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After WWII: A Soviet View of U.S. Intentions
By Mark Atwood Lawrence
In February 1946, George F. Kennan, a senior U.S. diplomat based in Moscow, sent the State Department his famous "long telegram," an attempt to explain Soviet behavior at a time of quickly worsening relations between the superpowers, as their wartime alliance unraveled. Among the first readers of Kennan's missive were Soviet leaders, who obtained the top-secret document through intelligence channels. On orders from the Moscow, the Soviet ambassador in Washington, Nikolai Vasilovich Novikov, quickly set to work writing a comparable cable analyzing U.S. motives and behavior. It remains unclear whether the telegram, dispatched on September 27, 1946, reflects Novikov's sense of what his superiors wished to read or his true understanding of U.S. policy. In any case, the document is a striking expression of mounting Soviet suspicions of Moscow's erstwhile ally. Excerpts of Kennan's statement were posted last week on NEP. Excerpt's of Novikov's message are posted below. Both come from our featured book this month, America in the World: A History in Documents from the War with Spain to the War on Terror.
Nikolai Novikov, 1946. Via Wikimedia Commons
Reflecting the imperialistic tendency of American monopoly capital, U.S. foreign policy has been characterized in the postwar period by a desire for world domination. This is the real meaning of repeated statements by President Truman and other representatives of American ruling circles that the US has a right to world leadership. All the forces of American diplomacy, the Army, Navy, and Air Force, industry, and science have been placed at the service of this policy. With this objective in mind broad plans for expansion have been developed, to be realized both diplomatically and through the creation of a system of naval and air bases far from the US, an arms race, and the creation of newer and newer weapons….
This situation does not completely match the expectations of those reactionary circles who hoped during the Second World War that they would be able to remain apart from the main battles in Europe and Asia for a long time. Their expectation was that the United States of America, if it was not able to completely avoid participation in the war, would enter it only at the last moment when it might be able to influence its outcome without great effort, completely securing its own interests. It was intended thereby that the main rivals of the US would be crushed in this war or weakened to a great degree and that due to this circumstance the US would be the most powerful factor in deciding the main issues of the postwar world. These expectations also were based on the assumption quite widespread in the US during the first period of the war that the Soviet Union, which had been attacked by German fascism in June 1941, would be weakened as a result of the war or even completely destroyed.
Churchill, Truman, and Stalin at the Potsdam Conference, 1945. Via Wikimedia Commons.
Reality has not borne out all the expectations of the American imperialists….
Europe came out of the war with a thoroughly shattered economy, and the economic devastation which resulted during the war cannot soon be repaired. All the countries of Europe and Asia are feeling an enormous need for consumer goods, industrial and transportation equipment, etc. Such a situation opens up a vista for American monopoly capital of enormous deliveries of goods and the importation of capital to these countries, which would allow it [American monopoly capital] to be introduced into their economies.
Destruction of Dresden, 1945. Via Wikimedia Commons
The realization of this opportunity would mean a serious strengthening of the economic position of the US throughout the entire world and would be one of the stages in the path toward establishing American world supremacy….
On the other hand, the expectations of those American circles have not been justified which were based on the Soviet Union being destroyed during the war or coming out of it so weakened that it was forced to bow to the US for economic aid. In this event it could have dictated such conditions which would provide the US with an opportunity to carry out its expansion in Europe and Asia without hindrance from the USSR.
In reality, in spite of all the economic difficulties of the postwar period associated with the enormous damage caused by the war and the German fascist occupation the Soviet Union continues to remain economically independent from the outside world and is restoring its economy by its own means….
The increase in peacetime military potential and the organization of a large number of naval and air bases both in the US and beyond its borders are clear indicators of the US desire to establish world domination.
For the first time in the country's history in the summer of 1946 Congress adopted a law to form a peacetime army not of volunteers but on the basis of universal military conscription…. The colossal growth of expenditures for the Army and Navy, comprising $13 billion in the 1946-1947 budget (about 40% of the entire budget of $36 billion) and is more than 10 times the corresponding expenditures in the 1938 budget, when it did not even reach $1 billion.
LTA Steel Hangar, Built by the 80th Seabees in 1914, at Carlson Field, Trinidad. Via WIkimedia Commons.
These enormous budget sums are being spent along with the maintenance of a large Army, Navy, and Air Force and also the creation of a vast system of naval and air bases in the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. According to available official plans, in the coming years 228 bases, support bases, and radio stations are to be built in the Atlantic Ocean and 258 in the Pacific Ocean. The majority of these bases and support bases are located outside the United States….
The current policy of the American government with respect to the USSR is also directed at limiting or displacing Soviet influence from neighboring countries. While implementing it the US is trying to take steps at various international conferences or directly in these very same countries which, on the one hand, manifest themselves in the support of reactionary forces in former enemy or allied countries bordering the USSR with the object of creating obstacles to the processes of democratizing these countries but, on the other, in providing positions for the penetration of American capital into their economies….
U.S. Navy Douglas R4D and U.S. Air Force C-47 aircraft unload at Tempelhof Airport during the Berlin Airlift. 1948-49
The numerous statements by American government, political, and military leaders about the Soviet Union and its foreign policy in an exceptionally hostile spirit are quite typical of the current attitude of American ruling circles toward the USSR…. The primary goal of this anti-Soviet campaign of American "public opinion" consists of exerting political pressure on the Soviet Union and forcing it to make concessions. Another, no less important goal of the campaign is a desire to create an atmosphere of a fear of war among the broad masses who are tired of war, which would make it easier for the government to take steps to maintain the great military potential in the US.
Mark A. Lawrence, The Global United States
Introduction to Mark A. Lawrence's America in the World
Mark A. Lawrence introduces George Kennan's "Long Telegram"
Mark A. Lawrence on Not Even Past: "The Lessons of History," "The Prisoner of Events in Vietnam," "CIA Study [on the consequences of war in Vietnam]"
Jonathan C. Brown, "A Rare Phone Call from one President to Another"
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PDT with IDOSE®
A problem when routinely using PDT has been the difficulty of controlling the light dose in order to expose the tumour to the right amount of light to achieve adequate treatment effect. SpectraCure has developed the IDOSE® dose planning platform for this purpose. SpectraCure's IDOSE® software has the potential to make interstitial PDT treatment accurate, precise and safe for each patient.
In established prostate cancer care it is normal to attempt to treat the whole gland, even though the cancer tumour itself is only a minor part of the volume. The purpose of this treatment strategy is to avoid missing any part of the cancer tumour. Against this background, SpectraCure's initial intention of treatment method was to treat the whole prostate gland with the maximum number of needles.
SpectraCure has then further developed the software IDOSE®, which has led to improved precision and the possibility to perform so called focal PDT treatment.
In focal treatment, the focus is only on treating the cancer tumour within the prostate. Focal PDT treatment requires the physician to have information about the location and size of the tumour, which can be given by, for example, MR images.
Focal PDT treatment is mainly relevant for two different categories of prostate cancer patients. One group is patients with primary prostate cancer with low risk of spreading, and the other group is patients treated with radiotherapy but who suffer recurrence.
The technology is based on long scientific research and clinical treatments with PDT at Lund University Hospital and in collaboration with other leading researchers internationally. Globally, a total of about one million PDT treatments for skin tumours are performed annually, and SpectraCure is a world leader in the development of PDT for internal tumours.
Individualised dosimetry
The light dose from each individual optical fibre is monitored in real time so that it can be adjusted during the course of treatment. Therefore, the technology can potentially reduce the risk of incomplete treatment and make the treatment outcome independent of tissue variations.
SpectraCure's system with IDOSE® provides a targeted treatment since the PDT effect only occurs in the area where the light dose is delivered.
Damage to tissue surrounding the treatment area can potentially be minimised through the SpectraCure IDOSE® system, as it is possible to monitor and adjust the light dose from each individual optical fibre.
SpectraCure's technology has the potential to treat internal solid tumours without the risks associated with, for example, ionising radiation.
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The new generation IDOSE® system now has a design and features that are close to the design the system will have at a future launch. The technology has been fine-tuned and further developed to offer a competitive product in the future when the treatment area can be expanded with additional indications.
The new generation system is easier for hospital staff to work with and also more adaptable to the individual circumstances of patients.
Interview with Dr. Neil Fleshner
On November 21st, 2017, SpectraCure arranged a meeting where, amongst other investigators, Dr. Neil Fleshner participated. Dr. Fleshner is a professor at the Department of Urology at the University of Toronto. He is head of uro-oncology at the Princess Margaret Cancer Centre in Toronto, where the first patients in the company's clinical phase 1 study were treated.
The feedback dose control system is based on the patented and proprietary combined approach of using the same optical fibres for treatment and collecting patient-specific control information. Together with the IDOSE® system for calculating and controlling optimal treatment parameters, this represents a unique product and treatment methodology. A significant patent portfolio of seven patent families with twelve approved patents ensures many years of exclusivity in the market.
SpectraCure's patent strategy is to thoroughly protect the technology in the major markets such as North America, China and Europe. Patent applications are in various stages, from pending to granted. The basic patents are approved, including in the EU, the US, China and Japan. Two more patent applications are under review.
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SpectraCure was founded in 2003 as a spin off from Lund University departments for medical laser applications and physics. The company focuses on cancer treatments using medical systems with laser light sources and reactive drugs, which is referred to as "Interstitial Photodynamic Therapy", PDT, a treatment methodology suitable for internal solid tumours of various kind, e.g. prostate and abdominal salivary glands, but also other indications such as cancer tumours in the head and neck region.
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Stanley defender Tom Davies admits he has been staring a lot at the League Two table but knows he can only change it on Saturday.
The second placed Reds travel to Wycombe knowing if Stanley win and if either third placed Oxford United lose or fourth placed Bristol Rovers don't win, they will seal a historic promotion to League One with one game of the campaign left.
Davies joined the club in the summer and has played a big part in helping them challenge for automatic promotion.
"I know all the permutations and I stay up at night looking at the league table thinking, if I stare at it long enough, we will get another three points from somewhere," smiled Davies, 24.
"But the only thing we can do is win on Saturday – we know what we have to do."
Former Blackburn Rovers trainee Davies was released from Ewood when he was 16, got a degree in Sports Management in Northumbria, played non league for FC United before he was snapped up by Fleetwood, where he didn't feature at all before his switch to the Wham Stadium.
"I count my lucky stars that I am playing football for a living as I thought my chance had gone when I was released from Blackburn.
"I owe the gaffer and Jimmy (Bell) a lot for giving me a chance as they allowed me to prove myself.
"We have been in great form and they said from day one that this was the best squad they had had and we should get promoted and they never doubted us.
"It's rubbed off on the players. You could see with the squad they assembled that there were no big time Charlies and no quiet lads who would shy away, we were all a tight knit group and we have had a great season.
"There obviously will be nerves on Saturday but the youngers lads will hopefully show what they can do and the older heads, like Proc and Mark Hughes, will drag us through and lead us where we want to be."
Davies is also delighted there will be hundreds of Stanley fans at Adams Park to hopefully see Stanley make history.
"The fans have been brilliant this season whether they are in bigger or smaller in numbers. They are always there to support us, they don't get on your back and it should be a good atmosphere where I am confident we will get the win."


On Tuesday 4 April, Raytheon Australia signed a support contract with Clearbox Systems for the ongoing support of their Foresight CMC (Centralised Monitoring and Control) software product.
Raytheon Australia and Clearbox Systems have been partnering on JP2008 5B1 to provide the Australian Defence Force (ADF) with increased mobile satellite communications, providing ADF personnel with access to wideband global satellite communications in the field and linking them to other units and to headquarters when necessary.
The Raytheon team are now incorporating Foresight CMC into the supplies being delivered to the Commonwealth, and once installed, the Foresight CMC will provide ADF Satellite Operations (SATOPS) personnel at the Defence Network Operations Centre (DNOC) the ability to remotely monitor and control the satellite transportable land terminals deployed in Australia and abroad.
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If you haven't, you really should think about it. It's one of the most important plays in hockey. If you don't teach your players how to do it properly, it WILL cost you goals and possibly the game. Think about it. When do you dump the puck?
When you want a line change - If you don't get the puck deep enough, there is a charge of the opposition as your players are coming on/off the bench.
When you can't beat the other team through the neutral zone - If you don't have a play, dump it. If you don't and you lose it (because you just tried to go around/thru 3 players) suddenly, your team is heading North and the puck and opposition is going South.
Both scenarios will cost you goals and/or a really irritated Goalie (not to mention your coach). Smart play will win you hockey games and teaching your players to play smart will only make them better players.
Both of these drills are better when you have a full rink but can be worked from center red in, if you only have half a rink.
This is about roller hockey not ice hockey. Anonymous above is correct. Don't dump the puck. There is no neutral zone, it's roller hockey. Quit thinking with an ice hockey mentality. If you need to change, control the puck behind your own net.


Things To Do On Monday, August 22.
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THE FALL OF BUTTERFLIES
by Andrea Portes ‧ RELEASE DATE: May 10, 2016
See the girl on the train, the white one "with the frizzy red hair and funny mouth"? That's 16-year-old Willa Parker. Willa has a simple two-point plan: move to the East Coast…and kill herself.
Willa leaves her hometown of What Cheer, Iowa (you heard that right), to attend The Pembroke School and (presumably) go on to Princeton, because her wealthy economist mother (who divorced Willa's father and left them with nothing) says she "should." Willa's plan is derailed when she meets the ultraprivileged, uber-hip Remy Taft (yes, related to the president), the oddly friendless queen of Pembroke. The girls develop a close friendship, complete with witty-cute banter, a late-night joy ride on a stolen golf cart, and frequent Ecstasy trips. As Remy pushes Willa out of her comfort zone, Willa forgets her suicide plan, but it soon becomes apparent self-absorbed Remy has several secrets of her own. As Willa tries to save her best friend from destroying herself, she's also figuring out whether or not she's neighboring Witherspoon Prep hottie Milo Hesse's girlfriend. Surrounded by wealth, Willa often questions the unfairness of privilege; her scholarship status and Midwest origins often make her feel inferior and out of place. Her first-person narration is self-deprecating, deeply thoughtful, and thoroughly funny, with a sometimes-chiding direct address that pulls readers into her confidence.
Snarky and painfully astute. But in a good way. (Fiction. 15-18)
Pub Date: May 10, 2016
Publisher: HarperTeen
Review Posted Online: March 2, 2016
Categories: TEENS & YOUNG ADULT FICTION | TEENS & YOUNG ADULT SOCIAL THEMES
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THIS IS NOT A GHOST STORY
HENRY & EVA AND THE CASTLE ON THE CLIFF
by Andrea Portes ; illustrated by Sonia Kretschmar
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A stunning novel that exposes modern fascism and elevates human resilience. (author's note, research and sources, glossary,...
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THE FOUNTAINS OF SILENCE
by Ruta Sepetys ‧ RELEASE DATE: Oct. 22, 2019
The pitiless dictatorship of Francisco Franco examined through the voices of four teenagers: one American and three Spaniards.
The Spanish Civil War lasted from 1936-1939, but Franco held Spain by its throat for 36 years. Sepetys (Salt to the Sea, 2016, etc.) begins her novel in 1957. Daniel is a white Texan who wants to be a photojournalist, not an oilman; Ana is trying to work her way to respectability as a hotel maid; her brother, Rafael, wants to erase memories of an oppressive boys' home; and Puri is a loving caregiver for babies awaiting adoption—together they provide alternating third-person lenses for viewing Spain during one of its most brutally repressive periods. Their lives run parallel and intersect as each tries to answer questions about truth and the path ahead within a regime that crushes any opposition, murders dissidents, and punishes their families while stealing babies to sell to parents with accepted political views. This formidable story will haunt those who ask hard questions about the past as it reveals the hopes and dreams of individuals in a nation trying to lie its way to the future. Meticulous research is presented through believable, complex characters on the brink of adulthood who personalize the questions we all must answer about our place in the world.
A stunning novel that exposes modern fascism and elevates human resilience. (author's note, research and sources, glossary, photographs) (Historical fiction. 15-adult)
Pub Date: Oct. 22, 2019
Publisher: Philomel
Review Posted Online: July 21, 2019
Kirkus Reviews Issue: Aug. 15, 2019
Categories: TEENS & YOUNG ADULT FICTION | TEENS & YOUNG ADULT HISTORICAL FICTION | TEENS & YOUNG ADULT ROMANCE
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BETWEEN SHADES OF GRAY
by Ruta Sepetys ; adapted by Andrew Donkin ; illustrated by Dave Kopka & Brann Livesay
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Longlist for UK's Carnegie Medal Is Revealed
Green seamlessly bridges the gap between the present and the existential, and readers will need more than one box of tissues...
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by John Green ‧ RELEASE DATE: Jan. 10, 2012
He's in remission from the osteosarcoma that took one of his legs. She's fighting the brown fluid in her lungs caused by tumors. Both know that their time is limited.
Sparks fly when Hazel Grace Lancaster spies Augustus "Gus" Waters checking her out across the room in a group-therapy session for teens living with cancer. He's a gorgeous, confident, intelligent amputee who always loses video games because he tries to save everyone. She's smart, snarky and 16; she goes to community college and jokingly calls Peter Van Houten, the author of her favorite book, An Imperial Affliction, her only friend besides her parents. He asks her over, and they swap novels. He agrees to read the Van Houten and she agrees to read his—based on his favorite bloodbath-filled video game. The two become connected at the hip, and what follows is a smartly crafted intellectual explosion of a romance. From their trip to Amsterdam to meet the reclusive Van Houten to their hilariously flirty repartee, readers will swoon on nearly every page. Green's signature style shines: His carefully structured dialogue and razor-sharp characters brim with genuine intellect, humor and desire. He takes on Big Questions that might feel heavy-handed in the words of any other author: What do oblivion and living mean? Then he deftly parries them with humor: "My nostalgia is so extreme that I am capable of missing a swing my butt never actually touched." Dog-earing of pages will no doubt ensue.
Green seamlessly bridges the gap between the present and the existential, and readers will need more than one box of tissues to make it through Hazel and Gus' poignant journey. (Fiction. 15 & up)
Pub Date: Jan. 10, 2012
Publisher: Dutton
Review Posted Online: Jan. 10, 2012
Categories: TEENS & YOUNG ADULT FICTION | TEENS & YOUNG ADULT ROMANCE | TEENS & YOUNG ADULT SOCIAL THEMES
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TURTLES ALL THE WAY DOWN
by John Green and David Levithan
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Misbehaving and Lovesick: A Chat With Erin Stafford
by Colette Copeland May 4, 2019
Installation view of Erin Stafford's Lovesick at Kirk Hopper Fine Art, Dallas, 2019
I first met Erin Stafford in 2012, when she was working part-time at the Dallas Contemporary and running Red Arrow Contemporary with her sister Elissa. We traded stories about low-paying adjunct positions in the area, and discovered we had some things in common concerning our studio practices.
I've been following her work ever since. She received her BFA from UNT, and her MFA from UTSA in 2009. Her return to Dallas marked a shift in her studio practice as she began experimenting with sculpture and installation. Lovesick is her second solo show with Kirk Hopper Fine Art (KHFA) in Dallas.
Erin Stafford, Haute Cuisine from Bygone Eras (Berry), 2015. Soap and glass panel.
Colette Copeland: Your 2016 Kirk Hopper exhibition, Misbehaving, featured sculptures from your series Haute Cuisine of Bygone Eras. The detailed cast-soap sculptures resembled elaborately molded foods. Visually compelling and repulsive, the works referenced historical, ostentatious food displays, as well as kitschy jello salads that still permeate southern church pot lucks. Lovesick, your current show at Kirk Hopper, returns to a more personal narrative, exploring heartbreak, yearning and desire. Tell us about this transition.
Erin Stafford, Haute Cuisine from Bygone Eras (Prawn), 2015. Soap and glass panel.
Erin Stafford: I actually began working on this show years before the soap sculptures, but it took longer for the idea to resolve into a fully formed exhibition. The current work at KHFA is very personal to me in that it is about losing someone I cared for very strongly, and working through those emotions. But the soap work is more about humor and irony.
Erin Stafford, Lovesick, 2018 -19. Glass pearl beads on panel 32.5 x 39.25 inches
I suppose a connection would be the way I continue to mine my grandmother's house for inspiration. I was inspired by her cookbooks from the '60s and '70s for the soap work, and I also used several of her silver dishes to create the Lover's Picnic. Another theme that continues to evolve is the use of tromp'oeil and deception. For Lovesick, I incorporated several textures — vinyl green marble, glass pearls, laminate wood marquetry and artificial fur— imitations of the real thing. I have always been drawn to the faux, seeing how the viewer might be fooled, if just for a moment. The soap work operates in this way as well. Someone asked me during the opening if the fur was real, and I told them that it was real fake fur. Giovanni Valderas made a really insightful observation at the opening, noticing a connection to the multiple imitations and how love can be deceptive in a similar way.
Erin Stafford, Rose Quartz Teacup
CC: I'm drawn to your non-traditional use of materials like soap, glass pearls, and found china. The materials reference beauty, femininity and social class, yet there's always a process that ruptures the meaning — an intentional act of resistance. For example: In Loss of Inheritance, you grew crystals on fine glass, porcelain and silver objects, transforming them into fossilized artifacts. Tell us about your materials, your process of transformation, and how the materials drive the conceptual framework of the projects.
ES: I do love a challenge! For this exhibition, one such battle with a new material was the piece entitled Dumb Blonde, which is needlepointed with human hair. It was the first time I experimented with needlepointing and the human hair made it even more difficult. The beauty of a new material and technique is that it's never perfect, and I need that in my work. It fits conceptually with my ideas and makes the work more interesting. Also, the materials that I am drawn to are infused with meaning, yet allow me to transform them into my own visual language.
Erin Stafford, Crush
CC: What about your return to text in your current show?
ES: There is a lot of text in the new work. I intentionally made some of the text difficult to read, while others are much more direct. I started using text in my work when I moved back to Dallas six years ago. Sometimes the text was confessional, with phrases like "Faked It!".
The word lovesick jumped out at me one day in the studio. It was a scribbled note from my former partner, and the resulting piece eulogized that idea. It's an homage to all the people who have ever felt that love was a sickness. In works such as Dumb Blonde, and the Lucky Penny works on paper, the text is more obscure; it's about giving permission for thoughts to disappear, with phrases like "Forget Me Not" and "Come Back to Me".
Erin Stafford, A Lover's Picnic followed by Post-Coital Tristesse, 2019. Rug, found objects, food, wine, candles. 82 x 82 x 37 inches
CC: Though your work has specific installation details (like the glass vitrines for soap sculptures), this exhibition emphasizes various tableaux or mise-en-scènes where viewers have more of an interactive encounter with the work. What are your intentions with the tableaux and what do you hope the viewer will take away from the encounter?
ES: Many of the works are inspired by a 1980 movie called Somewhere in Time, which is about time travel, yearning and loss in a metaphysical way. There are moments in the exhibition that feel like a movie or theater set. The Lover's Picnic, for example, is directly inspired from that movie, whereby the pair are enjoying a meal right before one of them disappears into the future. In my work, I created a picnic for my current partner with food, flowers, wine and candles. The picnic's remains will rot for the duration of the exhibition. It seemed poetic to allow the food to continually decay, the flowers to wilt and the silver to tarnish. The work is displayed on a platform that references a stage from a theatrical performance. I also wanted other works to feel like props from a performance, such as the tape recorder and the artificial tree.
My hope is that the viewer will see this work — with voyeuristic fascination — as a quasi- documentation of the experience of loss.
Erin Stafford, Is Goodbye One Word or Two?, 2016. Fireplace screen, acrylic paint 40 x 32 inches
CC: Has anyone has ever tried to eat one of the soap sculptures or bathed with one?
ES: I don't know of anyone trying to eat the soap sculptures, although that work triggered a funny memory of when I was a kid, tricking my younger sister to eat a bar of soap, which didn't actually happen because I couldn't hold back my laughter right before she took a bite! I guess I've always enjoyed fooling people in that way.
I have had some funny questions come up recently about the new work. The piece Cuddle Death brings up questions about how I acquired so many bees to cover the two love bunnies. I explain that no bees were harmed in the making of the work. Anyone can purchase dead bees online to make a tea, although I personally haven't tried that yet. Also, some people assumed that I used my actual hair to make Dumb Blonde, which cracks me up since I used A LOT of hair. I mean — how much hair do people think I have?
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Focus less on pushing the outcomes you want, and more on merely doing what you love and appreciate the process of achieving the set goals. Stay opened to whatever outcomes are meant to come forward and allow the flow to be light. Whenever you feel bored, do not just take it for annoying situation, but rather use the time to relax and look in yourself, search for answers of what you really want from life.
You thrive on constant change, you need the flow and movement, constant probing into unknown, challenges make your world turn forward. You focus is extraordinary when you put your mind on a new project or experience, you will give it 100% attention.
You take every detail of experiences you go through and look at them from every angle, but once you have seen it inside out, you will move on without a second thought. In a way admirable way of dealing with things, but also make sure you do not step away from the experience without having time to actually trying to make things work or focus on finishing what you started. As your eye for detail can bring success (create a vision board) if only you take it as challenge and fully commit yourself.
Your mind is constantly active and you love the freedom to explore new frontiers, but you also have to keep in mind that it takes a commitment to keep your mind occupied with interesting new endeavours, which means you would constantly have to challenge yourself. If you do not, you can make your life difficult, as feeling of boredom drives you to try and make yourself useful so you set yourself quite unrealistic goals and deadlines.
The love of freedom you enjoy is also your greatest fear in a way. You are afraid to loose the freedom, so by avoiding that you try to avoid commitment to partners and family. You try to avoid closeness for the sake of being your own master of time. Obviously this too does pass eventually and you do somehow find a balance that allows you to feel secure in having that freedom, and nobody can take it away from you, but as I said over a period of time you need to come to that conclusion.
There is not many situations you have trouble with as you are very adaptable. The fear of loosing your freedom is the only one that creates a problem for you. But over all once you understand nobody will trap you, on the contrary they will allow for more flexibility even, as the right people come to your life, you become a more relaxed and happy person.
That fear of commitment messes with you quite a lot. But once you find the one person who understands your need for freedom you relax and enjoy the fruits of love. But as much as you love your freedom you sometimes do tend to forget others need it too, so keep in mind is mutual. However up until you find that person, you do tend to jump from relationship to relationship, probing what is the right kind of relationship for you.
You know taking care of your mind and body is important, so healthy diet and regular exercise is something you will make effort to enforce. But be careful not to get sidetracked. And since it is in your nature to probe and experiment into different situations make sure you do not apply the same to your health.
Science and technology is something that keeps your mind going in constant turns and has the appeal of experimenting and probing into new directions. You also have a way with words, so teaching, counselling or even writing may be of your interest, storytelling especially if you put your mind to it and challenge yourself, you can be extremely successful, as you mind is in constant overdrive and enjoys juggling with words.


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FDA approves prostate cancer drug discovered at ICR
A drug discovered at the UK's Institute of Cancer Research has been approved in the US for use by men with metastatic prostate cancer.
After priority review, the US Food and Drug Administration has approved the use of Johnson & Johnson's Zytiga (abiraterone acetate) as an oral, once-daily medication for use in combination with prednisone for the treatment of men with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer who have received prior chemotherapy containing docetaxel.
The approval "marks the culmination of two decades of work at the ICR to design and develop this drug," said Professor Alan Ashworth, chief executive of the ICR, which is Europe's leading cancer research centre. "This very significant achievement underlines the importance of drug discovery work in the not-for-profit sector," he added.
Abiraterone acetate was invented by Professor Mike Jarman and his colleagues in what is now the Cancer Research UK Cancer Therapeutics Unit at the ICR, and the Institute continued research on the drug with the Royal Marsden Hospital after it was licensed to Cougar Biotechnology, in 2004. Cougar was subsequently acquired by J&J, whose Janssen affiliate has a pending application for a licence to sell the drug in Europe; it is not currently available in the UK.
"In a Phase III study, treatment with Zytiga plus prednisone showed a significant increase in median survival compared with placebo plus prednisone," said Johann de Bono from the ICR and The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, who led the drug through Phase I, II and II clinical trials.
"Prostate cancer kills one man each hour in the UK. New therapies are desperately needed," Prof de Bono added.
Following the US approval, UK specialist health care company BTG will receive an undisclosed milestone payment together with a royalty on worldwide sales of the drug. The firm's chief executive officer, Louise Makin, said abiraterone acetate "provides a new treatment option for men with advanced metastatic prostate cancer."
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Hello. My name is Paola. I was born and raised in New York city and will be living here in Madrid for the next few months. I am TEFL certified and willing to teach all age groups and levels. My schedule is flexible as I am available most weeknight evenings, weekends, and all day Friday. Rate is 10 euros per hour. Please contact me as soon as possible for availability.


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The Flash Podcast Season 3 – Episode 3: Magenta
On this week's episode of The Flash Podcast, Andy Behbakht, Amy Marie and Brittany Rivera get together to review the third episode of The Flash Season 3 titled "Magenta". In this episode, the DC Comics character Magenta (guest star Joey King) makes her debut while Earth-2 Harry and Jesse Wells returns to Earth-1 as Jesse is now a speedster! The gang also read listener feedback about "Magenta" before going on to the preview session for next week's episode, titled "The New Rogues" That and more on the latest episode of The Flash Podcast!
Direct download: TFP_S3_003.mp3


Actually I didn't have any idea how to prepare my noble fish, as I could do the never boring steamed salmon with broccoli but I thought the special occasion allows me to actually prepare something FRIED!!! Evil, I know 0_o.
Make sure that salmon is cleaned of scales and fishbones, pat it dry with a paper towel. Prepare flat box, sprinkle fish with salt and smear thoroughly with mustard on both sides. Places box in the fridge for at least 2h. You can also drip a little lemon, but actually I like to do it when I'm served.
When it's time preheat your oven to 180C or 350F, depends in which hemisphere you are existing 0_o. Wash potatoes and pat dry, using a fork stab it repeatedly and place in the oven and bake for 30 to 45 minutes.
When the potatoes are almost ready, heat your non-stick pan, turn the heat down to medium, drip tiny amount of oil and smear thoroughly with kitchen brush. Place salmon skin down and fry until it's brown and crispy, flip it over and continue, until nicely browned and cooked through.
In the meantime take your potatoes out, cut horizontally and squeeze from both ends to inside, so the potato will open creating a crevice, sprinkle with salt and drop good dollop of sour cream or greek yogurt.
Serve salmon with the side of baked potatoes both sprinkled with chopped dill.
P.S. Cookies thoughts: I liked Mr. Salmon and Ms. Mustard, a lot, and so will you, if you do it the Magda Cooks way, cause Magda Cooks... it just right!


Deciphering these mathematic puzzles may open the door to new discoveries in fields as diverse as nanotechnology, oil exploration, and space travel.
While his own research seeks to expand the boundaries of math, Treinen also uses his applied math expertise to aid researchers in other disciplines.
For example, he recently worked with a psychologist to develop mathematical models for analyzing specific patterns in human behavior.
"People in other fields want to use this type of modeling, but they usually don't have the math to do it themselves. We can build the models and it gives them another tool for their research," Treinen says.
Water droplets clinging to a surface or dangling from a faucet are simple examples of capillarity, one of the areas of fluid mechanics studied by mathematicians. At the very small scale, liquids can appear to defy gravity.


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Nevada Project Heartbeat Launched to Make Cardiac Science Defibrillators Publicly Available Across Nevada
First Statewide Public Access Defibrillation Program in the U.S. Aims to Improve Sudden Cardiac Arrest Survivability
RENO, NV and BOTHELL, WA – Leading local health organizations in the State of Nevada partnered today along with Cardiac Science Corporation, a global leader in advanced cardiac monitoring and defibrillation products, to announce the formation of Nevada Project Heartbeat, the first state-wide Public Access Defibrillation (PAD) program in the United States.
Nevada Project Heartbeat's goal is to improve Sudden Cardiac Arrest (SCA) survivability in the State of Nevada. It aims to accomplish this goal by raising the average citizen's awareness of SCA, and by providing places of business, public agencies, and other organizations with the tools and training needed to make Automated External Defibrillators (AEDs) available, accessible, and affordable.
The key to surviving sudden cardiac arrest is the speed with which cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) with defibrillation can be delivered. In addition to CPR, most cardiac arrest victims need an immediate defibrillation to restore the heart's normal rhythm. If a victim receives defibrillation within one minute of the SCA, there is a 90% chance of resuscitation. If a victim must wait ten minutes for defibrillation, the chance of survival drops to less than 5%.
"We want to make widely available the tools and training that will strengthen the average citizen's role as the first responder in a cardiac emergency," said Fergus Laughridge, Program Manager for Emergency Medical Services at the Nevada State Health Division. "If every citizen knows how to recognize the early signs of Sudden Cardiac Arrest, activate the emergency response system, and use an AED, then we can significantly improve the likelihood of surviving a SCA in Nevada, whether it occurs in Reno, Las Vegas or points in between, like Gabbs, population 318."
"The AHA recognizes four links in the chain of survival. Early detection, early CPR, early defibrillation, and early advanced care," said J.W. Hodge, Public Education Manager at Reno-based Regional Emergency Medical Services Authority (REMSA). "With more AEDs in the community, trained citizens become part of the emergency response system, increasing the likelihood that the four links can quickly and properly work together to save a life."
Nevada Project Heartbeat is sponsored by a partnership of local Nevada healthcare organizations that had previously facilitated the deployment of more than 500 AEDs in their own communities across the State. The partners include REMSA, which will provide CPR and AED training in accordance with the latest American Heart Association guidelines and medical oversight for participating AED sites in urban areas; the Nevada State Health Division, Emergency Medical Services, which will set and maintain the training standards for CPR with an AED; the University of Nevada School of Medicine, Center for Education and Health Services Outreach and Office of Rural Health, which has deployed AEDs in Nevada with federal grants for AED deployment in rural areas; and Humboldt County General Hospital, which will train and oversee participating rural sites. Humboldt General has administered its own rural PAD program since 2005.
"Our hope is that Humboldt County's PAD program will be a model for other rural communities in Nevada," said Pat Songer, Emergency Response Services Coordinator at Humboldt County General Hospital. "When more victims of SCA arrive at the hospital alive, treatment and rehabilitation can restore heart health. The recent saves in Humboldt County that occurred with previously deployed AEDs prove that this model works, and we are excited to bring it to the rest of the State."
Cardiac Science Corporation has been selected as the program's preferred manufacturer. The Company will provide the program with Powerheart® brand AEDs, and the partnership will use Cardiac Science's MasterTrak™ software to manage the Powerheart AEDs that are deployed across the state.
In practical terms, Nevada Project Heartbeat will help a variety organizations such as fire and EMS departments, educational institutions, places of business, and healthcare and municipal facilities to set up and operate their own, localized PAD programs wherever the public may congregate. Nevada Project Heartbeat will provide participating organizations with access to the following services:
Preferred pricing for AEDs through Cardiac Science;
Medical oversight, including physician validation of training, standards, and procedures;
Training in CPR with AED;
Program Maintenance, including record keeping and data collection;
Consulting on site selection and deployment;
Incident management;
Protection against loss, damage or liability associated with an AED deployment.
"Cardiac Science has worked closely with community-based organizations to supply and service PAD programs in cities across the country, and is an expert in supporting the creation of Heartsafe environments," said Mike Brode, Cardiac Science's Director of Strategic Business. "To roll out such a program on a state-wide basis takes exceptional vision and a finely tuned organization. The Nevada team has assembled an impressive infrastructure and their peerless commitment to protecting the lives of its citizens is inspiring. We have every confidence that Nevada Project Heartbeat will be an outstanding success, and we are proud to be a part of it."
"Single-city PAD programs have become fairly common in the U.S. and have been very successful," noted Julie Redding, Program Coordinator, Nevada Rural AED Grant Program at University of Nevada School of Medicine, Office of Rural Health. "It is our hope that Nevada's statewide program will inspire health professionals in the rest of the country to think creatively about how to design effective, accessible defibrillation programs that can have a broader impact. The University of Nevada, School of Medicine, Office of Rural Health is proud to be a partner in this effort."
About Nevada Project Heartbeat
For more information on how your organization can establish and benefit from a Heartsafe environment, visit Nevada Project Heartbeat at www.padprograms.com/nevada. You may also call the Nevada Project Heartbeat contacts listed in with this release. Whichever method of contact you choose, do it today. SCA knows no barriers. The life you save may be your own.
About Powerheart
Powerheart brand automated external defibrillators provide reliable, safe, and easy to use cardiac monitoring and defibrillation technology. Powerheart AEDs feature RHYTHMx™ software which detects abnormal heart rhythms, determines whether they are life-threatening, and only delivers a shock when needed. Powerheart AEDs also feature the patented RescueReady® technology, which automatically tests the device on a frequent basis to ensure continued functionality. Powerheart's STAR® Biphasic Waveform Technology provides levels of escalating energy customized to the patient. Powerheart AEDs are used by hospitals, police and fire departments, as well as many public access facilities including major corporations, public agencies, airlines and airports, arenas, schools, hotels, casinos and consumers. For more information about Powerheart, go to www.powerheart.com.
About Cardiac Science Corporation
Cardiac Science is truly at the heart of saving lives. The Company develops, manufactures, and markets a family of advanced diagnostic and therapeutic cardiology devices and systems, including AEDs, electrocardiographs, stress test systems, Holter monitoring systems, hospital defibrillators, cardiac rehabilitation telemetry systems, patient monitor - defibrillators and cardiology data management systems. Cardiac Science also sells a variety of related products and consumables, and provides a comprehensive portfolio of training, maintenance and support services. The Company is the successor to various entities that have owned and operated cardiology-related businesses that sold products under the trusted brand names Burdick®, Powerheart®, and Quinton®. Cardiac Science is headquartered in Bothell, WA, and also has operations in Lake Forest, California; Deerfield, Wisconsin; Shanghai, China and Manchester, United Kingdom.
This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. The words "believe," "expect," "intend," anticipate," variations of such words, and similar expressions identify forward-looking statements, but their absence does not mean that the statement is not forward-looking. Forward looking statements in this press release include those that infer or imply that our distribution partner will successfully display, promote and distribute our AEDs, that our Powerheart AED products will be successful in the marketplace, and that this agreement will increase our sales and profits derived from our AEDs and our other products. These statements, including their underlying assumptions, are subject to risks and uncertainties and are not guarantees of future performance. Results may differ due to various factors such as the possibility that the distribution relationship described in this release may be modified or terminated early; that the distribution partner may not generate sales of our AEDs to the extent expected; or that sales of our AEDs may fall short of projections due to unforeseen developments. Other risk factors that could cause or contribute to such varying results are described in our annual report for the year ended December 31, 2006, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
The statements in this press release speak as of the date of the release, and Cardiac Science Corporation undertakes no duty or obligation to update the information provided herein.
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Do you have that one amazing dream, where you want to be your own boss? Whether you do or don't want to feel like a boss, I'm going to convince you that… it's going to be very very hard achieving this dream!
You probably are thinking I should say things like 'if you can dream, you can achieve' and 'believe in your dreams & your dreams will come true.' Well, you should dream and you must believe in your dreams. But that doesn't mean dreams come true very easy or without any hurdles.
Sometimes it gets so hard that you give up on giving up! I'm talking like such a depress'o, and why shouldn't I? I do feel very much depressed and that gives me right to use words like depress'o. Do cut me a slack if that word annoys you or even worse, offends you.
Coming back to the point which was the dream of becoming your own boss! It is such a wonderful feeling to think I'm my own employee and also the boss to that employee. Me working for myself, simply beautiful!
But a boss has to pay something the likes of a remuneration to her employee. Even if the employee is only me, I still need a little cash to take care of my (mind &) body. So far, I don't see this happening. I have been working on my blog and a few other online projects, but without getting any reliable results. At least not yet!
Throwing money out the window, I wish!
At this point, I would like to reveal my turnover to you. I made a whopping 19 cents for almost 8K impressions last month, from the (wordads program) ads displayed on the blog. That's it, that's all of it! So, you know about my revenue but what about my expenses? My expenses or (as I proudly call them) my investment on the blog is definitely above and beyond 19 cents.
Please don't feel sorry for me because for one, I feel enough sorry for myself. And two, it's not like I don't have food, shelter or clothing since my parents are supporting me. Don't misunderstand them, they don't like it one bit more than me not liking it. But they don't complain or say anything, which says everything!
Just trying to create something!
Blogging is not something I do entirely for money, at least that is not my underlying motive. My aim is to speak up my mind with all honesty and my goal is to help someone (even if only one) in some way with my knowledge and experiences.
But, can we survive solely on our idealistic aims and selfishly selfless motives?
The process of achieving a big dream such as 'being your own boss' is difficult, that's a given. But remember these words of a wise man who once said, everything worthwhile takes a while! So, if you want to feel like a boss, go ahead and feel like one. I'm trying to do the same!
I hate to put this thing with this piece of writing but here it goes anyways. If you 'care to spare' that is donate $3 to support me, you not only get my sincere gratitude but also a special mention (with your link) in the next post.
If you like my work, then there is a way you could help me continue this work. All it takes is a few seconds of your time & $3 /₹206.68 of your money. All contributions will receive a special mention (with your link) in the next post.
Thank you for sharing your thought and for appreciating. I believe the truth is far better than anything else, you can always find a way to work around it!
I think it is harder to be a teacher but the good thing is somewhere there is always a job albeit sometimes the other teacher left for a reason but you do get paid!
I created my blog site purely to let others know what I am thinking and doing in my life. I use it as a form of therapy, I do not receive payment whatsoever nor do I expect it. I am retired registered nurse that had to stop working due to health issues. I live alone and receive a welfare pension. I struggle , but I manage and never ask for anything. All the best.
Thank you for sharing your story, sharing your thoughts & your life through writing a blog is I think really great thing to do. It's a good hobby and recreational activity to indulge in.
Some people also choose to do blogging as a full time job & there are many big time bloggers in the blogosphere who are not ashamed to ask for little help from their readers if need be. There is no compulsion, its individual choice.
I'm really happy to know that you receive welfare pension. I wish my country could or would also provide such benefits to people who are genuinely in need of such help.
Best wishes to you too and hope you have a great day!
I am also sailing in the same boat like you. I cannot at least at this point of time suggest anything as I am also standing in the same place where you are. Though I am a happily married woman, with a supportive family the only thing bothering me is to start earning and not depend on my husband or my parents. Now only I have realised my passion, but the question is can this passion earn you a living. So I can relate myself very much with this blog of yours. Thanks for sharing. And maybe patience is the only keyword at this point of time.
Thank you so much for sharing your thoughts. There's nothing more comforting than finding people dealing with relatable situations in life.
You are absolutely right, patience is the key to success in any field and its especially more needed in creative fields. We also need to remind ourselves time & again that what we do is first & foremost for our passion then everything else.
I blog just for sharing my thoughts.
You are right , one should do something for the live of it. I appreciate your blogs and the thoughts expressed there in. You are sure doing good.
Thank you so much for your kind words Krish. I really appreciate the encouragement. I like reading your blogs too, you write from heart and I can also learn something about life from the blogs.
https://polldaddy.com/js/rating/rating.jsThank you so much…..I have just started…just learning..
The process of learning about blogging will continue as long as we continue blogging. I'm also learning.
This is so real and raw! I like the "Feel Like A Boss" quote.
https://polldaddy.com/js/rating/rating.jsWhy don't you monitize your blog ?
Yes, I have done few simple things. Do you have any specific suggestion? I'd very much appreciate your advice.
first you need to invest in premium plan, choose option for ads on every page. With 130 followers i have 1800 impressions, you have ten times more followers, you should have ten times more followers. Try Amazon affiliates also. Make a page for Amazon product. If someone will buy from your page link, you will get as much as 8% of profit share.
I'm already using the premium plan. For the month of may I had almost 8 thousand ad impressions & my earning was 19 cents or ₹13! That was a bit disappointing. I like the idea of page with recommended good products, I'll work on that. Do you use Amazon India or International?
https://polldaddy.com/js/rating/rating.jsI use India, for International we might not be eligible. As they need Zip cope of area.
You can apply for International, almost half of my traffic is international, so I went for Amazon international. They verified my account with my current address, phone & pan no.
I'm experimenting a bit with the ad placements, for July I have only used ads in the sidebar. Just want to see the difference in impressions. I have applied for amazon affiliates. Thank you for the suggestions, I'm working on these already, seems practical but probably going to take a while to get decent return. I'm disappointed by the wordads program though, the earnings are too low.
If you think wordads is not working for you, try Business plan, where you can choose google Adsense. Which might pay you better. You can also start your youtube channel, if you feel like that. Also, share your post to social media like facebook, twitter etc. With 1000 followers you must be earning more than $10 dollers at least just by wordads.
Yes indeed, $10 should be the minimum earning by the ads. That's the reason I'm experimenting with the ad placements, why put so many ads all around the blog & irritate readers, when it doesn't help to support the blog at all.
This blog is connected to different social media, so updates go automatically when I post. I agree YouTube is a good source for organic traffic but I don't think I'll be any good at it. I'll stick to blogging for now, this is more comfortable & people here are so much more considerate & helpful than anywhere else. Bloggers are very supportive of each others.
And thank you so much, you're very kind to share those useful suggestions.
Very relative to me. Self employment isn't an easy task but will pay off for sure. Stay strong my friend!
Literally hanging on to the belief that hardwork always pays off! Thank you for your kind words and the encouragement.
I happened to stumble across your blog, and I'm glad I did. You have a nice blog here. I enjoyed this post – it cut through the crap and got to the point: earning money is difficult, and there are no shortcuts. But keep plugging away and I'm sure the results will start adding up. 🙂 Good luck! And keep blogging.
Thank you so much Sindhuja for your most kind and encouraging words. I'm glad too that you landed on my blog, I am grateful for the appreciation.
Thank you for your vulnerability! And also good information in comments! Happy Blogging!
Thank you Amy for sharing your thought and for the appreciation.


The explanation for sample design suggests that in 1970 dataset form 1 and form 2 contain a somewhat different set of variables. I didn't find questionaire text. Could you tell me where I can find out what these different variables are? Thanks!
You can find the 1970 Census questionnaire here. Before each question, it indicates whether the question was included on Form 1 only, Form 2 only, or All Forms.


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Contrary from what you may have reasoned based all of my Absolute Infopreneur grievances, I really use this a great deal. Not just do I take advantage of it, I really enjoy it. Can it be the most effective package I've ever owned? No. Is it the finest package I I've or used? Absolutely not.
I thought I should probably jot some issues about its great features other than just complaining about what worry me. I really do not need to provide anybody the impact that in some way the Absolute Infopreneur isn't rewarding. It may be the greatest ebook for the price ever. In fact the reason I'm so very troubled with some of it is eccentricities is that the ebook is really good in many ways that it is just natural for me to anticipate it should be perfect.
I possibly could probably go on and on but I will not. I merely wanted to be obvious that I did not loathe Absolute Infopreneur. In reality I enjoy it, a lot.
The good outweighs the bad. The Absolute Infopreneur Class Total Infopreneur is just a downloadable course made to show you in creating an electronic data publishing company in the ground-up and with predictable success. It's not about how-to sell other-people's infoproducts; it's about generating your own infoproducts according to experience and your own understanding. It's also not about generating and selling cheap small e-books in pastime markets; it's about selling specific knowledge that has a high perceived value. Therefore, your infoproducts will have the ability to demand high prices (at the least about $200 per solution and generally far more). Your alternatives are limited by this for feasible markets because not totally all markets are willing to spend three results merely for "information". Thus, you need to have important knowledge in a industry where people place reasonably limited on the form of information that may resolve a significant issue or help them be much more effective at what they are doing. Please don't misunderstand me – there is nothing "wrong" with marketing e-books about interests and so on. It is just that build lasting wealth and you've to sell an awful lot of these to produce a nice living. Believe it or not, it takes as it does to sell a $200 product a $20 product to be sold by exactly the same level of effort. You might not provide as numerous, but you'll produce a lot more per-sale, and you'll routinely have lower refund charges and "easier" customer service issues to manage. I'd rather earn more income from fewer customers and do it without headache. Would not you? The class consists of four pieces: Section 0 is all about "intrinsic recreation" material that will allow you to approach your company with the kind of attitude that encourages achievement. Unless you have the appropriate mindset, your data publishing company is going to fail. It is guaranteed by me.


There are so many products on the market that promise almost magically whitened teeth.
Toothpastes, plastic strips, and even gum claim to help whiten. Before you ask your dentist in Edmonton about which product is right for you, here's some information about how they work.
1. Abrasives: small particles in the toothpaste that polish your teeth and remove foreign matter as you brush.
2. Chemicals: substances in your toothpaste that chemically react with surface stains to break them down and flush them away when you rinse.
These toothpastes can be more or less effective at getting rid of superficial stains depending on the brand. Repeatedly using abrasives on your teeth, however, has the danger of not only removing the stains on your teeth but damaging the enamel underneath them as well.
The other main method of whitening involves a form of bleach. Since products that use this method need to stay on your teeth for a period of time to have an effect, they usually come in the form of plastic strips that you place on your teeth. If they're used improperly, the bleach they contain can irritate your mouth or simply be swallowed rather than left to work on your teeth.
Both whitening toothpastes and bleaching products are effective to a varying degree for stains that are on the surface of your teeth. The problem is that not all stains are on your enamel (the white outer layer of teeth). Just below your enamel is the dentin of your teeth, which is naturally a yellow colour. Dentin can also become stained over time, and superficial whiteners will not do anything to help these stains that show through the enamel.
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The role of central bank governor has come under increasing scrutiny over the past 12 months as markets in the developed world continued to wobble. The Banker (a professional magazine of the Financial Times Group, UK) recognises those who have led their countries' economies through what has been another tumultuous year. Mauritius is particularly vulnerable to the vagaries of external inflationary pressures, thanks to the openness of its economy and the fact that food and fuel – which mostly have to be imported – make up 40% of its consumer price index.
The past three years have hardly been easy for Rundheersing Bheenick, governor of the Bank of Mauritius. First, he had to deal with a sharp fall in inflation in 2009 as the island's tourism industry and sugar and textile exports slowed, hurting the economy. Then, thanks to a quick recovery from late 2010, inflationary pressure increased again.
But the country has been fortunate to have him as its central banker during this volatile period. From the moment he was appointed in February 2007, he has proved himself to be a reformer and far-sighted operator.
Within two months of starting the job, he created a monetary policy committee (MPC). Mr Bheenick cites interest rate decisions being made by consensus, rather than opaquely by the governor, as a big reason for Mauritius's stable inflation since then.
The MPC moved quickly to deal with the forces buffeting Mauritius during its downturn, cutting its key repo rate sharply, which helped launch the country's recovery.
In 2011, the Bank of Mauritius had to react carefully to the economy's renewed buoyancy and ensure inflation did not rise too far. It succeeded, thanks largely to the MPC's decision to put up the repo rate from 4.75% to 5.5% in the course of the first nine months.
Mr Bheenick says that November's inflation rate of 6.6% – significantly below the levels of 9% to 10% witnessed between 2006 and 2008 – marks the peak of the cycle. He expects it to fall to between 5% and 5.5% by June, within what he calls the central bank's "comfort zone" of 4% to 6%.
Mr Bheenick has helped Mauritius's economy, expected to grow 4% in real terms in 2012, in other ways too. In April 2011, to boost credit growth, he capped banks' holdings of Treasury bills – the rates of which he said had fallen to "unacceptably" low levels – to 20% of their liquid assets. "When the crisis hit, our bankers seemed to become a bit risk averse," he says. "They preferred to sit on extra liquidity instead of lending it." Credit growth rose to a healthy 12% by the end of 2011.


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Otto Schrader (born 28 March 1855 in Weimar; died 21 March 1919 in Breslau) was a German philologist best known for his work on the history of German and Proto-Indo-European vocabulary dealing with various aspects of material culture, such as the names of domesticated plants and animals, the names of the metals, etc.

Education and early life
Schrader came from a civil servant family in Thuringia, attended Gymnasium in Weimar, and studied in Jena, Leipzig, and Berlin. When he received the Dr. phil. degree, in 1878 he received a teaching position at the Großherzogliches Gymnasium in Jena. There he received his habilitation in 1887 and in 1890 received the title of Professor. In 1909 he moved to Breslau, where he was an "ordentlicher Professor". In 1879 Schrader married Marie von Wilms, with whom he had four children. He described himself as a national liberal.

Support of Hehn's Theory
Schrader supported Victor Hehn's thesis that the Indo-Europeans were originally nomads. According to this thesis, they domesticated only the horse, which they ate. Since there are no common Indo-European words for donkey or camel, Schrader assumed that the original homeland of the Indo-Europeans was in the steppes north of the Black Sea, on the Caspian Sea, and on the Aral Sea, an area referred to as the Pontic–Caspian steppe, where wild horses were a native species. Schrader's theory would ultimately serve as the basis of Marija Gimbutas' Kurgan theory.

Publications
No complete list of Schrader's works has been compiled up to now, so the list below is incomplete.
Quaestionum dialectologicarum Graecarum particula, Dissertation, Leipzig 1877
Die älteste Zeittheilung des indogermanischen Volkes, Berlin 1878
Aus der Geschichte der Hausthiere. Eine linguistische Studie, in: Nord und Süd 15 (1880), pp. 335–348.
Sprachvergleichung und Urgeschichte. Linguistisch-historische Beiträge zur Erforschung des indogermanischen Altertums, 1st edn. Jena 1883, 2nd edn. Jena 1890, 3rd edn. Jena 1906.
Thier- und Pflanzengeographie im Lichte der Sprachforschung. Sammlung gemeinverständlicher wissenschaftlicher Vorträge, Heft 427 (1883), Berlin 1884.
Victor Hehn. Kulturpflanzen und Hausthiere in ihrem Übergang aus Asien nach Griechenland und Italien sowie in das übrige Europa: Historisch-linguistische Skizzen, new edition by Otto Schrader. With botanical contributions by Adolf Engler, 6th edn. Berlin 1884, 7th edn. 1902, 8th edn. 1911
Linguistisch-historische Forschungen zur Handelsgeschichte und Warenkunde, vol. 1, Jena 1886
Über den Gedanken einer Kulturgeschichte der Indogermanen auf sprachwissenschaftlicher Grundlage, Jena 1887. Probevorlesung vom 7. Februar 1887
"Etymologisches und Kulturhistorisches", ZVS 30, N.F. 10 (1890): 461–485
Sprachvergleichung und Urgeschichte, vol. 2. Jena: Hermann Costanoble 1890
Prehistoric antiquities of the Aryan peoples: a manual of comparative philology and the earliest culture. Trans. Frank Jevons. New York: Scribner and Welford, 1890.
"Linguistisch-historisches", in Symbola doctorum Ienensis gymnasii in honorem gymnasii Isenacensis collecta. Edited by Gustav Richter. Jena: 1895.
"Etymologisch-Kulturhistorisches", in Philologische Studien, Festgabe für Eduard Sievers zum 1. Oktober 1896. Halle: 1896, pp. 1–11
Vom neuen Reich ("Deutsches Reich und Deutscher Kaiser", "Die Deutschen und das Meer"), zwei sprachlich-geschichtliche Vorträge. Allgemeiner Deutscher Sprachverein, Berlin 1897
Reallexikon der indogermanischen Altertumskunde: Grundzüge einer Kultur- und Völkergeschichte Alteuropas, 1st edn. Strassburg: Trübner, 1901; 2nd edn., edited by Alfons Nehring, Berlin–Leipzig: 1917–1929.
"Nachwort", in Victor Hehn, Das Salz, eine kulturhistorische Studie, 2nd edn. Berlin 1901
Die Schwiegermutter und der Hagestolz. Eine Studie aus der Geschichte unserer Familie, Braunschweig 1904
Totenhochzeit. Ein Vortrag gehalten in der Gesellschaft für Urgeschichte zu Jena, Jena 1904
"Über Bezeichnungen der Heiratsverwandtschaft bei den indogermanischen Völkern", IF 17 (1904).
Johannes Hoops, Waldbäume und Kulturpflanzen im germanischen Altertum, Straßburg 1905, review, in: Deutsche Literaturzeitung 1906
Hermann Hirt, Die Indogermanen, ihre Verbreitung, ihre Urheimat und ihre Kultur, vol. 1. Strassburg 1905, review, in: Deutsche Literatur-Zeitung 7/1906
Hermann Hirt, Die Indogermanen, ihre Verbreitung, ihre Urheimat und ihre Kultur, vol. 2. Strassburg 1907, review, in: Deutsche Literatur-Zeitung [...]/1907
"Zu nhd. 'buche'", in Zeitschrift für deutsche Wortforschung 11 (1909).
Bilder aus dem russischen Dorfleben, in: Westermanns Monatshefte 53. Jahrgang, Jan.-März 1909, with eight black and white illustrations
Der Hammelsonntag. Eine Reisestudie aus dem Gouvernement Olonetz. In: IF 26 (1909)
(Stichworte) "Aryan Religion; Blood-Feud; Charms and Amulets; Chastity; Crimes and Punishments; Death and Disposal of the Death; Divination; Family; Hospitality; Kingship", in James Hastings, Encyclopaedia of Religion and Ethics, vols. 2-7. Edinburgh: 1909-1914
Begraben und Verbrennen im Lichte der Religions- und Kulturgeschichte. Ein Vortrag in der Schlesischen Gesellschaft für Volkskunde, Breslau 1910
"Neuhochdeutsch "Wirt" (hospes)", in Wissenschaftliche Beihefte zur Zeitschrift des Allgemeinen deutschen Sprachvereins, V. Reihe, Heft 32, 1910.
Die Indogermanen. Wissenschaft und Bildung 77, Leipzig 1911, new edition by Hans Krahe, Leipzig 1935
Die Anschauungen Viktor Hehns von der Herkunft unserer Kulturpflanzen und Haustiere im Lichte neuerer Forschung, Berlin 1912
Germanen und Indogermanen. In: Die Geisteswissenschaften 8/1913, sowie in: Korrespondenzblatt des Gesamtvereins der deutschen Geschichts- und Altertumsvereine, 1914.
"Vaterland". Gedächtnisrede zur hundertsten Wiederkehr des Geburtstages des Fürsten Bismarck, gehalten am 10. Mai 1915, Breslau 1915
(Nachruf) Alfons Nehring, Otto Schrader, in: Indogermanisches Jahrbuch 6 (1918), pp. 152–160, Berlin 1920
(Nachruf) Wilhelm Streitberg, Otto Schrader, in: Frankfurter Zeitung, 11. April 1919

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Buffy Sainte-Marie performs onstage at the 14th annual Americana Music Association Honors and Awards Show at the Ryman Auditorium on Sept. 16, 2015 in Nashville, Tenn.
Starting Wednesday (Feb. 13) and for the next five days, almost 3000 delegates from 35 countries will take over nine ballrooms at Montreal's Fairmont The Queen Elizabeth hotel — famed location of the John Lennon-Yoko Ono bed-in 50 years ago — for the Folk Alliance International Conference. Next year it will be held in New Orleans, Jan. 22-26.
Three juries — Canadian, U.S. and international — selected the 180 "export-ready" artists, who will perform and network at this "amazing family reunion as an event," executive director Aengus Finnan tells Billboard.
The conference kicks off with the International Folk Music Awards tonight, and also includes the International Indigenous Music Summit, the Ethnomusicology Summit, and panels on "songs that ignite change" and "a call to decolonize folk music," for example. Buffy Sainte-Marie, who will receive the People's Voice Award, and John Kay with photographer Tom O'Neal, are doing feature interviews. Tanya Tagaq is delivering the keynote, with Lynn Miles heading the CommUNITY Gathering: Mental Health and the Music Industry.
"People have traveled from around the world to spent five days doing professional development and ultimately to find artists to work with, or as artists to find team members or festivals to be booked into," says Finnan.
That said, he spoke to Billboard to shed light on this genre that has a strict definition and yet no stylistic boundaries, as well as explain why the terminology "world music" is no longer acceptable — and how you can participate in the bed-in no matter where you live... even from the comfort of your own bed.
How wide-ranging are the styles? There are always grumblings when rock and hip-hop acts are on Bluesfest. Has yours expanded?
Unlike that, where there is a genre in the title like blues or jazz, at a folk festival you can have a blues artist followed by a bluegrass band, followed by a singer-songwriter. They are all folk in that they are the music of the people and a place. That banner of folk is less about a specific sound and more about an ethos and the tradition of storytelling for people and place. So folk music of Estonia is very different than the folk music of Columbia, just as the folk music of Nova Scotia is very different than the folk music of Alaska or the folk music of downtown New York is very different than the folk music of the Ozarks. There is a much broader range. Everything from Appalachian to bluegrass, Celtic, cajun, Indigenous, Latin, it really is quite large but, ultimately, it's acoustic in nature, must be based in tradition, although very contemporary, but there's an authenticity and a style of delivery that is universal.
Folk Alliance International also signed on to PRS Foundation's Keychange campaign to achieve a 50:50 gender balance by 2022. How did you do this year?
Last year we hit the 50-50 goal, which is a 2022 goal under the Keychange initiative, so we met that goal last year with our official showcase programs. We committed to doing it with artists on stage, but also our MCs and our panelists across all the panels. That's a major milestone and long overdue. It's quite easy to do. There are so many incredible women working in this industry.
There have been festivals that say "We can't find enough great female or female-fronted acts" or "there aren't enough female executives for panels and keynotes." You've proven otherwise.
It's not that tough. It takes changing up the Rolodex and asking the question every time we go to do something. It's easy to default to what you know. It takes a bit more digging, but there are women across every aspect of the industry who are not just making inroads but have been leaders throughout their lives and trailblazers in the industry and field and plenty are following them who are incredible artists and industry representatives in their own right.
I took a photo myself just as we're setting up, our three production leads -- Jennifer Roe, Kylee Lambert and Mollie Stephens -- are all women and they're in charge of the entire male tech and sound team. It's three women leading the entire setup and production of this entire conference.
What is the focus of Tanya Tagaq's keynote speech?
The focus of her keynote is related to our theme through the entire program, the spirit of creativity. She'll be talking about, Why do we do this? Why do humans gather to hear an artist perform or to explore artists? Where do those ideas come from and how were they influenced? How does craft get developed? Where does spirituality intersect with the creative process? And, then, the counter to that -- what is the cost?
Another presentation that's being made at our Community Gathering this year is being led by Juno Award winner Lynn Miles. She will be talking about the darker side of the creative process and how many of the factors of a musician's life, or within the cultural sector, can lead to anxiety, depression, addiction. That's something that we need to have a collective conversation about. This mystique or misconception that an artist has to be tortured in order to create good work is really unfair to the art and to the artists themselves. What we need to do is look at that community support so that that's not the case.
What's in the Ethnomusicology Summit?
There are two summits this year. One is the Ethnomusicology Summit, that's being hosted by Smithsonian Folkways and the Society For Ethnomusicologists. That is to debate the colonial nature of the 'world music' term. 'World music' gets used to describe people from other places creating that music, which really is an 'us and them' colonial view. If you use that same paradigm, if you live in Colombia or Madagascar, and you are singing the folk music of that country, well then bluegrass is world music. So their discussion will be around a more universal and inclusive approach to terminology to refer to the folk music of various countries.
The other is the International Indigenous Music Summit.
All of the indigenous programming this year is the culmination of five years' worth of programming, showcasing and a panel development. It's independently produced and it's 100 percent indigenous-led and it's for indigenous artists and industry. That's not a panel that people drop into to learn about programming indigenous artist; this is really a day-long international meeting of indigenous artists and the industry to talk about the challenges and successes, but also the state of the field for indigenous artists within the music industry, and ideally for recommendations to come out that Folk Alliance can learn from and the music industry at large can reflect on.
John Kay of Steppenwolf and photographer Tom O'Neal, together, are the feature interview. How do they fit into a folk conference?
Tom O'Neal did a lot of different album covers, including the Mamas and the Papas and worked with John Kay and Steppenwolf. What's exciting there is John grew up in the Yorkville scene [famed one-time folk district in Toronto] and blues was his music. He was there in the early days when Buffy Sainte-Marie was first coming through singing "Universal Solider" for the first time. His roots are in that acoustic and blues realm. Obviously, his career took him into a completely different sonic direction, but not unlike John Oates of Hall & Oates, who last year was one of our guest artists, he had been a folk singer and was inspired by blues music back in his early days, long before he became part of that pop duo. But what's fascinating is to see these legends and senior artists coming back into this space and revealing their roots and returning to that more acoustic tradition.
Who are some of the other folk acts performing at the conference that you're excited about?
To me, what's exciting are a lot of the artists that people may not have ever heard of and will never forget once they see them. One of those bands is from Estonia and they're called Trad.Attack! if I had to pluck one artist as an example of the renaissance in the folk music world. Because this is not a revival. This is not a continuation of something from the '60s and '70s. There is a full-on renaissance underway across the world in terms of young artists that are taking tradition and, in this case with Trad.Attack! ancient folk songs from Estonia, bringing to it a real contemporary sound and approach in terms of appeal for multiple generations in terms of sonic access.
Perhaps coolest of all, you are re-staging the famed bed-In on Saturday morning.
That is the other exciting element of the conference. This marks the 50th anniversary year of John and Yoko Ono's bed-in and where they wrote and recorded "Give Peace A Chance" after multiple days of gathering politicians and media and thinkers to discuss peace. This year, on Saturday at 9:30 AM eastern, we will be live streaming the world's largest collective presentation of the song "Give Peace A Chance" with artists throughout the hotel in their own bedrooms, all live streaming their version from their beds. And then, obviously, we will have an official broadcast from the room itself and the bed in the bed location where the song was originally performed. Then we have artists and fans who have signed up from around the world to also live stream at the same time, no matter what time it is, from their beds as well. Everyone is using the hashtag #givefolksachance.
Who's going to be in the actual room?
We have a series of artists and we're waiting on word for a special guest. I can't confirm anyone who will be in the room, but we are going to have a "We Are The World" moment in terms of multiple artists and guests in the room at that time. There is also a panel specific to this. Jone E. Athey who has all of the rights to the photos from the bed-in will be leading that panel and showing an exclusive screening of the photos from the original bed-in. There's a book that has been printed in collaboration with the Fairmont.