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GAY MARRIAGE IN ARKANSAS?
Roman ruins in Jerash, Jordan.
The ancient city of Jerash, one of the most well preserved Greco-Roman cities in the world, boasts an unbroken chain of human occupation dating back more than 6,500 years.
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All of you know by now that this story is very outdated in such a short period. Five of Nine judges decided this issue for the entire country. This will turn out to be the final straw to break the USA's back. All of our other problems will stem from the "Big Three" that have occurred since 1962. Of course, our fall started as a ripple long ago. Now, we are facing a tidal wave.
"A county judge in Arkansas struck down his state's constitutional bans on gay marriage, saying in a ruling Friday night that they did not advance "any conceivable legitimate state interest."
"In finding the ban unconstitutional, Pulaski County Circuit Judge Christopher Piazza cited the series of federal court rulings, including those in Utah and Virginia, that have been issued since the U.S. Supreme Court struck down portions of the federal Defense of Marriage Act. That landmark ruling has led to a spate of lawsuits in about a dozen states seeking to topple bans on same-sex marriage.
"Same-sex couples are a morally disliked minority and the constitutional amendment to ban same-sex marriages is driven by animus rather than a rational basis," Piazza wrote. "This violates the United States Constitution."
"The judge did not issue a stay, meaning same-sex marriages could begin as soon as county clerks next open their doors. However, Arkansas Atty. Gen. Dustin McDaniel plans to ask for a stay and immediately appeal to the Arkansas Supreme Court, which has initial jurisdiction on all county circuit appeals.
"We respect the court's decision, but, in keeping with the attorney general's obligation to defend the state constitution, we will appeal," spokesman Aaron Sadler said. "We will request that Judge Piazza issue a stay of his ruling so as not to create confusion or uncertainty about the law while the Supreme Court considers the matter."
"Piazza's ruling stems from a lawsuit filed by 12 same-sex couples who sought to wed in Arkansas and eight same-sex couples who had legally married in other states. They had been barred from either receiving marriage licenses or having their marriages recognized because of a 1997 law approved by lawmakers and a 2004 voter-approved amendment to the state constitution."
This is a portion of a story that you can read HERE.
So…what has happened? Putting a couple of new sources together, I'm still trying to understand it all.
Last Friday, Arkansas' Pulaski County Circuit Judge Chris Piazza made a ruling that removed a 10-year-old constitutional amendment overwhelmingly passed by voters in 2004 banning gay marriage. His ruling also overturned a 1997 state law banning gay marriage. The results: 15 couples were issued same-sex marriage licenses yesterday in northwest Arkansas.
One judge opened a can of worms. Since he didn't issue a stay, Arkansas' 75 county clerks were left to decide for themselves whether to grant marriage licenses.
This ruling comes about a week after Arkansas Attorney General Dustin McDaniel became the first statewide official in Arkansas to back same-sex marriage. He said that he supported allowing same-sex couples to wed. At the same time he stated that he will continue defending his state's 2004 ban on gay marriages in court.
What a mess. So, the State's Attorney General will have to fight the judge's decision although he agrees with it.
"They" (those who are trying to override the will of the people) really timed this whole thing well…FOR THEM. A single judge commits judicial tyranny on Friday and marriage licenses are granted the next day before those who are supposed to uphold the state constitution have an opportunity to stop it before it's out of the box. Those who are familiar with Arkansas news know that the story will not really get any traction until Monday. The only matter local Arkansas channels stay on top of on weekends is dangerous weather.
This story is still developing and I intend to stay on top of it here. I have no confidence in our state Supreme Court. If the matter winds up there, we are surely in trouble. My assessment is based on the 2008 7-0 decision, overruling the will of the people, to allow homosexuals to foster and adopt children.
The "weather" is becoming very dangerous in Arkansas.
Quick update: It's Monday morning in Arkansas and they were discussing this issue on the morning news. At this point, I seem to have my facts straight.
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7 Responses to GAY MARRIAGE IN ARKANSAS?
My heart sank when i heard the news from your state. Like everywhere else the peoples intent means absolutely nothing. What can we expect from a secular godless secular society.
It used to be that when people vote it became the law. Somewhere along the line somebody changed the rules back to King George and his monarchy. Welcome to America where every activist Judge is a king, Sounds like more of take from the majority to give to the minority. I think we need another revolution.
Mine did too, Manny. It is such a dichotomy. Here we are heading in the direction of SSM and are the third most pro-life state in the nation. I enjoy the beauty of the state in which I live, but I am also realizing that it is battleground of ideas; a clash of "Bible belters" and, as you have stated, those who want a godless secular society. At this point, the godless appear to be winning. I think it's a good possibility that the next large revolution will be worldwide. Isn't it nice that we know the end of the story which is the beginning of forever for us? Praise God!
God's blessings my friend…
P.S. Sorry I've been awol for a while. I've been busy with work lately.
Ponder Anew says:
Hi Chris, this is very upsetting.
Sorry I have been absent for quite a while as well, life just happens.
I agree these are very bewildering times, to say the least. As you have pointed out, one the one hand we have a great deal of light in Arkansas, but also a great deal of mounting challenges in return. Seems as tho when we win even a small taste of victory, the devil wastes no time in trying to darken our faith once more.
But we can't let him win, right?
If I may offer, Chris, the bishop of Little Rock issued a statement today on this matter, a partial is below. Our state may be full of 'bible belters' of which consist of varying denominations, but we all agree with St Paul's instruction and warning about homosexual relations being an affront to God and a harm to society at large.
anyway, I thought I would pass along one more voice crying for 'reason and charity with clarity' on same sex "marriage."
one can read the whole thing here: http://www.dolr.org/bishop/statement_may122014.php
[…]"The Diocese of Little Rock is in the process of preparing an amicus curiae brief (Latin term meaning "friend of the court," a brief filed with the court by someone who is not a party to the case) to counter the flawed reasoning and conclusions in civil law contained in Judge Piazza's ruling, in particular to show how Act 144 of 1997 of the Arkansas General Assembly and Amendment 83 to the Arkansas Constitution do not violate the Equal Protection Clause, the Establishment Clause, or the Arkansas Constitution's Declaration of Rights.
Our defense of traditional marriage is rooted in natural law and in values held in common through the ages independent of religious conviction, including but not limited to the complementarity of the sexes, the need for procreation, and the stable family as a building block of society. In other words, far from being an attempt to impose religiously-inspired morality on the rest of society, the defense of traditional marriage is a defense of the fundamental morality on which society is based. This is not a civil rights issue, as some would construe it—it is a matter of the fundamental building blocks of our society. In no way, however, should our defense of marriage be construed as lacking in concern for the genuine well-being of all people, including homosexuals." Anthony B. Taylor, Bishop of the Diocese of Little Rock
(I wish I could be in the room when they are discussing the arguments in this letter) 🙂
blessings to you and your family, Chris
Hi Kassey.
It is so good to hear from you. I couldn't agree more with Bishop Taylor. Our foundations are crumbling and we must speak out. The first gay professional NFL player was recently drafted and those who spoke out against it were silenced. One was fined, forced to apologize, and has to take some sort of classes to correct his thinking. He said nothing crude as far as I can tell.
The devil seems to be having his day in the sun, but it will be short-lived. He will not win. In the end, we will crown our Savior Lord of all!
Thank you for sharing the link. I'll get to that soon and will also get to your blog to comment on your last post. My sister had a parakeet when I was a kid so I know how entertaining they can be.
Thanks for sharing your thoughts. Always appreciated. Thank you for your kind words and may God richly bless you and your family as well…
Deborah Whitlow says:
I agree and thank you for being brave and standing up to what is going on these days.
Hi Deborah,
I haven't been checking the blog that much lately mostly because of my job. However, I am aware of the recent decision by the United States Supreme Court to leave many of these decisions in the hands of individual states. The forecast, from what I understand, is that it won't be long before gay marriage will be legal in the majority of the states. It is remarkable to me how little the media has covered this story. The cover story of Time magazine for September, something I saw and read in a public school, speaks volumes to how far we've gone in the godless direction. My prayer is that God would open the minds and hearts of all of those who are lost including those who are lost in sexual bondage.
God's blessings…
Thank you for your response and your prayers for this country of ours. I look forward to any blogs or emails you would like to share!
I understand about your job, believe me! I travel for a living, no time for anything.
God's blessings to you as well,


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Inverted Alchemy: An Integral Economy
Wealth and the metrics used to measure it have become increasingly devoid of the dimensionality intrinsic to humanity. Welcome to the discussion of a new vision and an alternative Ancient Future of Wealth.
On Source
An Essay from my new book
We can see that Light and Magnetism enjoy identical nature and essence. Further, we can see that their union produces and sustains Life. It is this last observation that serves as the root of Wisdom. To co-emanatory and inter-reliant energies align in their union to provide the abundance upon which life, as we understand it, depends. The impulse to place any delimitation around this purposeful unity by ascribing to it some human-derived name or principle diminishes the elegant completeness that it represents. By understanding its true essence and observing its core nature, we can precisely see how our lives, our stories, our obscurations and our contrivances foster an illusion of separation from perfect coherence with Source.
I use the term "Source" for its precision. Unlike "origin" which implies some Euclidean distance in time or space limited to linear projections, Source evokes the same essential nature as its first order expressions – Light and Magnetism: namely, persistence, generative, and infinitely orthogonal. Mesopotamian cultures known to have a profound knowledge of these first order expressions used the cuneiform representation IDIGNA to represent the artesian source of the rivers around which much of civilization organized – the Tigris and Euphrates. In the Indus, the might Himalayas gave rise to great rivers around which Indic and Sinic culture emerged and flourished. The Andean cultures had some of their greatest temples at the artesian and mountain springs which fed the Pacific and created the alluvial Amazonia.
:and preserving the reflected wavelength and essence of the observed Sun was used to adorn the head of the kings and priests. Was this because it was known to amplify reception and the transmission of energies to and from the head of its wearer? Was it known to be a conductor of the wisdom afforded by a deep understanding of Light and Magnetism throughout the cosmos? While we can only speculate, its universality would point to purpose and knowledge over some coincidence. Why did many cultures find copper to be an important symbol of power and health – two highly correlated expressions in a functioning society? Like gold, it enjoys high conductivity and luminosity.
The essential nature of Source must be clearly articulated to recognize its coherence or the capricious introduction of willful dissonance. I will attempt to add precision to the tripartite nature of Source and its First Order manifestations: Light and Magnetism.
Persistence: This is the nature of that which has the capacity to emanate and engages the same in complete manifestation unaltered by any exogenous condition. Rather than relying on an external stimulus to spring into action, persistence self-activates and does not concern itself with reflexive responses and patterns in the field. It has perfect awareness knowing that the activity engaged is fully provisioned at the pace, intensity, and frequency suitable for the action. It exists with total ecosystem awareness conscripting that which is required not for its consumption but for its energetic emancipation from a potentiated state into an actualized purpose.
Generative: This is the nature of that which, at its essence is wholly aligned for the emanation of that which can be experienced by and benefit other matter an energy. Beyond the notion of creation or destruction – a duality that is the product of a constricted perception – generation is that which organizes cycles of perpetual transformation. Generative processes in and of themselves neither define nor delimit themselves. Rather, the perpetually align matter and energy in such a way that other systems flourish.
Infinitely Orthogonal: This is the principle of absolute perspectival equanimity. Regardless of the point of view of the observer/participant/beneficiary, the capacity for equivalent observation or us is complete. The elegance of orthogonality is that, as each perspective is entirely uncorrelated to each other perspective, perfect symmetry independent of perspective is achieved through dimensional indifference.
When we consider the Sun's expression of Light or the bar magnet's expression of magnetism, we see that Source in situ has an effect on, but does not require a response from, that which it encounters. When Source is animated or in approximation, sensitive respondents consciously engage and animate. The heliotropic dance of the flower is evidence of conscious recognition of the essentiality of Source awareness. The iron filings that align to the infinite sweeps of the magnetic field are evidencing Source awareness.
Source Awareness has a few essential attributes. First, Proximity. The more coherent and unimpeded the path between Source and respondent, the more effortless the interaction and the more identical the effect in evidence. Second, Purity. The less interference between Source and respondent, the more effective the transmission and empowerment. And finally, Proven. This is the certitude of performance where there can exist no other explanation or attribution because the complete validation is evident and incontrovertible. In contrast, Source defilement also has three attributes: Remote, anonymous, and unverifiable. Every harm done to this planet and to each other is directly dependent on one or more of these defiling impulses. And most insidious of all, the defiling attributes are frequently cloaked in the deception of terms like "Trust" (remote from actual experience), "Faith" (reliance on an anonymous actor or energy beyond perception), and "Belief" (the requirement to dissociate discernment and perception in order to acquiesce to illusion). None of these words nor the energies they represent have coherence with Source regardless of their profligate use and their apparent resonant proximity.
While I've used as examples the Sun and a bar magnet to describe First Order expressions of Source, these are quite grand in scale and may be too mysterious to engage. So let's examine some examples of Source much closer in. Inside your chest at this precise moment is an agent of Source. And while we can rush emotionally to the heart, that's close but not spot on. Inside the heart wall are a series of cells that self-activate. We call them the pacemaker. Now these cells, when functioning in absolute coherence are what literally keeps us alive and our heart beating. However, when these same highly differentiated myocardial cells elect to function in resonance or dissonance they can stimulate all manners of arrhythmias and can cause death. The small coordinated node is Source and Life. The cells either behave like photons and fields in coherence or, when going it alone, act like manipulators and agents of death. These cells, when properly functioning – as the sun activates pure photonic animation – activate nerve fibers which transmit the impulse to the rest of the heart and the muscle pumps.
I recently experienced another evidence of embodied Source. On an early morning hike on an overcast morning, I hiked up Ekajati Peak for what I knew was my last time during a sojourn in Southern Colorado at the Tara Mandala retreat. As I approach the stupa marking the life of the retreat's co-founder David Petit, I chose to read aloud the tribute written about him by his beloved partner Lama Tsultrim Allione. I had read the plaque on a previous occasion and had done so in silence. The moment I started vocalizing the tribute to David, Source emanated from within me. While tears came to my eyes and my voice started to quiver, I felt a heat in my chest – not my heart, not my lungs – but rather some middle space just below my sternum. I had no temporal or spatial association with David or Lama Tsultrim but, in that moment the Source emanation in the form of a lover's tribute, connected their literal energy and lives to mine in an undifferentiated simultaneity. I was weeping at the end – no sadness, no sense of loss or sympathy. Just profound reverence for an expression of pure love written years ago.
If you've ever seen Michelangelo's David in Florence, you can experience and watch in the eyes of other first time onlookers Source awareness. Here, the genius in his art took simple marble and brought forth something far more transcendent than a nude statute of a young man. Within the marble, he expressed the essence of a shepherd, warrior, lover, king standing in perfect elegance and capable of communicating to persons from every culture regardless of the familiarity with the Biblical account. David's elegant atemporal beauty is Source emanating from marble interacting with Michelangelo's genius.
And David gives us another important path to ancient wisdom. The marble is starting to crack in the ankles and many fear that one day, he will fall. Like one day the Sun will supernova or burn out or like one day magnetized matter will compress in infinite density and give rise to the hyperpolarized nursery to birth the process all over again. Abrahamic faiths have a universal prohibition on making graven images. This was an important concession to the realization that humans tend to imbue in the artifact what they perceive to be the representation of the essence. And if this goes on, the risk is that the artifact becomes the agent of reverence and, in so doing, supplants the consciousness of the essence. Islam and Aztecs have their geometry; Inca and Egyptians have their architecture. And the more the incarnate form or artifact is revered, the more distant the participant / supplicant is from Source. The incarnation that is coherent with Source is but one photon transmitting the energy. And the world would do well to realize that imitation and adherence are not aspirational ideals as to be an aspirant is to reify the illusion of separation. And Source is coherently One – always and in every phase and state. The evidence of incarnate and emanating Source is the basis for great inspiration but should not give rise to emulation or aspiration. Rather it should serve as a reminder that we – the great cosmic union – are born of one and are perfectly inseparable from each other.
While essential nature shows us that we are all inextricably united in our matter and energy and that any notion of separation is entirely dissonant with the evidentiary witness of Source, this has not stopped at least three millennia of corruptors from instituting cultural manipulations which seek to prey upon the fears which can only be perceived when the illusion of separation is imposed upon reality – notably promoted as Trust, Faith, and Belief. Elaborate pantheons of gods, demons, dakinis, angels, prophets and saints have been contrived, largely through oral traditions, to obfuscate the ever present coherence of Source. Esoteric symbols, geometric forms – all evidencing Source influence in their basic forms – have frequently been relegated to occult or mystery schools known by only a few and exclusively accessible to the "initiated". And while traditions like the Tibetan Dzogchen contain beautiful Source-inspired photonic practices such as "transmissions" and "empowerments" in which the guru and disciple literally share a common mind or realization, these practices are also restricted to approved practitioners. When was the last time physics could show you an unqualified photon? When did you hear of an oxygen refusing to pair with a hydrogen to flow as water because the hydrogen was having a bad hair day or came from the wrong side of the Periodic Table in a previous bonding relationship? See, while we can make light of this on one hand, when it comes to suffering, injury and extinction, imposed qualifications are all too often the result of horrific and callous predation using the cunning reflex of fear rather than the simple endless mundane entropic states.
And here may be the more insidious reason why we innovate ways to obscure Source wisdom. As it is its own evidence and teacher, Source wisdom cannot be monetized because, thanks to its infinite orthogonality, it can be understood by all with absolute equivalence. Now clearly this condition poses an existential threat to the scientist and the theologian alike. No surprise that these two professions are the most robust in layering onto Source their own ontology and complexity so as to make the illusion of their exclusivity and remoteness their respective rice bowls. Is there new literacy and new linguistics needed for the re-emergent Source awareness? Absolutely. But it should be as easy as taking off one's clothes and walking naked in the garden in the blazing splendor of the Sun or as simple as playing with a bar magnet in the dirt.
Source can be easily discerned as it is a persistent energy all around us. But its evidence is accessed by First Order perceivable manifestations. Light and Magnetism are, in our time, the most uncorruptible First Order expressions universally available to any observer. Their interactions, like photosynthesis, oxidative phosphorylation, molecular formation, auspicious order are isomorphic with Source as they are in coherent proximity to and fully animated exclusively by Source. These interactions can be considered Second Order expressions. Now it's important to note that, like electrons spinning around a nucleus, proximity to the center is neither better nor worse. In fact, as we move to outer layers, we find a very special and critical function in the outer shells – the capacity to be the site for covalent bonding. This is an exceptionally important and precise type of molecular formation as it is in the covalent bond that the electron models its indivisibility with Source. In the bond, it's neither one atom's nor the others but rather occupies an egoless, identity-free middle reality.
Consider the water molecule. One oxygen and two hydrogen atoms bond to take these two gases and transition their states through liquid, solid, gas, or transitional crystalline structures and matter. While unified, these atoms retain attributes of their discrete nature but in the shared electron environment, they also have the capacity to transit phases and states not accessible to themselves in isolation. They didn't "gain" or "lose" as some would describe. Rather they elected union based on intent and purpose. If any hierarchy was necessary in isomorphism, we wouldn't have water. The contribution of hydrogen to oxygen and vice versa are equivalently important and can only be separated with the application of exogenous energy.
So it is that we can see that Source both emanates through and is the patron of Covalence. It reminds us that Together is Our essential state and allows us to quickly discern that which and those who seek prey upon separation for their own destructive designs. When there is an impulse to impose separation in any form, Source Covalence is being violated and another dissonant energy is being expressed.
Posted by David Martin at 3:11 PM
Jerry Yu November 1, 2015 at 11:18 PM
Re: "millenia of corruptors to obfuscate the Source"
Human nature, and our ingrained tribalism that necessarily contributed to survival during a time of zero-sum scarcity, have sought to manipulate access to the Source for personal or institutional advantage. However many the Abrahamic and science paths were forged in order to seek out closeness to the Source. You write of instantly experiencing the Source on your recitation, but just as some koans are instantly grokked, surely some revelations come after toil and effort no? Aren't some of the exercises in science and spiritual a record of trying to grasp that Source? And what of those whose lives start so far away from the Source? or better phrased while the Source is omnipresent many people are in such conditions that they cannot readily see or grasp it within. Perhaps this is an argument for fundamentally altering our educational system to transition beyond the current Prussian-based model whose purpose is to take subsistence farmers and create a collective citizenry to operate industrialization.
Some cosmologists, Lawrence Krauss comes to mind, propose that all arose from Nothingness, which contains within its quantum fluctuations the possibility for all origin of energy and matter, and given time, all potential fluctuations will, and must come to be. The string theorists would certainly enjoy such an elegance, the quantum fluctuations from the atomos (used in the Greek definition of the 'undivisible' fundamental unit of matter) must vibrate and give rise to the universe just as surely as the Source must give rise in our hearts.
Thank you for taking the time to write this.
Thank you for your comment. I look forward to considering this in the expanding dialogue. Dave
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Do you follow the Reds from abroad?
Overseas-based Crawley Town fans are being asked to 'Stand Up & Be Counted' for the Reds by registering at http://po.st/SUBC4CTFC with those who do so are being given the chance to win a trip to come and see us play!
The campaign has been launched by The Football League for all 72 clubs, and asks fans to register their country and city of residence to show their support of their club.
By registering their support for a club, fans have the chance to enter a prize draw to win a trip for two to the United Kingdom, including flights, accommodation and match tickets to see their team play.
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So far we have heard from Reds' fans in Australia, Japan, Ireland, Malta and the USA who want to Stand Up and Be Counted.
Commenting on the campaign, Shaun Harvey, Chief Executive of The Football League said: "Our 72 Football League clubs are at the very heart of their communities, but there are also passionate fans all around the world who follow their team each week through our international television coverage and online.
"We'd encourage any fan around the world to stand up and be counted for their club by registering and helping to move then up the leader board."
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You'll feel ready to fight, steal, and slink away in this gorgeous Cat Fight costume. The sleek zip-up catsuit has a wide neckline with cold-shoulder sleeves. With slits and a wet look flexible material, this costume balances coverage with a slinky feel. A belt buckles around the middle while a long cattail curls from the back. And of course, this look is topped with a formed mask with pointy black ears.
This Halloween, you might be dressed as a cat but that doesn't mean you're some kind of pet that wears a collar. You're not fluffy and cuddly, waiting for someone to come and give you a treat. You're the kind of animal who's in an alleyway for an opportunity to fight a long-awaited enemy. Though you might allow yourself the occasional nap in the sun, you'd never be caught in a corner. Oh no, there's always an escape route. There's no way to keep an animal like you out of somewhere you want to be or in somewhere you don't want to be. And if you do get caught in a corner, whoever catches you better be prepared to fight!


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New CT Technology At the Speed of Progress
CT scans, often called "cat scans", use specialized X-ray equipment to develop images that cross-section parts of the body. This type of imaging can give radiologists a clearer view of many different types of tissue, including the lungs, heart, bones, muscle, and even blood vessels. Cancer, heart disease, traumatic injuries, and vascular disease are all easier to diagnose because of CT technology.
The technology has become commonplace in clinical settings over the last two decades. Nearly every hospital has a CT scanner of some sort. Health care professionals have found an increasing number of applications for the scans as the reliability of the technology dramatically improved.
Scanners take highly detailed images in "slices", which are then studied and further manipulated, as needed using specialized computer software. Most scanners currently in use scan 16-slices or fewer. This process is time consuming and sometimes presents difficulty for patients who cannot lie still for the length of time necessary for a detailed scan. As with conventional X-rays, patients must hold their breath momentarily to avoid any movement during the actual scanning.
Now, a new generation of scanners is becoming available. A 64-slice CT scanner recently installed at Arnot Ogden Medical Center produces images faster and with higher resolution than ever before. Impressive? To say the least. The new scanner enhances diagnostic ability and makes CT scans more accurate and comfortable for patients who previously were not good candidates, or for whom the process was problematic, such as the elderly, critically ill, small children, and trauma victims.
The CT staff at Arnot Ogden couldn't be more excited about the enhancement. CT Supervisor Dan Zelko, RT, RCT and Joann Rathbun RT, RCT; Cindy Vondracek RT, RCT; Matt Rohrer, RT, RCT; and Shannon Wilson, RT, RCT have all been fully trained on the new equipment.
"In the short time that we have had this machine, it has amazed all of us with what it can do and how fast it scans," says Dan Zelko. "It processes 64 images in .37 seconds."
The machine, a Seimans 64-slice CT scanner, is one of only about 100 in use nationally and one of just four in New York State. As a regional referral center, Arnot Ogden's new technology is available to patients throughout the Central New York region. At an estimated cost of $2 million, you probably won't be seeing these new scanners at every hospital in the area anytime soon.
"Last year we did more than 18,000 CT scans at Arnot Ogden. In the last six weeks with the new machine we have averaged 40-50 scans per day, some days over 70." says Zelko.
Among the impressive capabilities of this new technology are the Cardiac applications. Cardiac CT is fast becoming a hot topic as more of the 64-slice CT scanners are being placed into service. The new machines can scan quickly enough to capture images of a beating heart during its resting, or still, phase. It also captures the wall motion of the heart and gives doctors an accurate assessment of cardiovascular integrity. It is a less invasive and very effective alternative for cardiac catheterization procedures in some cases, particularly in individuals with a strong history of heart disease, or who have had bypass or stent placement surgery. The CT scan is non-invasive, can be completed in 15 minutes, and no hospital stay is required. This new generation of scanners is able to look directly at blood vessels for blockages and buildup composed of either calcium or cholesterol. A 3-dimensional evaluation of the whole heart and pulmonary arteries is also available.
For trauma victims, head to toe scans are often ordered to help doctors assess internal injuries. "We just had a trauma patient recently scanned on the new 64-slice machine. Table time was less than 10 minutes and the actual scan time was less than two minutes," remarks Zelko. "These head to toe scans used to take an hour or more to complete."
CT Flouroscopsy, used for CT guided biopsies will be greatly enhanced by this new technology. The images captured by the 64-slice scanner allow more accurate views of much smaller areas. This may be of particular benefit to studies of very small suspect areas of the lungs. The implication, of course, is that if small areas of damaged or diseased tissue can be detected and tested earlier, disease can be treated earlier and more effectively.
Virtual colonoscopies can also be performed with the 64-slice CT scanner, without the need for sedation or the insertion of a scope, but only a small diameter catheter.
Since there are not very many of the 64-slice scanners in clinical use yet, there is still much to be discovered. As the technology advances, so will the potential applications. And, with history as a guide, we can expect substantial increases in the demand for this new service very soon.
Dan Zelko, RT, RCT
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Lib Dems call on the Conservative county council to step in and provide free school meals for those in need
Opposition Liberal Democrat councillors on Hertfordshire County Council have called on the Conservative Council to follow the lead of other councils to step in and assist in providing free school meals to those in need during half term and school holidays up to at least the Easter holidays in 2021.
Last Tuesday at a Full Council meeting of Herts County Council, the Conservative majority rejected a Lib Dem motion calling on the government to support Marcus Rashford's appeal.
Following the government's refusal late last week to support Marcus's proposal, the Liberal Democrats are now calling on the Conservative-run council to follow the lead of other councils, including Conservative-run authorities such as Essex, Staffordshire and Kensington and Chelsea, to step in and meet this need. With the second wave of the Pandemic now hitting, and with the dramatic rise in the number of families in need, they are calling on Herts County Council to set up a system, which may be providing actual meals or vouchers, as they did last Summer, for all children receiving free school meals. This should continue to operate through school holidays until at least Easter 2021.
Education spokesperson Mark Watkin has already called on Conservative cabinet member for Education at County Hall, Terry Douris, to agree to this and sent him an open letter to which he has not yet had a reply.
To keep up the pressure the opposition Lib Dem councillors have now written to the Council's Chief Legal officer calling for an Extraordinary Meeting of the County Council to agree to their proposal.
Opposition leader Cllr Stephen Giles-Medhurst said, "We do not take this step lightly. This will be the first time an Extraordinary Meeting has been called by the opposition in over 10 years but it's essential that the County, as the education authority, steps up to the mark if the government will not. I hope that the Conservatives will act now and not wait until the meeting, but if not we will force a debate to vote that the county should step in.
"Frankly it's a disgrace that in this day and age children from the least well off in our society, through no fault of their own, and many with unemployed parents due to the pandemic, could go hungry during school holidays. The Government which found hundreds of millions of pounds for 'Eat out to Help out' now refuses to find money for our children in need. If the government will not find the money then Herts County Council with millions in reserves must step in. It must act and follow the lead that other Conservative-run Councils have taken. The County may have missed the boat for this half terms but there are other school holidays coming up and it must act now. It must not be a Christmas Scrooge"
"I and my colleagues want to thank the amazing community groups and businesses, themselves under pressure, who have already stepped into the void created by the Government, but the County Council is best able to co-ordinate the approach that will ensure that every child in need receives the help they deserve and that no child goes hungry." said Cllr Mark Watkin. Opposition Education Spokesperson.
St Albans Lib Dem MP, Daisy Cooper has added her support to the campaign. "Half term has started and many parents don't know where they will find the £30-40 at least they will need to feed their children this week, let alone how they will feed their kids at Christmas. No-one is denying that there are big financial demands on the Government but the public simply cannot understand why the Conservative Government is drawing the red line at hungry children.
"I'm proud that the Liberal Democrat Education Minister for Wales was the first to announce extended free school meal vouchers for all school holidays until at least Easter 2021, and that Herts Lib Dems are leading the call for the local education authority to step up and fill the gap left by the Conservative Government. I am dismayed that Conservative MPs in Hertfordshire refused to support hungry children and families this half term and the Conservative-run County Council has refused so far as well.
"I'm 100% in support of calls by Herts Liberal Democrats for the County Council to set up an emergency package of free school meals support in school holidays until Easter so that no child in Hertfordshire goes hungry."


CHICAGO After a year of treatment, Mary Smith, who has a history of mental illness, was found competent to stand trial in the case. However, on Friday a judge determined that she was not mentally fit to be held responsible for the fatal fire.
Smith was accused of setting a dollar bill ablaze in the stairwell of a Wrigleyville apartment building. That blaze killed four people- Jennifer Carlson, 24; Jason Bowers, 24; Jerod Pilgreen, 21; and Joseph Schultz, 24. All four originally were from Belvidere.
Before issuing the statement at the end of the bench trial, Judge James Linn called the case one of the saddest he'd heard. All parties agree that the system that allowed a woman with a history of mental illness to remain on the streets and without help needs to be fixed.
"Mary's family was desperate to help her. They tried for years and years and years, but the system kept turning her away," said Jacqueline Ross, Smith's Attorney.
Smith, a diagnosed schizophrenic, had been in and out of mental institutions since 1989. After a stay at an institution in 2006, she lived on the street. Then, in March of 2007, she lit the fire in what she told police was an attempt to keep warm after losing her shoes.
"There is no reason she should have been out on the street and able to do this," said Sue Pilgreen, victim's mother.
Pilgreen and a friend, Schultz, were visiting Carlson and Bowers the night of the fire.
"I am shocked at the verdict. I thought that she needed to take some kind of responsibility," said Barb Carlson, victim's mother.
Prosecutors said Smith knew she committed a crime. They asked the judge to find her guilty of arson and first-degree murder. Defense attorneys argued Smith was incoherent in a videotaped confession and said she was only fit to stand trial because of medication.
"Everything before the fires and after the fires ... truly insane," said Ross.


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The Best-Ever TV Married Couples
The television marriages that gave us a reason to watch every episode.
By Taysha Murtaugh January 22, 2016
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Monica and Chandler, Friends
Could these two BE any cuter? Fittingly, they started as friends-probably why their marriage turned out so great.
Cameron and Mitchell, Modern Family
They may have just tied the knot, but these longtime partners have proven to us the power of love … and the power of a hug.
Vivian and Phil, Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
Now this is a story all about how a successful husband and wife raised a family in Los Angeles. Not as catchy, we know, but still super fun to watch.
Lucy and Ricky, I Love Lucy
Throughout their many shenanigans and all of Lucy's "'splaining," this iconic '50s duo stayed strong. Must've been all that vitameatavegamin.
April and Andy, Parks and Recreation
A match made in heaven. Or at least, in the Parks and Rec office.
Lily and Marshall, How I Met Your Mother
This adorable duo managed to be hilarious and passionate at the same time. High five for love!
Pam and Jim, The Office
A cute crush turned amazing love story turned solid marriage. Basically, the dream.
Laura and Robb, The Dick Van Dyke Show
Don't let their traditional gender roles fool you into thinking Laura and Robb's marriage was unfair or old-fashioned: These two were equals in the sitcom and in the marriage. Plus, just look at that chemistry!
Zoe and "Wash" Washburne, Firefly
The officer and pilot are proof in overcoming first impressions, as Zoe didn't even like Wash in the beginning.
Red and Kitty, That '70s Show
Every '90s kid's favorite sitcom parents stayed steady in their relationship throughout the series thanks to a mutual respect-and a few enthusiastic sprints up to the bedroom whenever they realized the kids weren't around.
Tami and Eric, Friday Night Lights
"I love you. I respect you. I am proud of you. And I am in love with you, completely." Nuff said.
Charlotte and Harry, Sex and the City
Two times was the charm for the most conservative of the Sex and the City ladies. It turned out the love of her life wasn't the handsome doctor but the unexpectedly sweet divorce lawyer. Their TV marriage conquered both religious differences and infertility.
Harriette and Carl, Family Matters
True to the title of the show, the Winslows knew what was important in life. Their willingness to be silly only made us love them more.
Meredith and Derek, Grey's Anatomy
He picked her, chose her, loved her-through an insane amount of tragic scenarios, we might add-because they were each other's person. That Post-It marriage sure did stick.
Becky and Jesse, Full House
Hollywood's cutest aunt and uncle just happened to have quite the relationship, too. And they certainly kept things hot. Have mercy!
Maggie and Jason, Growing Pains
Mr. and Mrs. Seaver weren't just the luckiest dreamers who never quit dreamin'-they were also our role models in the love department.
Daphne and Niles, Frasier
Dr. Crane and Daphne's romance was a long time coming, which made their marriage all the more fun to watch.
Wilma and Fred, The Flintstones
Level-headed Wilma and fun-loving Fred make a great team, even by modern standards.
Edith and Archie, All in the Family
Despite their flaws, the central characters of this edgy sitcom remained unconditionally in love.
Louise and George, The Jeffersons
The Jeffersons succeeded in more than moving on up to the East Side-they also maintained a loving relationship.
Roseanne and Dan, Roseanne
They bickered, they flirted, they made it work in one of the first-ever sitcoms depicting a working-class family with a strong female lead.
Marge and Homer, The Simpsons
The matriarch and patriarch of the animated family have managed to overcome lots of obstacles in their 27 seasons of marriage-including divorce rumors last fall.
Bow and Andre, Black-ish
Just like real married couples, Bow and Andre fight sometimes. But they call each other out when necessary, make up, and move past it.
Linda and Bob, Bob's Burgers
We have to thank the mom and dad of TV's weirdest family for keeping things interesting.
Leslie and Ben, Parks and Recreation
This power couple simply refuses to stop warming the hearts of Parks and Rec viewers.
Jessica and Louis, Fresh Off the Boat
We have nothing but admiration for this Taiwanese husband and wife, who handle the challenges of adjusting to a new culture with grace-and laughter.
Jadzia Dax and Worf, Star Trek Deep Space Nine
To quote Sirella, "no one can oppose the beating of two Klingon hearts."
Jamie and Paul, Mad About You
The fictional NYC couple inspired us with their ability to stay madly in love, beyond I do. "I don't know why we're put here on this Earth," Paul once told Jamie, "except that I have always known that I am supposed to be by your side, taking care of you, having a family with you, and making you happy."


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Miss Universo 1987 foi a 36ª edição do concurso, realizado no Hall 4 do World Trade Center de Singapura, em 26 de maio daquele ano. Cecilia Bolocco, do Chile, foi coroada Miss Universo, a primeira e única coroa daquele país até hoje. Sessenta e oito candidatas disputaram o título, que viu a última aparição de Bob Barker como apresentador da transmissão televisiva, depois de 21 edições na função. Barker, um ativista pelo direito dos animais, solicitou que o uso de casacos de pele pelas participantes fosse proibido; tendo seu pedido negado, renunciou ao cargo, encerrando uma participação constante como apresentador do concurso por mais de duas décadas.

Realizada novamente na Ásia depois de sete anos, esta é considerada a última megaprodução do Miss Universo nos anos 80. Singapura, que estimava investir US$3 milhões no evento,acabou tendo um prejuízo ainda maior de US$8 milhões. Foi também a edição em que os concursos de beleza começaram a viver uma crise de popularidade, na medida em que a imprensa latino-americana, a que mais divulgação sempre deu ao Miss Universo e a outros, não compareceu em grande número em Singapura e a mídia em geral começou a tratá-lo com ironia e desdenho. "Há quem ainda goste", descreveu o jornal Folha de S. Paulo, na breve resenha acerca da transmissão do SBT.

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O Miss América do Sul, um concurso regional que servia como termômetro para o Miss Universo, aconteceu naquele ano em Cartagena, na Colômbia, com a vitória da miss deste país, Patricia López-Ruiz, eleita Miss Fotogenia em Singapura. A chilena Bolocco ficou entre as finalistas.

A Miss Colômbia chegou a Singapura como favorita, seguidas nas bolsas de apostas das misses EUA, Uruguai, Brasil,México, Itália e a Finlândia. A dona da casa, Miss Singapura Marion Teo, nunca apareceu entre as favoritas e mesmo depois de sua eleição nacional o comitê local ficou insatisfeito com sua vitória, já a que considerava fraca demais e com nenhuma chance de classificação,entretanto,ela acabou sendo a grande zebra do concurso,chegando entre as 10 semifinalistas . Entre os juízes da edição estavam o ator norte-americano Peter Graves e a Miss Universo 1985 Deborah Carthy-Deu.

O público pôde acompanhar pela televisão as notas dadas às candidatas após o desfile em trajes de banho, e logo em seguida,o anúncio do Top 10 foi feito: Itália, Porto Rico, Filipinas, Venezuela, Peru, Estados Unidos, a improvável Miss Singapura, Suécia, Turcas e Caicos e Chile. As maiores surpresas foram a classificação de Singapura e de Turks e Caicos, Carmelita Ariza, irmã da Miss Turks e Caicos de 1983, e até hoje a única candidata deste território já classificada em qualquer dos principais concursos de beleza do mundo.O grande choque foi a eliminação precoce da grande favorita,a Miss Colômbia.
A chilena Cecilia Bolocco começou a impressionar os jurados e a audiência durante a entrevista.Por ter sido a última dentre as 10 semifinalistas,Cecilia foi a última entrevista da história do concurso a ser feita por Bob Barker pois no ano seguinte ele seria substituído por Alan Thicke e muitos especialistas consideram esta uma das melhores já feitas no concurso. Com sua grande apresentação no desfile em traje de noite, a chilena assumiu o favoritismo geral.

Depois do Top 5 formado com as Misses Chile, Itália, Estados Unidos, Venezuela e Porto Rico, a italiana Roberta Capua foi anunciada como segunda colocada - a primeira italiana nesta posição desde Daniela Bianchi em 1960 - e Bolocco, de apenas 1,67 m, eleita como Miss Universo 1987. Sua eleição causou grandes comemorações no Chile então comandado pelo general Augusto Pinochet e ela foi congratulada até pelo cardeal primaz chileno.

Depois de seu ano de reinado, Bolocco virou uma celebridade hispânica e trabalhou como jornalista na CNN em espanhol, na Telemundo e em vários programas e novelas da televisão chilena. Em 2001, ela foi novamente notícia nas manchetes de todo mundo ao casar-se com o ex-presidente argentino Carlos Menem, de quem se divorciou em 2007.

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Em negrito, a candidata eleita Miss Universo 1987. Em itálico, as semifinalistas.

  - Dagmar Schulz
  - Carolina Brachetti
  - Jennine Leonarder
  - Kristina Sebestyen
  - Betty Hanna
  - Dawn Waithe
  - Holly Edgell
  - Patricia Rocabado
  - Jacqueline Meirelles (TT)
  - Tina Simpson
  - Cecilia Bolocco (1°)
  - Natasha Papademetriou
  - Marion Nicole Teo (SF)
  - Patricia Lopez Ruiz (MF)
  - Ji-Eun Kim
  - Anna María Aguilar
  Curaçao - Viennaline Arvelo
  - Nanna Johansson
  Egito - Hoda Abboud
  - Virna Machuca  - María del Pilar Cucalón
  - Remedios Cervantes
  - Michelle Royer (3°)
  - Geraldine Asis (SF)
  - Outi Tanhuanpää
  - Nathalie Marquay
  - Xenia Pantazi
  Groenlândia - Susse Petersen
  - Teresa Fischer
  - Maria Isabel Flores
  Holanda - Janny Tervelde
  - Frances Reyes (MS)
  - Chong Sok Hui
  - Felize Bencosme

  - Sandy Harrigan
  - Priyadarshini Pradhan (2° TT)
  - Yvette Lindsey
  - Rosemary Thompson
  - Yamit Noy
  - Roberta Capua (2°)
  - Janice Sewell
  - Hiroe Namba
  - Sahar Haydar
  - Christine Paglar
  - Kristina Apapbologna
  - Luciana Ada
  - Cynthia Fallon
  - Lynda Ikpeazu
  - Mariann Leines
  - Ursula Ryan
  - Nicola Davies
  - Gabriela De Leuze
  - Tammy Ortigoza
  - Jessica Newton (SF)
  - Laurie Tamara Simpson (5°)
  - Noelia Pereira
  - Susan Kahumba
  - Carmen Perez
  - Fabienne Feliho
  - Nandaine Wijiegooneratna
  - Susanne Thoerngren (SF)
  - Renate Walther
  - Chuttima Naiyani
  - Sheree Richards (3° TT)
  - Carmelita Ariza (SF)
  - Leyle Sesbet
  - María Groso
  - Inés Rodríguez (4°)
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 Duas candidatas foram desqualificadas: Shelley Bascome (Bermuda), por ser maior de 25 anos, e Eileen Ann Catterson (Escócia), por ter apenas 17 anos e alguns meses. Aruba, Bélgica, Costa do Marfim, Gâmbia e Reunião não enviaram candidatas ao concurso.

1987
Concursos de beleza de 1987

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Starts at the Salettes lake car park in Mormoiron.
(D) From the first car park, walk to the shore of the lake and follow the marked path to the left (south-east). The path passes in front of the main car park in the direction of the aerial adventure park.
At the end of the lake, ignore a path to the right and, immediately after this, take the access path to the Parc Ventoux Adventure to the right. This sandy path leads uphill through the ochre trails of the Vallat de Marquetton and the various aerial adventure park circuits.
The path narrows, continue past a left turn and continue uphill following the markings. The path climbs more steeply and passes through trenches carved by gulleys opening out onto a small plateau.
(1) Turn left on the level path. Pass by a path to a cottage 100 m on the left and follow the main path, ignoring several left and right turns.
At a junction, turn 90° to the right (south) with a cottage on your right-hand side. The path becomes a tarmac road and continues down among vineyards, and cherry and olive trees.
(2) At the junction with another road, continue to the left and continue downhill on the tarmac. 500 m further on, at T-junction, take the road on the left. It makes two successive s-shaped turns, passes around two ruined shacks among the vineyards and then becomes a dirt path.
(3) Head to the left just before the turn onto a small sand trail. 100 m further on, at a fork in the road, head to the right through the very wild and picturesque Ravin des Sitos gulleys, from which ochre was once quarried. Continue for a while along the narrow ravines and then head back to the marked trail among the vineyards.
(3) Return to the path on the left which continues through the vineyards and leads down into the woods. Stay on the main path and ignore those leading to the left and right. Join at a fork located at the point where the sand of the path turns from brick-red to beige.
(4) Veer to the left along a smaller path, then turn left again at the following junction to come to an old digging site. Don't hesitate to go back and forth among the old quarries or caves dug into the sides of the ravines.
The path follows the sides of the ravine for a time, turning to the right (south-east) and then turns back heading north-east. Keep a vineyard on your right, and at its end, head left into the woods. Again, don't be afraid to take the time to explore the many ways into the old quarries, but always come back to the marked path.
Continue along the path in a north-easterly direction which will slowly turn to the left (north). It climbs steeply to end on a plateau at a larger quarry at a hairpin bend.
(5) Continue ahead on the tarmac road. 300 m onwards, the road surface changes at the junction with a path; follow the road ahead up to the next crossroads with another road. Enjoy the views over Mont Ventoux and the Dentelles de Montmirail.
(6) Cross the road and follow the trail heading downhill to the right. 200 m onwards it cuts across a road and continues to the right into the woods. Shortly after an olive grove, the path forks to the left (north-west). 50 m further on, leave the path which heads off to the right (not marked on the map) and head left along a poorly-marked path which crosses a clearing and heads to the right to meet a crossroads.
(7) Continue to the left on the path which leads to the hamlet of Les Sourds. Just before the first house, take the right fork of the path to head down into the woods. A little lower down, pass by a path to the right and continue along the path to the left.
Approximately 400 m further on the path will join with another coming from the right and continue south-west along and above the vineyards.
(8) At the junction with a wide path, head to the right. The path will then turn to the left around a water reservoir. After the cherry orchard, walk past the path to the right and continue to the left (West). Pass in front of Les Rassades and on to a good sandy path.
Continue past two (poorly marked) paths to the left and take the following left at the fork in the path.
(9) At the junction, take the left fork to come upon an old quarry. Here again there is an opportunity to go back and forth through this old ochre digging site reclaimed by nature.
Continue past two paths to the left, then follow the outskirts of the site on the main path heading uphill (west-north-west). When the path arrives above the quarry, it turns sharply to the left and climbs a further 50 m.
(10) Leave the trail taking a sharp left on a small path downwards into the woods. It runs along a lovely ochre cliff and then meets with a trail at a junction. Take a right to meet a road 200 m further on at a bend. Continue to the right along the road until the next junction.
Turn left to arrive at the car park where the walk began.
Several access paths to former ochre digging sites are scattered along the route, don't be afraid to leave the marked path for a while to explore them.
Bring a torch to see inside the caves.
Some paths, in particular between (4) and (5), and then between (6) and (8) do not appear on the map, but are there on the ground.
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Salettes lake, supervised swimming (seasonal).
The Sablon ochre mineral deposits were extracted by the Malavard company from Villes-sur-Auzon between 1887 and 1928. The "Compagnie des Ocres Française" (The French Ochre Company) then took over the quarrying until 1967.
The soils here are 90% sand and 10% ochre. This means that they are less rich in deposits than those of Roussillon or Gargas.


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'Love Never Dies' on YouTube - and what I thought of it (at end)
Just a reminder for anyone else who's enjoying the current event of Andrew Lloyd Webber's putting on of theatrical performances of his musicals on YouTube - available to watch for just 48 hours every week-end in the U.K. during current lock-down restrictions.
Following the utterly marvellous 'Superstar' of a fortnight ago, and a most impressive 'Phantom' last w/e - performed in the Royal Albert Hall as a 25th year celebration [so 2011?] including a cast of so many extras which no conventional theatre could have held.
And now today, starting at 7 p.m. [British Summertime] there becomes available a chance to see the sequel to 'Phantom', 'Love Never Dies' a piece I've never heard - not even one single number from it - let alone seen. It didn't have a particularly long West End theatre run, at least not in Lloyd Webber terms, though it has had quite substantial praise from some critics, some even claiming it as being superior to the original 'Phantom'. I'm looking forward to it immensely, as it should also do so to any of the composer's fans to whom it'll also come as something new. I've no idea yet of the cast, though as the production has had A.L.W.'s blessing one can safely assume it's definitely not going to be bad.
Btw: Also looking forward to a showing of his 'By Jeeves' - possibly next w/e? - a pleasant, light-hearted affair with which I'm now fairly familiar, having an audio-cassette of the complete musical, and then actually getting to see it on stage a few years back - and an under-valued piece of theatre I think [even though when I was there a party of about half-a dozen adults in front of me walked out after half an hour muttering "What rubbiish!"] - with lyrics by no less than Alan Ayckbourn, probably still the world's most prolific and successful living playwright.
But I do hope some of you at least will enjoy 'Love Never Dies' as much as I'm hoping to.
My Verdict.
(Next day) Well, I must say that after having watched it straight through - it's a bit shorter than 'Phantom' - I found it pretty good, and will take the opportunity to watch it again tomorrow as goodness knows when I'll have another chance.
It's filmed from a theatrical performance in Melbourne in 2011 with an Aussie cast, mostly not bad, though I did have concerns about a lack of consistency in projecting the solo voices which is often so low in comparison with the big chorus numbers, that I decided to watch the whole thing with subtitles - a big improvement, especially for Ben Lewis as the Phantom who has the opening song setting the scene, except were it not for being able to read it I wouldn't have had a clue as to what he was warbling about - and, unfortunately, it is a warble to start with, though his voice does get better as the show progresses. Anna O'Byrne is Christine and she's not at all bad throughout.
The story, now in New York and moved on a decade, is very similar to the original, with the Phantom pursuing Christine and trying to persuade her to sing his specially composed song one last time, that song being the show's title - not a very arresting phrase for attracting attention and lodging it in one's memory, but it is the climactic number.
I was impressed by how much entirely new (and attractive) music has been written, having expected that a lot of it would be a re-hash of melodies already heard in the first part. Though there are echoes of the original, which we'd only expect (and at least one direct quote), Lloyd Webber manages to keep to the spirit of the first while writing a load of original, richly melodic stuff.
The audience in this capture was curiously subdued for the most part that it could well have been performed with no audience at all with little difference - only at the start and towards the end did they make their presence felt.
It's a show I'd like to see live, perhaps in a two-day double-bill with the original (which I've only seen the once - though do try to forget the film version!) but this also stands on its own - and, as I say, good enough to make me want to watch it again tomorrow. I'd recommend it - and, btw, it is available to watch globally (presumably for just the same 48 hours that it's available in this country). The shows must go on - and so do the pleasures!
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YouTube treat - 'Jesus Christ Superstar'
Just watched on YouTube a truly impressive production of this, as part of Andrew Lloyd Webber's 'Stay-at-Home' campaign during theatre (and overall) lockdown, of showing musicals for free for just 48 hours. [As I write this only 8.5 hours left]. Unfortunately, stills of this production, filmed just a few days ago at our Birmingham's [I think] vast arena are not available to be posted elsewhere - though this production has toured other countries too, including U.S.A.
My first encounter with this musical was [for me] the highly unsatisfactory 1973 film version, widely criticised on release for having such a charisma-lite Jesus, in the person of one Ted Neely whose flyweight presence was emphasised all the more by the bullet-like Carl Anderson as Judas. The leaden direction of Norman Jewison only made matters worse.
But after that, sometime in the late 70s I saw it live on stage and was immediately converted into seeing what a fine piece of theatre it really is - musically, lyrically and [but of course], story. I've seen it in the theatre in all, I think, six times, and they've all made me tear up [i.e. with tears as in 'eye']. I'd love to see it again.
So it was the same effect with this present spectacular production, updated to the present day but with a strong hark back to the 60s in the time of student demonstrations and the like.
Cast here is v.good indeed - led by that present-day Aussie multi-talent-on-legs, Tim Minchin, as Judas, perfect foil to a strong Jesus presence in Ben Forster. Mary Magdelene is [former?] Spice Girl Mel C., actually pretty good - plus the one whose outrageously entertaining song everybody looks forward to, King Herod, well played with sufficient camp without overdoing it, by former BBC [and other] radio presenter Chris Moyles. [Pity that when he's crucified, Jesus' 'crown of thorns' slipped right down over one eye - but that's live theatre for you].
The huge audience didn't hold back from voicing their acclaim, and at the end, the composer Lord L.W. himself came on stage to say a few words and thank the cast. He fully deserved to be well pleased. I was! What a treat! Terrific stuff!
[And I'm ever so sorry again not to be able to provide any stills]
Sunday, 5 April 2020
Oh REJOICE! Laptop problem largely cracked!
Thanks to so many of your encouraging messages of support, positive suggestions, and (my own) persistence, I've at last got round the biggest problem I've had since last mid-week - (hooray!) - namely. an inability to access the @ sign, now solved as you can see. I'm able again to send e-mails to ask for assistance plus everything else.
If anyone is curious as to know how we've arrived at this point I won't repeat it all here, but it's set out in my previous post under the last comment of 'Anon'. At least I can now return to some semblance of 'normality' (in these abnormal times), even if there's some measure of hiding still some measure of inconvenience of doing so, which may not be apparent, but still small beer when set against the far greater urgency of dodging that blasted virus!
Meantime, thanks again to all who offered their help whether it worked or not. Warmest of hugs all round!
And now I'll probably spend the rest of the day whistling 'Gaudeamus igitur' !
Can anyone help please - NOT to do with virus..
Does anyone have any idea of the cure when the 'shift' key on a laptop doesn't work. Believe me, I've tried all I can think of, including googling help, trying several free downloads which claim to fix it, trying windows suggestions etc etc...........
And to cap it all yesterday in my frustration I ill-advisedly decided to 're-set' the lap-top to what it was when bought, as one site recommended I do, with infuriating result that I was unsurprisingly shut out of my regular sites, including e-mails - and because the 'at' key doesn't work I can't now get back in most of them as they require the e-mail address which, of course, needs the 'at' sign. For the same reason I'm unable to purchase any download which claims to solve it. [I only got back onto this my blog-site by sheer fluke and now dare not sign out on it]. At any other time I'd have simply carried this laptop down to our local 'Lap-Top Shop' just a mile away, but of course it's now closed until God only knows when.
So, this is an appeal in desperation that one of you just might have some bright idea[s] without my seriously expecting too much - but if anyone can offer some constructive assistance to help me avoid being in Limbo for possibly months to come I'd be eternally grateful. Thanks for reading, even if that's all you can do.
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News Roundup: September 25, 2015
Telehealth can improve access to care, decrease costs
Published by Healio
Abigail Sutton
Telehealth, which eliminates much of the need for in-person appointments, has the potential to improve access to care and decrease costs associated with patient travel, according to a research letter in JAMA Surgery.
Researchers selected a group of veterans undergoing minor surgeries amenable to postoperative telehealth evaluations at three sequential visits: telephone, in-person and video.
Visits were evaluated by four domains, including general recovery, follow-up needs, wound care needs and complications.
Thirty-five veterans agreed to participate and 23 veterans completed all three visits. Patients were mostly male (96%) and white (70%) with a mean age of 58 years.
Eleven of the 23 veterans were discharged on the day of their operation.
For general recovery and follow-up needs there was 100% agreement for all types of patients.
Agreement for wound needs and complications was 96%; there was a possible infection reported during a telephone call that was not present during the in-person or video visit.
One patient had a wound infection that was detected during telephone and video visits and confirmed at the in-person visit.
There were no situations where researchers failed to detect a wound or postoperative complications by telephone or video.
A telehealth visit was preferred by 69% of veterans. Veterans who preferred a telephone visit also favored a video visit to an in-person visit, and those that favored a video visit also chose a telephone visit to an in-person one, according to researchers.
Inside One Agency�s 5-Star Home Health Rating
Published by Home Health Care News
Kourtney Liepelt
A new star rating system for home health agencies made its debut over the summer, with 2.6% of agencies under assessment securing top marks. A Brookdale home health agency in Charlotte, North Carolina is one of these select few, and Kaiser Health News recently delved into what is behind this particular agency�s high ratings.
The federal government began evaluating home health agencies this summer on the quality of patient care they provide based on a five-star scale, but only 239 agencies out of 9,000 rated nationwide earned five stars, according to a Kaiser Health News analysis. They were rated based on nine quality measures of care practices and outcomes, including managing daily activities, treating wounds and staving off unplanned hospital care.
In North Carolina, Brookdale Home Health Charlotte stood out as one of just two agencies out of more than 170 in the state to receive five stars, according to the analysis. This means Brookdale scored well above the national three-star average.
�The key is our philosophy of doing the right thing for our patients,� Shad Morgheim, division president of Brookdale Healthcare Services, tells SHN. �Delivering high-quality care is what�s driving those results.�
Specifically, Brookdale far exceeded the national averages in quickly initiating care and easing pain, according to Medicare data. The home health agency only scored significantly below the national average in improving patients� ability to correctly take drugs by mouth, receiving a grade of 35.1% as compared to 52.7% across the country.
�These metrics as a whole show home health�s ability to improve somebody�s function and home health�s ability to prevent costly episodes that are negative for the patient, like hospitalization or like a delay in service,� Harrison Brown, of the consulting firm The Advisory Board Company, told Kaiser Health News.
Brown said the new star ratings prove beneficial for consumers as well as the agencies, but others in the industry have cited their limitations.
�The population in home health tends to be fairly aged with multiple chance illnesses, where stabilization may be the goal rather than improvement,� said Bill Dombi, of the National Association for Home Care and Hospice.
Another limitation is that the underlying data bolstering the star ratings are self-reported.
�Some home health agencies are taking this very seriously and are getting really good real-time data and doing in and collecting the data on patients that they see, and others aren�t,� said Dan Mendelson, CEO of consulting firm Avalere Health. �That�s the situation right now.�
Brookdale is one entity collecting real-time data, namely through tablets used to update patient information along the way.
The other five-star agency in North Carolina, Well Care Home Health in Wilmington, primarily serves private homes, according to Kaiser Health News. Meanwhile, Brookdale has teams set up in 22 retirement communities in the Charlotte area alone, and Morgheim says about 80% of Brookdale�s services are administered within retirement communities and 20% to the general population.
Morgheim says those affiliations have the potential to ensure consistency and quality of care, but that it isn�t the end-all be-all for Brookdale�s success.
�For the most part, those [ratings] are independent of whether a patient is seen in a Brookdale community or within the community at large,� Morgheim says.
Study Suggests Telehealth Could Be Effective for Post-Surgery Care
Published by iHealth Beat
A majority of veterans preferred telehealth post-surgery visits to in-person follow- ups, according to a study published in JAMA Surgery, Reuters reports (Seaman, Reuters, 9/23).
For the study, researchers from the Tennessee Valley Healthcare System, Vanderbilt University and the Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Nashville evaluated data collected between May 2014 and June 2014 from 23 veterans (JAMA Surgery, 9/23). The veterans each underwent a simple operation and then had three follow-up appointments in various settings.
The first follow-up appointment was conducted by telephone;
The second follow-up appointment was conducted via video; and
The third follow-up appointment was conducted during an in-person office visit.
Study Findings
The researchers found that the providers did not miss any post-operation infections during the video or telephone visits.
In addition, the study found that 69% of the participants preferred the telehealth follow-ups to in-person follow-ups. Those who favored telehealth visits tended to live farther from the hospital than those who preferred office visits, according to the study.
Lead author Michael Vella, of Vanderbilt University Medical Center, cautioned that the study was very small and noted only one subject had a post-operative infection. He also added that telehealth visits could still miss problems and that they did not study outcomes for more complicated surgeries. Vella said that more research is needed on real-world implementation of telehealth to better gauge its safety (Reuters, 9/23).


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Q: Python 3: Add Enum attributes to class scope In Python 3.10+ is there a way to add the attributes (RED in this case) to the scope of a class (MyClass in this case) like this:

    class Color(Enum):
        RED = 1
    class MyClass():
        def myMethod(self, t):
            return t is RED # instead of return t is Color.RED

Without

*

*adding RED to the global scope e.g. like this: globals().update(Color.__members__)

*adding some initialization code to every class method (e.g. like the above; but locals() cannot be updated in that fashion anyway as far as I know)

A: You must use this sintax:
enum_class.enum => Color.RED

I also found this in Python's doc:

Comparisons against non-enumeration values will always compare not equal (again, IntEnum was explicitly designed to behave differently)
Color.BLUE == 2 => False

You must use IntEnum.
from enum import IntEnum

class Color(IntEnum):
    RED = 1

class MyClass():
    def myMethod(self, t):
        return Color.RED == 1 # Use 'enum_class.enum' to access to your attribute

print(MyClass().myMethod(1)) # True

A: This is the pythonic way:
class Color(Enum):
    RED = 1

class MyClass():

    RED = Color.RED

    def my_method(self, t):
        return t is self.RED

Also, you can make my_method a @classmethod.
When the RED attribute is bound to the class like this, it also plays nicely with inheritence. E.g. subclasses can override it.
The following is more in line with your question, yet less recommended IMO:
class Color(Enum):
    RED = 1

RED = Color.RED

class MyClass():
    def my_method(self, t):
        return t is RED

A: There is no class scope. Classes have a namespace, but no other code can access it automatically and directly, they always must access it via the class name, or via self inside a method.
If you added RED as a class variable, you'd need to use either MyClass.RED or self.RED in the method, which doesn't seem much better than accessing it via Color.

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