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June 27, 2013 by NewportAlliance
TO: ALN Subscribers
FROM: ALN Board of Directors
RE: ALN's Future
Every year Alliance For A Livable Newport (ALN) has had a membership drive each March in advance of the April annual meeting. This year both the membership drive and the annual meeting were postponed while the ALN Board did some soul searching about ALN's future. The Board is concerned about two factors, both having a significant negative effect on the organization and bringing into question whether the organization can continue to operate and, if so, on what level.
(1) Over the past two years ALN has lost major financial contributors. Members' dues and donations from neighborhood associations accounted for less than 30% of its operating budget. The balance came from "deep pockets" supporters. For various reasons, those supporters have ceased to contribute at the level they have in past years (some have ceased contributing altogether).
(2)At the same time, members who had contributed their time and efforts to do the work necessary to plan, organize and facilitate ALN's activities drifted away, again for a variety of reasons. They left a very small core group of workers who are suffering from burn out trying to do all the work that was shared by many more in the past.
At a meeting of the Board of Directors on June 18, there was a solid consensus that ALN had come too far, accomplished too much, and plays too important a role in Newport to just shut down. Some extreme economies are being adopted; foremost being the elimination of our part-time administrative assistant who handled the organization's day-to-day operational needs including arrangements for forums.
A member of the Board has taken on the website maintenance role that the administrative assistant had performed. Secretarial responsibilities are being absorbed on a rotating basis by other Board members. In the future, facilitation of forums will be the responsibility of each forum's "champions." From now on there must be at least two persons volunteering to do the work to make a forum happen. With these changes the Board feels that the organization can survive on the financial support provided by members' dues, neighborhood association donations and forum sponsorship donations.
One key factor driving our determination to continue is the firm backing of the neighborhood associations. Earlier this year ALN sponsored a meeting of the executive officers of Newport's neighborhood associations, where they exchanged information about their organizations and the issues that are of greatest concern. There will be a follow up meeting in July and there was agreement that the meetings should continue on a regular basis in the future. The neighborhood associations see ALN as the best, if not only, means of elevating their neighborhood concerns to a citywide focus and cause of action. That is the role that was the basis of ALN's founding close to ten years ago and is the role we are determined to sustain.
All that being said, we are turning to you, our members and subscribers, to validate the Board's decision by renewing your ALN membership and paying dues for 2013. Your dues of $25 or more will now represent close to 50% of ALN's budget and will be vital to our remaining operational.
Dues can be paid online via ALN's website at www.newportalliance.org/, or by mailing a check to ALN, P.O. Box 2636, Newport, RI 02840.
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Mistrial in Halloween Killing of Boy in Spider-Man Costume — Glen Walker Reports
by: shawnmcginnis, Glen Walker
Posted: Mar 29, 2013 / 06:51 PM PDT / Updated: Mar 29, 2013 / 06:51 PM PDT
LOS ANGELES (KTLA) — A mistrial was declared Friday after jurors deadlocked in the trial of a gang member charged in the killing of a 5-year-old boy wearing a Spider-Man costume.
Aaron Shannon Jr. was in his South L.A. backyard, posing for pictures in his Halloween costume, when shots rang out.
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'Superman' #41 fails to leap tall buildings in a single bound
Writer Gene Luen Yang excels at writing Clark Kent go-getter reporter and Clark/Superman and Jimmy the best of pals. But he abandons the danger and mystery of Clark and Jimmy investigating a piece of futuristic weapons technology that will affect the welfare of Metropolis for a vague mystery story and a costume swap with Daredevil. It's great that Yang is deciding not to use traditional Superman villains, like Lex Luthor, Zod, or even Parasite, to weaken him, but these baddies lack bite, style, and motivation. Artist John Romita Jr. also abandons his crisp (with some extra lines) compositions for a quick cutting car chase that needed some extra pages to breathe. Superman #41 starts strong, but ends up losing its solar energy just like its protagonist by the final page.
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'Earth 2: World's End' #26: it's the end of Earth 2 as we know it
It's finally come down to this, the end of World's End. This drawn out excuse of a weekly has been going on for a good half a year and now the oversized creative crew gets to do their final send off to the book and this entire world. It's about as disappointing as one would expect.
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'Earth 2: World's End' #25: how far we've come
So it's come to this, the penultimate issue of Earth 2: World's End and what is soon to lead in to DC's much hyped Convergence event. Does it surprise anyone that this issue is bad? Of course not! If there's one thing that can be said about World's End, it's that it's consistently awful.
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'Earth 2: World's End' #24: Eve of destruction
It's the same old drill again, another issue of DC's regular installment of disappointment. Guess it's time to get it done. Earth 2: World's End reaches issue #24 and is set to conclude in two weeks. Looking back on the last six and a half months leads one to conclude that the finale will most certainly be disappointing given how mismanaged this entire endeavor has been since day one. That being said, this week brings shockingly the closest knit issue to date, that is to say, there's something that ties the many plot lines together and not something like the terrible art or drawn out fight scenes.
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'Earth 2: World's End' #23: in the end it doesn't even matter
Like a weekly root canal, it's time to endure Earth 2: World's End again. At least there's solace that this defilement of this once great universe will soon end. What is truly making this final stretch of World's End appalling is how little is happening. The last twenty two issues have featured their cast effectively spinning their wheels in the mud and one would assume that's to kill time, both to justify this book's status as a weekly and to build up to a great planet shattering climax. As previously stated, the end of the world is shockingly dull.
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The end of 'Earth 2' at #32
Well, it's finally come, the last issue of Earth 2. The reason Earth 2 and its weekly series Earth 2: World's End gets reviewed every week is that despite all the bad worlds said about in the last six months, Earth 2 used to be one of the best books coming out of DC. In fact, it was one of the few books that made the New 52 somewhat justified in its existence. Instead of rehashing older stories or making embarrassing changes to characters older than the company that published them, Earth 2 did something different. It build a whole new world from the ground up, embracing its comic book roots by being a series about ordinary people swept up into the world of the impossible and altruism and hope overcome the darkest to times. It broke standards by bringing Lois Lane, who'd been killed off panel for little purpose, back from the dead as a superhero and making Val Zod a more true-to-nature version of Superman than Superman has been in years. It was helmed by the great James Robinson and continued by the excellent Tom Taylor. Yet that golden age has come to a close, for the past six months DC has done everything in its power to sabotage this series. It turned this book into little more than a tie-in to World's End which itself is little more than a sloppy mess of a title, stumbling its way to the finish line. What little gems of aspiration could have been found were buried under editorial mandate and terrible management. While this series will live on after the upcoming Convergence event as Earth 2: Society, the damage has been done. There is little to no hope for this series to ever reclaim its greatness. Hence it is with a heavy heart that this is the last issue of Earth 2.
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At the crossroads of doom in 'Earth 2: World's End' #22
Earth 2: World's End #22 Written by Daniel H. Wilson, Marguerite Bennett, Mike Johnson, & Cullen Bunn Art by Scott McDaniel, Tyler Kirkham, Eduardo Pansica & Marc Deering, Jack Herbert & Vicente Cifuentes, Jorge Jimenez, Robson Rocha & Guillermo Ortego Colors by Gabe Eltaeb Published by DC Comics Well it's a new week which means …
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'Earth 2: World's End' #21: it gets better
Another week means another issue of Earth 2: World's End and while the chance for this series to be anything beyond cheap tie-in material to DC's Convergence event has long passed by, this issue is a shocking improvement to what has usually be a painful slog to read. It's true that this series has stuck the terrible decision to split art duties between plotlines instead of individual issues such as with Futures End and Batman Eternal, but for once this series does something that resembles competence.
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Cullen Bunn joins 'Earth 2: World's End' in #18
Earth 2: World's End #18 Written by Daniel H. Wilson, Marguerite Bennett, Mike Johnson, Cullen Bunn Art by Scott McDaniel, Eddy Barrows, Eber Ferreira, R. B. Silva, Walden Wong, Eduardo Pansica, Marc Deering, Jorge Jimenez, & Tyler Kirkham Colors by Andrew Dalhouse Published by DC Comics So, another week means another issue churned out by …
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'Earth 2: World's End' #17: too little too late
Earth 2: World's End #17 Written by Daniel H. Wilson, Marguerite Bennett, & Mike Johnson Art by Scott McDaniel, Robson Rocha & Guillermo Ortego, Eduardo Pansica & Paul Neary, Jorge Jiminez, R. B. Silva & Walden Wong Published by DC Comics If there's one way that World's End in any way thematically follows Earth 2, …
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'Earth 2: World's End' #15 drops the ball
Earth 2: World's End #15 Written by Daniel H. Wilson, Marguerite Bennett, Mike Johnson Art by Scott McDaniel, Eduardo Pansica & Paul Neary, R.B. Silva & Walden Wong, Jorge Jimenez, Robson Rocha & Guillermo Ortego, Tyler Kirkham, Eddy Barrows & Eber Ferreira Published by DC Comics Another week, another issue of Earth 2: World's End. …
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'Earth 2: World's End' improves ever so slightly in #14
Earth 2: World's End #14 Written by Daniel H. Wilson, Marguerite Bennett, & Mike Johnson Art by Scott McDaniel, Eddy Barrows & Eber Reffeira, Eduardo Pansica & Marc Deering, Jorge Jimenez, Robson Rocha & Guillermo Ortego & Tyler Kirkham Published by DC Comics Rolling into its second half, Earth 2: World's End #14 does something …
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Halfway through 'Earth 2: World's End' at #13
Earth 2: World's End #13 Written by Daniel H. Wilson, Marguerite Bennett, & Mike Johnson Art by Scott McDaniel, Tyler Kirkham, Jack Herbert & Vicente Cifuentes, Jorge Jimenez, Robson Rocha & Guillermo Ortego, Stephen Segovia & Jason Paz Published by DC Comics With now thirteen issues out, Earth 2: World's End has reached the halfway …
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Back to bad basics in 'Earth 2: World's End' #12
After a surprisingly pleasant side step last week, 'Earth 2: World's End' returns to form with scatter shot story and a ten member art team. It's quite the loss as last issue was a much better paced and tightly focused read and now once again the audience is subjected to a confused mess of a plot with changing art every two to four pages.
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Everything Burns in 'Earth 2: World's End' #10
'Earth 2: World's End' #10 Written by Daniel H. Wilson, Marguerite Bennett, & Mike Johnson Art by Scott McDaniel, Jack Herbert & Vincente Cifuentes, Jorges Jimenez, Eddy Barrows & Eber Ferreira, and Jan Duursema & Drew Geraci Published by DC Comics With two and a half months under its belt, the real flaws of 'Earth …
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Sleeping through the apocolypse is easy in 'Earth 2: World's End' #9
'Earth 2: World's End' #9 Written by Daniel H. Wilson, Marguerite Bennett, & Mike Johnson Arty by Scott McDaniel, Tyler Kirkham & John Livesay, Stephen Segovia & Jason Paz, Robson Rocha & Guillermo Ortego, Eduardo Pansica & Walden Wong Published by DC Comics It's time to do the regular 'Earth 2: World's End' analysis again …
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'Earth 2: World's End' #8 is tied up in tie ins
'Earth 2: World's End' #8 Written by Daniel H. Wilson, Marguerite Bennett, & Mike Johnson Art by Tyler Kirkham & Joe Weems, Stephen Segovia & Jason Paz, Jorge Jimenez, and Eddy Barrows & Eber Ferreira Published by DC Comics It feels that for every step 'World's End' takes forward it takes one back. While this …
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Constantine walks in on 'Earth 2: World's End' #7
The end of Earth 2 draws ever closer. The planet is under attack by the female furies of Apokolips, the Superman and Batman families search the fire pits for Huntress who has been taken by Desaad, Alan Scott has a mournful reunion with his newly raised boyfriend, Dr. Fate acts and speaks cryptically, and the World Army plans to take on Apokolips.
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DC's Third Weekly Falls into Its Stride in 'Earth 2: World's End' #5
The world ending of World's End continues on its way. Again, there's a big old box of art teams, all spread thinly across this book. Having issues with the pencil and inks is a bit moot at this point, but it bear repeating. With DC publishing two other weekly titles with rotating artists who handle one issue a moth, it's honestly inexcusable that they let this happen with such weak art.
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'Earth 2: World's End' #4 Needs Consistent Art
Earth 2: World's End #4 Written by Daniel H. Wilson, Marguerite Bennett, & Mike Johnson Art by Eddy Barrows, Eber Ferreira, Jan Duursema, Jonathon Glapion, Jorge Jimenez, Tyler Kirkham, Joe Weems, Robson Rocha, & Paul Neary Published by DC Comics Earth 2: World's End rounds out its first month with issue #4 so how does …
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'Earth 2' #27 delivers a fantastic story of Huntress and Power Girl
With the launch of a weekly series, Earth 2 marches onward with Tom Taylor at the helm alongside Earth 2: World's End co-writer, Marguerite Bennett. Sadly, this issue marks the departure of long term artist Nicola Scott, who is replaced by Andy Smith. His work is commendable, but isn't quite able to leave the Nicola Scott shaped hole in the series.
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Arguably, no superhero has permeated the pop culture zeitgeist more thoroughly than Superman. Thanks to countless comic books, radio and TV shows, animated series, movies and merchandise, the character is essentially a household name. Alongside him through it all, since his very first appearance in Action Comics #1, all the way back in 1938, has …
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'Man of Steel' is a bombastic pop epic that goes for broke, and often succeeds
One of the better elements of Zack Snyder's adaptation of Watchmen, and widely considered its best sequence, was that film's opening credits montage, which forcefully played with pop culture iconography to impressive degrees. In a way, that sequence was an effective hint of what was to come with Snyder's reboot of the Superman property; a cultural icon lavishly portrayed in a titanic fashion.
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Lung segmentectomy: does it offer a real functional benefit over lobectomy?
Anatomical segmentectomy has been developed to offer better pulmonary function preservation than lobectomy, in stage IA lung cancer. Despite the retrospective nature of most of the studies and the lack of randomised studies, a substantial body of literature today allows us to evaluate to what extent lung function decreases after segmentectomy and whether segmentectomy offers a real functional benefit over lobectomy. From the available series, it emerges that the mean decrease in forced expiratory volume in 1 s (FEV1) is low, ranging from −9% to −24% of the initial value within 2 months and −3 to −13% 12 months after segmentectomy. This reduction in lung function is significantly lower than that induced by lobectomy, but saves only a few per cent of pre-operative FEV1. Moreover, the published results do not firmly establish the functional benefit of segmentectomy over lobectomy in patients with poor lung function. Some issues remain to be addressed, including whether video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) segmentectomy may preserve lung function better than VATS lobectomy in patients with poor lung function, especially within the early days after surgery, and whether this may translate to lowering the functional limit for surgery. Eventually, trials comparing stereotactic ablative body radiotherapy, radiofrequency ablation and segmentectomy functional consequences are warranted.
Anatomical segmentectomy has been implemented to offer better pulmonary function preservation than lobectomy. The rapid integration of this procedure as routine is explained first by the development of computed tomography (CT) screening for lung cancer, which allows the diagnosis of lung cancer at a very early stage (IA). Second, the assumption that reducing the resected lung volume may enhance the possibility of further resections in the case of a second primary lung cancer has provided an additional substantial incentive to perform segmentectomy. The third factor contributing to the development of this procedure was the intent to propose surgical treatment to patients with impaired lung function. Indeed, based on early published studies, the use of segmentectomy in these patients was recommended as an alternative to lobectomy by several task forces, the European Respiratory Society/European Society of Thoracic Surgeons in 2009 , the British Thoracic Society in 2010  and the American College of Chest Physicians in 2013 . In addition to survival analysis comparing segmentectomy to lobectomy, several recent studies have focused on the functional consequences of lung segmentectomy. In light of these latest results, it is worth reconsidering to what extent lung function decreases after segmentectomy compared to lobectomy and whether segmentectomy offers a real functional benefit over lobectomy. Also, the recent development of stereotactic irradiation or even radiofrequency ablation for early-stage (stage IA) lung cancer deemed inoperable, as an alternative to surgery, further justifies having strong data regarding the advantages and inconveniences of those treatments.
In this article we review all the published articles providing pulmonary function tests (PFTs) performed before and after segmentectomy, and focus on those comparing lobectomy and segmentectomy. We extracted data to examine to what extent pulmonary function is impaired after segmentectomy, if segmentectomy better preserves lung function than lobectomy, if video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) segmentectomy further increases the functional benefit attributed to open segmentectomy, and if segmentectomy provides a real functional benefit to patients with poor lung function.
We performed a search in the PubMed database using the following strategy: lung neoplasms (MeSH term) AND respiratory function tests (MeSH term) AND (lobectomy AND limited resection) OR (lobectomy AND sublobar resection) OR (lobectomy AND segmentectomy). Only English-language articles and human studies published between January 1, 1990 and December 31, 2016 were included. References of relevant articles were also manually searched to identify potentially eligible articles. We selected the articles providing pre-operative and post-operative lung function studies, or post-operative variations in pulmonary function (figure 1).
Flow chart showing the results of the bibliographic search. PFT: pulmonary function test.
A total of 16 studies, including 1137 patients [4–19], provided pre- and post-operative functional values (table 1). Forced expiratory volume in 1 s (FEV1) was the most frequently reported functional value, so we focused on this parameter. The mean variation in FEV1 varied widely from one study to another, ranging from −24% to +12% of the initial value. Only one study reported a gain in FEV1 (+12%). This study included patients with impaired lung function and with predicted post-operative FEV1 <40% . The loss of lung function decreases over time after surgery and a more intelligible picture emerges from figure 2, which shows the time-course of FEV1 after segmentectomy [4–6, 8–11, 13–16]. Within 2 months after surgery, the loss of FEV1 (mean value of the study) ranged from −9% to −24% of the initial value in five series (mean of the studies −18%) [5, 13–16], whereas after 12 months the loss ranged from −3% to −13% (mean −7%) [4, 8, 9, 16, 18].
Attempt to evaluate changes in forced expiratory volume in 1 s (FEV1) with time after lobectomy and segmentectomy. Changes are expressed as a percentage of the pre-operative FEV1 value. Logarithmic trendlines are the best-fit curved lines to the data. Data from [4–6, 8–11, 13–16].
Four studies examined the relationship between the number of resected segments and the loss of pulmonary function. Harada et al.  found a significant relationship using logistic regression. Hwang et al.  compared the loss of FEV1 linked to the resection of one, two or three segments and found no statistical difference, but the power of the analysis was not specified. Yoshimoto et al. , combining lung function measurement and imaging techniques, showed that the resection of one and two segments preserved 49% and 35% of pre-operative FEV1 of each lobe, respectively, whereas the resection of three or four segments preserved a significantly lower fraction (17% of FEV1). Finally, Nomori et al.  compared the functional impact of the resection of <2 segments, ≥2 segments and of the left upper division, the volume of resected lung increasing from the first to the last group. The differences in loss of FEV1 between groups were statistically significant.
Does segmentectomy preserve lung function better than lobectomy?
13 studies compared the functional consequences of these two procedures, with a total of 1093 lobectomies and 911 segmentectomies. The results are summarised in table 2 and figure 2. Four studies matched the patients' characteristics [11, 13, 16, 17]. Five studies were prospective [4, 5, 12, 13, 16] and only one was a randomised study . Two studies included wedge resections and not only anatomical segmentectomies [4, 9]. Only two studies found that reductions in FEV1 did not differ significantly after segmentectomy or lobectomy [6, 15]. Again, when evaluating the difference between lobectomy and segmentectomy, the delay after surgery should be considered. Within 2 months after surgery, the mean loss of FEV1 ranged from −17% to −29% of initial value after lobectomy (mean −25%) and from −9% to −24% after segmentectomy (mean −18%) [5, 13–16]. Beyond 12 months, the mean FEV1 loss ranged from −8% to −13% of initial value after lobectomy (mean −11%) and from −2% to −7% after segmentectomy (mean −5%) [4, 8, 9, 16]. Within 2 months after surgery, the difference between lobectomy and segmentectomy was 3–10% of initial FEV1, whereas after 12 months, this difference ranged from 4% to 7% of initial FEV1. Kim et al.  performed a multivariate analysis on a series of 351 VATS lobectomies and segmentectomies and showed that preservation of FEV1 and diffusing capacity of the lung for carbon monoxide (DLCO) values was associated with sublobar resection. Altogether, these studies support the assumption that sublobar resection preserves more lung function than lobectomy, but to a small extent.
It is well known that the largest reduction in lung function occurs during the first days after surgery. Because the earliest functional data were collected 2 weeks after segmentectomy , whether the degradation of lung function is reduced very early after segmentectomy compared to lobectomy cannot be evaluated.
Does VATS segmentectomy further increase the functional benefit attributed to open segmentectomy?
Three series reported functional results after VATS segmentectomy, and six after open segmentectomy [4, 8, 13, 14, 16, 18], while the others included both procedures. The average loss of FEV1 in these studies was 5% (3–9%) with the VATS procedure (four measurements) and 9% (2–19%) with the open procedure (10 measurements), PFTs being performed with at least 1 month delay. Drawing firm conclusions from these studies is difficult. Indeed, no study compared VATS and open segmentectomy. In addition, studies of the early post-operative days, during which the functional benefit of VATS may be of importance, are lacking.
Does segmentectomy provide a real functional benefit to patients with poor lung function?
13 studies provided pre-operative FEV1 values (table 1) [5, 7–18]. In nine studies, the mean value of FEV1 was >70% of predicted. Some included patients with poor lung function but did not individualise this subgroup. Two studies focused on patients with impaired FEV1, with a mean pre-operative FEV1 of 55%  and 45% , respectively. One author compared patients with decreased FEV1 (<70%) to those with normal FEV1 . In these three last studies open surgery [7, 8] or open surgery and VATS  were performed.
The two studies including only patients with impaired lung function showed that segmentectomy spared lung function compared to lobectomy (total number of studied patients: 65). The loss of FEV1 was 5% versus 10%, respectively, in the study by Keenan et al. . Martin-Ucar et al. , who matched segmentectomy with lobectomy patients, showed a gain in lung function after segmentectomy (+12% FEV1, versus −12% after lobectomy). However, Kashiwabara et al.  found that segmentectomy had a functional benefit over lobectomy only in patients with FEV1 >70% (50 patients). In addition, in patients with emphysema, the variation of FEV1 was inversely correlated with predicted post-operative FEV1 in the lobectomy group (i.e. the higher the predicted post-operative FEV1, the stronger the loss in FEV1), but not in the segmentectomy group .
The design, as well as the surgical procedures (number of resected segments, tumour location, VATS or open surgery), varied widely from one study to another, and may explain part of the heterogeneity of the results. The main methodological issues are the retrospective nature of most of the studies and the lack of randomised studies, the lung cancer study group study being the only randomised study . This last point may have led to underestimating of the real benefit of segmentectomy, because patients with the poorest condition may have been included in the segmentectomy group rather than in the lobectomy group.
From the published series, it emerged that the mean decrease in FEV1 ranged from −9% to −24% of the initial value (mean −18%) within 2 months and from −3% to −13% (mean −7%) 12 months after segmentectomy. In 11 out of 13 studies, this reduction in lung function was significantly lower than that induced by lobectomy. Within 2 months after surgery, segmentectomy spared 3–10% of initial FEV1, and after 12 months, 4–7% (difference between the loss induced by lobectomy and the loss induced by segmentectomy). Interestingly, results from a few studies suggest that this functional benefit may not translate into lower rates of post-operative complications, regardless of the procedure used, open [4, 8, 11, 14] or VATS [6, 20–22].
The magnitude of the difference in functional loss between segmentectomy and lobectomy, which might be regarded as mild to moderate and may be disappointing, leads us to consider two points. First, the term segmentectomy encompasses the resection of one or more segments, and, as previously highlighted, three studies found a relationship between the decrease in lung function and the number of resected segments. In some series, the number of segments resected during sublobar resections may have been close to that resected during lobectomies. Interestingly, Nomori et al.  compared the functional impact of the resection of <2 segments, ≥2 segments, the left upper division or the left upper lobe. The differences in loss of FEV1 between groups were significant, except between the left upper division and left upper lobectomy groups. Second, differences in compensatory adaption of the remaining lung after lobectomy and segmentectomy could explain differences between lung volume resection and lung function preservation [23, 24]. A better compensatory adaption of the remaining lung after lobectomy than after segmentectomy could reduce the functional benefit of segmentectomy. Ueda et al.  calculated CT-defined functional lung volume before and after lung resection. Lobectomy removed more functional lung volume than segmentectomy (24.5% versus 11.6%). However, the loss of functional lung volume after segmentectomy was not significantly different from that after lobectomy (8.3% versus 9.2%). Interestingly, the increase in both the ipsilateral and contralateral functional lung volume was more marked after lobectomy than after segmentectomy. The "function" of the segments rescued by segmentectomy decreased by 23% after surgery. Eventually, compensatory lung growth has also been discussed to explain the rather good compensatory adaptation after lobectomy [25, 26].
A low FEV1 is an independent predictive factor of complications, not only after major lung resection, but also after segmentectomy . Surprisingly, while sublobar resections are recommended in patients with poor lung function, only three studies conducted specific functional studies in this high-risk population, including a total of 115 patients. Two of these studies showed that segmentectomy had better functional results than lobectomy [8, 11], whereas the third found no difference between the two procedures . A mean gain in FEV1 of 12%, or 0.12 L, was described at 6 months in one series, the mechanism underlying this gain being unclear . Interestingly, in a subgroup of patients with emphysema, an inverse relationship between the loss of FEV1 and the predicted post-operative FEV1 has been detected for lobectomy but not for segmentectomy . The gain or at least the reduced loss in lung function induced by lobectomy in patients with severe emphysema may be attributable to a lung volume reduction effect . The resection of an emphysematous segment, compared to that of a lobe, may not allow enough lung to expand after surgery to limit the functional loss. Taken as a whole, the results of these three studies do not firmly establish the functional benefit of segmentectomy over lobectomy in patients with poor lung function. Additional studies with a complete initial evaluation of lung function combined with lung imaging assessment may identify potential subgroups of patients who would benefit from either segmentectomy or lobectomy.
Eventually, the functional impact of open and VATS procedures should be discussed. In a recent series of 351 VATS lobectomies and segmentectomies, the decrease in pulmonary function at 12 months was low, the mean±sd loss of FEV1 being 6.9±10.3% and that of DLCO 6.9±14.8%. However, the results associated with segmentectomy were not individualised . A multivariate analysis performed in a consecutive series of 228 segmentectomies showed that open surgery, versus thoracoscopy, was an independent predictive factor of post-operative complications . VATS reduces the loss of lung function after lobectomy [30, 31], especially within the initial post-operative days, through decreased post-operative pain, improved chest wall mechanics and reduced inflammatory processes. These early days are regarded as critical determinants of post-operative morbidity and mortality [32, 33]. Large data-based series have indeed shown that VATS lobectomy can be performed with acceptable rates of morbidity and mortality in patients with predicted post-operative FEV1 or DLCO <40% or 60% [32, 34]. As suggested by three studies showing low functional loss after VATS segmentectomy [6, 9, 17], the functional benefit of segmentectomy may add to that of VATS. This needs to be confirmed in large series of patients, especially of patients with impaired lung function, and then may lead to a reconsideration of the lower functional limits for surgery.
Besides surgery, other treatment modalities such as stereotactic ablative body radiotherapy (SABR) and radiofrequency ablation (RFA) can be offered to patients with stage I lung cancer. No proper comparison of SABR and segmentectomy functional consequences can be performed because of the lack of randomised trials. Several studies report PFT measured before and after SABR, but a comparison with surgical series is hazardous because of strong differences in patient characteristics (patients in SABR studies are older and have more degraded lung function) and study design [35–54]. The SABR PFT results suggest that the mean loss of lung function may be lower after SABR than after segmentectomy, but this needs to be confirmed. In fact, SABR patients show a small decrease in FEV1 and DLCO during the first weeks, but a marked functional loss at 2 years. This contrasts with surgery, which is characterised by a maximal decrease in FEV1 and DLCO during the first weeks and a reduction of the loss several months after treatment [50, 54]. Another difference between surgery and SABR may be dispersion of the functional changes, which may be larger after SABR, a significant proportion of patients having improving lung function and another showing functional degradation. The occurrence rate of severe pulmonary toxicity after SABR, according to Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE) scoring, is low. Altogether, these data suggest that the functional tolerance of SABR, at least within the first months following radiotherapy, is quite good. However, whether SABR yields similar survival compared with surgical resection still remains to be established . A potential flaw of SABR is indeed the lack of nodal dissection and sampling, which may lead to underestimation of the extent of disease.
A few PFT data from 135 lung cancer patients can be extracted from the RFA literature. Three studies found no significant change in mean forced vital capacity, FEV1 or DLCO until 12 months after RFA, but showed some dispersion of PFT values, like in SABR studies [56–58]. A fourth study found a significant but tiny reduction of PFT, the mean vital capacity 1 month and 3 months after RFA being at 93% and 95% of the baseline value . Comparison of RFA with sublobar resection and SABR has been performed in two nonrandomised trials [40, 60], but patient characteristics, including baseline PFT, differed significantly and none of the studies reported post-RFA PFT. Positioning of the treatment modalities for stage I lung cancer will partly rely on their functional cost, which needs to be carefully evaluated.
The published studies show that the long-term reduction (≥12 months) in lung function induced by segmentectomy is very small, and a little smaller than that induced by lobectomy. However, this tiny difference may benefit lung cancer patients who may need subsequent lung resections. Within the 2 months after surgery, lung function reduction is mild to moderate, but also a little smaller than that induced by lobectomy. However, PFT monitoring within the early days after VATS segmentectomy, days that are critical determinants of post-operative morbidity, needs to be assessed. Two issues remain to be addressed: whether VATS segmentectomy may preserve lung function better than VATS lobectomy in patients with poor lung function, and whether this may translate into a lowering of the functional limit for surgery. In addition, the balance between benefits and risks related to sublobar resections and alternative therapeutic options such as SABR and RFA should be performed. One of the main problems is that implementation of randomised studies is quite impossible, the only few attempted having been prematurely closed due to poor recruitment [61, 62].
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Q: Pointer won't display at the left edge of screen Problem
In order to be able to explain this, I have made up two terms:

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*actual pointer location: where the underlying pointer is located,

*visual pointer location: where the pointer is visible on the screen.

The problem is that my pointer won't move past a certain point, let's call it 3 mm, at the left edge of my screen. To put it another way, the visual pointer location stops moving once you move the actual pointer location past a certain point at the left edge.
The actual pointer location still moves, though. I can tell this because, if I move the actual pointer location up, for example, and click, I can trigger an icon in the Unity Launcher or click the window close button.
To try to give you some idea visually, see this animated gif which was made using a screen-casting program. (I cannot embed animated gifs so it is a link.) You can see the pointer move to the far left, up a bit, and then right again.
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But what I actually saw on my screen when making this was the pointer (the visual pointer location) stopping where it is in image labelled with a red 1 and reappearing again a few seconds later where it is in image labelled with a red 2. (I cannot embed images because I don't have enough reputation so it is a link!)
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Setup

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*Gigabyte Brix, GA-BACE-3160.

*I currently have Ubuntu 16.04.2 installed.

*I also experienced this problem earlier today on 16.10.

*I installed 16.04.2 hoping that it would fix it but it did not.

*I did not experience this problem with 16.04.1.

*I have installed and used Intel Graphics Tool for Linux OS; after using it the first time the problem went away but there were many problems with the mouse pointer, like weird flashing trails that stayed for a long time and black artefacts around the pointer. After the reboot, the problem returned. As far as Intel Graphics Tool for Linux OS is concerned, everything is up-to-date.

I can only surmise that there is a difference between 16.04.1 and 16.04.2 that is relevant.
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This error:
W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/i915/kbl_dmc_ver1_01.bin for module i915

– was returned when I first ran:
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade

I think that this problem is similar to the one described here – Mouse pointer freezing at left edge of screen in 16.10 – but that post's answer doesn't fix the problem.
I do not think it is a Unity Launcher problem because I used Unity Tweak Tool to move the Launcher to the bottom of the screen and the pointer still would not display at the left edge.
The pointer displays properly on the top, bottom and right edges of the screen.
Unless I am mistaken, coincidental with the problem above, Bluetooth now connects and appears fine in every respect except that it won't actually send files/audio. (Does this indicate that it might have something to do with a kernel upgrade?)
Please say if there is any further information I can provide that might help to find an answer.
Update, partial resolution
I tried the suggestion (see here) that I see if I still have the problem using an older kernel. I did. It made no difference. So I gave up for the time being.
Recently, after upgrading to kernel 4.8.0-53.56~16.04.1 (I sincerely believe that is what triggered it but I cannot say for certain) two things happened:

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*The DVI output is a black screen (but there is output because if you pull the cable out, the monitor advises that there is no input).

*Using the VGA output works and the problem with the pointer has stopped!
This is all very weird to me. I haven't tried to work out why this happening; it is beyond my knowledge to even know what to start searching for. I'm posting this in case it helps someone to work out what is going on.
Please say if there is any further information I can provide that might help understand what it going on.
Update, still a problem with 17.10 on DVI
I am now on a fresh install of 17.10 and this is still a problem when I use the DVI connection.

A: I also have this problem on Ubuntu Mate 17.10, using an Acer Cloudbook with an Intel Celeron N3060 and Intel integrated graphics connected to an external monitor with an hdmi to dvi cable. I've been tempted to get an HDMI-> VGA converter based on your experience of the problem going away.
The problem is definitely connected to the Intel integrated graphics, since using the software compositor makes it go away. I can't find it at the moment, but someone posting a related problem was told that it was the cursor issue workaround for a larger bug and that is definitely true. I haven't yet determined a clear pattern, but whatever prevents the cursor from being shown on the left edge of the screen stops (i.e., the mouse can now be seen on right up against the edge) and then I get constant graphics glitches around the cursor, which disappear when I do a complete restart.
Edit: To be clear, using the software compositor stops the glitches, but just checking now with switching to the software compositor, it keeps the strange workaround of the mouse not being visible on the far left of the display if the glitches aren't happening before the switch.

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Q: Storing the output of web-scraping in JavaScript I've got a small web-scraping utility in Perl that I am thinking of reimplementing in JavaScript to share with a couple of other people.  Ideally I would like to send them a page with the complete JavaScript program embedded to run standalone on their own machines.  I need to be able to store results from run to run.  I had expected to be able to find an interface to an RDBMS such as SQLite.  I am surprised that there doesn't seem to be anything like this for Firefox.  What am I looking for as far as a relational database storage solution from JavaScript?

A: You should consider sticking a RESTful API in front of a database server.  Chose your stack.  If you are not married to a RDBMS consider CouchDB, which has a wonderful RESTful API out of the box.

A: A slightly more "inside-the-scope-of-your-question" answer is to use a DB API like Google's Gears API: Link to Gears
This provides a local browser storage solution.

A: This is a slightly "outside-the-scope-of-your-question" answer, but it may be better to look at a free scraping utility that already handles XSS and RDBMS storage. Check out WSO2's mashup server.
Link to Mashup Server Project Page
It uses X-family (XPath, XSLT, XML) acquisition and formatting and Javascript for any business logic. You can save the results to a DB or expose them as a web-service. Pretty flexible Java-based solution. Just need a JVM to run.
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Fuel market flux as China shuns bikes
In the last twenty years China has moved from being East Asia's leading exporter of oil to being the world's second largest importer.
By Stewart Fleming
Last year, as oil prices began their upward spiral, China alone accounted for just under one third of global growth in oil demand.
This year its voracious demand for oil, which reflects not only China's rapid industrialisation but also the way the more affluent Chinese have fallen in love with car ownership, is growing more slowly.
But China is now well established on the world stage as a competitor for a resource whose supply is limited, a development which is affecting not only its foreign policy but also both the US' and the European Union's attitudes to energy supply security too. The stand-off between China and Japan over gas reserves in the East China Sea is just one indication of how fraught relations could become.
It was Iraq's despot Saddam Hussein, in an interview with CBS News anchor Dan Rather on the eve of the second Iraq war, who highlighted the growing competition between China and the US for access to oil supplies in the Middle East. Since then, China, which last year drew 45% of its oil from the Middle East, has become one of the biggest oil trading partners of Iran, a country whose relations with the US have been tense since the fall of the Shah and the 1979 hostage crisis.
China now imports around 11% of its oil from Iran and its major oil companies have signed oil and natural gas agreements with Tehran worth $70 billion (€58.5bn).
In scouring the world for natural resources and especially oil, China has sought to strengthen its relationships with other governments, which are beyond the pale so far as Washington is concerned – Myanmar, Sudan and Venezuela for example.
It has also built up goodwill among traditional US allies such as Australia, and in South America with countries like Brazil and Argentina which have both granted China "market economy" status, putting pressure on the EU to follow suit.
The US has just faced, and from China's perspective, failed, a big test of its attitude towards China's search for energy supplies. Earlier this year, Chinese oil giant China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) bid for Unocal, a Houston-based oil company with valuable reserves in Asia. US oil giant Chevron had no difficulty stirring up political opposition to the Chinese bid.
The House of Representatives overwhelmingly approved a statement saying the bid would "threaten to impair the national security of the United States".
Chevron secured Unocal for itself, and at a lower price, by presenting state-owned CNOOC as an arm of the Chinese government and stirring up Washington's fears about the power of a nation, which is emerging as a geo-political and oil-thirsty rival.
For the EU, which is heavily dependent upon oil imports, the emergence of a major new player in the Middle East and Africa, which are key oil suppliers, is a significant development.
No less significant and complicating, is the fact that China is developing its energy links with Russia too, a country which is also expanding its influence in the Middle East and upon which the EU is increasingly dependent for energy.
China's impact on global oil and gas demand will affect prices.
Availability, particularly in periods of supply shortage, could also be adversely affected.
More broadly, China's growing role in world energy markets must be fed into EU foreign policy calculations, not just bilaterally but also in the context of the EU's broader foreign policy strategies.
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Aronda Smith-Benson is an alumna of Terrebonne High, business owner, consultant, coach, combat veteran and Ivy League graduate. She has returned to her her hometown of Houma to start her latest project, Legacy Business Center.
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She emphasizes the importance of establishing the center in a small market.
"People shouldn't have to move away to pursue their dreams," Smith-Benson said.
In the center's opening month, Smith-Benson has taken in eight clients, many younger than 35. She applauds their vision in seeing how they fit into a global economy, navigating through online spaces and developing business ideas. She wants to make sure the services she provides, from rental spaces to consulting, are affordable.
"From Gibson, Stovall Street, to a proud military combat veteran, Ivy League graduate, veteran leader and business leader with numerous accolades – it all started here in Terrebonne Parish," Smith-Benson said. "I'm a homegrown country girl who wants to show that anything is possible."
Smith-Benson says many people subscribe to the myth that small-business ideas should be protected and guarded. But what really works to grow businesses are healthy collaborations with others, she said.
She is collaborating with Nicholls State University Assistant Dean and finance professor Krisandra Guidry for students to gain real-world experience.
"Aronda is such an asset to this area," Guidry said. "She brings so much experience and knowledge and fills a void."
Smith-Benson plans to bring Nicholls students as interns into the center and will help them use their experiences to compete in college business competitions.
"We're going to bring in a college case competition," Guidry said. "When students are thrown into competitions, we see them turn from wallflowers and just blossom."
Smith-Benson has a Legacy Pop-Up Shop planned for May 8, with free 15-minute consultations for each vendor. She also has plans for workshops, a podcast for business owners to talk about their experiences and a summer youth program to introduce entrepreneurship, fitness and mindfulness.
"It's not about just making money," Smith-Benson said. "My success is based on how my clients are doing and how successful they are."
For information, visit the center at 5953 West Park Ave., email info@legacybusinesscenter.com or call 360-3858.


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Výklenková kaple svatého Václava v Křinci je drobná barokní sakrální stavba. Nachází se západně od Kuncberku. Stojí na rozcestí silnic na Žitovlice a na Bošín. Přes cestu od ní stojí vedle rozsáhlého hřbitova kaple sv. Jana Nepomuckého. Duchovní správou kaple sv. Václava spadá pod farnost Křinec. Kaple je chráněna jako kulturní památka.

Historie
Barokní výklenková kaple se sochou sv. Václava pochází pravděpodobně z poloviny 18. století, respektive byla postavena někdy po roce 1720. V krajině byla umístěna v exponované poloze, přičemž zároveň tvoří protějšek (pendant) k nedaleko stojící hřbitovní kapli sv. Jana Nepomuckého.

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Jedná se o cihlovou stavbu na obdélném půdorysu, který je zpředu pravoúhle vykrojený. Sokl má ze tří stran. Fasáda kaple je členitá ze tří stran. Má zesílené spodky pilastrů, které jsou odděleny římsou. Čelní zaoblená strana kaple je s oblounovou římsou v úrovni spodku výklenku. Pod římsou se nachází obdélná vpadlina se zasazenou leštěnou deskou z černošedé žuly s vyrytým nápisem, který je citací ze svatováclavského chorálu:
SVATÝ VÁCLAVE / VÉVODO ČESKÉ ZEMĚ, NEDEJ / ZAHYNOUTI NÁM NI BUDOUCÍM !
Ve výklenku, který je sklenutý konchou se nachází pískovcová socha sv. Václava v životní velikosti. Pískovcový čtvercový soklík je nízký s profilací. Socha světce je s vlastním čtvercovým soklíkem. Sv. Václava je zobrazen v kontrapostu, tedy pravou nohu má vykročenou. Je oděn ve zbroji s pláštěm s pelerinou. Pravou rukou socha přes břicho přidržuje plášť. Na prsou má sv. Václav zavěšené Staroboleslavské paladium. Na jeho hlavě se nachází knížecí koruna. Leva ruka svírá praporec.
Po stranách výklenku a na bocích se nacházejí pilastry. Vlys je přerušený výklenkem. Ve cviklech jsou po stranách výklenku diamantování. Nahoře se nachází profilovaná římsa, která je nad výklenkem ustoupená. Římsa přesahuje na zadní stranu. Nad římsou je půlkruhový štít (tzv. stlačený oblouk). V segmentovém poli jsou úzké a širší ústupky. Stříška je sedlová a nízká. Jak stříška, tak i štít a římsa jsou kryty taškami bobrovkami. Zadní strana výklenkové kaple je hladká, avšak v dolních dvou pětinách šikmá.
Před sochou se nachází dřevěné zábradlí, které je zavěšené na skobách. Původně bylo zábradlí zeleně natřeno.

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Sinon Loresca with all the beauty queens chosen to represent Cambodia in international pageants. Jean-Francois Perigois
Sinon Loresca was kicked out of home as a teenager after coming out to her parents as gay.
Years later, things have dramatically changed for her as she tells Rama Ariadi her life story.
Sinon Loresca is by no means an ordinary individual. As soon as she makes her entrance, she commands the attention of everyone in the room – and I found that out in NagaWorld last weekend. After all, Loresca cuts a striking figure that is really quite impossible to miss.
In a way, she is a personification of a post-modernist individual. Unbound by the conservative societal norms, she straddles the social construct that is gender, sitting comfortably between traditional masculinity and hyper-femininity with her distinctive signature that earns her the moniker "King of Catwalk". Balancing the opposite ends of the spectrum isn't as easy as it seems – and what Loresca had achieved is no feat to be underestimated, especially considering that she did it – day in, day out – on 12-inch platform heels.
While these days, her life is filled with glitz and glamour, things were not always so easy for her. As a child, Loresca never felt comfortable in her own shell. Her childhood was not made easier by the fact that she grew up in the Philippines' Bicol region, in a deeply conservative, Roman Catholic family, where norms are expected to be adhered to, to a tee. "Growing up, I was never fully accepted by my family because I was different," began Loresca. "I was expected to 'straighten up' – to get married to a nice woman and give them grandchildren."
Upon coming out to her parents as a gay, transgender man, Loresca was kicked out at the age of 18 from her family home to live with a relative. "[My relatives] couldn't understand what I felt, or what I was going through – but at least they would let me be," she continued. While this may sound like a breath of fresh air, things didn't immediately take a turn for the better for young Loresca.
Her relatives that took her in were not by any means well-off. As such, Loresca had to fend for herself to live. "At one stage, I worked in the streets as a recycler," she reminisced. "I picked up plastic bottles and scraps from the streets for chump change – I did what I had to do to survive."
Sinon Loresca's life might be filled with glitz and glamour now but her childhood was sheer hell. Photo: Jean-Francois Perigois
Despite the challenges that she had to endure during her formative years, Loresca never gave up. "Since I was a child, I've always dreamed of becoming a supermodel," she continued. "Beauty pageants are huge in the Philippines – and I told myself that one day I will prove my doubters wrong, and make a name for myself by being true to myself and my dreams."
After years of hard work, Loresca's fortunes began to look up in 2010 – when she moved to the United Kingdom to live with her sister and her family. "It was then when I realised that the Filipino community in the UK is very robust, and many of them longed to see and hear stories and jokes that reminded them of home," she continued. "So in 2011, I decided to create a YouTube channel for exactly this purpose – to be the bridge that connects the diaspora community to the Philippines."
As luck would have it, Loresca's YouTube channel turned out to be the beginning of her international career. "My videos received more than one million views, and that's when it piqued the interest of the producers of a variety show in the Philippines," said Loresca. "But it was the catwalk videos that I made in 2016 that became viral, and earned me the moniker, the King of the Catwalk."
Loresca in a catwalk pose. Photo: Jean-Francois Perigois
And indeed, something bigger did come her way. Since her debut, Loresca has starred in multiple TV series and movies. Stardom, it seems, is within her reach, but she didn't stop and rest on her laurels. Loresca wants her life story to inspire and empower individuals who are facing the same challenges that she once had to work so hard to overcome – that is, to break the glass ceiling of heteronormativity.
"The world is changing, that is a fact that cannot be denied, but ultimately, we have to be content with ourselves first," said Loresca. "For everyone out there who feels like they cannot pursue their passion because of social stigma, don't be discouraged – keep the fire alive, and persevere until the goal is within reach."
"Why must we be afraid to do what we want, to self-actualise?" finished Loresca. "There's no need to be afraid to be what we want to be, as long as we are doing no one any harm, right?"
Loresca greets her fans who turned up at NagaWorld. Jeff Perigois
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Christians Angered by Southern Baptist Leader's Immigration Smear
For the past several years there have been growing concerns about what some observers perceive to be the leftward lurch of the Southern Baptist Convention. This should alarm every freedom-loving patriot across the fruited plain. The SBC is the only religious body in America to return from the brink of liberalism.
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But now – the Southern Baptists are at a crossroad. And sadly, some members of the flock have already been compromised by Critical Race Theory and Social Justice propaganda.
By and large the leaders of this movement are Never Trumpers – and they have made their mark by disparaging any Christian who would dare support a president who defended religious liberty, fought for the unborn, and moved the American embassy in Israel to Jerusalem.
One Baptist leader even compared evangelicals who support President Trump to Jimmy Swaggart – the television evangelist who betrayed his wife and slept with a prostitute.
As disgusting and unchristian as that slur might have been, Capstone Report has uncovered recent comment delivered by Russell Moore, the president of the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission at the National Immigration Forum.
"An evangelical Christian who despises immigrants is an evangelical Christian who is self-defeating and self-loathing because most of the Body of Christ on earth right now not to mention heaven is not white, is not middle class, is not American, doesn't speak English," the Southern Baptist leader said.
I would encourage you to click here to watch highly offensive remarks in their entirety.
The idea that evangelicals who support American sovereignty, border security and legal immigration are somehow self-loathing is appalling.
Ed Vitagliano, a talk radio host on American Family Radio, condemned Moore's remarks, calling them a "pack of lies."
"What is sad is that leftist evangelicals are beginning to lie about us as much as the pagans," he said on AFR. "Russell Moore ought to apologize. Russell Moore ought to apologize for it and apologize to Southern Baptists who he represents."
Like Mr. Vitagliano, I don't know a single evangelical Christian who wants to secure the border because they despise immigrants.
On the contrary, most evangelicals I know love immigrants and want to embrace immigrants in their communities and their churches.
It is troubling that a Southern Baptist leader would condemn those Christians who support legal immigration. And it is equally troubling that a Southern Baptist leader would embrace those who knowingly violate American sovereignty and breach our borders.
Why doesn't the ERLC address the plight of immigrants trying to come to America legally? Why doesn't the ERLC defend American citizens who have suffered because of criminal illegal aliens?
But perhaps the most important question – why is any Southern Baptist entity affiliating itself with an organization funded by George Soros?
The New York Times reports that the National Immigration Forum is generously funded by George Soros, the notorious leftist. If you want additional information on their funding click here.
Every freedom-loving Southern Baptists ought to be asking their pastors why a Southern Baptist agency is affiliating itself with an organization funded by a known anti-American leftist.


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Acts of Occupation
Canada and Arctic Sovereignty, 1918-25
Polar History in the News
Gordon W. Smith's A historical and legal study of sovereignty in the Canadian North: terrestrial sovereignty, 1870-1939
Posted by actsofoccupation
Gordon W. Smith has long been known to historians of northern Canada for his ground-breaking work in the 1960s on Canada and arctic sovereignty. In the years that followed, he devoted his time and his impressive research skills to a comprehensive study that would cover every possible aspect of the subject from 1870 up to his own day.
Smith produced a lengthy manuscript fairly early on in the process, then spent over two decades carrying out additional research, often gaining privileged access to closed government files. Sadly, however, he never either completely finished the manuscript or incorporated most of his new findings into it. His massive work, thousands of handwritten pages long, remained unready for publication at the time of his death in 2000.
Smith's friends and relatives knew that the manuscript nevertheless had great value. Last year, the University of Calgary Press published its first part, edited by Whitney Lackenbauer.
Even though it's abridged, the edited version runs to nearly 500 pages! An electronic version is available free of charge on the University of Calgary Press website. In an era when academic books can bear substantial price tags, many thanks are due to those who made this possible.
One of us (Janice) had the opportunity to review the publication.
As she mentions, during our research for Acts of Occupation, we came across correspondence between Smith and Arctic geographer Trevor Lloyd, whose papers in the Trent University Archives contain many copied documents on the sovereignty scare created by Vilhjalmur Stefansson. In 1920, Stefansson told Canadian officials that there was a Danish plot to take over some of Canada's Arctic islands. According to Stefansson, the Danish explorer Knud Rasmussen was pretending to have scientific motives, when in fact he planned to colonize uninhabited Canadian islands with Greenlanders.
Lloyd read Smith's draft manuscript in 1974. Smith accepted Stefansson's story as true, but Lloyd had already done extensive research in Danish archives and in the files of the British Foreign Office. His findings proved that there never was any Danish plot, so he convinced Smith to change his analysis of this episode.
We're happy to take this opportunity to highlight Lloyd's research and his contribution to Smith's work. Here are links to an obituary of Lloyd and a photo of him receiving the Hans Egede Medal from Prince Henrik of Denmark in 1984.
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Canada's History review of Acts of Occupation
Nelle Oosterom has just reviewed Acts of Occupation for Canada's History:
Acts of Occupation looks at a fascinating period between 1918 and 1925, when the age of heroic Arctic exploration was coming to an end and the cautious work of federal bureaucrats to establish Canada's policy on Arctic sovereignty was just beginning. Personalities such as explorer Vilhjalmur Stefansson — a ruthlessly ambitious adventurer with a talent for self-promotion — wrangled with stodgy civil servants like J.B. Harkin, Canada's first parks commissioner, who regarded the Arctic as part of his domain and thus positioned himself as a player in foreign policy.
This is a joint review, along with Peter Pigott's From Far and Wide: A Complete History of Canada's Arctic Sovereignty. You can read the review on the magazine's website.
Posted in Book, Reviews
Tagged Canada's History
Randy Boswell on Acts of Occupation
Back in August 2011, Postmedia News' Randy Boswell wrote an article about the book, which we're sharing with you now, through Nunatsiaq Online:
A new book about the history of Canada's territorial claims in the Arctic has shed fresh light on the impressive, behind-the-scenes manoeuvring by Canadian officials in the 1920s to secure control over the vast region and its untapped resources — a key part of the current Conservative government's vision of Canada's economic future.
Randy Boswell, "New book details Lester Pearson's role in securing Canada's North," Nunatsiaq News, 31 August 2011.
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Tagged Acts of Occupation, Book, Reviews
Arctic Review of Acts of Occupation
Peter Kikkert reviewed Acts of Occupation in the December 2011 issue of Arctic:
Despite these minor shortcomings, this well-written and readable work deserves a place on the bookshelves of historians, students, and popular readers interested in the Canadian Arctic. High-quality photographs and maps add to the story of adventure, exploration, and intrigue that the authors set out to tell. Moreover, this history is both timely and important. The recent flurry of books on the Canadian North has included several broad and sweeping studies of Canada's Arctic policy, notably Polar Imperative by Shelagh Grant (2010) and Arctic Front by Ken Coates et al. (2010); however, more detailed works that fully explore the contours of Canada's Arctic policy are required. Other historians should follow the lead of Cavell and Noakes to describe the progression of Canada's policy since the country received its Arctic Archipelago in 1880 because many historical policy issues are still germane to debates about the Arctic today.
Read the review on the journal's website.
H-Environment Review of Acts of Occupation
Adam M. Sowards (University of Idaho) reviewed Acts of Occupation for H-Environment in February 2012:
Much recommends the book. Cavell and Noakes conducted thorough research, digging deep in multiple archival holdings. Because of the narrow time examined, they could follow every lead to its conclusion, often through multiple layers of archives and deliberate misdirections by the cast of characters. Also, Acts of Occupation is a well-written narrative that takes what might have been a dull account of bureaucratic and political wrangling and turns it into an exciting and significant book.
Read the full review on the H-Net website.
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