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Judge Abruptly Ends Agnifilo's Cross Examination of Lauren as She Breaks Down Sobbing
By Dianne Lipson
Lauren Salzman is done testifying in the trial of Keith Alan Raniere. Senior U.S. District Judge Nicholas Garaufis cut off Raniere's attorney, Marc Agnifilo's cross-examination at the end of the day Wednesday.
He was concerned she would have a nervous breakdown.
Agnifilo began his cross-examination of Lauren late Wednesday morning, asking her questions about her role in confining Daniela, a Mexican woman, to a room in Clifton Park for nearly two years.
In the morning Lauren broke down and sobbed uncontrollably.
In the afternoon, Agnifilo's relentless questioning brought Lauren to tears several times. It was a very emotional day for her.
Agnifilo worked slowly throughout the afternoon, picking things apart, showing wherever he could that Lauren believed she was doing good. And trying to show Keith created everything good in Nxivm.
There was discussion about what collateral was and how it was collected. Lauren said collateral was to back your word.
She explained that collateral was something that showed that you cared enough. It was supposed to be something painful and uncomfortable. And with that, it is supposed to help you uphold your commitment.
Agnifilo was making points. He continued to elicit comments from Lauren of the good in Nxivm and even in DOS.
She said collateral was to show you had each other's back. But women, she was taught, were not reliable; women didn't have strong commitments. Collateral helped women be stronger.
Earlier it was revealed that Keith said he could command a married woman to sleep with a man who was not her husband. Agnifilo asked Lauren if Keith had ever done anything like that.
Lauren said, "I don't know."
[We do know he ordered Sylvie, who was married, to have sex with him.]
Agnifilo asked if any of Lauren's slaves were commanded to have sex with Keith.
Lauren said "No." She didn't even know DOS had a sexual component.
Agnifilo asked about people hacking into the Nxivm computer.
Lauren said, after DOS became public, someone did hack into the Nxivm computer. And someone took a picture of Allison Mack's computer.
There were questions about readiness drills. Agnifilo tried to elicit from Lauren that readiness drills were a good thing.
"Isn't it meant to make people stronger? It's all about preparedness."
Lauren agreed.
Agnifilo brought up about how in Mexico there were kidnappings. And that was a concern. And that someone had been impacted by one of these kidnappings. Agnifilo said readiness drills could mobilize people on a moment's notice of any alarms.
Agnifilo said readiness drills could be put in motion if someone was missing.
He asked Lauren if there were any collateral released because of failure of readiness drills.
Lauren answered that she knew of no one whose collateral was released.
There was talk about penance. Like standing in the snow or paddling.
Lauren said that the most committed people do the strongest penance – like the dungeon stuff. That would be the most committed people.
Agnifilo said, "I didn't mention the dungeon Why did you say it?"
They got into "acts of care." That its purpose was to build character.
Agnifilo was trying to make acts of care look like a very good thing. Lauren agreed that acts of care showed you cared about somebody.
He was next characterizing DOS as a women's empowerment group.
Lauren agreed, saying the theory of DOS was "women for women."
Regarding DOS having a strong influence in the world, he asked if she believed this might be a good thing? Lauren said, "I believed in this area of it."
"Do you believe that you could be involved in something wonderful and important?"
Lauren said "Yes. DOS was also an opportunity to grow."
Agnifilo brought up that she testified that branding was a way to symbolize overcoming pain for a principle and that that concept resonated with her — overcoming pain for principle.
"So what did that mean to you?"
Lauren paused. Then said it had something to do with the human pain curriculum, that we know love through pain. And it was good to do things counter to our interests, to be unselfish, and to be happy, an opportunity to do difficult things that would help you grow.
For Lauren, it was to visit Keith and Mariana and their baby. That caused a lot of pain for her. [She had been promised a baby by Keith for years and instead, Mariana had a baby with him.]
But this helped Lauren become stronger. She was doing things only for the sake of love.
She would watch Keith and Mariana with their baby, even though Lauren didn't have a baby. And that would help Lauren become stronger. Lauren wanted to do what it took.
It appealed to Lauren, at one time, she admitted, that the first line slaves will always be part of her life and would always share everything. Now, she said she sees that it wasn't really true.
Lauren said that Keith invited her to DOS to bring her and Keith closer.
As the afternoon progressed, Agnifilo became more relentless in his cross-examination.
He showed that Lauren slaves knew what they were getting into; they had seen a stencil of the brand prior to being branded. They all knew what the brand was.
After Jimena Garza was branded and was screaming – she was the one who was screaming when she was being branded – Agnifilo asked if everyone still went through with the branding?
Lauren said yes. But added that during Jimena's branding, she screamed that she wanted to stop, but Lauren told her "No, you can't stop."
Agnifilo noted the "collateral" was never released on any DOS slaves even after they left the group.
Lauren agreed but disagreed that DOS was harmless, saying, "It isn't true that nothing bad happened!"
At one point, Agnifilo returned to one of his favorite red herring topics – of Frank Parlato – who he has brought up numerous times.
Agnifilo asked Lauren if Mark Vicente was feeding information to Parlato?
Lauren: "I don't know."
Lauren also didn't know the details of Parlato's dealings with Keith.
Agnifilo clearly sought to portray Lauren as a scorned lover. He asked her if she still loved Raniere, noting she wanted to have a baby with him.
Lauren started crying as Agnifilo asked her about her conduct. He said that Raniere slept with numerous other women.
He asked her if she intended to commit crimes such as extortion.
Agnifilo asked: "When you were in DOS, was it your intention to hurt people?"
Lauren, sobbing, said she was trying to prove herself to Keith, trying to salvage their relationship.
"I was trying to prove my self-worth," Salzman said, crying nearly uncontrollably. "I put it above everything else."
The Judge suddenly shouted at Agnifilo, in front of the jury, "OK — we're done! You're done! I said we're done. Sit down!"
He dismissed Lauren and released the jurors for the day.
When the jury left, Agnifilo asked the judge why he cut him off.
The judge said these questions are important, but it wasn't important enough for the witness to have a nervous breakdown.
"I thought it was extremely excruciating," the judge said. "I tried to cut off the line of questioning. You just went right back. You went way over the line. This is not DOS. This is not the allegation. This is a broken person."
He said he didn't want Lauren to have a nervous breakdown in court.
"I had a crisis here," Garaufis said, "and not in my courtroom! So you have your record and if there's a conviction, you can appeal to the Second Circuit."
Agnifilo asserted the questions he asked were important.
Judge Garaufis: "I have a right and an obligation to control the extent to which you can do this. I was watching this witness."
Agnifilo: "I didn't raise my voice."
Judge Garaufis: "I'm not saying you didn't maintain composure. I'm worried about her composure. You asked her about legal judgments. I took her guilty plea. I thought it was extremely excruciating. You went back to the line of questioning. I may not get everything right, I'm human. Before I'm a judge I'm a human being. I'm not going to allow this to continue!"
On Thursday, a new witness will be called and we'll be three to report on the day's events – in depth.
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38 commentsOn Judge Abruptly Ends Agnifilo's Cross Examination of Lauren as She Breaks Down Sobbing
Bad lawyering, or cruelty ordered by Raniere ?
Agnifilo is supposedly a great trial lawyer. But it seems he was more interested in breaking Lauren Salzman down to tears than tdefending Raniere. Of course, Raniere knows the emotional buttons of all of his inner circle.
Did he just order Agnifilo to torture her, because he could-
Lawyers try to break down witnesses all the time in order to defend their clients. This is nothing new. At my first court hearing with Amway, Charles Bundren, the Amway lawyer was literally screaming at the top of his lungs, with veins on his neck and forehead popping out of his blood-filled and red colored head when he was "asking" me questions on the stand, by repeatedly asking me if I had sent an email to an Amway distributor and referring to them as "F*CKING A$$HOLES!!!" I was in the U.S. Navy and had heard these words quite a few times before, but never with the fervor Bundren put into it. He truly deserved an Academy Award for his performance. Of course, the emotion does not come through in the court transcript. Although this is not my "style" I did use these words to get under Amway's skin, which is a much longer story. He kept repeating the question, over and over, with a new email each time. Eventually, after about 25 of these tirades, my lawyer objected and said something to the effect of "I think we get the point," but the judge said he gave each side one hour to make their case and each side can use that time however they want, so that's how we filled up most of Amway's hour. Since Amway knew they had no case, the settlement agreement allows me to do almost everything i was doing before and it's posted on my websites.
I also had a second experience when I worked at a utility power plant. It was during the construction phase, and a crane fell on a temporary building during a microburst thunderstorm and killed two people. I was the meteorological system engineer and gave a videotaped deposition. The opposing lawyer tried to trap me when asking me when I was an officer in the Navy whether I felt responsible for my men (there were no women on ships in those days, and that's a whole separate story as well). I said of course I did, and then he tried to transition the same responsibility/guilt to the civilian power plant and also tried to establish that the meteorological system should have warned of the approaching storm.
Of course, both of these topics are BS, and I pushed back on these lines of questioning. He then got miffed at me and asked me whether I was taking the deposition seriously, because two people died. I answered that I was taking the situation seriously, with emphasis on the "I," implying that he wasn't, and that was the end of the questioning.
What was particularly frustrating was that I had to answer all of the questions, even when my company lawyer objected, so the judge could make the decision to sustain over overrule the objection in court, because they could skip over my answer if the judge agreed with the objection. It was quite ridiculous.
This is the adversarial nature of our judicial system, many people don't understand how slimy it is. There's a reason why lawyers have bad reputations, the system is set up that way intentionally. But it pays them well to inflct stress on others. Raniere should have kept his d!ck in his pants and been a lawyer, he could have excelled.
Most likely.
Sick man with a sick defense team
Raniere was smiling and waving on his way out of the courtroom at the end of the day.
Torture is Raniere's greatest pleasure. If allowed, he'd would have loved to put Lauren Salzman on the floor and kick the shit out of her while his attorneys emotionally beat her up.
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"Raniere was smiling and waving on his way out of the courtroom at the end of the day." This says quite a bit about him in my book. He never cared about her, just as he never cared about anyone. He is happy to see her cry and suffer over what he got her involved in. Another person would have been stricken or at least uncomfortable.
What a creep. I hope he loses and gets the book thrown at him in terms of prison time. Then he can derive his limited future pleasure from giving interviews to the author who decides to write an in depth book about him and his twisted mentality. Possible title: "American Monster."
Fuck him and Agnifilo.
In time, torture is coming to VanFraud.
Former Nexian
There was another Defendant who was smiling and laughing his way out of the courtroom. He was accused of killing multiple women, including elderly and defenseless victims.
His birth name was Richard Ramirez. He smiled as he held up his hand and showed the world the Pentagram he carved into his flesh. His nickname was NIGHTSTALKER.
Thanks for providing what I think is a crucial detail, that Raniere was actually directing Agnifilo by passing him post-it notes. I think that makes clear this was likely a badgering and even abusive line of questioning, driven by a cruel manipulator.
thank you for this crucial information. The Judge was right to shut down the harassment by proxy – kr's last gasp on the Bronfman dollar.
I find myself wondering if Raniere and the slaves had a "What to do if we get caught" plan. Is Salzman admitting some crimes, whilst keeping quiet about other possibly worse crimes- Raniere said on camera that he'd had people killed. What do the top tier have to say about that-
Pyriel
Frank – I realise that you are a very busy man but I have a query. The trial is attracting headlines in the UK. Of course, certain newspapers are more focussed on the sexual elements of the trial. While reading comments in the Daily Mail, I see that quite a few people seem to be under the impression that DOS recruits were indoctrinated over a short time period. The press obviously doesn't cover the whole process from a woman joining NXIVM, the many courses are taken, JNess and to DOS. The process and the length of time that people spent in NXIVM isn't clear to the general public. Another question tends to be "How did they get away with this for so long-" I have replied to some of the comments in the DM and often point commenters to Frank Report. I wonder if you could refer newcomers to an article that would explain all of this to newcomers to this site-
In the usa, we call this the boiling frog syndrome.
The theory being if you put a frog in water and slowly raise the temperature the frog won't notice and be cooked to death.
The analogy of this being when people are subjected to mild forms of abuse, they adjust to it and it becomes normal.
Then more abuse and more adjustment until it becomes bat shit crazy as you see here.
Those who have not experienced this have a hard time understanding how this is even possible but it is.
This is how all cults operate.
However, while this is true with people, it is false with frogs.
The frog will jump when it gets too hot meaning the frog is smarter than people or more accurately, the frog has better instincts.
There have been references to "red flags" which is your mind telling you something is wrong.
So Nxivm told people to ignore the "red flags" to advance, become better, sure thing, no problem here, God created "red flags" for a reason and the reason is protection.
I heard about Nxivm after the arrests, the main press posted limited info, I searched Nxivm cult, found the pot of gold in Frank Report.
I'm interested in cults, how they work, have heard this all before, still amazed it happens over and over to the unaware.
Why are you amazed it happens over and over- Many people are unaware. They are just as unaware of other MLM scams, there are 4-5 million people who turn 18 years old every year in the U.S. alone. Counting those first ten years of being of legal age, the primary targeted age with less awareness of MLM scams, that's 40-50 million people. Multiple those numbers by 20 to get the worldwide numbers. There is no shortage of "red meat" when it comes to MLM or other scams. They don't teach about cults and scams in school. While the internet has helped, it's obviously not enough. What percentage of people do you think have even heard of Raniere or NXIVM, or if they have, it was a passing story that didn't register very much, because they were too busy playing their video game or watching "Game of Thrones" on TV.
I don't know how any women fell for this anti-women stuff of KR. Women have no commitments- That's ridiculous. We are often absolutely committed for a life time because we have children in a way men are often much more free and able to come and go. KR has a lot of things absolutely the wrong way round.
James Arness
Lying Lauren
Lying Crying Lauren.
Although I was not in the courtroom, it does not appear that Agnifilo went over the line; however, it does appear Judge Garaufis went over the line. Stopping highly emotional, yet valid questioning is not a proper way to conduct a trial and to criticize the defense attorney so vehemently in front of the jury is unprofessional and unacceptable. This absolutely biases the trial against the defense.
Why did Garaufis take this risk when it was, unlikely, totally unnecessary- Is he afraid of high emotion himself- Is he acting like a controlling and protective father to shield his daughter- Lauren is 42, not 12, she is tough and can take it.
Whatever the reason, it shifts the whole emotional tenor of the trial against the defense. If I were Agnifilo, I'd be asking myself how can I use this to my advantage with the jury- I'd be wondering: How can I re-frame the judge's outburst as an outburst of conventional middle-class society against a man trying to make a better place- I'd try to lift the trial to a higher level above the sex trafficking and coercion charges as a fight against injustice, free speech and freedom of lifestyle.
How Agnifilo comes back from this will be very insightful to watch.
"Judge Garaufis went over the line."
"Stopping highly emotional, yet valid questioning is not a proper way to conduct a trial and to criticize the defense attorney so vehemently in front of the jury is unprofessional and unacceptable. "
Judge Garaufis went way over the line.
Garaufis committed REVERSIBLE ERROR.
Judge Garaufis violated Raniere's Constitutional Rights.
The most fundamental Right in a criminal trial is for a defendant to confront his accusers.
And the Judge deliberately cut off a relevant line of questioning right in front of the Jury.
If Lauren Salzman was having a nervous breakdown it was only because she was finally confronted with her own decades of terrorist conduct towards others.
And you hit the nail on the head.
This Judge acts like every middle aged female witness is his own daughter in need of protection.
Truth be told for the last twenty years many people needed protection from the likes of Lauren Salzman and her coercive, manipulative ways.
And now since Judge Garaufis was so eager to deny the defendant his Constitutional rights during a trial I must ask who will defend us from the likes of Judge Garaufis-
–I'd try to lift the trial to a higher level above the sex trafficking and coercion charges as a fight against injustice, free speech and freedom of lifestyle.
That someone thinks that the defense can "lift" a trial that is partially about sex trafficking (which is unjust in itself) to a "higher level" so that it is a fight against injustice, free speech, and freedom of lifestyle is hilarious.
Hahahaha In your dreams, Double A
Bad news for you sadistic cult types, the judge is humane! and will insist on humane conduct in his courtroom. I know cult-think is premised on harassment and you can't really deal without it, but it looks like the self-serving spite you invested $$$$ in has FA to do with rational anything. I especially enjoy your advice to Agnifiglio:
'If I were Agnifilo, I'd be asking myself how can I use this to my advantage with the jury- I'd be wondering: How can I re-frame the judge's outburst as an outburst of conventional middle-class society against a man trying to make a better place- I'd try to lift the trial to a higher level above the sex trafficking and coercion charges as a fight against injustice, free speech and freedom of lifestyle.'
lets hope he takes your advice and gives it the full Viva Executive Success! treatment, sweet lord!!
ESP = Especially Stupid People- Embezzled Sock Puppets-
Eat Sh*t Psychopaths!
In reflection, I agree "lifting the trial to a higher level" is idealistic nonsense. I have no sympathy for the actions of Raniere in causing others grave harm and he needs to be accountable for that. However, It is clear Judge Garaufis has lost his impartiality and there are serious questions if a fair trial and fair sentencing can be achieved under Judge Garaufis-
That Lauren thinks group cohesion is achieved by coercion says a lot about her. She has no business working with people. She probably is very much broken, but she's not to be trusted with the well being of others.
Lauren is broken only because she has been confronted with her own years of coercion and criminal behavior.
lLauren Salzman is a terrorist.
Lauren and her Demonic mother Nancy Salzman terrorized people for twenty years.
And they got rich by terrorizing people.
The FBI confiscated 500,000 dollars in cash from Nancy's home and there were rumors that Nancy Salzman had as much as 8 million dollars of cash in her house at any one time.
And Lauren drove around in a BMW.
Lauren's own mother would complain about Lauren's profligate spending.
Nothing but the best for Lauren.
And through the Salzmans' friend Emiliano Salinas mother and daughter hoped to get rich off of Mexican booty.
Nancy told Lauren she might one day become a Mexican Princess.
Now that the rotten, reprehensible, deplorable Lauren Salzman is confronted with her evil, wicked ways she turns on the waterworks.
BOO HOO HOO
Oh, Woe is Me!
Think of how badly the people terrorized by Lauren Salzman felt over the years.
And this Judge, a political hack appointed by Blow Job Bill Clinton, fell for the tears.
Well by cutting off cross examination this senile Judge denied Keith Raniere his Constitutional right to confront his accuser.
One of the most fundamental Rights in the Constitution is for a criminal defendant to confront his accusers.
Judge Nicholas Garaufis
Yes, Judge those questions are important and highly relevant.
AND BY CUTTING OFF THOSE QUESTIONS YOU VIOLATED THE DEFENDANT'S CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS.
Judge Garaufis: YOU COMMITTED REVERSIBLE ERROR.
Lauren Salzman has been a cruel calculating bitch for a long time. She was cold insensitive when I first met her in 2001 after she was brought in to fix the mess they left me in after taking a 16-day Intensive. She did nothing to help me and seemed bothered that she was told to sit with me. Her attitude was she wanted to move on and saw helping me as a waste of her time.
It was obvious then that she was fucking Keith as were the rest of the harem.
She definitely perjured herself about Nancy not knowing she was in a sexual relationship with Keith. Lauren and Nancy planned that story for the jury knowing how abhorrent it would be for the world to know the true relationship they had with Keith.
Having sex with mother and daughter simultaneously would be exactly the kind of thing Keith would get off on.
Nancy is a dead ringer for Keith's mother Vera. Everyone at Keith's birthday celebration at Pyramid Lake saw a video of Keith's Mom and the room gasped at the uncanny resemblance
Having sex with Nancy and Lauren would sort of replicate with enhancement the experience of sex with his Mom.
Pedophiles are not born. They are created. Keith I believe was raped by his mother as a boy. I would guess age 12. This would fit with his belief that 12 is a good consenting age. Keith also thought fathers having sex with daughters is ok.
Therefore, Keith is a pedophile, Lauren and Nancy are liars and the DOS women are victims. The sexual and emotional abuse I read about on this blog is extreme domestic violence. The only crime left to prove of this monster Keith is the ultimate DV MURDER!
My sixth sense tells me he has done that as well…..
Once upon a cult
Wow!!! It is amazing how this monster's story becomes more horrific by the minute. This information of course explains everything…
I was at Pyramid Lake that weekend and red flags were flying all over the place. It was ESP's first official Vanguard weekend.
I was taking a walk one evening and Nancy Salzman was having a "chat" with Barbara Bouchey in a car which I thought was strange. Who sits in a car to talk unless its something you don't want others to hear-
Lauren Salzman was pretty immature but still was a head trainer.
The only married couple above the Proctors rank was Lisa Derek's (Marv).
People were standing up making grand confessions about feeling bad about not getting their next stripe because it was wrong to feel like they deserved to be promoted and to feel the way they were feeling. Of course, after sharing their feelings with others, those people went to become higher-ups.
Cult was written all over that weekend.
to Pyramid
what year was that-
I think 2000 or 2001
My own theory is admittedly rather imaginative. As I understand it, KAR's mother was ill and may be difficult and short-tempered due to her illness. I don't know if she was domineering or not. If KAR, an obviously selfish man, had to care for her over a period of time it's possible that he grew to resent her and may have experienced relief or even pleasure when she died.
His hatred of women is apparent in the punishments that were meted out. Demeaning, debasing, abusing and humiliating women was a game to KAR, as were mind games and psychological torture.
When a woman becomes an inconvenience or a threat to him and he can't control her, what does he do- Some people won't be silenced. Questions remain over the deaths of Gina Hutchinson and Kristin Snyder.
Barb Jeske and Pam Cafritz both died of cancer, persuaded that KAR's tech would save them. Nancy Salzman also developed cancer but received medical treatment when she was indicted. How old were Barbara and Pam when they died- How old was KAR's mother when she died-
KAR likes to see women suffering and wasting away but does he also like to inflict a lingering, painful death on women of a certain age group-
This was meant as a reply to Anonymous.
Uh, Pyriel. I believe you are very smart. That's the first I've heard anyone speculate about Keith also killing his Mom. It's not as imaginative of a theory as you say. I'm with you on it.
Any other theories you've been keeping secret-
When women can't be controlled or a threat to Keith, he runs. He did it to me because I challenged him.
Keith is a coward who is a tough guy with weak pliable women.
Yes agreed, he hates women
I think Barb and Pam were in their early 50's when they passed away. I would like to know what happened to Pam's remains.
I bet cremated to destroy evidence.
I think Judge Garaufis already saw how Agnifilo has quickly learned from KR's twisted mind torturing techniques, and he's made it clear he won't have this in his courtroom. Interestingly enough, Agnifilo pointed out that he was using a low voice tone, just like Raniere does. I hope Garaufis decision is for the best and won't lead us to an actual mistrial.
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She should be SOBBING because she is EVIL. After reading Dani's testimony Lauren must realize she is going to be locked up for a long time.


MCALESTER, Okla. – A mother and grandmother are facing serious charges after two young children got their hands on a platter of marijuana-laced brownies.
McAlester Police say Amy Finley, 34, and Della Hamby, 54, are behind bars after Finley's 4 and 5-year-old children tested positive for marijuana.
According to McAlester News-Capital, Finley told police that her son got into the brownies and ate a piece of one.
Finley told police she didn't think the child had enough to affect him.
Police say neither child received medical attention until an older cousin noticed one of the kids acting strange.
According to McAlester News-Capital, the cousin took the 4-year-old to the emergency room where he tested positive for marijuana.
Police say the 5-year-old girl was at Hamby's house around the same time and she also tested positive for marijuana.
Finley and Hamby now face child neglect and drug charges.


EASTON, Mass. (March 1, 2015) – Southwest Division No. 4-seed American International College held Northeast Division Champions Stonehill College, ranked 12th in both the USA TODAY Sports/Women's Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) Division II poll and the D2SIDA Top 25 media poll, to 29-percent shooting after halftime to claim a 73-64 overtime triumph in quarterfinal round action of the 2015 Northeast-10 Conference women's basketball tournament on Paula Sullivan Court at Merkert Gymnasium this afternoon.
American International (17-13, 10-10 NE-10) advances to Thursday's semifinal round where it will visit Southwest No. 2-seed University of New Haven (23-4, 16-4 NE-10) at 7 p.m. The Chargers advanced with a 72-48 victory over Northeast No. 3 Assumption College in today's quarterfinal round. Stonehill (22-4, 17-3 NE-10), which has been eliminated in its first game of the NE-10 Tournament four of the last five years, now awaits word on what should be a certain at large NCAA Tournament bid when the NCAA Division II field of 64 is announced next Sunday night. The Skyhawks were ranked No. 2 in this week's NCAA II East Regional rankings.
Senior Krista Ferrentino (East Longmeadow, Massachusetts/East Longmeadow) and junior Kamika Mason (Long Beach, California/Wilson) each posted double-doubles and combined for 43 points to lead American International to the upset victory. Mason registered game-highs of 22 points and 12 rebounds (five offensive) to go with three blocked shots and two steals as she made 9-of-19 shots from the field and converted 4-of-5 free-throw attempts. Ferrentino added 21 points and 11 boards (six offensive) with three assists and two steals, shooting 10-for-23 from the floor.
Junior Brianna Bishop (Suffield, Connecticut/Suffield) contributed 15 points on 5-of-11 shooting, including 2-for-4 from three-point range, while converting 3-of-4 free-throws to go with three rebounds, two assists, two steals and a blocked shot. Senior Alyssa Roach (New Bedford, Massachusetts/New Bedford) rounded out the Yellow Jackets double-figure scorers with 11 points on 3-of-5 shooting, draining 5-of-6 free-throws, with two assists and a steal.
Senior Tori Faieta (Lynn, Massachusetts/Saint Mary's) posted her 14th double-double of the season (30th career) for Stonehill, finishing with 18 points and 11 rebounds to go with two blocked shots. She was 6-for-16 from the field, but converted all six free-throws. Sophomore Kelly Martin (Scituate, Massachusetts/Scituate) also netted 18 points, aided by 10-of-12 shooting from the line, with three rebounds and three assists. Junior Paige Marshall (Braintree, Massachusetts/Braintree) added 11 points on 4-of-9 shooting with four assists and three boards, while freshman Samantha Hyslip (Westford, Massachusetts/Westford Academy), the NE-10 Rookie of the Year, chipped in eight points on 4-of-8 shooting and seven rebounds (four offensive) off the bench.
American International shot 41.2-percent (28-for-68) from the field in the contest, including a key 4-for-5 in overtime, while limiting Stonehill to 35.1-percent (20-for-57), including just 8-for-28 (28.6%) after halftime and 2-for-9 (22.2%) in overtime. The Yellow Jackets took advantage of 20 Skyhawks turnovers for a 19-11 edge in points off turnovers. Stonehill was just 2-for-15 (13.3%) from three-point range and converted 22-of-26 (84.6%) free-throws, compared to 15-for-20 (75%) free-throw shooting by the visitors.
Stonehill led just once after halftime after the two teams went into the lockerroom knotted at 32-32 when senior Amy Pelletier (Beverly, Massachusetts/Bishop Fenwick) drilled her lone basket of the night from three-point distance for a one point advantage (47-46) with 11 minutes to play. AIC called a timeout and followed with six straight points to take a five point lead (51-46) after a Roach jumper with nine minutes remaining.
Stonehill still trailed by four (56-52) after a Mason layup with 3:27 on the clock before rallying to force overtime. Faieta made two free-throws to cut the gap to a pair (56-54) with 1:42 left and then after an AIC turnover she pulled the Skyhawks even (56-56) with two more at the line with 59-seconds to play. Ferrentino missed a layup on a drive at the other end, but the Yellow Jackets gathered the offensive rebound for one more chance after taking a timeout. This time Bishop missed a jumper with eight seconds to go to finally send the game to overtime.
AIC took charge in the overtime session, opening a six point lead (64-58) after a Roach layup with two minutes remaining while Stonehill missed its first five shots from the floor. Faieta broke the drought with a layup to cut the deficit to four (64-60) with 1:37 on the clock, but that would be the Skyhawks last basket until another Faieta layup after the game was decided in the closing seconds. The Yellow Jackets converted 7-of-8 free-throws over the final half-minute to seal the victory.
Stonehill's largest lead of the contest came with a pair of five point cushions in the first half. The first came at the end of a 10-2 run after a Marshall triple seven minutes into the game. The second was following a Marshall jumper with 8:24 remaining in the half (23-18). The Skyhawks led by three (31-28) on a pair of Martin free-throws with four minutes to go in the half, but AIC scored four straight to take the lead (32-31) with a Mason layup with 1:14 on the clock before the teams went to halftime deadlocked.


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Explainer: What is a vaccine?
Vaccines imitate infections to prevent illness
Most vaccines are given through injections, but some can be given by nose or mouth.
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By Lindsey Konkel
The immune system is the body's natural defense against germs. When a germ invades, the immune system sends special cells to fight it off. Sometimes, though, the immune system is not naturally strong enough to prevent a disease from seriously harming someone or even killing them. But there's a way to give the immune system a boost. It's known as a vaccine.
Vaccines are substances that prepare the immune system to fight a disease-causing germ or other pathogen by imitating an infection. They trick the immune system into making a "memory" of that germ without ever having to fight the real germ in the first place. Now, when the immune system encounters the real pathogen — whether it's a virus, bacterium or other microbe — it is ready to attack it. As a result, the vaccinated person doesn't get sick.
Explainer: What is a virus?
Before vaccines, many children suffered from debilitating — and killer — illnesses such as measles, polio, smallpox and diphtheria. A simple scratch could be deadly if it became infected with the bacteria responsible for tetanus (or "lockjaw"). Vaccines, though, have changed this. Smallpox is completely gone from the world, and polio nearly so. Outbreaks of measles and diphtheria are rare, especially in the United States. Tetanus infections continue to decline worldwide.
Vaccinations also can help protect people who can't be vaccinated. These might be babies who are too young to receive a vaccine. Or there might be people who are too ill or too old to be vaccinated. When enough people in a community are vaccinated against a particular contagious disease, there's little opportunity for that disease to spread from person to person. Doctors call this type of community protection "herd immunity."
How vaccines work
The body is designed to fight off foreign invaders, such as germs. To do this, it needs to be able to distinguish elements of itself from outside agents (nonself). This is the immune system's job — to recognize self from nonself. To achieve this, the immune system is always on the lookout for evidence of foreign stuff, or what scientists refer to as antigens.
Antibodies are Y-shaped proteins. They bind to disease-causing antigens. Each antibody binds a specific antigen. The two fit together like a lock and key.Fvasconcellos/Wikimedia Commons
Pathogens are covered with tiny particles. Since they look unfamiliar to the human body, the immune system calls out its antigen attack squads. Those antigens are specific to a particular germ. A flu virus and a measles virus, for instance, have different antigens. Even two different types of flu viruses may contain somewhat different antigens.
So when a pathogen enters the body, the immune system dispatches special molecules — antibodies. These Y-shaped proteins patrol for particular antigens. When they find the ones they are trained to deal with, the antibodies go to work. They have two jobs. One is to disarm the threat by locking onto the antigens. This stops the germs from doing further harm. The antibodies also signal other immune cells to come to the site of the infection. Those other immune cells destroy the germs and remove them from the body. This entire process can take several days from the first time the body encounters a new type of germ.
Once an infection goes away, however, it won't be forgotten. The immune system has stored a "memory" of the pathogen's antigens in what are called B cells. These memory cells make antibodies designed to recognize and lock up the antigens for that specific germ. So if the same germ enters the body again, these new antibodies can now recognize it right away. They can direct the immune system to destroy and remove the germ from the body before it multiplies and forms an infection.
This protection against previous illnesses is called immunity. And it's why a child who had chickenpox as a child won't ever come down with that illness again.
One way to build immunity is through infection. A person who survives Ebola, for instance, will never suffer through that disease again. But since infection can damage or kill someone, the second way to build immunity — with a vaccine — is the safer option when it is available. (Scientists haven't yet developed vaccines against every disease. Ebola is one disease for which no vaccine yet exists.)
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Some vaccines are made from a weakened form of a disease-causing germ. Others are made from dead or deactivated forms of the germ. Most vaccines are given by injection. Some can be given by mouth or as a nasal spray.
The vaccine won't cause disease, because the weakened germ can no longer copy itself to release new germs inside the body. The immune system, though, doesn't know that the germ's mimic (or vaccine) is weakened or dead. All it sees are the antigens signaling a now-familiar invader. It sends antibodies and other immune cells to stop and destroy the invader. The antibodies "remember" the germ. This creates immunity against future infections with the same type of germ.
Some antibodies protect for a lifetime. Other times, the immune system's memory of a germ can fade over time. When this happens, immunity can falter and leave a person vulnerable to infection. In these cases, the immune system needs a reminder. These reminders are called boosters. Tetanus is an example. Doctors recommend a tetanus booster every 10 years to maintain good immunity against the disease.
Some germs also change substantially over time — evolve — creating new antigens. Influenza viruses are well known for doing this. Now the old antibodies may no longer recognize the new form of the germ (and antigens) and therefore fail to protect against it. That's why flu vaccines must be given every year. Each new vaccine deals with the latest versions of these ever-changing viruses.
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antibody Any of a large number of proteins that the body produces from B cells and releases into the blood supply as part of its immune response. The production of antibodies is triggered when the body encounters an antigen, some foreign material. Antibodies then lock onto antigens as a first step in disabling the germs or other foreign substances that were the source of those antigens.
antigen A substance capable of triggering an immune reaction.
bacterium ( plural bacteria ) A single-celled organism. These dwell nearly everywhere on Earth, from the bottom of the sea to inside of plants and animals.
B cell A type of small white blood cell (also known as a B lymphocyte), which plays an important role in the immune system. Made in the bone marrow, these cells mature into plasma cells, and serve as the source of antibodies.
cell The smallest structural and functional unit of an organism. Typically too small to see with the naked eye, it consists of watery fluid surrounded by a membrane or wall. Animals are made of anywhere from thousands to trillions of cells, depending on their size. Some organisms, such as yeasts, molds, bacteria and some algae, are composed of only one cell.
contagious An adjective for some disease that can be spread by direct contact with an infected individual or the germs that they shed into the air, their clothes or their environment. Such diseases are referred to as contagious.
Ebola A family of viruses that cause a deadly disease in people. All cases have originated in Africa. Its symptoms include headaches, fever, muscle pain and extensive bleeding. The infection spreads from person to person (or animal to some person) through contact with infected body fluids. The disease gets its name from where the infection was first discovered in 1976 — communities near the Ebola River in what was then known as Zaire (and is now the Democratic Republic of Congo).
germ Any one-celled microorganism, such as a bacterium, fungal species or virus particle. Some germs cause disease. Others can promote the health of higher-order organisms, including birds and mammals. The health effects of most germs, however, remain unknown.
herd immunity A term that refers to the idea that if most people within a population are immune to a disease, then they can't spread it. This tends to protect most people who are not immune.
immune Able to ward off a particular infection.
immune system The collection of cells and their responses that help the body fight off infections and deal with foreign substances that may provoke allergies.
immunity The ability of an organism to resist a particular infection or poison by
infection A disease that can spread from one organism to another. It's usually caused by some sort of germ.
influenza (also known as flu) A highly contagious viral infection of the respiratory passages causing fever and severe aching. It often occurs as an epidemic.
measles A highly contagious disease, typically striking children. Symptoms include a characteristic rash across the body, headaches, runny nose, and coughing. Some people also develop pinkeye, a swelling of the brain (which can cause brain damage) and pneumonia. Both of the latter two complications can lead to death. Fortunately, since the middle 1960s there has been a vaccine to dramatically cut the risk of infection.
microbe Short for microorganism. A living thing that is too small to see with the unaided eye, including bacteria, some fungi and many other organisms such as amoebas. Most consist of a single cell.
molecule An electrically neutral group of atoms that represents the smallest possible amount of a chemical compound. Molecules can be made of single types of atoms or of different types. For example, the oxygen in the air is made of two oxygen atoms (O2), but water is made of two hydrogen atoms and one oxygen atom (H2O).
nasal Having to do with the nose.
outbreak The sudden emergence of disease in a population of people or animals. The term may also be applied to the sudden emergence of devastating natural phenomena, such as earthquakes or tornadoes.
particle A minute amount of something.
pathogen An organism that causes disease.
polio An infectious viral disease that affects the central nervous system and can cause temporary or permanent paralysis.
protein Compound made from one or more long chains of amino acids. Proteins are an essential part of all living organisms. They form the basis of living cells, muscle and tissues; they also do the work inside of cells. The antibodies that attempt to fight infections are among the better-known, stand-alone proteins.
tetanus An unusual type of bacterial infection that usually does not spread between infected individuals. The source of these germs is typically exposure to soil, dust or animal feces. The disease causes stiff, painful muscles throughout the body, including a cramping in the jaw (which is why it's sometimes called "lockjaw"). Fevers, seizures, sweating and headaches may also occur.
vaccine (v. vaccinate) A biological mixture that resembles a disease-causing agent. It is given to help the body create immunity to a particular disease. The injections used to administer most vaccines are known as vaccinations.
virus Tiny infectious particles consisting of RNA or DNA surrounded by protein. Viruses can reproduce only by injecting their genetic material into the cells of living creatures. Although scientists frequently refer to viruses as live or dead, in fact no virus is truly alive. It doesn't eat like animals do, or make its own food the way plants do. It must hijack the cellular machinery of a living cell in order to survive.
About Lindsey Konkel
Lindsey Konkel likes to write stories about the environment and health for Science News for Students. She has degrees in biology and journalism. She has three cats, Misty, Trumpet and Charlotte, and one dog, Lucky.
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Coming up with a business structure is not that difficult as surviving the doldrums of it. From tackling everyday office scuffle to HR (Human Resources) issues, you have to be spot on to douse any engulfing situation. So, to tackle any such misadventure, one needs to be well aware of his surrounding, be it about technology news or new government policies, everything needs to be given required attention.
There are times when you just can't come-up victorious in every stuff you try. Stay calm and try few of the below mentioned productivity apps that can assist you in managing your workflow in a better and systematic way. I would like to add one more thing, the credibility of business apps will largely depend upon your business apparatus. If your business is a newbie in the market, you can rely on available business apps, but if you have a huge business house then you require some tailor-made inputs from professionals.
Evernote has everything that a company needs to take care of. It let you change the way you organize your professional projects. The utility includes creating to-do lists, adding images, taking notes, scan documents with your camera, take handwritten notes, make sketches and much more. The app also offers its business version for $12, which obviously includes some added features.
Keeping track of your time in any business operation is a must-do thing. Toggl perfectly fits in such a scenario. It is one of the leading timesheet apps for tracking work hours. One can log task times into timer and get reports depending upon the time usage. The app offers to sync time logs to the cloud, from where you can track everything on any web platform.
Initially, Toggl comes free for five users and if you wish to increase the workforce in your company, you need to shell out $5 per user, which will let you enjoy some added features.
If the business is all about project-management then Basecamp is the answer for it. One can create workflow calendars to better administration. This app lets you attach files, invite collaborators, chat within projects, track your progress, and create checklists.
The app offers a 30-day trial, after which the plan starts at $99 a month. Basecamp is updated with new features like new themes, tweaked page menu and few more.
Every business needs social media presence and Nimble has it all. It is a complete relationship manager and personal Agenda tool that combines your phone's contacts and calendars without getting you involved. The app also aids you to effectively follow up and follow through with your contacts via automated reminders.
The best part is that it collaborate your personal interest with Gmail and Outlook. But all these features come at a price of $12 per user.
The app is ideal for small business set-ups. Paypal is the pioneer of online payments which supports peer-to-peer money transfer app that requires you to login to this app. The plus point here is, it offers no contract, no monthly fees, and above all, a strong suite of tools for merchants to sell virtually anywhere, anytime.
The only visible downside of this app is that transactions made through this app won't send money directly to your account. At first, the money will be transferred into your Paypal account and after that, you can further send it to your bank.


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New $20 M 66,000-SF building advances the University's theatre, dance and music programs' ability to integrate performance with academics. The Center features a new 850-seat concert hall and a 460-seat proscenium theatre. Engaged during programming and pre-design through construction, AD's team provided focus on faculty, student and guest performers desires and incorporated design elements to meet their needs and achieve an efficient, acoustically precise facility. Challenges included accommodating a tight budget and were addressed through a simple yet elegant architectural solution.
The Hall's "liveness" can be "tuned" for different types of performances by opening or closing drapes on the walls and adjusting acoustical "clouds" and panels hanging from the ceiling.
Sound isolation was also a main concern as the theatre and the concert hall are adjacent to each other. Through close collaboration with the architect, concerns were met through an isolated hallway between the two auditoriums providing an acoustical barrier and serving the practical function of giving patrons a way to get from the parking garage to the lobby. AD also designed the sound systems for the new theatre and concert hall. Design accommodated a phased approach to enable implementation as funds became available.
A rich warm sound is the result of solid masonry wall surfaces and concrete floors. Adjustable acoustic elements enable flexibility for tuning the hall for different performance types.
The new Center integrated performance and academic functionality through creative design approaches to meet faculty, student and guest performer needs, convey elegance and comply with budget limitations.


I swear, Rausch, sometimes I think we were separated at birth.
I don't know how many times I've read one of your posts and realized that if I had gotten to the thread first the post would have had my name on it.
Good luck getting through airport security, Mr. Tungsten!
Seth MacFarlane is creating a folllow-up to Carl Sagan's seminal TV show Cosmos.
Here, he talks to Forbes about why the world really, really needs science.
B.F. Skinner is a psychologist best known for the Skinner Box, a kind of sensory-deprivation device which limits the creature inside it to only one form of stimulus at a time. Using one such box, he discovered 'superstition' in pigeons.
One of the troubles with scientific experiments is that researchers need to keep all factors controlled. To keep all the pesky extra factors out of circulation, B.F. Skinner decided to literally shut them out. How? By putting the subject in a box. The Skinner Box took the subject out of a chaotic situation and put it in a blank box. The psychologist could then impose a single condition on the subject, like always giving a pigeon food if it pecks a button. Will it peck again? Only scrutiny will tell. Riveting stuff like that.
In one particular case, Skinner decided to go random on his hungry pigeons. He dropped food into the box at completely random times, independent of any behavior on the part of the pigeons. But the behavior of the pigeons, he found, didn't stay random. After a few drops of the food, the pigeons began exhibiting certain consistent behavior. One circled counter-clockwise, another spun around in circles; seventy-five percent of them exhibited some kind of odd behavior.
Skinner concluded that the pigeons had come to display 'superstitious behavior'. It was like the superstition of gamblers who believe they have a lucky hat. If the gambler wears the hat, they can't lose. If the pigeons circle the cage counter-clockwise, they will bring on food pellets.
This might be an over-statement. The gambler has the capacity to understand rationally that a green hat won't bring good cards. The pigeons, on the other hand, have tiny little pea brains. The only creature who could understand that the food drops were random was the psychologist himself. Misunderstanding the situation is not the same as superstition. The experiment does, however, show that pigeons have a compulsion to search for pattern in events around them, the same way we do.
I love the part in the video, where he talks about gambling, and how it relates to operant conditioning. Gambling and lottery tickets and such are a hilarious example of the operant conditioning affecting humans.
The team from the Mayo Clinic in the U.S said that larger-than-normal populations of specific gut bacteria may trigger the development of autoimmune diseases like rheumatoid arthritis.
Just forwarded the link to the mrs and one of the women at Arthritis Community Services,thanks.
Wow. That's really good news.
I find it really interesting that the more we finally learn about the human body, the more obvious it becomes that bacteria play a huge role in our health and livelihood. Which goes against 100s of years of medical experience. It used to be "Ewww. Kill all bacteria and germs!". Now it's more like "Wait, look at what those bacteria are actually doing! WTF? Maybe those little bugs aren't all bad after all"
I am always looking out for this type of stuff. Took my wife to a Functional medical team last year and one of the first things they put on was a probiotic among a few other natural things no drugs.
The big green orbs are the actual eyes.
February 23, 2009--With a head like a fighter-plane cockpit, a Pacific barreleye fish shows off its highly sensitive, barrel-like eyes--topped by green, orblike lenses--in a picture released today but taken in 2004.
The fish, discovered alive in the deep water off California's central coast by the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI), is the first specimen of its kind to be found with its soft transparent dome intact.
The 6-inch (15-centimeter) barreleye (Macropinna microstoma) had been known since 1939--but only from mangled specimens dragged to the surface by nets.


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Editorial | Letters
Bill would improve visitability standards
CRAIG T. KOJIMA / CKOJIMA@STARADVERTISER.COM
While Roger Vesuelo's Waikele town home has some disabled-friendly features, his kitchen does not. He plans to remodel it by lowering shelving and countertops.
I am director of the Center on Disability Studies at the University of Hawaii at Manoa. Read more
I am director of the Center on Disability Studies at the University of Hawaii at Manoa. My colleague, David Leake, and I prepared a legislative proposal on visitability standards to encourage people building or renovating residences to incorporate visitability standards in their projects.
Visitability standards allow people who are mobility- impaired, especially those who use wheelchairs, to enter a residence, move through doorways and hallways easily, be able to reach outlets and light switches, use the bathroom, move around in a bedroom, and benefit from a smoke detector that they can hear and see.
Bills were introduced in the Legislature. One of the four bills, Senate Bill 2594, is still alive.
I hope it will be considered soon by three committees in the House — Housing, Water and Land, and Finance, the last three stops. Please urge our elected officials to keep it strong and meaningful.
We have given them common- sense fixes to do just that. Together we can make this happen.
State voting needs paper-ballot backup
U.S. Rep. Tulsi Gabbard introduced a bill to have a double- check system in place during our elections by using paper ballots.
With all the potential manipulation in place with the use of the internet, whether it be through individuals or countries, I think this is an excellent idea to ensure our vote truly counts. Many states already do this, including Hawaii.
Michael Springhetti
Haiku Stairs hike one of Oahu's safest
The hiking article highlights a serious and worsening problem on Oahu ("Worth the risk?" Star-Advertiser, March 12).
But the lead paragraph mentions Makapuu — a dangerous place to take selfies — and Haiku Stairs, which is one of the safest hikes on the island.
Of the 15 sites illustrated on the front page, three were further pointed out in the article: The one with the most rescues, Diamond Head; the one with the second-most rescues, Lanikai Pillbox Trail; and the one with no rescues at all: Haiku Stairs.
Yes, the article claims 10 rescues from Haiku Stairs, but none of the rescues was from Haiku Stairs. In every article written about Haiku Stairs rescues, the hikers in trouble were merely somewhere near Haiku Stairs — possibly trying to get around the guards because of the decades-long closure of safe access.
If the first responders and news media reported accurately, perhaps it would be more likely Haiku Stairs might be re-opened to safe, managed operation, reducing or eliminating the need for responding to hikers.
John M. Flanigan
Member, Friends of Haiku Stairs
Teachers couldn't shoot down gunman
Teachers are not police officers. Perhaps given George Scondras' premise, teachers could learn to be firefighters ("Teachers can learn to defend students," Star-Advertiser, Letters, March 11).
Teachers have enough going on in the classroom of 30 or more active students with problems, without adding more responsibility. A handgun would not help the situation, with an intruder with an AR-15 assault rifle and a bump stock.
What those teachers in Florida did was correct. They barred entrance into their classrooms, and protected their students by securing them in hiding places, and putting themselves in danger. Would Mr. Scondras have done better with his gun?
Mary Jo Morrow
People must place children above guns
We were encouraged by reading your article, "17 minutes for 17 shooting victims" (Star-Advertiser, March 6).
We are heartened by what the students at schools in Hawaii and across the nation are planning to do at 10 a.m. March 14 (a month after the savage Florida attacks). The students will stage 17-minute walkouts to honor the 17 victims who were killed. We adults should support this children's crusade in any way we can.
Concern for our children is not just an American response; it is a global reaction. People from around the world worry about our children because they see pictures of some of them screaming and running away from their schools with their hands held high. People can't understand why we don't protect them.
The best illustration of this attitude comes from Anglican Archdeacon Rod Bower of Gosford, Australia: "When will they love their kids more than their guns?"
As psychologists, we believe that to stop the carnage, we need to honestly uncover the answer to his question.
Rian McMullin
Patricia Gehlhaar
Tascott, New South Wales, Australia
Trump can succeed where others failed
The announcement that President Donald Trump might meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un puts the mainstream media in a quandary.
Is it possible that Trump, depicted in the media as ineffective on the world stage and on the same insult-exchanging, belligerent level as Kim, may accomplish what a series of presidents failed to do: denuclearize North Korea and bring it out of the cold?
The same media that once worried that Trump would ignite a nuclear holocaust with his tough talk now is concerned that an "impulsive" and "unprepared" Trump will meet with Kim, little mentioning that Kim's desire to talk is the result of increasingly painful trade sanctions created by the Trump administration's measured actions.
The president, underestimated by a press that at times appears to be part of the "Resistance," may yet accomplish what decades of fruitless diplomacy failed to do — remove North Korea as a nuclear weapons threat. Stay tuned.
Thomas Freitas
Navy wants public to know facts about Red Hill fuel facility
Keiki need help in East Hawaii


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Disembodied Desire
By Josh Adair on February 21, 2017 in Medicine and the Body
Josh Adair
One need not search far to discover that the Victorians adored bodiless hands. Ladies' hands especially abound throughout the last half of the nineteenth century as motifs and/or subjects in paintings, jewelry, paper goods, sculptures, and decorative objects created to symbolize friendship, love, and sexual desire. During this era, hands became an acceptable object of fixation upon which to leer and project meaning and fantasy, both in themselves and with the spectral body conjured up by one's own imagination.
A trio of chalkware spill vases, maker unknown. Photo courtesy of the author.
In the 19th century, the pseudosciences of cheirosophy or chiromancy, two synonymous terms for palm-reading or palmistry, grabbed the popular imagination, arguing that hands held invaluable information about everything from one's fate in the realms of love to a person's character in sexual affairs. Henry Frith and Edward Herron-Allen's 1883 The Language of the Hand, for example, purports that "Any man who is desirous of entering into connubial relations with any woman, may, by attention to the foregoing rules [of palm reading] obtain an insight." Herron-Allen's next volume, Practical Cheirosophy (1887), further instructs readers about deducing sexuality from the hand: "If it is chained [the Line of Heart], the subject is an inveterate flirt," continuing, "spots on the line denote conquests in love […] you can tell the nature of the person with whom the love-affair has taken place." In short, hands seduced Victorians both intellectually and visually.
"Hands" by Beckles Willson (Project Gutenberg)
In 1864, James Hadley, a potter-sculptor best known for creating the "Aesthetic Teapot" mocking Oscar Wilde, sculpted a spill vase for Royal Worcester that would inspire countless other porcelain and glassware producers. His creation, often referred to as "Mrs. Hadley's Hand," (though proof that the vase is modeled upon her hand has yet to surface), features delicate feminine fingers sporting no jewelry, gently grasping a suggestively phallic vessel intended to hold flowers. The design immediately gained popularity for interior decoration. A myriad of knock-offs, portraying sexualized women's hands, flooded the market.
When one considers Victorian fashion in all its excess, it is easy to imagine how hands became a fetishized feature: they were frequently in plain sight without covering and often engaged in actions that evoke various sensuality and even sexual acts.
"Mrs. Hadley's Hand" by James Hadley, Royal Worcester circa 1864. Photo courtesy of the author.
In countless examples of these vases, a disembodied right hand carefully circumvents any obligation to confront a fantasy-derailing wedding ring. "Mrs. Hadley's Hand" betrays no marital status; the hand could be any woman's. Even gloved hands, Ariel Beaujot argues in Victorian Fashion Accessories, telegraphed messages about social class and gender, at once evocative and elusive in their erotic potential. Marriage forever haunts the Victorian female hand, especially in novels of the period, as Helena Michie's The Flesh Made Word contends: "the hand is in itself a synecdoche for more obviously sexual parts of the body that enter into a heroine's decision about whom to marry."
Unmarked English Parian spill vase, probably Portmeirion circa 1880. Photo courtesy of the author.
Indeed, "taking one's hand" whether in marriage or an arrangement somewhat less socially sanctioned, acquires additional weight when considering these decorative curiosities that appear grasping flowers, corn on the cob, sea shells, torches – anything conical, vaguely phallic, or suggestively fertile. They suggest the masculine fantasy of a patrician coquette: youthful, slender, and apparently bone- and vein-free – typically sporting a bracelet or rings that advertise social status. In their anonymity and severed-ness, they invite the gazer to entertain possibilities about touch and movement, sparking pliable fantasies from a source that ultimately proves hands-off in its physically fragile, though pleadingly provocative, objectification.
Josh Adair is an associate professor of English at Murray State University, where he also serves as Coordinator of Gender & Diversity Studies and Director of the Racer Writing Center. His work has appeared in Interdisciplinary Literary Studies, Papers on Language and Literature, and Writing on the Edge. The collection he co-edited with Amy K. Levin, Defining Memory: Local Museums and the Construction of History in America's Changing Communities, second edition, will appear from Rowman & Littlefield in 2018.
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Smith elected treasurer of national chemical engineering organization
Posted by Joe McCune
Dr. Joseph Smith, the Wayne and Gayle Laufer Chair of Energy at Missouri University of Science and Technology, has been elected treasurer of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE).
As an officer, Smith will help guide the national organization that has over 50,000 worldwide members. In December, he finished a three-year term as a member of AIChE's board of directors before being picked to be treasurer, where he will serve as chair of the finance committee and as a member of the executive committee.
"I'm familiar with the ongoing operations of the institute and the current members of the executive committee and have worked well with them," Smith says. "This position will bring attention to the university on a national and international level, and I'm excited to serve."
Smith has over 30 years of experience working with AIChE, beginning as the student chapter president at Brigham Young University, then as the student chapter advisor at Tennessee Technological University as a new professor. He also served as chair of the Mid-Michigan local section and the Tulsa local section. Smith served for 20 years as chair and co-chair of the national student paper competition and as chair of the national student chapters committee. He was elected as a Fellow in 2014 and currently serves as a member of the Equipment Testing Procedures Committee.
"This experience helps me understand and better serve the needs of this national organization," Smith says. "As a member of the board of directors, I served for two years on the audit committee, most recently as chair of this committee, so I am familiar with the financial issues facing the institute."
Smith was picked after the recently elected treasurer resigned , and he has been asked to run in the fall general election to fill the remaining two years of the three-year term..
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Virat Kohli family background: Virat Kohli, the most talented and Stylish cricketer in Indian as well as world's cricket, was born in 5 November 1988 to the lawyer Prem Kohli and Saroj Kohli in Delhi. He has one elder brother, Vikash and one elder sister, Bhavna. Virat grew up in Delhi and belongs to Punjabi, specifically Sikh family. His father died due to brain stroke, which changed Virat completely and made him concentrate on his career.
Virat enjoys playing tennis and going on long drive with his lady friend Sanjana who is a Kannada actress during his free time or whenever he is not playing or practicing cricket. After becoming permanent member of Indian national cricket team Virat was found to be interested in Bollywood actress Anushka Sharma, but he did not made a decision for his marriage.
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Virat Kohli (born 5 November 1988 in Delhi) is one of the great batsmen in Indian cricket team. He was very found of cricket from his childhood and was a big fan of Indian cricketer Sachin Tendulkar. His family was very supported towards him. Now he Is an Indian international cricketer. He is a middle order batsman, who can also open the batting. He can also bowl right arm medium pace. Kohli was the captain of the victorious Indian team at the 2008 U/19 Cricket World Cup held in Malaysia. He represents Delhi in first-class cricket and plays for Royal Challengers Bangalore in the Indian Premier League. He also played for the West Delhi Cricket Academy. He made his One Day International (ODI) debut in 2008 and was part of the Indian team which won the 2011 World Cup. Despite being a regular in the ODI side, he had to wait until 2011 before playing his first Test.
Virat Kohli celebrates his birthday every year with full fun and in energetic manner. He invites all his family and all friends from Indian national cricket team. In some last years' parties, his beloved beautiful Bollywood actress Anushka Sharma is also seen. Here is a collection of pictures of his birthday celebration and his birthday cakes.
Popular Cricketers: Cricket is one of the most famous games of the world. In the fast forward world, where social media sets the trends and make the news, it will not be much of a surprise if the cricketers have millions and millions of followers on them. The most promotional hub in social media is Twitter, but cricketers are now also taking to Facebook to promote their brands, share pictures and activities with their fans. Here is the list of that top 10 Popular Cricketers, who have the most followers on social media. let's get started.
One of the most popular cricketer in the modern world, de Villiers have an official Twitter account, and his Facebook account is managed by Wikipedia. The total number of followers he has, combining both Twitter (1.58 M) and Facebook (0.62 M) is 2.2 million. He is at number 10 in the list of most popular cricketers on social media in the world.
He was regarded as one of the chief architects in India's win of Cricket World Cup 2011, Zaheer Khan has a huge fan following both on and off the field. Zaheer Khan has a huge fan following in both Facebook (2.52 M) and Twitter (1.76 M). His official Facebook page is run by his management, which is known as ZaheerKhans. He is at number 9 in the list.
Kevin Pietersen is one of the best players of England, he has a lot of fans on social media. Pietersen's popularity is still a matter to discuss. He has 2.08 M followers on Twitter and 2.57 M fans on Facebook, taking his total fan following to 4.65 million. He is at number 8 in the list of most popular cricketers on social media.
Just ahead of Kevin Pietersen is Suresh Raina, who has a total of 4.9 million followers, that includes 2.64 million on Twitter and 2.26 million on Facebook. Raina is one of the best limited over batsman in this era and he played a defining role in India's quarter-final win over Australia in the Cricket World Cup 2011. He is at number 7 in the list.
Number sixth in the list of the most followed cricketers is the hard-hitting opener of West Indies, Chris Gayle. With 1.85 million followers in Twitter and 3.17 million likes on his Facebook page, Chris Gayle as a fan following of over 5 million in social media, most of whom are Indians, given his performances in the Indian Premier League.
The great Indian cricketer and the chief architect of India's 2011 World Cup win, Yuvraj Singh is the fifth in the list of the cricketers with most followers on social media. He has 3 million followers on Twitter and about 7 million likes on his Facebook page, taking his total fan following on social media to 10 million.
Virender Sehwag is one of the most loved cricketers of the country. With 3.19 million fans in Twitter and 9.49 million fans liking his Facebook page, Sehwag has a total fan following of 12.68 million on social media. He is at number 4 in the list of most followed cricketers of the world.
The Indian captain, MS Dhoni is 3rd in the list of the cricketers with most followers on social media. A total of 3.34 million people follow him on Twitter while 11.03 million people likes his official Facebook page. He has over 15 million followers on social media.
Virat Kohli is a most stylish and attractive batsman of Indian cricket team. He has a lot of fans on social media who never look at how well he bats, but are always mesmerized by the looks of him. Kohli has 5 million followers on Twitter and 19.28 million likes on his Facebook page, taking the total to 24.28 million followers. He is on 2nd position in the list of most followed cricketers of the world just beyond the little master Sachin Tendulkar. With a short career he is in a good position of popularity. Soon he could be seen at the top of the list.
The most followed cricketer on social media is Sachin Tendulkar, the Superman of India and the king of cricket. He has 4.88 million followers on Twitter and over 24 million people across the world, likes his official Facebook page. The recent picture which Sachin shared on his Facebook page, that shows him touring the mountains, gained close to 0.61 million likes and more than 5000 shares.


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