the brain. Zlokovic and colleagues found that 3K3A-APC significantly reduced the accumulation of amyloid-beta in the brains of mice that usually produce large amounts of the toxic peptide. 3K3A-APC treatment prevented these mice from losing their memory and helped maintain normal cerebral blood flow. The drug also suppressed inflammation within the brain, another common feature of Alzheimer’s disease.
Zlokovic and colleagues found that 3K3A-APC protects the brain by preventing nerve cells from producing an enzyme called BACE1 that is required to produce amyloid-beta. Several different inhibitors of BACE1 have been tested in clinical trials for Alzheimer’s disease, but the new study suggests that using 3K3A-APC to block the production of BACE1 could be an alternative approach, particularly at early stages of the disease when amyloid-beta has yet to accumulate to levels capable of permanently damaging the brain.
“Our present data support the idea that 3K3A-APC holds potential as an effective anti-amyloid-beta therapy for early stage Alzheimer’s disease in humans,” Zlokovic says.

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researchers from the university of southern california have discovered that a drug currently being developed to treat stroke patients could also prevent alzheimer’s disease. the study, which will be published january 15 in the journal of experimental medicine, shows that the genetically engineered protein 3k3a-apc protects the brains of mice with alzheimer’s-like symptoms, reducing the buildup of toxic peptides and preventing memory loss.
“because of its neuroprotective, vasculoprotective, and anti-inflammatory activities in multiple models of neurological disorders, we investigated whether 3k3a-apc can also protect the brain from the toxic effects of amyloid-beta toxin in a mouse model of alzheimer’s disease,” says berislav v. zlokovic, director of the zilkha neurogenetic institute at the keck school of medicine, university of southern california.
toxic amyloid-beta peptides accumulate in the brains of alzheimer’s patients, leading to neurodegeneration and reduced blood flow within the brain. zlokovic and colleagues found that 3k3a-apc significantly reduced the accumulation of amyloid-beta in the brains of mice that usually produce large amounts of the toxic peptide. 3k3a-apc treatment prevented these mice from losing their memory and helped maintain normal cerebral blood flow. the drug also suppressed inflammation within the brain, another common feature of alzheimer’s disease.
zlokovic and colleagues found that 3k3a-apc protects the brain by preventing nerve cells from producing an enzyme called bace1 that is required to produce amyloid-beta. several different inhibitors of bace1 have been tested in clinical trials for alzheimer’s disease, but the new study suggests that using 3k3a-apc to block the production of bace1 could be an alternative approach, particularly at early stages of the disease when amyloid-beta has yet to accumulate to levels capable of permanently damaging the brain.
“our present data support the idea that 3k3a-apc holds potential as an effective anti-amyloid-beta therapy for early stage alzheimer’s disease in humans,” zlokovic says.


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No joke, Phoenix is a pretty funny place. Thanks to comedians hosting shows on the regular, solid comedy clubs, and a thriving improv and sketch scene, there's pretty much no excuse not to laugh — a lot.
And that'll be extra true the weekend of April 8 through 10, when the Bird City Comedy Festival makes its debut.

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no joke, phoenix is a pretty funny place. thanks to comedians hosting shows on the regular, solid comedy clubs, and a thriving improv and sketch scene, there's pretty much no excuse not to laugh — a lot.
and that'll be extra true the weekend of april 8 through 10, when the bird city comedy festival makes its debut.


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IWTYAL 100: Language learners around the world reveal their best tips!
This is episode 100 of the podcast!
In this episode we hear from you – the listeners.
I asked you to tell me the single biggest lesson about language learning you've learnt from listening to 100 episodes of the podcast.
I was struck by the diversity of people around the world who got in touch – everyone learning different languages, in different countries.
It was truly inspiring, and it reminded me how we are all striving to improve our lives by learning languages, and are making the world a better place in the process.
I hope you enjoy this special episode!
Please leave me a comment below with your favourite message of all!
Also, please take a second to share this podcast episode on Facebook, Twitter, or with a friend who's learning a language.
They'll draw motivation from all the others around the world learning languages, and find a new lease of life in their own learning!

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iwtyal 100: language learners around the world reveal their best tips!
this is episode 100 of the podcast!
in this episode we hear from you – the listeners.
i asked you to tell me the single biggest lesson about language learning you've learnt from listening to 100 episodes of the podcast.
i was struck by the diversity of people around the world who got in touch – everyone learning different languages, in different countries.
it was truly inspiring, and it reminded me how we are all striving to improve our lives by learning languages, and are making the world a better place in the process.
i hope you enjoy this special episode!
please leave me a comment below with your favourite message of all!
also, please take a second to share this podcast episode on facebook, twitter, or with a friend who's learning a language.
they'll draw motivation from all the others around the world learning languages, and find a new lease of life in their own learning!


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(Pe*tong") n. (Metal.) See Packfong.
(Pet"ra*ry) n. [L. petra stone. Cf. Sp. petraria, and E. Pederero.] An ancient war engine for hurling stones.
(Pe*tre"an) a. [L. petraeus, Gr. petrai^os, fr. pe`tra a rock.] Of or pertaining to rock. G. S. Faber.
(Pe"trel) n. [F. pétrel; a dim. of the name Peter, L. Petrus, Gr. a stone (John i. 42);  probably so called in allusion to St. Peter's walking on the sea. See Petrify.] (Zoöl.) Any one of numerous species of longwinged sea birds belonging to the family Procellaridæ. The small petrels, or Mother Carey's chickens, belong to Oceanites, Oceanodroma, Procellaria, and several allied genera.
, any one of several small petrels, especially Procellaria pelagica, or Mother Carey's chicken, common on both sides of the Atlantic.
(Pe*tres"cence) n. The process of changing into stone; petrification.
(Pe*tres"cent) a. [L. petra rock, stone, Gr. .] Petrifying; converting into stone; as, petrescent water. Boyle.
1. The process of petrifying, or changing into stone; conversion of any organic matter (animal or vegetable) into stone, or a substance of stony hardness.
2. The state or condition of being petrified.
3. That which is petrified; popularly, a body incrusted with stony matter; an incrustation.
4. Fig.: Hardness; callousness; obduracy. "Petrifaction of the soul." Cudworth.
1. Having the quality of converting organic matter into stone; petrifying.
2. Pertaining to, or characterized by, petrifaction.
The . . . petrifactive mutations of hard bodies.
(Pe*trif"ic) a. [Cf. F. pétrifique.] Petrifying; petrifactive.
Death with his mace petrific, cold and dry.

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(pe*tong") n. (metal.) see packfong.
(pet"ra*ry) n. [l. petra stone. cf. sp. petraria, and e. pederero.] an ancient war engine for hurling stones.
(pe*tre"an) a. [l. petraeus, gr. petrai^os, fr. pe`tra a rock.] of or pertaining to rock. g. s. faber.
(pe"trel) n. [f. pétrel; a dim. of the name peter, l. petrus, gr. a stone (john i. 42);  probably so called in allusion to st. peter's walking on the sea. see petrify.] (zoöl.) any one of numerous species of longwinged sea birds belonging to the family procellaridæ. the small petrels, or mother carey's chickens, belong to oceanites, oceanodroma, procellaria, and several allied genera.
, any one of several small petrels, especially procellaria pelagica, or mother carey's chicken, common on both sides of the atlantic.
(pe*tres"cence) n. the process of changing into stone; petrification.
(pe*tres"cent) a. [l. petra rock, stone, gr. .] petrifying; converting into stone; as, petrescent water. boyle.
1. the process of petrifying, or changing into stone; conversion of any organic matter (animal or vegetable) into stone, or a substance of stony hardness.
2. the state or condition of being petrified.
3. that which is petrified; popularly, a body incrusted with stony matter; an incrustation.
4. fig.: hardness; callousness; obduracy. "petrifaction of the soul." cudworth.
1. having the quality of converting organic matter into stone; petrifying.
2. pertaining to, or characterized by, petrifaction.
the . . . petrifactive mutations of hard bodies.
(pe*trif"ic) a. [cf. f. pétrifique.] petrifying; petrifactive.
death with his mace petrific, cold and dry.


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How to make replayer look like actual tables?
Hi can you please give me instructions on how to accomplish this? I looked in the manual but there was nothing there and a search on this site came up empty for me... Thanks!
I'm sorry I should have been more clear. It says I can skin the replayer to look exactly like my tables. I use Mercury theme on stars and it only has Nova and Grinder as options.
Unfortunately, there are no more skins at the moment. Our development department has now a lot of much more important tasks. But as soon as the new themes appear, they will be immediately added to the list.
OK, TY! The wording in the manual made it seem like you could skin them yourself which was why I was asking.
Thanks for replying to all my questions. Much appreciated.

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how to make replayer look like actual tables?
hi can you please give me instructions on how to accomplish this? i looked in the manual but there was nothing there and a search on this site came up empty for me... thanks!
i'm sorry i should have been more clear. it says i can skin the replayer to look exactly like my tables. i use mercury theme on stars and it only has nova and grinder as options.
unfortunately, there are no more skins at the moment. our development department has now a lot of much more important tasks. but as soon as the new themes appear, they will be immediately added to the list.
ok, ty! the wording in the manual made it seem like you could skin them yourself which was why i was asking.
thanks for replying to all my questions. much appreciated.


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Advanced Computer Software Group Limited will be visiting Sahyadri to conduct Recruitment Drive for 2017 Passed out batch on the 8th and 9th of December, 2017.
CTC : 3.75 L to a Fresher.
NOTE : Interested candidates should compulsorily upload their Resumes in the below given link. After uploading the Resumes they can directly attend the drive.

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advanced computer software group limited will be visiting sahyadri to conduct recruitment drive for 2017 passed out batch on the 8th and 9th of december, 2017.
ctc : 3.75 l to a fresher.
note : interested candidates should compulsorily upload their resumes in the below given link. after uploading the resumes they can directly attend the drive.


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/ news / Teleskin in ElectroBoutique gallery.
Teleskin offers a televiewer taking control over TV interface in her hands. When pushing a remote control button one does not switch the content (who cares about that?) but the shape: a TV model, interior where it is placed, - another words, the context - both visual and ideological. The process of zapping is not any more a thoughtless way of spending time, but a creative activity that is forming one's living space. When altering TV skin and adjusting it to a current mood, one breaks free form pre-defined behavioral patterns of the totalitarian post-information society.

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/ news / teleskin in electroboutique gallery.
teleskin offers a televiewer taking control over tv interface in her hands. when pushing a remote control button one does not switch the content (who cares about that?) but the shape: a tv model, interior where it is placed, - another words, the context - both visual and ideological. the process of zapping is not any more a thoughtless way of spending time, but a creative activity that is forming one's living space. when altering tv skin and adjusting it to a current mood, one breaks free form pre-defined behavioral patterns of the totalitarian post-information society.


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These synchronous, presettable counters feature an internal carry look-ahead for application in high-speed counting designs. The LS161A and LS163A are 4-bit binary counters. The carry output is decoded by means of a NOR gate, thus preventing spikes during the normal counting mode of operation. Synchronous operation is provided by having all flipflops clocked simultaneously so that the outputs change coincident with each other when so instructed by the countenable inputs and internal gating. This mode of operation eliminates the output counting spikes which are normally associated with asynchronous (ripple clock) counters. A buffered clock input triggers the four flip-flops on the rising (positive-going) edge of the clock input waveform.
â Alternate Military/Aerospace device (54LS161, 54LS163) is available. Contact a National Semiconductor Sales Office/Distributor for specificaitons.

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these synchronous, presettable counters feature an internal carry look-ahead for application in high-speed counting designs. the ls161a and ls163a are 4-bit binary counters. the carry output is decoded by means of a nor gate, thus preventing spikes during the normal counting mode of operation. synchronous operation is provided by having all flipflops clocked simultaneously so that the outputs change coincident with each other when so instructed by the countenable inputs and internal gating. this mode of operation eliminates the output counting spikes which are normally associated with asynchronous (ripple clock) counters. a buffered clock input triggers the four flip-flops on the rising (positive-going) edge of the clock input waveform.
â alternate military/aerospace device (54ls161, 54ls163) is available. contact a national semiconductor sales office/distributor for specificaitons.


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Located in Kerrville, Texas, Schreiner University is a small four year private college offering both undergrad and graduate programs. The school has a religious affiliation with the Presbyterian Church (USA) faith. In the most recent statistical year 1,178 prospective students applied, and 1,088 were granted admission. Of those admitted 341 enrolled in the school. 1,186 students are enrolled on a full time basis, and 126 attend part time. In-state tuition for 2017/2018, excluding room and board, is $24,990 plus fees of $1,910. Schreiner University is ranked 1259 nationally in the CollegeSimply.com 2019 U.S. Colleges Ranking.
Can you get into Schreiner University?

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located in kerrville, texas, schreiner university is a small four year private college offering both undergrad and graduate programs. the school has a religious affiliation with the presbyterian church (usa) faith. in the most recent statistical year 1,178 prospective students applied, and 1,088 were granted admission. of those admitted 341 enrolled in the school. 1,186 students are enrolled on a full time basis, and 126 attend part time. in-state tuition for 2017/2018, excluding room and board, is $24,990 plus fees of $1,910. schreiner university is ranked 1259 nationally in the collegesimply.com 2019 u.s. colleges ranking.
can you get into schreiner university?


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RAINSVILLE, Ala. — Two Fyffe High School students have organized a large Fellowship of Christian Athletes (FCA) rally for all students in the county, as well as anyone else who wants to attend. “Illuminate for Christ,” will be held at the DeKalb County Schools Coliseum on Saturday, April 1 (next week) at 6 pm.
The event will feature several different speakers, as well as dramas and music from local performers.
Crimson Long, who’s the leader of the Fyffe High School FCA program, in which he has been involved for two years, explained what gave him the idea for this event.
“I had a dream back last year, that I believe that God put it in my head from the start. In the dream, I saw a revival breaking out at my school,” explained Long.
At the very end of school last year, Crimson organized a group together for about an hour at a location near the school.
“It sparked a new idea and a new dream to save the people in our county, and start a wildfire in our county, and get all the schools involved. My dream is for Sand Mountain to be a fortress for God, and revival to break out,” he explained.
Phillip Dendy, Seth Stone, Chad Hancock, and the events organizer, Crimson, will be speaking at the event. Fort Payne’s John Mark will be providing musical entertainment. Dramas will also be performed by Antioch Baptist Church and Pleasant View.
“His idea is to unite all the rival schools together for Christ and bring everyone together in unity,” explained Hull.
“There is so much hate and evil in the world, and the only way we can counteract that, is to replace it with the love of christ and shine our light for God,” she added.

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rainsville, ala. — two fyffe high school students have organized a large fellowship of christian athletes (fca) rally for all students in the county, as well as anyone else who wants to attend. “illuminate for christ,” will be held at the dekalb county schools coliseum on saturday, april 1 (next week) at 6 pm.
the event will feature several different speakers, as well as dramas and music from local performers.
crimson long, who’s the leader of the fyffe high school fca program, in which he has been involved for two years, explained what gave him the idea for this event.
“i had a dream back last year, that i believe that god put it in my head from the start. in the dream, i saw a revival breaking out at my school,” explained long.
at the very end of school last year, crimson organized a group together for about an hour at a location near the school.
“it sparked a new idea and a new dream to save the people in our county, and start a wildfire in our county, and get all the schools involved. my dream is for sand mountain to be a fortress for god, and revival to break out,” he explained.
phillip dendy, seth stone, chad hancock, and the events organizer, crimson, will be speaking at the event. fort payne’s john mark will be providing musical entertainment. dramas will also be performed by antioch baptist church and pleasant view.
“his idea is to unite all the rival schools together for christ and bring everyone together in unity,” explained hull.
“there is so much hate and evil in the world, and the only way we can counteract that, is to replace it with the love of christ and shine our light for god,” she added.


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The nGager system will be inaccessible during the following period due to scheduled maintenance.
We apologize for any inconvenience caused. Thank you.

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the ngager system will be inaccessible during the following period due to scheduled maintenance.
we apologize for any inconvenience caused. thank you.


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The Northeast Georgia Regional Commission Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Department supports the Planning and Government Services Division as well as the public with mapping and data products. GIS is a rapidly evolving technology involving computers, mapping information, and people to help analyze and plan for the future of our twelve-county region.
Please fill out and submit the Request for GIS Services form here.

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the northeast georgia regional commission geographic information systems (gis) department supports the planning and government services division as well as the public with mapping and data products. gis is a rapidly evolving technology involving computers, mapping information, and people to help analyze and plan for the future of our twelve-county region.
please fill out and submit the request for gis services form here.