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Vol 4 No 2 (2019): Pain medicine /
Problem article
Neuropathic pain: mechanisms of development, principles of diagnostics and treatment
Dmytro Dmytriiev National Pirogov Memorial Medical University, Vinnytsia, Ukraine
Pylyp Prudius Vinnytsia Regional Clinical Highly Specialized Endocrinological Center
Olesia Zaletskaya National Pirogov Memorial Medical University, Vinnytsia, Ukraine
Yevhen Lisak National Pirogov Memorial Medical University, Vinnytsia, Ukraine
Yurii Rudnitsky Vinnytsia Regional Clinical Highly Specialized Endocrinological Center
Nadiia Korenchuk Vinnytsia Regional Clinical Highly Specialized Endocrinological Center
DOI: https://doi.org/10.31636/pmjua.v4i2.1
Keywords: pain, neuropathic pain, sensitization, diabetic peripheral neuropathy, analgesia
Neuropathic pain is a pain caused by a disease or focal damage to the somatosensory nervous system. The prevalence of chronic pain with neuropathic features in different countries is estimated at 7–10 %. Damages to the nervous system can occur at the level of peripheral nerves, plexus and dorsal roots (peripheral neuropathic pain) or spinal cord and brain (central neuropathic pain). Neuropathic pain is based on pathological activation of pain pathways. Neuropathic pain occurs with diabetic polyneuropathy more often than with all polyneuropathies of another etiology. Hyperglycemia is the major cause of chronic diabetes mellitus and its progression. Since the cause of pain can rarely be cured, treatment is usually symptomatic. Neuropathic pain is generally poorly controlled by analgesics. NB management is started with conservative pharmacotherapy before applying invasive analgesia. Although there are many drugs that can be used in patients with DPN, monotherapy can not always stop pain syndrome. In addition, the patient may not tolerate the full therapeutic dose of the drug. All this dictates the need for combination therapy.
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NBCUniversal appoints film studio chief as new CEO
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Comcast has named the executive who has overseen its Universal film studio as new chief executive of parent NBCUniversal, replacing Steve Burke, who will retire after the upcoming Summer Olympics in Tokyo.
Jeff Shell, whose role recently expanded to include oversight of the media group's film and network television businesses after several years overseeing Universal Pictures, will assume the helm at NBCUniversal at the start of next year when Mr Burke, 61, moves to become chairman.
Mr Burke — who oversees a portfolio that includes the NBC broadcast network, Universal theme parks and cable channels like MSNBC — is set to retire on August 14, at which time Mr Shell will begin reporting directly to Comcast chief executive Brian Roberts.
"I will miss Steve's trusted partnership, and I know I speak for both myself and my late father Ralph when I say that we will be forever grateful to him for shaping first Comcast and then NBCUniversal into the great companies they are today," Mr Roberts said.
Mr Burke has been credited with increasing profits at NBCUniversal — taking its adjusted earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation from $3.4bn to $8.6bn since Comcast snapped up NBCUniversal in 2011 through last year. Under Mr Burke's leadership, the company also won the broadcast rights for the Olympics through 2032.
NBC has been the only major network to maintain its viewership amid an onslaught of original programming from streaming rivals Netflix and Amazon Prime. Amazon poached Jennifer Salke from NBC Entertainment in 2019 to run its Studios division in Hollywood.
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Mr Burke has been readying to launch Peacock, a streaming service to compete with Netflix, Prime, Disney+, Apple TV+ and Hulu, in April.
In January, NBCUniversal unveiled a host of high-level executive changes, which at the time was seen as setting up a battle between Mr Shell and Mark Lazarus who oversees the broadcast network.
Mr Burke said in a statement on Monday that "while this has been a dream job, it has always been my plan to hand off the baton at the right moment and move on to the next chapter of my life where I can pursue a different set of interests."
Comcast shares, which are up 29 per cent year-to-date, climbed 0.9 per cent to $43.99.

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Baker-Polito Administration Announces Implementation Of CARES Act Unemployment Benefits For Self-Employed & Gig Economy Workers
April 20, 2020 April 20, 2020 editor Baker-Polito Administration, CARES Act, Coronavirus Aid Relief and Economic Security Act (CARES), gig economy, Self-employed, Unemployment
BOSTON – The Baker-Polito Administration announced today, April 20, that Massachusetts residents who are not eligible for regular unemployment benefits can now apply online for the new Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) program.
The new federal PUA program provides up to 39 weeks of unemployment benefits who are unable to work because of a COVID-19-related reason but are not eligible for regular or extended unemployment benefits.
This includes self-employed workers, independent contractors, gig economy workers, and those with limited work history. Applicants can learn more and apply at www.mass.gov/pua.
"As a Commonwealth, we are committed to doing everything in our power, and moving as urgently as possible to get workers impacted by the COVID-19 crisis the benefits they deserve," said Governor Charlie Baker. "With the implementation of this new federal benefit program, we can better support workers not normally covered by the unemployment system like those who are self-employed or work in the gig economy."
"The COVID-19 pandemic has upended the lives of workers across the Commonwealth, and our Administration is doing everything we can to help," said Lt. Governor Karyn Polito. "The implementation of the Pandemic Unemployment Assistance program in Massachusetts is another important step in our efforts to help those who are economically disrupted by this virus."
To be eligible for this new program, individuals must provide self-certification that they are otherwise able and available to work but are prevented from doing so by circumstances relating to COVID-19, including their own illness or that of a family member.
Those able to telework with pay and individuals receiving paid sick or other leave will not qualify for PUA.
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Also, those working fewer hours, resulting in a loss of income due to COVID-19, who are not eligible for regular unemployment benefits may be eligible for PUA.
"It is vital that our workforce gets the resources and help they need during this critical time," said Secretary of Labor and Workforce Development Rosalin Acosta. "I'm proud of everything our team is doing to rapidly implement new programs, and ensure that as many eligible workers as possible get some relief."
The federal CARES Act signed into law on March 27 created PUA, as well as another temporary federal program called Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation (FPUC) that provides an additional $600 weekly benefit for those receiving unemployment benefits or PUA.
FPUC provides that additional benefit through July 25, 2020. The Commonwealth announced implementation of FPUC earlier this month.
All approved PUA applications will initially receive the minimum weekly benefit amount, plus the additional $600 FPUC weekly benefit. Once a worker's wages are verified, weekly benefit amounts may increase. The amount of PUA benefits received is based on the individual's reported previous income. PUA benefits may not be more than the state's maximum weekly benefit rate for regular unemployment, which is $823 in Massachusetts.
Weekly benefits, including any increase to your weekly benefit amount, will be retroactive to January 27, 2020, or the date when you became unemployed, whichever is more recent, as long as you became unable to work because of a COVID-19 related reason.
PUA Application Process:
To apply, individuals must provide their Social Security number or US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) number if not a citizen of the United States, and their wage records for 2019, which includes 1099 forms, pay stubs, or bank statements. Applicants will also need the Social Security numbers and dates of birth for dependent children and, if requesting direct deposit for payment, your bank account and routing numbers. A full list of required documents is available at www.mass.gov/pua.
Please note that, initially, the system can only pay benefits retroactively to the week ending March 14, 2020.
Eligible workers will be able to certify for benefits, and will be able to request benefits retroactively to January 27, 2020, if their dates of unemployment make them eligible.
Individuals who are determined ineligible for PUA will receive a written disqualification along with information on how to pursue an appeal. Additional information about the appeals process will be separately posted at a later date. Please visit www.mass.gov/dua for the latest information
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In an enchanted garden, a pear tree blossoms beside a blooming rose bush. Not fully woman, not fully child, Petite Chérie picks a pear from the tree and discovers the tenderness of a kiss between flower and fruit. A fragrance to embrace.
Pears cannot ripen alone. So we ripened together.


In the last six months, and contrary to my better instincts, I have had occasion to peer at the new opposition in action, especially its esteemed leader. Clearly, something is terribly wrong. It could be the operation of synapses is suffering, or touch with reality has been lost. Or, worse yet, the perpetuation of the tricks of master illusionists is so far gone that there is trouble separating themselves (and reality) from those same patently silly tricks. A few examples should help.
Crime and security is a serious problem say the opposition and its strongman, who is the only one trusted to speak on anything. Did this problem mushroom overnight in the last half year? Or is it not more accurately a sharp reflection of the failed policies, lacklustre efforts and accumulated sordid history of the last two decades? I say it is the latter.
Next, the opposition now trumpets about parliamentary democracy. It makes for a furious sound bite to the uninitiated. That is, until one remembers the bills not assented to by the former shadow president, now reincarnated in the role of opposition leader. If that did not make a mockery of parliamentary proceedings and the people's will, then I don't know what does. Of course, it is unsurprising that political amnesia and distorted reality have become the new order of the day. How quickly men forget! How much more quickly they wish the rest of us to forget.
But if there is one issue that conveys the full breadth of the master illusionists' performance of the opposition is when it blows hard about corruption. For the PPP to talk of (anti) corruption is an incredible hypocrisy.
As said before, the master illusionists have become trapped in the throes of the tricks through which they tormented this nation.


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If you are a frequent reader of the::unwired, you know that I love to use Orb and similar services (like remote programming my Media Center) from my Windows Mobile devices. Nothing is that convenient as you access your complete music and video collection from your Windows Mobile devices. However, there is also another service/product available called Slingbox.
The simple silver device looks suspiciously like a gigantic chocolate bar, but the technology inside is truly sweet. This award-winning gadget is a breakthrough device that enables you to watch and control your living room television programming from anywhere by turning any Internet-connected laptop or PC into a personal television.
With a wave of a virtual magic wand, Slingbox placeshifts the television signal from your source device to your PC – located at home or 3,000 miles away – via the Internet. Thanks to the Slingbox, you can enjoy your home TV programming wherever you are – the office, a hotel room, your garden, even the bathroom – anywhere there is an Internet connection. You truly can watch and control your television anytime, anywhere – the power is in your hands.
The SlingPlayer software works hand-in-hand with the hardware in the Slingbox to allow you to watch and control your TV on your computer. SlingRemote in SlingPlayer gives you full control over virtually any A/V device, from changing channels and viewing recorded content to fast-forwarding or setting up a season pass. So while your TV and Slingbox sit at home, you can be out and about with SlingPlayer.
Like with the PC client also the Windows Mobile client features fast and convenient access to all your different channels and you can switch through the channels just by clicking the proper icon (left picture). In addition, you can watch TV full screen (right picture). The EVDO connection was good enough to stream the TV to the Pocket PC, no drop outs, it just worked fluently.
The Windows Mobile clients for Pocket PC and Smartphone should be released early next year and hey, if you are not located in the US but you want to use the SlingBox as well, I have another good news for you: the SlingBox is coming to Europe and Asia too and could become available in 1st quarter next year already! And I can tell you that I want one too!


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Dana Holgorsen has left the Big 12
West Virginia head coach Dana Holgorsen, left, gives instructions to quarterback Jack Allison (11) during the second half of the Camping World Bowl NCAA college football game against Syracuse Friday, Dec. 28, 2018, in Orlando, Fla. (AP Photo/John Raoux)
By Associated Press; Nicole Feyh |
Posted: Wed 7:47 PM, Jan 02, 2019
(AP) -- Houston hired West Virginia's Dana Holgorsen as its coach Wednesday, ending his eight-year run with the Mountaineers.
Holgorsen was 61-41 and 33-30 in the Big 12 as he helped guide West Virginia through the transition from the Big East. Houston competes in the American Athletic Conference, which was formed from the remnants of Big East football after it was torn apart by realignment earlier this decade.
Holgorsen spent two seasons as Houston's offensive coordinator in 2008-09, when it was in Conference USA, before serving a season in the same position under Mike Gundy at Oklahoma State in 2010.
"We are thrilled to welcome Dana back to Houston as the next leader of our football program. His offensive acumen with an emphasis on student-athlete development, on and off the field, is a perfect fit for our program, university and city," athletic director Chris Pezman said.
Houston fired coach Major Applewhite on Sunday after two underwhelming seasons. Applewhite, who took a school-friendly deal in 2016 to replace Tom Herman, went 15-11.
Holgorsen is making a unique move, leaving a Power Five school for one outside the high revenue conferences. No coach has willingly made that move since the College Football Playoff was established in 2014.
But Holgorsen was in a tricky spot at West Virginia. He had probably has most talented team in Morgantown, West Virginia, this season. Led by quarterback Will Grier, the Mountaineers were in contention for a Big 12 title and playoff spot entering November.
They fell short of a spot in the Big 12 title game, losing to Oklahoma at home in the regular-season finale to finish 8-3. With Grier and star offensive tackle Yodny Cajuste sitting out, the Mountaineers lost the Camping World Bowl to Syracuse last week. West Virginia is facing a significant rebuild next season with Grier, Cajuste, star receiver David Sills V and linebacker David Long all headed to the NFL.
Houston has been trying to work its way into a Power Five conference, preferably the Big 12, and is hoping Holgorsen can help make them a viable option in a process in which the school has little control.
Holgorsen is two years into a contract that runs through the 2021 season and pays him $3.5 million per year. Houston will owe West Virginia a $1 million buyout.
"I want to thank coach Holgorsen for his eight years at West Virginia," West Virginia athletic director Shane Lyons said. "Our national search for his replacement has already begun, and I know it will be a successful one."
Holgorsen initially was hired as West Virginia's offensive coordinator and head coach-in waiting in December 2010. Fans were never fully enamored with Holgorsen after he replaced the popular Bill Stewart at the start of the 2011 season. A month after an intoxicated Holgorsen was escorted out of a West Virginia casino, he was named Stewart's replacement after a former sports writer said Stewart approached him shortly after Holgorsen's hiring to "dig up dirt" on his eventual successor.
Inheriting players recruited by Stewart, West Virginia beat Clemson 70-33 in the Orange Bowl after the 2011 season to finish 10-3. Holgorsen was given a five-year contract extension at the end of the 2016 regular season, when WVU also went 10-3.
Special Teams Player of the Year Youngblood leads K-State, KU All-Big 12 honorees
K-State holds off Iowa State 27-17 in 'Farmageddon'
No. 11 Baylor routs Kansas 61-6
100-yard kickoff return sparks K-State past Texas Tech 30-27
Iowa State rallies to top Kansas 41-31
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Sasha Dugdale's work featured in PN Review comprises three contributions of poetry, one article, and six reviews, over a period of 16 years. Also available are three reviews of Sasha Dugdale's work and one interview with Sasha Dugdale.


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Chocolate Cake →
water crises
Last year, news broke that Nestlé, the largest bottled water producer in the world, had been extracting water from the drought-stricken San Bernardino National Forest on a permit that was supposed to expire in 1988 — and hadn't been re-evaluated by the U.S. Forest Service in nearly 40 years!
Now, the Forest Service is proposing to renew Nestlé's permit for another five years, even as drought conditions persists in the western U.S.1
That's unacceptable. But our pressure can make a difference. The latest Forest Service plan comes after intense public pressure on the agency, including petitions from more than 190,000 CREDO activists. In a major step forward, the proposal triggers a re-evaluation of the impact of Nestlé's water withdrawals under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). We have to make sure the review is as comprehensive as possible, which will show that Nestlé's water extraction must be put to a stop.
Tell the U.S. Forest Service: Conduct a comprehensive review and put a stop to Nestlé's water extraction in the San Bernardino National Forest. Submit a comment now.
Nestlé has been taking a self-reported 25 million gallons a year from the forest's Strawberry Creek — which is only at 10 percent of its 90—year average level.2 As the water level drops over the summer, Nestlé's continued withdrawals pose a risk to the creek ecosystem by making water levels even lower.
Incredibly, Nestlé pays only $524 (yes, five hundred and twenty four dollars!) each year to draw out the tens of millions of gallons it sells to the public under the Arrowhead Mountain label.
But this isn't just about Nestlé or the San Bernardino National Forest — it's a symbol of a much deeper problem in federal lands management that continues to prioritize corporate profits over protecting and preserving public resources.
Sally Jewell, secretary of the Department of the Interior, recently laid out a vision for re-evaluating our federal lands management to prioritize protection and preservation.3 But the U.S. Forest Service, which is under the Department of Agriculture, controls a full 25 percent of federal lands.
Pushing for the Forest Service to stop rubber-stamping Nestlé's corporate water profiteering sends an important signal in the fight to preserve our public lands and resources.
Submit a comment now urging the Forest Service to stop Nestlé's water extraction.
Thank you speaking out.
Elijah Zarlin, Director of Climate Campaigns
CREDO Action from Working Assets
Add your name:
"Agency proposes 5-year Nestle bottled water permit," Desert Sun News, 3/18/16.
"After years, review of Nestle water permit to begin," Desert Sun News, 8/24/15.
"Interior Secretary Sally Jewell is calling for 'a major course correction' in the way the nation conserves its public lands," Associated Press, 4/19/16.
The questions is: What happens when a military superpower and 1,5 billion desperate people start running out of water?
Future Impact of Climate Change Visible Now in Yemen
Water conflict is a term describing a conflict between countries, states, or groups over an access to water resources.[1][2][3] The United Nations recognizes that water disputes result from opposing interests of water users, public or private.[4]
A wide range of water conflicts appear throughout history, though rarely are traditional wars waged over water alone.[5] Instead, water has historically been a source of tension and a factor in conflicts that start for other reasons. However, water conflicts arise for several reasons, including territorial disputes, a fight for resources, and strategic advantage.[6] A comprehensive online database of water-related conflicts—the Water Conflict Chronology—has been developed by the Pacific Institute.[7] This database lists violence over water going back nearly 5,000 years.
These conflicts occur over both freshwater and saltwater, and both between and within nations. However, conflicts occur mostly over freshwater; because freshwater resources are necessary, yet limited, they are the center of water disputes arising out of need for potable water and irrigation.[8] As freshwater is a vital, yet unevenly distributed natural resource, its availability often impacts the living and economic conditions of a country or region. The lack of cost-effective water supply options in areas like the Middle East,[9] among other elements of water crises can put severe pressures on all water users, whether corporate, government, or individual, leading to tension, and possibly aggression.[10] Recent humanitarian catastrophes, such as the Rwandan Genocide or the war in Sudanese Darfur, have been linked back to water conflicts.[1]
A recent report "Water Cooperation for a Secure World" published by Strategic Foresight Group concludes that active water cooperation between countries reduces the risk of war. This conclusion is reached after examining trans-boundary water relations in over 200 shared river basins in 148 countries,[11] though as noted below, a growing number of water conflicts are sub-national.
No Wars for Water
Why Climate Change Has Not Led to Conflict
By Shlomi Dinar, Lucia De Stefano, James Duncan, Kerstin Stahl,
Why global water shortages pose threat of terror and war
From California to the Middle East, huge areas of the world are drying up and a billion people have no access to safe drinking water. US intelligence is warning of the dangers of shrinking resources and experts say the world is 'standing on a precipice'
Perhaps this chapter from THE WORLD'S WATER Volume 8 The Biennial Report on Freshwater Resources will be of interest (you should have heard of this book – The World's Water is the most comprehensive and up-to-to date source of information and analysis on freshwater resources.)
The Syrian Conflict and the Role of Water
'Starting in 2006, however, and lasting into 2011, Syria experienced a multi-season extreme drought and agricultural failures, described by Shahrzad Mohtadi as the "worst long-term drought and most severe set of crop failures since agricultural civilizations began in the Fertile Crescent many millennia ago" (Mohtadi 2012).
Robert Worth of the New York Times noted that this drought contributed to a series of social and economic dislocations (Worth 2010). The United Nations estimated that by 2011, the drought was affecting 2–3 million people, with 1 million driven into food insecurity. More than 1.5 million people—mostly agricultural workers and family farmers—moved from rural regions to cities and temporary settlements near urban centers, especially on the outskirts of Aleppo, Hama, Homs, Damascus, and Dara'a.
A research paper published in 2012 suggested that climate change is already beginning to influence long-term droughts in the region including Syria by reducing winter rainfall (Hoerling et al. 2012). That study suggests that winter droughts are increasingly common and that human-caused climate change is playing a role. Martin Hoerling of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Earth System Research Laboratory, one of the study's authors, stated, "The magnitude and frequency of the drying that has occurred is too great to be explained by natural variability alone" (NOAA 2011).
If the international community wants to reduce the risks of local and international political conflicts and violence over water, more effort will have to be put into recognizing these risks and improving the tools needed to reduce them. '
other reports have also shown the link between climate change and the war in Syria. For example,
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2015/03/150302-syria-war-climate-change-drought/
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/climate-change-hastened-the-syrian-war/
http://www.pnas.org/content/112/11/3241.abstract
the last of these states 'We conclude that human influences on the climate system are implicated in the current Syrian conflict.'
A leading panel of retired generals and admirals, the CNA Corporation Military Advisory Board, recently labeled the impacts of climate change "catalysts for conflict" in vulnerable regions. The Pentagon concluded similarly in last year's Quadrennial Defense Review that the effects of climate change are "threat multipliers," enabling terrorism and other violence by aggravating underlying societal problems.
The CNA report states:
'The nature and pace of observed climate changes—and an emerging scientific consensus on their projected consequences—pose severe risks for our national security. During our decades of experience in the U.S. military, we have addressed many national security challenges, from containment and deterrence of the Soviet nuclear threat during the Cold War to political extremism and transnational terrorism in recent years. The national security risks of projected climate change are as serious as any challenges we have faced. '
The Pentagon report states:
'Climate change poses another significant challenge for the United States and the world at large. As greenhouse gas emissions increase, sea levels are rising, average global temperatures are increasing, and severe weather patterns are accelerating. These changes, coupled with other global dynamics, including growing, urbanizing, more affluent populations, and substantial economic growth in India, China, Brazil, and other nations, will devastate homes, land, and infrastructure. Climate change may exacerbate water scarcity and lead to sharp increases in food costs. The pressures caused by climate change will influence resource competition while placing additional burdens on economies, societies, and governance institutions around the world. These effects are threat multipliers that will aggravate stressors abroad such as poverty, environmental degradation, political instability, and social tensions – conditions that can enable terrorist activity and other forms of violence.'
and on the Turkana in northern Kenya:
Tropic of Chaos: Climate Change and the New Geography of Violence (chapters 4-6 look at Kenya)
http://www.amazon.com/Tropic-Chaos-Climate-Geography-Violence/dp/1568587295
Climate Change and the Turkana and Merille Conflict
http://www1.american.edu/ted/ice/turkana-merille.htm
Climate Change and Violent Conflict in Kenya: A Two-way Relationship.
http://www.researchgate.net/publication/262984122_Climate_Change_and_Violent_Conflict_in_Kenya_A_Two….
The video here might also help http://e360.yale.edu/feature/when_the_water_ends_africas_climate_conflicts/2331/
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Trek with us through the jungles of the Riviera Maya as we visit some very special sites of this area of Mexico. We'll start out with a visit to the Punta Laguna Monkey Reserve, a sanctuary for howler monkeys and spider monkeys. See the monkeys in their natural habitat, screeching and swinging from the treetops. A real treat for any visitor to the tropical rain forest! We'll ride a zip line over a crystal-clear laguna, then canoe back before ending with a Mayan ceremony made by a shaman of the community. Then we'll cool off with a rappel and swim in a sacred Mayan cenote.
After a delicious Mayan lunch in a local restaurant near Coba lake, we'll tour the Coba Mayan Ruins, the largest of the Mayan cities of the Yucatan, not yet fully excavated. We'll rent bicycles and ride through the jungle to the spectacular Nohoch-Mul. Here you'll have opportunity to climb the great pyramid, where you will be treated to vast vistas of rain forest with the Caribbean Sea beyond.
Take a guided tour of the Coba Mayan Ruins!
See areas "off the beaten track" at Coba!
Take a swim in a Mayan Cenote!
Visit the Monkey Reserve and see monkeys!
Ride a Zip Line over a crystal-clear lagoon!
When: Tuesdays and Fridays at 7:00 AM. We can do a private tour for 4 or more people on any day.
Prices are Per Person, in U.S. Dollars and include all taxes. Transportation Fees are paid in cash on the day of the trip. You don't have to pay this fee if meeting the tour in Tulum.
There is no pick-up for hotels north of Puerto Morelos, including Cancun, Moon Palace and Playa Mujeres. People staying north of Puerto Morelos can meet the tour in Puerto Morelos.
How Long: 10 Hours Approximately, including Transportation.
Kids: All ages are welcome. Kids under 3 years old are free.
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Cruise Passengers: This tour is not compatible with most cruise ship schedules. See Coba Express.
If you want to book a private tour, please call us at 1-866-728-1438.


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package ghidra.dbg.target;

import java.util.*;
import java.util.concurrent.CompletableFuture;

import ghidra.dbg.DebuggerObjectModel;
import ghidra.dbg.util.PathUtils;
import ghidra.dbg.util.PathUtils.PathComparator;

public class TargetObjectPath implements Comparable<TargetObjectPath> {
	protected final DebuggerObjectModel model;
	protected final List<String> keyList;
	protected final int hash;

	public TargetObjectPath(DebuggerObjectModel model, List<String> keyList) {
		this.model = model;
		this.keyList = keyList;
		this.hash = Objects.hash(model, keyList);
	}

	@Override
	public boolean equals(Object obj) {
		if (this == obj) {
			return true;
		}
		if (!(obj instanceof TargetObjectPath)) {
			return false;
		}
		TargetObjectPath that = (TargetObjectPath) obj;
		return this.getModel() == that.getModel() &&
			Objects.equals(this.getKeyList(), that.getKeyList());
	}

	@Override
	public int hashCode() {
		return hash;
	}

	@Override
	public int compareTo(TargetObjectPath that) {
		if (this == that) {
			return 0;
		}
		DebuggerObjectModel thisModel = this.getModel();
		DebuggerObjectModel thatModel = that.getModel();
		if (thisModel != thatModel) {
			if (thisModel == null) {
				return -1;
			}
			if (thatModel == null) {
				return 1;
			}
			int result = thisModel.toString().compareTo(thatModel.toString());
			if (result == 0) {
				return Integer.compare(
					System.identityHashCode(thisModel),
					System.identityHashCode(thatModel));
			}
			return result;
		}
		return PathComparator.KEYED.compare(this.getKeyList(), that.getKeyList());
	}

	@Override
	public String toString() {
		return String.format("<%s in %s>", toPathString(), model);
	}

	public DebuggerObjectModel getModel() {
		return model;
	}

	public List<String> getKeyList() {
		return keyList;
	}

	public String name() {
		return PathUtils.getKey(keyList);
	}

	public String index() {
		return PathUtils.getIndex(keyList);
	}

	public boolean isRoot() {
		return keyList.isEmpty();
	}

	public CompletableFuture<TargetObject> fetch() {
		return model.fetchModelObject(getKeyList()).thenApply(obj -> obj);
	}

	public String toPathString() {
		return PathUtils.toString(keyList);
	}

	public TargetObjectPath parent() {
		List<String> pkl = PathUtils.parent(keyList);
		return pkl == null ? null : new TargetObjectPath(model, pkl);
	}

	public TargetObjectPath successor(List<String> subKeyList) {
		return new TargetObjectPath(model, PathUtils.extend(keyList, subKeyList));
	}

	public TargetObjectPath successor(String... subKeyList) {
		return successor(Arrays.asList(subKeyList));
	}
}

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It's no accident that the students and staff at Dr. Winn Murnin Elementary selected a Mariner to be the school mascot. Dr. Winn Murnin is the epitome of a mariner, always setting sail in a new direction and always providing guidance to the ship.
In a career at Northside that spanned two decades, Murnin made an impact at every level, from pre-k to 12th grade.
She began her career at Northside in the 1970s as a math teacher at Holmes High School, and went on to serve as assistant principal at Clark High School and principal at Leon Valley Elementary and Stevenson Middle School.
After moving to central office to be the Director of Secondary Education, she became Northside's first female Assistant Superintendent in 1990, when she was promoted to oversee curriculum and instruction.
Throughout her career at Northside, Murnin set high expectations for both students and staff, but she practiced what she preached. She finished high school at 15, and as remarkable as that may seem, she got her first teaching job at 18 after she graduated from Thomas More College, even though she technically was too young to be a teacher.
And in 1989, just a few years before she planned to retire, the life-long learner went back to school to earn a doctorate from Texas A&M University.
While at Northside, she fostered a climate of cooperation, humor and mutual respect, and always put students and staff first, say the many colleagues she mentored. She developed innovative programs, like the Academic Fair, Independent Study Mentorship for gifted and talented students, and the EXCEL math program for secondary schools.
Murnin retired from the District in 1994 to serve as Director of Student Teaching at the University of Texas at San Antonio, and 12 years ago, she opened her own business, Winn Estate Services.
She has served on the boards of several community groups, including the Alzheimer's Association, and has been honored by numerous organizations and businesses, including the American Mensa Research and Education Foundation, the American Association of School Administrators, and the San Antonio Express-News.
Murnin's proudest achievement, though, she says, is her family, which includes five children, seven step-children, and 13 grandchildren.


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Just not in a snowstorm, in the middle of the winter in New Hampshire! Seriously, don't do that, you probably will not make it home alive. In fact even if it is 70 degrees at the base of a 3000+ foot mountain in New England you should get a weather report at the top and should have a second layer of clothing ready just in case. It can go from 60 to 0 in a flash and you can be in a tough spot! If you are not experienced than wait until late April or early May to even consider doing a hike that is labeled above "Easy/Low Intermediate".


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Musk's Starlink is 'not some huge threat to telcos'
News Analysis Phil Harvey, Editor-in-Chief, Light Reading 3/10/2020
WASHINGTON – The way Elon Musk sees it, he'll be helping telcos by taking hard-to-reach customers off their plates with broadband services that will soon be offered by SpaceX's Starlink business.
The Starlink project aims to use low Earth orbit (LEO) satellites as a delivery mechanism for relatively high-speed broadband services to remote areas. SpaceX has secured licensing from authorities to launch more than 12,000 satellites into orbit and the company said it will be able to increase Starlink broadband speeds it provides with each satellite launch. Starlink's target markets include the Northern US and Canada this year, "rapidly expanding to near global coverage of the populated world by 2021," according to the Starlink website.
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, being magnanimous to telcos.
(Image courtesy of the Satellite Show 2020.)
At the Satellite 2020 conference here on Monday evening, Musk said the global business of providing Internet access to the underserved could be, "as a rough approximation," as high as $30 billion a year. "Starlink is not some huge threat to telcos. I want to be super clear: it is not," Musk told the crowd here.
On the contrary, it could be helpful to telcos by serving populations not well covered by cell towers, copper or fiber, Musk said.
"5G is great for high density situations," Musk said, "but it's actually not great for the countryside, you know, for rural areas. It's not great; you need range. And so in any kind of sparse environment 5G is really not well suited."
"So Starlink will effectively serve the three or four percent hardest to reach customers for telcos, or people who simply have no connectivity right now. Or the connectivity is really bad. So I think it will be actually helpful and take a significant load off the traditional telcos," Musk said.
Musk said Starlink is aiming to provide broadband service with latency "below 20 milliseconds," fast enough for a "fast-response video game at a competitive level."
On the ground, Musk said the user equipment will be a sort of "UFO on a stick" and users will point it at the sky and plug it in. Those instructions can be done in either order, he joked, his point being that Starlink wants to make the experience dead-easy for consumers.
By definition, a company providing connectivity that's easy to get and reaches anywhere has to be a huge concern to telcos and cable providers – companies designed and run for decades to exist as unchallenged regional monopolies.
Musk's Starlink will get competition in space. Several companies are investing in satellite broadband opportunities, including a new joint venture from Vodafone Group and Rakuten, SpaceMobile, that was revealed earlier this month.
While Starlink is looking to provide hardware on the ground that's easy to set up and configure, SpaceMobile and others are looking to deliver service that will allow for "seamless roaming to and from terrestrial cellular networks at comparable data rates without any need for specialized satellite hardware," the group's press release claims.
Starlink, SpaceMobile and others will be targeting different geographies and customer sets, but the overall effect on telcos could be similar: parts of a $30 billion global connectivity market (using Musk's best guess) could disappear from the telcos' addressable market.
Lest anyone think that SpaceX and Starlink will be the regional telco of the skies, Musk said SpaceX, according to its business model, is also helping other companies launch their satellites. He said he doesn't see an issue with helping firms competitive to Starlink establish their space infrastructure so they, too, can compete. "We're giving them a good deal, by the way," Musk said of SpaceX's ability to help satellite constellations get into orbit.
Musk added: "The world seems to have an insatiable appetite for bandwidth. So we're certainly happy to launch other satellites and, you know, we don't think Starlink is going to destroy all the other satellites or something like that – definitely not."
— Phil Harvey, US Bureau Chief, Light Reading
ChiefEng45876 3/11/2020 | 7:16:11 AM
Re: Isn't Satellite Internet really the target? I suspect Musk wants to do both -- the business thing of making lots of money out of the financial services industry to finance his Mars plans, and the idealist thing of providing low-cost internet access to places which don't currently have it.
The contention issue is no more of a problem than in any network, you partition the system either by bandwidth or capacity so high-priority traffic always wins -- typically this is done by allowing much higher latency and buffering delays for the low-priority traffic, which doesn't need millisecond latency anyway.
Anyway the antennae in systems like this are phased-arrays which can steer multiple beams to multiple terminals simultaneously (TX and RX) without any contention. Depending on how the signal processing is done they could also partition the beams by frequency, or the available bandwidth could be split between low and high priority traffic as you suggest, but this tends to reduce the average available bandwidth for high-priority traffic.
Traffic prioritisation is really not an issue, high-priority business will pay for the system and get whatever bandwidth it needs, rural internet access will get whatever is left over essentially for free. The existing internet could also do this perfectly well if not for the fact that such prioritisation is legally banned in many places, Musk won't have this problem as the owner of a private network...
brooks7 3/10/2020 | 7:22:44 PM
Re: Isn't Satellite Internet really the target? More than priority.
Think of it this way. In an environment with many ground stations sharing the same uplink, there is delay in accessing the bandwidth to allow for a contention protocol of some sort. The way around that is to have separate frequencies for the different services. The thing I would wonder is why you will put all the complexity of serving a 1 to many environment and combine it with a 1 to 1 environment. One would think that if the money is all in the 1 to 1, then that is what you would do and skip the rural bandwidth.
ChiefEng45876 3/10/2020 | 12:21:05 PM
Re: Isn't Satellite Internet really the target? From memory the transmission overheads add about 10% to the delay (from London-NY), including all delays the time saving was still 3x bigger than the straight-line fiber.
Obviously the high-priority-financial-pays-for-Starlink traffic will have to take priority over low-priority-rural-internet-piggyback traffic, and Starlink will have to make this work -- which I'm sure they will since their whole business depends on it.
brooks7 3/10/2020 | 11:26:24 AM
Re: Isn't Satellite Internet really the target? So the packet collection and retransmission becomes the big effect then, depending upon the bit rate. The other thing that would be odd is that if I was going to build that then you need only cover some major metro areas. You would not want to mix that kind of traffic with residential traffic, even if it was prioritized. You would want to have dedicated frequencies so that there is no multi access layer involved to slow things down.
ChiefEng45876 3/10/2020 | 11:17:17 AM
Re: Isn't Satellite Internet really the target? Yes, because light travels in a fiber at about 2/3 of the speed it does in air or vacuum. Even including the encoding/decoding delays the time saved is more than even a straight-line fiber.
Re: Isn't Satellite Internet really the target? So all that distance (which is what is the time involved) is better than a direct fiber connection like the low latency connection guys have done?
Re: Isn't Satellite Internet really the target? Musk isn't aiming to make loads of money from providing satellite internet to remote areas, the cash cow for Starlink is high-frequency trading because sending data up to a satellite, across to another one through space (actually, can be multiple hops) and back down again is faster than sending it through optical fiber.
This is the market where every millisecond is so important that they already spent half a billion dollars laying a straightline fiber from London to New York instead of the normal wiggly one. Starlink will save (from memory) 3x as much delay as this, and provide this service to every financial centre across the world, with the time saving being bigger the further thay are apart.
Providing low-cost remote satellite Internet access will piggyback on the network paid for by financial trading, it doesn't even have to make Musk any money. IIRC the estimate is that a terminal will cost about $200, which is way cheaper than any other way of getting data out to the sticks.
brooks7 3/10/2020 | 9:39:41 AM
Isn't Satellite Internet really the target?
I mean the way I put it to people is that every location in the US can get Satellite Internet from one of two vendors today. Now it is pricey and has limitations. And there are actually locations in mountainous where it doesn't work. I think we need to see how this competes in the US and other industrialized countries versus the 3rd world. I was under the impression that we are talking about 3rd world here. My only question then is about electrical power and the cost of computing. Do rural 3rd world folks have regular power and have the money for computing? They definitely do for phones.
That has always been my question about these projects. What is the TAM for real? Not the number of people that they can cover.


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Q: Does Anna regain her memories? Very early in Frozen, we see that Anna's hair has a single streak of blonde through it, to signify the effects that young Elsa's accident has had on her memories of their childhood fun with her Ice Magic together.
At the end of the movie,

 The undying love between the two sisters causes her to become completely unfrozen, and we even see the strand of hair is now red as it was in the beginning.

Does this mean that the character has regained their memories?

A: Anna doesn't regain her memories during the movie. Frozen's writer/director Jennifer Lee has confirmed this on Twitter:

Since "Elsa filled her in," Anna would know that her memory of skating with Elsa was a false one, even though she didn't have her old memories back.
Additionally, a follow-up book, Memory and Magic, is going to deal with Anna trying to get back her lost memories:

After years apart, Anna and Elsa are finally getting to know each other as sisters. But Anna still wishes she could remember the magical times they had together when they were younger—skating and making snowmen, even in the middle of summer! An eager young troll claims he can restore the memories that Pabbie removed, but Elsa's not so sure. Maybe it's time to make new memories!

Whether she'll regain her lost memories in the upcoming book remains to be seen.

Update: Memory and Magic is out now. It confirms that Anna doesn't get her memories back. A troll named Brock gives her a potion and tries to use a spell to restore them, but he isn't able to.

But Anna was still hopeful. Just because Brocks magic looked different didn't mean it didn't work.
"Now I'm going to ask you some questions, Just Anna," Brock said. "The answers will prove that my magic has worked!"
Anna nodded. Elsa looked at Brock expectantly.
"First question: what color is the sky?" Brock asked.
"Blue," Anna answered.
The troll looked very pleased. "What color is your hair?" he asked.
"Red," Anna replied easily.
"What does this have to do with anything?" Kristoff grumbled.
"I beg you not to interrupt, Book Crusher," Brock said. Kristoff opened his mouth to argue, but Elsa silenced him with a look.
Brock looked eagerly at Anna. "What is your favorite food?"
"Chocolate," Anna said.
"Aha!" Brock exclaimed. "Success! Your memory is saved, Just Anna!"
"Brock, you offered to restore my memories of Elsa's magic! From our childhood! None of those questions had anything to do with magic!" Anna said.
Brock the Mystical scratched his chin thoughtfully. "Oh, right," he said. "I knew I forgot something. Maybe you should cluck some more."
Anna's mind clouded with disappointment. Brock wasn't mystical. He certainly wasn't going to be powerful like Grand Pabbie. He was nothing more than a kooky little troll who liked to brew awful potions.
Anna's shoulders slumped. She glanced at Elsa and Kristoff, expecting them to say "I told you so." But they both looked just as disappointed as she felt. Anna realized suddenly that they both had been hoping it would work, too. They really cared about her. It made Anna feel just a little bit better.

Anna decides she can accept not getting her real memories back because she has Elsa to tell her what really happened.

After the smoke cleared, the trolls gave a hearty cheer. They were relieved that Queen Elsa had stopped the fire and that no one had been hurt. The forest was safe once again.
The trolls invited Brock to stay with them until his hut was rebuilt. Anna, Elsa, and Kristoff helped him gather his belongings from the rubble. The damage wasn't as bad as they had first thought. They were even able to save some of his moldy books.
Brock was still convinced that his potion had restored Anna's memories. Kristoff was eager to tell him the truth, but Anna didn't have the heart. Brock had tried his best to help her. The troll deserved to remember as much magic as he wanted to.
That night at the castle, Anna and Elsa sat down to dinner. Anna was excited to recall the day's events.
"I can't believe I actually clucked like a chicken!" she said.
"I can't believe you actually drank that awful potion," Elsa laughed. "The smell was horrible!"
Anna thought about how determined she had been to get her memories back. It had been important to her to remember on her own. Only that morning, she had felt like a puzzle with pieces missing. But this afternoon, all that had changed.
Anna realized that her memories weren't missing. As long as Elsa was there, the puzzle was complete. Elsa could remember the magic and Anna could remember the laughter. Together, they were a winning combination.

A: As @AlliterativeAlice has pointed out, a recent twitter discussion with Jennifer Lee, the film's Writer and Director has confirmed that Anna's memories have not been returned by the end of the film. In light of this, we can assume that the events in the final scene do prove that she must have been told that her memories were falsified.

Michelle Gray : Hello! I would like to know whether Anna got her original childhood memories back after she "thawed"? :-)
Jennifer Lee : No, they had been completely removed. Elsa filled her in, though, I'm sure.

Shortly after being struck in the head, Grand Pabbie converts Anna's memory of dancing in the hall (without skates) into a memory of her and Elsa ice-skating. The memory itself is fake which neatly sets up the final scene.

When Anna and Elsa are in the Courtyard in the final scene, Elsa creates a set of beautiful ice skates for Anna:

Elsa then waves her hand and magical ice skates (literally made of
  ice) form on Anna's boots.
ANNA : What? Oh, Elsa, they're beautiful, but you know I don't
  ska[te]
Elsa grabs Anna's hands and pulls her along on the ice. Anna slips and
  slides, but laughs in delight.

The only way Anna could know that Elsa knows they've never really been skating, is if she knows that her memories have been falsified.

A: The accident did not cause Anna's memory loss. The troll king removed Anna's memories of magic. There is no evidence that, after thawing, Anna regained those memories.


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NETFLIX'S 'THE MITCHELL AGAINST THE MACHINES' IS ONE OF THE BEST MOVIES OF 2021
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A robot apocalypse has never been so fun, creative and sweet.
'The Mitchells vs. the Machines' may not be very promising as a title, and outside of Disney and Pixar, the original animations can be difficult to make an impression. However, if you decide to skip it on Netflix, you will miss out on one of the best movies of the year. And when you find out that Phil Lord and Chris Miller produced it, you probably won't be surprised that it does.
While 'The Mitchells vs. the Machines' was directed by Mike Rianda (who co-wrote it with Jeff Lowe), you can see Lord and Miller's influence on everything. There's the animation style reminiscent of 'Spider-Man: A New Universe', the meta humor of 'The LEGO Movie, and the quirky, often silly inventiveness of its feature film debut' Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs. '
It proves to be a creative, fun and endearing mix that has true intergenerational appeal. It even features Olivia Colman as an evil virtual assistant, what more could you ask for?
'The Mitchells vs. the Machines' is exactly what you'd expect from that Ronseal-worthy title. It centers on an ordinary family found in the world's last hope after humanity is enslaved by a robot uprising, led by the virtual assistant PAL.
For creative outsider Katie Mitchell (Abbi Jacobsen), the robopocalypse couldn't have come at a worse time: She had just been accepted into her dream film school. Eager for the family to come together, her nature-loving father Rick (Danny McBride) decides to take the family on one last road trip to take Katie to film school.
Katie thinks it can't get any worse, but then the robot uprising strikes and the technology that has given Katie a chance to escape from her family turns against her. The Mitchells soon find themselves battling smartphones, Roombas, and the evil Furbys as their old-school road trip turns into an epic quest for humanity's survival.
Fortunately, the Mitchells have two friendly, but naive, robots on their side and their pug, Monchi. What could go wrong?
While it doesn't use exactly the same comic-inspired style from the Spider-Man movie, 'The Mitchells vs. the Machines' has its own original blend of 2D and 3D animation. It is used to define two colliding worlds of ordinary Mitchell life and the elegant world of robots, resulting in a visual invention that looks beautiful on screen.
Katie is a budding filmmaker, so she often herself 'edits' the film and adds her hand-drawn notes to the screen. Even if you disagreed with the story, the movie would be a captivating watch for stunning animation that is not only visually stunning, but is also packed with jokes and references that will reward future views.
However, 'The Mitchells vs. the Machines' is not a case of style over substance. Mike Rianda and Jeff Lowe's witty and keenly observant script feels relevant and timeless, portraying technology and tackling enduring issues of family and growth. There really is a character that everyone will be able to connect with, and you will likely see members of your own family in the rest of the Mitchell clan.
Rianda and Lowe's real masterstroke was making the Mitchells an imperfect family. They are not the last hope for humanity because they are brilliant, they are the last hope purely by sheer luck.
They are all flawed, have no idea what they are doing, and feel like one of the most authentic on-screen families in quite some time. The movie's message may be cheesy (family before tech), but it lands because the Mitchells are so easy to identify.
Of course, 'The Mitchells vs. the Machines' is far from a hard-hitting domestic drama and a lot of weird, creative, and often downright stupid things take place on their journey to save the world.
For every scathing hack on our relationship with technology and how tech companies exploit it, there is a ridiculous extended sequence featuring demonic Furbys or a joke about the unique look of the scene robber Monchi (who you will instantly fall in love with). The movie's gag rate is incredibly high, but even some of the silliest gags find their way into the plot later on.
Special recognition also has to go to the casting, until you get internet celebrity Doug the Pug to 'voice' Monchi. The Mitchells prove to be such an endearing family thanks to excellent voice work from Danny McBride, Maya Rudolph, Abbi Jacobson, and Rianda, and the real-life images of the cast with their own families during the credits are a nice touch.
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Are You a Bear or an Eagle?
Sometimes when my wife and I have conversations in public, it looks like the scene from the movie Dogma where Loki and Bartleby walk through the airport talking about their previous exploits as angels. We often look around at all the sleeping people in the world, noting that they barely register as conscious beings. They go through their lives working meaningless jobs, enduring unfulfilling relationships, and drugging themselves to avoid facing their unfaceable fears. Their conversations are nothing but trivialities in the grand scheme of things.
Whenever we meet someone new, one of the first questions that goes through our minds is, "Is this person awake yet?" The vast majority of people are still asleep, meaning that they aren't really conscious and aware of what their lives are all about, why they're here, or what their purpose is. You can easily identify such people simply by asking them, "Why are you here on earth at this time?" These bears — we call the sleepers bears because they're still hibernating — can't answer this question intelligently because it's outside their normal mode of thinking. But conscious people (and those who are becoming conscious) will consider the question truly important and will be able to provide an intelligent answer, even if it isn't fully formed yet. I think of the conscious people as eagles because they have huge eyes and soar above the terrain, taking everything in and being able to see clearly over a distance.
One cool effect I've noticed is that if we get a bear alone with us, we can sometimes temporarily elevate the bear to the status of hatchling eagle. Those make for some interesting conversations — it's a real delight to raise a bear's awareness to the point where they can discuss the sky. But until the bear has summoned the courage to go through the life lessons required to truly awaken, this elevation is unstable. Bears don't like flying very much, and they can't focus on the sky for too long without feeling an intensifying urge to either run back into their cave or to bite your arm off. Still… it's fun while it lasts.
Unfortunately, some bears are so deep in their caves that we can't gently penetrate their slumber. In truth they're so paralyzed by fear that they can't summon even a modicum of courage to face it. These are the bears that will vehemently deny the existence of anything outside the cave. You can still wake such a bear up by dragging it out of the cave by force and pulling it into the light, but that's very dangerous work, and it takes some skill to be able to safely handle such an angry bear. But anger is a positive step away from fear and towards awakening, so despite the negative emotions, this is the fast track to train a snoozing bear into an eagle.
It's a strange process to coax a bear out of its cave and show it what the sky looks like. Many bears don't like this at all, and they will ferociously attack anyone that disturbs their slumber. Every week some bears get really pissed at me for disturbing their sleep. Since bears are afraid to fly, they don't like being reminded of the existence of the sky or that some of their brother bears have left the bear cave to become eagles. These are facts that stubborn bears do not want to face, since it means admitting to themselves that they could have been living as an eagle all along instead of spending their whole lives in a cave.
Needless to say, the bears have long since voted me out of their cave, but I'm still able to sneak in by wearing a bear costume now and then. This is effective as long as I keep my mouth shut, since even bears will recognize that I don't sound much like a bear. Sometimes I just can't resist though — I admit that my favorite form of amusement involves taking a box of fireworks and a blowtorch into a bear cave. You haven't really lived until you've seen how the bears react to this.
Fortunately some bears, upon first being shown the sky and meeting other eagles, find it an awesome and enlightening experience. These are the bears that are ready to train up to eagle. They've grown bored with cave life, perhaps even depressed about it. They find no more joy in the cave, but they're not sure where else to go, since the cave is all they've ever known, and other bears seem to be OK with it. With some prodding these bears are ready to admit that cave jobs are pointless in the grand scheme of things, relationships with other bears are shallow and unfulfilling, and getting stuck in bear traps really hurts. While they still look like bears on the outside and other bears treat them as one of their own, on the inside they begin to feel very un-bearlike.
Unfortunately, since bears so vastly outnumber eagles, it's hard for a bear to understand what's going on when he starts to wake up. The bear may experience a sense of malaise, feeling very unmotivated to do the things that other bears seem to enjoy. He may turn to other bears for help, but none of the bear solutions work very well. In the long run, things only get worse, and the bear feels more and more disconnected from his world — the only world he knows. I have a lot of compassion for such bears; the process of awakening is not an easy one.
Eagles, however, are trained to recognize these awakening bears, and such bears will feel naturally drawn to eagles (even though their fellow bears will warn them not to do this, since other bears that have gone to see the eagles have been permanently changed and can barely function as proper bears now). On this path the bear will meet great new challenges, many of which will be very difficult to face, but the bear will ultimately find deep fulfillment on this path. During a few years of training, the bear may straddle both worlds, sometimes living as a bear and other times as an eagle and never quite fitting in either world. This can be very confusing to the bear, but if the bear sticks with it, he'll eventually leave the bear world behind and join the eagles. With the eagles the bear will feel very much at home.
As a bear trainer, I've been mauled more than a few times, but it's easily worth it for the chance to get another bear started on the path to eagle. This world has far too many bears as it is, and the mess from their caves is beginning to stink up the entire forest. But the cool thing is that once one bear trains up to eagle, that bear can then go out and train other bears into eagles. Lately I've been noticing more and more eagles in the sky, so I think the effect is beginning to accelerate. I think most of the bear leaders are still oblivious to what's happening, but it probably won't be long before they begin noticing that more and more of their bears are leaving the caves and never coming back. Meanwhile, the eagles are stockpiling fireworks.


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"We are particularly heartened by the Secretary's remarks at his Senate Finance Committee confirmation hearing affirming his interest in addressing problems caused by the expanded application of bidding-derived Medicare reimbursement rates beyond the program's original scope, and we urge him to push for the quick release of the Interim Final Rule under consideration at OMB that would provide relief in that area. In addition, we ask the Secretary to take a leadership role in fixing significant flaws in the design of the Medicare bidding program before the next bidding round takes place.
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