Struggling just to take a normal breath is probably something you don't worry too much about. In fact, most people take their breathing for granted and don't put much thought into just how much our lungs keep us moving. Now ask someone who suffers from a lung disease on how they feel about breathing and you are bound to get a completely different story. A lung disease is any problem in or affecting the lungs that prevents these vital organs from working properly. There are a number of lung diseases that inhibit a person from breathing normally, like chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). One such disease is pulmonary vascular disease. What exactly is pulmonary vascular disease you ask?
The medical term for pulmonary vascular disease is actually pretty simple: any condition that affects the blood vessels in or around the lungs. In a continuous cycle, blood flows from our heart to the lungs and back again. This process allows much needed oxygen to reach our entire body. Now imagine if this process was restricted or somehow was forced to slow down. Pulmonary vascular disease actually includes a number of conditions. These diseases can cause severe breathlessness and limit a patient's ability to live an active life.
What Types of Pulmonary Vascular Disease Are There?
Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension – This is increased blood pressure within the arteries of the lungs. It can be caused by lung disease, autoimmune disease or in some cases heart failure.
Pulmonary Venous Hypertension – This is increased blood pressure in the veins. Like pulmonary arterial hypertension, this disease can be caused by lung disease, autoimmune disease or in some cases heart failure. If there is a damaged valve within the heart, this can cause the pulmonary venous hypertension to occur.
Pulmonary Embolism – A pulmonary embolism or more commonly called a blood clot can have a dramatic impact on the lungs. A blood clot occurs when it breaks away from the vein and travels to the heart. This creates complications for the heart and lungs to work together for much needed oxygen.
Chronic Thromboembolic Disease – In this rare condition, a blood clot to the lungs is never reabsorbed by the body and multiplies into small diseased blood vessels that can attack the lungs.
Pulmonary vascular disease can be severe and difficult to treat. Depending upon the severity of the condition, treatment will vary. In a study from the American Journal of Cardiology, 200 patients were treated to see how each patient was affected differently by treatment. Researchers found that a majority of the patients responded to earlier treatment and were able to breathe easier with the right course of treatment. Often therapeutic options include leading-edge medical treatments and in some cases, advanced surgical therapies such as a lung transplant. If you have questions about this condition or any other lung disease, try talking to your doctor or do some research online about the condition. If you would like to find out more about our available treatment options, please contact one of our patient care coordinators today at 888-745-6697 to schedule a free consultation. *Please note that not all lung conditions mentioned in this article are treated by the Lung Institute.


Aircraft maintenance engineers install, maintain and repair aircraft structures, airframes and engines, and aircraft radio, avionic (electronic) and mechanical systems.
Source: ServiceIQ and Royal NZ Air Force, 2017.
Chances of getting a job as an aircraft maintenance engineer are poor for those wanting to enter the role, and average for those with experience.
3-5 years of training required.
Pay for civilian aircraft maintenance engineers varies depending on experience and level of responsibility.
Non-qualified and apprentice aircraft maintenance engineers usually earn between $37,000 and $45,000 a year.
Those with three to four years' experience usually earn between $45,000 and $60,000.
Senior aircraft maintenance engineers usually earn between $60,000 and $80,000.
Senior aircraft maintenance engineers in supervisor or manager roles usually earn between $70,000 and $130,000.
Pay for Air Force aircraft maintenance engineers varies depending on experience and level of responsibility.
Trainee aircraft maintenance engineers receive a recruit's salary of $36,000 a year.
Trained aircraft maintenance engineers can earn between $46,000 and $51,000.
Senior aircraft maintenance engineers can earn between $50,000 and $63,000.
Aircraft maintenance engineers in the Air Force also receive benefits such as free medical and dental work, and subsidised food and study.
Source: Service IQ and Royal NZ Air Force, 2017.
Licensed aircraft engineers also inspect and approve the work of other aircraft maintenance engineers.
safe work practices and aviation safety rules and regulations.
may travel around New Zealand or overseas.
Thousands of different components and hundreds of tonnes of metal require the detailed attention of Andrew Smith and his fellow aircraft maintenance engineers every day.
"Firstly you strip a plane and then perform inspections looking for corrosion, cracks and other irregularities. Then any faults get fixed. The plane could be in for a few days or for over a week, but no matter how long you have got, you need to have given it 100 percent."
While Andrew enjoys this day-to-day inspection work, he says it's the pressure and excitement of diagnosing and repairing a plane in between flights that gives him a real buzz. "Working with live aircraft is great. It could be troubleshooting on the tarmac, or the plane may need to come into the hangar. The plane may only be in for an hour or two, but you have to finish and get it back out to service as soon as possible."
As an aircraft engineer it is our responsibility to carry out repairs and maintenance to aircraft to ensure they are safe to fly.
Many people believe that getting a university degree is the only way to get ahead after leaving school. I know now that that is not the only option. I would recommend trades and services, particularly aircraft engineering, to anyone that is up for a challenge in a fast-paced and fast developing industry.
For me on-the-job training works really well. I love being able to experience working in the real world and getting paid while I learn.
One of the best parts about on-the-job training is having all of the experienced engineers here to help us when we need to. They don't hesitate to answer any of our questions and have a wealth of knowledge that they are always willing to share.
Things I love most about my career are the fact that every day is different, I'm earning while I learn, there are so many different opportunities in this business. The next goal in my career is to become a licensed aircraft engineer so I can certify aircraft.
I'm Nicole Brian, I'm an aircraft engineer. I've got a trade, I've got it made.
There are no specific requirements to become an aircraft maintenance engineer.
However, you can complete training and gain a qualification.
Industry training organisation ServiceIQ oversees aircraft maintenance engineering apprenticeships.
Certificate in Aeronautical Engineering Fundamentals (Level 3) through Nelson Marlborough Institute of Technology or the Royal NZ Air Force.
A New Zealand Certificate in Aeronautical Engineering (Level 4).
A Diploma in Aeronautical Engineering (Level 5).
NCEA Level 2 in English, maths and science is usually needed to enter tertiary training. Processing technologies, and construction and mechanical technologies may also be useful.
able to work well under pressure and make good decisions.
Aircraft maintenance engineers need to have a good level of fitness because they spend a lot of time on their feet, working in and around aircraft, and may do heavy lifting. The must also have normal colour vision, because some aircraft components are colour-coded. They should also be comfortable working in confined spaces, as they work in cockpits and wheel cavities.
All aircraft maintenance engineers who supervise aircraft engineering and maintenance work need to be Licensed Aircraft Maintenance Engineers (LAMEs), approved by the Civil Aviation Authority.
Aircraft maintenance engineer vacancies are limited because most people stay in the role for a long time. However, some vacancies do arise due to retirement or qualified people moving overseas to work.
About 2,700 aircraft maintenance engineers work in New Zealand.
Air New Zealand is New Zealand's largest employer of aircraft maintenance engineers. It runs training programmes through the Aviation Institute in Auckland and Christchurch.
The Aviation Institute accepts between 30 and 50 people a year into its engineering training programme. Air New Zealand then accepts up to 20 trainees a year.
The Royal NZ Air Force also offers traineeships for aircraft maintenance engineers.
the Royal NZ Navy (working on helicopters).
Some aircraft maintenance engineers are self-employed.
Air New Zealand Aviation Institute website, accessed December 2017, (www.aviationinstitute.co.nz).
Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment, '2006-2014 Occupation Data' (prepared for Careers Directorate – Tertiary Education Commission), 2015.
Royal NZ Air Force website, accessed December 2017, (airforce.mil.nz).
Aircraft maintenance engineers may progress to become licensed aircraft engineers, who supervise and sign for completed work.
They may then move into management roles, or do further studies to move into aeronautical engineering.
aircraft electrical systems, instruments and radios (avionics).
With further training, aircraft maintenance engineers specialising in avionics may progress to become aeronautical or electronics engineers.


PHILADELPHIA — Alexandar Georgiev made 29 saves, and Ryan Strome scored in a third straight game, leading the Rangers past the Philadelphia Flyers, 3-0, on Sunday.
Pavel Buchnevich and Brady Skjei also scored for the Rangers, who won consecutive games for the first time since mid-January, and Brett Howden had two assists.
Strome scored late in the first period, giving the Rangers a 2-0 lead when he went top shelf on Flyers goalie Carter Hart, who had only one defenseman helping him defend against an odd-man rush.
The goal was Strome's 17th of the season for the Rangers and his 18th over all. He leads the N.H.L. in goals for his new team after being acquired from Edmonton in November.
The second player on the list is Strome's brother Dylan, who has 14 goals since being acquired by Chicago in a trade with Arizona in November.
A third Strome brother, Matthew, 20, was assigned by the Flyers to their American Hockey League affiliate, Lehigh Valley, after his junior team, the Hamilton Bulldogs, was eliminated from the Ontario Hockey League playoffs.
The shutout was Georgiev's second of the season, keeping the Flyers from winning all four games between the teams this season. The Flyers had not swept the season series against the Rangers since 1984-85. Going back to last season, the Flyers had taken six straight games against the Rangers.
Buchnevich opened the scoring with his 20th of the season at 16 minutes 25 seconds of the first period. Buchnevich collided with Flyers center Nolan Patrick early in the third when neither player saw the other coming. Buchnevich left the game and did not return. Rangers Coach David Quinn said Buchnevich should be fine for Monday's game against the Devils at Prudential Center.
Skjei scored his seventh of the season in the third period when his shot went off two Flyers and behind Hart, who finished with 22 saves.
The Flyers had their best chance to score late in the second period, but James van Riemsdyk failed to convert on a breakaway.


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When will white OU students understand that racism is more than just a word?
Racism. The word that floats in and out of the ears of white students but has and will continue to have a weighted affect on the daily lives of people of color (POC).
The first step to solving any problem is admitting that there is in fact a problem. Without recognition there is no room for solution. Conscientiousness of the complexities that surround racism leads to further education on issues pertaining to it. Educating yourselves is the second step to solution and the right step toward personal growth and eventual dissolution of racist contributions.
The blatant disregard for recognizing these barriers exist as well as the lack of effective actions taken to break down said barriers, have aggressively caught my attention over the course of my freshman year. I now find it vital to not only inform members of my student body of the significance of this word, but to also focus on the impact that simply becoming educated on such a topic can make. It is especially important upon continuation that you open not only your eyes, but also your minds.
Despite your own personal ideals about how racism no longer affects the lives of POC, racism is in fact a system of advantage based on race. And in order to be a racist you have to have two things, privilege plus power. And who are the ones who have said privilege and power? White people.
What is white privilege you ask? A term for societal privileges that benefit white people beyond what is experienced by non-white people under the same social, political, or economic circumstances. These privileges are unearned and are distributed based on values of the dominant group. We do not live in a society where every racial group has equal power and opportunity. Whites do not face discrimination at the level that people of color do. This is not to say that they do not experience aspects of it, but it is not on the same scale.
There have been many uneducated, ignorant or just plain ugly comments my ears have unwillingly absorbed while trying to mind my own business on this campus. But the most commonly used excuse by white people is an attempt to wipe clean their slate of racist association. A comment such as "I don't see race," in translation says: "I'm going to use my place of privilege to refute the sufferings of those who do not have white privilege while at the same time erasing their personal and cultural history."
This acts as some sort of taboo for racism and instead of dissolving an issue, prolongs it. This colorblind ideology is a manifestation of racist culture, and serves as a sort of internalized progression of white people disregarding the challenges that POC face on a regular basis whether it be institutional or individual. Martin Luther King Jr. asked people to judge one another by content of character and not by the color of their skin, his implication was not to disregard the recognition of color in any capacity.
By refusing to acknowledge race is to neglect the embracement of ethnicity and the establishment of cultural disadvantages that have been set in place by means of society for centuries. This also leads to the group as a whole being marginalized. And then there is is also always the infamous flat out denial of the word where denying it's existence serves to benefit no one.
It is also commonly misconceived that white people can be subject to racism. White people are not oppressed, and reverse racism does not exist. Some people of color may view whites prejudicially but that isn't the same thing as racism. "Racist" and "prejudiced" are not interchangeable.
It is also common that white people partake in offenses such as cultural appropriation and colorism. Cultural appropriation by definition typically involves members of a dominant group exploiting the culture of less privileged groups — often with little understanding of the latter's history, experience and traditions.
This can be observed in many cases but the most popular is the frequent casual use of the n word by whites. There is much Ignorance behind cultural appropriation and the illogical defense to excuse the non-black use of the historically offensive n word and ignorance underlying whites questioning the black utilization of the n word.
Colorism by definition is prejudice or discrimination against individuals with a dark skin tone, typically among people of the same ethnic or racial group. This can be commonly abused in phrases such as saying persons of color are "acting white" or that they do not speak as they have been stereotyped to sound like.
My hope for the future of OU's student body is to stop contributing to the problem and instead become part of the solution by educating not only themselves on such topics but also by spreading awareness to actively stop acts of racism not just on campus, but everywhere.
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The Pittsburgh Penguins' playoff history is filled with moments of unequalled excellence, as well as incredible heartbreak. The Penguins have often found themselves in Game 7 showdowns, unbelievable comebacks and unthinkable moments -- instances that not only shape a game, but in some cases, define a career. We take a look at 10 of the most memorable games in Penguins playoffs history.
On a team with Mario Lemieux, Jaromir Jagr and Alexei Kovalev, no one would have picked Darius Kasparaitis to be the playoff hero in Game 7. Kasparaitis, known for his bone-crushing hits, sent the Penguins to the conference finals by jumping up on the rush and beating Buffalo Sabres goalie Dominik Hasek low to the glove side for his first career playoff overtime goal. Kasparaitis finished his career with two playoff goals in 83 games. This was the last playoff series win of Lemieux's career.
This game had a bit of everything. The wacky: In the second period, Lemieux was ejected for instigating a fight with the Caps' Todd Krygier. The weird: In the second overtime, Joe Juneau was stopped on a penalty shot by Ken Wreggett, who had replaced Tom Barrasso (who left early in the game with muscle spasms). The wild: After scoring the tying goal many hours earlier, Petr Nedved scored on the power play in the final minute of the fourth overtime. Nedved eluded a sliding Mark Tinordi and snapped a low, hard shot past Olaf Kolzig, who had already made 62 saves. The game was the fifth-longest in NHL history, with only a few thousand fans remaining from the sellout crowd in Washington. The Penguins would win the next two games to take the series in six.
1970 marked the Penguins' first march into the postseason. It would be a historic one in a sad way. Rookie phenom Michel Briere, 20, scored an overtime winner in Game 4 to complete the sweep of the Oakland Seals. Briere collected the franchise's first overtime goal, leading to its first playoff series win. One month later, after the Penguins were eliminated by the St. Louis Blues, Briere was involved in a car accident in his hometown in Quebec. Briere was thrown out of the car and suffered massive brain injuries, which led to his death nearly a year later. Briere's No. 21 was retired by the Penguins, the only number the team retired until Lemieux retired in 1997.
After sweeping the Rangers in the first round, the Penguins met their intrastate rivals from Philadelphia for the first time ever in the postseason. After splitting the first four games, Game 5 in Pittsburgh was one for the record books. The Penguins scored early and often, sending Flyers goalie Ron Hextall into a fit. Lemieux had a career game, tying four NHL records: Most goals in one game (5), most points in one game (8), most goals in one period (4) and most points in one period (4). After Rob Brown scored the Penguins' ninth goal on a perfect feed from Lemieux to make it 9-2, Hextall reached his boiling point, chasing Brown around the ice in a rage. Despite the win, the Flyers would win the series in seven games.
In 1993, the Penguins appeared on their way to a third straight Stanley Cup. They finished first overall. They had the game's best player in Lemieux, and a star-studded supporting cast that included Jagr, Ron Francis, Kevin Stevens, Joe Mullen and Larry Murphy. The Pens had already ripped past the Devils in the first round when they hit a huge road block in the New York Islanders. A 7-5 Islanders win in Game 6 forced a seventh and deciding game in Pittsburgh. Game 7 went to overtime, where 26-year-old David Volek beat Barrasso on a one-timer on a perfect pass from Ray Ferraro just five minutes in. The loss still stings Penguins fans, ending the team's streak of nine straight playoff series wins and two straight Stanley Cups.
In one of the most physical and nasty series of the 1990s, the Penguins' will was put to the test. Just like Evgeni Malkin stepped up this year when Sidney Crosby was injured, in 1992, Francis took center stage for the Penguins when Lemieux was out for the series after being slashed on the wrist in Game 2 by the Rangers' Adam Graves. Trailing two games to one, in Game 4 Pittsburgh overcame a two-goal deficit three different times to turn the series around. Francis started the comeback, scoring on a slap shot from outside the blue line that deflected past Mike Richter to close the gap to 4-3. In overtime, with the Penguins on the power play, Murphy stole the puck from Mark Messier in the slot and fired a shot that Francis deflected off the post and past John Vanbiesbrouck. The goal gave Francis a hat trick and the Penguins momentum. Pittsburgh stormed back to win the next two games and eventually their second straight Stanley Cup.
This, the most recent time the Flyers and Penguins met in the postseason, produced one of the most memorable games in playoff history. In the fifth overtime period, Keith Primeau, who had been scoreless in the series, made a rush down the boards, put a great fake on Kasparaitis and beat Ron Tugnutt over his shoulder with a bullet wrist shot. Primeau's first career playoff overtime goal tied the series at two games and ended the third-longest game in NHL history. The Flyers would carry the momentum and win the series in six games. This despite the fact the Penguins had won the first two games of the series in Philadelphia.
Every Stanley Cup-winning team needs an unsung hero. In 1991, Pittsburgh had Frank Pietrangelo. Facing elimination in Game 6 of the opening round, Pietrangelo was pressed into action when Barasso was injured. The 28-year-old backup rose to the occasion, with a play simply known to Penguins fans as "the save." Peter Stastny, alone in front of the Penguins' net, picked up a rebound and somehow miraculously Pietrangelo made a game-saving, series-saving, career-defining stop. The glove save was a one-in-a-thousand play. Call it a fluke or call it divine intervention, whatever it was, it kept the Penguins' season alive. The Penguins won Game 6, and Pietrangelo followed that up with a shutout in Game 7; six weeks later, Pittsburgh was hoisting its first Stanley Cup.
Talk about putting an exclamation point on a championship season. The Penguins followed up their first division title by knocking off the Devils, Capitals and Bruins before reaching the finals. With a 3-2 series lead over the North Stars, the Penguins flexed their scoring muscle in Game 6. Minnesota goalie Jon Casey was peppered with shots, and Lemieux led the way with a goal and three assists as Pittsburgh cruised to a blowout win. The Penguins' win was the largest margin of victory in a Cup-clinching game. In just his seventh NHL season, Lemieux captured his first Stanley Cup, also earning recognition as playoff MVP. Pittsburgh coach "Badger" Bob Johnson won his first and only Cup; months later, he died from brain cancer.
One of the most heartbreaking moments for Penguins fans occurred in the spring of 1975. After sweeping the Blues in the first round, the Penguins took a 3-0 series lead on the Islanders. Just a win away from qualifying for the semifinals for the first time in franchise history, some dubious history was made. A 3-1 loss in Game 4 was followed by a 4-2 loss and then a 4-1 loss. Suddenly the Penguins were staring down a one-game showdown for their playoff lives. In Game 7, Islanders defensive forward Ed Westfall scored with 5:18 left in the third period to break a scoreless tie, completing one of the most amazing comebacks in all of sports and knocking Pittsburgh out of the playoffs.


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New Blood Test May Help Predict Premature Births For Pregnant Women
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STANFORD, CA (CBS Local) – A new blood test is showing promising results for helping pregnant women know if they are at risk of a premature birth.
Researchers at Stanford University say the new technique will also calculate a woman's due date and whether or not she will have a premature delivery. This is much less expensive than standard ultrasound procedures.
"We found that a handful of genes are very highly predictive of which women are at risk for preterm delivery," Dr. Mads Melbye said in a press release. "I've spent a lot of time over the years working to understand preterm delivery. This is the first real, significant scientific progress on this problem in a long time."
The blood test reportedly measures maternal, placental, and fetal genes in the mother's cell-free RNA. Those "messenger" molecules carry genetic instructions around the body, giving the scientists reliable information about the baby's age in the womb and risk for an early delivery.
"This gives a super-high resolution view of pregnancy and human development that no one's ever seen before," Stanford postdoctoral scholar Thuy Ngo added. The study, published in Science, says the new blood examination can predict a premature delivery with 75 to 80 percent accuracy.
The noninvasive procedure may help doctors prepare for difficult pregnancies, which can endanger the child's life. Premature deliveries account for nine percent of births in the U.S. and are the leading cause of infant mortality in the country.


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Among *mammals*. This completely ignores the non-mammalian egg predators, which may have been more diverse prior to the Tertiary.
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Day in the Life of Yohan Blake, by Elena Dyachkova
Yohan Blake, photo by Jean-Pierre DURAND for IAAF
Day in the Life of Yohan Blake
Yohan Blake working out, Jean-Pierre DURAND for IAAF
Jamaica's World Champion in the 100m is coming off an injury-plagued season, that made him forgo the defense of his title in Moscow, and can't wait to be fully back on track.
Yohan Blake lives and trains in Kingston, Jamaica. The titled sprinter is a part of the Racers Track Club, along with other world's fastest men Usain Bolt and Warren Weir. Last month, within the framework of the IAAF's project "Day in the Life", a group of international media got a chance to take a closer look at what is Blake's life like.
First, we caught Blake, frequently referred to as "the Beast" in the gym, during a morning weight training session. The workout was pretty short, but seemed to be very efficient, as Blake kept putting on more and more plates on the barbell. For his heaviest set in the one-leg press he took 540 lbs!
Ahead of the session, we were told that the athlete would be very focused and intense during training, but there was something going on that morning, that took him out of his zone a little bit. It was an important cricket match, shown on the gym's TV-sets live. We could see Yohan glancing at the screen from time to time, and even cheering for the West Indies. To be fair, all gym patrons, both elite athletes and local regulars, were quite captivated by the game, as well. As for Blake, it is no secret that the Jamaican is a huge cricket fan. And besides watching the West Indies play, he actually plays himself, almost every Sunday if he is in on the island.
While the MVP Track Club does its track training sessions early in the morning, at 6 am, the Racers aren't afraid of the Jamaican heat, and hit the track at around 4 pm. Their sessions take place at the sports complex of the University of West Indies. We caught the Racers on an easy day. Both Blake and Weir did most of their session on grass. The workout consisted of drills, plyometrics, sled pulls and uphill sprints. However, most of the work was done in weighted vests, which only looked light. Weir's west, for example, weighed around 13 lbs. The training session also included several 60m repeats on the track and a heated discussion about who is going to win at the Boys and Girls Championships.
However, outside of training, you won't find Blake discussing track and field. "I like to take my mind off what I have to do and not to put too much pressure on myself," he said. During his free time, Yohan likes to spend time at home, watching sports, movies or reading books. Among his favorite ones are "The Notebook" and "Think Big" or "The Gifted Hands" by Ben Carson. "I read all those kinds of books, because they make you aware of life, aware of people. About what they were doing before they reached that position in life, that they have now", the athlete explained.
Blake has another major passion in live – helping kids in need. The sprinter comes from a poor parish, and his family has been through tough times. He admits, that this is what drives him every single day. "Many times at training when I feel like I cant go, I remember that it is to make my family happy, and also – to help the poor," Yohan said.
Yohan Blake's foundation, named YB Afraid, currently supports the Mount Olivet Boys' Home. This facility is currently serving as a home for 26 boys of different ages. Many of them have been abused and neglected by their parents. Taking over the facility, Blake started with small, but important things. "The first thing he did, when he came, was to see how comfortable the children were. In his quiet way he said that they needed some furniture, and within a few months he sorted that out. He came another time and I told him the washing machine was broken. The following Saturday a commercial washing machine arrived!" said the Mount Olivet Boys' Home director Sonia Lowe.
Eventually, the foundation helped to set up a multipurpose sports facility and a computer lab at Mount Olivet. The kids are taking part in a program called "Expressions Through Creativity", studying photography, videography, cooking. "Most fulfilling is that the kids are happy now. When I first came here, it was terrifying. The kids were fighting every day, there was no chemistry, everyone was new to each other," admitted the athlete. "We're trying to update them on what's going on with the world, to strengthen their minds," he added. Blake plans to expand the foundation's activities. First of all, YB Afraid aims to take over one more facility in Montego Bay. Further on, the foundation plans to go international.
The work with the foundation brings a whole new meaning to Blake's performance on the track. The more successful the sprinter is, the more he is able to commit to his charity work. So, after missing last year through injury, he is looking forward to get into full competition gear. "I'm really excited, but my agent has to be keeping me calm," smiled Yohan.
Mount Olivet, Yohan Blake, photo by Jean-Paul DURAND for the IAAF
So far, he has competed in 200m (20.49) and 400m (47.20) races in February, and in the 4x100m relay at the UTech Invitational on April 12th. His first major event this season will, most likely, also be all about team work – the inaugural IAAF World Relays Bahamas 2014. "I'm a relay person," said the 4x100m World Record holder. "Back in high school I used to discuss with my teammates, how great it would be to have different countries competing in just the relays," he added.
So, watch out for "the Beast" on the circuit and in the Bahamas, especially in the 4x200m. In this even, Jamaica will most certainly be looking to get another World Record from the USA's hands.
(Editor's note: Elena Dyachkova writes for RunBlogRun on topics far and wide. Her series on A Day in the Life, includes the piece above on Yohan Blake. Elena allows you to see more than the athlete, in Yohan Blake).
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Vat Cau Nuoc: The Mud Festival in Vietnam (AMAZING PHOTOS)
Prof. Dr. Amarendra Bhushan DhirajC-Suite Agenda
The traditional Vat Cau Nuoc Festival is an important celebration in Vietnam. It reminds people of the their need for weather benefiting the culture of rice. Water and mud are central to this celebration, also known as the Mud Festival. In the Van Village, located in the Bac Giang Province,...
The 12 fastest growing private companies based in the United States
For the second year in a row, Fuhu, an El Segundo, CA. manufacturer of child-focused gadgets, has been ranked No. 1 on the 2014 Inc 5000's list of the fastest growing private companies based in the United States, according to percentage of revenue growth over 3 years. Quest Nutrition, a...
The 15 Most Innovative Companies In The World 2014
For the fourth consecutive year, Salesforce.com, the world's leading customer-relationship software firm tops the 2014 list as the World's Most Innovative Company by Forbes Magazine. Alexion Pharmaceuticals ranked second among all companies, followed by the UK's most prominent technology company, ARM Holdings in third place, Unilever Indonesia in fourth, and...
Who Is The Highest Paid Disc Jockey In The World: The 12 Top-Earning DJs For 2014?
After earning a whopping $66 million, the Scottish DJ Calvin Harris has been named as the highest-paid Disc Jockey in the world for 2014 by the Forbes magazine.So, who is the highest-paid Disc Jockey In The World: Meet Top-Earning DJs For 2014? Answer to the Ultimate Question: Electronic dance music...
Trade Promotions: Money down the Drain ?
Megan BatchelorC-Suite Agenda
Consumer product companies (FMCG, Durables) are staring at a dip in consumer confidence in India, wherein, the country lost its numero uno position to Indonesia, according to the latest Global Consumer Confidence index published by Nielsen1. Irrespective of this fact, consumer product firms have still managed strong volume growths in...
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The average worker in United States (US) take more initiative, are more innovative and more understanding of the business than their offshore counterparts, according to new research published by HfS Research, an IT services research firm and consultancy, based on a survey of 235 enterprise buyers of $1 billion or...
How Can You Apply Software Defined Networking (SDN) At Your Business?
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North Korea Uninvites UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon
By Jake Godin
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon announced on Wednesday North Korea had rescinded his permission to visit an industrial park in the nation.
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon was invited to North Korea... (Video via United Nations)
Then uninvited.
"No explanation was given for this last-minute change. This decision by Pyongyang is deeply regrettable," Ban Ki-Moon said during a CCTV broadcast.
On Tuesday, U.N. Ban Ki-Moon announced he would travel to a jointly operated North-South Korea industrial park on Thursday to help promote reconciliation between the two nations.
But one day later, on Wednesday, he announced that approval had been suddenly rescinded without explanation. He would have been the first U.N. Secretary-General to visit North Korea since 1993.
In the past, the Kaesong industrial park has served as somewhat of a barometer for relations between the two Koreas with the North shutting the plant down in 2013 for five months during increasing tensions with the South. (Video via KBS)
And those tensions are rising again. The diplomatic snub to the secretary-general comes after North Korea claimed to shoot off an ballistic missile from a submarine earlier this month. (Video via YTN)
Though the country is also known for exaggerating the extent its military accomplishments. Nonetheless, the South recently sent a letter protesting the launch to the U.N.
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Daily News for Commercial Real Estate & Business – May 20, 2010
Here are the news stories you might find interesting today regarding commercial real estate and business:
To view this week's, "The Watchlist," by Costar, click here. Here are a couple of the articles in this week: National Commercial Auctioneers: Bank Ordered Property Auction; Welsh Special Asset Services Are Your Real Estate Assets Becoming Liabilities; The Hayman Co.: Receiverships, Distressed Properties and REOs; REDC Commercial: Performing & Nonperforming Note Auction; Investcap Advisors LLC: Are Distressed CMBS Opportunities Passing You by?
Gilbert Office Building Sells for $1.2M The office building at 3336 E Chandler Heights Rd. in Gilbert, AZ sold for $1.2 million, or $256 per square foot, in a sale between two private parties. The 4,683-square foot medical office building was completed in 2005 in the Gateway Airport/Loop 202 submarket. The property was fully occupied at the time of sale. View article…
CASSIDY TURLEY NEGOTIATES $3.2 MILLION RETAIL SALE IN ARIZONA Cassidy Turley BRE Commercial has completed the $3.2 million sale of a 3,838-square-foot freestanding retail building located at 830 S. Mill Ave. View article…
New owner moves to complete Chateau on Central The Wisconsin company that purchased the imposing Chateaux on Central project in March has hired general contractor Rowland Luxury Homes to complete the project. View article…
HTA Commits to $48M in MOB Buys Healthcare Trust of America Inc. has agreed to purchase $48 million worth of medical office properties in California, Georgia, South Carolina and Texas. The non-traded REIT expects to close on these acquisitions this quarter. View article…
Quiznos eyes 600 new stores by year's end Quiznos plans to open as many as 600 new stores nationwide by the end of the year, including company-owned outlets. The Denver-based sandwich chain currently has some 4,000 restaurants, including about 75 in Arizona. View article…
Alice Cooper'stown thrives on sports teams' success If the Suns are winning, so is Alice Cooper'stown. Luring sports fans with menu items such as "Kurt Warner's" corned beef, "Gonzo's" barbecue beef and "The Shaq Stack" burger, Cooper'stown, isnamed after the rock star who opened it in 1998 with other investors. View article…
Tempe Chamber names businesswoman of year (Congrats Margaret!!) The president and CEO of Tempe Schools Credit Union, a woman who calls herself a survivor, has been named the 2010 Businesswoman of the Year by the Tempe Chamber of Commerce. View article…
CoreLogic: Home prices dip, but upswing ahead Home prices in Arizona marked another year-over-year dip in March, but the tide could turn in the next 12 months, according to CoreLogic's Home Price Index. Prices were down 2.9 percent in March 2010 compared with March 2009, and an even steeper 4.6 percent when distressed sales are included. View article…
MBA: Mortgage delinquency rate rises The delinquency rate for home mortgage loans increased to a seasonally adjusted rate of 10.06 percent of all loans outstanding as of the end of the first quarter. That's up 59 basis points from the fourth quarter, and up 94 basis points from one year ago, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association's National Delinquency Survey. In Arizona, 11.59 percent of loans were past due. View article…
Mayor, DOE kick off Energize Phoenix Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon and Cathy Zoi, assistant secretary of the U.S. Department of Energy, were to discuss plans for a $25 million grant to produce a corridor of energy efficiency along the Metro light rail line. View article…
Cap Rates Plummeted During First Quarter An uptick in investment in top retail properties helped send average cap rates for the sector down for the first quarter. Overall, the national cap rate decreased 24 basis points in the first quarter of 2010 to 8.34 percent, according to data from Valuation & Advisory Services. It is the first major decline that the brokerage firm has measured in three years. View article…
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John Augustus Sutter Jr. (October 25, 1826 – September 21, 1897) was a founder and planner of the City of Sacramento in California, a U.S. Consul in Acapulco, Mexico and the son of German-born but Swiss-raised American pioneer John Augustus Sutter Sr.

Biography
John Sutter Jr. was born on Oct. 25, 1826 in Burgdorf, Switzerland. In May 1834, in order to avoid debtors' prison, his father, John Sutter Sr. left his family in Switzerland, departing for the United States.  Eventually the elder Sutter settled in California.  While in California, initially the father's fortunes had seemed to improve.  The son was afterwards raised by his single mother, Anna Sutter, and put through counting school.  While the younger Sutter was still a minor living in Europe, Sutter Sr. had decided to transfer to his son, some of his land holdings from the Mexican land grant which he called New Helvetia. Word eventually reached Sutter Jr. that while his father was in California, he had again managed to get himself back into debt. In 1848, with the aim of helping manage his father's business affairs, John Sutter Jr. emigrated to California.

Sacramento

When Sutter Jr. arrived at New Helvetia, he found Sutter's Fort to be overrun by loiterers and drunkards, and felt that the situation required improvements in organization and leadership.  Soon after his arrival, his father, Sutter Sr., departed for Coloma, California, where gold had recently been discovered, to start a business selling supplies to gold prospectors. Despite the fact that his father had been planning on starting a town to be named Sutterville, Sutter Jr. planned and began to implement his own vision for a city near the fork of the American & Sacramento Rivers. This was the beginning of the City of Sacramento which was then named Sacramento City for real estate promotional purposes.

The change of plans put a strain on the relationship between father and son. Sutter Jr. became ill and rarely left the family's residence, Hock Farm, on the Feather River. As Sutter Jr.'s illness continued, he grew tired of his responsibilities. He contemplated selling his land, but thought that it would be difficult to sell such a large property. Some businessmen from Sacramento City heard that Sutter Jr. was interested in selling his land. They worked together to buy the land from Sutter Jr., but not by the most honest means. The businessmen, including Sam Brannan, would not bring the contract to purchase the land to Sutter Jr. at Hock Farm, so he took a powerful medicine and met them in Sacramento City to sign the terms of the deal. After reading the contract Sutter Jr. did not like the terms, but the businessmen urged him to sign the contract, get out of California and go somewhere with a climate more suitable to his condition. He reluctantly signed the deal.

Acapulco

Being rid of the property and the obligation to take care of it, in 1850, Sutter Jr. moved south to find a climate that suited his needs. He made it as far as Acapulco, Mexico. There he met his first wife, María del Carmen Rivas. They were married in the latter part of 1850.  Having recovered his health but never any money from his earlier business dealings he returned to California to try and force payment.  Brannan waited until August was desperate then offered him $40,000 as payment in full for what was the final slice of his father's land.  Panic stricken young August agreed but even then received no cash, only notes for which he signed receipts for $100,000 of which he also never saw a dime.  Brannan's company then buried August with lawsuits to the point that he gladly received a mere $3,500 after which August still found himself in debt just over $300.  With his nerves and health in shambles again and with nothing left to sell he again ran back to Mexico amid accusations of his squandering his father's fortune.  In 1852, his first son, John Sutter III, was born in Northwest Mexico. During this time Sutter Jr. was involved in many court cases over the sale of his property to Brannan and the lack of payment for the property. In some instances, these court cases went all the way to the Supreme Court of California. These court cases did not benefit Sutter Jr. except to release him of the burden of caring for the estate.

In Acapulco, Sutter Jr. worked and was partner in a small general store. When the principal owner died, Sutter took his share of the business. Because the business did so well, the Sutters were able to build a house near the ocean. In 1865, Sutter Jr., on the recommendation of a U.S. Commercial Agent, became the Vice-Commercial Agent for the Port of Acapulco. Because of the ill health of the Commercial Agent, Sutter took his position in 1868. Many of Sutter's friends and business associates in the U.S. and Mexico wrote letters to President Johnson requesting that Sutter be made a U.S. Consul. The United States Department of State granted the requests and opened a full consulate in the District and Port of Acapulco. Sutter was named the U.S. consul by President Grant and U.S. Secretary of State Hamilton Fish on July 13, 1870.

Sometime around 1862, Sutter Jr.'s wife, María, left him. In 1870 Sutter Jr. met Nicolasa Solís and began a relationship with her. This relationship would last until Sutter Jr.'s death. Because he could not properly take care of the divorce from his first marriage, Sutter Jr. and Solís did not marry until 1894. On May 24, 1887, he retired from his post as U.S. Consul to Acapulco. He and his wife lived on their plantation near Acapulco until his death. After his death, his wife had a difficult time keeping their property in Mexico. At this time, there was a revolution in Mexico. The Indians wanted land that they felt originally belonged to them. The revolutionaries targeted many American citizens and made life hard for the Sutters. Much of their property was destroyed. Solís moved, with her children, to San Francisco and for years fought to get back the Mexican land and some of the land in Sacramento that she felt belonged to her and her children, but to no avail.

Death
Sutter Jr. died in Acapulco, Mexico on September 21, 1897. He was originally interred in Acapulco, but was reinterred in the Sacramento Historic City Cemetery in Sacramento, California at the request of his daughter, Anna Sutter Young.

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Rapper Theophilus London reported missing by family (photo credit – Flickr)
Trinidad and Tobago rapper Theophilus London, who has worked with the likes of Kanye West and Tame Impala, was reported missing by friends and family on Wednesday.
In a statement to Variety, they said the last time someone spoke to him was in Los Angeles in July 2022.
The London family traveled to Los Angeles on Tuesday after attempting to uncover his whereabouts for the past few weeks. I am looking for
They urge anyone with information regarding his whereabouts or well-being to contact LAPD or his London cousin Mikhail Noel on Instagram (@iamdjkellz). The LAPD confirmed to Variety that a missing person report was filed on Tuesday, but had no other information to provide.
Since 2011, London has released three studio albums and worked with artists such as West, Travis Scott, Tame Impala, Ellie Goulding and Big Boi.
He was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Rap Song and Rap Performance for West's 2015 single "All Day," co-starring Paul McCartney and Alan Kingdom. Released in January.
Here is a statement from the London family:
In recent weeks, friends and family at Theophilus London have worked together to locate him. The last time someone spoke to him was reportedly as far back as July 2022 in Los Angeles.
On December 27, Theophilus London's family traveled to Los Angeles to file a missing persons report with the LAPD. They are now seeking help from the public for information on their London whereabouts.
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Africa Latest News, Videos and Opinions Politics Lesotho former first lady arrested in murder case
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Lesotho former first lady arrested in murder case
Former first lady Maesaiah Thabane was then transferred to court, where she wore a fur coat and black protective anti-coronavirus mask.
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Former First Lady of Lesotho Maesaiah Thabane (2nd R) leaves the magistrate court in Maseru on June 3, 2020. – Lesotho's former first lady Maesaiah Thabane was June 3, 2020, taken into custody following last week's court decision to cancel her controversial bail over the 2017 murder of her husband's estranged wife. (Photo by Molise Molise / AFP)
Lesotho's former first lady Maesaiah Thabane was arrested on Wednesday over the murder of the previous wife of her husband, former prime minister Thomas Thabane, police said.
Lesotho's Appeal Court revoked her bail last week on suspicion that procedure was not followed correctly when her bail was granted.
Thabane was transferred to court, where she wore a fur coat and black protective anti-coronavirus mask, a Reuters witness said.
The date for a new bail application was set as June 6.
Maesaiah Thabane has been charged with ordering the killing of Lipolelo Thabane, her love rival, who was shot dead near her home in Lesotho's capital, Maseru, in June, 2017. Maesaiah Thabane was released on bail in February.
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Lipolelo was estranged from Thomas Thabane at the time of the murder.
The case had been causing growing political instability in the independent mountain kingdom of 2 million people encircled by South Africa before Thomas Thabane resigned as prime minister last month after pressure from his own party
The couple have denied involvement in the murder. The case has caused significant political upheaval in Lesotho.
He is also a suspect in the murder. He denies any involvement and has yet to be formally charged.
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Leeds Fans United strike deal with Whites over future investment at Elland Road
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Leeds Fans United, the supporters group set up to buy a shareholding in Leeds United, have struck an agreement over future investment in the Elland Road club.
The organisation, which was founded in 2015 with the intention of securing supporter representation on the board at Leeds, is to receive a number of "special shares" in the club in return for an injection of cash.
Leeds said the money would be used to help their plans for a new training ground in the city centre and the construction of a sports village around the site of their Elland Road stadium.
Neither the club nor Leeds Fans United has revealed the precise size of the proposed investment but more than 2,000 Leeds supporters have committed funding to the group since it was established three years ago.
Leeds Fans United was briefly offered the chance to buy United outright by former owner Massimo Cellino in 2016 but the Italian withdrew from discussions over a sale a few days later.
At the time, Leeds Fans United was believed to have raised around £500,000 through its members.
It opened dialogue with current majority shareholder Andrea Radrizzani after his buy-out of Cellino and has now reached an agreement to allow it to invest in Leeds.
A statement from United read: "Leeds United are pleased to announce that following a period of constructive dialogue with the supporter investment group Leeds Fans Utd, the two parties have agreed heads of terms on introducing supporter investment into the club.
"The aim of the investment will be to help fund plans to build a new training facility and sports village at Elland Road.
"The investment will secure a new special class of shares, ensuring that supporters who commit will have a voice in key heritage decisions." The club plan to release more information early next year.
Leeds drew up plans to relocate from their Thorp Arch training ground shortly after Radrizzani's takeover in 2017.
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Radrizzani sold a small stake in Leeds to the investment arm of the San Francisco 49ers in May, in return for around £10m, but he continues to control a shareholding of just under 90 per cent.
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Alleged FDNY firebug 'thief' bragged taxpayer-funded rehab for heroin was like 'paid vacation' – 'As long as I ask for help, I can't lose my job': source
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SMACK-DOWN: Alleged FDNY thief and heroin addict Joseph Keene is taken from Staten Island Criminal Court to Rikers yesterday. Steve White
The firefighter busted for allegedly calling in false alarms so he could steal from fellow FDNY smoke-eaters is a heroin junkie who bragged that his taxpayer-funded stints in rehab were paid vacations, a source told The Post.
Joseph Keene, 34, of Hicksville, LI, was arraigned in Staten Island Criminal Court yesterday on multiple counts of felony burglary, falsely reporting an incident and other charges for the rash of thefts between May 24 and June 11. The source said Keene was treated for his drug habit at a rehab facility outside Philadelphia in September.
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"This guy is a smack-ass fraternity kinda guy," added the source, a nonfirefighter who was also undergoing treatment at the facility.
Keene, the source said, bragged about his generous benefits and job security, despite his addiction.
"This is my third in-patient stay since January — 35 days the first and second time, and I'm getting 35 again. It's all paid for by the job," Keene said, according to the source.
"As long as I ask for help, I can't lose my job [and] I'm still getting full pay while I'm here," Keene said, the source recalled.
After his arraignment yesterday, Keened yelled, "Oh, come on!" to reporters as he was led from court to a van for the ride to Rikers Island.
He has been held in lieu of $7,500 bond since his arrest July 18.
Keene allegedly made four phony calls — on his own cellphone — reporting gas odors, sparking transformers and other fake emergencies in Queens and on Staten Island. When firefighters from the closest houses responded, Keene would go through their lockers for cash, snagging anywhere from $40 to $1,200 at a time, for a total haul of about $2,000, authorities said.
Keene, who earned $76,488 in 2012, also stole cash from an FDNY facility on Randalls Island and from a Queens firehouse.
City Department of Investigation and NYPD investigators confronted Keene on July 18, and he admitted to both the phone calls and the thefts, authorities said.
A fellow firefighter confirmed that Keene was a drug addict, but also defended his colleague.
"Joe is a stand-up guy when he's sober, the greatest guy; he'll do anything for anybody But when that demon heroin comes a creepin' . . . this is what happens," the firefighter said. "Joe's been to the farm three times. It's not uncommon for the city to send guys six, seven, eight, nine times to rehab. What he did was f–ked up, no question, but he's sick."
Additional reporting by Antonio Antenucci
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For half the year Roger Jinkinson lives in a small village by the sea on the island of Karpathos in Greece. He rents a house there and has a small fishing boat. Roger keeps bees for honey, fishes for his supper and works on the conservation of this unique and beautiful ecosystem.
Roger also writes books: Tales from a Greek Island introduces us to the life and culture of the people of his village; American Ikaros is the biography of the writer and Hellenophile Kevin Andrews. Both books are available from Amazon or from the author via his website. A third volume More Tales from a Greek Island, will follow in the spring of 2012.
They are two sisters living alone on a triangular plateau south of the village. I will not reveal their location: they should not be disturbed. On two sides of the plateau there are mountains, on the third is a cliff tumbling to the sea. The sisters live in a small stavlos, a single roomed dwelling of stone and cement with a soil and cement roof held up by untrimmed rafters. They sleep on the floor, hidden away in a dark room with a small fireplace. They have no electricity, no toilet, no running water. The remains of a small wind generator can be seen on the roof: at one time it provided a dim light, but the blades were swept away in a storm so now the sisters adopt the old method: they arise with the sun and sleep when it sets. The nearest water is a spring one kilometre away. Daily they make the trek to fetch a biton of eighteen litres of water, for them and their livestock. They keep goats: a flock of around forty, and they have cats and dogs. One of the dogs has three legs. The ladies explain the poor animal disappeared for four days and when found it had a wire wrapped round its leg and the leg was septic so they amputated. The goats and the dogs are well cared for.
We are here to look at the birds and check on the wild life. We are not here to visit the women, but they are fascinating company and pleased to talk, so we stay with them a while. We are given a plate of drilla: the thick, white savoury that tastes a mixture of butter and cream cheese. We sit on tiny stools out of the sun balancing fat slices of bread on our knees. The sisters were born in the mid nineteen thirties, they are strong and healthy, though one seems to be blind in one eye. Conversation is difficult as their dialect is thick, but it is possible to get a rough idea of their life. I ask if they can read and am told they never went to school; they worked in the fields from the age of three, chasing birds and moving the goats up the mountain sides away from the crops. They remember the Italians coming at the beginning of the war (which they think was around 1937) and, in concert with other farmers, hiding livestock and grain from the German occupiers. They have relatives in the village and can walk there in three hours, unless, they tell me, they have a heavy load to carry, in which case it is four. Someone gave them a mobile phone with big buttons but, without electricity, the battery is flat and we have no charger in the car. A child has written one telephone number in large figures on a scrap of paper and there is a child's picture of a house, with smoke coming from the chimney and two stick ladies outside. We promise to call the number when in the village and order, fruit and flour, matches and cakes. They love cakes.
Sitting with them I am not in this century, nor the last, or the one before that. The conversation has a medieval ring to it: what they see is what they know. I ask about the land in front of us and receive a treatise on ownership and family ties. Pointing to each field and corner in turn they reveal a magnificent oral knowledge of kinship and ownership: this small field belongs to Iannis L…, who was married to Sophi whose son Georgos went to America for forty years and his grandchildren came back last summer. That one was our mother's and she left it to our brother who died last year, so now it is divided between his two daughters. The stoney field over there belongs to Maria H…., who married the shepherd from Spoa. She inherited it from our aunt who died in the war and she is getting old now so here daughter Marina will get it. And on and on. I ask about the bird life. Of course there are eagles here and mavropetritis, Eleanor's falcons, and one time a pelican arrived. The pelican must have been quite a sight trundling over the mountains to this 400 metre high plateau. In those days there was a pond and there must have been frogs and salamanders and other amphibia, but the water table lowers by twenty centimetres a year and the pond is now intermittent. It is late spring on the day of our visit and the fields are full of larks and other passerines. Their song mixes with the soft gargle of bee eaters that whiz over the high stone walls surrounding the rocky fields. From time to time the chuckle of perdikes, (partridges) trickles down the mountain side.
and laughs when I don't understand and tells me it is because she speaks Byzantian and has old thoughts.
We are here to look for eagles so we leave them for a while and take the steep path opposite. As we climb we can hear the sisters talking to their goats, each with its own name, and we see the three legged dog hopping about and barking. It is hot in the morning sun and from the ridge we see the boundaries of their life. Except for the daily trek for water and the occasional visit to the village, their world is five hundred metres in diameter, 'though they don't seem restricted by their geography, nor indeed their history. These are tough women, but open and friendly to strangers, bright and cheerful and full of energy. They have nephews and nieces and a cousin or two and clearly don't feel abandoned.
We complete our survey of the area: no eagles, no buzzards, but plenty of Eleanor's above and around us which is a pleasant surprise as these are rare birds and must nest on a previously unrecorded colony on the seaward side of the mountain on the west side of the island. We return to the plateau, pick up our cheese and find the sisters have written a list of shopping. The word cakes is underlined twice. As we go to the car the sister with one eye shouts thank you for coming and say hello to….and she struggles for the word, say hello to….To Cosmos.
To Cosmos means cosmos, the world, universe, earth, realm….everything.
Say hello to To Cosmos puts their life in context.


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What I want to know is, where were the North Koreans when we needed them?
They've been getting terrible ink recently, even though most Americans have precious little interplay with them. In fact, most Americans have never even seen a North Korean in the flesh, not even at Walmart. We've seen pictures of some of them, though, and they don't have a warm and fuzzy look; in fact they look quite cold and grizzly. They don't seem to be the kind of people we aspire to be. In the old days of radio, there was never a game show called "Who Wants to be a North Korean?" And their founding fathers, or at least their uncles, tend to vanish into history.
Still, they do seem to be onto something with this movie business.
I haven't seen "The Interview," and you probably haven't either, because although Sony Pictures Entertainment reversed its decision not to release the movie, few theaters signed on to show it on its release date, Christmas Day. That seems to me an unlikely time to release a movie, given that most people are tired, having, late the night before in church and then during the day itself, been busy celebrating one of the two central events of Western Civilization: the birth of Him who came to offer hope to all men and salvation to sinners. Who could need hope more than North Koreans? And the latter seems like an appropriate description of the rulers of North Korea, unless you're one of those nonjudgmental new-age diversity types who think all beliefs and feelings are equal and shouldn't be repressed or discouraged by socially prejudiced, culturally imperialistic people.
For most people, or at least most of the people I know, people who aren't in sync with popular culture, Christmas is just not the most appropriate time to hustle the family into the SUV and, with bells jingling, dash through the snow to see a movie in which a nasty dictator gets blown up in his helicopter on a silent, holy night.
I suppose it's mathematically possible, however unlikely, that the North Koreans were just trying to preserve the spirit of Christmas against the assault of America's popular-culture barbarians. Even if that's not what they intended, does lack of intent (in the law it's called scienter) really matter? Not according to Attorney General Eric Holder, who claims that in certain civil-rights cases, statistical disparity of race alone should be sufficient to convict. If Holder is right and if intent is not necessary to convict, then perhaps we can find the North Korean rulers guilty of … aiding and abetting the cause of Western Civilization by standing athwart Sunset Boulevard yelling "Stop."
But back to the original question: Where have the North Koreans been when we needed them?
Say, back in 1995, when the movie "Kids" was released. The film (I crib from the AMC website, shamelessly editing and altering for effect) is shocking. It "follows a few characters through one day in New York City. Telly … and his buddy Casper … skateboard, do a little petty thievery, drink malt liquor, hustle drugs, beat up a black man, throw some dice, and if a virgin or two happen to cross their path, Telly is only too happy to perform a little 'virgin surgery.' When the boys aren't wandering, they're talking. And when they're talking, it is always about sex. … [T]he dialogue is totally disgusting."
For this, God gave us light?
"Midnight Cowboy" (1969) is the only X-rated Best Picture winner. This gritty movie discomfited some viewers with its frank, nonjudgmental depiction of homosexuality.
"Brokeback Mountain" (2005), the first mainstream gay/bisexual romance, was deplored by political and religious conservatives, but (or is it "and"?) garnered both critical and popular acclaim. As the AMC website puts it, "The love story depicted in Brokeback Mountain is as traditional as that depicted in Casablanca, Romeo & Juliet, or Gone with the Wind, but instead of war, family rivalry, or the general bitchiness of one of the characters getting in the way, societal prejudice is the culprit." Produced by Hey, Hey, Ho, Ho, Western Civ Has Got to Go Studios.
Then there is "Avatar" (2009), about which Nile Gardiner, writing in The Telegraph (London), said: "Washington is one of the most liberal cities in America and you come to expect almost anything here — but still the roars of approval which greeted the on-screen killing of US military personnel were a shock to the system … . [Avatar is] one of the most left-wing films in the history of modern American cinema."
For this, Thomas Edison gave us the light bulb?
But there's more, much, much more, enough to fill a North Korean gulag. There are genres — single-mom movies, single-dad movies, and chatty, funny little movies and television sitcoms that normalize promiscuity and illegitimacy, and make fun of traditional behavior and morality. Great fun for the upper classes.
But, hey, it's just entertainment — except when it isn't, which is when the people who populate Charles Murray's Fishtowns and the poverty statistics take the characters as role models and their behavior as imitable. Then we get a tangle of pathologies that fifty years and twenty trillion dollars of Great Society programs have been unable to untangle.
Ask not who wants to be a North Korean. Ask who wants to be the illegitimate son of a single mother who is the illegitimate daughter of a drug addict.
Our hearts go out this Christmas to the wretched people of North Korea, whose best hope is the United States, whose best hope may be to return to the mores of yesteryear, when mothers and fathers and their children could gather in the public square and, unhindered by popular-culture honchos and their allies in big government, wish each other, shamelessly, a Merry Christmas.


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The head office of the Russian Olympic Committee in 2017. Russia now faces restrictions in participation in the next two Olympics (photo courtesy AP News).
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Russian athletes will still be allowed to compete, with a few stipulations. First, they have to provide unaltered drug tests, proving they are clean. Second, they must have the words "Neutral Athlete"or "Neutral Team" clearly written on their uniform. They can still have "Russia" written, but it cannot be bigger or more prominent than "Neutral." Russia also has to pay $1.27 million to the World Anti-Doping Agency.
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Home » Cancer Types » Brain Cancer
Vulnerability to Infection Increases for Breast Cancer Survivors Treated With Chemotherapy
Kathy Boltz, PhD
Chemotherapy for breast cancer negatively affects the immune system, such that survivors may lack sufficient antibodies to protect against common illnesses. Chemotherapy reduces the body's immune responses and is associated with long-term changes immune parameters, according to a study published in Breast Cancer Research.1 This suggests that survivors could benefit from additional post-treatment monitoring.
About a third of breast cancer patients receive chemotherapy, which is effective and increases survivorship. This study investigated the long-term impact of chemotherapy on immunity.
The research team, from the University of Leeds and Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust in the United Kingdom, measured levels of lymphocytes. Chemotherapy was found to reduce some types of lymphocytes for at least 9 months after treatment. Even when patients had routine vaccinations for such infections year ago, they may be vulnerable to some infections because of these effects on their immune system.
This observational, longitudinal study investigated the immune system of 88 women with breast cancer at interval from 2 weeks to 9 months after completing chemotherapy. The researchers did not have pre-chemotherapy data for 26 of these women.
All major types of lymphocytes had significantly lower levels after chemotherapy, including T cells, B cells, and natural killer cells. Most lymphocytes recovered by 9 months, but the effects were long-term for B cells and helped T cells. B cells ultimately produce antibodies, and helper T cells help antibody production. Both B and helper T cells only recovered to about 65% of their initial levels in the first 6 months and did not further recover in the next 3 months. Tetanus and pneumococcus antibody levels were reduced and remained low after 9 months.
"We were surprised that the impact of chemotherapy is so long lived," said Thomas Hughes, DPhil, from the School of Medicine at the University of Leeds. "We were also surprised that smoking and choice of chemotherapy agent influenced the dynamics of the recovery of the immune system. We might need to take into account the future immune health of patients with breast cancer when planning treatments, but more research is needed to determine whether this would improve patient outcomes."
1. Verma R, Foster RE, Horgan K, et al. Lymphocyte depletion and repopulation after chemotherapy for primary breast cancer. Breast Cancer Res. 2016;18(1):10.
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SugarCRM: check updating of object's property – Mind the gap!
That approach might be used in the handler of logic hook, for example, to perform some action when desire property is changed.
That is the sign of just how bad SugarCRM orm still is. In Rails you'd check it with simple "record.new_record?" call, which is much more natural.