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Refractory Depression, Fatigue, Irritable Bowel Syndrome, and Chronic Pain: A Functional Medicine Case Report
Gregory Plotnikoff, MD, MTS, FACP; Melissa Barber, MSc
Perm J 2016 Fall;20(4):15-242 [Full Citation]
E-pub: 10/14/2016
Editor's note: A companion editorial to this article is available on page 125 and online at: www.thepermanentejournal.org/issues/2016/fall/6240-fm.html.
Introduction: Single-disorder or single-organ-system clinical practice guidelines are often of limited usefulness in guiding effective management of patients with chronic multidimensional signs and symptoms. The presence of multiple long-standing medical problems in a given patient despite intensive medical effort suggests that addressing systemic core imbalances could complement more narrowly focused approaches.
Case Presentation: A 72-year-old man experiencing longstanding depression, fatigue, irritable bowel syndrome, and chronic pain in the context of additional refractory illnesses was assessed and treated, guided by a system-oriented approach to underlying core imbalances termed functional medicine. This patient was referred from a team of clinicians representing primary care, cardiology, gastroenterology, hematology, and psychology. Prior treatment had been unsuccessful in managing multiple chronic comorbidities. Diagnostic assessment included comprehensive stool and nutritional/metabolic laboratory testing.
Results: The blood-, urine-, or stool-based measurements of relevant markers for multiple systemic issues, including digestion/absorption, inflammation, oxidative stress, and methylation, identified previously unrecognized root causes of his constellation of symptoms. These functional measurements guided rational recommendations for dietary choices and supplementation. The patient experienced steady and significant improvement in his mental health, fatigue, chronic pain, and irritable bowel syndrome—as well as the unexpected resolution of his chronic idiopathic pancytopenia.
Conclusion: The success in this case suggests that other patients with chronic, complex, and treatment-refractory illness may benefit from a system-oriented assessment of core imbalances guided by specialized nutritional/metabolic and digestive laboratory testing.
Single-disorder clinical practice guidelines are often of limited usefulness in guiding effective management of patients with chronic multidimensional signs and symptoms. The presence of multiple long-standing medical problems, despite excellent medical care, suggests that new questions or perspectives may be helpful. For example, assessment of underlying key common pathways for all diseases, such as gastrointestinal dysfunction, proinflammatory imbalance, and oxidative stress, could augment the more traditional organ-system-oriented, discipline-focused approach. The organizing principle of the approach taken here, termed functional medicine, is that restoration of health requires defining and addressing seven potential core imbalances that may underlie any given disease state. These seven categories are 1) assimilation (digestion, absorption, microbiomics, respiration), 2) defense and repair (immune function, inflammation, infection), 3) energy (production, regulation), 4) biotransformation and elimination (toxicity, detoxification), 5) transport (cardiovascular and lymphatic systems), 6) communication (hormones, neurotransmitters, cytokines), and 7) structural integrity (membranes, fascia, bacterial translocation). The core belief is that imbalance in one or more of these seven common disease pathways may be the root cause of many seemingly disparate conditions.
This case illustrates how specialized laboratory testing identified previously unrecognized physiologic and biochemical dysfunction in a complex patient. This dysfunction in several common disease pathways was both clinically relevant and inexpensively modifiable. The result was substantial clinical improvement and a markedly improved patient quality of life.
Initial Visit (February 2012)
A 72-year-old man was referred to a board-certified internist specializing in complex, refractory illnesses in February 2012. The patient's primary goal, stated at his first visit, was to "walk out of the office with more hope." He wrote that it was "very hard to function. I wake after 9 hours of sleep and still feel tired. I don't have the emotional or physical strength to accomplish much. This is frustrating and I am on a cycle of becoming more depressed, more frustrated, and more helpless."
In addition to chronic fatigue and depression, the patient reported 1) heartburn, frequent gas, bloating, and diarrhea alternating with constipation; 2) right lower quadrant abdominal cramping, worsening after bowel movements; and 3) widespread arthralgias and myalgias. See Table 1 through 6 (Tables 4 and 5 available online at: www.thepermanentejournal.org/files/15-242.pdf), and the Sidebar: Important Medical History for a list of the patient's medical considerations.
Initial Clinical Findings
Patient-reported outcome instruments (higher scores indicate worse symptoms)
Brief Fatigue Inventory: total fatigue interference score of 37/60
Brief Pain Inventory: total pain interference score 36/70
Patient Health Questionnaire-9: total score 13 (moderate depression 10-14).
Blood pressure 118/54 mmHg, pulse 74 beat/min and regular. Body mass index, 21.6 (calculated as weight in kilograms divided by height in meters squared)
Anicteric with clear lungs and normal cardiac examination
Abdomen tender to palpation of the right upper quadrant and epigastric area
No hepatosplenomegaly
Palpation in the left lower quadrant resulted in right lower quadrant discomfort
No ascites present
No edema in extremities (cool, pale fingers with slow capillary refill)
No palmar erythema
No asterixis.
DIAGNOSTIC ASSESSMENTS
The patient's concern of a reduced quality of life secondary to depression, fatigue, and gastrointestinal distress was part of a remarkable medical history as a survivor of end-stage liver failure and alcoholism. However, his depression, fatigue, widespread pain, and gastrointestinal symptoms did not resolve from medical treatments of specific diagnoses and individual symptoms. A clinical decision was made to evaluate the root causes of this patient's symptoms from a functional medicine perspective with comprehensive and structured stool1,2 and nutritional diagnostic panels. A Comprehensive Digestive Stool Analysis 2.0 (CDSA 2.0) and Nutritional Evaluation (NutrEval) from a Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments-certified laboratory (Genova Diagnostics, Asheville, NC) were ordered. These kits offer bundled laboratory tests that provide insight into the function and status of several of the core pathways. Additionally, given the presence of environmental stressors and a decreased sense of personal efficacy, he was referred for Resilience Training or Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction.
OTHER RELEVANT LABORATORY RESULTS
This patient had previously been found to be vitamin D deficient. However, he was not on vitamin D supplementation at his first visit and supplementation (2000 IU) was begun. In addition this patient's dehydroepiandrosterone-sulfate (DHEAS) level was low normal and DHEA 5 mg sublingually each morning was started.3
FOLLOW-UP AND OUTCOMES
The patient was evaluated four times between April 2012 and January 2013. With each subsequent visit, he reported steady improvement in his mood, overall energy, and chronic pain. He was compliant with the dietary recommendations and supplements outlined in Table 3. He elected to not pursue Resilience Training or Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction.
He experienced minor episodes of dizziness with two near syncopal episodes, for which he was referred to his cardiologist. Repeat testing at his local hospital in December 2012 demonstrated persistent pancreatic insufficiency with an undetectable pancreatic elastase 1 and persistent Candida glabrata overgrowth in the stool even though the patient was no longer symptomatic. These findings supported continued prescription of pancreatic enzyme support, probiotics, and a diet rich in prebiotics. The patient's oncologist noted an "inexplicable resolution" of the patient's idiopathic pancytopenia in July 2013 and reported that his physical and laboratory examinations were normal at that time.
In January 2013, patient-reported outcomes had improved significantly
Patient Health Questionnaire-9: total score 10.
Mental health disorders and gastrointestinal complaints are often components of complex, chronic illnesses that can challenge linear pharmacologic management.4,5 System-oriented, functional medicine approaches, supported by laboratory findings, can help engage patient and clinician in a therapeutic partnership to address genetic, environmental, and lifestyle factors that may be important in complex, chronic diseases.6
The intersection of depression, fatigue, widespread pain, and gastrointestinal symptoms in this patient had implications in multiple systems.7,8 This justified a switch in the diagnostic focus from the customary organ-based systems to whole-body systems. Table 3 delineates the systemic issues important in this case, such as inflammation, oxidative stress, or impaired methylation. The blood-, urine-, or stool-based measurements of the relevant markers for each issue guided rational recommendations for dietary choices and supplementation.
Addressing systemic issues in chronic, complex illness complements a more traditional organ-system approach. In this case, addressing one fundamental imbalance may have addressed several disparate conditions. For example, diagnosing and addressing this patient's digestive dysfunction and the intestinal ecology imbalances not only improved digestive function but also improved several metabolic and nutritional markers known to be correlated with depression, fatigue, and myalgias.
Likewise, the reduction in his myalgias allowed this patient with diabetes with proven atherosclerosis to remain on atorvastatin. HMG Co-A reductase inhibitors (statins) are known to block production of coenzyme Q10; however, supplementation is not routinely recommended. The very low serum coenzyme Q10 measured in this patient suggested that supplementation might be of benefit.8,9 The reduction in his arthralgias also allowed this patient who presented with low glutathione levels to avoid acetaminophen (which depletes glutathione). His low levels of glutathione were treated with a diet rich in vitamins C, E, molybdenum, selenium, and methionine- or cysteine-containing amino acids. The improved levels of both coenzyme Q10 and glutathione enhanced native oxidative stress management, known to help reduce pain, depression, and fatigue.10 Finally, correction of all these systemic issues may have contributed to the unexpected resolution of his idiopathic pancytopenia after eight years.
David Sackett, one of the pioneers of evidence-based medicine, said "Without clinical expertise, even excellent evidence may be inappropriate for an individual patient."11 The comprehensive approach outlined here integrated the clinical expertise found in organ-system-based disciplines with the perspective of functional medicine's systems-biology approach. This integration was possible because of external evidence from specialized stool and nutritional diagnostic panels. This combination resulted in effective management of multiple comorbidities that had previously been minimally responsive to treatment. The interference score for this patient's chronic fatigue was reduced by nearly 50% (from 37/60 to 19/60). The interference score for his chronic pain was reduced by nearly 40% (from 36/70 to 20/70). His Patient Health Questionnaire-9 score declined by 25% (13 to 10). His gastrointestinal function improved greatly without significant increases in pharmaceuticals. Therapeutic recommendations were based on measurements of nutritional and digestive status and function. The success in this case suggests that other patients with chronic, complex, and treatment-refractory illness may benefit from a functional medicine, system-oriented approach guided by nutritional and digestive laboratory testing.
"I experienced at least a 50% reduction in pain and improvement in my quality of life. My anxiety is reduced, I am more relaxed, and feel stronger. The most helpful has been the work with my gut issues. I am almost like clockwork now."
The author(s) have no conflicts of interest to disclose. Written consent was obtained from the patient for publication of this case report.
This case report was prepared according to the CARE Guidelines by Gagnier, Kienle, Altman, et al, published in the Journal of Clinical Epidemiology in 2014.
Mary Corrado, ELS, provided editorial assistance.
Plotnikoff G, Barber M. Refractory depression, fatigue, irritable bowel syndrome, and chronic pain: A functional medicine case report. Perm J 2016 Fall;20(4): 15-242. DOI: https://doi.org/10.7812/TPP/15-242.
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2. Parsons K, Goepp J, Dechairo B, et al. Novel testing enhances irritable bowel syndrome medical management: the IMMINENT study. Glob Adv Health Med 2014 May;3(3):25-32. DOI: https://doi.org/10.7453/gahmj.2013.100.
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4. Kelly JR, Kennedy PJ, Cryan JF, Dinan TG, Clarke G, Hyland NP. Breaking down the barriers: the gut microbiome, intestinal permeability and stress-related psychiatric disorders. Front Cell Neurosci 2015 Oct 14;9:392. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3389/fncel.2015.00392.
5. Assies J, Mocking R, Lok A, Ruhé HG, Pouwer F, Schene AH. Effects of oxidative stress on fatty acid- and one-carbon-metabolism in psychiatric and cardiovascular disease comorbidity. Acta Psychiatr Scand 2014 Sep;130(3):163-80. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/acps.12265.
6. Bennett P, Bland JS, Galland L, et al. Textbook of functional medicine. 2010 ed. Gig Harbor, WA: Institute for Functional Medicine; 2010.
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8. Potgieter M, Pretorius E, Pepper MS. Primary and secondary coenzyme Q10 deficiency: the role of therapeutic supplementation. Nutr Rev 2013 Mar;71(3):180-8. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/nure.12011.
9. Morris G, Anderson G, Berk M, Maes M. Coenzyme Q10 depletion in medical and neuropsychiatric disorders: potential repercussions and therapeutic implications. Mol Neurobiol 2013 Dec;48(3):883-903. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12035-013-8477-8.
10. Maes M, Kubera M, Obuchowiczwa E, Geohler L, Brzeszcz J. Depression's multiple comorbidities explained by (neuro)inflammatory and oxidative & nitrosative stress pathways. Neuro Endocrinol Lett 2011;32(1):7-24.
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As the threat of a new global crisis eats away the world's expectations of a prompt economic recovery, our eyes are again focused on rising food prices and their potential impact on Latin America and the Caribbean's own recovery.
Now, you may argue that the region is well equipped to weather another meltdown, and that the region's poor are shielded from the impacts of such developments. After all, Latin America has been praised worldwide for its safety nets, right?


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Q: "He paid back all the money he owed her" or "He paid her back all the money he owed" I have a question about where to use the object of a verb in a certain sentence.
When you are talking about someone who owed someone else money and then paid it back, which is the normal way of saying this?

He paid back all the money he owed her.
He paid her back all the money he owed.
He paid her back all the money he owed her.

I first thought of using "her" after both verbs, but then I thought, perhaps I should omit either because the object of the verb should be obvious without its being said twice.

A: The sentences seem to have slightly different nuances. In the first example it's not clear who he's paying to, but that he is paying how much he owes her.
The second does not make it clear to who he owes the money.
The third removes ambiguity.
That said, the third sounds a bit redundant. The nuances I described can be mostly ignored and assumed from context anyway. I would prefer the second sentence, but they all look fine.

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Q: Javascript Delete item on sparse array and adjust length error I have a sparse Array.
I use delete array[id] and I also want to adjust the length of the array after deletions. This is a pseudocode.
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deleted =0;
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if (condition) { delete array[id]; deleted++;}
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array.length-=deleted;

Ok. I dont know what happen, the array has the expected length but ... it is empty!
Any idea what is happen?

A: Right way to delete an element from sparse array is :
arr.forEach(elm,index){

//delete index element
delete arr[index]

}

This removes the element but leaves the array size same

A: If you really want to do it manually and don't care about the order of items, the following is much faster than splice, but this messes up your order:
array[id] = array[array.length-1]; // copy last item to the index you want gone
array.pop(); // rremove the last item

The length of the array is automatically correct.
If you want to keep your order do what zerkms said and use splice
 array.splice(id, 1);

The first parameter is the index from where you start. The second parameter is how many items you delete.
The length of the array is also correct.


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Looking back on the year gone by
Kino Club is still just getting started, but already a clear picture is emerging - Kino Club loves Danish films! Here's the Top 5 most viewed at Kino Club in 2021 - and if you've not seen them yet, just get started. 😊
1 The Julekalender: The Christmas calendar about the elves, the potato farmer / wife and Nåså'eren has gone on to win everyone's hearts at Kino Club. If you have not seen all the episodes yet, hurry up before the end of December. Because you cannot watch a Christmas calendar after the 24th of December - or can you…?
2. Bussen: Lovely Dirch plays the lead role as a charming, local bus driver with a twinkle in his eye in this movie classic, which was also our first Thursday Classic Movie.
3. Uden en trævl: The story of the young high school girl and her exciting journey through Europe. The diary notes from her trip are used by her acquaintance, a young doctor, in her sexological dissertation.
4. The Music of Silence: The incredible, true story of world-famous tenor Andrea Bocelli. The film follows his upbringing and his struggle to achieve his big dream of becoming an international opera singer.
5. Gasolin: The story of the biggest rock band in Danish history - Gasolin. We get an insight into a band that were always together and who had a stubborn belief that anything is possible.
Watch our top 5 most popular on Kino Club today!!!
5 most popular from Kino Club 2021

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Shut down the computer or switch off the computer.
Shut down the computer We should say : I will shut down the computer when you disconnect it. Some people say 'switch off the computer which is incorrect.
On/Off: These words are used with electrical appliances. For example: Please switch on the fan. Switch off the light.
Put off the fire: To stop the fire from burning we,should say- Please put off the fire.
Get off the bus: To alight from the bus or train.
I shut down the computer after sending an E-mail to my friend.
Rani was trying to burn some waste paper. She put it off, when the flames increased suddenly.
Raj got off the bus when it stopped at the signal.


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Breast Cancer Technology Company Endomag Secures £15M in Series D Funding
By Kathrin Folkendt	Breast Health, Investment, News November 30, 2020
Cambridge-based startup Endomag, has raised a £15M Series D led by Draper Esprit, which was supported by existing investors Sussex Place Ventures among others. This investment brings the company's total funding to over £32 million.
Endomag's technologies use non-invasive magnetic sensing to locate and stage breast cancer and have helped over 130,000 women across the world receive more precise and less invasive cancer treatment. At the heart of the company's product offering is the Sentimag localisation system. The system features a probe which is used like a metal detector by surgeons to accurately locate a breast tumour during surgery with Endomag's magnetic seed (Magseed) or help determine if that cancer has spread using its liquid tracer (Magtrace). Endomag's technologies have enabled globally leading surgeons to develop completely new techniques that benefit breast cancer patients.
The new funding will be used for expanding access to new advanced techniques enabled by its products, such as targeted axillary dissection (TAD) and delayed sentinel lymph node biopsy (dSLNB). The funds will also be used to scale its product offering, market reach and employees.
"We feel privileged to have maintained our growth while continuing to support hospitals, doctors and their patients during these uncertain times. We're also fortunate to have investors that recognise our opportunity to lead the market while continuing to make a difference for people living with breast cancer", said Endomag's Chief Executive Officer, Eric Mayes commenting on the financing.
Motherhood, News, Reproductive Health, Women's Health January 11, 2021
The New York Academy of Medicine Launches New Initiative Focused on Maternal and Child Health
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Advantia Health's New Flagship Practice, Liv by Advantia Health, Is Set to Open in March 2021
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Hi there! I'm Kathrin and I'm the founder of Femtech Insider. I'm excited to bring you breaking news from the intersection of technology and women's health. Got feedback? Let me know!


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Shaking Hands with Pirates
MB February 15, 2015 No comments
Outlaws of the High Seas
Captain Memo docked at Clearwater Beach Marina
While the pirates of the Caribbean have become a household name, it is also true that those same pirates roved beyond the Caribbean, to the Carolinas and westward to the Gulf Coast of Florida, and even to New Orleans. While the notion of pirates is romantic, the truth might surprise you. Piracy began long before the Golden Age of Piracy, with which we are most familiar, occuring in the 1700s and 1800s. Men –and women –boarded ships to plunder merchant vessels from the earliest times of shipping history. All parts of the world knew piracy, wherever ships were sailed. The pirates plying the waters of the North American coast, the Bahamas, and the Antilles were the most recent version, existing shortly before the nations of Europe, along with that of the United States, agreed to abolish the practice. But, if piracy is an illegal activity to begin with, how could abolishing it lead to its end? Read on to discover why it worked.
Marauding Pirates
John Levique Pirate Festival at John's Pass, Madeira Beach, Florida
Piracy is labeled as the act of theft or plunder, by means of violence, committed by the crew of a ship, usually against another ship. Piracy's heyday came when gold was discovered in the Americas. Attacking a ship laden with gold taken from the Native American tribes offered a hefty reward. Pirates worked on their own, keeping all the booty taken from their attacks to themselves. Numerous pirates became rich, and sometimes famous, based on the success of their exploits. Because of the routes of the American treasure shipments, the Caribbean and the coast of Florida were well-known hideouts for pirates. You might think that the major countries who sailed the Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean worked hard to put an end to piracy. The truth, is that they did not. They were, in fact, guilty of the very same crime.
Attack of the Privateers
Gasparilla Pirate Invasion Tampa, Florida
During times of war, it benefited one side to attack the merchant vessels of the other. Interrupting shipments of goods crippled the supply routes of the enemy. In order to entice ship crews to become privateers, countries would commission a privately owned vessel to engage in privateer attacks. Often, the reward for plundering of enemy ships was the cargo itself. With such bounties to choose from, privateer crews attacked with relish. Unfortunately, that also led to violence. More than one privateer gained fame via a reputation for cruelty. If privateers sound a lot like pirates, it's because they were. By 1908, the countries invovled agreed to a ban, thus ending further commissions for privateer vessels.
Buccaneers of the Caribbean
Pirate at Treasure Island, Florida
Blurring the line between pirate and privateer were the buccaneers. Buccaneers behaved much like privateers, in that they were well organized. They did not, however, have official permission from governments to "do business." Their name comes from "smoked meat" which, apparently, they did while in the West Indies Islands. Their ilk was more specific than other pirates of the world, being best known for plundering Spanish ships in the Caribbean and sometimes on the west coast of Africa. Their trade began as meat sellers in the West Indies, but looting ships and attacking coastal towns proved more profitable. Buccaneer ships, it seems, operated much like businesses, the loot being divided equally. They also attacked land targets, which true sea pirates did not often do. Because of the benefit of impeding enemy ships, many governments turned blind eyes to the activities of the buccaneers.
End of the Golden Age of Piracy
Captain Memo on Clearwater Harbor
The lines between buccaneers and privateers, and their pirate counterparts were often indistinct. Both privateers and buccaneers went outside the guiidelines of the governments that supported them. The violence committed by all three groups became notorious. With an overall disruption of shipping by pirate and pirate-like activities, governments began to turn against the practice. By the 1900s, it had fallen into disfavor. The days of governments shaking hands with privateers were over, a withdrawal of commissions for such ventures ensuing. That left the outlaw pirates alone, with even their home ports eventually turning against them, leading to the end of the so-called Golden Age of Piracy.
Florida Pirates
More pirates, privateers, and buccaneers came to Florida's shores than you might imagine. Pirate treasure stories abound, and pirate festivals throughout the state are popular. Be sure to keep up with our continuing pirate stories, in which we will tell you who among the world's most famous pirates visited our area.
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Fiennes, Swinton simmer and boil in 'Bigger Splash'
By Jocelyn NoveckThe Associated Press
A craggy, stormy volcanic island off Sicily. Some fabulous real estate. A little food porn. Tilda Swinton's face, and Ralph Fiennes' — well, a lot more than his face.
What more could a film buff want?
To be fair, "A Bigger Splash," by director Luca Guadagnino, has an uneven feel. For 90 minutes it floats along as a relaxed exploration of four quirky characters — attractive, lustful, bored, somewhat confused — and the shifting ties that bind them, carnally and otherwise. Then, suddenly and shockingly, it turns into a psychological thriller for the last half hour. It's a shift in tone that feels uneasy and a little forced.
But by then, you've been lulled into a second-glass-of-wine feeling — perhaps a result of watching those lazy, al fresco meals overlooking the sea. Your defenses are down, and you're ready to flow with it until the end, even though you have a feeling you're going to be left a little unsatisfied.
The setting is the Sicilian island of Pantelleria near Tunisia, where Marianne (Swinton) and her boyfriend of six years, Paul (Matthias Schoenaerts) are staying in a sprawling home atop rocky cliffs, with a nice swimming pool (the film is a reworking of the French New Wave classic "La Piscine," which should give aforementioned film buffs a sense of where things are headed).
Marianne is a rock star not unlike David Bowie — a role that fits the pale, androgynous, chameleon-like Swinton to a T — who is recovering from vocal cord surgery and not allowed to speak. This means that for most of the film, Swinton lacks one of an actor's chief instruments: the voice. This challenge also suits Swinton to a T; in fact, it was her own idea to render Marianne virtually speechless, jettisoning dialogue originally planned for her.
Boyfriend Paul is a rather brooding, hunky, protective type with his own troubled past, and the two are enjoying a fairly idyllic period of mutual recovery — nice meals, afternoons in the nude by the pool — when the phone rings. It's Harry (Fiennes), a gregarious record producer and Marianne's former flame, arriving unexpectedly on the island. As if his uninvited visit isn't enough, Harry's brought along a surprise: a 20-ish daughter, Penelope (Dakota Johnson), whom he's only recently met.
And now, dear reader, we digress for a moment to consider the simple delight of Ralph Fiennes' broadening, deepening performances in recent years. If you're like me, you might once have thought the best Fiennes moment came in that tragic, sexy scene where he brings Kristin Scott Thomas out of the cave in "The English Patient."
But that was 20 years ago, and since then Fiennes has been everything from deliciously villainous — yeah, the one with no name — to, recently, exquisitely funny in "The Grand Budapest Hotel." And now he is uninhibited, both physically and emotionally, and quite riveting as Harry, a man burning with unresolved appetite.
Watch him sing sexy karaoke with Penelope — yep, sexy karaoke with his daughter. Watch him try to woo Marianne back with the help of some warm, freshly made ricotta cheese (this is the aforementioned food porn.) And finally, watch Fiennes dance rapturously to the Stones' "Emotional Rescue." It's a cliche, but we'll say it: It's worth the price of admission.
OK, digression over. After 90 minutes on simmer, our four-burner stove goes straight to boil. A relationship sours, to stunning effect. Despite the feel that we've entered an entirely different film, it's hard to deny this is the most exciting part.
Well, almost. Have we mentioned Fiennes dancing to "Emotional Rescue"?


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Published by: Putnam Adult
Lieutenant Colonel Michael Parson has seen plenty of action lately, so he's happy with his new assignment as safety officer at a Kyrgyzstan air base. It's a pretty laid-back way to spend the next year.
Or so he thought. On his second day, a C-27 crashes on the runway with a load of electronic gear—and opium. Recruiting his battle companion Sergeant Major Sophia Gold as interpreter, he investigates not only the crash but the source of the cargo. The answers they find will lead them to intrigue that could ignite a new Balkan war.
Kirkus Reviews calls The Warriors "an expertly rendered tale of lingering hostilities rooted in the former Yugoslavia."
"Yet another triumph of the fiction of contemporary warfare."
"A terrific addition to what has become an exemplary series."
"An expertly rendered tale of lingering hostilities rooted in the former Yugoslavia."
"Young experienced the events of the Balkan wars first hand, and his knowledge translates well to the page."
"The author's descriptions of the countryside of Serbia and Bosnia touch on the poetic…. Part of Tom Young's attraction for readers is his sense of history and ability to explain the complicated origins of past conflicts."
"Another fine addition to Tom Young's oeuvre."
"With remarkable insight, the book probes the human heart…political leaders could benefit from wrestling with the profound and disturbing thoughts within this story."
—Military Writers Society of America
I discussed The Warriors in an "Eye on Books" interview with host Bill Thompson. Click here for a link to listen.
Backstory: The Story Behind The Warriors
Even now, when I hear music from the 1990s it puts me back at Delta Squadron headquarters at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, preparing for a flight into Bosnia or Kosovo. Those Air National Guard missions seemed otherworldly, flying relief supplies to a region where an ethnic group had been targeted for extinction.
This kind of thing wasn't supposed to happen anymore. After the Holocaust, the world had said never again. But it turned out the world didn't really mean it. Marshaling the forces to stop what was taking place in the former Yugoslavia took far too long. While thousands died, politicians vied for political advantage. Whether American congressman supported or opposed action seemed to depend on party affiliation. Academics split hairs over whether it was really genocide. (During that time, I worked as a journalist in civilian life, and the discussion reminded me of a macabre newsroom joke about when to use the word massacre. Not enough dead? Then here's the lead: Five people shot to death today narrowly avoided being massacred.)
While the debate in government halls and academia turned Kafkaesque, the dying on the ground was all too real. Images coming out of the Balkans--civilians shot dead by random sniper fire, prisoners so emaciated their ribs protruded--looked like something from the 1940s, except the pictures came in color, transmitted by satellite.
We flew our C-130s over shelled villages and besieged towns, sometimes delivering food and medicine, sometimes delivering weapons for NATO combat missions. In operations with names like Noble Anvil and Provide Promise, allied military personnel gave their best effort. But that effort came too late for at least a hundred thousand people.
We owe those dead, some of whom rest in mass graves, remembrance. Yet the conflict in the former Yugoslavia has become a forgotten war. Perhaps this novel offers a small reminder.
My villain, Viktor Dusic, is entirely fictitious. I know of no Serbian war criminal who became a wealthy arms dealer. But that would have been less outlandish than other events that did happen, such as Radovan Karadzic's transformation into an "Alternative Healer and Spiritual Explorer." The real-life Karadzic has published poetry, and the lines attributed to him in The Warriors are his own.
The literary masterpiece that Dusic misunderstands, The Mountain Wreath, is one of the most important works of the Serbian canon. Published in 1847, it is a play written in folk verse, not a political tract.
My novel's historical references, including the murder of the Bosnian Romeo and Juliet, come right out of the era's headlines. On May 19, 1993, Admira Ismic and Bosko Brkic were shot to death on the Vrbanje Bridge in Sarajevo. According to reports, Ismic and Brkic had dated for years, and they were buried together. She was a Muslim; he was a Christian. In my novel, the character Stefan pulled the trigger. The real gunman has never been identified.
Dusic's flashback to a cruise missile strike by the USS Normandy is also based on an actual event. During the Bosnian War, the Normandy launched an attack on an air defense control site. As of this writing, she remains in active service.
Through the characters of Dragan and Irena, I hope I have presented the better angels of Serbian culture. To create those characters, I took inspiration from Serbian-Americans I have known, including a favorite college professor, and a pilot with whom I shared many enjoyable hours in the cockpit. I believe Dragan and Irena, and the professor and the pilot, represent the vast majority of that proud and storied people.
The Rivet Joint aircraft described in The Warriors is real, though my portrayal of its procedures is speculative. The Rivet Joint's true capabilities and methods are classified, and I have never served with the electronic warfare community.
The novel's depiction of Manas Transit Center in Kyrgyzstan is fairly true to life. The American commanders at Manas, like my character Webster, often come from reserve components of the Air Force. I wrote the description of the base's coffee shop from memory, right down to the cat. Who knows? Maybe the cat's still there, sleeping on the lap of some off-duty aviator, providing a moment of calm and normalcy.
As The Warriors goes to press, twentieth anniversaries approach for some of the worst events of the Balkans wars. I hope we will take time to reflect on those events, and to consider the costs of turning a blind eye to things we'd rather not face.
A cold front swept across the steppes of Central Asia like an invading army. The wedge of dense, frigid air slid underneath warmer air, lifting the warm air higher until thunderheads spawned and stalked through Kyrgyzstan. The black clouds assaulted the terrain with lightning, and booms reverberated like the peals of distant air strikes.
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Album artwork for groove metal band Martial Law's full length album "Monolith of Hatred." The band approached me with this idea of having the human nervous system incorporated into the art. Based on the title of the album it made sense to have it carved into a monolith. I wanted the landscape surrounding it to be fairly simple in contrast to the intricacies of the nervous system. I was heavily inspired by Piotr Jabłoński's desaturated warm color palette and jagged, slab like compositions. Was very pleased with the final result and the band was great about giving me creative reign to come up with the artwork.


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Gibbon, Minnesota Hartmann Dairy Farm linked to E. coli illnesses traced to raw milk
By E. coli Attorney on May 26, 2010
Minnesota State health officials have linked three cases of E. coli O157:H7 illness with raw milk from a dairy farm in Gibbon, Minn. The Minnesota Department of Health urges anyone who may have recently purchased milk from the Hartmann Dairy Farm, also known as M.O.M.'s, to discard the product and not consume it. The milk may be labeled organic and consumers may be unaware that the milk has not been pasteurized. In addition, consumers should not eat cheese, ice cream or other dairy products from the farm, which also may have been made from raw, unpasteurized milk.
Symptoms of E. coli O157:H7 illness typically include stomach cramps and diarrhea, including bloody diarrhea.People typically become ill two to five days after eating contaminated food. E. coli O157:H7 disease sometimes leads to a serious complication called hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS), which can cause kidney failure and can occur a week or more after the onset of diarrhea. People who have developed symptoms after consuming unpasteurized milk should seek immediate medical attention. Those most at risk of developing complications from E. coli infection include the very young, the elderly, and people with weakened immune systems.
The Minnesota Department of Health and the Minnesota Department of Agriculture are continuing to investigate a cluster of four E. coli O157:H7 illnesses that all have the same "pulsed field gel electrophoresis" (PFGE) patterns, or DNA fingerprint. Three of the four cases report a link to milk from Hartmann Farm; the fourth case is under investigation. Three of the four people were hospitalized as a result of their illness; one case has developed HUS. Minnesota law prohibits most raw milk sales, except for occasional purchases directly at the farm where the milk is produced.
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The GNU Image Manipulation Program, more commonly known by the acronym GIMP, is a free and powerful open-source graphics manipulation tool that can be used for everything from photo manipulation and clean up to digital painting. In development since 1995, GIMP is something of an open-source darling, sometimes being called the "free Photoshop." In this case, you don't short change yourself when you decide to go free and open source. Of course, as with any powerful tool, it takes time to learn its functions, and there are a lot of extra tools you can add to make it that much more powerful. Here are a few basics to keep in mind, one or two tutorials, and a grab bag of useful GIMP plugins to enhance an already excellent program.
One of the fundamental concepts that a beginner needs to learn to wrap his head around with GIMP is that of Layers, a simple but powerful way of working and thinking that allows you to do non-destructive addition and subtraction of elements, effects, and edits in a particular image. Think of a layer as a transparency, much like the analog animation cells of old. You can work on a specific layer, drawing, adding special effects and colors, without tampering with layers above or below your working layer. You can even rearrange layers (a simple drag and drop), set them into groups for easy working (as of v2.8), mess with their opacity or transparency, warp and transform them, and more!
Red eye removal is a simple matter of proper selection and the use of the Red Eye Removal tool in GIMP's filter menu. The first thing you'll need to do is select eyes that pupils that need editing. You can do this with either with the magic wand tool, or by drawing around them with the lasso tool, whichever seems more comfortable. Once that's done, go to Filters>Enhance, select Red Eye Removal, and then you'll be given a simple threshold slider and preview pane. Slide the threshold till the offending discoloration is removed, and presto! You've got a red eye-free image.
Creating watermarks is simplicity itself in GIMP, whether you're dealing with simple text watermarks, or a fancier image or logo watermark. The Text tool lets you draw a quick text bar (which behaves like a mini-layer) and type in your text (setting font, size, and color as you wish). Once positioned to your liking, simply select the text layer in the Layers sidebar and then play with the Opacity slider till the watermark blends in nicely with the image (i.e., not disruptive but still irritating to edit out). With a logo type of watermark, you can go to File>Open as Layers to select your logo image which will then be added into the picture like another layer which you can resize and reposition. Once it's there to your liking, simply play with the Opacity slider in the Layers sidebar again.
While GIMP already comes with a fair set of brush presets, from basic round brushes to unusual shapes and even image stamps like a green pepper, GIMP users can also create custom brushes for their own use. The Brush sidebar to the bottom left of the screen allows you to create a new brush based on geometric shapes with a simple slider-driven interface and then save it for further use. More confident users can create a greyscale image (with white treated as transparent, and black being full color) and save it as a .gbr file in C:\Users\[USERNAME]\.gimp-2.8. You can even create a colored "brush pipe" by creating a multi-layered, multi-colored image and then saving it in the same directory as a .gih file.
A simple and striking edit that you can do is to remove all color from a picture save for a particular object, person, or area. This is done through the use of layers, greyscale, and the use of the layer mask tool. Select an image and then in the Layers sidebar, right click to create a duplicate layer. Then with the duplicate layer selected, go to the Colors menu and click on the Desaturate tool, choosing one of three methods to turn the colors of the top layer grey. This gives you a grey layer on top, with a color layer hidden underneath. Now this is where the magic begins. Right click on the grey layer in the sidebar, and select Add Layer Mask (select white for full opacity). This creates a virtual layer that controls how transparent (black on the Layer Mask) or opaque (White) a particular layer is. Now select the Layer Mask (which should appear as a box next to your grey layer), select the paint tool and the color black, and then paint over the element you want to colorize in order to reveal the color layer below!
Like many other programs, GIMP is designed to be able to accept plugins, which are program extensions that can add loads of extra functionality. The GIMP Plugin Registry is a mammoth collection of extensions such as filters, scripts, and other extensions for GIMP. Need a plugin to execute batch operations across a swathe of pictures? Looking for funky filter effects, brush variants, automated scripts, and more? The plugin registry is a good place to start.
The GIMP Plugin Registry is loaded with tons of extensions for GIMP, but it can be hard to sift through all the content to get at the best tools and examples, which is where the GIMP Extensions Pack comes in. A handy collection of plugin tools and filters, the GIMP Extension Pack puts some of the handiest and most useful plugins out there into a convenient package, such as Save to Web (a file save preview editor for tweaking files), the GIMP Animation Package, as well as more brushes, palettes, and tool presets. A neat checkbox installer lets you tag the tools you want to install, keeping installation hassle free, while letting you select just the plugins you want.
you can run red eye removal without selecting the eyes first. you may get mixed results depending on how much red is in the actual photo.
fyi - if you use lasso or magic wand, you'll need to hold "shift" to select the second circle/section.


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Yes, 'The Pisces' Does Have Graphic Merman Sex Scenes, But That's Just Part Of Its Allure
Answer the siren call of author Melissa Broder
"If I were to fuck an Aries, I'd worry, you know?" Melissa Broder tells me over the phone, laughing. We're talking about her forthcoming novel, The Pisces, which, despite its title, is not really about astrology. (What it is really about is destruction and addiction and, yes, having sex with a merman, but we'll get to that soon.) And yet, we're talking about astrology anyway, and the way it has become newly centered as a belief system for precisely the kind of intellectually minded young women for whom the search for answers to life's big questions doesn't seem like it would take place in star charts.
But that's exactly what's been happening in the last several years, as so many young women have turned to the kind of witchy, spiritually oriented practices that have long been maligned for their divinely feminine aspects, and negatively compared to more practical, science-based pursuits. What gets lost in these comparisons is the fact that, sometimes, women seek out the ephemeral or the spiritual not because they're gullible or anti-facts, but rather because of the ways in which their needs have been disregarded by things like modern medicine (thus why women might be more prone to seeking out the work of homeopathic healers, since the medical establishment often ignores women's voices). Anyway, whether or not you regularly read your horoscopes, it's hard not to ascribe some of the anti-mysticism chatter to systemic misogyny, or at least an unwillingness to place value on something predominantly believed by women. As for Broder, who writes horoscopes for Lenny Letter, while she tells me about how she had a "major '60s and '70s fetish" her whole life, and "got into astrology to try to control the universe and try to bring love" to herself, she has now "sort of lost my belief in astrology as a means of trying to control or predict the universe. But, like the last Catholic who still believes in hell, I have not been able to shake it. So... if I were to fuck an Aries, I'd worry, you know? I'm gonna try to avoid having sex with an Aries as a Virgo, no matter how much I say I don't believe in it."
And the thing is, I do know—I think we all kind of know what Broder means, namely, that love and lust don't often make any practical sense, so we might as well put our own system of order onto the whole thing since it's all such a crapshoot anyway. How much of a crapshoot? Well, enough that Broder's novel features a protagonist, 38-year-old Lucy, who falls in love and lust with a merman, and you find it hard not to sympathize with Lucy and wonder if maybe a mythical half-man/half-fish is also the answer to your own romantic problems. After all, I think we're all pretty aware of how much the men who live on Earth have failed us, so why not look to the oceans for help? Sure, finding true love with a merman might be a total fantasy, but sometimes it feels like finding true love with an... Earth-man is, too.
This line of thinking, this wrestling between succumbing to fantasy or facing up to harsh realities, underpins all of Lucy's actions throughout The Pisces, and Broder, who is also a poet and essayist (and has two perfect Twitter presences), says that, after writing her books So Sad Today and Last Sext, she "still felt this need to continue exploring that dichotomy between why fantasy and the love we're presented in art feels so intoxicating, and why sort of what you might call 'real love,' or love with responsibility, doesn't always feel like that... It's that limerence, that intoxication of early love and forbidden love that is so delicious! And so, I still had a need to really explore that."
In The Pisces, Broder explores that limerence through Lucy, whom we meet while in the midst of hitting a kind of rock bottom, having endured a demoralizing breakup with her long-term partner, a move to her sister's home in Venice Beach as a temporary house sitter and dog watcher, and the joining of a therapy group to deal with her love addiction. Oh, and Lucy is also working on finishing her dissertation on Ancient Greek poet Sappho, in whose missing words Lucy hopes to find some kind of new truth, a beauty where there's only emptiness. What Lucy finds, of course, is a merman named Theo, and what follows is a dark, explicit, all-consuming romantic love to which we are conditioned to aspire, often to devastating consequences.
Broder tells me she was inspired to write the novel while "on the beach one day." She says:
I read this book called The Professor and the Siren by Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa; it's this beautiful long short story, and I had never realized how much the mermaid encapsulated... you know, men have been walking off the back of ships after getting a taste of this siren love forever in literature, and I hadn't realized how dark it was. I was like, What if it was a woman? And, What if it was a merman? And, What if it was now? And the novel was really born whole to me in that moment in a lot of ways.
Broder wrote the book in a semi-unorthodox way, by dictating it into her phone in three-paragraph bursts, but it worked for her: "Nine months later," she tells me, "I had the first draft." Broder explains that this method of writing felt very organic, and what's interesting is that it reflects the oral tradition of storytelling which has kept the mythologies of things like mermen and -women alive throughout human history. It's no wonder, then, that The Pisces shares some of the mythic qualities associated with that type of storytelling, including being rooted in a very definite sense of place—only, rather than the rocky isles of Greece, it's the rocky shoreline of Venice Beach.
Broder says, "If you're sitting on the beach in Venice and you look up, you can see the Santa Monica mountains. You could be on the coast in Greece. And I think that influenced all of the Grecian elements, too, right away." More than that, though, The Pisces shares a sort of morbid irreverence with a part of Los Angeles that, Broder explains, is "home to the Jim Morrison mural. The Jim Morrison mural is, like, its number one export in terms of art." But also, Venice is home to itinerant surfers, beachside body-builders, wealthy tech entrepreneurs, and the kind of women—represented in The Pisces by Lucy's sister Annika—who prioritize and spend money on "self-care" over all else. It's a motley place, one which attracts many people like Lucy, who are running from their past and hoping to start a new life, close to the water, far from their dusty pasts; it's a place in which you could fully imagine happening upon a merman late one night.
And yet, Broder's ultimate message in terms of Lucy is not that it's possible to be internally changed by external developments; that would be an endorsement of a kind of "capitalist magic," which Broder admits to enjoying, saying, "I've always loved that shit and we want to believe... Spirituality and symbols have always been inextricably linked and there's a reason for that. God or spirit, that's nebulous. It's like, ugh, can I just have the thing that's going to render me fixed? We all want that." But Broder also points out that the real work must come from within, and that's why Lucy's personal change doesn't happen just because she has sex with a merman, but is, in fact, a function of the work she starts to do to treat her addictive tendencies.
In The Pisces, the scenes set in Lucy's group therapy sessions are among the funniest but also most sobering. Broder tells me, "Whenever I write about addiction, it's usually drawn from my very deep well of experience with it." She explains:
For me, recovery, rather than transforming or becoming something other, it's much more learning to sit with what is in myself. So for Lucy, she's suspect about the therapy, and I definitely make fun of some of the language, you know? Because sometimes it can be sort of corporatized and homogenized, but in the end, these women do kind of save her life. That connection between women is what is important. We can be really cynical about the things that help us and they can still help us... Sometimes things can work even in spite of us, and I think that's what group therapy does with Lucy. It's really that love between women. Even though... she kind of hates them.
And what these women are saving Lucy from is a kind of toxic masculinity, a drive toward death as represented by Theo. While mermen have a long tradition in mythology, Broder tells me she created the merman she wanted to see in the world, explaining, "There are merman fundamentalists out there who are going to have problems with my Theo. And I just created Theo in the way that I needed Theo to be to work."
What Broder needed for Theo to work was... a dick. As she explains, "There are plenty of people in the world, including myself, who get turned on by people without dicks. But I knew that my Theo had to have a dick."
And he also knows how to use it. One of the most notable things about The Pisces is its many, messy, glorious sex scenes (the kind that really make you blush when reading on the subway), and Broder did tell me that adapting these sex scenes for the screenplay of The Pisces (it's been optioned by Lionsgate Films) has led to some problems:
So there's a scene in the book where Theo and Lucy have anal, and I was trying to write this in the screenplay, and I was like, "Wait." I had always pictured Lucy sort of on her knees. Anyway, I was trying to make this work, but I was like, "Wait, but Theo can't do that with a tail!" I was like, oh shit, I gotta put them in different positions. I mean, they can still do anal, but it has to be done differently.
But while the sex scenes between Lucy and Theo are undeniably fun—Broder explains that Theo "came from some archetypal ideal, what my primal and archetypal idea of a merman is, and also what would be the person who is concocted perfectly to be, at least on my end, one's dream lover. He will go down on you for hours, and he's really into it"—what he represents is the realization of a fantasy and all the inherent dangers that come with getting everything you want in one area of your life, to the exclusion of everything else. Theo, then, is addiction made, if not human, at least real; he represents the problems with love as an intoxicant, love separate from responsibility. He is beautiful and he is dangerous, and it is up to Lucy to figure out how to either manage that danger or learn to live out from under its spell.
Easier said than done, of course, just as it's easy to know intellectually that our astrological sign can't actually predict our future. The allure is still there, the desire to take the stories we tell ourselves and craft them into our own narrative, one which we can use to write our own destinies. And yet, just as Lucy must learn to accept the fact that Sappho's missing words were not intentional, and nothing can be read or projected into their absence, so, too, do we need to realize that sometimes mystery, whether in the form of a merman or merely in our unwritten futures, must be appreciated, so that we can go on with our lives. Or, as Broder tells me, "To let something be broken and still be beautiful is a very difficult thing; even just the way our minds work, we want to fill in the blanks." But sometimes that's not possible, and all we can do is surrender to those spaces, and find our home among the many fragmented pieces, imperfect though they may be.
The Pisces is available for purchase on May 1.
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The Naval Order of the United States is proud to announce that Commander Everett Alvarez, Jr., USN (Ret.) will be recognized for his years of distinguished service with the Peace Corps, Veterans Administration, and the Vietnam War Commemoration Advisory Council among many challenging and high profile positions.
The Admiral of the Navy George Dewey Award honors a U.S. citizen eligible for regular membership in the Naval Order who has established a record of exemplary service as a senior civilian that sets that individual apart from his or her peers.
A Vietnam Veteran pilot and POW, who further distinguished himself in his civilian life after retiring from the Navy, CDR Alvarez is the co-author of two books (Chained Eagle and Code of Conduct) and earned a Master's Degree in Operations and Research Analysis and a Juris Doctor degree.
He served as Deputy Director of the Peace Corps, Deputy Administrator of the Veterans Administration, Chairman of the Board of the Board of Regents of the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, and numerous other task force, advisory councils, and boards of directors throughout his civilian life.
In 2004 CDR Alvarez founded Alvarez & Associates, an IT consulting firm in Washington, D.C. which sells IT services to the U.S. government.
He is the recipient of the Silver Star, two Legions of Merit, Distinguished Flying Cross, two Bronze Star Medals, and two Purple Heart.
The Naval Order of the United States is honored to have CDR Alvarez as the Admiral of the Navy George Dewey Award recipient for 2016.
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Avelina Landín Rodríguez (Ciudad de México, 10 de noviembre de 1919-ibidem, 21 de febrero de 1991) fue una cantante mexicana, considerada como «una de las grandes e inconfundibles voces del bolero mexicano».

Biografía
Avelina Landín Rodríguez nació en la Ciudad de México y fue hija de Irineo Landín Jáuregui y de Magdalena Rodríguez Moreno. Su padre y su madre cantaban muy bien, pero siempre en privado, porque a don Irineo no le gustaba la idea de tener un artista en la familia. Avelina y María Luisa Landín tenían un hermano que prefirió seguir la profesión de don Irineo: sastre cortador.

Avelina se inició artísticamente con su hermana María Luisa en los años treinta. Primero se llamaron Pirita y Jade y después Hermanas Landín. Juntas grabaron varios discos sencillos, para las compañías RCA Víctor y Peerless, y tuvieron mucho éxito en la radio, especialmente en la emisora XEQ. Avelina se retiró del medio artístico cuando se casó con Ángel Zempoaltecatl Ortega el 20 de enero de 1941, y María Luisa emprendió su carrera como solista.

Cuando retomó su carrera años después, Avelina, como solista, tuvo un lugar muy importante en el elenco artístico de la XEW, y grabó sus éxitos en la disquera RCA Víctor.

También grabó para Discos Musart, canciones como «Llegaste tarde», «Se acabó», «Limosna», «Gris», «Pasó de moda», «Ya no me beses» y «Dicen que tú».

A mediados de los años cincuenta, Avelina formó el dueto Las Dos Estrellas con Isabel Guzmán, grabando para la RCA Víctor varios discos sencillos con canciones como el vals argentino «Quisiera amarte menos» y el bolero «Sabor de engaño».

Cantó en Estados Unidos, las Antillas, Cuba, Centro y Sudamérica, Portugal, España, Inglaterra, Alemania, Suiza e Italia.

Landín falleció en la Ciudad de México, víctima de un paro cardíaco, y fue sepultada en el panteón Mausoleos del Ángel.

Discografía

Sencillos
 «Quiéreme, pero quiéreme» (1949)
 «¿Por qué has cambiado?» (1949)
 «¿Por qué te vas?» (1949)
 «Una mirada nada más» (1949)
 «Que me castigue Dios» (1949)
 «No te desesperes» (1949)
 «Culpable» (1949)
 «Todos somos así» (1949)
 «Amor de mi vida» (1949)
 «Buenas noches, mi amor» (1949)
 «Equivocadamente» (1950)
 «Estamos en paz» (1950)

Álbumes de estudio
 La voz que canta al corazón (Orfeón, 1968)
 Nostalgia (Caleidofon, 1976)

Álbumes recopilatorios
 Recordando "La voz cálida" de Avelina Landín (RCA Camden)
 Colección bolero: Avelina Landín (Orfeón)
 Boleros inolvidables (Musart)

Filmografía
 Su última aventura (1946), doblando la voz de Carolina Barret en la canción «Adiós, mi amor».
 La diosa arrodillada (1947), doblando la voz de María Félix en la canción «Revancha».

Referencias

Bibliografía

Enlaces externos

Cantantes de bolero de México
Cantantes de la Ciudad de México
Cantantes femeninas de México
Cantantes en español
Artistas de RCA Víctor Mexicana
Artistas de Discos Musart
Artistas de Discos Orfeón

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UL Softball Has Three Pitchers In Race For Sun Belt Conference ERA Crown
Steve Peloquin Published: April 24, 2015
UL senior pitcher Jordan Wallace
The 9th-ranked Louisiana Ragin' so ftball team has been incredibly successful this season, sporting a 34-5 priorto this weekend's big non-conference series against the 2nd-raked Oregon Ducks in Eugene, Oregon, and pitching is a big part of the reason why.
Heading into this weekend's series, the Cajuns sport an overall team ERA. of 1.94, which leads the conference.
South Alabama, who ranks second, is more than a half-run a game behind, at a 2.49.
Obviously, with that type of team ERA., some outstanding individual statistics jump to the forefront, and this Louisiana pitching staff is no exception, with three members ranked in the top five in ERA
Right-hander Alex Stewart leads the way. The sophomore from Zionsville, Indiana has a spotless record on the season, at 10-0, and leads the league with a 1.10 ERA. over 51 innings pitched.
Stewart is presently the only pitcher in the conference with a sub 1.50 ERA., with South Alabama's Farish Beard ranking second, with 1.74 ERA.
Jordan Wallace is the second UL pitcher to rank in the top five, coming in at number three. The senior right-hander from Weatherford, Texas has been exceptional this season, accumulating a 1.84 ERA., along with a 14-2 record, over 102.2 innings pitched.
Even more impressive, Wallace is the only pitcher in the conference with an ERA. of under 2.50 who has thrown more than 100 innings.
Wallace is ahead of South Alabama freshmen hurler Kalen McGill, who ranks fourth, with an ERA. of 1.92.
The third Cajun pitcher to rank in the top five of individual ERA. is right-hander Christina Hamilton. The senior from Leesville, Louisiana, a Second-Team NFCA All-American a season ago, is 8-2 this season, long with a 2.41 ERA. in 64 innings in the circle.
Coaches will tell you that it's almost impossible to win without good pitchers, and Louisiana is fortunate enough to have three of them.
Filed Under: alex stewart, christina hamilton, jordan wallace, Louisiana's Ragin' Cajuns, ul softball
Categories: Local Sports, Sports


Campsites on the German North Sea coast (Nordsee) are located in a delightful area in which to get away from it all. With the wind in your hair you can wander through the green dunes and along the wide sandy beaches. This coastal region along the North Sea is a region with a lot to offer, from relaxing cycle rides to wild water sports and cultural excursions, the North Sea has it all!
This region is perfect for a varied holiday on one of many great campsites. The North Sea, located in the state of Lower Saxony, is perfect for lovers of sun, sea and sand.
The German Wadden Sea is hugely popular amongst kite-fliers and windsurfers and thanks to the long shallow wave-breakers, is very accessible to beginners. The North Sea coast is home to a number of surfing schools.
If you are more interested in relaxing, then you can lie on the beach in the sun and take a dip in the sea while your children build sand castles. In the evenings you can enjoy fresh fish and real German beer in one of the many restaurants. Life on the North Sea coast is good!
Campsites in the region are well equipped, with the majority having a swimming pool and water slide, sports pitches or play areas. You are promised a fantastic holiday in your tent, camper van or caravan.
A trip to one of the German Frisian Islands is a holiday in itself. Sylt, the largest of the German Frisian Islands, is home to the oldest lighthouse and highest dune in Germany. The other islands all have plenty to offer.
If you fancy a few hours away from your campsite, then Hamburg, with its innumerable sights, has something for everyone. From recreation parks for children to classical-music concerts, Hamburg is an international city that simply cannot be missed during a holiday in Lower Saxony.
Bremen's most famous residents are perhaps the Town Musicians of Bremen from the well-known fairy tale. There is a sculpture on display in honour of this fairy tale next to the beautiful town hall (a UNESCO heritage site). Bremen is also brimming with history, culture and great restaurants.
During your camping holiday on the North Sea coast you will find a variety of other sights close to your campsite. Husum, Bremershaven and Dorum are all great locations just around the corner from your campsite. The North Sea is a region that you will never tire of easily.


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Twilight of the Thunder God är Amon Amarths sjunde studioalbum. Albumet släpptes den 17 september 2008 i Sverige och Finland, 19 september i Danmark, Österrike, Schweiz och Italien, samt 22 september i övriga Europa. Det släpptes den 30 september i Nordamerika.

Albumets titel utannonserades den 27 juni 2008 och till skivan har flera gästmusiker bidragit, bland andra Entombeds sångare L. G. Petrov, Children of Bodoms gitarrist Roope Latvala och Apocalyptica.

Till titellåten har även en video gjorts. Denna filmades i Jomsborg i Polen i hård storm.

Låtlista
 "Twilight of the Thunder God" (med Roope Latvala) - 4:09
 "Free Will Sacrifice" - 4:09
 "Guardians of Asgaard" (med Lars Göran Petrov) - 4:23
 "Where Is Your God?" - 3:11
 "Varyags of Miklagaard" - 4:18
 "Tattered Banners and Bloody Flags" - 4:30
 "No Fear for the Setting Sun" - 3:54
 "The Hero" - 4:04
 "Live for the Kill" (med Apocalyptica) - 4:12
 "Embrace the Endless Ocean" - 6:44

Låtlista på bonus-CD/DVD
 "Intro"
 "Valhall Awaits Me"
 "Runes to My Memory"
 "Cry of the Black Birds"
 "Asator"
 "Pursuit of Vikings"
 "Fate of Norns"
 "Without Fear"
 "With Oden on Our Side"
 "Where Silent Gods Stand Guard"
 "An Ancient Sign of Coming Storm"
 "Victorious March"
 "Death in Fire"

Referenser

Musikalbum 2008
Album av Amon Amarth


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Place seabirds in a room warmed to no less than 75-77ºF (24-25ºC). If the bird's temperature does not rise to normal (102-106ºF or 39-41ºC) within approximately an hour or if the bird's temperature is dangerously low, place a space heater in front of the crate, and possibly place a heating pad underneath the crate. Place a towel between the cage and the pad. Monitor the bird closely by visually watching the bird as well as taking its temperature often.
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#include <aws/config/model/OrganizationConformancePackDetailedStatus.h>
#include <aws/core/utils/json/JsonSerializer.h>

#include <utility>

using namespace Aws::Utils::Json;
using namespace Aws::Utils;

namespace Aws
{
namespace ConfigService
{
namespace Model
{

OrganizationConformancePackDetailedStatus::OrganizationConformancePackDetailedStatus() :
    m_accountIdHasBeenSet(false),
    m_conformancePackNameHasBeenSet(false),
    m_status(OrganizationResourceDetailedStatus::NOT_SET),
    m_statusHasBeenSet(false),
    m_errorCodeHasBeenSet(false),
    m_errorMessageHasBeenSet(false),
    m_lastUpdateTimeHasBeenSet(false)
{
}

OrganizationConformancePackDetailedStatus::OrganizationConformancePackDetailedStatus(JsonView jsonValue) :
    m_accountIdHasBeenSet(false),
    m_conformancePackNameHasBeenSet(false),
    m_status(OrganizationResourceDetailedStatus::NOT_SET),
    m_statusHasBeenSet(false),
    m_errorCodeHasBeenSet(false),
    m_errorMessageHasBeenSet(false),
    m_lastUpdateTimeHasBeenSet(false)
{
  *this = jsonValue;
}

OrganizationConformancePackDetailedStatus& OrganizationConformancePackDetailedStatus::operator =(JsonView jsonValue)
{
  if(jsonValue.ValueExists("AccountId"))
  {
    m_accountId = jsonValue.GetString("AccountId");

    m_accountIdHasBeenSet = true;
  }

  if(jsonValue.ValueExists("ConformancePackName"))
  {
    m_conformancePackName = jsonValue.GetString("ConformancePackName");

    m_conformancePackNameHasBeenSet = true;
  }

  if(jsonValue.ValueExists("Status"))
  {
    m_status = OrganizationResourceDetailedStatusMapper::GetOrganizationResourceDetailedStatusForName(jsonValue.GetString("Status"));

    m_statusHasBeenSet = true;
  }

  if(jsonValue.ValueExists("ErrorCode"))
  {
    m_errorCode = jsonValue.GetString("ErrorCode");

    m_errorCodeHasBeenSet = true;
  }

  if(jsonValue.ValueExists("ErrorMessage"))
  {
    m_errorMessage = jsonValue.GetString("ErrorMessage");

    m_errorMessageHasBeenSet = true;
  }

  if(jsonValue.ValueExists("LastUpdateTime"))
  {
    m_lastUpdateTime = jsonValue.GetDouble("LastUpdateTime");

    m_lastUpdateTimeHasBeenSet = true;
  }

  return *this;
}

JsonValue OrganizationConformancePackDetailedStatus::Jsonize() const
{
  JsonValue payload;

  if(m_accountIdHasBeenSet)
  {
   payload.WithString("AccountId", m_accountId);

  }

  if(m_conformancePackNameHasBeenSet)
  {
   payload.WithString("ConformancePackName", m_conformancePackName);

  }

  if(m_statusHasBeenSet)
  {
   payload.WithString("Status", OrganizationResourceDetailedStatusMapper::GetNameForOrganizationResourceDetailedStatus(m_status));
  }

  if(m_errorCodeHasBeenSet)
  {
   payload.WithString("ErrorCode", m_errorCode);

  }

  if(m_errorMessageHasBeenSet)
  {
   payload.WithString("ErrorMessage", m_errorMessage);

  }

  if(m_lastUpdateTimeHasBeenSet)
  {
   payload.WithDouble("LastUpdateTime", m_lastUpdateTime.SecondsWithMSPrecision());
  }

  return payload;
}

} // namespace Model
} // namespace ConfigService
} // namespace Aws

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Q: Measure of a starlike set containing no open sets This question came to me as I was watching this Numberphile video on floating bodies. In the video, Professor Elisabeth Werner gives an example of a subset of $\Bbb R^2$ that is not convex, but in her drawing it is also starlike. Then the idea came to me that I can think of plenty of sets $E$ that are starlike, but they have some "local convexity" here and there, where there is a little disk contained in $E$. Hence such a set satisfies $m(E) > 0$, where $m$ is Lebesgue measure. (Let's assume all our sets are Lebesgue measurable.)

Question: If $E\subset\Bbb R^2$ is starlike (and Lebesgue measurable), and contains no open disk, must $m(E) = 0$?

For example, a union of finitely many line segments centered at a point has measure $0$. I thought maybe if we took all lines through the origin in $\Bbb R^2$ with an irrational slope, this could be a candidate for a set $E$ satisfying the hypothesis, but with $m(E) > 0$. I have not checked whether it is measurable.

Definition. A set $E\subset \Bbb R^2$ is starlike if there is a point $p\in E$ such that for each $q\in E$, the line segment joining $p$ and $q$ is wholly contained in $E$. Such a point $p$ is called a center of $\pmb E$.

A: It doesn't seems so: take a nowhere dense set of positive (1-dimensional) measure in the unit circle. Then take the union of all lines through origin and points in that set.


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Stony Creek és una població dels Estats Units a l'estat de Virgínia. Segons el cens del 2000 tenia una població de 202 habitants.

Demografia
Segons el cens del 2000, Stony Creek tenia 202 habitants, 99 habitatges, i 56 famílies. La densitat de població era de 134,5 habitants per km².

Dels 99 habitatges en un 16,2% hi vivien nens de menys de 18 anys, en un 45,5% hi vivien parelles casades, en un 7,1% dones solteres, i en un 43,4% no eren unitats familiars. En el 38,4% dels habitatges hi vivien persones soles el 16,2% de les quals corresponia a persones de 65 anys o més que vivien soles. El nombre mitjà de persones vivint en cada habitatge era de 2,04 i el nombre mitjà de persones que vivien en cada família era de 2,71.

Per edats la població es repartia de la següent manera: un 16,8% tenia menys de 18 anys, un 4% entre 18 i 24, un 29,7% entre 25 i 44, un 28,2% de 45 a 60 i un 21,3% 65 anys o més.

L'edat mediana era de 45 anys. Per cada 100 dones de 18 o més anys hi havia 88,8 homes.

La renda mediana per habitatge era de 33.125 $ i la renda mediana per família de 48.750 $. Els homes tenien una renda mediana de 31.667 $ mentre que les dones 21.964 $. La renda per capita de la població era de 27.693 $. Entorn del 9,3% de les famílies i el 10,3% de la població estaven per davall del llindar de pobresa.

Poblacions més properes
El següent diagrama mostra les poblacions més properes.

Referències

Entitats de població de Virgínia