All the windows are locked. Curtains closed. Blinds pulled down all the way to the sills. Even so, its chilly breath hisses through the tiny gaps and reaches my knees. There is an occasional tremor in the candle flames on the coffee table. The nervous awareness of the force outside. The normally vocal pigeons on our roof are silent. The shapeshifting dragon is letting rip, giving a spectacle of its histrionic power. Now it soars into the skies, its tail lashing the dark clouds, sending crackling rain to slam against the window panes. Now it's a tiger roaring in the night, sending a rumble rippling through the air. Now a witch slaloming between chimneys on her broomstick, her impish giggle tickling the stars. Then a gigantic owl, screeching in the roof, its wings whooshing in the air. Then it swells into a tempestuous sea, foaming lips gnawing at the cliffs, then ebbing away before gathering into waves rising tall, fearless, tossing ships like juggling balls. All of a sudden it retreats, quietens down, vanishes, like a memory you doubt. Odd phrases of a tune that haunts you but which you cannot quite remember. But, just two minutes later, it's a dragon again, spewing flames like a Venetian glassmaker's furnace, the bewitching fire of an Andalusian gypsy – spinning, swirling, lunging, turning raindrops into needles of ice, the supersonic speed of its flight making the windows quiver. I am king, the dragon says. I am emperor. And you've seen nothing yet.
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Mayweather-Pacquiao fight rains money around Las Vegas
Floyd Mayweather Jr., left, trades blows with Manny Pacquiao, from the Philippines, during their welterweight title fight on Saturday, May 2, 2015 in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/John Locher)
By David Montero | dmontero@scng.com |
PUBLISHED: May 2, 2015 at 11:50 p.m. | UPDATED: August 28, 2017 at 6:58 a.m.
LAS VEGAS >> Leading up to the fight, the numbers attached to the dollars were almost too big to comprehend.
Floyd Mayweather, no matter what, could make close to $200 million. Manny Pacquiao could expect to make about $120 million for doing the same thing. Win or lose.
The MGM Grand Hotel and its sports book — along with others down The Strip — once all the bets were placed was expected to make millions. And there was no shortage of those who waited in line in the MGM sports book just to make a wager on the fight. The wait was eclipsing 45 minutes — longer than the fight was likely to take.
Television, with a $99 pay-per-view fee, would make millions. So would the companies that licensed the fight to local sports bars. The city appeared to be awash in cash. Some estimates put total revenues from the fight between $300 million and $400 million.
Which was a good enough reason for Mohammed Timbo to drive a cab Friday night and Saturday night.
The 53-year-old said he might make $100 in tips Saturday night and he came close to that Friday night during his nine-hour shift. The money, he said, is critical because he is supporting his wife and two children still living in war-torn Sierra Leone.
"It was crazy busy Friday — just going to and from the airport," he said. "If I could afford to, I'd like to not have to work when it's so busy like this. I'd like to work when it's a normal pace. But I need to work."
Timbo came to the United States in 2001 when his native country was mired in a bloody civil war where killing, limb amputations and rapes were common. He sought to come to the United States to find a safe place for his family to settle. His home was burned down in 1998. When he was granted asylum, he moved from Baltimore to Las Vegas days after Sept. 11.
As a Muslim, he said he ran into problems getting a job. It wasn't until 2004 he was able to get hired as a taxi driver. He became a citizen. He has been sending most of the money back to Sierra Leone so his now 20-year-old son and 16-year-old daughter can go to school.
Due to fees and red tape, it proved to be difficult to bring his family to the United States, so he said he plans to move back to Sierra Leone eventually. He misses his family. He said he hasn't seen them since 2012.
"It's very hard. I'd like to visit more, but the cost of visiting sets me back from saving more money to return home permanently," he said. "So we talk on the phone every other day."
The fight, he said, was a nice boost of money — but he'd need a few hundred fights to get to his goal.
Clayton Marshall said the fight economy was critical for him as well.
The father of six children, he stood on the street corner not far from the MGM Grand Hotel and Casino beneath a looming picture of Mayweather and Pacquiao. A concierge for the past three years in Vegas, he sets up nightclub dates, pool parties and trips under his business, YPC Inc.
Knowing the crowd for the fight, he was offering to be a concierge for Hustler Strip Club. For $300, it would be a limo ride and admission to the club off the strip. As he hawked the deal, several people took the cards and he figured he'd be happy if a half-dozen took him up on the proposal.
The fight had been a boon for most of the afternoon.
"Every time Mayweather fights, it's the best I ever do," he said. "When he's on, I'm making four times what I'd normally make. He calls himself 'Money' and he's exactly that for me."
The fight had been hyped for weeks, and the initial economic impacts were being talked about in numbers usually reserved for GDPs of small nations. But as reports began to filter out that people who wanted to actually watch the fight were being priced out of seats and closed circuit television — some of the cheapest seats for closed circuit viewing were more than $600 a pop — room reservations began to be canceled.
Casinos that had been charging between $300 and $1,600 a night were suddenly slashing prices in half. Even casinos on the outer edges were seeing the market soften.
Gold Strike in Jean was booking rooms at about $200 a night, but by Friday night, a room could be had for $75 and $189 Saturday night. More than half of its blackjack tables weren't even operating Friday night.
At Sin City Brewing Company, the bartender said they chose not to order extra beer for the weekend because the economic punch wasn't as big as had been initially thought.
Tyrone Reeves was selling T-shirts for the fight and said that business had been decent, but it wasn't even close to how well President Barack Obama inauguration T-shirts sold in 2008.
Sitting on The Strip calling out "T-shirts $10" at a clip of 47 times a minute, he said it was a combination of market saturation — there were at least a dozen other T-shirt salespeople along the road — and fewer people around.
Anthony Bartoli, who was selling Pacquiao T-shirts all over town, agreed. He'd been selling T-shirts starting at $20 and was already marking them down to $10 Saturday afternoon.
He hoped to sell 100, but had only sold 30 up until then. But he'd already sold enough to kick in some money for Saturday night, where he was planning to watch the fight at a friend's house.
As he walked through the lobby of the Stratosphere with a rolling suitcase stuffed with T-shirts, he laughed at the irony that the money he made would go to the pay-per-view revenues and, ultimately, the fighters.
"Maybe they (Mayweather and Pacquiao) could buy a few shirts," he said.
At $20, though, not $10.
"They could afford it," he said.
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Perirectal abscess
Unusual presentations of common anal problems may herald underlying systemic disease.
There are several medical therapies available for the treatment of anal fissures, including nitroglycerin, diltiazem, and botulinum toxin.
Management of internal hemorrhoids depends on the severity of symptoms.
Perirectal abscesses require drainage and commonly result in fistula formation.
Fecal incontinence is common in elderly populations. In younger patients, it should prompt a thorough evaluation not only for sphincter dysfunction, but also neurologic and gastrointestinal disorders.
Anal itching is most often related to poor anal hygiene.
Rectal prolapse typically requires definitive surgical fixation.
The anus has a critical, if thankless, function. It permits the retention and subsequent voluntary, timed evacuation of fecal matter.
Anatomic Pearls
The anus represents the terminus of the gastrointestinal tract and stretches from the pelvic floor (levator ani) to the skin surface (Fig. 1). The dentate line is the embryologic divide between endoderm and ectoderm; as such, tissue proximal to this point does not receive somatic innervation and is insensate. Distal from the dentate line, the anoderm is a transitional zone between columnar and squamous epithelium. The tripartite sphincter complex includes the internal sphincter (located more proximal and closer to the lumen of the anus), the external sphincter (slightly more distal and wrapping around the internal sphincter), and the puborectalis (a U-shaped, sling-like muscle at the anorectal junction).
Fig. 1Anal anatomy.
(From Marcello PW. Diseases of the anorectum. In: Feldman M, Friedman LS, Brandt LJ, editors. Sleisenger and Fordtran's gastrointestinal and liver disease: pathophysiology, diagnosis and management. 9th edition. Philadelphia: Elsevier; 2010; with permission.)
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The internal and external sphincters are the workhorses of the anus. The internal sphincter receives parasympathetic innervation and relaxes involuntarily with distention of the rectal vault. This triggers the urge to defecate. The external sphincter, innervated by the pudendal nerve, is under voluntary control, and its integrity is crucial for maintaining fecal continence. The puborectalis plays an adjunctive role in maintaining continence. The anal glands (also called the crypts of Morgagni) and the venous hemorrhoidal plexuses facilitate lubrication during defecation.
Anal fissures
The hallmark of an anal fissure is severe anal pain. This tends to be worse with bowel movements and with direct pressure on the site (eg, sitting). Some fissures are traumatic (eg, passage of hard stool, receptive anal intercourse, or insertion of a foreign body such as enema or endoscope), while others are idiopathic. Acute fissures, which have been present for days to weeks, tend to bleed slightly, and patients may report red blood on the tissue. Chronic fissures have been present for months or longer; they bleed less commonly and tend to have hyperkeratotic edges.
Diagnostic Test/Imaging Study
Anal fissures can be diagnosed with a classic history and simple external examination of the anus and perineum. By applying traction on the buttocks, the fissure can be visualized radiating out from the anus, typically in the midline and usually posterior in orientation. Acute fissures have the appearance of lacerations, while chronic lacerations are more fibrotic and may have a sentinel skin tag at the distal end (Fig. 2).
Castillo E.
Margolin D.A.
Anal fissures: diagnosis and management.
Tech Gastrointest Endosc. 2004; 6: 12-16
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Fig. 2Appearance of anal fissures (acute vs chronic).
Other causes of anal pain and bleeding can masquerade as fissures, including abscess, fistula, and hemorrhoids (Box 1). Additionally, anal fissures with any lateral orientation (not in the midline) should prompt investigation into secondary causes such as anal cancer, human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), inflammatory bowel disease, syphilis, or tuberculosis (Fig. 3).
Oh C.
Divino C.M.
Steinhagen R.M.
Anal fissure: 20-year experience.
Dis Colon Rectum. 1995; 38: 378-382
Anal fissure Differential diagnosis
Thrombosed hemorrhoid
If lateral orientation (not midline), consider underlying pathology (see Fig. 3)
Fig. 3Etiology of anal fissures by location.
(From Castillo E, Margolin DA. Anal fissures: diagnosis and management. Techniques in Gastrointestinal Endoscopy 2004;6(1):14; with permission.)
Most acute anal fissures will resolve within a few weeks following institution of conservative measures such as sitz baths and stool softeners. There are several medical therapies available for chronic fissures aimed at reducing sphincter spasm (Table 1).
Clinical Practice Committee
American Gastroenterological Association medical position statement: diagnosis and care of patients with anal fissure.
Gastroenterology. 2003; 124: 233-234
Scopus (39)
Perry W.B.
Dykes S.L.
Buie W.D.
The Standards Practice Task Force of The American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons
Practice parameters for the management of anal fissures.
Dis Colon Rectum. 2010; 53: 1110-1115
Both topical nitroglycerin and topical diltiazem have been shown to improve healing of chronic anal fissures, although a recent head-to-head trial suggested the superiority of diltiazem.
Ala S.
Saeedi M.
Hadianamrei R.
Topical diltiazem vs. topical glyceril trinitrate in the treatment of chronic anal fissure: a prospective, randomized, double-blind trial.
Acta Gastroenterol Belg. 2012; 75: 438-442
Botulinum toxin can be injected into the internal sphincter to alleviate spasm, although this may result in temporary incontinence of flatus and/or stool. Patients who fail these therapies are commonly referred for surgical sphincterotomy; however, this procedure comes with a risk of fecal incontinence.
Garcia-Acuilar J.
Belmonte C.
Wong W.D.
Open vs. closed sphincterotomy for anal fissures.
For fissures associated with systemic disease, therapy should be directed at the underlying cause.
Table 1Medical therapies for chronic anal fissures
Adverse Effects and Precautions
Topical nitroglycerin 0.2%–0.4% ointment, apply 1 in to anus every 12 h for up to 3 wk Headache, should not be administered with PDE-5 inhibitors (eg, sildenafil)
Topical diltiazem 2% gel or ointment, apply small amount to anus 3 times daily
Not approved by the US Food and Drug Adminstration.
Not commercially available in the United States, must be compounded.
Headache (less common than nitroglycerin)
Intrasphincteric botulinum toxin injection, 10–100 units once
Temporary incontinence
Abbreviation: PDE, phosphodiesterase.
a Not approved by the US Food and Drug Adminstration.
b Not commercially available in the United States, must be compounded.
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Most often, patients with hemorrhoids report rectal bleeding. Although this is typically bright red in color, the quantity can range from scant blood on the tissue to more significant hemorrhage. This variation is caused by the vascularity of hemorrhoidal tissues, which act to cushion the anus during defecation (see Fig. 1). There may also be mucous-like discharge. Patients sometimes report discomfort, but usually this is dull in nature. Internal hemorrhoids are typically painless, as their innervation arises from above the dentate line, while external hemorrhoids can be acutely pruritic or painful, particularly when thrombosed (Fig. 4). Patients commonly note a mass protruding from or near the anus, usually worse with straining or Valsalva maneuver.
Fig. 4Thrombosed external hemorrhoid.
(From Madoff RD. Diseases of the rectum and anus. In: Goldman L, Schafer AI, editors. Goldman's Cecil medicine. 24th edition. Philadelphia: Elsevier; 2012; with permission.)
Like so many anal conditions, the diagnosis relies primarily upon history and physical examination. The buttocks should be spread to reveal the anus. Hemorrhoids are typically flesh-toned or slightly purple, mucous-covered nodules. If necessary, the examiner can ask the patient to bear down in order to expose nonexternal hemorrhoids. Anoscopy is an easy, in-office maneuver to better visualize the anus, particularly internal hemorrhoids. The device includes a cylinder and obturator component, typically disposable and made of clear plastic (Fig. 5). It is coated in water-soluble lubricant before being gently inserted into the anus. Leaving the external cylinder in place, the obturator can be removed, permitting the examiner to better visualize the entire anal mucosa for abnormalities.
Fig. 5Anoscope with obturator inserted (left) and removed (right).
Clinicians must be cautious not to misattribute rectal bleeding to hemorrhoids, thereby overlooking more proximal causes such as malignancy, inflammatory bowel disease, or arteriovenous malformations (Box 2). This is particularly important in older adults and patients with risk factors for these diseases. It is also necessary to differentiate the presence of protruding hemorrhoids (containing only mucosa) from rectal prolapse (including full thickness of the bowel wall; more details in subsequent section).
Hemorrhoid Differential diagnosis (DDx)
Proximal GI bleeding
Arteriovenous malformation
Diverticuli
The foundation of therapy for all hemorrhoids is treatment of constipation in order to reduce straining. Adequate hydration and increased fiber intake, either in the form of foods rich in fiber or fiber supplements (eg, psyllium), should be recommended to all patients.
Alonso-Coello P.
Guyatt G.H.
Heels-Ansdell D.
Laxatives for the treatment of hemorrhoids.
Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2005; (CD004649)
Sitz baths can also ameliorate acute symptoms. There are several topical remedies used for relief of acute symptoms, many of which are available over the counter and include topical corticosteroids (hydrocortisone 1% cream/ointment), astringents (witch hazel), and topical anesthetics (dibucaine and pramoxine). Evidence is lacking that these preparations speed resolution of the hemorrhoids. Nevertheless, these treatments are often recommended, particularly in the acute phase. Although analgesia is sometimes required, opioids should be avoided because of their adverse effects on gastrointestinal (GI) motility. Treatment of internal hemorrhoids is guided by the stage, which is based on the patient's symptoms (Table 2).
American Gastroenterological Association medical position statement: diagnosis and treatment of hemorrhoids.
Gastroenterology. 2004; 126: 1461-1462
Patients with significant symptoms and grade 3 and especially grade 4 symptoms may be offered more invasive treatments, including ligation banding and surgical hemorrhoidectomy.
Practice parameters for the management of hemorrhoids (revised 2010).
Although these procedures can be performed in the office, patients are often referred to a specialist, particularly for hemorrhoidectomy. The presence of a thrombosed external hemorrhoid often requires surgical management with thrombectomy, particularly within 72 hours of symptom onset. Adverse effects of invasive treatments include local pain, abscess formation (or other infection), and bleeding.
Table 2Grading and treatment of internal hemorrhoids
1 Bleeding, often painless
Avoid constipation, increase fiber intake
2 Protrusion with spontaneous reduction
3 Protrusion requiring manual reduction
Elective referral for hemorrhoidectomy
4 Protrusion with inability to manually reduce
Thrombosed Severe pain, purple color change
Urgent surgical thrombectomy
Perirectal abscesses
Abscesses of the perirectal and perianal areas typically occur when the anal glands or crypts (see Fig. 1) become occluded, permitting retention of bacteria and inflammatory cells.
Whiteford M.H.
Perianal abscess/fistula disease.
Clin Colon Rectal Surg. 2007; 20: 102-109
These lesions commonly present with dull, aching pain in the perineum as well as fevers. Patients with perirectal abscess can occasionally present with sepsis and critical illness, as is the case with Fournier gangrene. For this reason, rectal examination is mandatory in the evaluation of febrile patients without an obvious source, although caution is urged in patients with neutropenia.
Most perirectal abscesses can be diagnosed based on a typical history as well as rectal examination. Anoscopy is uncomfortable and often unnecessary. Abscesses are categorized based on location, with perianal and ischiorectal abscesses being the most common (Fig. 6).
Boe J.M.
Anorectal disorders.
in: Adams J.G. Emergency medicine: clinical essentials. 2nd edition. Saunders, Philadelphia2013: 336-346
Supralevator abscesses are much less common. Advanced imaging techniques, such as computed tomography (CT) or ultrasound, are occasionally necessary to identify the location and extent of infections, particularly for deeper abscesses (eg, supralevator and ischiorectal sites). These tests may also be helpful in excluding the presence of other entities.
Fig. 6Locations of perirectal abscesses.
Anal fistulas are part of the same disease continuum as perirectal abscesses and can also present with pain and swelling, although there is often also drainage (Box 3). It may be important to exclude the presence of prostatitis or a prostatic abscess in men without an obviously visible perirectal abscess. This can be done via physical examination, sometimes in concert with advanced imaging techniques. Pilonidal cysts can occasionally become infected, but will typically be located in the midline and posterior from the anal verge. Thrombosed hemorrhoids, although similarly painful, are much less common and have a typical purpuric appearance. It is always important to consider the possibility of underlying bowel pathology (particularly inflammatory bowel disease, malignancy or sexually transmitted disease) in patients with recurrent, severe, or deep abscesses.
Perirectal abscess DDx
Prostatitis/prostatic abscess (men only)
Infected pilonidal cyst
Thrombosed hemorrhoid (rare)
As antibiotics will not penetrate the abscess cavity, it is crucial to drain these pockets. For perianal abscesses, bedside incision and drainage can be performed after appropriate preparation of the site. Postdrainage care should involve sitz baths, stool bulking, and wound care. Deeper abscesses and those involving the anal sphincter require surgical consultation in order to ensure complete drainage and to maintain sphincter integrity. The use of antibiotics after drainage is controversial, although they are often prescribed for patients with immunocompromising conditions, underlying bowel pathology, or diabetes.
Practice parameters for the treatmentof perianal abscess and fistula-in-ano (revised).
If prescribed, antibiotics should cover common enteric pathogens (Box 4).
Gilbert D.N. Moellering R.C. Eliopoulos G.M. The Sanford guide to antimicrobial therapy. 39th edition. Antimicrobial Therapy Inc, Sperryville (VA)2009: 20
Despite treatment, upwards of 50% of perirectal abscesses will result in the formation of an anal fistula.
Sainio P.
Fistula-in-ano in a defined population. Incidence and epidemiological aspects.
Ann Chir Gynaecol. 1984; 73: 219
Oral antibiotics covering common enteric pathogens
Trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole and metronidazole
Amoxicillin with clavulanic acid
Anal fistulas
Anal fistulas, most often the sequelae of perirectal abscesses, typically present with drainage. This is a result of the persistent tract between the abscess cavity and the anus. There may also be pain, bleeding, or swelling in the area.
Given the discomfort that occurs with probing these lesions, anal fistulas may need to be examined after administration of sedation or anesthesia. Fistulas will often appear as an opening in the skin beyond the anal verge. Occasionally a fibrous cord or tract may be palpable. Anoscopy can aid in the identification of an internal opening, although the patient may not tolerate this examination. Fistula severity is based on the degree of sphincter involvement (Fig. 7).
Fig. 7Locations of anal fistulas.
Rarely, anal fistulas may be caused by underlying systemic diseases, including inflammatory bowel disease, malignancy, sexually transmitted infections, or pelvic radiation (Box 5). This is particularly true in the case of extrasphincteric fistulas, which connect from the exterior directly to the rectum, as well as with multiple or chronic fistulas. It is also important to exclude the possibility of an inadequately drained abscess cavity.
Anal fistula DDx
Incompletely drained perirectal abscess
Extrasphincteric or extensive fistulas, consider underlying pathology
Anal fistulas require referral for surgical treatment, typically by opening the fistulous tract and allowing it to heal via secondary intent (Table 3).
Stremnitzer S.
Strobl S.
Kure V.
Treatment of perianal sepsis and long-term outcome of recurrence and continence.
Colorectal Dis. 2011; 13: 703-707
This can be challenging, depending on the degree of involvement of the sphincter, and may lead to postoperative incontinence. High-grade fistulas require advanced surgical techniques in an attempt to reconstruct the sphincter musculature and maintain continence.
Table 3Categorization of anal fistulas
Sphincter Involvement
Risk of Incontinence
Intersphincteric Internal Uncommon (0%–15%) Fistulotomy, fibrin glue injection, fistula plug
Trans-sphincteric Internal and external Intermediate Fistulotomy, fibrin glue injection, fistula plug
Extrasphincteric Internal and external Significant (25%–50%) Fistulotomy, endorectal flap, seton drain
Incontinence of stool is defined as involuntary loss of external sphincter control resulting in inadvertent passage of fecal matter. Passing small amounts of stool with flatus or immediately following bowel movements can be physiologic, but more significant incontinence requires additional investigation. Often episodes are provoked by increased intra-abdominal pressure (eg, straining, coughing, bending). Fecal incontinence may represent a late-effect of vaginal delivery; therefore it is more prevalent in women with pelvic floor weakness and comorbid urinary incontinence. The incidence of fecal incontinence also increases with advancing age as well as comorbid GI symptoms, particularly diarrhea or constipation. It is a common symptom in patients over the age of 80, with a prevalence of 10.4% in older women.
Halland M.
Koloski N.A.
Jones M.
Prevalence correlates and impact of fecal incontinence among older women.
In is more common in elderly patients with dementia, and in institutionalized patients. It is important to remember that patients may be reluctant to discuss their symptoms due to social stigma and embarrassment.
Although history is the primary diagnostic tool for eliciting the presence and underlying etiology of fecal incontinence, there are several other diagnostic tools available.
Shah B.J.
Chokhavatia S.
Rose S.
Fecal Incontinence in the Elderly: FAQ.
Am J Gastroenterol. 2012; 107: 1635-1646
Simple rectal examination provides the examiner a general sense of sphincter tone as well as pointing to underlying diseases. Patients may require endoscopic examination of the colon to identify underlying malignancy or inflammation. More advanced methods include anal manometry (to quantify sphincter tone), pudendal nerve testing (to assess for delayed conduction, suggesting nerve damage), and anal ultrasound (to look for anatomic muscle damage or other structural abnormalities).
Clinical Practice and Practice Economics Committee
American Gastroenterological Association medical position statement on anorectal testing techniques.
These tests are best performed in a specialized laboratory and require referral to a gastroenterologist or colorectal surgeon. In elderly patients, in whom the prevalence of fecal incontinence is so common, work up should be focused on history and examination, and testing reserved only for those patients whose history and examination point to a secondary cause.
There is a broad differential for the symptom of fecal incontinence (Box 6). The primary task is to differentiate primary fecal incontinence (eg, as a result of pelvic floor weakness and/or sphincter dysfunction) from secondary incontinence (eg, related to an underlying neurologic or GI disorder) (Table 4).
Primary fecal incontinence DDx
Obstetric sphincter damage
Surgical sphincter damage (fistulectomy, hemorrhoidectomy)
Pelvic floor weakness
Table 4Selected secondary causes of fecal incontinence
Typical Symptoms
Neurologic Dementia Memory impairment, comorbid urinary incontinence
Stroke Acute, focal neurologic impairment
Brain mass Subacute, focal neurologic impairment
Caudaequina syndrome Back pain, leg weakness, groin or leg numbness
Diabetic neuropathy Comorbid peripheral neuropathy, retinopathy
Multiple sclerosis Gait abnormalities, sensory disturbances
Neuromuscular Myasthenia gravis Diplopia, bulbar symptoms (dysphagia, dysarthria)
Muscular dystrophy Proximal weakness, gait abnormalities
Toxin (organophosphate, snake venom) Acute onset, appropriate exposure history
Gastrointestinal Inflammatory bowel disease Diarrhea (may be bloody), abdominal pain
Severe diarrhea Usually apparent on history
Fecal impaction Rectal pain, mixed constipation/diarrhea
Proctitis Rectal pain, history of pelvic radiation or ulcerative colitis
Once secondary causes have been identified and treated, the management of primary fecal incontinence involves supportive and surgical options.
Practice parameters for the treatment of fecal incontinence.
Supportive measures include protective undergarments and scheduled voiding. Some patients have found significant improvement in symptoms via biofeedback techniques.
Heymen S.
Jones K.R.
Ringel Y.
Biofeedback treatment of fecal incontinence: a critical review.
In patients with significant diarrhea, bulking agents (eg, psyllium) and antidiarrheal medications (eg, loperamide) may provide some relief. Various injectable materials, including silicone and polymer gels, can be injected into the mucosa to narrow the anal canal.
Maeda Y.
Laurberg S.
Norton C.
Perianal injectable bulking agents as treatment for faecal incontinence in adults.
These may be considered for patients who have failed other conservative approaches or have focal internal sphincter dysfunction. Sphincteroplasty is the gold standard therapy, but it is reserved for patients who have failed conservative measures or who have significant incontinence.
Anal itching (also termed pruritis ani or anusitis) is a common symptom.
Nelson R.L.
Abcarian H.
Davis F.G.
Prevalence of benign anorectal disease in a randomly selected population.
The itching is usually centered around the sphincter, but may also involve the perineum and gluteal cleft. Pain and irritation are commonly associated complaints. Scant bleeding may be present, and some patients report a rash, although this is often difficult to self-identify.
The primary diagnostic tool is a careful physical examination of the perianal region for signs of poor hygiene and/or primary anal disorders. A specimen can be collected, if indicated. Options include skin scraping, punch biopsy, and transparent tape testing (Table 5).
Table 5Diagnostic testing options for pruritis ani
Used to Diagnose…
How to Obtain Sample
Skin scraping Candida or tinea infection Gently scrape the leading edge of a rash with a scalpel, collect skin flakes onto slide, treat with potassium hydroxide, visualize fungal or yeast elements with light microscopy
Punch biopsy Malignancy or primary dermatologic condition Infiltrate local anesthetic, stabilize the skin, apply firm pressure with 3 or 6 mm punch tool, squeeze the site and snip the peduncle with scissors, ensure hemostasis, send the specimen in buffered formalin (or other solution, depending on laboratory specifications and requested testing)
Transparent tape test Pinworm infection Drape clear tape around the end of a glass microscope slide with adhesive surface outwards, spread buttocks and gently dap slide on anus, flip tape so adhesive surface adheres to slide, visualize nematodes with light microscopy
The most common cause of pruritis ani is poor perianal hygiene with a cycle of itching and scratching (Box 7). This symptom is thus more common in the setting of fecal incontinence and various other primary anal disorders. There are numerous other diagnoses associated with anal itching, including dermatologic, infectious, and malignant etiologies.
Pruritis ani DDx
Poor perianal hygiene
Anal disorder
Prolapsing hemorrhoids
Dermatologic disorder
Lichen sclerosus
Fungus/yeast (tinea cruris or Candida)
Sexually transmitted infection (condyloma, herpes)
Enterobias vermicularis (pinworm)
Malignancy/neoplasia
Squamous cell neoplasia or carcinoma
The foundation of managing pruritis ani involves ensuring adequate perianal hygiene, including regular bathing with warm, soapy water. The area should be kept dry, and talcum powder can be applied if necessary. In the setting of significant skin breakdown or excoriations, a barrier ointment (eg, zinc oxide) can be applied. Topical steroids (eg, hydrocortisone 1% cream or ointment) can be used briefly for symptomatic relief. If present, an underlying cause should be confronted.
Also called procidentia, rectal prolapse classically presents with a large rectal mass. There is typically pain, bleeding, and fecal incontinence with difficulty maintaining anal hygiene. Most patients report difficulty with constipation and straining during bowel movements, but also suffer from incontinence.
Kairaluoma M.V.
Kellokumpu I.H.
Epidemiologic aspects of complete rectal prolapse.
Scand J Surg. 2005; 94: 207-210
Occasionally patients have complete outlet obstruction, and rarely they may have associated mucosal ulceration. Patients tend to be women, and the condition occurs more commonly with advancing age.
Rectal prolapse can be diagnosed purely on rectal examination and is characterized by circumferential mucosal folds, as opposed to radial folds seen in hemorrhoidal disease (Fig. 8). If necessary, the patient can be instructed to strain to elicit the prolapse. More advanced imaging techniques are rarely necessary.
Fig. 8Rectal prolapse.
The primary diagnosis to differentiate from rectal prolapse is large, protruding internal hemorrhoids, which can be differentiated based on the orientation of the mucosal folds.
Initial management for rectal prolapse involves manual reduction, which is particularly important if there is any concern for strangulation of the blood supply. Patients should be advised to avoid constipation by maintaining adequate hydration and fiber intake. Pelvic floor exercises (Kegels) may be suggested, although rigorous evidence of their benefit is lacking. Definitive management relies heavily upon surgical fixation, which can be accomplished through transabdominal (preferred) or transperineal approaches.
Practice parameters for the management of rectal prolapse.
Fargo M.V.
Latimer K.M.
Evaluation and management of common anorectal conditions.
Am Fam Physician. 2012; 85: 624-630
Anal problems are pervasive, embarrassing and vexing to patients. Primary care providers should be well versed in addressing these concerns, which uncommonly require referral for specialty care. Additionally, anal symptoms and findings may herald previously undiagnosed underlying illness.
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With rare exceptions, such as Augustus Saint-Gaudens's Robert Gould Shaw Memorial on Boston Common, historical monuments are not generally evaluated according to aesthetic standards. Rather, they represent markers—perhaps one should say combatants—in ongoing culture wars over how history should be remembered and what historical figures are worthy of veneration. Mostly, they reflect who has had the power to shape public memory.
There is nothing unusual about recent debates in the United States over the fate of such artifacts. Since the fall of communism in Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union, the dismantling of public monuments has happened with increasing frequency. Many Americans applauded when Muscovites toppled the statue of Felix Dzerzhinsky, a founder of the Soviet secret police, Ukrainians took down statues of Lenin and Stalin, and Hungary removed communist-era statues to an open-air museum outside of Budapest. Other examples have nothing to do with the end of the Cold War. The government of Taiwan has been actively removing statues and busts of Chiang Kai-shek, who dominated the island's politics for decades after fleeing the Chinese mainland in 1949 but is now seen as a tyrant. Who can forget the toppling of the statue of Saddam Hussein by American troops in 2003? Throughout the world, as regimes change, so do monuments. The powerful resistance to removing Confederate statues might make us wonder how far change in our own racial regime has progressed since the civil-rightsera—or the Civil War.
Nietzsche once identified three approaches to history: the monumental (history that glorifies the nation-state), the antiquarian (people seeking to reconstruct their family trees), and the critical ("the history that judges and condemns"). It is no doubt asking too much to expect public monuments to be critical in Nietzsche's sense, although in modern-day Germany not only have statues of Hitler and celebrations of the Third Reich been removed, but the public presentation of the past explicitly condemns this part of the country's history rather than attempting to sugarcoat it. (There is a German word for this process -- Vergangenheitsbewältigung — meaning roughly, coming to terms with, or honestly facing, history.) But one can demand basic accuracy, and many of our own public monuments fail this test.
In 1931, W. E. B. Du Bois commented on the proliferation of monuments to Confederate soldiers with inscriptions such as "Died Fighting for Liberty." It would be more honest, he observed, to offer the plain truth—"Sacred to the memory of those who fought to Perpetuate Human Slavery." To be sure, a few monuments did not beat about the bush. One commemorating the Battle of Liberty Place in New Orleans, an attempted coup d'état against the state's biracial Reconstruction government, referred directly to the effort to restore "white supremacy" and regain control of "our state." Clearly, "our" history did not include black Louisianans.
Public monuments tell us more about the moment of their creation than about the history they commemorate. Most of those honoring the Confederacy were erected between the 1890s and the 1920s. It is not a coincidence that these were the years when a new system of white supremacy, grounded in segregation, the disfranchisement of black voters, and widespread lynching, took hold in the South. The erasure of slavery from the story of the Civil War and a portrait of Reconstruction as an era of misgovernment caused by granting black men the right to vote were part of the intellectual legitimation of this system. Nostalgia for the Confederacy has always served the needs of the present. The flying of the Confederate flag over public buildings in the South only became widespread in the 1950s, not because of a sudden wave of historical consciousness but as a direct message to the developing civil-rights movement about where power resided in the segregated South. In 1962, the statue of a Confederate soldier on the University of Mississippi campus became a rallying point for those violently opposed to the admission of James Meredith as the school's first black student. The neo-Nazis and white nationalists who marched in Charlottesville last year to protest the possible removal of a statue of Robert E. Lee had no doubt as to what it symbolized. It was not simply competent generalship.
In my view, there is a line, no doubt difficult to define with precision, that separates monuments so offensive that there should be no place for them in the public square and those that might remain as reminders of history. The Battle of Liberty Place monument (taken down not long ago) and the numerous statues of Nathan Bedford Forrest (a major slave trader, a commander of Confederate troops who massacred black soldiers after they surrendered, and a founder of the Ku Klux Klan) are on the wrong side of the line. But more important is diversifying the public presentation of history. Some progress has been made of late. A statue (admittedly not easy to locate) of Denmark Vesey, who plotted a slave insurrection, was erected in Charleston. The National Park Service has inserted discussions of slavery into its Civil War sites, including Gettysburg, where, for years, visitors could learn the details of the battle but not what the solders were fighting about. A memorial to the thousands of Southern lynching victims has recently been unveiled in Alabama. But where are the statues of the black leaders of Reconstruction, the white Southerners who remained loyal to the Union, or anti-lynching crusaders? The problem today is not simply the existence of monuments to slaveholders and Confederate generals, but that the public presentation of history in the South is entirely one-dimensional. Ironically, the American public seems more comfortable commemorating the civil-rights movement than the struggle to abolish slavery. The movement has been absorbed into a feel-good narrative of our past whereby it represents the inexorable triumph of the ideals of the American Revolution, rather than, as Martin Luther King Jr. called it, a direct challenge to American values. Civil-rights tourism is big business. Some of these museums and monuments offer a sanitized account of the movement and the white response; others are remarkably candid. Birmingham, Alabama, commissioned a series of sculptures commemorating events in the city in 1963, including a dramatic depiction of snarling dogs, giving the visitor a vivid sense of what the demonstrators faced. It wasn't all Rosa Parks quietly refusing to give up her seat on a bus. Here is a model of sober commemoration, coupled with a sense of how deep was the resistance to change, that might well be emulated elsewhere.


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Import-Module -Name (Join-Path -Path $PSScriptRoot -ChildPath 'CarbonDscTest.psm1' -Resolve) -Force
$credential = New-Credential -User 'CarbonDscTestUser' -Password ([Guid]::NewGuid().ToString())
$tempDir = $null
$servicePath = $null
$serviceName = 'CarbonDscTestService'

function Start-TestFixture
{
    Start-CarbonDscTestFixture 'Service'
    Install-User -UserName $credential.UserName -Password $credential.GetNetworkCredential().Password
}

function Start-Test
{
    $tempDir = 'Carbon+{0}+{1}' -f ((Split-Path -Leaf -Path $PSCommandPath),([IO.Path]::GetRandomFileName()))
    $tempDir = Join-Path -Path $env:TEMP -ChildPath $tempDir
    New-Item -Path $tempDir -ItemType 'Directory' | Out-Null
    Copy-Item -Path (Join-Path -Path $PSScriptRoot -ChildPath '..\Service\NoOpService.exe') -Destination $tempDir
    $servicePath = Join-Path -Path $tempDir -ChildPath 'NoOpService.exe'
}

function Stop-Test
{
    Uninstall-Service -Name $serviceName
    if( (Test-Path -Path $tempDir -PathType Container) )
    {
        Remove-Item -Path $tempDir -Recurse
    }
}

function Stop-TestFixture
{
    Stop-CarbonDscTestFixture
}

function Test-ShouldGetExistingServices
{
    Get-Service | ForEach-Object {
        $resource = Get-TargetResource -Name $_.Name
        Assert-NoError
        Assert-NotNull $resource
        Assert-Equal $_.Name $resource.Name
        Assert-Equal $_.Path $resource.Path
        Assert-Equal $_.StartMode $resource.StartupType
        Assert-Equal $_.FirstFailure $resource.OnFirstFailure
        Assert-Equal $_.SecondFailure $resource.OnSecondFailure
        Assert-Equal $_.ThirdFailure $resource.OnThirdFailure
        Assert-Equal $_.ResetPeriod $resource.ResetFailureCount
        Assert-Equal $_.RestartDelay $resource.RestartDelay
        Assert-Equal $_.RebootDelay $resource.RebootDelay
        Assert-Equal $_.FailureProgram $resource.Command
        Assert-Equal $_.RunCommandDelay $resource.RunCommandDelay
        Assert-Equal (($_.ServicesDependedOn | Select-Object -ExpandProperty 'Name') -join ',') ($resource.Dependency -join ',') $_.Name
        if( (Test-Identity -Name $_.UserName) )
        {
            Assert-Equal (Resolve-Identity -Name $_.UserName).FullName $resource.UserName
        }
        else
        {
            Assert-Equal $_.UserName $resource.UserName
        }
        Assert-Null $resource.Credential
        Assert-DscResourcePresent $resource
    }
}

function Test-ShouldGetNonExistentService
{
    $name = [Guid]::NewGuid().ToString()
    $resource = Get-TargetResource -Name $name

    Assert-NoError
    Assert-NotNull $resource
    Assert-Equal $name $resource.Name
    Assert-Null $resource.Path
    Assert-Null $resource.StartupType
    Assert-Null $resource.OnFirstFailure
    Assert-Null $resource.OnSecondFailure
    Assert-Null $resource.OnThirdFailure
    Assert-Null $resource.ResetFailureCount
    Assert-Null $resource.RestartDelay
    Assert-Null $resource.RebootDelay
    Assert-Null $resource.Dependency
    Assert-Null $resource.Command
    Assert-Null $resource.RunCommandDelay
    Assert-Null $resource.UserName
    Assert-Null $resource.Credential
    Assert-DscResourceAbsent $resource
}

function Test-ShouldInstallService
{
    Set-TargetResource -Path $servicePath -Name $serviceName -Ensure Present
    Assert-NoError
    $resource = Get-TargetResource -Name $serviceName
    Assert-NotNull $resource
    Assert-Equal $serviceName $resource.Name
    Assert-Equal $servicePath $resource.Path
    Assert-Equal 'Automatic' $resource.StartupType
    Assert-Equal 'TakeNoAction' $resource.OnFirstFailure
    Assert-Equal 'TakeNoAction' $resource.OnSecondFailure
    Assert-Equal 'TakeNoAction' $resource.OnThirdFailure
    Assert-Equal 0 $resource.ResetFailureCount
    Assert-Equal 0 $resource.RestartDelay
    Assert-Equal 0 $resource.RebootDelay
    Assert-Null $resource.Dependency
    Assert-Null $resource.Command
    Assert-Equal 0 $resource.RunCommandDelay
    Assert-Equal 'NT AUTHORITY\NETWORK SERVICE' $resource.UserName
    Assert-Null $resource.Credential
    Assert-DscResourcePresent $resource
}

function Test-ShouldInstallServiceWithAllOptions
{
    Set-TargetResource -Path $servicePath `
                       -Name $serviceName `
                       -Ensure Present `
                       -StartupType Manual `
                       -OnFirstFailure RunCommand `
                       -OnSecondFailure Restart `
                       -OnThirdFailure Reboot `
                       -ResetFailureCount (60*60*24*2) `
                       -RestartDelay (1000*60*5) `
                       -RebootDelay (1000*60*10) `
                       -Command 'fubar.exe' `
                       -RunCommandDelay (60*1000) `
                       -Dependency 'W3SVC' `
                       -Credential $credential
    Assert-NoError
    $resource = Get-TargetResource -Name $serviceName
    Assert-NotNull $resource
    Assert-Equal $serviceName $resource.Name
    Assert-Equal $servicePath $resource.Path
    Assert-Equal 'Manual' $resource.StartupType
    Assert-Equal 'RunCommand' $resource.OnFirstFailure
    Assert-Equal 'Restart' $resource.OnSecondFailure
    Assert-Equal 'Reboot' $resource.OnThirdFailure
    Assert-Equal (60*60*24*2) $resource.ResetFailureCount
    Assert-Equal (1000*60*5) $resource.RestartDelay
    Assert-Equal (1000*60*10) $resource.RebootDelay
    Assert-Equal 'W3SVC' $resource.Dependency
    Assert-Equal 'fubar.exe' $resource.Command
    Assert-Equal (60*1000) $resource.RunCommandDelay
    Assert-Equal (Resolve-Identity -Name $credential.UserName).FullName $resource.UserName
    Assert-Null $resource.Credential
    Assert-DscResourcePresent $resource
}

function Test-ShouldUninstallService
{
    Set-TargetResource -Name $serviceName -Path $servicePath -Ensure Present
    Assert-NoError
    Assert-DscResourcePresent (Get-TargetResource -Name $serviceName)
    Set-TargetResource -Name $serviceName -Path $servicePath -Ensure Absent
    Assert-NoError
    Assert-DscResourceAbsent (Get-TargetResource -Name $serviceName)
}

function Test-ShouldRequirePathWhenInstallingService
{
    Set-TargetResource -Name $serviceName -Ensure Present -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
    Assert-Error -Last -Regex 'Path\b.*\bmandatory'
    Assert-DscResourceAbsent (Get-TargetResource -Name $serviceName)
}

function Test-ShouldTestExistingServices
{
    Get-Service | ForEach-Object {
        Assert-True (Test-TargetResource -Name $_.Name -Ensure Present)
        Assert-False (Test-TargetResource -Name $_.Name -Ensure Absent)
    }
}

function Test-ShouldTestMissingServices
{
    Assert-True (Test-TargetResource -Name $serviceName -Ensure Absent)
    Assert-False (Test-TargetResource -Name $serviceName -Ensure Present)
}

function Test-ShouldTestOnCredentials
{
    Set-TargetResource -Name $serviceName -Path $servicePath -Credential $credential -Ensure Present
    Assert-True (Test-TargetResource -Name $serviceName -Path $servicePath -Credential $credential -Ensure Present)
}

function Test-ShouldTestOnProperties
{
    Set-TargetResource -Name $serviceName -Path $servicePath -Command 'fubar.exe' -Ensure Present
    $testParams = @{ Name = $serviceName; }
    Assert-True (Test-TargetResource @testParams -Path $servicePath -Ensure Present)
    Assert-False (Test-TargetResource @testParams -Path 'C:\fubar.exe' -Ensure Present)

    Assert-True (Test-TargetResource @testParams -StartupType Automatic -Ensure Present)
    Assert-False (Test-TargetResource @testParams -StartupType Manual -Ensure Present)

    Assert-True (Test-TargetResource @testParams -OnFirstFailure TakeNoAction -Ensure Present)
    Assert-False (Test-TargetResource @testParams -OnFirstFailure Restart -Ensure Present)

    Assert-True (Test-TargetResource @testParams -OnSecondFailure TakeNoAction -Ensure Present)
    Assert-False (Test-TargetResource @testParams -OnSecondFailure Restart -Ensure Present)

    Assert-True (Test-TargetResource @testParams -OnThirdFailure TakeNoAction -Ensure Present)
    Assert-False (Test-TargetResource @testParams -OnThirdFailure Restart -Ensure Present)

    Assert-True (Test-TargetResource @testParams -ResetFailureCount 0 -Ensure Present)
    Assert-False (Test-TargetResource @testParams -ResetFailureCount 50 -Ensure Present)

    Assert-True (Test-TargetResource @testParams -RestartDelay 0 -Ensure Present)
    Assert-False (Test-TargetResource @testParams -RestartDelay 50 -Ensure Present)

    Assert-True (Test-TargetResource @testParams -RebootDelay 0 -Ensure Present)
    Assert-False (Test-TargetResource @testParams -RebootDelay 50 -Ensure Present)

    Assert-True (Test-TargetResource @testParams -Dependency @() -Ensure Present)
    Assert-False (Test-TargetResource @testParams -Dependency @( 'W3SVC' ) -Ensure Present)

    Assert-True (Test-TargetResource @testParams -Command 'fubar.exe' -Ensure Present)
    Assert-False (Test-TargetResource @testParams -Command 'fubar2.exe' -Ensure Present)

    Assert-True (Test-TargetResource @testParams -RunCommandDelay 0 -Ensure Present)
    Assert-False (Test-TargetResource @testParams -RunCommandDelay 1000 -Ensure Present)

    Assert-True (Test-TargetResource @testParams -UserName 'NetworkService' -Ensure Present)
    Assert-False (Test-TargetResource @testParams -Credential $credential -Ensure Present)
}

configuration DscConfiguration
{
    param(
        $Ensure
    )

    Set-StrictMode -Off

    Import-DscResource -Name '*' -Module 'Carbon'

    node 'localhost'
    {
        Carbon_Service set
        {
            Name = $serviceName;
            Path = $servicePath;
            Ensure = $Ensure;
        }
    }
}

function Test-ShouldRunThroughDsc
{
    & DscConfiguration -Ensure 'Present' -OutputPath $CarbonDscOutputRoot
    Start-DscConfiguration -Wait -ComputerName 'localhost' -Path $CarbonDscOutputRoot -Force
    Assert-NoError
    Assert-True (Test-TargetResource -Name $serviceName -Ensure 'Present')
    Assert-False (Test-TargetResource -Name $serviceName -Ensure 'Absent')

    & DscConfiguration -Ensure 'Absent' -OutputPath $CarbonDscOutputRoot
    Start-DscConfiguration -Wait -ComputerName 'localhost' -Path $CarbonDscOutputRoot -Force
    Assert-NoError
    Assert-False (Test-TargetResource -Name $serviceName -Ensure 'Present')
    Assert-True (Test-TargetResource -Name $serviceName -Ensure 'Absent')
}

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Pepsi is hiring the Giants to help score some touchdowns against Coke in their sports war.
Pepsi said it will use the team's "Big Blue" nickname and logo in stores and in ads as a tie- in with Pepsi's new blue can logo.
Coke has dominated the sports market for years with its promotional deals, but has lost some ground to Pepsi since last year.
Pepsi paid a whopping $200 million to the National Football League last year to be the official soft drink of the league for four years, said Terry Lefton, an editor at Sports Marketing Journal.
That pact opened the door for the Giants deal as well as an earlier deal with the Philadelphia Eagles.
Pepsi already has paid upwards of $200,000 each annually in the past few years to get sponsorship with 12 pro football teams, including the Dallas Cowboys. Coke has the bulk of the remaining 20 pro football teams.
"Coke has been backing down in team sponsorships lately as their sponsorship prices have risen, but it's more interested in the separate pouring rights at stadiums" said Lefton.


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Q: How do I delete the spaces (trailing and ending) using a python code This is my string "INDUSTRIAL, PARKS, PROPERTY"
I want to delete the spaces trailing parks, property.
I want the output as "INDUSTRIAL,PARKS,PROPERTY"

A: For your example you can do:
strr = "INDUSTRIAL, PARKS, PROPERTY"
','.join(strr.split(', '))

Otherwise if you have something like:
strr = "INDUSTRIAL, PARKS,    PROPERTY"
','.join([s.strip() for s in strr.split(', ')])

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فيلم Mei ren yu
Mei ren yu is a movie starring Chao Deng, Show Lo, and Yuqi Zhang. Shan, a mermaid, is sent to assassinate Xuan, a developer who threatens the ecosystem of her race, but ends up falling in love with him instead.
美人魚, 人魚姫, The Mermaid, Mỹ Nhân Ngư, Mei Ren Yu, As Travessuras de Uma Sereia, Syrena, 美人鱼
Comedy, Drama, Romance, Fantasy
Stephen Chow
Kan-Cheung Tsang, Ivy Kong, Chi Keung Fung, Stephen Chow, Zhengyu Lu, Si-Cheun Lee, Hing-Ka Chan, Miu-Kei Ho
Yuqi Zhang, Chao Deng, Yun Lin, Show Lo
Mermaid Shan is sent to kill Xuan in order to stop his project which threatens marine life and the entire mermaid race. This brings them into falling for each other which leads a hidden organisation into hunting them down. Eventually Xuan has to save Shan before it's too late...
Comments about comedy «Mei ren yu» (21)
Once again, the Chinese film industry has made a great movie, this time with the great Zhang Ziyi. I haven't seen the original, but I have seen a lot of other Chinese films of her, and she has really delivered for me. She has her moments in the movie. For instance, when she is captured by the Yuan family, it's a moment you can't take your eyes off. Her love for her husband is a bit too strong, but still she acts like a devoted wife. She acts really sad, but she is a true human being and she deserves to be treated as such. Her determination to find her husband is really remarkable. It's an incredible film, and I hope more people will see it. Zhang Ziyi, you really did a great job in this movie.
Patricia Hamilton
I had the fortune of seeing this film at the Baltimore Film Festival last week and I'm so glad I did. It was a great story that I felt would have been more powerful without the excessive sex scenes. It is an honest film, in that it is realistic and the acting is good. The story is about a woman who is separated from her husband. She turns to prostitution and ends up having a relationship with the manager of the club that she is working in. The relationship does not go very well and they come to terms with their differences. The film is about the social structure of prostitution and how the women work to find a way out. The lead character, Grace, is a survivor and works with other prostitutes to help them get out. The director did an excellent job with the use of slow motion, which has been done a few times in the past, but not many. The scene in the club is extremely effective and the way she dances and talks to the manager is powerful. The director also uses a lot of sound effects to convey the characters feelings. This film is one of the best films I have seen this year.
I loved this movie, although I wasn't expecting it to be this good. The story line was amazing, and the acting was superb. I could not stop watching. The animation was wonderful and the storyline was great. The only thing I didn't like was that I didn't really get to know the characters. However, I think this could be improved upon. I think I need to learn more about each of the main characters and how they lived. The main character I think I would like to learn more about is the husband. The children in the film were also wonderful. The children are going to be really famous. It is not just a movie, but I believe it is a very important movie. I am very excited to see what happens in the sequel. I also believe it is important to note that this movie is set in China. The characters were also very cute and realistic. I thought that the wife was the most realistic of the group. Although the husband was not very nice. The husband's family was not as typical as the other families. I think this movie was amazing. I highly recommend this movie to anyone who likes romantic movies. The characters are really amazing and I believe they should be recognized. The story line was very emotional, and the actors were amazing. I highly recommend this movie. I think this is a must see movie.
Catherine Collins
This movie was so awesome, especially the ending. I was amazed that even though it was a girl who played the "time keeper" role, the movie was called "Timekeeper" (Forget it, the movie's title is "Time Keeper") The movie has a funny and almost realistic way of making fun of what "power" is, and this movie has a really good ending. Also the "ghost" was very realistic and eerie. I recommend this movie to people who like funny and realistic movies. "Timekeeper" is a great movie and you'll get to know a very interesting and quirky character in the movie. I'm very happy that I saw this movie, I hope you'll like it too. 9/10
I was not able to find anything about this film in my local book shop, but I watched it when I found it and it was a fantastic movie. It is very romantic and has great acting from the lead actress, who I found very attractive. However, it is not as good as the first one, but I still think it is very good.
The movie is very interesting. A good way to begin a night with a good romantic movie. The plot is quite interesting, but the main thing about it is the acting. Leng Hui Li, as always, is fantastic, and also had some big problems on her face. It was really strange for me to watch it again. The next day, I watched it again, and she still did great in the movie. Although, she still had problems, and her face still did not look right. That was the most disappointing thing about it. Another great thing about it is the colors. The colors look beautiful and they make you feel warm inside. And also, the music is great, and the movie is very exciting. The movie ends with the main character dying. That is a major twist in the movie. I recommend this movie to all people who are looking for a good romantic movie. My rating: 9/10
The final episode of "Yuen Wo Tani" (2008) is a spectacular film about family, tradition, and sex. This film follows the same path as the first episode of the "Tani" trilogy. In "Yuen Wo Tani" family members gather for an annual ball for the girl who won the national tournament. It is also the last year for the boy, who has not played in a tournament for the past few years. At the end of the ball, his parents and siblings send him off to a nearby monastery. This is the first episode of "Yuen Wo Tani" and in it the family is trying to help the boy improve his abilities. This is an extremely beautiful and touching film that I really enjoyed watching. The acting was excellent, the story was very engaging, and the way the story was told was spectacular. I especially enjoyed the way the plot was told. I won't go into the plot or detail as I have already written a lengthy review of the movie. It is more of a review of the storytelling style. I highly recommend this film.
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If you are a fan of Haneke's previous films, like "Denial" or "L'enfer", you'll like "The Whispers". For Haneke's first effort, this is the perfect place to start. I mean, this is the same director who made the amazing "Das Experiment" and "Semi-Tenz". I mean, he made some very interesting films in the past, but "The Whispers" is by far his best film to date. The film is about the relation between two sisters. They are very close, they are sisters. However, one of them dies and there's no way they could stay friends. The plot centers on them trying to keep their friendship and keep their secrets to themselves. It's a very interesting plot that tells the story of a story that is very different from the typical Haneke film. It's a very surprising story. I recommend "The Whispers" to people who like weird movies. I think this is Haneke's best film to date. The film is very interesting and has a great story. 9/10.
Tiffany Hicks
This is a very good film that is very clever. In China, we have more and more realism in movies, and not a lot of action scenes like most American films. There are very few, but they're good. There are no smart talking, just good, powerful action scenes. I think they are not the only reason, because I also like the soundtrack and the whole feeling of the movie. I like the fact that this movie is really different from any other movie I have ever seen. It's a very good movie for me to watch. I will give it 9 out of 10.
I'm an Asian film buff, a film buff that is. I always look for something fresh, something that's unique and fresh. This is one of the most original films I've seen in a long time. The music is great, the acting is superb, the cinematography is breathtaking. What more can you ask for? It's truly one of the most original films I've seen. This is a truly remarkable film. It's one of those films that will keep you on the edge of your seat, as you wait for the next scene. It's very slow at times, but it is so good, it's one of those films that doesn't get old. Definitely one of the best films of the year.
This is one of my favorite films of all time. It was given me a chance to learn about my first love. The story is simple but I will give you my advice. It's better to take your time to watch it and let it come out as it's intended. If you miss the chance to do so, then you're missing a lot of great things in life.
When I first saw this movie, I didn't know anything about it. I just thought it was a cute movie and I didn't like it. But I just bought the DVD, and I'm really glad I did. This is the kind of movie I'll be watching over and over. It's a very funny movie, full of laughs. I really liked this movie, because it had a great plot and great characters. I think the actors were great, and they all looked cute and I like all the characters very much. I would recommend this movie to anyone. It's so cute and funny, but it's also a serious movie. I can't wait to see it again, and I think I'll buy the DVD when it comes out.
I went to see this movie with no idea of what to expect. I thought it was a romantic comedy. I was pleasantly surprised to discover it was a very different kind of movie, with a rich, mysterious, atmospheric plot and a great cast. I am always happy to see a new movie like this one. The story was excellent, very well developed and believable. The scenery was gorgeous and the costumes were very interesting. The movie kept me wondering for days after watching it. The cinematography was very well done, with the use of the scenic landscape and the best landscapes ever captured on film. It was truly a beautiful movie, and I am very happy to have seen it. It is definitely worth a watch.
Frances K.
Yi Shu Yuen has done a great job in The Unheard: the story is fantastic, the visuals are stunning, the story is compelling. I love the way it draws its audience in and pulls you in. The movie is a charming fantasy with a great sense of humor. I think I am gonna go to the theaters and see it again. Great job to Yi Shu Yuen.
We have many to choose from in this drama. We can have a story about the burdens and glory of death. Or we can have one about the teachings of the Buddha. Or we can have one about women. I find the story of this movie was very interesting. I really don't know why this movie has been so popular among all. I guess that the message is very important to many people. I really appreciate it. I think it's good that we have different views on the same subject.
Now here is a film that I never thought would be good, but I have watched it a few times. It is not perfect by any means but I do feel like I like it better than some of the rubbish we see these days. It's definitely worth a watch, just don't expect the magic of a James Bond movie. For a fantasy film this is pretty good. It doesn't have the big battle and special effects that we are used to in the genre but it is still quite good. It is a fantasy film in which the main character doesn't believe in magic but in his heart of hearts believes in the main character. He is not a hero but he is someone you can trust. This is an incredibly important theme for a film to present and it is something we don't see enough of in films these days. It's an interesting theme but the films that tackle it do it brilliantly and we can't blame them for it. The acting is fantastic. The lead is absolutely brilliant. It is so rare that I feel I can enjoy a film without seeing a lot of special effects but here it is just right. Even the monsters look real. If you are a fan of the genre you will definitely enjoy this. It's not great, but it's an enjoyable film. I give it 9/10.
I like this movie. The idea of the movie is pretty cool, and the script is good. It's hard to describe the story in a way that makes you understand it. If you like Taoism, you will love this movie. I've seen the movie a couple of times and I still love it. I think it's the most important movie I've ever seen. I like the idea of the movie, I love the script, I like the performances of the actors. I think this is the best movie that I've ever seen. If you're a Taoist or you want to know the meaning of Taoism, you should see this movie. If you're not a Taoist, I recommend that you see it. If you're a Taoist, you should see this movie. I think you should love this movie.
If you are like me and have seen the trailer for this film, you probably thought it was going to be some kind of 'silly and shallow film' and 'shallow and depressing'. But you are WRONG! It's quite the opposite. It's quite the opposite of that. It's very romantic, and full of humor. It's very touching. It's full of life, and it's full of life. It's full of laughter, and it's full of laughter. You can just watch the whole film and not find anything wrong with it. The only thing wrong with it is that you have to see it once, which is a bit of a hassle, but that's all. If you are like me and haven't seen the film yet, don't worry, you can still enjoy it. But you have to watch it once. Otherwise you will probably have a very hard time and will be very bored.
Bobby Schultz
I think this is the best film ever made in China. This film has more social and political commentary than any movie I've seen. I don't have enough words to describe this masterpiece. This film deals with issues such as crime, honor, art, and the value of each individual. The movie is also very funny. It makes you laugh out loud at the absurdity of the situation. This is definitely one of the most important Chinese films I have ever seen.
Megan P.
I'm going to be blunt here. I went into this movie thinking it was going to be a standard high school student flick. Well I was wrong. This movie is so much more than that. There's a little bit of everything in this movie. Some "cool" pop culture references, some wonderful existential angst, a bit of horror, a bit of action, a bit of romance. And I love it all. The movie itself has its own style that makes it enjoyable. It's lighthearted, but there's a certain sense of maturity and maturity that goes along with this movie. There are so many different sides to this movie that you can't help but enjoy it. There's some great moments in the movie that I'll never forget. There are some parts that will stay with you for a long time. It's a great movie, and it's one of my favorite movies. I highly recommend it. I'm also going to be frank and say that I am the least likely person to review a movie because I have a very low rating for the movie. It was one of the most fun movies I have ever seen and I'm so glad that I saw it. I was laughing the whole time I was watching it. I would recommend it to anyone.
One of the best movies I've seen. You have to believe that everything in this movie is real. The story and the characters are so realistic and it is very impressive how a film with this plot can be so real. When I saw it I wanted to see it again. I was so amazed. I didn't expect that the story would be so beautiful. If you like romantic movies, go and see this one. You won't regret it.
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TANGLED SOULS Love and Scandal among the Victorian Aristocracy
PRINCESS: THE EARLY LIFE OF QUEEN ELIZABETH II
DUCHESSES
THE VOICE FROM THE GARDEN
Prologue to The Voice From the Garden
My Writing and Other Lives
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Jane Dismore
TELEVISION & other visual media
PRINCESS The Early Life of Queen Elizabeth II was used as a source for a documentary for which Jane was filmed. Our Queen in Wartime, was made by the BBC for ITV, where it was broadcast on 22 April 2020. It was also shown (as The Queen in Wartime) on PBS on 5 May 2020 and on subsequent dates.
– In August 2018, Jane was filmed by the Anglophile Channel, the American TV channel for lovers of British culture and entertainment, in interview with Marlise Boland. They talked about her book PRINCESS: The Early Life of Queen Elizabeth II. The location was the Intercontinental Hotel, Park Lane, London, which stands on the site of the Queen's first home, 145 Piccadilly, to which her parents moved in June 1927. Watch here : 'PRINCESS' interview
RADIO INTERVIEWS, PROGRAMMES & PODCASTS
– In June 2021 Jane appeared on Shaun Attwood's royal special podcast (with her agent & fellow biographer Andrew Lownie) to talk about the Queen's early life in relation to current issues within the royal family, with reference to her book PRINCESS The Early Life of Queen Elizabeth II. Watch here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EyGD6uJ8fQ4
– She featured in the Better Known podcast in May 2019, talking to Ivan Wise about six things that should be better known. Her choices included two trailblazing women from the 19th/early 20th cent. and The Water-Babies by Charles Kingsley. Listen here: Podcast
– On 10 July 2018 Jane was interviewed live by Selina Mackenzie for Talk Radio Europe, to talk about PRINCESS. Link here
– She was interviewed live on BBC Radio Suffolk on 10 November 2015 as a sofa guest on Lesley Dolphin's show and invited to talk about her life and her books, which at that time were The Voice from the Garden and Duchesses: Living in 21st Century Britain.
– In October/November 2019, Jane presented the first series of The Book Programme for North Herts Radio, in which she chatted to fellow writers from the Society of Authors (Hertfordshire branch). Novelists and non-fiction writers talked about their work and played music which had impacted on them. Here (below left) she's recording the first programme, War Zone, with Allan Esler Smith & Hugh Bicheno, and the last programme (below right), with JD Davies and Patricia O'Sullivan, The Pleasure & the Pain of writing Non-fiction, in which Jane also talked about her own work. Other programmes were Writing Historical Fiction; Poetry Today; and A Story in the Making.
In early 2020 (just before the pandemic) Jane was involved with the second series, which was broadcast in August. She presented a business programme – 'Get that business going – it's easier than you think!' – in which she talked to three experts who've written books on the subject. (Below left, from front: Claudia Roth, Allan Esler Smith, Chris West, Jane.) Jane was also a contributor to the programme 'The Craft of Writing,' (below right), with presenter JS Watts, and Chris West & Jane O'Reilly.
– Jane has also written features for and presented on BFBS (British Forces Broadcasting Service) in Gibraltar.
– In February 2020 Jane was delighted to speak at the Bexley Book Buzz Literary Festival (below). Her venue was historic Hall Place, in the area in which she was brought up, and the room was the beautiful Tudor Kitchen, where a scene from The Crown was filmed – most appropriate because her talk was called From Bexley Girl to Royal Biographer.
– Jane was a speaker at the Berwick Literary Festival (below) in 0ctober 2018 on Royals, Rebels & Aristocrats: The Pleasure & the Pain of Writing about Britain's 'Blue-Blooded' families.
– She spoke at the first Hitchin Literary Festival, OpenBook, on 29 July 2017, held at the British Schools Museum, which was opened by the Lord Lieutenant of Hertfordshire. Her talk was Royals, Rebels and Aristocrats (below).
After going through their audition process, Jane was accepted by the Federation of Women's Institutes (WI) as an approved speaker for Hertfordshire and Bedfordshire, and has enjoyed fulfilling many engagements. The pandemic prevented 'live' talks taking place from March 2020 until mid-2021, but she was pleased to resume with a talk to Essenden WI in July 2021.
Jane has also given talks to other organisations, including libraries. In 2018 she spoke at Croxley Green and Hitchin libraries, on Other People's Lives: The Thrills and Spills of Being a Biographer, and during 2019 at Buntingford and Hertford, on Royals, Rebels & Aristocrats. She has also given talks to PROBUS and other social groups.
– On 13 January 2020, the Queen held 'summit talks' at Sandringham on the proposals made by the Duke & Duchess of Sussex for their new roles. The same day, Jane's letter to The Times was published (written in response to a column by a Times journalist).
– As author of the Suffolk-based book The Voice From the Garden: Pamela Hambro & the Tale of Two Families Before & After the Great War, Jane was invited by the Mayor of Ipswich to attend the grand reopening, after restoration, of the orangery and stable block at Holywells Park, Ipswich (the Cobbold brewing family's former estate), which took place on 18th July 2015.
(Above) The author with Pamela Hambro's (nee Cobbold) great nephew, Major Philip Hope-Cobbold (on left), and Anthony Cobbold of the Cobbold Family History Trust. (Below) Left: the restored orangery. Right: the redesigned stable block, where Pamela Hambro once kept her beloved horses.
– In December 2014, Jane was a speaker at a Yorkshire Post Literary Lunch, held at the Old Swan Hotel, Harrogate, where she talked about Duchesses: Living in 21st Century Britain (below):
– Also in December 2014, Jane attended a joint book signing event with the Duchess of Northumberland, one of the duchesses she interviewed for the book, at The Alnwick Garden at Alnwick Castle, Northumberland (below):
– In September 2014 Jane was invited to give a talk and book signing at Waterstones, St Albans for Duchesses: Living in 21st Century Britain (below).
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Awesome. Love the lighting and colors.


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Storm does not spare historic sites in Cedar Rapids, Marion
Aug. 13, 2020 8:00 am, Updated: Aug. 13, 2020 9:42 pm
Historical properties in the Cedar Rapids and Marion area did not escape damage from Monday's storm.
David Janssen, executive director of Brucemore Mansion, 2160 Linden Dr. SE, said most of the damage is to the 26-acre estate's landscaping, which 'has taken a body blow."
'That will be evident for a generation," Janssen said.
Janssen said 40 to 50 trees, from 75 to 100 years old, have been downed or snapped.
He said each of the seven historical buildings located on the estate took some damage. He said very few are in jeopardy of collapse.
'We did lose some roofing, some other materials," he said. 'There is a tree on the historic greenhouse, on the glass structure there. We also have a second, more modern greenhouse in the back that lost about 40 percent of its panels. A lot of the structure is damaged there."
Cedar Rapids historian Mark Stoffer Hunter said many other historic sites in Cedar Rapids also sustained damage.
The last surviving building of the old Sinclair meatpacking factory, at 705 16th Ave. SE, was at the top of Hunter's list. An third of the building, which was built in the 1870s, is collapsed Hunter said.
'It's probably one of the most significant to the city's history," Hunter said. 'It's just like Quaker Oats. Those two companies made Cedar Rapids the metropolis it is today ... That a significant historic loss."
Another historic location, the old Chandler Pump factory, founded in 1890 and located on 707 B Ave. NW, lost its roof and at least some of the second floor, Hunter said.
Hunter said St. Wenceslaus, 1224 Fifth St., had some damages to the church.
'There are some busted metal spiral elements on the higher part of the tower," he said. 'Some bricks also fell off."
He said the Glovik Parish Center also has major roof damage.
The current church, which was built in 1904, was heavily damaged during the 2008 flood. 'It's a second whammy," Hunter said.
The A.T. Averill house, 1120 Second Ave. SE, had roof damage and its tower is tilted, Hunter said. The house is one of Cedar Rapids' oldest and is on the National Registry of Historic Places.
Hunter said the Olmstead House, 1403 Second Ave. SE, had significant damage to its front porch. The home was designed by one of the architects who designed Brucemore.
The Czech School is fine, Hunter said, but an attached garage built in the 1930s has collapsed.
'They are both under the same address, but the much more historic Czech building itself is fine. The garage is a total loss. Thankfully, the school did not sustain damage," he said.
Abby Huff, executive director of Czech Village/New Bohemia Main Street District said two of the hardest hit and oldest buildings in Czech Village were Cafe Saint Pio and Lucky's on 16th.
'At Saint Dio, all of the windows were blown out on the first floor," Huff said. 'And it just went through a heavy rehab ... it was hard for us, it's really insane for us."
Huff said at Lucky's on 16th, the roof of the building was blown off.
'It came off the second floor portion and onto the first floor, so water was leaking into the building," Huff said.
'It's a bunch of things that nobody expected and after also being in a pandemic, it's not easy," Huff said. 'But we've done it before and we will do it again. Cedar Rapids is a resilient city."
The Granger House Victorian Museum, 970 10th St. in Marion, has significant damage from high winds. The roof blew off one section, said Adam Hyatt, the president of the museum.
'Hyatt said the ceiling still is intact and offers some protection to the interior of the building, though some water has been dripping on the inside the house.
'We did get some artifacts out of the house and into a safe place," Hyatt said. 'With the ceiling still standing, we got there early enough to move historical documents out of the way, Hopefully, everything is salvable."
In Uptown Marion, across from the Marion Public Library, one of two historic houses scheduled to be moved this week was severely damaged, said Joe Hill, owner of the property.
'The roof was completely blown off," Hill said.
The houses at 525 11th St. and 520 12th St. were built in the 1800s and sit on the property where the new Marion Public Library will be built. The current library suffered roof damage from the storm as well, City Manager Lon Pluckhahn said.
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The Brucemore mansion is seen from down the roadway surrounded by downed trees and debris in Cedar Rapids on Thursday, Aug. 13, 2020. (Andy Abeyta/The Gazette)
A greenhouse is seen having sustained significant damage at Brucemore in Cedar Rapids on Thursday, Aug. 13, 2020. (Andy Abeyta/The Gazette)
The 1912 green house is seen with a fallen tree leaning on it's roof at Brucemore in Cedar Rapids on Thursday, Aug. 13, 2020. (Andy Abeyta/The Gazette)
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David Wright made it into the Arizona Fall League HOF. Congrats to him. But this pic of him doesn't look like Wright.
It reminded me of something. You guys remember Steve Rogers in Captain America before the super soldier serum?
Every time I see David Wright in my mind, I think of the pic below.
I just help in the long run his health doesn't deteriorate any more.


Reflecting on what is being said and research using different sources indicates that a person with integrity's character and competence is reflected in their actions, particularly when this person is not in the presence of others to watch him. He is a person that respects himself and consequently respects others as well. She is a person that holds herself to universal norms and values and thus reflects this continually. To say that this is antiquated is a complete disconnection from our humanity and in the same breath a tear in our integrity as human being!
Taking into account that none of us are perfect, another aspect of integrity is that the person edifies others and is also ready to correct any conscious or unconscious action that leaves a doubt behind or that makes someone else feel offended. It is a person that in most circumstances is conscious of their feeling, thinking, and doing.
In the case this person's actions do not match the criteria mentioned here, it is said that this person lacks integrity. You either have integrity or you do not. It is not a question of you have a little bit or you have a lot of integrity. Doing what is right despite not being seen, is a fundamental aspect of integrity.
Maybe the following question may help illustrate further: If you are faced with new information, which allows you to see that you have been participating in something destructive to humanity, your humanity, without your knowledge, what new choice do you make? Do you align with that which is Divine and say no more, withdrawing your consent? Or do you make a justification for going along with it for personal gain, moving from unconscious consent into conscious consent?
My concern with the latest developments in our community motivates me and as a member of this community I choose to contribute and bringing clarity on any matter or confusion that is relevant from which a healthy development can persevere, otherwise, anyone, becomes and does whatever, and then everything becomes a mess. I choose to stand up and do this, because the world is not dangerous because of the people who are evil. The world is dangerous because of the people that continuously choose to do nothing about it! Evil can also be unsuspecting little deeds that eventually amount to consequences we will regret.
Countries that progress have realized that integrity, transparency and the fight against corruption should be part of the culture of the community, and thus should be inculcated as a fundamental value in the community through schooling. In this way more and more people would be able to discern what integrity is for themselves. If you and I do not stand up for our community, if we do not stand up for our family and friends, if we do not stand up, who will stand up for you or us? And if all that is lost eventually, what is the purpose of life?