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I stopped playing after Book 3 precisely so as not to have that "gap" problem. Well, technically I've played Book 4 but I was so ill at the time I have no memory of it. So we never did get into the HoD, ok. I would go a bit further than saying it feels a bit like we've been beta testers, this game has had qualities of being Early Access in all but name. But I mention that and folks don't like the term, oh well. See a duck-like object for details. I don't call it that to be critical, just to call things as they are. They had no option to do it otherwise.
But as for the version gap, well it's true that it can feel weird when things change. I haven't played the new Book 1 yet but I've heard it's been cut right down. I guess we should be grateful that we got to see more than if we'd only bought it after it was finished. Like finding original demos of favourite songs, they might be less polished and not what the artist wanted to have as a final edit. But the hardcore fans love it all the same!
I will be extremely disappointed if we never get to see inside the art gallery. I'm sure they have many many assets to put in there if they want, competition or no. I also wonder what the object hunt will turn out like. That can't be cut. We shall see!
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#22 Ringtail
Ringtail
LocationRockville, MD, USA
Yeah, I think there are story purposes that Emma's gallery could serve, particularly in helping along one transition. (spoilers in case folks reading this thread haven't played):
A conversation with Emma could definitely help bridge between Zoe's amnesia before she heads to Marcuria, and her more-or-less-total-recall afterward. Though, back in June, Ragnar said on Twitter that "Some things had to be cut along the way, for various reasons — that always happens. There just wasn't room in our story for Emma." http://twitter.com/r...583109551755265
But I think the inside of the House of Dreams is a goner. My guess is that whatever was planned for there got folded into Zoe's other adventures in Propast.
Mainly, I'd guess that the House of Dreams is where Zoe was originally supposed to get a jail-broken Dreamer, but that got wrapped up into the underground stuff with Hannah. Which is a particular shame for me, since I wrote my Birthright guy to be connected to the House of Dreams, because it was one of the very few plot points I thought was locked down. Still need to see how *that's* going to shake out.
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He said that on Twitter? Ah rats.
#24 MisterMetropolis
MisterMetropolis
I hope I'm not fucking with anyone's hopes and expectations, but that is neither possible nor desirable. It's obvious that DFC was planned as a different beast back in the Kickstarter days. That became apparent only a few weeks after the campaign ended and we first surprisingly heard of choice & consequence as a key mechanic. I'm still weeping for those challenging puzzles and of course for the real instruments in the musical score, but in other respects, particularly concerning game length and the most expansive cast of characters, I think we got more than we bargained for. Yes, Emma's museum was a stretch goal, but then again, the contest that was meant to fill the museum with fan art never happened after the exegetic music contest disaster. And, yes, one of the planned plot points involved Madame Nyx and her illustrious "House of Dreams"... but shoehorn in another puzzle free errand for Zoë just to get it in? That energy is better spent elsewhere.
But.....But.....
The House of Dreams I'm not dead set on. Maybe we could just go in and have a short conversation with Madame Nyx but it's fine if we don't. I think just including her building was enough. As for the books, they could be collected in Chapters 3, 5, 6 and 8 and read over in the Enclave in 8 and 9. And it's obvious by now that there's not going to be a fanart contest, probably because of the [ridiculous] backlash the music contest had. But Emma's gallery was also supposed to hold concept art, and that would even work in the canon. Emma could still be having dreams across the Divide as the worlds move closer and closer toward reunification, and some of the art was even said to be April's salvaged from before the Collapse, and we know April had some precognitive drawings. In my opinion, it would make even less sense to include the building for the gallery itself and have it "coming soon" than it would to just implement the inside of it already. I did see that tweet when Book Five came out and I interpreted it as him saying "Emma did not fit in the main story, but that doesn't mean she can't still be talked to as a minor character".
I think it would look bad for RTG, and for Kickstarter, to go back on stretch goals, which are pretty much promises, are they not? I had been assuming all these months that that was why it was taking so long - 9 months ultimately between Book Five and The Final Cut. I know they only had four people working on it and the rest of them were concentrating on Draugen and Svalbard, but were they really just touching up the lighting etc. and porting it to consoles this whole time?
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"But even if we don't reach that lofty goal this time around, we hope to some day still be able to tell this story. April's story, all of it. All that remains of it. Because it needs to be told. And you all deserve to hear it. And we would love to share it with you." - RTG, March 1, 2013
"Even if we don't get to $2 million, we will still look into ways of making The Longest Journey Home a reality...some day. It's a story we all want to tell, and we won't let it die." - RTG, March 9, 2013
#25 kla622
... the additive changes are what worry me most, to be honest. The balance between interactive and cutscene elements was way off already, particularly in the last two Books. If we're getting another Queenie soliloquy, proper final exchanges with Hanna, Mira, Wit and Bip (all of whom were evidently meant to properly appear [and speak] in the final Book), if we're getting the long awaited glimpse at Bip's parents etc., then things are getting even more crowded in the sit still and watch department.
Is it reasonable to expect much or any of that though? Don't get me wrong, I'd love if it were to happen, but the way the announcement is worded, I don't really see a hint of new scenes. Everyone is discussing these 'additions', but no additions are mentioned in the post at all, they only talk about 'changes' to the gameplay, and by that I would expect stuff like the in-game map, or other tweaks that were discussed in the recommendations and feedback thread. Previously, RTG made a number of comments that also indicate such changes. But - you guys are probably more aware of all the news, so please fill me in if there's anything -, have there been any comments that make it reasonable to assume that we will be getting any bits of story content? The only thing that comes to my mind is Ragnar's post about the Queenie scene, but that was not very definite either. (There was definitely some talk about cutting or shortening scenes though)
I know that RTG like to keep a lid on such things, and there will probably be an element of surprise in the Final Cut. They might avoid mentioning additions in order not to raise our expectations to an irrealistic level. And sure, maybe that Queenie scene will in fact find its way back, along with a few sentences here or there. But the way things look, I personally doubt that we would see any significant new story content.
#26 bongboy
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LocationRenton, WA, USA
Shortly after book 5 was released, Ragnar asked us if we'd like for anything to be added to the game, but to keep in mind that new voice recording sessions will not take place. I have no idea what, if anything, RTG has decided to add, but it is a possibility. Here are two of his posts that directly relate to the topic at hand.
We've been monitoring this thread continuously and noting down your feedback and suggestions — all of which are Much Appreciated. Now that Book Five is out, we're going to start thinking about the Complete Edition (name TBD).
There are already some bits and pieces in the works — Book Two has some really long and often dull stretches that we hope to 'optimise', we're going to make an in-game map and a teleport functionality where you can jump to locations previously visited — but we'd love to hear from you, dear player, about which parts of the game you've struggled with, found slow, found confusing, want to see an upgrade to, now that the journey is complete. This also goes for dialogues and characters: where would you like for us to spend a little more time and effort? Which choices and consequences could be further explored? And is there anything you feel is missing from the journey?
There are definite limits to what we can do, of course, both in terms of time and budget, so keep that in mind (we can't do a whole new location, for example) — and we're not changing the story; regardless of what you think of it, this is the story we planned to tell — but we can certainly raise the quality where it's most needed, and we can clarify things, improve the pacing and the polish.
Suggesting something doesn't mean it will end up in the game, of course. There are budgetary restrictions, and we may not agree: we won't compromise our vision for this game! Also, try to keep it constructive. We know there are things some of you don't like, and we obviously can't please everyone — please don't use this thread to launch an attack on the developers or to just complain about the game, without offering some actual constructive feedback. That will just derail things, and the developers will stop reading your input.
Also — this thread will have spoilers for Book Five, obviously, so if you haven't yet played the end, do not participate in the discussion!
Thanks, and looking forward to hearing your thoughts, comments, feedback and ideas
Here's a link to the original post.
Gilmore did play a bigger part in the story; Queenie, too — along with WATI's founder (there is a reference to that story at the very, very end). We simply didn't have time to address everything in episodes four and five, even though dialogue was written and recorded. We wanted to focus on the heart and soul of the story: the journeys of Zoë, April, Kian.
#27 MilDal
MilDal
It's nice to have news from RTG !
But anyone knows if french voices are still planned ? It's not really a problem for me because i understand english, but the french voices for the longest journey and dreamfall were very good and I have to say that it would be great to have them in the final version... But they only talked about the german version so...?
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Well "we can't do a whole new location" and not doing any more voice recording is even more concerning! Not even a little gallery they promised years ago?
In the absence of information people speculate. I must admit I had just assumed that all this time RTG was so hard at work because they of course had to put in all the things from the stretch goals and KS tiers that they said they would put in when they were asking for money. If they end up announcing they didn't do some bits and never even said all this time, well, that will be unfortunate. Unthinkable, really.
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I think it would look bad for RTG, and for Kickstarter, to go back on stretch goals, which are pretty much promises, are they not?
You're of course right, but I think we'll be able to mostly agree where a Kickstarter promise was broken out of a design decision that was made after the KS had ended, which in my opinion is the acceptable "broken promise". Add-ons like extra costumes and hairdos, the short stories, map and the recapp™ don't influence gameplay in the least – I absolutely think RTG is bound to these promises! But anything story related should remain at the sole discretion of the storyteller even IF it was advertised otherwise four years ago. And the museum was in a way threatened by proceedings that are out of RTG's hands, as you yourself have alluded to.
Is it reasonable to expect much or any of that though? Don't get me wrong, I'd love if it were to happen, but the way the announcement is worded, I don't really see a hint of new scenes.
The thing that prohibits new scenes is called "voice acting", I think. If they get Charlotte Ritchie back into the studio for a few new hotspots, that could possibly be the max of it. However, we already know that lines were recorded for an expanded Queenie ending. Which bodes well for at least this one additional scene. More lines could already have been recorded for Book 5 that we are unaware of. So, yeah, no expectations here, but it's reasonable to assume that RTG may yet surprise us.
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Well, Ragnar's comment quoted by bongboy:
This also goes for dialogues and characters: where would you like for us to spend a little more time and effort? Which choices and consequences could be further explored? And is there anything you feel is missing from the journey?
provides some ground for optimism, at least. I hope when Ragnar said there was "no time" to address everything in Books 4&5 - even plotpoints that had recorded footage - means that they actually did not have time for development back then, and not that there is simply 'no room' in the Books for more scenes. Although honestly, it seems a bit difficult to seamlessly include that Queenie scene in the ending, but I guess there would be room for it after the hospital scene and before the flashforwards. If Zoe visited Emma in her gallery to bring her some news about April after all is said and done, and that's where she'd bump into Queenie, that would be a perfect moment. But let's not get into wishful thinking.
If I recall correctly, Ragnar previously entertained the concept of incuding 'deleted scenes' in the game, maybe that could be a feature used for these recorded dialogues that didn't make it into the main story, even if they don't animate them. And does anybody know if the director's audio commentary is still a thing?
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AFAIK commentary should still be in. Maybe the Gallery will be this game's version of the Book of Secrets, only visitable after completing the game and it could have all the deleted scenes in it as well. That would be cool.
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#34 Insulin
I am not joking....when publishers get involved things can go downhill fast.
Be careful, you are threatening with a paradigm shift. When we see the new art for console versions, we clearly see influence from publishers. The word "gameplay" could imply something like improved combat. In several scenes you must escape a certain situation from not happening. It is combat at a level already, because you must repeat actions until success. Adding more actions in these situations would still be combat against an opponent but just improved. This would not be sacrilegious in my opinion.
When we see the new art for console versions, we clearly see influence from publishers.
I don't think there's any connection there. The only thing that struck us as new in the artwork was a 'new' character that we think is a redesign of Hanna; and some fans have been clamoring for that redesign for more than a year now.
If possible, tweak Hanna's character model. She looks like a copy of Abby's, and she's in no way on par with e.g. the brilliant 14 year old Saga in Book 4. Face and hair could be a focus.
#36 te36
LocationSan Francisco Bay Area
Wrt. physical media: Are there no "CD on demand" services that RTG could use to sell physical versions of the game in countries where there can not find a traditional publisher ?
I am also still a fan of posters. Some nice A1 size DFC scenery poster would be a great buy.
And full color coated 3D action figures, eg: from shapeways. Especially because shapeways has built in sales options, so easy to explore/make-money-from for RTG.
And it would be great if the 3D patch could be included on the media, even if unofficial.
I know... wishfull thinking...
Without a publisher, the logistics and huge upfront costs of doing any kind of physical release are insane. Even if they could find distributors, they would still have to find a publisher that will fund the production, which most likely won't happen (although I suppose it did in Germany, for some reason).
As for a CD on demand service. I know they exist for console games, but do they for PC games? Even AAA companies pretty much only release on digital now.
#38 LootHunter
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Fringe Café Regular
LocationRussia, Moscow
Not sure if you're joking or not...?
I don't think there's any reason to assume that. O.o They've been saying they were going to make updates to the gameplay since they said they were going back and making changes. They already overhauled the gameplay in Book One and combat had nothing to do with it.
#39 DiskJunky
DiskJunky
LocationBehind you (mwuh ha ha!)
Sweet! I'd been wondering about the silence but it seems like it's been a rough year for RTG but things seem to be in hand
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#40 thelj
thelj
So, what happened to the digital rewards? What's stopping RTG from releasing them like...now maybe? The short stories in particular were supposed to be released with book 1, then they were supposed to be released between book 3 and book 4, and now it's already 20-and fucking-17 and still nothing.
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When one reminisces about good theatre, the central thoughts usually surround an extraordinary performance. In Irena's Vow, Tovah Feldshuh, portraying the true life character, Irena Gut Opdyke, gives the performance of a lifetime. At the end of this 90 minute, one-act production, the audience was so visibly moved, that many remained in their seats to collect their emotions. Tovah Feldshuh transported her audience to an American High School in 1988, where she related the life stories of Ms. Gut, then quickly to occupied Poland, 1939-45, and forward to Jerusalem, 1988, a circle of chronicled events that exemplify the goodness of the best of human souls.
Irena Gut, who became known to Dan Gordon, an impassioned and unsparing playwright, was a Polish Catholic nurse, who joined the Polish Underground, when Poland was invaded (1939) by the Germans on one border and the Russians on the other. The Russians captured Ms. Gut, beat and raped her, and submitted her to forced labor, until she miraculously escaped. However, she was also captured by the Germans and again put into forced labor, where she met SS Major Rugemer, who found her too physically weak for heavy munitions. In a German army kitchen, Ms. Gut began to secretly offer food to Jews in the ghetto, whom she also befriended. Rugemer never suspected her underground efforts and offered Ms. Gut a job as his personal housekeeper in Tarnapol. Irena Gut was in charge of a laundry, where she met 11 Jews, whom she personally led, through circuitous plans, into Rugemer's own villa basement and found for them food, blankets, and clothes. She even surpassed their wildest hopes to deliver a baby right in the SS Major's basement, out of sight and sound.
Gordon has only three characters, Ida and Lazar Hollar, plus Fanka Silberman, exemplify the 11 and subsequently 12 smuggled Jews, in this tense, but occasionally ironic, searing portrayal of a heroine's bravery and pragmatism in the face of sure death. Irena Gut had nerves and will of steel. My central thoughts about Ms. Feldshuh's extraordinary performance include her impeccable Polish (and German) accent and demeanor, which adjusted and changed considerably. First, she persuades high school students never to doubt the existence of the Holocaust, and later she writhes, as she succumbs to the SS Major's sexual advances. Thus, she saves her life and continues to protect the hidden Jews. Much later she emotionally embraces the adult, who had been the baby she single-handedly masterminded into delivery. I also remain moved by Thomas Ryan's captivation of the conflicted Major Rugemer, who seemed to truly desire, not just covet, his fastidious, yet internalized housekeeper. When he happened into his villa, while the hidden Jews were taking a break upstairs, he reached for his rifle, aimed, and hesitated, faced with Ms. Gut as human shield. The plot continually thickens, as SS Officers, including Rugemer, Schultz, and Rugemer's Nazi superior, Rokita, all make impulsive decisions that save themselves from being seen as ineffectual, as their own military could turn them in as failed leaders, to be treated like the Jews in their captivity.
There is much revealed about the Holocaust, and the verbal images are brutal. This writer spent one day in the 80's walking through Dachau, in Germany, now open to visitors, lest the world forget or deny the existence and purpose of such "death camps". The Holocaust Museums in Washington, DC, and downtown New York were also built and organized to detail the political and military horrors and memorialize the heroes, victims, and survivors. The last survivors of the Holocaust are a dwindling few, and, as they and the brave Christians, who protected them, still tell their stories, audiences will continue to be amazed by extraordinary performances, not only of the actors who portray the searing scenarios, but also of the actual survivors who write their books and lead discussions in the schools and communities. Thanks to Ms. Gut's book about her early experiences, her informative reunion with her sisters in Poland (They had lost their parents in the War), and the generosity of spirit of Ms. Gut's daughter (who actually addressed tonight's audience), Dan Gordon was armed with an exemplary story about an exemplary woman, a model of conscience (thus her "vow") and character.
The supporting cast and technical staff could not have more effectively collaborated on this production, and I look forward to future plays from Invictus Theater Company, as well as future performances by Tovah Feldshuh. I continue to reminisce.
Gene Silvers, Tracee Chimo, Tovah Feldshuh.


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Most players I coach have at some point had to listen to my dreaded table tennis car analogy.
I usually reel it out when a player is having difficulty learning a new stroke. He is so focused on his own body movements, that he doesn't watch what I'm doing and isn't ready to play the next shot.
The rally breaks down and the player says something like "it's difficult to think about what I need to do and watch what you're doing at the same time".
Learning table tennis is like learning to drive a car. When you first learn to drive a car, you're a terrible driver. You're not very good at seeing what's in front of you – all of the potential hazards and dangers – because your mental energy is focused on the mechanics of the car.
You are preoccupied with the the clutch, the accelerator, the brake, the gear-stick, the indicator, the windscreen wiper, the speed dial. Your focus is just trying to make the car move and keep it moving. It's difficult to consciously do this and consciously pay attention to what's going on in front of you and use your mirrors to check what's going on behind you.
However, the more you drive, the less you have to consciously think about the mechanics of the car. You have repeated the actions so many times, that you start to do everything subconsciously.
Your mental energy is now freed up and you can start to concentrate on the road and potential hazards in front of you – the car turning right, the cyclist pulling out without signalling, the pedestrian stepping out into the road. You adjust your driving accordingly and you proceed without incident. You're a good driver!
Learning to play table tennis is very similar. When you first learn a new stroke, you are very focused on the mechanics of your own body. You consciously focus on your bat starting position, your bat finishing position, you arm movement, your wrist movement, your stance, your grip, your footwork, where the ball goes. All of your mental energy is focused on yourself. This makes it very hard to focus on what your opponent is doing.
But, like learning to drive a car, the more your practice a stroke, the more consistent and confident you become, the less you have to think about the mechanics involved. You play the shot automatically, without thinking. The shot becomes fixed in your subconscious mind.
Your mental energy is now freed up to focus on what's in front of you, i.e. your opponent. When you watch what your opponent is doing, you can react quicker and close off any potential dangers and threats.
This is why top table tennis players are so good, why they seem to react so quickly and seem to know exactly what shot their opponents are going to play. They don't have to actively think about their own strokes. It's all subconscious. Instead they can watch their opponents and react with seemingly lightning speed.
So, if you're struggling to learn a new stroke, don't be too hard on yourself. You need to have patience. You need to practice the shot until you can play it without thinking. How long does this take? It depends. We all have different learning capacity and different amounts of time available to practice. What will take someone six weeks, may take someone else six years!
But the key here is practice and repetition. The more you do it, the less you will need to think. When you think less about what you're doing you can concentrate more on what your opponent is doing. When you watch your opponent more, you can react quicker, get into position sooner and play your shots better.


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Biografia
Pamela studiò al "Beethoven Conservatory of Music and Voice" in Germania. Fece parte del "Ziegfeld Follies" di Florenz Ziegfeld dopo il suo ritorno in America. Venne nominata Miss St. Louis nel 1926.

Divenne la capobanda di tutte le orchestre femminili e della house band Odeon Theatre, e condusse alcuni programmi radiofonici come The Encouragement Hour e Gal About Town.

Incise un solo album nel 1969, intitolato Into Outer Space with Lucia Pamela, le cui canzoni parlavano di un immaginario viaggio sulla luna.

Lei creò anche un album da colorare chiamato Into Outer Space with Lucia Pamela in the Year 2000. Nel 1994, la band Stereolab registrò un tributo per lei, International Colouring Contest, nel loro album Mars Audiac Quintet.

Lucia Pamela morì il 2002, all'età di 98 anni, a Los Angeles.

Nello stesso anno, Tom Kushner scrisse un breve dramma su Lucia Pamela intitolato Flip Flop Fly. Lo spettacolo immaginava Pamela che incontrava la Regina d'Albania Geraldine sulla luna.

Discografia
 1969: Into Outer Space with Lucia Pamela

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This month's latest issue of Metallomics is devoted to the exciting and fascinating work of this field coming from Japan. Originating from the 3rd Metallomics Research Forum in Japan held on August 30 and 31, 2012 in Showa Pharmaceutical University, Tokyo, this themed issue is Guest Edited by Yasumitsu Ogra and Seiichiro Himeno. You can read their Editorial by clicking on the link below. We hope you enjoy the issue.
Our wonderfully colourful outside front cover is from Seiji Komeda from Suzuka University of Medical Science, who with colleagues have been working with platinum complexes and looking at their antitumor properties.
On the inside front cover is work looking at DNA fragments by coupling capillary gel electrophoresis with ICP-MS. Shin-ichiro Fujii from AIST and co-workers were able to successfully separate and analyse fragments of double-stranded DNA.
On the back cover we showcase research into mammalian metabolism of organic selenium compounds by Naoki Furuta in the Department of Applied Chemistry at Chuo University, Tokyo, Japan and colleagues in the Department of Epidemiology and Environmental Health, Department of Internal Medicine, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
Organic selenium compounds in plants and yeasts are effective chemoprotectants in mammalian cancer. In their research they identified selenomethionine pathways by measuring endogenous and exogenous 82Se levels and quantified selenium compounds and selenoproteins in mice liver, kidneys, plasma and urine.
Metallomics Issue 3 now online!
Metallomics Issue 3 is now available online!
We have a new colourful cover for you to discover all about and an interesting Tutorial Review for you to enjoy. There is also a new HOT article on release of zinc from the olfactory bulb with potential influence on the olfactory process. Take a look at Issue 3 NOW!
spectrometer and visualized NAC effects on the metabolism of CP in human plasma obtained from healthy volunteers.
Take a look at this Tutorial Review by Peter Faller and his group from the University of Toulouse. The team carefully explores the mechanisms of peptide self-aggregation and formation of amyloids with particular focus on the role of metals in these processes.
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The second issue of Metallomics is finally online with two new covers for you to enjoy.
On the outside front cover, images showcase a study from France by Carole Bresson and her group. The team underlines the toxicity of cobalt chloride determining its speciation and cytotoxicity. Herein, they observe accumulation of cobalt and zinc in pulmonary cells by using direct in situ micro-chemical analysis based on ion micro-beam techniques and describe the synergistic toxicity of combined cobalt and zinc exposure in human cells.
Our inside front cover features an interesting review written by Dominc James Hare and colleagues from the University of Technology, Sydney. The authors examine the unbalanced metal concentration observed during Parkinson's disease. In addition, they analyse how cellular metabolism is altered following release of MPTP, a potent toxin that selectively destroys dopaminergic neurons in the substantia nigra. The use of MPTP as a model for Parkinson's disease is also discussed.
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The end of the year is just the right time for us to enjoy the Issue 1 of Metallomics!
We have four beautiful covers featuring outstanding research coming from all over the world. Our original outside front cover shows the work of Kay Double from Australia, who studied copper regulation in the human brain. Copper and copper transporters were localised in the brain by using inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry. This work provides new insights into the mechanisms by which copper levels are altered in the brain leading to neurological diseases.
This bright and colorful inside front cover gives us a snapshot of a study from the Georgia Institute of Technology, USA. Christoph Fahrni and co-workers examined the distribution of trace metals such as metal, zinc and iron in mouse fibroblast cells during cell division. Using X-ray fluorescence microscopy, they suggest the mechanisms of inheritance of these metals.
Coming from South America is the work of Marco Aurelio Zezzi Arruda, represented in our inside back cover. His team developed a qualitative and quantitative method to map selenium and sulphur in sunflower leaves, using the recently developed laser ablation imaging mass spectrometry (LA-ICP-MS) technique.
Finally, our cheerful outside back cover features a minireview from Atlanta, USA, written by Jenny Yang and colleagues. The authors explain the concept of "Calciomics", outlining the most recent approaches used to identify calcium-binding proteins and to understand how they interact with their targets.
Along with these new covers, Issue 1 presents a couple of HOT papers for you free to read until January 10th. Take a look now by accessing the links below. And don't forget to check out our Editorial on the recent successes of Metallomics.


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Well, I guess you figured out weather forecasters were off a few days ago. Storm headed to north east Texas coast and not the south west as they were saying. Hurricane Ike is hitting just west of my mother-in laws house right now. If you see any pictures from Surf Side that is pretty close though she lives about 12 miles inland. Storm will head right through Houston (where I used to live) then go to north Houston in Spring (where my sister lives) and then head northward where my mother lives. Then it is headed directly for us, though it should be a tropical storm by the time it gets to us. I would think my mother, sister, and myself will loose electricity. In other words, Ike is after everyone I know. You might not be safe either.
Reporting from Texas. Now back to the booth.
Pray for the people in Texas NOW!!!
I am trying to find a good temp/volunteer job bringing back up the electricity in Hurricane Ike's path. I don't work for the electric company, but suffice it to say that I am a "skilled worker". Please pray that I can be placed right. Thanks!
My boyfriend lives in Tomball close to Spring.
My sister lives in Houston, TX and as you know Hurricane Ike went straight through her area. I've tried calling her to see if she is ok, but cannot get through so far.
Just asking for prayers that she is ok, and not just her, but all of those who could not get out the way of this hurricane.


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Hero Pleasure+ 110 Launched India Priced 47,300 Rs.
Hero Motocorp, the country's largest two-wheeler maker, has launched two new scooter models. Hero MotoCorp launches Maestro Edge 125 and Pleasure + 110. The company has priced the fuel injection version (FI) of Maestro Edge 125 for Rs 62,700, the i3S (Carb) variant costs 58,500 rupees (drums) and Rs 60,000 (disc). The ex showroom price of Hero Pleasure + 110 (Sheet Metal Wheel) is priced at Rs 47,300, while the cost of Pleasure + 110 (Cast Wheel) is Rs 49,300.
Hero Pleasure+ 110 Engine
Pleasure + 110 is a powerful and stylish scooter in the 110 cc engine segment. The company has launched this scooter in view of the needs of youth men and women. The 110 cc engine generated in it generates 8 bhp power at 7,500 rpm and 8.7 Nm of torque at 5,500 rpm
Hero Pleasure+ 110 Features
It includes several good features like backlit speedometer, front glovebox, side stand indicator, USB charger, LED boot lamp and integrated braking system. The design of the new Pleasure Plus is completely new compared to the old model. Along with this it has already been given a powerful engine. When the Hero Pleasure was launched, its marketing was specially done as a women's scooter. From the simple design of the new Pleasure Plus, it is clear that this time it has been designed keeping women buyers in mind.
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The design of the headquarters of the scooter is completely new, which gives it a modern retro look. Like the old model, Indicators of scooters are also placed on the front panel of new players. There have also been changes in its side panel and rear design. Highlights of silver color on both side panels are given. The Hero Pleasure+ 110 2019 looks longer than the rear side. The taillight section design is also new. There has been a change in the scooter instrument console and it has been given a new digital display. There is also USB charging socket in Pleasure Plus.
Hero Pleasure Plus 110 Price
Compared to the older pleasure, the starting price of the pleasure plus is more than 2,200 rupees. This collision in the market will be from scooters like Yamaha Fasino and Honda Dio, whose price is 55,623 and Rs 52,938 respectively. New scooters can be booked on the company's dealership. By the end of this month, its delivery will start. Explain that Apart from Pleasure Plus, Hero has also launched Maestro Edge 125 Scooter today (Monday).
The scooter market is growing rapidly. Scooters (scooters) of mostly two-wheeler companies are available in the market. These scooters have different price ranges and different mileage. If you are thinking of taking a scooter with more mileage than less than 60 thousand rupees, then you can look at this list. Let us talk about the best scooters giving less than 60 thousand rupees and mileage more than 60 kilometers.


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James Montgomery Doohan was an Irish-Canadian character and voice actor best known for his portrayal of Scotty in the television and film series Star Trek. Short of Spock's ears, Doohan's characterization made Scotty one of the most recognizable characters in the Star Trek franchise.
After the war, Doohan started his acting career after being disheartened by the laughable quality of a radio drama, leading him to privately study Shakespeare, and with his first work a CBC radio show appearance on January 12, 1946. He took a drama class in Toronto, and later won a two-year scholarship to the Neighborhood Playhouse in New York City, where classmates included fellow Canadian Leslie Nielsen, Tony Randall and Richard Boone. For several years he would shuttle between Toronto and New York as work demanded. During this period Doohan appeared on some 4000 radio programs and 400 television programs, and earned a reputation for his versatility. In the mid-1950s he appeared as forest ranger "Timber Tom" (the northern counterpart of Buffalo Bob) in the Canadian version of Howdy Doody (coincidentally, fellow Canadian and Star Trek castmate William Shatner appeared simultaneously as Ranger Bill in the American original).
Doohan suffered from Parkinson's disease, diabetes, and lung fibrosis in later life. In 2004, he was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease. On July 20, 2005, at 5:30 in the morning, he died at his home in Redmond, Washington with his wife Wende and long-time friend (and agent) Steve Stevens at his side. His agent identified the cause as pneumonia and Alzheimer's disease.


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Visiting the Grand Mosque in Abu Dhabi is a great way to spend a few hours in the UAE. The mosque offers free guided tours at set times if you want to learn more during your visit. The tours take 45 minutes long and is more of a narration from one place in the mosque than a walking tour; headphones are provided to hear the guide. The mosque only restricts visits during Friday prayers and has reduced visiting hours during Ramadan.
We visited around 4pm on Friday and there was already a queue of visitors formed to enter. The guards were letting visitors in even though 4:30pm was the official reopening time after Friday prayers. The line was long but only took about 15 minutes to get through the security checkpoint. There is a separate entrance for females, which had no line. After entering the complex, there is another checkpoint to make sure appropriate clothing is worn. This means no shorts for men (capri pants that go below the knee are acceptable according to the pictured sign) and for women basically everything covered up. I was also told people with any tattoos that are visible would also be denied entry to the mosque. There seemed to be a variation of what's acceptable or not. There is a massive courtyard area before entering the main mosque. At one end of the courtyard is the separate praying hall for females-only which is not connected to the main prayer hall. This is where the scheduled tours start from.


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Navajo Business Promoting Culture through Coffee Mugs
January 7, 2016 By quadcities Leave a Comment
Coffee mugs and license plates sharing information about Navajo clans are gaining popularity.
The local home-based online Navajo business, www.dinegifts.com, offers cups with the Navajo clan names in Navajo wording and English on the front, while the back has a brief story about the clan's origin. The metallic license plates have the clan name in Navajo wording and English, and "Navajo Nation" lettering emblazoned across the top.
"I bought two clan cups recently and gave one to my son who said 'Koooool! What a great idea!" wrote Ursula Wilson, a nurse midwife at Chinle Hospital on the company's website. "I used my cup at work and it definitely attracts attention, curiosity and dialogue about Navajo culture. What a great way to preserve and spread Navajo cultural knowledge. Thank you."
Since 14 clan coffee mugs were introduced at the 2014 Navajo Nation Fair, the small company expanded its product line this year with 24 clan license plates.
The website (www.Dinegifts.com) also has pages devoted where the public can learn about their clans and even discuss.
The owner, George Joe, said he first got the idea about 10 years ago, among many other ideas, but never did anything with it until September 2014. "I always thought it would be a good way to promote Navajo culture and language," said Joe, who has more than 20 years of experience in marketing and public relations. "The difficult part is the writing of the stories because you have to try to bring together the varying accounts of a clan's origin into less then 20 words." But with a master's degree in English and second master's in education, plus years of writing experience, he has been able to produce the text.
Joe and his helper, Roz Begay, say they really enjoy the stories, interesting occurrences and the people they come across while selling their work.
Which products are popular? "Bilaganna clan license plates are very popular," said Begay. "People are buying them for their in-laws, friends, bosses or a co-worker, or for [themselves]."
And there are certain clans that are particularly popular, they say, such as Ashįįhí (Salt People clan), Kinyaa' áanii (Towering House clan), Tábą́ą́há (Edge Water clan), and Táchii'nii (Red Running Into The Water clan).
So far, the clans they have the most difficulty in selling are the Hashtł'ishnii (Mud clan), Tódík'ozhí (Salt Water clan), and Honágháahnii (One Who Walks Around clan).
There are certain clans that dominate in pockets of the reservation. For example, Shiprock is Kinclichinee (Red House clan) and Red Streak/Red Bottom Clan, while the Window Rock has a mix.
"Right now, we only offer 14 clans in the coffee mugs but we will be increasing this to 25 after Christmas, then eventually 100 clans," said Joe. For the license plates, they have 24 of the most popular clans.
"One of the things I would like to see is that every tribal member has a plate on their vehicle," said Joe. "It's a real sense of pride when you are out there in the city and you see someone proudly displaying their Navajoness."
Inevitably, not everyone agrees with the exact spelling and stories. "But that's expected," said Begay, "because there are several sources on spelling out there, and there are varying accounts of the origin of clans. We use Rough Rock's Navajo-English Dictionary. Many others who sell Diné clan t-shirts use the same source."
And every now and then, someone approaches them with a clan they have never heard of. "Those are always interesting conversations," said Joe.
But what makes their day and their effort all worth it is when a child approaches them and knows a lot about their clan. "It's fascinating when a kid visits our booth and then reads the clans aloud and pronounces them correctly," said Begay. "Some have influenced their parents or grandparents to buy them a mug. When you see this happening, it really is a sign of hope. Sometimes we just give them the coffee mug or reduce the price. This shows that parents or grandparents speak to them in Navajo, and school teachers and possibly bus drivers are also making a positive impact [in] preserving the Diné language – this is rewarding and what we, Diné Gifts, are about – promoting the Diné culture and language."
You can find the plates online at www.dinegifts.com. QCBN
By Valarie Tom
Filed Under: Business Tagged With: Feature, mugs, Navajo


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Failure of Abdulmutallab's father's message to reach authority.
Failure of FBI, CIA, NSA to connect the dots, AGAIN.
'Other' pieces not put together about Abdulmutallab from CIA observations in Yemen.
There has been a pattern developing with the Obama administration trying to minimise terrorist attacks.
Questioning the wisdom of closing Guantanamo Bay, and sending 90 Yemeni detainees now being held at Gitmo back to their country of origin.
Janet 'the system worked' Napolitano.
Continued sideswipes at the Bush administration.
Disgraceful malignant persistence in blaming the Bush administration.
Leftists put more effort into going after and demonizing the CIA and everyday Americans protesting our out of control government than they do terrorists.
Obama's sanctimonious pursuance of CIA operatives who he perceives to have engaged in "torture". The CIA were assiduous in obtaining legal sanction in writing from Congress for all the methods that were used against terrorist suspects. Now the very people who fought so hard to protect America (and indirectly, the rest of us) are subject to politically correct opprobrium and a legal witch-hunt.


We are wrapping up our first week of the Special Recreation Programs of Greater Des Moines!
We would like to extend our sincere gratitude to all of our families and supporters who joined us this week to kick off our new endeavor! We wouldn't be here without you! Our vision is that EveryBODY Deserves to PLAY! and this new model will allow us reach even further into our community.


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Ex-Celtic goalie Magnus Hedman reveals he was sexually abused by relative as child
The 46-year-old has opened up on the hell he endured at the hands of someone in his 'inner circle'.
Nicholas Keyden
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A former Celtic goalkeeper has revealed he was sexually abused by a relative as a child.
Sweden international Magnus Hedman spoke out about his horrific childhood ordeal in a documentary about his life released on TV service Dplay.
The 46-year-old, who played for the Hoops between 2002 and 2005, said the abuse started when he was just seven-years-old and lasted until he was 12.
He said: "I was sexually exploited as a child. By a family member, by someone in my inner circle.
"I never told anyone. I didn't understand how wrong it was. I didn't know what to do."
Hedman, who has battled drug addiction in his past, was admitted to a treatment home two years ago following a suicide attempt.
There, he dug through the skeletons in his closet as he relived his childhood horror before being able to start piecing his life back together.
Magnus Hedman in action for Celtic against Dundee Utd in 2002 (Image: SNS Group)
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It was during his stay at the centre that he spoke about the abuse for the first time.
He added: "It's been in me all the time, but I've hidden it away. Otherwise, I could not live. But there at the treatment home it just overturned.
"It is something that shows how dysfunctional my childhood has been.
"In the past I have always referred to my childhood as very happy. And I've thought and felt that way. But afterwards there were other sides.
"There were many alcohol problems in my family when I was growing up. But I have not dared to look back on it.
"I learned to escape the emotions first with the help of football and then with the drugs."
In the documentary, called Magnus Hedman: Second Half, he relives a drug addiction, that at its worst, saw him pour amphetamine directly into his morning coffee every day.
He is now two years sober.
The keeper, who hung up his gloves in 2007 having played for Celtic, Chelsea and Coventry, told how his substance issued caused his life to fall apart as he dealt with the trauma.
Magnus Hedman's token showing he is now two years sober from drugs (Image: TT News Agency/PA Images)
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He said: "When you take amphetamine every morning, it goes strong. All I could think about was the next high - that was the only important thing.
"I could blow on picking up my kids from nursery in search of the next high. I just wanted more and more."
Hedman made 26 appearances for Celtic during his spell in Glasgow while racking up 58 caps for his native Sweden.


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BTE Foundation partners with Young Audiences for Bethune
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Better Than Ezra Foundation Partners With Young Audiences to Create an After School Program for Bethune Elementary Students
New Orleans, LA — The Better Than Ezra Foundation has partnered with Young Audiences to create an after school program for the children of Mary McLeod Bethune Elementary School of Literature and Technology located in the Holly Grove neighborhood of New Orleans. The after school program takes place Monday-Friday throughout the school year and includes 30 minutes of homework assistance along with a 75 minute arts education class in the following areas: Visual Arts, African Drums and Dance, Marching Band and Film Production. For those students behind their grade level, the program also offers individualized or small group learning for students in Math or English Language Arts.
"We currently have 80 underprivileged children enrolled with more being added every day," says Tom Drummond, founding member and bass player of Better Than Ezra. "We've done a lot with Bethune over the years but really wanted to take it to the next level and create a program that extends outside of the classroom."
Principal Mary C. Haynes-Smith could not agree more saying, "Through this program, we are able to actively engage students in a culturally enriched arts based program which provides a safe and educational experience for the students. I am forever grateful to the Better Than Ezra Foundation for making this dream a reality."
The partnership between the Better Than Ezra Foundation and Young Audiences is an exciting union of educational and professional arts. Enriching a student's life with the arts allows them to approach academic and social learning with a new perspective. But beyond the value of a broadened horizon lies the relationship behind this program:
professional musicians creating the next generation of artists while focusing on the importance of excelling in the classroom.
"Young Audiences is thrilled to team up with the Better Than Ezra Foundation," says Program Manager Suzannah Powell. "Through this program, Young Audiences hopes to perpetuate the artistic community of New Orleans by providing these students an opportunity to discover not only their creativity, but a potential career path as well."
The Better Than Ezra Foundation adopted Bethune Elementary in 2010 and in addition to the after school program the foundation has built an educational playground for the children, donated school supplies, renovated the teacher's lounge and purchased an AV system to enhance student experience and teaching methods.
In order to continue to support the after school program, a number of fundraisers will take place throughout the year. The next event will be a Tailgate Brunch before the Saints vs. 49ers game on Sunday, November 17th at Sainte Marie located at 930 Poydras. For more information or to purchase tickets, please visit: https://btefoundationtailgate.eventbrite.com
To learn more about the Better Than Ezra Foundation and how to get involved, please visit
www.BTEFoundation.org.
About Better Than Ezra Foundation
The Better Than Ezra Foundation, founded by renowned rock band Better Than Ezra, is committed to raising funds to support the renewal of the structural and cultural heritage of New Orleans and Southern Louisiana. The Better Than Ezra Foundation has raised over $850,000 for various causes in and around New Orleans.
Website: https://www.btefoundation.org
About Young Audiences
Young Audiences of Louisiana was founded in 1962 with the mission to inspire, empower, and connect children and communities through education, arts, and culture. Over the last 51 years the organization has grown from presenting school performances of chamber music to our current position as the state's largest provider of arts-integrated and afters chool programs. Since 2006 Young Audiences has operated after school programs in schools throughout
Greater New Orleans that promote academic excellence and social growth. External evaluations have shown that students enrolled in Young Audiences after school programs in Jefferson Parish schools outperformed their peers on standardized tests. In addition, students in these programs showed fewer disciplinary reports and increased school attendance.
Website: https://www.ya4la.org
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Oil Is Not a Curse
Ownership Structure and Institutions in Soviet Successor States
Part of Cambridge Studies in Comparative Politics
Pauline Jones Luong, Brown University, Rhode Island
Erika Weinthal, Duke University, North Carolina
$ 37.99 (P)
This book makes two central claims: first, that mineral-rich states are cursed not by their wealth but, rather, by the ownership structure they chose to manage their mineral wealth and second, that weak institutions are not inevitable in mineral-rich states. Each represents a significant departure from the conventional resource curse literature, which has treated ownership structure as a constant across time and space and has presumed that mineral-rich countries are incapable of either building or sustaining strong institutions – particularly fiscal regimes. The experience of the five petroleum-rich Soviet successor states (Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, the Russian Federation, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan) provides a clear challenge to both of these assumptions. Their respective developmental trajectories since independence demonstrate not only that ownership structure can vary even across countries that share the same institutional legacy but also that this variation helps to explain the divergence in their subsequent fiscal regimes.
Contributes to a growing, but still nascent literature that questions the long-held and widespread presumption that the possession of abundant mineral resources is inevitably a curse for developing countries
First comprehensive, longitudinal, and comparative study of petroleum revenue management across all five petroleum-rich Soviet successor states
Documents the variation in ownership structure over petroleum wealth in developing countries for the entire twentieth century and tests competing explanations for this variation using an original cross-sectional dataset
"Do oil booms inevitably lead countries down a path of rentierism, authoritarianism, and laggard economic growth? Read this fascinating book about the Soviet successor states and find out why the effects of oil vary based on who owns it—the state, or the private sector."
—Stephen Haber, Stanford University
"Pauline Jones Luong and Erika Weinthal have made a valuable contribution to the resource curse literature. Their book's focus on the significance of ownership structure in determining whether resource abundance is a boon or a curse is novel, well-argued and supported empirically by a nice natural experiment. In addition, the book provides an accessible review of the oil and gas sector in the energy-rich Soviet successor states over the two decades since independence."
—Richard Pomfret, University of Adelaide; Johns Hopkins University Bologna Center
"A fundamental premise of political economy is that the consequences of factor endowments for policy and prosperity are conditional on the nature of the political equilibrium in society. Using parsimonious theory, case studies, and econometric tests, this book brilliantly uses this perspective to demolish the confusions of the resource curse literature, showing how politics shapes the ownership structure of the oil sector which in turn determines the impact of oil."
—James Robinson, Harvard University
contains: 16 b/w illus. 5 maps 24 tables
1. Rethinking the resource curse: ownership structure and institutions in mineral rich states
2. Fiscal regimes: taxation and expenditure in mineral rich states
3. State ownership with control versus private domestic ownership
4. Two version of rentierism: state ownership with control in Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan
5. Petroleum rents without rentierism: domestic private ownership in the Russian Federation
6. State ownership without control versus private foreign ownership
7. Eluding the obsolescing bargain: state ownership without control in Azerbaijan
8. Revisiting the obsolescing bargain: foreign private ownership in Kazakhstan
9. Taking domestic politics seriously: explaining ownership structure over mineral resources
10. The myth of the resource curse.
Pauline Jones Luong is Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science at Brown University. Previously, she was an Assistant Professor at Yale University. At Harvard University, where she received her doctorate, she was an Academy Scholar from 1998 to 1999, and from 2001 to 2002. Her primary research interests are institutional origin and change, identity and conflict, and the political economy of development. Her empirical work to date has focused on the former Soviet Union. She has published articles in several leading academic and policy journals, including the American Political Science Review, Comparative Political Studies, Current History, Foreign Affairs, Politics and Society and Resources Policy. Her books include Institutional Change and Political Continuity in Post-Soviet Central Asia and The Transformation of Central Asia. Funding from various sources has supported her research, including the National Science Foundation, the John T. and Catherine D. MacArthur Foundation, the National Council on East European and Eurasian Research, and the Smith Richardson Foundation.
Erika Weinthal is Associate Professor of Environmental Policy at the Nicholas School of the Environment at Duke University. From 1998 to 2005, she taught in the Department of Political Science at Tel Aviv University. Her research focuses on environmental and natural resources policy in the former Soviet Union and the Middle East. She has published widely in journals such as Perspectives on Politics, Comparative Political Studies, the American Political Science Review, Foreign Affairs, Ground Water, Global Environmental Politics and the Journal of Environment and Development. She is the author of State Making and Environmental Cooperation: Linking Domestic Politics and International Politics in Central Asia. She has received funding from a variety of institutions to support her research, including the National Research Council for Europe and Eurasia, the United States Institute of Peace, the John T. and Catherine D. MacArthur Foundation, the Fifth Framework Programme of the European Union and the USDA. She is a member of the UNEP Expert Advisory Group on Environment, Conflict, and Peacebuilding.
Institutional Change and Political Continuity in Post-Soviet Central Asia
Power, Perceptions, and Pacts
Capitalism and Democracy in Central and Eastern Europe
Assessing the Legacy of Communist Rule
Conflict, Cleavage, and Change in Central Asia and the Caucasus
After the Collapse of Communism
Comparative Lessons of Transition
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Which National Leaders Support Global Health
Posted by chris macrae on November 6, 2008 at 6:53am
If you live in a nation where your national leaders http://www.yunusuni.com/id24.html support health goals in the world's poorest countries as well as their own, please log up what your leaders say and which networks cheer their actions. The global financial meltdown brings opportunity & risk to global health. The risk is that nation's put off their global promises until tehy are less afraid about money. The opportunity is to collaborate. There are an increasing number of social business innovations that show 10 times lower cost health services can be designed when all involved trust each other to share vital knowledge, local people are empowered to do the routine work (being in the village 24/7 in charge of basic medicines, serving patience convalescence, educating on prevention, being connected with early critical information alerts that stop a plague spreading etc). Technology can share scarce expertise and match when an expert visits an area with who has a chronic need that has never been responded to. A fascinating question today would be if amicromalraisummit is convened in 2009, would it be able to set as bold action and cost-effectivness goals as microcreditsummit did in 1997
Attached are millennial goal promises obama made on 25 Sept 2008 at clinton global network. He chose a focus to end malaria with these words:
Disease stands in the way of progress on so many fronts; it can condemn populations to poverty, prevent a child from getting an education, and yet far too many people still die of preventable illnesses. Today I'd like to focus on just one, malaria. We have eliminated malaria in the United States, but nearly one million people around the world still die from a mosquito bite every year.
Eighty-five-percent of the victims are African children under the age of five. In Africa, a child dies from a mosquito bite every 30 seconds, and by the way, this is something I've seem personally. If you go to the village where my father grew up, where my grandmother still lives, the toll of malaria remains throughout the region.
And beyond the devastating human toll, malaria weighs down public health systems, setting back global capacity to fight other disease. So today I want to join with the global malaria community that is meeting here in New York to make a new commitment: When I am president, we will set the goal of ending all deaths from malaria by 2015. It's time to rid the world of a disease that doesn't have to take lives.
The United States must lead and when I am president we will step up our focus on prevention and treatment around the world to get this done
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Press Association 6 Nov 2008: Brown pledge over global health
Speaking at a central London conference organised by Health Secretary Alan Johnson, Mr Brown said some people would argue that the current period of global financial turbulence should mean ambitious plans are postponed.
"I believe there can be no worse time than this to turn back," he said.
"We will now successfully address the global problems we face only if we work together for global solutions."
He said that "president-elect Barack Obama is determined to play his part in addressing health inequalities around the world".
Mr Brown told delegates they were united in their belief that every child, man and woman, no matter what their birth or background, "should have the best chance of a healthy life".


A Philadelphia man who staged a fake robbery and shot his own cousin as part of an elaborate conspiracy to help the cousin collect workers' compensation insurance has pleaded guilty in Maryland to a single count of conspiracy to commit insurance fraud.
Joseph Francis Brooks, 46, of Philadelphia, was given a five-year suspended sentence and 18 months probation.
The guilty plea stems from a June 2002 incident when, while living in Baltimore, Brooks conspired with his cousin, Pierre Lamont Taylor to stage an armed robbery of Taylor for the purpose of making a false worker's compensation claim with Taylor's employer, United Parcel Service (UPS).
In August, Taylor, while working for UPS in Maryland was "robbed" by Brooks. Brooks and Taylor not only staged a robbery, but Brooks also actually shot Taylor in his right leg. Taylor soon filed a workers' compensation claim with Liberty Mutual Insurance.
In November 2004, Liberty Mutual Insurance paid a lump sum disability payment of $250,000 to Taylor, who in turn shared some of the money with Brooks. A former friend of Taylor's reported the fraud to Liberty Mutual. Taylor confessed to Maryland State Police that he and Brooks got the idea for the staged robbery from watching television.
When sentencing Brooks, Judge Michael J. Algeo said he has spent most of his working life as an attorney, a prosecutor and a judge and "this ranks as one of the dumbest things" he has seen anyone do.
Wow,$250k for a leg! Just imagine how much Jennifer Lopez would get for her behind then!
$100,000 for a chopped hand? Wonder what J. Bobbit got?


Isn't it better to get a base tan before vacation rather than spend more hours in the sun?
Using indoor tanning beds increases the risk of melanoma by 74%, squamous cell cancer by 67% and basal cell cancer by 29%. Tanning beds irradiate your body with ultraviolet radiation which is a carcinogen—whether it comes from the sun or a tanning machine. There is no safe level!
Is using a self-tanner safe?
Yes! And, it's a great way to get the tan look you love without the danger of skin cancer. Self-tanning has come a long way. For a special occasion, you may want to splurge on a professional spray tan but there are plenty of home products that also produce a natural, even-looking tan. Remember to still apply sunscreen as self-tanners do not provide sun protection.
Do laser treatments cause skin cancer?
There are many different types of laser treatments available today that are used to reverse the effects of sun damage and also to treat wrinkles and fine lines. These do not increase the risk of skin cancer and in fact, can reduce risk by treating pre-cancerous lesions.
What are other good ways to prevent skin cancer on my feet?
Use a broad spectrum, water-resistant sunscreen that protects against both UVA and UVB rays. Reapply every two hours and always after swimming. Avoid being out during the hottest times of the day—10 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Be diligent about checking your feet and the rest of your body for changes in spots or moles. Those that are multi-colored, asymmetrical, larger in diameter than ¼ inch, have irregular borders or have started bleeding, itchy or flaking should be reported to our podiatrists, Dr. Victoria Foley and Dr. Constance Omelas immediately. Make an appointment by calling: (562) 420-9800.


The many areas in the world, you'll find that people are accustomed to different types of religions and in addition to that, many different subdivisions and religious groups. The belief systems of these groups is what differentiates them from each other and in addition to that, they are also divided demographically, at least four number of them. Considering that there are very many religions in the world, it could be good if you knew what they believe in and the level of influence they have had in different parts of the world. As you probably realize, some of the biggest religions in the world are Christianity and Islam. Religion has always been a major influence in the different areas of life and its effects have always been felt. Economy, politics and many other things have been affected by religions but in addition, the day-to-day living of people including their behaviors and habits. All throughout the world, one of the groups that has been known to be of great interest to many people is the reformed conservative which is, a subdivision of the Christian religion. By reading this article, you'll get so much information about the reformed conservative.
As you probably realize, the reformed conservative is a group that was started by a number of Christian believers for a number of reasons and they have a set of beliefs. Over the years, there are very many subdivisions that have also happened in the reformed conservative but all of them believe in the same ideologies. Most of these are usually churches and they believe in a number of ideologies that are very common among them. According to the society, they believe in a number of Christian beliefs and in addition to that, the ideologies have affected a number of areas. There are a number of items under biblical justice that the reformed conservative believes in and this is the stand that they have regarding justice. This simply means that this is an ideology that is related to how justice should be administered and the ideas behind the same. Ideas regarding the economy and business of also been known and the organization has been able to give quite a number of stands regarding the same.
In addition to that, there is also the issue of charity and showing compassion and is one of the major areas. Leadership and politics are also some of the topics that have been discussed under this organization and this is related to the politics in different countries. The main mission of the organization is to give ideas and standpoints regarding different matters related to public theology.


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New rules to help Florida parents raise disabled kids at home
02 Feb 2013 8:38 PM | Anonymous member (Administrator)
Note -- one of our Alliance members, Grizzy Miller is quoted in the article!
After months of intense criticism, Florida healthcare regulators have quietly announced new rules that could enable hundreds, perhaps even thousands of Floridians to raise their disabled children at home rather than place them in institutions.
The biggest change: The state will no longer require that parents undefined and sometimes teenage siblings and grandparents undefined perform complex medical tasks "that normally could only be provided by a licensed nurse." Such medical procedures might include the tube-feeding of children, the suctioning or replacement of breathing tubes and the oversight of ventilators.
Instead, a trained professional would provide the services, with the state footing the bill.
The revisions by the Agency for Health Care Administration may help parents of disabled children another way: The agency also loosened its policies governing medical daycare centers, which offer parents an opportunity for their children to receive nursing care undefined and, often, an education undefined while their parents work during the day. Under the new changes, parents need not be at an eight-hour job for their children to be eligible for services at the medical centers.
"This is wonderful news," said Grizzy Miller, president of a company, Pedi Pec, that operates medical daycares in Miami-Dade and Broward counties. Miller called "unjust" the AHCA policies that had "unfairly impacted dozens of families who were not deemed eligible for [daycare] services over the past several years."
Read more here: http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/02/01/3212908/new-rules-to-help-florida-parents.html#storylink=misearch#storylink=cpy


Fabio Paratici wants Zaniolo. The young talent of Rome continues to amaze everyone and, the double of yesterday in the Champions League, is yet another confirmation. The Roma, taken in counterattack by the explosion of the boy, would immediately present a proposal for renewal, from the current 700 thousand euros up to 2 million with a deadline of 2024. The Giallorossi, however, must guard their backs; Arsenal, Chelsea and City, in fact, are following the young talent with great attention but Juve is the strongest. As reveals Panorama, Paratici – yesterday in the stands at the Olimpico – in the summer it will be ready to offer as many as 50 million euros for the tag of the trequartista; it would be, for Pallotta, an excellent capital gain, considering the amount spent to buy it (4.5 million euro as part of the sale of Nainggolan) even if Inter holds 15% on a future resale. The Juventus manager wants to exploit the cheer for the Bianconeri colors of the boy and, above all, he does not want to lose again the opportunity to grab him after being mocked by Inter two years (Juve offered all'Entella 1.5 million more bonuses, but the Ligurians gave the boy to Inter who paid him 1.8).