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Where is the US?
Saturday, March 24, 2012 Mike No comments
I recently came across this news article, "Egypt Remains on the List of Worst Religious Freedom Violators". The article talks about the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom's report released on March 20. From the article:
The commission's most recent reporting period was also a time of difficulty for religious believers in the People's Republic of China, where authorities have pursued a policy of nationalistic control over the Catholic Church and other institutions.
In its 2012 report, the commission said the Communist nation "continues to interfere in the religious activities of Chinese Catholics," particularly through its harassment of both state-recognized and unregistered clergy.
Commission members accused Beijing of blocking Catholic clergy from communicating with the Vatican, and said the government "continues to deny Catholic leaders the right to abstain from activities that contravene Holy See policies."
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In his announcement of the report's release, commission chair Leonard Leo explained that governments "too often stand idly by in the face of violent attacks against religious minorities and dissenting members of majority faiths."
He described religious freedom as "inseparable" from other civil rights, noting that it is often "the first human right threatened by tyranny."
During 2011, the commission's own work was threatened when a bill reauthorizing its existence was stalled in Congress. According to CQ Weekly, which reports on developments in Congress, the re-authorization stalled because of a "hold" placed on it by Richard Durbin (D-Ill.).
The last-minute re-authorization, passed in December 2011, established term limits and travel restrictions on the commissioners. Its provisions called for five of the nine commission members to resign their positions on March 21, one day after the release of its 2012 report.
Interesting, and I could see why the administration would want to remove this committee. If you look at the part in bold above, the Chinese government "continues to deny Catholic leaders the right to abstain from activities that contravene Holy See policies."
Last I looked, paying for abortion and contraception was against Holy See policy. In fact, the Catechism says:
2271 Since the first century the Church has affirmed the moral evil of every procured abortion. This teaching has not changed and remains unchangeable. Direct abortion, that is to say, abortion willed either as an end or a means, is gravely contrary to the moral law:
You shall not kill the embryo by abortion and shall not cause the newborn to perish.
God, the Lord of life, has entrusted to men the noble mission of safeguarding life, and men must carry it out in a manner worthy of themselves. Life must be protected with the utmost care from the moment of conception: abortion and infanticide are abominable crimes.
2272 Formal cooperation in an abortion constitutes a grave offense. The Church attaches the canonical penalty of excommunication to this crime against human life. "A person who procures a completed abortion incurs excommunication latae sententiae,"77 "by the very commission of the offense,"78 and subject to the conditions provided by Canon Law.79 The Church does not thereby intend to restrict the scope of mercy. Rather, she makes clear the gravity of the crime committed, the irreparable harm done to the innocent who is put to death, as well as to the parents and the whole of society.
...and I believe with the HHS contraception mandate Catholic leaders are not allowed to abstain from paying for abortifacients and contraceptives.
So, where is the US on that list?
A Special Scout is Born
Wednesday, March 21, 2012 Mike No comments
When my wife was pregnant with her first, we were overjoyed. And so it was quite a shock to us when the doctor told us that preliminary tests indicated our baby might have a genetic defect. Up to that point I had never given it much thought. We asked the doctor what the next steps were. He indicated that we could have another, more accurate test done. OK, then what? Then we could decide to "terminate".
My wife and I talked it over, and given that "termination" was not an option, we saw no reason to have any more testing done. We worried for a while. It turned out that our son was "normal", and we were relived, but it always left me with the nagging thought that of the 90% of Down Syndrome children who are killed before they see the light of day, maybe some of them were "false positives" on the test. I doubt many people who abort have the fetal remains tested and check the results. I doubt many doctors would suggest it, since it would expose them to a potential lawsuit.
Fast forward to the present. I have sons in Boy Scouts. In our troop there is a boy with Down Syndrome. He has made me realize that the reluctance I had (and the world has) to face these people and welcome them is just completely wrong. Although he can't do all of the things the other kids can do, he is a warm loving caring perfectly wonderful human being, and a great asset to our troop. I can't imagine it without him.
Far from teasing him or getting frustrated with him, the other boys respect him and stand up for him. They watch out for him, and make sure he is included in everything. So last week, not only did we win the football game, but the boys made sure he got a chance to score. At Summer camp last year he was sick and had to be hospitalized. The boys visited him religiously, and brought him toys and games. And when he got out of the hospital and came to a troop meeting, he got a standing ovation. He was too weak to stand much that night, so he sat in a chair and the other boys carried him and the chair around all night so he could be in the middle of all the activities.
They don't do this because we tell them to (we don't), or because they pity him (they don't), but because they love him. That's not to say he is a perfect scout, or a perfect person, but he has changed the way I look at the "disabled" for the better. On this World Down Syndrome Day I just wanted to say "thanks."
[N.B. The title of this post is a riff on the book A Special Mother is Born by Letitcia Velasquez. If you are interested in learning more, or helping people with Down Syndrome, check out the Jerome Lejeune Foundation or Reece's Rainbow.]
Monday, March 19, 2012 Mike No comments
Well, I know this is lazy of me, but I can't come up with anything more clever or cogent than what Marc has written at the Bad Catholic blog. Some excerpts (although please read the whole thing here - it is well worth a few minutes:
Catholicism, an antiquated, dying religion without many members — oh, snap, wait, I meant the largest form of Christianity in America and the largest religion in the world — teaches that the use of artificial contraception and sterilization is wrong, and thus does not allow its institutions to provide it. Here's where everyone flips out and loses sight of the argument, so let me be absolutely clear: I am not arguing that the use of artificial contraception is wrong. I do believe this, and firmly, but this is neither the time nor place to argue the point.
In fact, it would be best for all of us — Catholics included — to think of this particular Catholic teaching as silly, overbearing, and unfit for the modern mind to contain. Think of this teaching as you might think of the Jewish prohibition on pork, or the Hindu's holding of the cow as sacred. Why? Because prohibiting the free exercise of religion does not become allowed in cases in which you happen to disagree with the religion, no matter how vehemently, unless that religion is directly violating an individual's rights.
Marc then goes on (with big steaming chunks of wit and wisdom) to demolish the "reasoning" that is usually used to defend the indefensible.
Really, read it. What are you still looking at this for?
Tuesday, March 13, 2012 Mike No comments
I once belonged to a group that met regularly. The place where we met raised its rates, and we could no longer afford to meet there without significantly raising dues. After a few weeks of calling around, a nearby Lutheran Church offered us a very good deal, and we moved our meetings there. It was wonderful. The church had a huge meeting room, with nice padded chairs and A/V equipment. The pastor bent over backwards for us. We were allowed to use the kitchen and to store our equipment in a storage room, and he even gave us our own key so we could use the place whenever it wasn't being used otherwise.
Two members refused to attend meetings there. The reason they gave was that the building was owned by a church, and they had to see a cross when they went into the building. They mounted a campaign, and when our agreement with the church was up, the membership voted overwhelmingly to move to a different (smaller, more expensive) place (with limited meeting hours). The reason put forth was that the club was excluding people unfairly by meeting in a building owned by a church.
Afterwards I spoke to a friend about it, a practicing Catholic friend. He told me how he felt we had to be inclusive, and of course it was wrong to meet in a church building. I asked him if he thought we should cater to bigotry like that. He said it wasn't bigotry because it was a religious thing. After all, they are entitled to their beliefs.
I had a similar moment with the recent anti-Catholic New York Times ad, and the recent anti-Catholic HuffPo article (I'm not linking to them here, I'm sure you can find them if you want to). Several friends have told me "oh, that's not anti-Catholic, that's just expressing how people feel" and "it's a religion - everybody's entitled to their religious belief." And everybody is entitled to their religious belief. But that still doesn't justify bigotry.
So what's the litmus test for bigotry? Mine is this. If you substitute "black" or "Jew" or "women" or "gay" or any other "protected" group for the group in question, would you say it is bigotry? Suppose the gentleman in my original example refused to go into a building owned by African Americans, specifically because it was owned by them, and because he had to see a picture of a black person when they went into the building. Would you call that bigotry? Suppose the NYT ad was encouraging gays to leave the gay lifestyle and become chaste? And suppose it did so by calling them all the kinds of things they referred to in the anti-Catholic ad. Do you think the NYT would even carry it, let alone survive the outcry that would result? Suppose the HuffPo article was talking about Jews, using all the stereotypes and attitudes of antisemites. Would it still be just a humorous article? Would you laugh?
How is it different when it's Catholics?
It's not a tumor!
Sunday, March 11, 2012 Mike 3 comments
The other day at the dinner table my son asked about tumors. Specifically, what's the difference between a tumor and normal tissue growth. I explained that in a tumor, the growth is uncontrolled and the cells are undifferentiated and uncoordinated. If you have a tumor on your kidney, for instance, it is not more kidney cells that are growing. In fact, if you did organize the cells, and grew a third kidney, it would not be a tumor, but an organ. There is a biological difference between normal tissue and a tumor.
Which meshed nicely with an online discussion I had recently about fetal development. Some pro-choice folks put the embryo in the category of a tumor, and that is completely inaccurate, scientifically. They don't consider the baby to be human until it has developed the things that they consider make a being human - a heart, brain, fingers, etc. The discussion involved when does a human being begin to develop these things. Some pro-lifers gloss over the issue and say "heart beat - 21 days" and be done with it, but the reality is more complex. Just as a baby doesn't magically form from a mass of amorphous tissue as it exits the uterus, so there is no "bright line" where you can say there is a heart, or brain. Those organs develop over time.
So I began looking up information on fetal development. The information I'm about to present is available from embryology texts, although much of it is echoed here https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embryogenesis and http://biology.kenyon.edu/courses/biol114/Chap13/Chapter_13B.html timetables can be found at http://www.nrlc.org/abortion/facts/fetaldevelopment.html and http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/dev.html
Although most of us don't think about the development of specific features before the fetal stage, the zygote does indeed, have marked cellular differentiation. In fact, at fertilization the egg itself becomes asymmetric and the first two cells of the zygote are distinct, one going on to form ectoderm and mesoderm, the other to form the endoderm. So if we're using differentiation and organization as the criteria, then is it clear that from fertilization on these traits are present. The first cell of you was not a tumor.
Some people want to use something like the brain as a criteria for humanity. First off, note that the human species is quite accurately defined, scientifically. Any attempt to require more than membership in the species is an attempt to exclude some members of the species from attaining their legal rights. The question to be asked is "why is not being a human being sufficient to be treated as one?"
But let's talk about the brain anyway. How much brain is enough brain? The embryo begins forming the nervous system with the primitive streak at about 14-16 days. The nervous system has formed visibly at 21 days. The human brain isn't fully formed until about 21 years after birth. So those who argue on brain function don't really have a leg to stand on.
Some will argue on the basis of brain function, not brain development, but aside from the obvious "why" question, how much brain function is "enough" and how does one measure it?
Alberto Giubilini and Francesca Minerva, in their paper entitled "After-birth abortion: why should the baby live?" argue that a human has no rights until he can be "self aware". What does it mean to be self aware, and how can we know if someone is? Should we apply intelligence tests to everyone each day, and those who score below a certain rank lose the right to live?
The point I'm trying to make is that there is no "bright line" in development from conception to birth, or after. Any point we choose, whether it be the beginning of brain development at 21 days heartbeat at 22 days, neural waves detectable with current technology at 42 days, "awareness" at two years after birth etc. is merely an arbitrary point on a continuum. Attempts to justify abortion (or in the last case infanticide) based on development is an attempt to say "I can kill these humans but not those humans." Why should we accept killing humans at all?
Goal!
Remember back, back to ninth grade. Try to remember what your goals were in life at that point. I know what mine were. If you asked me to list them, it would look something like this:
Get married to the woman I love
Have six to eight children
Become a famous inventor
Solve world hunger
Live in a big house on a lake
Spend time with my family
Go on awesome vacations with my family to interesting places, like the Grand Canyon
Drive a cool car
Of course, although I knew exactly what I wanted to do, I had no clue what path to take to get there, and so I wasted a good 20 years. By that point many of these goals were unreachable. I do love my wife, we do have children (though not the quantity I expected), I do live relatively near a lake, and we have been to the Grand Canyon.
A friend shared with me a project her daughter did for school on what her goals were. But they weren't given a blank sheet of paper. I guess that would be asking too much of them, to know what they wanted. Instead, they were given a list of suggested goals and asked to prioritize them. What dismayed my friend (and me) was that the things that we would have chosen for goals were nowhere to be found. Here is the list:
Making it on my own
Getting an education
Making a lot of money
Getting along with my parent
Having a romantic relationship
Living according to my religious beliefs
Staying out of trouble with the law
Having a friend I can always count on
Having a job I really like
Having sex with someone I love
Being in good physical condition
Doing something that makes a difference in my community
Having time alone with myself
Becoming famous
Avoiding HIV infection and other sexually transmitted disease
Being successful in sports
Being in style
Having others look up to me
Having children when I feel ready to raise them
Write your own here
While I have (and intend to continue to) avoid HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases, I'd hardly call it a goal. Yet this young lady put it as her number one goal. Likewise high on her list was having sex with someone she loves. I guess she'd better hope that person has the same number one goal.
What a sad commentary on our public schools when children have their goals handed to them by people with an agenda to deny culture and civilization.
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Ben Saxton Sweeps Sprint Titles at Nationals
by FasterSkierNews, Racing, US Nationals January 9, 2019
The men's podium from the 2019 skate sprint at U.S. nationals. From left to right, Logan Hanneman (APU) second, Ben Saxton (SMS T2) first, and Noel Keeffe (University of Utah) third. (Photo: John Lazenby)
Link to skate sprint photo gallery.
"I just love going fast. There are few things that can match the primal joy that comes from racing as fast as possible and beating someone. I definitely don't always beat people, but that feeling is worth chasing again and again."
That quote comes from a younger, twenty-one-year-old Ben Saxton, when FasterSkier reached out to the SMS T2 skier after being named to his first World Juniors team.
Saxton is now twenty-five, and still races for SMS T2. And he still skis fast.
Prior to the 2019 U.S. Cross-Country Ski Nationals, Saxton's resume included two second place national sprint podiums in 2014 and 2015 and a third place in 2018.
Saxton left Craftsbury on Tuesday with two sprint national titles. He won the classic sprint last Thursday and today he won the men's 1.5 k freestyle skate sprint in a time of 2:58.1 minutes in the final.
"It was my goal to be last out of the stadium every time," Saxton told FasterSkier in Craftsbury about his strategy moving towards the finals. "I didn't see a whole lot of return on doing work before the low point of the course. But coming up from the rear I was just trying to wait until people let their concentration lapse for a bit and slip a place here and a place there and I got really lucky. But that is sprint racing. I found my way to the front right before we came out onto the lower soccer field."
His path to the final and ultimately the win began when he qualified in fifth behind the day's fastest qualifier Logan Hanneman (APU). Saxton won the third quarterfinal to advance to the semis. In the first semi-final, Hanneman took Saxton by 0.14 seconds as they both moved onto the finals.
In Bib 5, Ben Saxton, and in bib 1 Logan Hanneman sprint into the the final stretch of the men's skate sprint final at U.S. nationals at Craftsbury, VT. (Photo: John Lazenby)
It the finals, the flip-flop occurred: Saxton outpaced Hanneman to the line by 0.32 seconds. Noel Keeffe skiing for the University of Utah placed third, 1.15 seconds back. Rounding out places fourth through sixth in the men's final were Daniel Streinz (NMU) who lost out on a lunge with Keeffe, then Gus Schumacher (AWS), and Zak Ketterson (NMU) respectively.
"The final was really interesting," Saxton said. "It was kind of a mix of, I hesitate say, old, older skiers and younger skiers. And Logan and I have to count ourselves amongst the old people now. It was kind of interesting running from all those young guns. We did our best to stay in front at least for the time being."
For Hanneman, it was his second podium at nationals, as he placed second to Saxton in the classic sprint as well.
"The course rewards waiting if you have the acceleration up this last hill," Hanneman summarized as he spoke with FasterSkier after the men's final.
Like Saxton, the experienced Hanneman played the waiting game, allowing other skiers to do the work on the first half of the course. Ultimately, Saxton and Hanneman made a move that gave them a slight gap as they pushed toward the finish.
However, about the same moment Hanneman accelerated up the final hill, Schumacher stumbled and fell.
"I was close to Gus and he went down hard as I was accelerating into the final hill," Hanneman said. "It made a little change of plans. But Saxton had an awesome move up this last hill and I could not quite close it."
Keeffe, at nineteen years old, is a freshman at Utah. Today's result is his best career national's performance. His best placing prior to Tuesday's podium was a 15th in the classic sprint at the 2018 U.S. nationals. Keeffe will be headed to Lahti, Finland for World Juniors after his performances in Craftsbury. He was the third qualifier in Tuesday's skate sprint, and the eighth fastest qualifier in the classic sprint where he placed 13th overall.
"I was fighting for position up the last hill and Ben Saxton and Logan Hanneman had a little bit more than I did and they got away," Keeffe said. "It was a lunge at the finish for me and Daniel Streinz, it was pretty close. Didn't know I had it for awhile but it was fun."
Results (Sprint Brackets)
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'What is he thinking?' Chelsea fans fume at Maurizio Sarri's substitutions in Frankfurt clash
Not for the first time Blues fans made their feelings known towards Maurizio Sarri
22:21, 9 MAY 2019
Chelsea fans have once again been critical of their manager Maurizio Sarri this evening (Thursday).
Blues fans made their feelings known towards their boss inside Stamford Bridge, by booing his third change of the night as Chelsea and Eintracht Frankfurt met in the Europa League semi-final second leg.
The Italian replaced Ruben Loftus-Cheek with Ross Barkley - and the move didn't go down well.
Loftus Cheek had initially fired his side ahead in the first-half of the clash, but Luka Jovic restored parity four minutes into the second-half to send the tie into extra time.
Chelsea fans react in unison to first half decision in Eintracht Frankfurt clash
But it was Sarri's substitutions which provoked anger, with Blues fans, not for the first time this season, making their feelings known.
It started when Willian was replaced by Pedro, before the Chelsea boss chose to replace the injured Andreas Christensen with Davide Zappacosta, despite having experienced centre-back Gary Cahill as an option on the bench.
Willian did not look pleased as he was substituted, while the decision not to bring Cahill on as a straight replacement for Christensen left some fans inside the ground baffled.
However, it was Sarri's decision to take off Loftus-Cheek that prompted the biggest response from Chelsea fans, with many supporters inside the stadium voicing their displeasure with a chorus of boos.
What Chelsea's Ruben Loftus-Cheek has said about Liverpool & Spurs' Champions League heroics
And those not at the Bridge took to social media to vent their anger, as can be seen below.
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Reading: Effects of blur on Humphrey 24-2 results
Effects of blur on Humphrey 24-2 results
Henrietta L. Holmes-Smith ,
Orthoptic Department, Bournemouth Eye Unit, The Royal Bournemouth Hospital, Castle Lane East, Bournemouth, Dorset, BH7 7DW, GB
About Henrietta L.
BMedSci (Hons)
Alison Y. Firth
Academic Unit of Ophthalmology and Orthoptics, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, GB
About Alison Y.
Aim: To determine the effects of defocus on the retinal sensitivity within the central 2° and at 24° of the visual field and to compare the effect on the two areas.
Methods: Twelve normal subjects (aged 18–22 years) undertook three visual field tests on a Humphrey visual field analyser, one with a +3.00 DS lens, one with a +4.00 DS and one with a +5.00 DS. Mean threshold sensitivity was recorded in the central 2° and at 24°. Analysis of variance and paired t-tests were used for data analysis.
Results: Two participants were excluded. Analysis of the 10 remaining participants showed that the strength of lens used affected sensitivity (p < 0.0013), the difference Occurring when the +5.00 DS lens was used. Each lens had a similar effect on the central 2° and at 24° (p = 0.6706).
Conclusion: Threshold sensitivity was reduced with induced blur from plus lenses, without cycloplegia.
Keywords: Blur, Ocular refraction, Retinal sensitivity, Visual fields
How to Cite: Holmes-Smith, H.L. and Firth, A.Y., 2006. Effects of blur on Humphrey 24-2 results. British and Irish Orthoptic Journal, 3, pp.17–20. DOI: http://doi.org/10.22599/bioj.196
Holmes-Smith, H.L. and Firth, A.Y., 2006. Effects of blur on Humphrey 24-2 results. British and Irish Orthoptic Journal, 3, pp.17–20. DOI: http://doi.org/10.22599/bioj.196
Holmes-Smith HL, Firth AY. Effects of blur on Humphrey 24-2 results. British and Irish Orthoptic Journal. 2006;3:17–20. DOI: http://doi.org/10.22599/bioj.196
Holmes-Smith, H. L., & Firth, A. Y. (2006). Effects of blur on Humphrey 24-2 results. British and Irish Orthoptic Journal, 3, 17–20. DOI: http://doi.org/10.22599/bioj.196
1. Holmes-Smith HL, Firth AY. Effects of blur on Humphrey 24-2 results. British and Irish Orthoptic Journal. 2006;3:17-20. DOI: http://doi.org/10.22599/bioj.196
Holmes-Smith HL and Firth AY, 'Effects of Blur on Humphrey 24-2 Results' (2006) 3 British and Irish Orthoptic Journal 17 DOI: http://doi.org/10.22599/bioj.196
Holmes-Smith, Henrietta L., and Alison Y. Firth. 2006. "Effects of Blur on Humphrey 24-2 Results". British and Irish Orthoptic Journal 3: 17–20. DOI: http://doi.org/10.22599/bioj.196
Holmes-Smith, Henrietta L., and Alison Y. Firth. "Effects of Blur on Humphrey 24-2 Results". British and Irish Orthoptic Journal 3 (2006): 17–20. DOI: http://doi.org/10.22599/bioj.196
Holmes-Smith, H Land A Y Firth. "Effects of blur on Humphrey 24-2 results". British and Irish Orthoptic Journal, vol. 3, 2006, pp. 17–20. DOI: http://doi.org/10.22599/bioj.196


At the Mason and Hamlin Factory, 1997.
I am a registered piano technician (RPT), certified by the Piano Technician's Guild since March 2007 and continue my education from many sources. My passion for pianos continues to grow as I get more deeply involved in this art/craft. Musical tastes run the gamut from jazz and classical to ethnic, folk, pop, rock, and blues. Music is a way of life, and for many of us in this business, it is almost as necessary as eating or breathing.
As a lifelong resident of the San Francisco Bay Area, I've been involved with pianos since 1968, when I began taking classical lessons with a local teacher. In 1970, I continued my musical education at San Jose State University, where I was a piano performance major for several years. I began tuning pianos in 1977 while working at a local retailer, and have been in the piano business in varying capacities ever since: tuner, mover, salesman, amateur psychologist, and babysitter. I've been working on my own since 2000 and my list of clients has grown steadily since then, to the point where there are almost 1200 clients in my database, including many teachers, schools, churches, concert halls, and stores. Many clients have come to me through personal referrals.
My training has included personal teaching from several technicians, including Walt Jones, my original mentor, and many members of the PTG, as well as meetings, conferences, and late night phone calls, the Pianotech list, and wherever I can glean helpful tidbits. I am a graduate with honors from "The Randy Potter School of Piano Technology," the most accredited correspondence piano technology school.
I am married to Jill Stahl who sings my songs and is my creative inspiration. I have a teenage son who has a sharp sense of humor and is an aspiring baseball player. Two cats—Monty, who often oversees my work at the computer, and Jesse, who is almost 20 years old—share our residence in the South Bay Area.
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The first regular session of the Sixty-ninth Congress met December 7, 1925 and adjourned July 3, 1926,1 Six hundred public laws were passed by the House and Senate during the session and signed by the President. Two bills were vetoed by the President during the session.
Ratification of the World Court statute and protocol by the Senate, with reservations acceptable to the President.


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Journal of Radiosurgery & SBRT
1.2, p. 133-139
JRSBRT Home • Issue Contents
Stereotactic radiosurgery as a salvage treatment option for atypical meningiomas previously submitted to surgical resection
Kita Sallabanda, Marcos A. Dos Santos, Jose B. P. Salcedo, Jose A. G. Diaz, Felipe A. Calvo, Jose Samblas, Hugo Marsiglia
Background: Surgery is the initial treatment for atypical meningiomas (AM), but in cases of recurrence, options become more limited. We present our results from salvage treatment with stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) in previously surgically treated patients.
Methods: Sixteen patients treated between 1993 and 2007 were retrospectively reviewed. The mean follow-up was of 66.5 months. Most of the patients (81.3%) presented a single tumor nodule, while 3 presented multicentric disease (18.7%). Lesion volumes varied from 0.8 to 12 cm3 (mean: 6.1 cm3). A dose of 12 to 16 Gy was prescribed according to isodose curves from 50 to 90%.
Results: After SRS, 3 of the patients (18.8%) presented with tumor volume reduction, 7 (43.8%) remained stable, and 6 patients presented with tumor progression. The Kaplan-Maier-estimated progression free survival (PFS) and overall survival (OS) were 70.3% and 87.1% at 5 years and 44% and 54.4% at 10 years. Age, sex, site and tumor volume were not significantly associated with the prognosis. Patients presenting with multicentric disease presented a poorer prognosis, although without statistical significance (p = 0.14).
Conclusions: SRS provided an effective and safe treatment for this group of patients with recurrent NBM. Patients who present with multicentric disease will probably fare more poorly.
Keywords: atypical – meningiomas – stereotactic radiosurgery
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Loaded: March Madness
^B00:00:00 >> Microsoft unleashes Internet Explorer 8. The iPhone gets tethering capabilities, sort of. And how to watch March Madness anywhere and everywhere you go this month. It's Thursday, March 19th. I'm Natali Del Conte, and it's time to get Loaded. ^M00:00:14 [ Music ] ^M00:00:21 Microsoft is unleashing Internet Explorer 8 today. This is the most open source version of IE that Microsoft has ever dated to release. ^M00:00:29 [ Music ] ^M00:00:33 It also has added security improvements, a private browsing option, and the ability to save predefined slices of a web page for at-a-glance viewing. This has been a big week for browser news with the Chrome beta, the push of Firefox 3.1, and now IE 8, which still holds about 70 percent market share. If you want to take the new version for a spin, it will be available for download at 9:00 AM Pacific today at Microsoft.com. [ Sound effect ] It's here, data tethering for the iPhone, almost. You have to wait for the iPhone 3.0 to be released this summer, but early beta testers and developers are reporting that the new OS does support data tethering for now, sort of. A developer, Steve Troughton-Smith, managed to change a few settings in the new OS to enable data tethering. Most of the issues seem to be with the carriers allowing network access rather than Apple. Spotty 3G coverage is still an issue. [ Sound effect ] Google added a preview setting to Gmail that lets you view photo albums, YouTube videos, and Yelp reviews in an email. So if someone emails you with a link to either an album or a video, Google will show you the photo or videos right in the email. This works with Picasa, Flicker, Yelp, and YouTube, so why bother with extra browser tabs, right? This is a labs feature, and to enable it, go to your settings. [ Sound effect ] The Sony Reader is about to get a whole lot of books. That's because Sony and Google have reached a deal to bring all the books that are scanned through the Google Book Project to the reader. That is a lot of books, libraries and libraries full of books. Google has been scanning books for years and has accumulated over 600,000 titles from pubic, private, and university libraries around the world. This is a big win for the Sony reader. All they have to do is get some kind of wireless download service, get rid of that glare, and they might just win the next prizefight over the Kindle. If you don't know what I'm talking about, be sure to watch this week's Prizefight with Brian Tong to see the two readers go head-to-head. [ Sound effect ] BlackBerry users can now enjoy the music of Pandora, just like so many iPhone users do. If you have a Bold, Curve, or Pearl, you can now get free Internet radio based on your own stations that you create from artist, song, or composer name. You don't have to be on a Wi-Fi network to get it working, but you do have to not be a T-Mobile customer because unfortunately T-Mobile does not support the application, probably because their 3G network is so far behind the other carriers. To learn more about this, go to pandora.com/blackberry. [ Sound effect ] Psystar just keeps moving forward with its Mac cloning. It seems they don't give a hoot about the legal battle they have to fight. They went ahead and released the Open 3 computer, which is $599.00 computer that runs Apple's Leopard operating system. The price does not include a keyboard, mouse, or monitor. It does include an Intel Core 2 duo, two gigs of RAM, a 500 gig hard drive, and a DVD burner. Expect a lawsuit from Apple pronto. [ Sound effect ] Here's another thing Apple is getting litigious over, the podium iPhone stand. The company is apparently not happy that the name contains the word "pod." The letter says, "The term "pod" has also been adopted and used extensively in the marketplace by consumers as an abbreviation to refer to Apple's iPod player. The iPod and pod marks indicated to consumers that a broad range of products, including portable, electronic devices, computer software, and related goods and services bearing those marks and marks similar thereto, originate from or are sponsored or endorsed by Apple." So any word with P-O-D in the root are off limits? Pedantic, podiatrist? That's just silly and almost unbelievable. I think they should go back to focusing on Psystar. [ Sound effect ] You can now add Windows Live chat ability to any website. Microsoft released this tool on Wednesday. According to Tech Crunch, this will give 320 million active users the ability to chat on any website that enables it. Of course, you'll have to have an existing Windows Live account to sign in, but it's still a cool feature. As if you don't have enough ways to tether yourself to your IM clients. [ Sound effect ] March Madness kicks off this week, and there are plenty of ways to watch. Of course, this is a big deal for CBS, which is our parent company, so there's my full disclosure notice. Brian Cooley has a few ways to watch all your hoop dreams. Take a look. [ Sound effect ] ^M00:04:34 [ Music ] ^M00:04:36 >> I'm Brian Cooley from CNET.com, and I've got some great techniques for catching every minute of March Madness wherever and whenever you want. You can catch all 63 games live and get On Demand highlights, stats, and box scores. And of course, it's not just an iPhone world. Many cell phones will become March madness mini-TVs this season. ^M00:04:58 [ Music ] ^M00:05:01 Media flow technology is real digital video beamed right to your phone for rock solid reception and amazing clarity. Check with your carrier. See if it's available in your area on your phone. If you have a compatible handset and Media flow coverage in your area, you'll get all the games if you're on AT&T wireless and East and West games on Verizon wireless. At NCAA.com/mmod you'll find all 63 games and in high quality silverlight streaming, which includes integrated team coverage and boards. And check this out. There's a boss button that pulls up a bogus spreadsheet, just in case. Oh, hi. To make it easy, we've built you a tool kit right here on CNET.com with all the tips and tricks I've just shown you. [ Sound effect ] >> Those are all your headlines for today, and that wraps your week of getting Loaded. Before I go, I want to wish a happy birthday to Chris, Clint, and a happy 30th birthday to a viewer who calls himself Tom the bomb. I'll see you next Monday here on Loaded, or today and tomorrow on Buzz Out Loud. Thank you for watching. I'm Natali Del Conte with CNET TV, and you've just been Loaded. ^M00:06:03 [ Music ]
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Protecting Our Homeland...and Making Money
Get a piece of the government pie by finding out if the products or services your business sells might be needed by the Homeland Security effort.
Cliff Ennico
It's official--Congress has budgeted more than $30 billion for the nationwide Homeland Security effort, and actual spending over the next few years may well be more than 10 times that. Given that this is the federal government we're talking about, a lot of that money will be earmarked for small businesses (the definition varies from agency to agency) and enterprises owned by women, minorities, veterans and the disabled. If you fall into one of those categories and think you have a product or service that will advance the Homeland Security program, how do you let the government know you are out there?
Peter Provenzano, CEO of SupplyCore Inc., a Rockford, Illinois-based supplier of facility maintenance items for the Defense Department (everything from heating and air conditioning equipment to the wire fencing laid around military bases), is looking at his entire product line to see if there might be Homeland Security applications. According to Provenzano, the first step in finding out if your products or services qualify for the Homeland Security budget is to contact your local Procurement Technical Assistance Center, or PTAC (pronounced "PEE-tack"). PTACs, which are sponsored by the U.S. Defense Department in co-operation with state and local chambers of commerce, provide free advice and counseling to small businesses in all aspects of doing business with the Defense Department and other involved Homeland Security agencies. To find the PTAC nearest you, click on www.sellingtothegovernment.net.
John DiGiacomo, the director of the PTAC in Rockford, Illinois, and the co-author (with James Kleckner) of Winning Government Contracts for Your Small Business ($24.95; available at www.wingovcon.com), says that PTACs "were designed to make sure that the government would never again have to buy $100 hammers or $500 toilet seats because there weren't enough companies bidding for the contract."
According to DiGiacomo, the PTAC program is designed to enable small businesses, particularly those owned by women, minorities, the disabled and veterans, to sell their products and services to the government. "A lot of people are afraid of doing business with the government because they think it's going to be complicated, difficult, and not very profitable," says DiGiacomo, "but they shouldn't be." Last year, the government wrote about 10 million contracts for goods and services, and 95 percent of those were for amounts less than $100,000. Asks DiGiacomo: "Who better to get those contracts than small businesses?"
When calling a PTAC, you'll be asked to describe your products and services, and then be assigned to a specialist who understands your industry. The PTAC specialist will then (without charge) help you identify which of the 1,200-plus federal government agencies will be most interested in buying your products and services, and will help you prepare all of the necessary paperwork.
DiGiacomo admits that the process is not a walk in the park. "It's a lot harder for start-ups and homebased businesses to do business with the government; there are a lot of new restrictions to ensure that only 'real businesses' will apply for government contracts. For example, if you want to sell information technology services to the government, you have to have been in business for at least two years." Still, DiGiacomo feels that small businesses with potentially useful Homeland Security products and services won't know unless they contact their local PTAC.
Once you become a Homeland Security contractor, you have to be prepared to comply with some fairly stringent compliance rules. For example, says Provenzano, "our contracts require us to maintain a 'surge capability.' We have to be able to supply twice the normal demand in case of an emergency, and the government has been aggressively testing that since September 11. They'll call us with 'make believe' requisitions for a lot of materials at such-and-such a place, date and time, and we have to show that we can fulfill and ship the order, although they inform you up front that it's 'just a test.' Still, it puts a strain on our supply chains, and the government grades us on our performance. If we slip up, we may lose the contract."
Isn't there a risk, though, that having to jump through hoops to meet a government emergency demand will cause you to default on other contracts with private-sector customers? "Not really," says Provenzano. "Yes, there could be a short delay in processing other customers' orders, but nothing that would be protracted, because we use just-in-time inventory and would just add more resources to make everyone as happy as possible. Most of our customers would understand, and believe me, they want us to put Uncle Sam first."
One more thing: The toughest part of getting the Homeland Security program up and running will likely be getting smaller communities (those with fewer than 1 million residents) linked into the system. AllianceAmerica is a nonprofit organization that was recently formed to provide technology solutions for municipalities, counties and small cities that don't have the budgets or the high-tech staffs to solve their post-9/11 security problems. The AllianceAmerica organizers are looking to buy or license computer or communications technology products and services that will help emergency services (such as water, hospitals and transportation) in smaller communities better coordinate their responses to security threats.
Cliff Ennico is host of the PBS television series MoneyHunt and a leading expert on managing growing companies. His advice for small businesses regularly appears on the "Protecting Your Business" channel on the Small Business Television Network at www.sbtv.com. E-mail him at cennico@legalcareer.com.
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PHOTO by Braden Dupuis DOWN TO BUSINESS Mayor-elect Jack Crompton said Whistler's new council is ready to work on Day 1.
While Mayor-elect Jack Crompton has been through a few election nights, Saturday, Oct. 20 was a bit different.
"It was strange on Saturday night to not be giving a speech and winning an election, but the community was extremely clear on the council that they elected. Our mandate is strong," Crompton said in a phone call on Oct. 23.
While Crompton ran unopposed and was declared elected by acclamation on Sept. 24, he doesn't agree with the assertion from some that acclamation means a weaker mandate.
"I strongly disagree that acclamation makes your mandate weaker," he said.
"Acclamation is not how I expected this to go, but I am grateful for the confidence Whistler has shown in me and this council."
In selecting six councillors from 20 candidates, Whistler voters opted for experience: incumbents Cathy Jewett, Jen Ford and John Grills were all re-elected, along with former councillors Duane Jackson, Ralph Forsyth and newcomer Arthur De Jong.
"It's a tremendous group of people. Five out of six councillors have previous experience, and Arthur De Jong is the most experienced rookie in the history of local government," Crompton said.
"The community has selected very capable people who are ready to get to work on Day 1."
Among the new mayor's first priorities will be acting on recommendations from the Mayor's Task Force on Resident Housing, re-establishing a housing corporation to manage the next phase of Cheakamus Crossing (in the same vein as the Whistler 2020 Development Corp, and tapping former directors to help with the transition) and striking an advisory planning commission to provide "high-level insight" into the growth and development of Whistler moving forward.
"This council has a mandate to act on housing, and this council has people in the room ready to deliver," Crompton said.
Looking to the next four years, Crompton said the focus will be firmly on housing, the environment, community investments and mountain culture.
"We can't be a world-leading tourism destination if we don't have the support for our permanent community," he said.
"In four years, I want this to continue to be the best place in the world to come and recreate. In four years, I want to have seen action on some of the capacity challenges that we have, and in four years I want our community to be more accessible to Whistlerites."
Looking at the wealth of experience and knowledge that will soon be joining her on council, the newly re-elected Jewett drew parallels to outgoing Mayor Nancy Wilhelm-Morden's so-called "dream team" that was elected in 2011.
"I think we have another dream team," Jewett said at the Cinnamon Bear Bar and Grille, shortly after the results were announced on Oct. 20.
"I think we have a really strong council, and I'm looking forward to seeing where we go."
Jewett was the runaway favourite on election night, taking an astounding 2,147 votes (72 per cent of all votes), followed closely by De Jong with 1,973 votes.
"I'm taken by the amount of support that I've received, and it will be such a privilege to serve the community on council," De Jong said, adding that he has a deep respect for the 19 other candidates, particularly the younger ones.
"People like Melanie (Tardif) and Jeff (Murl) showed a lot of class and respect, and so I hope some of these younger candidates come back in the next election."
Looking at his new fellow councillors, De Jong said he likes what he sees.
"It's like getting into a rowboat and you know you're going to be in rough waters—so who are you rowing with? Because it's only going to work if we have people that can leave their egos at the door and give their best critical thinking, but respect each other and ultimately work as a team," he said.
"And I like who I see I'm getting in the boat with, long story short."
De Jong said his first priorities will be digging into the data to get a better understanding of Whistler's current housing situation and tackling the ever present "growth issue."
"I'm adamant that it's about optimizing what we have and not putting yet more pressure on this resort," he said.
"That being said, we'll probably have a poor snow year sooner than later now ... and who knows (what will happen) in the geopolitical, economic world?
"So we have to be flexible, too, in how we manage these growth issues and housing issues."
Ford, who took third place with 1,799 votes, said she was relieved by the result.
"There's lots of work to be done, and I think that we have a great team of people who can work really well together, and can really move some stuff forward in a meaningful way," she said.
"I keep saying this, and I really believe this: It's a new day."
While it was a long month, Ford noted the campaign felt shorter than in 2014, and praised the good conversations and community engagement that came with it.
"I welcome all of these people that have been so engaged for the last month to stay engaged and continue to have these important conversations rather than just every three and a half years having these conversations," she said.
As for her list of priorities, Ford said she's set to jump right back into it with a Squamish-Lillooet Regional District directors meeting next week.
Jackson, who finished fourth with 1,417 votes, said campaigning is hard work but it provides a good opportunity to listen to the community.
"I think people have been very generous with their feedback and suggestions in a productive way, not a negative way, about what's important to the community and the things that we should continue to work on, (and) other things that we should pay attention to," he said.
As for his first priorities, Jackson said he's still working that out himself.
"I think just getting up to speed, trying to understand the financial implications and the requirements, and I think just getting back into the hall and reestablishing relationships that were productive from the last time I was there," he said.
Following closely was Grills with 1,344 votes.
Like his fellow councillors, Grills spoke highly of Whistler's new council.
"This is a group that I think can tackle bigger problems and kind of tear it apart and say, 'OK, how can we do this properly so that in 10, 20, 30 years, the work that's done in the next six months (or) a year is looked back upon as being good work,'" Grills said.
For the two-term incumbent, the next term is about completing work underway, like finalizing the Official Community Plan (and removing the requirement for ministerial approval), while also addressing any future unforeseen problems.
"You don't know what we're going to be looking at in 2020 and 2021, but I think this is a group that will be prepared to handle that," Grills said.
Rounding out the pack was Forsyth with 813 votes.
Forsyth, a former two-term incumbent, also referred to the new council as a dream team.
"That's a really strong crew," he said.
"The first council that I served on (from 2005 to 2008) was a very good one ... but I think this council is probably the best ever."
In terms of his first priorities, Forsyth said he'd like to work on expediting the housing projects from private developers (while being mindful of community concerns), initiate an audit of municipal construction projects (to see an accurate return on investment in terms of energy efficiency) and find out how the Gateway Loop budget ended up being nearly $7 million.
"That one really sticks in the craw of people, so how did we get there? How do we avoid that?" Forsyth said.
In total, 2,995 people cast votes representing 32.46 per cent of eligible voters.
Previous voter turnouts rates were 1,434 in the 2017 byelection, 2,303 in the 2014 election and 3,952 in the 2011 election.
There were 319 ballots cast at the Oct. 10 advance poll and 380 ballots at the Oct. 13 advance poll. In addition to the voting days, 123 mail ballots were received before the close of voting.
Crompton was declared mayor by acclamation on Sept. 24. Whistler's school trustees were also acclaimed. They are incumbent Rachael Lythe and new trustee Cynthia Higgins.
Official election results will be declared by chief election officer Brooke Browning on Oct. 24 at 2 p.m. The new council will be sworn in at the inaugural council meeting on Nov. 6 at 5:30 p.m. at Maury Young Arts Centre.


There may be occasions when your ring may need to be resized. Depending on the type of ring, and how many sizes, up or down, the ring must be sized, the task can range from simple to difficult to impossible. Here are a few tips, guidelines and pitfalls to avoid when it comes time to resize your ring.
Rings with plain bands (with no side stones or carved patterns), such as a classic diamond solitaire, are in general, easily resized.
If the ring only needs to be increased or decreased by a small amount, a trained jeweler with the right equipment can perform the task without cutting the band. This is accomplished by heating and gently stretching the ring to the desired size, or by compressing the band in the case of making it smaller. The final ring will be slightly thinner or thicker depending on whether you are increasing or decreasing the bands size.
A skilled jeweler, with the right equipment, can resize the band one or two sizes without leaving any detectable signs of the modifications.
Rings with side stones, such as pave or channel designs are more difficult; however in the hands of a skilled jeweler, they too can be resized.
Depending on the ring's design, the ring can be resized up to about two sizes without the jeweler needing to reset the stones. A half-size change is usually easily achievable.
Often after resizing a pave setting ring, a skilled quality jeweler then will go over the entire ring and tighten every stone to ensure that if they were loosened during the resizing process that they will not fall out.
Rings with stones that extend all around the band, such as eternity bands, may not be cost-effective to resize. It is usually cheaper to simply purchase a new band. For this reason, you should only buy a full eternity ring if it can be made to fit your exact finger size. Which is why it is often better to purchase a 3/4 eternity band with gemstones going 3/4 of the way around the ring.
Rings with engraved/carved patterns that encircle the band often cannot be resized. However, depending upon the design and the skill of the jeweler, the band might be able to be resized up to one size difference, without any visible distortions in the pattern.
Titanium and tungsten are very strong metals and rings made from these metals are usually not able to be resized.
Depending on the design, Tension set rings are also usually not able to be resized, as the resizing process can remove the tension effect from the metal.
Sometimes it is necessary to cut the band if there is a substantial change in size.
If the ring is platinum make sure the jeweler knows how to work with platinum and will not use a "white gold" insert instead of a platinum insert. Furthermore, make sure they use a laser welder. Expect to pay a littler more to resize platinum as it is more expensive and more difficult to work with.
For a basic ring resizing a price in the range of $35-$90 is usual. More important than price is to find a skilled jeweler. Don't expect quality work from a "one-hour wait" store.
A white gold ring will usually need to be re-plated with rhodium, which may be an extra charge.


Students are expected to make their own housing arrangements during the internship. An extra allowance is available for students that can demonstrate they need extra housing.
The Joint ALMA Observary (JAO) office is located in Alonso de Córdova 3107, Vitacura, Santiago. Shuttle vans run from the airport to various locations in the city door to door. Most of them have a desk in the baggage hall and on the arrivals level. About taxis, it is recommended to agree a price with the driver before using the taxi (a common fare between the airport and the Vitacura area is around CLP 18000-20000, EUR 23.00 - 25.00). For more information, check here.
Metro The closer station from the ALMA office in Vitacura (Santiago) is the metro station 'Tobalaba' (Línea 1). Exit the Tobalaba station at Luis Thayer Ojeda street and walk until the bus stop no. 405, go off in Vitacura with Alonso de Cordova avenue and walk until the ESO office.
The Joint ALMA Observary (JAO) offices in Chile are located in Vitacura, one of the districts of Santiago. Please check the details how to Travel to ALMA Vitacura Office, Santiago.
Santiago, due to its position in the central region, has a Mediterranean climate with well-defined seasons. In May, the temperature can reach around 17-18°C (62-66º F).
You can check the weather on the Weather Channel.
Chile's standard time zone is UTC/GMT -3 hours.
Do you need a Visa to enter Chile? Check here!
Sightseeing in Santiago: Sightseeing, museums, shopping malls, picturesque quarters are described here and here.
There is a number of restaurants and small places to eat around the ALMA office. You can find more information here. All of them are fairly expensive. Most JAO staff bring their own lunch from home. Microwaves and cutlery are available.


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Thelymitra queenslandica, commonly called the northern sun orchid, is a species of orchid that is endemic to Queensland. It has a single long, grass-like leaf and up to fifteen dark blue to purplish, sometimes white or pinkish flowers with white or pink tufts on top of the anther. It is readily distinguished by its northerly distribution and early flowering period.

Description
Thelymitra queenslandica is a tuberous, perennial herb with a single erect, channelled, green, linear to lance-shaped leaf  long and  wide with a purplish base. Between four and fifteen dark blue to purplish, sometimes white or pinkish flowers  wide are borne on a flowering stem  tall. The sepals and petals are  long and  wide. The column is pale blue to pinkish,  long and  wide. The lobe on the top of the anther is tan-coloured to brown with a yellow tip. The side lobes curve upwards and have mop-like tufts of white or pink hairs. The flowers are long-lasting, insect-pollinated and open on warm sunny days. Flowering occurs from June to September.

Taxonomy and naming
Thelymitra queenslandica was first formally described in 2013 by Jeff Jeanes from a specimen collected near Herberton by David Jones and the description was published in Muelleria. The specific epithet (queenslandica) refers to "the state of Queensland where this species is apparently endemic."

Distribution and habitat
The northern sun orchid mainly grows on forested slopes and occurs between Paluma and Mount Finnigan.

References

queenslandica
Endemic orchids of Australia
Orchids of Queensland
Plants described in 2013

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Alistair began his career with a specialist management consultancy and worked on, or directed projects as diverse as crop protection inputs in UK & Europe, land use studies, regional aid development, product strategic marketing planning, and inputs into Chinese agriculture. He moved to become the communications, and then commercial manager, of a US owned leisure group, completely re working its route to market from a US model of owner operators to a UK model of local government partnerships.
In 1985 he founded Mmd in the UK. The agency provided 360 degree support – encompassing advertising, relationship marketing and public relations – to the agricultural sector across North West Europe. An office in Paris followed with many market leading multi-country clients including ICI, Renault, Du Pont, Cyanamid, Monsanto, Hoechst, Genus (Milk Marketing Board ), among others. In the late 80's Mmd developed a marketing communications arm, providing UK-centred public relations to companies in the financial services, construction and industrial, technology and telecoms sectors. Clients included Barclays Bank, Tarmac, Oki and Lucent, Technologies.
Given the emergence of global networks and the fierce competition in UK markets Alistair evaluated global emerging markets where rapid change created dynamic market demand as well as lower barriers to entry. Mmd opened its first office in CEE in Prague in 1992/3 and, following the strategy of client multinationals, quickly opened offices in Budapest (1994) and Warsaw (1995). Under Alistair's leadership Mmd grew to become a top-ten global independent PR agency, and the leading emerging markets focused communications consultancy in the World. In 2006 Mmd was sold to Huntsworth plc and on final-completion of the sale Alistair stepped down as Chairman in mid 2009.
In late 2009 Alistair co-founded Speyside Group, playing a hands-on role in the company's growth across Latin America, Central and Eastern Europe and sub-Saharan Africa. At Speyside Alistair provides board-level counsel to a select group of clients while forging industry and partner relations in key global business & regulatory centers. A founder member of the charity 'Suits on Bikes' he has been its Chairman since 2007.


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author: Charles Dickens
The Battle of Life (the Bibliographer's copy)
London: Bradbury and Evans, 1846. First Edition. Original Cloth. 12mo. Fourth issue of the vignette title page. Original red cloth, decorated in gilt. 175 pages, 2 pages of ads at rear. The bibliographer's copy, the binding of which is shown on page 59 of "Charles Dickens in the Original Cloth..... More
THE BATTLE OF LIFE. A Love Story
London: Bradbury & Evans, 1846. First Edition. Full-Leather. Small Octavo. 4th issue, 175pp., (2)pp. ads at rear, illustrated, bound in full polished calf by Riviere with original front cloth cover bound in at rear; boards triple ruled in gilt, raised bands with compartments fully gilt decorated, red and black morocco..... More
Bleak House (In the Original Monthly parts) Jean Hersholt's Copy
London: March 1852 - September 1853: Bradbury and Evans. H. K. Browne. First Ediiton. Original Wrappers. Octavo. In the original monthly parts; 20 parts in 19; original blue-green printed wrappers; illustrated with 40 plates by Phiz (Hablot K. Browne). ALL wrappers are correct. ALL the ads called for by Hatton..... More
Bleak House (In the Original Monthly Parts, with 4 Parts Partially Unopened)
London (March 1852-September 1853): Bradbury and Evans. H. K. Browne (Phiz). First Edition. First edition in the monthly parts, 20 parts in 19, in the original green printed wrappers. ALL wrappers are correct. ALL the ads called for by Hatton & Cleaver are present. An outstanding set, with parts VII..... More
A Child's History of England
London (1852, 1853, 1854): Bradbury and Evans. First Edition. 12mo. Three volumes in original reddish-brown cloth; first issue of all three volumes, with first state ads in volumes I, II and III, as well as the textual points called for by Walter Smith in his bibliography. Marbled edges and marbled..... More
THE CRICKET ON THE HEARTH. A Fairy Tale of Home (Bibliographer Walter E. Smith's copy)
London: Bradbury and Evans, 1846. Hard Cover. 12mo. First state with "New Edition" ad at rear. Bound in original red cloth decorated in gilt. Dicken's bibliographer Walter E. Smith's copy with his signature on ffep. This book was used to illustrate "Original Cloth Binding of The Cricket on the Hearth"..... More
London: Bradbury and Evans, 1848. H. K. Browne ("Phiz"). First Edition. Half Leather. Octavo. A very good copy bound in contemporary brown half leather and green pebbled cloth with raised bands spine, gilt lettering on leather spine label. Illustrated by H. K. Browne ("Phiz"). Engraved frontispiece and title. Bound with..... More
Dombey and Son, in the Original Monthly Parts
London: October1846 - April 1848: Bradbury and Evans. First Edition. 20 parts in 19, original printed wrappers. The present set has ALL the correct wrappers and ALL the ads called for by Hatton & Cleaver, except for the scarce Letts, Son & Steer ad in parts X and XI, and..... More
Dombey and Son, in the Original Monthly Parts, First Issue of Text and Having ALL the Ads Called for.
London: October1846 - April 1848: Bradbury and Evans. First Edition. 20 parts in 19, original printed wrappers. The present set has ALL the correct wrappers and ALL the ads called for by Hatton & Cleaver. First issue of text, with the word "Delight" instead of "Joy" mentioned twice on page..... More
Philadelphia (1861): T. B. Peterson and Brothers. Hard Cover. Peterson's Uniform Duodecimo Edition, 523 pages, illustrated, with 34 illustrations by John McLenan; complete in one volume. Original brown cloth binding, stamped in gilt and blind. Light general foxing; cloth worn through at corners, small loss at spine ends; yellow coated..... More
HARD TIMES. For These Times. (Bibliographer Walter E. Smith's copy)
London: Bradbury and Evans, 1854. First Edition. Hard Cover. Octavo. First issue binding and first issue text. Dicken's bibliographer Walter E. Smith's copy with his signature, and the very copy which is shown in 2 black and white illustrations, in his bibliography. Original publisher's olive green moire cloth binding, blocked..... More
THE LIFE AND ADVENTURES OF MARTIN CHUZZLEWIT
London: Chapman and Hall, 1844. First Edition. Full-Leather. Octavo. early issue, 624pp., errata, engraved frontispiece and title, reg. title, illustrated by Piz. Bound in full green polished calf, all edges marbled with matching endpapers, decorative gilt turn-ins, expertly rebacked with old spine laid down, red morocco spine label gilt; illustrations..... More
The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit (Publisher's Presentation Copy; Original parts). Annotated By Bibliographer Thomas Hatton and from His Collection.
London (January 1843-July 1844): Chapman & Hall. First Edition. Original Wraps. Publisher's Presentation Copy, with "With The Publisher's Compliments" stamped onto front wrapper of part V. ALL wrappers are correct. Substantially all ads and slips are present, as called for by Hatton & Cleaver, with the following exceptions: the rare..... More
The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby.....with Illustrations By Phiz. Annotated By Bibliographer Thomas Hatton
London (April 1838 - October 1839): Chapman & Hall. Hablot K. Browne (Phiz). First Edition. In the original monthly parts; 20 parts in 19. From the famed Hatton & Cleaver collection, and annotated by Thomas Hatton, who has written in pencil on the rear wrapper of part VI: "No. 920..... More
THE LIFE OF OUR LORD. (Bibliographer Walter E. Smith's copy)
London: Associated Newspapers LTD, 1934. First Edition. Hard Cover. Tall Octavo. Leather de luxe edition bound in original blue leather with gilt lettering spine and front cover. Dicken's bibliographer Walter E. Smith's copy with his signature. This book is shown as "Leather De Luxe Edition Binding of the Life of..... More
Little Dorrit (20 Parts in 19)
London (December 1855-June 1857): Bradbury and Evans. H. K. Browne. First Edition. Original Wraps. First edition in the original parts; 20 parts in 19. Bound in the original blue/green printed wrappers - ALL wrappers are correct and ALL the ads called for by Hatton & Cleaver are present. First issue..... More
Little Dorrit (20 Parts in 19) Annotated By Bibliographer Thomas Hatton.
Little Dorrit (20 Parts in 19) Annotated By Dickens Bibliographer Thomas Hatton.
Little Dorrit (20 Parts in 19) With Autograph Notes By Dickens Bibliographer Thomas Hatton, Laid in.
Master Humphrey's Clock
London, 1840-41: Chapman & Hall. Hard Cover. First edition in book form; three volumes in two; illustrated by George Cattermole and Hablot Browne. Volume I: (frontispiece), iv[306]+1-228; volume II; vi[229]-306+ [1]-420. Quarto. Both volumes bound in contemporary 3/4 brown morocco over marbled covered boards, spines renewed in 20th century and..... More
MASTER HUMPHREY'S CLOCK (Bibliographer Walter E. Smith's copy)
London: Chapman and Hall, 1841. George Cattermole and Hablot Browne. First Edition. Hard Cover. Large Octavo. THREE VOLUMES. Complete Set. Bound in original brown cloth with first issue variant gilt design on front cover. This is a floral design, not the clock design. Dicken's bibliographer Walter E. Smith's copy with..... More
Master Humphrey's Clock (In 20 Monthly parts), Comprises "The Old Curiosity Shop" and "Barnaby Rudge."
London (April 1840-November 1841): Chapman & Hall. First Edition. Twenty monthly parts, in the original blue-green wrappers; a COMPLETE set, having ALL the ads called for by Hatton & Cleaver, including the scarce Tyas ad in part 1; ALL wrappers are correct. Large octavo in sixes, [i-viii], [1]2-306; [i-v]vi, [1]2-306;..... More
Master Humphrey's Clock (In 88 Weekly Parts), Comprising "The Old Curiosity Shop" and "Barnaby Rudge."
London (1840-41, i. e. 4 Apr. 1840 - 2 Nov. 1841): Chapman & Hall. First Edition. Original Wraps. Quarto. First issue, large octavo in sixes; the 88 weekly parts; [i-viii],[1]2-306; [i-v]vi, [1]2-306; [i-v]vi, [1]2-426. Original printed wrappers by Cattermole, 2 frontispieces, 130 woodcuts and 25 initials by Browne; 1 frontispiece..... More
Master Humphrey's Clock In the 88 Weekly Parts), Comprising "The Old Curiosity Shop" and "Barnaby Rudge."
MR. NIGHTINGALE'S DIARY, a Farce in One Act
Boston: James R. Osgood & Co., 1877. First American Edition. Hard Cover. 16mo. 96pp., bound in original green cloth decorated in black, lettering gilt. According to Eckel, there are only 3 known copies of the original edition (privately printed in 1851), which Dickens wrote with Mark Lemon, the editor of..... More


Eugene Harry "Gene" Rogers, Jr.
Eugene Harry "Gene" Rogers, Jr., age 78, of Eastman, died Tuesday, July 11, 2017 at Bryant Health Center in Cochran.
Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Thursday, July 13, 2017 in Cottondale Baptist Church, with Reverend Daniel Cook officiating, with interment in Woodlawn Cemetery.
Mr. Rogers was born in Savannah and raised in Jessup before moving to Eastman to work in radio at WUFF for over 40 years, where he became manager and operator. He was an avid musician who enjoyed playing guitar and piano. Mr. Rogers was a loving husband, father and grandfather and a dedicated member of Cottondale Baptist Church. He was preceded in death by his parents, Veatrice Carson Rogers and Eugene Harry Rogers, Sr.
Survivors include is wife, Cherry Coleman Rogers of Eastman; one daughter, Gena Rogers Wiggins (Jay) of Macon; two sons, Steve Rogers (Marlene) of Bonaire and Kerry Rogers of Eastman; six grandchildren, Bailey Rogers, Madison Wiggins, Macy Rogers, Dane Wiggins, Cade Rogers and Shane Rogers; one sister, Mary Ann Scarborough (Kenny) and one brother-in-law, Sandy Coleman (Martha Rae).
The family may be contacted at the Rogers residence, 37 Progress Street, Eastman, and will receive friends in Southerland Funeral Chapel from 5:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday, July 12, 2017.


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Image: Rick Lowe, Victoria Square Project, 2017-18, social sculpture, Elpidos Street, Victoria Square, Athens, documenta 14. Photo: Freddie Faulkenberry.
Create Networking Day for Collaborative Arts
Event · Talk · Seminar
Create Networking Day for Collaborative Arts, Friday 1 December 2017
O'Donoghue Centre for Drama Theatre and performance, NUI Galway
Registration & Coffee Conversations from 10am
Welcome Address: 10.45 am
This year Create's National Networking Day will focus on art, diversity and transformative practice. At the level of geopolitics globally we are witnessing vulnerable populations on the move at an unprecedented scale. At the same time, at the level of the nation state, we see the consolidation of some familiar exclusionary discourses around notions of national identity. How can artists working collaboratively respond? How can collaborative arts and cultural practices challenge dominant and exclusionary narratives? How can we engage in inclusive ways to democratise public space at the level of the neighbourhood and the city? Over the course of the day we will explore; the politics of identity and how it defines our bodies, ways of integrating the narrative of Traveller history, approaches to making large-scale interdisciplinary performance reflecting the diversity of place and collaborative arts practice connected with questions of race, neighbourhood and displacement.
The day will be launched by Sinead O'Reilly, Head of Local Arts and Arts Participation for the Arts Council. Presenters include Selina Thompson, who is an acclaimed artist and performer based in Leeds. Her work is playful and participatory, focused on the politics of identity and how this defines our bodies, lives and environments. Selina will draw on her Resort Residency 2016 with Create / CAPP and Fingal Arts Office in her keynote. Following her presentation Selina will be in conversation with Blessing Moyo a human rights activist based in Galway and founder of the One World Tapestry initiative.
Artist Seamus Nolan and ethnographer Eve Olney will be joined by representatives from the Galway Traveller Movement. This conversation is taking place in the context of Seamus's and Eve's collaboration with Pavee Point on the Create, Dublin City Gallery, The Hugh Lane CAPP Commission. The project seeks to open a dialogue around what an appropriate approach to integrating the narrative of Traveller History into the 'National Project' might look like. Chaired by Ann Lyons from the Community Knowledge Initiative at NUI, the panel will be questioning the representation of ethnic minority cultures in national archives.
In two separate presentations filmmaker Jijo Sebastian will explore questions of art and politics in collaborative filmmaking and Chris Baldwin, Artistic Director of Galway 2020 will share his approach to making large-scale interdisciplinary performance about place, for that place and in deep collaboration with the people of that place.
In breakout sessions with guest contributors we will further explore questions of art, diversity and transformation as they relate to questions of language, migrant and refugee experience in Ireland and change and agency in collaborative practice.
In our final keynote of the day US-based artist and 2017 Blade of Grass Fellow Rick Lowe, will talk with academic Charlotte McIvor about his current work the Victoria Square Project which uses documenta 14 to consider the situation of immigrants and refugees in relation to native Athenians in Victoria Square, Athens.
The day is interactive, with opportunities to exchange insights and experiences and to exchange about the latest innovative collaborative arts projects taking place nationally and internationally.
We are delighted to be partnering with the Galway Arts Centre on the Networking Day. To conclude the day please join us at Galway Arts Centre for a wine reception from 6.00pm – 8.00pm to launch their A5 Art Fair.
Selina Thompson
Rick Lowe - Youtube trailer
Documenta - Rick Lowe


Kat Von D Rock Candy Studded Kiss Mini Lipstick Collection Swatches | Top Beauty Blog in the Philippines covering Makeup Reviews, Swatches, Skincare and More!
Here are the swatches of the new Kat Von D Rock Candy Studded Kiss Mini Lipstick Collection – an innovative lipstick that coats lips with bold color, long-lasting wear, and luxe comfort.
Drench your lips with bold color and unstoppable femininity. Designed to look as rock 'n roll as its wearer, this revolutionary lipstick is formulated with Color Cushion Technology™, which combines lasting-wear, one-swipe payoff, and velvet-touch comfort. This color-true lipstick leaves lips supple, and its wide color spectrum offers stunning shades, including red for every skintone, statement-making colors, and classic, everyday neutrals.
Kat Von D's Studded Kiss Lipstick is infused with an antioxidant complex that leaves lips feeling soft, and the Crème Brûlée scent provides a subtle, sweet experience when you apply it. Designed by Kat to resemble one of her favorite bracelets, the black, monochromatic casing is uniquely studded and topped with her KVD monogram on the outer crown and bullet.
Amazing colors! I love Crush. Ooh, I'm going to order now.
Bellissimo questi colori e anche il packaging!