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Under the oh-so-liberal Obama and the Democrats, more than 3,000,000 infiltrators were deported. Yes, more than three million!
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The writer is adjunct professor of law at two prominent Southern California law schools, Senior Rabbinic Fellow at the Coalition for Jewish Values, congregational rabbi of Young Israel of Orange County, California, and has held prominent leadership roles in several national rabbinic and other Jewish organizations. He was Chief Articles Editor of UCLA Law Review, clerked for the Hon. Danny J. Boggs in the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, and served for most of the past decade on the Executive Committee of the Rabbinical Council of America. His writings have appeared in The Weekly Standard, National Review, Wall Street Journal, Los Angeles Times, Jerusalem Post, American Thinker, Frontpage Magazine, and Israel National News. Other writings are collected at www.rabbidov.com .
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Do you remember the story a few decades ago, back in the mid-1970s, about the 40,000 Ukrainian Jews whom Leonid Brezhnev let out of the former Soviet Union? No country in the world would take them in except for Saudi Arabia and Syria, who agreed each to take in half of them for humanitarian reasons.
Do you remember that news story? Neither do I. Because it never happened.
Israel is a small country, comprised of some 6.5 million Jews (approximately 74.5% of the population) and nearly two million Arabs (almost 21%). It does not have the luxury of having 40,000 outsiders sneaking into its boundaries illegally, settling in a few of its neighborhoods (where, by the way, crime statistics suddenly explode), and expecting permanent residence.
No country on earth would allow such a thing, not even the United States with its currently chaotic situation along America's souther border, a problem that finally is slated for serious resolution. And the American chaos, by the way, is not about humanitarianism but about cynical, raw politics. Illegal immigrants from south of the American border vote reliably Democrat because they typically need Big Government handouts. Therefore, the Democrats — who are the party of food stamps, Government handouts, welfare, and "free" everything (paying for it all by raising taxes endlessly on those who do work) — want them to stay and vote, while the Republicans want them out.
As a result, in a quarter century the State of California, which once was so Republican that it regularly elected conservative Republican governors like Ronald Reagan, George Deukmejian, and Pete Wilson, now is solidly Democrat liberal. A conservative Republican cannot win state office any more in California; the elections literally now pit one Democrat against another.
And if the Illegals in America voted reliably Republican instead, then the Republicans would want them to stay and the Democrats would want them out.
During the eight years that George W. Bush was President of the United States, America deported more than 2,000,000 — two million! — people. Think that was tough? Under the oh-so-liberal Obama and the Democrats, more than 3,000,000 were deported. Yes, that is more than three million!
Like America, Israel also is allowed to survive. True, not everyone agrees with that premise. However, they and their opinions may be disregarded. Do you know why?
Because. That's why.
If Israel fails to straighten out the mess that unfolded as it overlooked the massive border infiltration a few years ago, then the 40,000 now illegally in the country will be nearly 200,000 in twenty-five years as they have children. And then those 200,000 will be a million twenty-five years later. Our Rabbis teach: Who is wise? He who can foresee developments.
By building a wall along the border with Egypt and stepping up border security, Israel finally has taken the steps needed to stop the illegal influx of law-breakers. Now she must undo the damage that escaped her watchful eye initially. It is perfectly OK to deport the 40,000 who entered illegally.
Let us be clear: a strong, compelling, humanitarian argument can be made to offer extended, though temporary, asylum to people who came to Israel from Africa to escape persecution and torture. But the vast majority of the 40,000 Illegals came to Israel for economic reasons, to better their finances. That is fine, but that does not entitle them to have come in illegally or to remain.
Israel has to decide: Are we a serious country, or are we a shtibl? In a shtibl (a little house where people pray), some people sneak into the Shabbat prayer services five or ten minutes before the end of the two-hour (or longer) prayer service just so that they can stay and grab a free lunch meal of chulent and kugel at kiddush.
That is how shtibls operate: you sneak in and grab a free lunch. But shtibls do not have a Parliament, defense forces, a national education system, a national health system, and predators and murderers lurking on every surrounding border waiting to inflitrate your land and destroy you.
To where did these 40,000 Africans race, whatever the cost, whatever the risk to life and limb, to seek opportunity? They raced to Israel. Hasn't anyone read them any United Nations resolutions lately?
It is strange. The United Nations declares Israel racist. The Arab world declares Israel racist. The liberal campus professors everywhere from the political science department of Ben Gurion University to Oxford to the American Ivy League and University of California declare Israel racist. Jewish leftists from J Street to Jewish Voice for Peace to Peace Now and Yesh Gvul to the rats of Ratz, reeking with so much self-hate that the stench could fill all the washing machines of 40,000 laundromats, declare Israel racist. Reform rabbis declare Israel racist. African nations vote with the Arabs in the General Assembly, declaring Israel racist.
And then, to where did these 40,000 Africans race, whatever the cost, whatever the risk to life and limb, to seek opportunity? They raced to Israel. Hasn't anyone read them any United Nations resolutions lately?
Israel was not created to be the place for ingathering people who seek better jobs. That is not called "Israel"; that is called "Employment Office." Israel was created, resurrected from the ashes after the Holocaust martyred six million Jews and fulfilling G-d's promises to Avraham, Yitzchak, and Yaakov to be the national homeland of the Jewish people. That is why Israel's laws include Chok HaShvut (the "Law of Return") guaranteeing instant citizenship for Jews hailing from anywhere else in the world — but not for non-Jews. Certainly some Israel-haters may — and do — call that Law of Return racist. However, they and their opinions may be disregarded. Do you know why?
The same voices — too many of them pathetic self-hating ultra-liberal Jews, in Israel, in America, who could not read a word of Rashi if their lives depended on it and would not know the difference between Ben-Gurion and Ben-Gay— lecture Israel on "Jewish values." These voices of Jewish values do not observe the Shabbat, a core Jewish value. They do not observe the laws of mikveh, a core Jewish value. They eat non-kosher. And then they lecture Israel on "Jewish values."
When Prime Minister Menachem Begin opened Israel's borders to allow 66 Vietnamese boat people to enter and live in Israel, that was the embodiment of Jewish values. Their lives were in dire peril. They were on the same terrifying seas, fleeing persecution but facing imminent death in the perilous waters — reminiscent of those who waited on the "Struma" until it capsized. Therefore, it devolved on the Jewish people, through the instrumentality of Israel, to save their lives. And sixty-six people did not impact Israel's demographics.
By contrast, it does not devolve on Israel to have 40,000 people stream across once-unguarded borders in search of better pay, and to stay. For goodness sakes, look at this chart: Every year since Obama became President in 2008, America deported more than 300,000 people a year — and each year the majority of those deported were non-criminals. Obama, the hero of the Jewish liberals who would lecture Israel on ethics, deported more Illegals than did any other President in American history. And do you know why Obama deported three million people from America in only eight years?
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VIDEO: Sarah Sanders To Depart As Press Secretary, Bids Farewell In Emotional Message
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Press Secretary Sarah Sanders announced her intention to resign from her position at the end of this month, and was invited on stage by President Donald Trump earlier today to speak briefly about her time in the White House.
President Trump invited Sanders on stage while holding a separate White House event today, and lauded the Press Secretary's track record in the White House, and suggested he hoped would run for governor of Arkansas in the future.
Sanders responded by thanking President Trump for the opportunity to work in his administration in a touching speech, and explained that she intended to spend more time with her three children at home after leaving the position.
"She's great, and she's going to be leaving service of her country, and she's going to be going, I guess you could say private sector, but she comes from a great state, Arkansas," said President Trump. "She's going to be going back to Arkansas with her great family, and her husband is a fantastic guy."
He then went on to suggest Sanders should run for governor, telling her family"Folks if you can get her to run for governor of Arkansas, I think she'll do very well, and I'm trying to get her to do that."
Sanders then briefly delivered emotional remarks before leaving the podium.
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"I'll try not to get emotional because I knowing crying can make us look weak," Sanders joked at the podium. "This has been the honor of a lifetime, the opportunity of a lifetime, I couldn't be prouder to have had the opportunity to serve my country and particularly to work for this president."
She also lauded President Trump for his many accomplishments, and said being part of the administration is "something I will cherish forever."
Sanders went on, "It's truly the most special experience, the only one I can think of that might top it a little bit, is the fact that I'm a mom. I have three amazing kids, and I'm going to spend a little more time with them."
"In the mean time, I'm going to continue to be one of the most outspoken and loyal supporters of the president and his agenda," Sanders added, "I know he's going to have an incredible six more years and get a whole lot more done."
Sanders served as White House Press Secretary for two and a half years.

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During National Nurse Appreciation week (May 6-10) and National Teacher Appreciation Day (May 7), Lice Clinics of America® – Utah, with locations in Clearfield and Salt Lake City, is calling attention to the important role school nurses and teachers play in the community's health by offering postcards that serve as certificates for free screenings for head lice and educational information to distribute to parents.
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"Screenings usually cost $25," Gillespie said, "but we are giving teachers and nurses certificates for free screenings this week." The certificates include a description of the symptoms of head lice.
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Head lice have become more difficult to treat in recent years as lice have developed a resistance to the pesticides used by the most popular over-the-counter lice products. A 2016 study published in the Journal of Medical Entomology found that 98 percent of head lice in most states are now immune to the pesticides—called pyrethroids—that the products use. Pyrethroids have also been linked to behavioral and developmental problems in children.
"Most of the people that come to our clinic have already tried and failed to get rid of lice with pesticide-based products," Gillespie said. "Many have been struggling with head lice for months, and they're so relieved to know we have a fast, safe, guaranteed solution."
The Utah clinics also offers pesticide-free, guaranteed home lice-treatment and prevention products.
With 330 clinics in 35 countries, Lice Clinics of America is the world's largest network of professional lice treatment centers. The AirAllé medical device has treated more than 600,000 cases of head lice around the world with a success rate better than 99 percent.
Lice Clinics of America – Utah has two locations, one in Salt Lake City and one in Clearfield. To learn more or to schedule an appointment, visit https://www.liceclinicsutah.com, email info@liceclinicsaltlakecity.com or info@liceclinicsclearfield.com or call 801-895-4232 (SLC) or 801-876-5155 (Clearfield).
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Narender Chawla won from Janakpuri West by a margin of 1347 votes, while Veena Sharma defeated her AAP rival by 5362 votes. The BJP also won Rajender Nagar ward in North Delhi Municipal Corporation (NDMC).
The early victories combined with positive trends reflected BJP's success in overcoming anti-incumbency despite ruling the three civic bodies including East Delhi Municipal Corporation(EDMC) for last 10 years. The BJP was leading in all the three-North, South and East Delhi Municipal Corporations. While rivals Congress and AAP were left far behind.
The vote counting for 270 wards of three municipal corporations began at 35 centres across the city at 8 AM. Trends were available for 104 seats. Voting for 270 of the total 272 municipal wards was held on April 23. Two wards where candidates died, voting was cancelled.


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This Week's Wow: Madonna Strikes a Pose (Several, Actually) for Versace
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Updated: Jul 27, 2015 @ 12:24 pm
In this weekly feature, InStyle's Fashion News Director Eric Wilson shares his favorite fashion moment of the week, and explains how it could shape styles to come. Look for it on What's Right Now every Friday.
The Moment: Let's take a gander at the new Versace spring advertising campaign, images of which were released this week, that shows Madonna looking remarkably fabulous and typically fit. As a true-blue fan for decades, with a box full of cowboy hats, decorative belt buckles, fishnet gloves and questionably gaudy crucifix pendants collecting dust somewhere in a closet, I'm always game for a new Madonna look, but this one, in a surprising way, struck me as pleasingly nostalgic.
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What intrigued me about this campaign, at least the fourth Versace appearance for Madonna, was a comment from Donatella Versace that appeared in The New York Times. "When Madonna asked me on set, 'Which character do you want me to play?'" Versace said, "I answered, 'I want you to be Madonna and yourself.' And she laughed at me."
Why It's a Wow: The sleek black and white ads, photographed by the artistic team of Mert and Marcus, got me excited because they recall the glamorous 1990s supermodel imagery created for Versace by Richard Avedon. The images are as much about the pose as the clothes. And who better to strike one?
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Jim Nash joins Tuscan Capital
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Bridging provider Tuscan Capital has announced the appointment of Jim Nash, pictured, as its new national sales manager.
Joining the lender's London-based team with immediate effect, Nash arrives at Tuscan Capital from West One Loans where he had held sales roles since joining the firm in 2016.
In his new role as national sales manager, Nash is tasked with expanding and developing Tuscan Capital's broker network in regions offering high growth opportunities but with a particular focus on the Home Counties and the Midlands.
In a move that sees him reunited with a number of former colleagues, Nash brings with him to Tuscan Capital many years of industry experience gained principally in broker-focused sales roles.
He has previously worked with Colin Sanders – Tuscan's CEO – on no fewer than four occasions, including National Mortgage Bank (1992-1997), iGroup (1997-2005), Money Partners (2005-2008) and Omni Capital (2011-2016).
Sanders said:
"I have worked with Jim in a number of different businesses over the past twenty-five years. He is someone I trust 100 percent and, from my perspective, is one of the most respected and best-liked people in the bridging market.
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Point guard Mathias Schmutz ('13) drives by a Falcon defender. The Vikings toppled Saratoga 57-47.
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The Paly boys' basketball team got the best of the Saratoga High School Falcons 57-47 Tuesday at home.
Despite low attendance, the Vikings were able to maintain intensity and lead the Falcons throughout the game. Paly's Aubrey Dawkins ('13) led all scorers with 27 points.
Paly head coach Adam Sax was happy with the win, citing his team's defense as the primary reason for the victory.
"We didn't shoot the ball very well, but we played defense," Sax said. "For the most part our defense was pretty good."
First quarter play opened with back-and-forth scoring between Paly and Saratoga. The score was tied at 4-4 when Aldis Petriceks ('13) drove to the net and put Paly up 6-4. The Vikings never relinquished their lead. A steal and breakaway from Dawkins increased the Paly lead to four points.
Back-and-forth scoring continued, putting the score at 10-8 when Dawkins was fouled and hit both free throws in the closing minutes of the quarter. The Vikings added two more points to give themselves a 14-8 lead as the first quarter expired. However, several missed three-pointers by the Vikings punctuated the quarter and kept the score close.
In the second quarter, Paly began to pull away from the Falcons. The Vikings hit their first three-pointer to put the score at 17-8. Consecutive fouls by Saratoga on Dawkins and Keller Chryst ('14) added three points to Paly's score. Following fouls on both teams, the score was at 22-10.
Saratoga added five unanswered points to their total, cutting Paly's lead to 22-15. However, Paly added two points, and with 2:16 left in the half, Dawkins electrified the stands with the first dunk of the game. Saratoga quickly responded with a 3-pointer to put the score at 28-18, but the Falcons failed to score in the rest of the half.
Two free throws and another dunk from Dawkins put Paly's halftime lead at 32-18. The half closed hectically as Saratoga attempted to gain some momentum, but were unable to put points on the board. Dawkins ended the half as the top scorer with 14 points.
The Vikings struck first in the second half as a Chryst rebound was converted into a 2-point field goal by Mathias Schmutz ('13). Saratoga hit another three-pointer, but an alley oop from Schmutz to Chryst at 5:40 kept the Viking lead comfortable at 36-21.
The Falcons then responded with five points, causing Paly coach Adam Sax to call a timeout at 3:53. Twenty seconds later, Paly added two points, but the Falcons quickly made up for it with a three-pointer. Scotty Peery ('13) then hit the Vikings' first three-pointer of the game to put the score at 41-29 with three minutes left in the quarter.
Saratoga was only able to cut Paly's lead to 10 when the third quarter ended, the score 45-35.
The Falcons drew a foul on their second drive of the fourth quarter, adding two points, but Dawkins responded with a two point layup to maintain Paly's 10-point margin over Saratoga.
After cross-court ball bobbling from both teams, Petriceks recovered a rebound and on the ensuing drive Dawkins hit a three to put Paly up 50-37.
Both teams drew fouls in the fourth minute of the fourth quarter, but Paly remained in the lead with the score at 51-39.
A three-pointer from Saratoga was answered by two dunks by Dawkins, at 1:20 and 0:50, which excited fans in the closing minutes of the game and gave the Vikings a 55-45 lead. Two more scores by Paly and Saratoga, respectively, ended the game at 57-47, a Viking victory.
Sax looks to continue the team's success as the season goes on and league play heats up.
"We've just got to keep getting better, keep playing well as a team, keep the chemistry going, and just keep moving forward," Sax said.
The Vikings next hit the court Friday, Jan. 11 at Homestead High School in Cupertino.
Tags: Adam Sax, aldis petriceks, aubrey dawkins, basketball, Keller Chryst, mathias schmutz, Saratoga High School Falcons, Scotty Peery
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Anthony Hopkins Scared the Fava Beans Out of Fans Watching Silence of the Lambs
By Melissa Locker
The Silence of the Lambs was one of the most frightening movies ever made, but it wasn't the serial killer Buffalo Bill who the FBI was hunting over the course of the movie that was the scariest part of the film. That honor went to the intense, creepy fava-bean-and-chianti loving Hannibal Lecter, played notoriously by Sir Anthony Hopkins.
Hopkins is currently starring in the latest addition to the Transformers franchise and stopped by Jimmy Kimmel Live! on Thursday to discuss the film where he stars opposite Mark Wahlberg and a whole bunch of CGI robot cars. One of the perks of being a movie star is always getting to see the movie for free, either at screenings or at home, so Jimmy Kimmel asked him the last time he had paid to go see a movie. Turns out the last movie he remembers paying to see in the theater was a screening of Silence of the Lambs, which, of course, scared the pants off of everyone in the theater, especially because a black-out happened to roll through in the middle of the film.
"The lights went out. There was a big storm and someone in front of me said, 'It's a blackout. I think Hannibal Lecter must be in the theater,'" said Hopkins, laughing. "She turned around and said, 'oh my God, he is.'" Hopkins didn't sound particularly apologetic about possibly costing that woman years of her life for having Hannibal Lecter himself sneak up behind her.
Watch below.
This Intrepid Gorilla Dancer Unanimously Won the Hearts of the Internet


Because I do that sometimes.
If you have to transfer files between computers – like, a LOT of files, or very LARGE files – you can use these instructions to connect the two computers with a crossover Ethernet cable.
Assuming you are the type of dork who has a crossover Ethernet cable lying around.
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I puts on my business process analyst hat, and I thinks to myself: there's a human involved in this process somewhere, OR, there's an artificial constraint on the system to observe "business hours" in a world of bits and bytes. Either way, there's an opportunity here for some enterprising and forward thinking bank! If only one of their employees would read my blog!
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Is there a nanotechnologist in the house?
I hope someone reads this blog eventually because I am giving out great ideas for free!
This month: pantyhose embedded with nanotechnology to have slow release capsules of depilating gel. It would work gradually, after several wears; and it would only release the chemical when it came into contact with human skin oils. Once you reached your target level, wearing the hose twice a week would be enough to maintain smooth and silkly legs all the time!
Please invent gloves with nannites in the outer layer so bacteria or viruses that come in contact with the gloves while we are wearing them are destroyed by the nannites. That way we could wear the gloves when we are in public and no longer fear picking up pathogens on our hands. Please note that the nannites can only be in the outer layer, as human skin is covered with millions of helpful bacteria, and we don't want weird side effects from them getting hurt.
I'm not asking for royalties for this brilliant idea, but please give me a shout out when you win the Nobel Prize for radically changing the face of epidemiology in the world.
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I decided to switch to Plex from XBMC to play movies from my server due to constant problems with XBMC. The only thing holding me back was the absence of wake on lan in plex. I decided to trial and error with other guides to create script to make this possible with my Harmony remote. I am not a coder so there may be better ways but this works for me 100% of the time now. I go back and forth from Plex and WMC for live TV so I will describe that process here. If you just want to wake up plex you can leave out WMC part.
1. Download files from here. Rename folder to wol.
2. Move all files in folder to C:// drive of HTPC.
5. Now find the install directory for the wakeonlan program and copy all the files in it and paste it into your wol folder in C:// drive.
10. Test scripts by double clicking wake.bat. This should open command prompt and wake you server up then close box. Troubleshoot this before continuing on.
13. Customize button in harmony software. Up Should activate Alt+9 and down Alt+8. Sync your remote and try it out!


Apparently, black folks use Twitter in a way no one else does — to such an extent that black users establish trending topics on Twitter. Not only do blacks use more descriptive hashtags, but they form tighter clusters on the network, follow one another more readily and retweet each other more often. Plus, more of their posts are @-replies — posts directed at other users. It's this behavior, intentional or not, that gives black people — and, in particular, black teenagers — the means to dominate the conversation on Twitter. We're not surprised. Young black people drive all types of trends, so why should Twitter be any different?


I don't know if you'd put "Lifestyle Relocation Specialist" on your business card, but you'd definitely want to incorporate this marketing message into your brand image. The fact is if you just sell homes, then you are a data-commodity, and your unique selling proposition is getting harder to convey. Unless, of course, you have the bragging rights to 100% market share, 100% sold rate at 100% asking price in just 0 days!
There are other ways to set yourself apart from the commodity elements of the industry. You need to think like an exclusive boutique! Brand your service as a"Lifestyle Relocation Specialist." Help clients not just sell and buy property, but assist them in all aspects of moving their lifestyle from point A to B. People don't just change dwellings; they are uprooting their entire lifestyle, even when they are just moving across town! Demonstrate that you are the Local Neighborhood Expert with relevant knowledge that they cannot find elsewhere.
Position your real estate brand as the total solution that helps people move their lives. Advertise this uniqueness as your competitive advantage. It's one very important way that you can effectively set yourself apart from being just another MLS data-reporting person; a commodity that is needed but which has less and less value each month.


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News | November 28, 2018
Nanoscale Blood Test Technique Set To Springboard Cancer Discoveries
A technique to get more information from the blood of cancer patients than previously possible has been developed.
The discovery could potentially accelerate early diagnosis, speed up drug discovery and lead to advancements in personalised medicines. The Cancer Research UK-funded study* is published in Advanced Materials today (Wednesday).
The scientists, from the University of Manchester, collected blood samples from women with advanced ovarian cancer who were treated with a type of chemotherapy called CAELYX. This chemotherapy drug is contained in a soft, lipid-based nanoparticle, called a liposome, which acts as a vessel to help minimise side effects**.
Women gave a sample of blood, following an injection of CAELYX over a course of 90 minutes as part of their treatment. By extracting the injected liposomes, the scientists were able to detect a wide variety of biomolecules that stuck to the surface of the liposome - called the 'biomolecule corona'.
Professor Kostas Kostarelos, lead author from the University of Manchester, said: "We're astonished at how rich the information was on the surface of the liposomes taken from the blood. We hope this technique could be a springboard for further research, from monitoring disease progression or recurrence, to identifying which treatment is best for each patient and potentially finding new biomarkers for early diagnosis."
This is a step forward in developing a better technique to gather information from patients' blood - a 'halo effect' of biomolecules sticking to the liposomes has been seen before, but only after dipping the nanoparticles in blood samples in a tube outside the patient's body.
Dr Marilena Hadjidemetriou, study author from the University of Manchester, said: "The blood is a potential goldmine of information, but there's a challenge to amplify cancer signals that would otherwise be buried within the 'noise'.
"More abundant proteins mask rarer and smaller molecules that could be significant in helping us to understand disease progression or finding potential new drug targets. This technique overcomes this challenge."
Professor Caroline Dive, Cancer Research UK's expert in liquid biopsies, said: "Finding a test to help diagnose, track and treat cancer is something many scientists are pursuing. Liquid biopsies are quicker, cheaper and less invasive than many other tests, and this technique is an important early step in developing such a test. Further work will reveal what the information captured using liposomes can tell us about the disease."
The researchers now hope to use this technique in mice to help find the best patterns of biomarkers to identify cancers in the early stages of disease as part of their Cancer Research UK Pioneer Award, which funds innovative ideas from any discipline that could revolutionise our understanding of cancer.
*Hadjidemetriou et al. The human in vivo biomolecule corona onto PEGylated liposomes: a proof-of-concept clinical study. Advanced Materials.
**Liposomes are regularly used to help reduce the side effects of chemotherapy, by acting as a vessel for the drugs. They are the most common nanoparticles used in the clinic, making them excellent candidates to use as a tool to help scientists make biomarker discoveries.
SOURCE: Cancer Research UK


It is with deep sorrow that the family announces the passing of Françoise Comacchio (née Barbe) in her 94th year. Wife of Ugo (predeceased), mother of Elaine (Denis Blais predeceased), Richard (Janet Glass), Pauline (Michel Gravelle) and Robert (Patricia Fantin). Grandmother of : David (Abbie), Mathieu (Erin), Daniel; Amy, Jennifer (Rich), Daniella, Jonathan, Katherine, Samantha; Andrė, Françoise, Louise (Greg); Lisa and Christina and great-grandmother to: Samuel, Benjamin, Theodore; Claire; Sierra, Bonds, Xavier; Mika, Kian, Mėdrik; Camil; Julian, Rose and Emmett. Predeceased by her parents, Émile and Florence Barbe (née St. Georges) as well as her siblings: Annette, André "Andy" (Frances), Hector (Lorraine), Aimé (Vivian), Marguerite Core and Joseph. She is survived by her sister Martha Morrison (William predeceased), her brother Léo "Lefty" (Helen), her sisters-in-law Anne Baggio (Julio predeceased), Zita Tramontini (Bruno predeceased) and Noreen Barbe and her brother-in-law William Core as well as many beloved cousins and nieces and nephews. She was a woman of deep and abiding faith. Her life was bounded by family, community and her church. She was a lifelong parishioner of St. Paul the Apostle Coniston, a member of the choir and the Catholic Woman's League for 70 years. She loved family, parties and fun. She played the piano and sang and made a happy home for her husband and children as well as her large extended family. She embodied the proverb: "A home does not rest upon the ground but on a woman." She will be greatly missed. Resting at Jackson and Barnard Funeral Home, 233 Larch Street, Sudbury. Friends may call 2-5; 7-9 on Sunday February 10, 2019. Funeral mass at St. Paul the Apostle Church, Coniston, Monday February 11, 2019 at 10:00 a.m. We wish to extend our heartfelt thanks to all of the staff in the Poplar unit of Pioneer Manor for their kind and gentle care. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Heart and Stroke Foundation, the Blue Door Soup Kitchen or the Maison McCulloch Hospice. For flowers, donations, or messages of condolence, www.lougheed.org.


How I Went From SL to APL in 7 months - My Old Regimen! - Hairlicious Inc.
How I Went From SL to APL in 7 months - My Old Regimen!
"What was your regimen that made you get from shoulder length to arm pit length?"
I get this question frequently so it's better that I answer it in a blog post. It took me 7 months (October 2007 - May 2008) to get from shoulder length to arm pit length. My regimen was pretty simple, however I used way more products back then.
I shampooed and deep conditioned with heat & oils every 3-4 days (Mondays and Thursdays). My deep conditioners were always moisture based mixed with oils & honey since my hair was moisture deprived at the time. I did my protein treatments 1x/month. I air dried 99% of the time, moisturized & sealed twice a day, put my hair in a bun daily, and co-washed maybe once a week. Overall, I did more moisture over protein, which helped me retain a lot of length and prevent breakage.
3. Doing the scarf method to lay down my new growth in the front while stretching.
Tip: As you carry on in your journey, your hair needs will begin to change. What worked back then wasn't going to get me to BSL because the extra moisture was thinning out my ends - so changes had to be made. Going from APL to BSL, my hair required more protein, less shampoo and less products. Be open to making changes in your hair regimen so that your hair will continue to progress allowing you to reach your hair goals quicker.
1. Wouldn't shampooing so often strip the hair of natural oils, and be counter productive to retaining moisture? Could shampooing be replace with co-washing?
2. How often did you baggy overnight? And did baggying overnight make your hair mushy?
Making sure the hair is not dry & brittle is important. Thanks for these tips.
How do you know when to transition to using less products and more protein? In other words, how long should your hair be before you change your hair regimen?
I'm at APL now trying to get to BSL. I have noticed that my hair seems to be craving more protein. Did you have a problem with shedding once you got to this point? I can't tell if I am losing more hair or if it seems like more because the hairs are longer now.
@ Alisha - 1. Wouldn't shampooing so often strip the hair of natural oils, and be counter productive to retaining moisture? Could shampooing be replace with co-washing?
- Shampooing more often doesn't necessarily strip the hair of it's natural oils if it's a sulfate free shampoo- which is what I was using back then and now. Shampooing can be replaced with co-washing, just remember to clarify the hair a little more often.
- I baggied maybe 3-4 days out of the week. If you do it too often then it can lead to mushy over moisturized hair. My hair rarely felt mushy because I did found out what worked for my hair.
@ LaTonya Bynum - You got it hun! Pure Moisture was key in helping me retain length then.
@ Alexis Allen - By slowly cutting out products (for example I had multiple co-washing conditioners - why? it was unnecessary. I just started to use the ones that REALLY worked well with my hair) and noticing that my hair remained healthy and continued to thrive, I didn't need every last product in my arsenal. It takes time to know what your hair really needs verse what you want.
@ Anonymous - This is something that I noticed after reaching APL too. My hair needed more protein that's why I started to up my protein to once a week and ever since then my hair has been stronger and holding on to moisture better. I didn't have a problem with shedding. Increasing you protein will help decrease the shedding.
Thanks! What shampoo did you and do you use?
When you baggy, do you baggy the entire head or just ends?
What was your regimen that made you get from APL to BSL?
@ Alisha - I used to use Elasta QP & Creme of nature shampoo back then. I now use JBCO shampoo and Creme of nature argan oil shampoo.
@ Jameelah - I baggy my entire head.
@ Anonymous - Yes, your head is going to sweat when you whole head baggy overnight. I suggest, you just baggy your ends overnight, and do the whole head for a couple hours when you're at home.
@ Kirby - My regimen after I turned APL is the regimen you see up right now. Nothing has changed.


For years, doctors have warned about the dangers of overusing antibiotics. They're powerful antibacterials capable of flushing out disease-causing germs, but in the process they also endanger the good bacteria present in our bodies. But what's more, misusing antibiotics can also build up resistance in pathogenic bacteria, causing the antibiotics to fail, and previously managed diseases to be untreatable.
Now, researchers from the Rockefeller University in New York City have developed an antibiotic that can be "programmed" to selectively target pathogenic bacteria, specifically those that develop resistance, while leaving other bacteria untouched. The paper will be published on Sunday in the journal Nature Biotechnology.
"In experiments, we succeeded in instructing a bacterial enzyme, known as Cas9, to target a particular DNA sequence and cut it up," said lead researcher Luciano Marraffini, head of the university's Laboratory of Bacteriology, in a statement. "This selective approach leaves the healthy microbial community intact, and our experiments suggest that by doing so you can keep resistance in check and so prevent certain types of secondary infections, eliminating two serious hazards associated with treatment by classical antibiotics."
The enzyme, Cas9, is part of bacteria's defense systems against invading viruses. As part of the CRISPR-Cas (clustered regularly short palindromic repeats), it uses unique genetic sequences called spacers, which correspond to sequences on viruses. Cas9 and its related enzymes use these spacers as guides to identify and fight viral invaders.
The researchers were able to modify Cas9 to use it against specific microbes. They did this by engineering the enzyme's spacer sequences to match the genes of the bacteria they were targeting, and then inserted them into a cell along with the Cas9 gene. When the cell became active, it could match up with the bacteria it was engineered for, and Cas9 would either kill the bacteria or eradicate the target gene. The researchers even found that this treatment prevented some cells from acquiring resistance.
"We previously showed that if Cas9 is programmed with a target from a bacterial genome, it will kill the bacteria. Building on that work, we selected guide sequences that enabled us to selectively kill a particular strain of microbe from within a mixed population," first author of the study David Bikard said in the release.
The scientists were able to demonstrate effectiveness of the antibiotic against Staphylococcus aureus, a common bacterium of the skin and respiratory tract responsible for several diseases. The scientists used strains of S. aureus that had become resistant to kanamycin. Their engineered antibiotic killed most of the bacteria, while leaving behind those that were still susceptible to kanamycin.
But would this work against more "intelligent" bacteria, which share antibiotic-resistant genes among themselves, rapidly developing resistance? The researchers knew that for the antibiotic to be effective it would have to target the part of the bacteria's DNA that spreads the antibiotic-resistant gene: the plasmid.
To test this, the scientists let Cas9 loose on tetracycline resistant-harboring plasmids in multidrug-resistant S.aureus (MRSA), a strain that's especially strong and potentially deadly. Not only did Cas9 destroy the plasmids and make the resistant cells sensitive to tetracycline, but it also prevented other S. aureus cells from becoming antibiotic resistant.
These experiments were also tested on the skin of live mice, which showed that the antibiotic could effectively kill kanamycin-resistant S. aureus causing infection on their shaved backs. Though the treatment may be successful, the scientists said they need to work on how the antibiotic is delivered. The current mode involved injecting the Cas9 enzymes into the bacterial cells. The scientists hope to find a broader way of delivering it so that it can fight other infections, such as colon infections caused by Clostridium difficile.
Source: Marraffini L, Bikard D, et al. Nature Biotechnology. 2014.


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Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees letter regarding fundraising accountability
At its August 2011 meeting, the Board had an extensive discussion on the topic of fundraising, chapters, financial controls, and accountability. The Board unanimously agreed to this letter to the community on the topic on August 5, 2011.
The Board of Trustees has recently reviewed our fundraising model and issues related to the way donor funds are received. This review followed detailed discussions among the Board's Audit Committee and with our outside auditors, which highlighted issues about the level of financial controls over donor funds that go directly to the chapters who act as payment processors. This review focused on the model established last year, under which donors in certain countries are exclusively directed to the local chapter during the annual fundraiser. In our 2010-2011 year, about $4M net went directly to 12 chapters, representing roughly 15% of the total funds donated to the movement.
There are several problems with this model, and with the current fundraising situation. Some chapters have received large sums of money early in their organizational lives, before they have built the capacity and financial controls to safeguard and best use those resources in pursuit of the mission. Some chapters have received many times their planned budget in a single fundraiser. Additionally, in some countries, transferring funds internationally has been limited by regulatory constraints.
There are also currently no movement-wide controls applied consistently to all entities that receive donor funds. Some chapters, despite being well-funded, have not reported in a timely way on their activities, their financial status, and their use of donor funds, or have had difficulties following the regulatory requirements of their countries.
This fundraising model has also contributed to significant resource disparity among chapters. Some of the largest fundraising chapters have revenue far greater than their stated need and capacity to spend, while other chapters receive revenue only from Foundation grants or have almost no revenue at all. The model also suggests that chapters are entitled to funds proportional to the wealth of their regions, which amplifies the gap between the Global North and South.
We need to improve our model to address these concerns and to improve the distribution of donor funds across the Wikimedia movement.
Design principles[edit]
Our design principles for improving the fundraising model are:
We are deeply committed to decentralized pursuit of our mission and to supporting the long-term sustainability of chapters and other movement partners.
Because of its role as operator of the websites, the Foundation has to be satisfied that any organization directly receiving donor funds will treat them with an appropriately high level of care and transparency.
An organization can directly receive donor funds as a payment processor if the following criteria are met:
There is sufficient money raised in the geography to merit the logistical effort.
The organization offers tax deductibility or other incentives to local donors.
Regulatory issues about any international funds flows are fully resolved.
The organization's current financial resources are not enough to fund proposed program work.
The Foundation can confidently assure donors to the chapter that their donations will be safeguarded, that our movement's transparency principles will be met, and that spending will be in line with our mission and with the messages used to attract donors.
The donation process should clearly disclose basic facts about the organization receiving the donation.
The Foundation is committed to a grants program to continue to provide funds to those who can most effectively pursue our mission.
Next steps[edit]
These concerns need to be substantially addressed prior to the start of the 2011 fundraiser. In particular, we expect all parties to live up to current fundraising agreements including full compliance with all reporting deadlines.
We appreciate that some chapters have already started working on their budgets assuming that they would participate as payment processors in the 2011 fundraiser, but may not be able to meet the new criteria outlined above. The Foundation will work with these chapters to follow through on the principles of the current Fundraising Agreement to provide the necessary funds to continue their programmatic work and to meet their operational needs.
The Foundation will significantly expand its grants program, and should work closely with the Audit Committee to continue improving the controls and disclosures around grants.
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Fundraising 2011


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Publix Announces Entry into Virginia
February 02, 2016 09:57 AM Eastern Standard Time
LAKELAND, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Today Publix Super Markets Inc. announced it has signed two leases for stores in Virginia. The Bristol store, 54,000 square feet, will be located at the northeast corner of Lee Highway & Clear Creek Road in Washington County and in the greater Richmond area, the Glen Allen store, 49,000 square feet, will be located at the northeast corner of Nuckols Road & Twin Hickory Road in Henrico County.
Grand opening dates for both locations have yet to be determined; however, the Bristol store is tentatively planned to open in the fourth quarter of 2017, and the Glen Allen store will follow in 2018.
Publix CEO Ed Crenshaw commented on crossing yet another state line. "Being company owners, our associates continue to work diligently to exceed our customers' expectations, which has allowed Publix to experience continued growth. As we enter new markets and continue to open new stores, our associates prepare for new opportunities which supports our culture of promotion from within. We look forward to providing the great state of Virginia with the high quality service and products that our customers have come to expect and that have earned us recognition throughout the industry."
Virginia will mark the company's seventh state of operation. In September 2012, the company announced its long awaited entry into North Carolina opening the first location in February 2014. The company is looking ahead to aggressive growth within the state and in its current operating areas of Florida, Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee, South and North Carolina.
Publix is privately owned and operated by its 179,000 employees, with 2014 sales of $30.6 billion. Currently Publix has 1,111 stores in Florida, Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee, South Carolina and North Carolina. The company has been named one of FORTUNE's "100 Best Companies to Work For in America" for 18 consecutive years. In addition, Publix's dedication to superior quality and customer service is recognized among the top in the grocery business. For more information, visit the company's website, corporate.publix.com.
Publix Super Markets Inc.
Maria Brous, 863-680-5339


Our Lake Charles law firm of Lorenzi & Barnatt was founded in 1990 by an attorney with more than 30 years' experience. We are a small law firm whose lawyers have the sharply honed skills necessary to handle cases with great efficiency and larger cases with poise earned through experience and diligence.
The primary focus of our practice is on criminal defense and estate planning.
Each of the attorneys at Lorenzi & Barnatt has different strengths. One of the secrets to our successes is that our lawyers recognize their own strengths and weaknesses. We learned early on that we serve our clients best by taking a team approach to handling their cases.
When a client's legal problem requires in-depth financial analysis, we turn to our estate planning attorney—even when it's not an estate planning case. When a client's legal questions turn into an active dispute in court, we turn to our founding partner—an experienced trial lawyer. Our clients reap the benefits of this team approach because they have access to a team of attorneys instead of just one lawyer who has to perform every task associated with the case.
We respect our clients and their problems. One way we demonstrate that respect is by always giving our clients straight answers to their questions—even when the answer is not going to be good news. Our clients tell us they appreciate our straight-talking philosophy. People come to us with perplexing or frightening legal problems, and they want to know what is actually going to happen. They don't need a lawyer to give them deceptively positive—or deceptively negative—information in an attempt to win them over.
People who are poised to get legal help need clear information and practical advice given in a respectful manner by lawyers who are sympathetic and ready to go to bat on the client's behalf.
To make an appointment to speak privately with one of our attorneys, call 337-513-0886 or send us an e-mail.


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The divine drug so ardently revered is cocaine, one of nature's most powerful stimulants. Used and venerated by the Andean Indians for 3,000 years, cocaine has acquired hundreds of thousands of modern devotees in North America and Europe in the last few years. It has fostered a billion-dollar industry in the black market of illicit drugs.
Status Drug
Cocaine is often called the "marijuana of the rich" or the "champagne of drugs." This is because the well-to-do are often the only ones who can afford to buy it illegally at the champagne prices of $1,000 to $2,000 an ounce. (Hospitals and pharmacies can buy the drug legally as an anesthetic for $31.50 an ounce — which gives an idea of the possible profits on the black market) To be able to distribute the drug gratis among friends at social occasions is thought to be a sure sign of success; the chic way to flaunt one's affluence is to proffer the coke for inhaling (a "snort") through a tightly rolled $100 bill.
The drug so desired among today's decadent rich is derived from the leaves of the coca bush, grown principally in the uplands of Bolivia and Peru. For centuries the Indians of the Andean regions in South America have chewed the leaf for the stimulant and appetite depressant effects that facilitate heavy labor and long treks. Some writers compare the consumption of cocaine in this form to the Western habit of drinking coffee (which contains the stimulant drug caffeine) to stay alert. The amount of drug found in both products is small (1.6 to 2.5 percent caffeine in Latin American coffee;.65 to 1.25 percent cocaine in coca). Because of such low levels of concentration, chewing the coca leaf is not considered a "dangerous drug abuse" by many drug experts, although both the Bolivian and Peruvian governments have tried to cut consumption in their countries — with little success.
Freud and the Cocaine Papers
Cocaine became a problem drug after it was isolated and concentrated from the leaf, a feat accomplished in 1865 by the German physician Albert Niemann. In 1884 Sigmund Freud read about the use of cocaine to increase the stamina of some Bavarian soldiers during training maneuvers. He promptly procured a supply of the drug for experiments on patients and himself. There followed a flurry of papers on his use of cocaine to treat morphine dependence, depression and fatigue.
Freud termed these reports a "Song of Praise" — so high was his initial opinion of the drug.
But his rapturous relationship with the drug soon soured. True, cocaine didn't build significant tolerance. (That is, it, didn't require escalating doses with regular usage to achieve the same high as did morphine) And it didn't lead to excruciating withdrawal symptoms (as did morphine). But Freud, and other contemporaries working with the drug, observed that a strong psychic dependence often developed in many users. The drug's high only lasted 15 to 20 minutes, after which the user sank back into a depressed state — a state which now seemed worse when contrasted to the fleeting drug — induced high. This strongly motivated him to repeat the dose frequently to restore the euphoria. Repeated doses eventually led to toxic psychosis-hallucinations, paranoia, etc. Prolonged snorting also resulted in deterioration of the mucous membranes and septum.
Freud published his last defense of the drug in July 1887 and shortly thereafter discontinued use of the drug personally and professionally. Though he never developed a dependence for cocaine, it is said he had to undergo three operations to repair the damage to his nose.
"The Real Thing"
The research into cocaine by Freud and others contributed to a small boom in the pseudo-medical and non medicinal use of the drug at the close of the nineteenth century. Makers of patent medicines quickly jumped on the bandwagon and concocted scores of potions containing the drug. Cocaine was the "real thing" in Coca-Cola until 1903. A wine containing coca extract, called "Vin Mariana," was heartily drunk and endorsed by such notables as Pope Leo XIII, President William McKinley, Anatole France and Thomas Edison. "On a per capita basis, cocaine used in America in, the mid-1890s was considerably greater than it is today because it was found in the cola drink, was the first remedy for hay fever and seemed like one of the miracle drugs," says Dr. David F. Musto, associate professor of psychiatry and history at Yale.
But cocaine was rapidly acquiring a bad name, and in 1922 the U.S. Congress prohibited most importation of coca leaves and cocaine, thus driving it underground. The act also destroyed legitimate medical research on the drug. Consequently, a deficiency of knowledge about the drug exists to this day. "The medical and scientific community have appallingly little information [today] about the effects of cocaine," lament Lester Grinspoon and James B. Bakalar, coauthors of a new book on the drug, Cocaine: A Drug and Its Social Evolution. "The clinical literature is sparse, and mostly more than 50 years old."
Though cocaine was rediscovered during the hippie rebellion of the 60s, it has been only in the past couple of years that a really heavy trade in the drug has developed. Federal agents seized only 16.4 pounds in 1964. That grew to 96.8 in 1968, 407 in 1971 and 1,232 in 1975. But they have been intercepting only a minute fraction of the illegal drug coming into the United States.
Comparing Cancer to Pneumonia
True to form for today's decadent culture, what started out as a drug induced thrill has become, in some circles, a crusade for personal freedom. The inevitable call has gone out to decriminalize cocaine. Proponents argue that "it's safer than alcohol and heroin"; "cocaine is as harmless as coffee"; "we allow and promote the use of other psychoactive agents (such as caffeine, tobacco, alcohol, tranquilizers, etc), so why not coke?" And so forth.
Many of the slogans and arguments made on cocaine's behalf are misleading and irresponsible. To compare the relative merits or demerits of various psychoactive drugs is to obscure the central fact that no drug is perfectly safe. All drugs have undesirable side effects.
It's true that cocaine doesn't have some of the dramatic side effects of such drugs as, say, heroin or amphetamines. But cocaine presents hazards to mind and body in its own right. To compare it with heroin is, in the words of one drug enforcement official, "like comparing cancer to pneumonia."
To further exacerbate the debate, opponents of cocaine are often blinded by certain misconceptions or just plain ignorance — and issue misleading and irresponsible statements of their own. They seem to forget that each culture sanctions the use of certain psychoactive drugs. Those who decry the corrosion of the national fiber through psychoactive drugs often use several — usually alcohol, tobacco and coffee — themselves!
The current rage for cocaine must be placed in the context of the drug revolution of the past decade. And that revolution in turn must be placed in the context of the recreational use of psychoactive drugs by almost every culture down through history. The issues are complex and there are no easy answers for countries that are wrestling with the problem of which mind-altering drugs should be sanctioned and which should be taboo. For an overall look at today's drug problem, write for your free copy of our booklet The Dilemma of Drugs.
Plain Truth Magazine June 1977 Vol XLII, No.6
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