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Interview by Dessislava Berndt with Gary Odd, author, illustrator, publisher of ulpi.com, musician and inventor of the character Ulpi
Translation from German: Dessislava Berndt
Proofreading: Polina Georgieva
Gary Odd (a.k.a. Gary Sinnlos) is an author, illustrator and publisher of ulpi.com, as well as a musician and inventor of the character Ulpi.
Ulpi`s adventures finance his own ones. He has been travelling around the world with Ulpi for seven years. During his tours through the USA, Europe and Asia he sold more then 100.000 Ulpi books, in restaurants or in bars. There were always people who liked his stories.
Contact: service@ulpi.com
Website: www.ulpi.com / www.facebook.com/ulpicom / www.gloomystars.com
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Ulpi fairy tails
Gary, what is the meaning of the name Ulpi and where it comes from??
I don't know exactly how I came up with the name. It was already there when I was a child. I also called my younger brother "Ulpi" for a long time.
I don't know if Ulpi means something but you can read in Wikipedia that the name of the first Roman emperor was Ulpius (Trajan). So, it is a venerable name.
The funny thing is that in the USA the name "Ulpi" is pronounced "Alpi" like the Alps in Switzerland, my homeland.
How can you describe Ulpi?
He is clever, he has an ability to revive and philosophical views. He is a person who makes the best of things.
Ulpi's fairy tales refer to never giving up. They are short meaningful stories about how to fight against the adversity and pitfalls of life.
Ulpi sticker
How did you come up with the idea of writing and drawing modern fairy tales?
I needed income and I can also say "it was the pure naive desire to do it".
When did it become clear to you that you would like to live differently and to write and draw stories?
The question to live differently didn't exist for me. I simply wanted to live the way I liked it.
And I was lucky. At the age of 14 I discovered punk, and that smoothed my way.
To do what I like was the important thing. Writing, designing and drawing were things I've done since I was a child and I simply continued doing that. The new thing was my music. At 17 I had my own fanzine ("Sinnlos"), a punk band ("Abgas") and a cassette label ("Gefahrenzone-Records").
Cover Abgas
Where do you find your story ideas? What inspires you?
"Diary is my art". My stories are modern fairy tales, somehow a diary, where I write and draw what I see and experience.
Sometimes I mix both together and invent something in addition to it. Inspiration is a blessing and cannot be planned. It can happen anywhere, during the night, in the stupidest situation, but especially when you don't think about it. Inspiration is always joyful; it is a bliss or a thrill.
Ulpi and the flow of life
Are there special moments during the travelling with Upli that you remember?
A lot. Once, at the JFK airport in New York a custom officer opened my suitcase and discovered the Ulpi books that I planned to sell in New York. I had to persuade her of the necessity of the books in order not to confiscate my suitcase. Successfully. She couldn't make out a single word of my explanations but at the end she smiled at me with a wink and wished me: "Good luck!".
Ulpi in New York, photo> Doris Peter
Can we expect some new Ulpi stories?
Yes, if everything goes smoothly, in 2017 I will have new Ulpi stuff and at least one new Ulpi fairy tale.
Where can we buy the books?
If you are lucky somewhere in a bar or a pub, otherwise on the internet:
www.ulpi.com.
You were travelling a lot, you lived in Switzerland for a while and today you live in Berlin. Why Berlin?
I like Berlin. For me, this is the place to live in Europe. International, many-faceted, creative, sometimes rough and unfinished.
I like the people of Berlin who are direct and tolerant following the motto "To live and let live". Berlin is a big city with a lot of green spaces and vast expanse… Furthermore, life here is affordable. You can take part in social life with little money. I hope that this remains for a while…
Gary, you are not only the author of the Ulpi fairy tales but also a musician. How did music become part of your life?
Once I had started with it and simply continued. Sometimes, there are longer pauses through years. I see music as an art and a way to explain a feeling or a situation, or simply to tell a story.
My current project is "Gloomy Stars" pure Sadcore Trash and a total counterweight to the highly optimistic Ulpi fairy tales. Sad and beautiful. Dark, heavy and relieving. Again, the important thing here is to have fun and joy. Sometimes we create a very sad song, so sad, that we get really surprised with ourselves and so, have to laugh about it.
Gloomy Stars "Basement"
How can you describe your person with five words?
Dreamer, flake, capitalist, bohemian, libertine.
What are your dreams?
To go on new journeys, new tours, to visit friends all over the world again and to meet new friends.
What is your life philosophy?
When you fall down, stand up, smile and go further.
Home is…?
Where my key fits. 
Ulpi
What do you do in your spare time?
I cannot distinguish between spare time and working time. For me, there is only life time.
What are your future plans?
To live, to smile and simply to continue doing what I love.
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Mickie James is probably most known as a WWE Diva on Monday Night RAW on USA. She first made her wrestling debut in 1999 and her WWE debut in 2005. She is a four time WWE Women's Championship and her signature move is the Implant DDT.
Recently James guest stared on the USA television show, Psych. Psych, which is currently in its third season, revolves around the characters of Shawn Spencer, played by James Roday, and his best friend Burton 'Gus' Guster, played by Dulé Hill. Shawn is a rookie sleuth who dupes the police into believing he is psychic, and is often hired by them to help them solve crimes. The episode of Talk Derby to Me, in which James guest stars, is about a roller derby team suspected of a series of robberies. James plays the character of Rita Westwood, a member of the team.

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What is the mind, and where did it come from? Thomas Nagel thinks he has an answer. Unlike many scientists and philosophers, however, his answer rejects materialism, a view that tries to understand everything in terms of physics, chemistry, and a Darwinian account of natural selection. Nagel argues that materialism fails to answer basic questions about the emergence of life and mind, and as a result we need an alternative — not the theistic one offered by intelligent design theorists. Nagel instead favors natural teleology, an idea found in Aristotle's philosophy: the natural world has inbuilt tendencies to produce life, consciousness, reason, and value.
Aristotle's philosophy was largely abandoned after the Scientific Revolution of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Leaders of the Revolution such as Copernicus and Galileo showed that almost every aspect of Aristotelian science was wrong. At the time, however, people did not clearly distinguish science from philosophy. Both disciplines were instead grouped under the one heading of natural philosophy. Consequently, when leaders of the Revolution took aim at what we would now identify as Aristotelian science, it was almost inevitable that Aristotelian philosophy proper would suffer collateral damage.
In place of Aristotelian science leaders of the Revolution planted modern science, and in place of Aristotelian philosophy they planted modern philosophy. The fruits of modern science have been among the sweetest in human history, but the fruits of modern philosophy have been a rather strange crop. That crop is the point of departure for Mind and Cosmos. In it, Nagel argues that the materialist worldview that has come to dominate academic philosophy and the non-academic philosophizing of many scientists cannot provide an adequate explanation of life's origins. As a result, he says, we must consider a return to a central notion of Aristotelian philosophy: the notion of natural teleology.
The word "teleology" derives from the Greek word telos, which means "end" or "goal." Teleological explanations claim that things happen in order to achieve ends or goals, that things are end-directed. The most familiar teleological explanations are intentional; they appeal to the ends people intend to achieve. But there are non-intentional teleological explanations as well. Plants grow leaves in order to capture energy from the sun, and the purpose of the heart is to pump the blood. Neither plants nor hearts form intentions to do these things, so their end-directedness must be due to something else. Plato suggested it was due to an external source, an intelligent being who assigned purposes to natural things in the way people assign purposes to artifacts. Aristotle disagreed. Natural teleology was not derivative and external, he said, but basic and internal. Some things simply had innate tendencies to grow, develop, and behave in end-directed ways, including humans whose intentional actions were just one species of the kind of teleology found throughout the natural world.
Aristotle's teleology was shelved after the Revolution. Plato's, on the other hand, found modern sympathizers in William Paley and contemporary intelligent design theorists. But the currently dominant approach to teleology is represented by materialism.
Materialism tries to account for everything in terms of the non-teleological principles of chemistry and physics. If materialists are right, then the real reasons the plant grows toward the sun and the heart pumps blood have nothing to do with teleology. What then explains the appearance of teleology in these things? Most materialists think that a Darwinian account of natural selection supplies the answer. Natural selection operates over the long-term in ways that can mimic the work of an intelligent designer. Consequently, things like plants and hearts, which are products of natural selection, operate as if they were designed to achieve certain ends even though in reality they were not. Nagel nevertheless argues that materialist explanations of this sort fail to account for the emergence of life and mind.
Nagel's arguments appeal to well-known philosophical problems, such as the problem of understanding how science fits together with the rest of human experience. The observational tools, experimental models, and mathematical descriptions of science bear little or no resemblance to the stuff of daily experience. We take ourselves to be free beings who experience joy and sadness, and pleasure and pain, who act to get what we want, who make choices, and who can be held accountable for them. What science appears to reveal, by contrast, is a vast undifferentiated sea of matter and energy that at a fundamental level has none of these characteristics. The fundamental physical materials that compose us and everything around us have none of the features we take to be distinctive of human life — no thought, no feeling, no choice, nothing good or bad, nothing right or wrong. Understanding how there can be things like us — free, mental, moral things — in a world that at a fundamental level is devoid of them has set the agenda in philosophy since the Revolution. Mind-body problems, the problem of free will and determinism, and problems grounding moral values in natural facts all originate here.
Philosophers are not alone confronting these problems either. Theologians and scientists often face difficulties understanding how their own work fits into a coherent overall worldview, and conceptual problems at the intersection of science, philosophy, and religion have entered even discussions on public policy: witness debates about so-called creation science and about the relevance or irrelevance of consciousness for defining the beginning or end of human life.
According to Nagel, these philosophical problems cannot be solved within a materialist framework. The reason is that materialism lacks the resources to explain the emergence of consciousness, reason, and value, and if it lacks the resources to explain these, Nagel says, then it lacks the resources to explain the emergence of life in general. Why should we accept this? Nagel argues that adequate explanations must imply that the phenomena they look to explain are not chance occurrences but expected outcomes. Parties to the debate generally agree that consciousness, reason, and value are the most recent outcomes of the same process that was responsible for the emergence of more basic biological phenomena. In that case, however, any adequate explanation of life's origins must imply that consciousness, reason, and value were expected outcomes of the same process that resulted in the basic emergence of life. According to Nagel, materialists are incapable of providing explanations of this sort.
What are the alternatives? Theistic explanations are unacceptable, Nagel says, both because they are incompatible with his atheism and because they locate the intelligibility of the natural world in something outside that world; they thereby fail to provide the kind of unified understanding that philosophy hopes to achieve. That leaves the teleological alternative Nagel favors: there is in the fabric of the cosmos a (non-intentional) predisposition to produce value, reason, consciousness, and life. Such a predisposition provides the additional conceptual resources needed to understand the emergence of life. If the universe is directed toward producing mind and value, then the universe must be directed toward producing life as well, for life is a necessary condition for mind and value.
Nagel's approach to these issues is fresh and open-minded, but it has its detractors. Scientists and philosophers committed to materialism will of course reject his central thesis, and some have already responded (see here). I have several reservations of my own. I'll mention just one. It concerns the Cartesian picture of the mind that Nagel takes as a given. According to that picture, the mind is an inner domain of subjective occurrences. My worry is that such a picture might have elements that are guaranteed to generate insoluble problems — like a Sudoku puzzle with a misprint. Nagel himself suggests one reason to be pessimistic. The vocabulary that frames scientific descriptions and explanations, he tells us, is a vocabulary that was developed precisely by ignoring or abstracting away from subjective appearances. Science, which aims at objectivity — a view from nowhere, as he has referred to it — could not have gotten off the ground without bracketing mentality in this way. It was for this reason that the development of science in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries led inevitably to mind-body problems. The features of subjective experience that we describe in pedestrian psychological terms are precisely the features from which scientific endeavor looks to distance itself. Because scientific concepts are evacuated of any psychological content, we become puzzled how mental phenomena could fit into the world science describes.
If Nagel is right about the conceptual gap between the mental and the physical, it seems to make little difference whether we take the world to operate teleologically or not. If there are basic teleological laws that prescribe the emergence of consciousness, reason, or value from physical processes, the view begins to look simply like a variation of one of the emergentist views he criticizes, one that posits brute, unexplainable laws. It is thus unclear whether the alternative he favors marks a genuine advance.
Nagel concedes that solving mind-body problems will require a revision of our concepts more radical than anything he has to offer. Perhaps one step in the direction of such a revision is to counter Nagel's Cartesianism and claim that during the Scientific Revolution subjectivity was not so much discovered as invented. Our interest in viewing things from nowhere produced the notion of subjectivity as a residual byproduct, and in that sense subjectivity is as much an artifact of human endeavor as science itself. On this alternative view, the world does not comprise two distinct kinds of phenomena, mental and physical, as so many philosophers since Descartes, including Nagel, have thought. Rather, the world contains (among other things) beings like ourselves who are so complex that we can only understand them piecemeal by focusing on just a limited range of their characteristics at a time. This piecemeal approach yields a variety of methods and conceptual frameworks (including science and pedestrian psychological discourse), each with its own distinctive vocabulary and concepts. Yet none of these frameworks can be expected to contain within itself resources for understanding how it fits together with others into a synoptic vision of the whole. None of them was crafted with an eye to accomplishing this integrative task; each was rather designed to achieve a more limited understanding.
On this view (which is compatible with a variety of theistic positions, including one that Nagel describes but of course doesn't endorse), the repeated mistake of philosophers since the seventeenth century has been to interpret the fairly limited task of achieving a scientific understanding of some things as the unlimited task of providing an exhaustive understanding of everything. Nagel seems to agree with something like this diagnosis, but he doesn't appreciate that rejecting his own view of subjectivity could be taken as a corollary. Seen in this light, the Cartesian conception of mind that Nagel assumes at the outset is not canonical but contentious, not a pre-theoretical datum that cries out for explanation but instead a theoretical posit, an implication of a particular philosophical outlook. We are not compelled to accept that outlook, and there might be good reasons to reject it.
You can read William Jaworski's longer review, forthcoming in Faith and Philosophy, here.


You probably already know that bumper repairs is the most common kind of repair work done on car bodies nowadays. This is due to the fact that majority of car bumpers are designed only to handle low density collisions with objects such as shopping carts and trolleys. At best, they can mostly handle minor impact collisions with other vehicles. Such slight damages can be repaired easily at any auto body repair shop. Such damages are mostly limited to minor cracks in the bumpers.
On the other hand, under certain conditions, usually high impact collisions with the other vehicles, bigger and wider cracks develop on the bumpers. Of course, this can prove to be quite unsightly. Many people would normally like to have one layer of resin poured on the crack and a good paint job done to help cover the crack. Nevertheless, any additional pressure may widen the crack further and cause more inconvenience to you. Therefore, you are left with just two choices, either purchase a new bumper or have your current one repaired.
In contrast to what majority of car owners believe, it's generally more costly to purchase a new bumper. Surveys show that the cheapest bumper costs no less than three hundred pounds. But, many people prefer buying new bumpers because they think it's easier and more convenient to purchase a new bumper compared to getting the current one repaired by a professional technician.
Getting your car repaired by a specialized technician is much more affordable than purchasing a new pumper. This is the easiest way to get your bumper to look as good as new. Using techniques which involve boring of holes into the car bumper, and filling the crack up with appropriate fast acting resin, they can completely cover up the cracks. This process is then followed up by sanding, priming, painting, and then finally lacquering the car bumper to the manufacturer's specifications.
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Yesterday, the early sales report from Famitsu revealed that Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! / Let's Go, Eevee! sold 664 198 units during the first 3 days in Japan (Media Create reported slightly lower sales: 661 240 units). While this is the worst debut for a mainline Pokémon game in quite a while, it's still a pretty solid performance for various reasons discussed in this post.
And today, The Pokémon Company has announced that Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! / Let's Go, Eevee! has sold over 3 million units worldwide during its launch week (between November 16th and November 18th). While again, this seems to be one of the worst debuts for the series, it's actually a record… for the Nintendo Switch. Indeed, according to The Pokémon Company, this is no less than the best debut ever for a Nintendo Switch game (of course, Super Smash Bros. Ultimate is going to utterly smash this record, next month… pun totally intended).
Unfortunately, The Pokémon Company does not specify whether the 3 million units reported do include digital sales. Since data shared by publishers usually do, it's probably safe to assume that Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! / Let's Go, Eevee! has indeed sold over 3 million units at retail and via the Nintendo eShop. If not, then that would mean it has sold even more than 3 million units.


The skin plays an important role in the regulation of body temperature and protecting it from sudden temperature changes. Our body needs to be kept at an optimum operating temperature in order for our cells to perform properly. Temperature affects the rate of chemical reactions inside the body. The average body temperature is 98.6F or 37 degree centigrade. The body temperature is kept constant by physiological adjustments controlled by the hypothalamus which acts as a thermostat. The hypothalamus receives nerve impulses from the heat and cold thermoreceptors in the skin called the peripheral thermoreceptors as well as from central thermoreceptors located in the hypothalamus itself.
Our body uses energy to generate heat through the vital actions of the body. This heat production rises with muscle activity like exercise and shivering. Heat is lost and gained through radiation, conduction and conviction while evaporation contributes only to heat loss which occurs through sweating.
When someone has a fever the body thermostat will be set at a higher level, therefore the person first shivers leading to heat release which will lead to the rise of temperature to the new setting, and when the fever subsides the setting of the thermostat will drop back to normal and the person sweats to dispose the excess heat.


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Star Wars: The Legends of Luke Skywalker: The Manga
43 years after Star Wars: A New Hope hit theaters, the legendary space saga unfolds in the galaxy of manga thanks to the latest story in the Skywalker saga.
Packing in all the adventure that fans would expect from Star Wars, publishing and entertainment juggernaut VIZ Media, in collaboration with Lucasfilm, presents Star Wars: The Legends of Luke Skywalker: The Manga.
Encounters with the elusive Jedi Luke Skywalker have mystified many in a galaxy far, far away.
A cadre of renowned Japanese manga artists, Akira Himekawa, Haruichi, Subaru, Akira Fukaya, and Takashi Kisaki, brilliantly capture and bring him to life in this literary piece.
Star Wars and manga fans alike will delight in the storytelling and humor narrated in Star Wars: The Legends of Luke Skywalker: The Manga inspired by Nebula, Hugo, and World Fantasy award-winning author Ken Liu's Journey to Star Wars: The Last Jedi.
AKIRA FUKAYA AND TAKASHI KISAKI
As an artist and writer team, Fukaya and Kisaki frequently collaborate on manga projects published in Japan. Fukaya has been enthralled with Star Wars since he was in elementary school. The starships and character designs, as well as the planets portrayed in the films, inspired him to create stories of his own. The Starship Graveyard is their English manga debut.
HARUICHI
A longtime fan of the Star Wars galaxy, Haruichi is also the creator behind the Star Wars Japanese webtoon, Leia Organa: Ordeal of the Princess. Haruichi has always admired characters like Luke Skywalker, Princess Leia, and especially Obi-Wan Kenobi, but lately she has a growing affection for the stormtroopers. I, Droid is Haruichi's English manga debut.
Subaru currently lives in Tokyo and works in the animation industry as a background artist. Subaru loves that the characters in Star Wars always jump toward their destiny. The Tale of Lugubrious Mote is Subaru's English manga debut.
AKIRA HIMEKAWA
Akira Himekawa are an artist duo from Japan with many fans all over the world. They have always wondered what may have happened to Luke Skywalker in between his galactic adventures and love exploring those possibilities.
KEN LIU
A winner of the Nebula, Hugo, and World Fantasy awards, Ken Liu is the author of The Legends of Luke Skywalker.
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Home Systems Cardiovascular system Blood vessels Venous system
It consists of tubes called veins whose function is to carry blood from the capillaries to the heart. Veins, also like arteries, belong to large and small circulation.
The circuit that ends in the left atrium through the four pulmonary veins carrying arterial blood from the lungs is called small circulation or pulmonary circulation. And the circuit that ends in the right atrium through the vena cavae and the coronary sinus returning with venous blood is called large circulation or systemic circulation.
Some important veins of the human body:
Veins of pulmonary circulation (or small circulation): The veins that carry the blood that returns from the lungs to the heart after hematosis (oxygenation) are called pulmonary veins.
There are four pulmonary veins, two for each lung, one upper right and one lower right, one upper left and one lower left.
The four pulmonary veins will flow into the left atrium. These veins are formed by segmental veins that collect arterial blood from the pulmonary segments.
Veins of systemic circulation (or large circulation): Two large veins flow into the right atrium bringing venous blood to the heart. They are: superior vena cava and inferior vena cava. We also have the coronary sinus which is a large venous conduit formed by the veins that are bringing venous blood that circulated in the heart itself.
Pulmonary Grapes, Upper and Lower Cranes and Coronary Sinus
Source: NETTER, Frank H .. Atlas of Human Anatomy. 2 ed. Porto Alegre: Artmed, 2000.
Superior Vena Cava: The superior vena cava has a length of about 7.5 cm and a diameter of 2 cm and originates from both brachiocephalic trunks (or right and left brachiocephalic veins).
Each brachiocephalic vein consists of the junction of the subclavian vein (which receives blood from the upper limb) and the internal jugular vein (which receives blood from the head and neck).
Inferior Vena Cava: The inferior vena cava is the largest vein in the body, with a diameter of about 3.5 cm and is formed by the two common iliac veins that collect blood from the pelvic region and lower limbs.
Coronary Sinus and Cardiac Veins:
The coronary sinus is the main vein of the heart. It receives almost all venous blood from the myocardium. It is located in the coronary sulcus opening in the right atrium. It is a broad venous canal to which veins drain. It receives the magma cardiac vein (anterior interventricular sulcus) at its left extremity, the middle cardiac vein (posterior interventricular sulcus) and the small cardiac vein at its right extremity. Several anterior heart veins drain directly into the right atrium.
HEAD AND NECK GRAVES
Skull: The venous network inside the skull is represented by a system of intercommunicating canals called the dura mater sinuses.
Dust Breasts:
These are true tunnels dug into the dura membrane. This is the outermost membrane of the meninges.
These channels are lined by endothelium.
The dural sinuses can be divided into six odd and seven even.
HARD MATER BELLS
IMPERTUS BELLS (6): three are related to the cranial calvaria and three to the skull base.
Cranial Calvaria Breasts:
1 – Superior Sagittal Breast: It is located on the upper edge and follows the brain's scythe to its full extent.
2 – Lower Sagittal Sinus: it occupies two posterior thirds of the lower edge of the free part of the brain's scythe.
3 – Straight Breast: situated at the junction of the brain's scythe with the cerebellum tent.
Formerly it receives the inferior sagittal sinus and the great vein of the brain (which is formed by the internal veins of the brain) and later ends at the confluence of the sinuses.
Skull Base Breasts:
1 – Anterior Intravenous Sinus: crosswise connects the two cavernous sinuses. Situated at the top of the Turcic Saddle, passing before and over the pituitary gland.
2 – Posterior Intercavernous Sinus: Parallel to the anterior, it connects the two cavernous sinuses, passing behind and above the pituitary gland.
3 – Basilar Plexus: It is a venous canal plexus that is located in the occipital cleavage.
This plexus leads to the posterior intercavernous and inferior petrous sinuses (right and left).
Pair Breasts: are situated at the base of the skull.
1 – Sphenoparietal Sinus: occupies the posterior edge of the minor wing of the sphenoid bone.
2 – Cavernous Sinus: anteroposteriorly, it occupies each side of the turgical saddle.
It previously receives the ophthalmic vein, the deep middle vein of the brain and the sphenoparietal sinus, and then continues with the upper and lower petrous sinuses.
3 – Upper Petrosal Sinus: extending from the cavernous sinus to the transverse sinus, it is located at the upper edge of the petrous temporal part.
4 – Lower Petrosal Sinus: It originates at the posterior end of the cavernous sinus and receives part of the basilar plexus, ending in the superior bulb of the internal jugular vein.
5 – Transverse BreastIt originates at the confluence of the sinuses and runs through the transverse groove of the occipital bone to the petrous temporal base, where it receives the superior petrous sinus and continues with the sigmoid sinus.
6 – Sigmoid Sinus: occupies the groove of the same name, which makes a true & #8220; S & #8221; at the posterior border of the petrous part of the temporal, ending in the superior bulb of the internal jugular vein after crossing the jugular foramen.
The internal jugular vein continues the sigmoid sinus, and the inferior petrous sinus runs through the jugular foramen to flow into that vein.
7 – Occipital Sinus: It originates near the foramen magnum and is located on either side of the posterior edge of the cerebellum scythe.
It later ends at the confluence of the breasts at the level of the internal occipital protuberance.
Face: Usually the superior thyroid, lingual, facial and pharyngeal veins anastomose to form a common trunk that will flow into the internal jugular vein.
The pterygoid plexus collects blood from the vascularized territory through the maxillary artery, including all teeth, maintaining anastomosis with the facial vein and cavernous sinus.
The various branches of the pterygoid plexus anastomose with the superficial temporal vein to constitute the retromandibular vein.
This retromandibular vein that will unite with the posterior auricular vein to give rise to the external jugular vein.
The orbital cavity is drained by the superior and inferior ophthalmic veins that will flow into the cavernous sinus.
The superior ophthalmic vein maintains anastomosis with the onset of the facial vein.
Neck: Down the neck, we find four pairs of jugular veins. These jugular veins are called internal, external, anterior and posterior.
Internal Jugular Vein: will anastomose with the subclavian vein to form the venous brachiocephalic trunk.
External Jugular Vein: flows into the subclavian vein.
Anterior Jugular Vein: It originates superficially at the level of the suprahyoid region and ends at the termination of the external jugular vein.
Posterior Jugular Vein: It originates in the vicinity of the occipital and descends posteriorly to the neck to flow into the venous brachiocephalic trunk. It is deeply situated.
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Chest: We found two main exceptions:
& #8211; The first refers to the coronary sinus that opens directly into the right atrium.
& #8211; The second different venous disposition is the azygos system.
The veins of the azygos system collect most of the venous blood from the chest and abdomen walls. From the abdomen venous blood rises through the ascending lumbar veins; of the chest is collected mainly by all the posterior intercostal veins.
The azygos system forms a true & #8220; H & #8221; ahead of the vertebral bodies of the thoracic portion of the spine.
The right vertical branch of & #8220; H & #8221; It is called azygos vein.
The left vertical branch is subdivided by the horizontal branch into two segments, one upper and one lower.
The inferior segment of the left vertical branch is constituted by the hemiazygos vein, while the superior segment of this branch is called accessory hemiazygos.
The horizontal branch is anastomotic, linking the two segments of the left branch with the right vertical branch.
Finally the azygos vein will flow into the superior vena cava.
Abdomen: In the abdomen, there is a very important venous system that collects blood from the abdominal viscera to carry it to the liver. It is the portal vein system.
The portal vein is formed by the anastomosis of the splenic vein (collects blood from the spleen) with the superior mesenteric vein.
The splenic vein, before anastomosing with the superior mesenteric vein, receives the inferior mesenteric vein.
Once constituted, the portal vein also receives the left gastric veins and the prepiloric vein.
When approaching the hepatic hilum, the portal vein forks into two branches (right and left), thus penetrating the liver.
Within the liver, the portal vein branches form a true network.
They will branch into smaller and smaller caliber venules until capillarization.
Then the capillaries are again constituting venules that come together successively to form the hepatic veins which will flow into the inferior vena cava.
The right gonodal vein will flow at an acute angle into the inferior vena cava, while the left will flow perpendicularly into the renal vein.
SUMMARY THE HEPATIC SYSTEM: The hepatic portal circulation diverts venous blood from the gastrointestinal organs and spleen to the liver before returning to the heart. The hepatic portal vein is formed by the union of the superior and splenic mesenteric veins. The superior mesenteric vein drains blood from the small intestine and parts of the large intestine, stomach and pancreas. The splenic vein drains blood from the stomach, pancreas and parts of the large intestine. The inferior mesenteric vein, which flows into the splenic vein, drains parts of the large intestine. The liver receives arterial (own hepatic artery) and venous (hepatic portal vein) blood at the same time. Finally, all the blood comes out of the liver through the hepatic veins that flow into the inferior vena cava.
GRAVES FORMING THE VEIN DOOR & #8211; HEPATIC SYSTEM
VEHICLES FORMING THE UPPER CAVA VEIN AND THE HEPATIC SYSTEM
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The deep veins of the upper limbs follow the same path as the arteries of the upper limbs.
The superficial veins of the upper limbs:
The cephalic vein originates from the network of venules in the lateral half of the hand region. In its upward course it passes to the anterior face of the forearm, which runs from the radial side, up the arm where it occupies the lateral bicipital groove and then the deltopectoral groove and then deepens, perforating the fascia, to flow into the axillary vein.
The basilic vein originates from the network of venules in the medial half of the dorsal region of the hand. Upon reaching the forearm it passes to the anterior face, which rises from the ulnar side. In the arm, it runs through the medial bicipital groove to the middle of the upper segment, as it deepens and punctures the fascia, leading to the medial brachial vein.
The median forearm vein begins with the palmar venules and runs up the anterior aspect of the forearm, parallel to and between the cephalic and basilic veins.
Near the flexor area of the forearm, the median forearm vein forks, giving the median cephalic vein that runs obliquely upward and laterally to anastomose with the cephalic vein, and the basilic median vein that runs obliquely upward and medially to anastomose with the basilic vein.
LOWER MEMBERS
The deep veins of the lower limbs follow the same path as the arteries of the lower limbs.
The Superficial Veins Of The Lower Limbs:
Great Saphenous Vein: It originates in the venous network of the dorsal region of the foot, bordering the medial border of this region, passes between the medial malleolus and the tendon of the anterior tibial muscle and rises up the medial aspect of the leg and thigh.
In the vicinity of the root of the thigh, it bends deeper and goes through a hole in the fascia lata called the saphenous hiatus.
The Small Saphenous Vein: it originates in the region of venules on the lateral margin of the dorsal region of the foot, passes behind the lateral malleolus and rises along the midline of the posterior aspect of the leg to the vicinity of the knee flexion fold, where it deepens to flow into a of the popliteal veins.
The small saphenous vein communicates with the great saphenous vein through several anastomotic branches.
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Incidence of Multiple Sclerosis and Related Disorders in Asian Populations of British Columbia
Joshua D. Lee, Colleen Guimond, Irene M. Yee, Carles Vilariño-Güell, Zhi-Ying Wu, Anthony L. Traboulsee, A. Dessa Sadovnick
Journal: Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences / Volume 42 / Issue 4 / July 2015
Background: Global variation in the incidence of multiple sclerosis (MS) is generally ascribed to differences in genetic and environmental risk factors. Here we investigate temporal trends in the incidence of MS and related disorders in British Columbia, Canada, from 1986 to 2010, focusing particularly on the Asian ethnic subpopulation. Methods: A longitudinal database was screened to identify newly diagnosed cases of MS and related disorders, including neuromyelitis optica and clinically isolated syndromes. Age-standardized, sex-specific mean annual incidence was calculated for the Asian and non-Asian population of British Columbia for 5-year intervals from 1986 to 2010. Temporal changes and cohort differences in incidence rates and demographic characteristics were evaluated. Results: During this period, the incidence of MS and related disorders in the non-Asian population remained relatively unchanged, from 10.41 (95% confidence interval [CI]: 9.87-10.97) to 9.91 (95% CI: 9.46-10.39) per 100,000 (p=0.167). In contrast, incidence in the Asian population doubled during the same period. This increase was driven by a precipitous rise in the incidence of MS in females from 0.71 (95% CI: 0.01-1.50) to 2.08 (95% CI: 1.43-2.91) per 100,000 (p=0.004), including both Canadian-born and immigrant Asians. The incidence of neuromyelitis optica did not change significantly during this period. Conclusions: The incidence of MS may be increasing among females in the Asian ethnic population of British Columbia.
Chapter 16 - Genetics of pediatric multiple sclerosis
from Section 3 - Pediatric MS Biology
By A. D. Sadovnick, R. Q. Hintzen
Edited by Dorothée Chabas, University of California, San Francisco, Emmanuelle L. Waubant, University of California, San Francisco
Book: Demyelinating Disorders of the Central Nervous System in Childhood
Print publication: 17 March 2011, pp 169-182
This chapter discusses the genetics/genetic epidemiology of pediatric multiple sclerosis (MS) as largely derived from information on adults, and draws attention to needed areas of research on pediatric MS, including etiology, pathogenesis, natural history, response to therapy, recovery from relapse, cognition, and activities of daily living. The first direct evidence for a relationship between genes and MS susceptibility came in 1972, when Jersild et al reported an association between human leukocyte antigen (HLA) system alleles and MS. MS is not a monogenic disease and thus recurrence risk data for relatives of patients are based on empiric data rather than strict theoretical models. Recurrence risk data are collected by taking a family history and documenting affected and unaffected statuses among family members of index cases. MS in Northern Europeans has been associated with extended major histocompatibility complex (MHC) haplotypes.
By Gregory S. Aaen, Maria Pia Amato, Laura J. Balcer, Brenda Banwell, Amit Bar-Or, Khurram Bashir, Anita L. Belman, Susan Bennett, Dorothée Chabas, Tanuja Chitnis, Russell C. Dale, Angelo Ghezzi, Jin S. Hahn, Folker Hanefeld, Deborah Hertz, R. Q. Hintzen, Sunny Im-Wang, Laura J. Julian, Lauren B. Krupp, Nancy L. Kuntz, Grant T. Liu, Timothy Lotze, Andrew McKeon, Maria Milazzo, Ellen M. Mowry, Jayne Ness, Frank S. Pidcock, Immacolata Plasmati, Daniela Pohl, Christel Renoux, Moses Rodriguez, Martino Ruggieri, A. D. Sadovnick, Guillaume Sébire, Isabella Simone, Bruno P. Soares, Jonathan Strober, Esther Tantsis, Marc Tardieu, Silvia Tenembaum, Maria Trojano, Sunita Venkateswaran, Amy T. Waldman, Emmanuelle L. Waubant, Bianca Weinstock-Guttman, Max Wintermark, E. Ann Yeh
Print publication: 17 March 2011, pp vii-ix
Ethical Guidelines of the Alzheimer Society of Canada
John D. Fisk, A. Dessa Sadovnick, Carole A. Cohen, Serge Gauthier, John Dossetor, Astrid Eberhart, Linda LeDuc
Journal: Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences / Volume 25 / Issue 3 / August 1998
Alzheimer's disease raises numerous ethical issues which vary and evolve over the course of the illness. In recognition of the need for ongoing discussion of these issues, the Alzheimer Society of Canada established a Task Force on Ethics in 1995. Through a process of "discourse ethics" and consultation on a national scale, the Task Force produced a series of guidelines dealing with the issues of: communicating the diagnosis, driving, respecting individual choice, quality of life, participation in research, genetic testing, the use of restraints, and end-of-life care. This manuscript presents a summary of these guidelines as well as a summary of the ideas on which they were based. It was the hope of the Society that the publication of these guidelines will serve to facilitate discussion of the ethics of care of those with Alzheimer's disease.
Prevalence of Multiple Sclerosis in British Columbia
Vincent P. Sweeney, Adele D. Sadovnick, Vilma Brandejs
Journal: Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences / Volume 13 / Issue 1 / February 1986
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 18 September 2015, pp. 47-51
A province wide prevalence study on multiple sclerosis (MS) was conducted in British Columbia (B.C.). The prevalence date was July 1, 1982. The major portion of this study was a review of all the files of neurologists practicing in B.C. as this was judged to be the most accurate source for identifying MS patients. 239,412 neurologists' files were hand searched by one researcher using modified Schumacher criteria for classification. Other sources used during the study for identifying MS patients were the MS Clinic, general practitioners, ophthalmologists, urologists, specialized facilities such as long term care facilities and rehabilitation centres, and patient self-referrals.
A total of 4,620 non-duplicated cases were identified and classified. 4,112 of these (89%) were classified according to information contained in neurologists' records.
The prevalence estimate for definite/probable MS in B.C. was 93.3/100,000 population. This increased to 130.5/100,000 population if possible MS and optic neuritis were also included. These rates are among the highest reported in Canada or elsewhere. The cooperation of B.C. neurologists made this study unique in its scope and accuracy of diagnosis.


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US Supreme Court Expands Use of Drug Dogs During Traffic Stops
Unanimous US Supreme Court strikes down Florida requirement of proof of drug dog efficiency for traffic stop searches.
America's highest court on Tuesday made it easier for police to use drug dogs to perform warrantless searches during traffic stops. The US Supreme Court upheld the search of a truck based solely on a dog's alert during a stop for a minor traffic infraction.
On June 24, 2006, County, Florida Sheriff's Deputy William Wheetley was on patrol with his trained German shepherd, Aldo. Wheetley stopped Clayton Harris for an expired tag and noticed an open can of beer in the truck's cup holder. Harris refused to consent to a search of the truck, so Wheetley had Aldo perform a "free air sniff" and the dog alerted at the driver's side door handle. This gave Wheetley probable cause to search the truck without a warrant.
Harris was not actually carrying any drugs that Aldo was trained to detect. Instead, he had several ingredients for methamphetamine: pseudoephedrine pills, matches, hydrochloric acid, antifreeze and iodine crystals. Two months later, Harris was stopped by the same officer and Aldo once again alerted on the truck's door handle, but no drugs or ingredients were found in the truck.
At trial, Harris argued the sniffs were bogus because the dog twice alerted on a truck containing no drugs. He pointed out Aldo was certified as a trained drug dog, but the certification had expired -- Florida law does not set any standards for such certification. In the field, Wheetley only kept records of when Aldo successfully sniffed out drugs resulting in an arrest.
Prosecutors countered it was "residual odor" that triggered the alert. Florida's Supreme Court agreed with Harris that the state needed to produce a history of the drug dog's field performance for there to be reliable enough evidence to conduct a search without a warrant. All nine of the federal justices blasted this line of reasoning.
"One wonders how the court would apply its test to a rookie dog," Justice Elena Kagan wrote for the court. "If a dog on patrol fails to alert to a car containing drugs, the mistake usually will go undetected because the officer will not initiate a search.... the designers of an assessment know where drugs are hidden and where they are not -- and so where a dog should alert and where he should not. The better measure of a dog's reliability thus comes away from the field, in controlled testing environments. For that reason, evidence of a dog's satisfactory performance in a certification or training program can itself provide sufficient reason to trust his alert."
The justices did allow defendants the ability to challenge a particular dog's performance or training under the usual rules of criminal procedure. Civil rights advocates, including the conservative Rutherford Institute, believe the decision will erode constitutional protections for everyone.
"This ruling undercuts the entire basis of the Fourth Amendment, which was designed to protect us from unreasonable searches and seizures," Rutherford President John W. Whitehead said in a statement. "When dog sniffs, which have proven to be unreliable, are considered probable cause for police to search your property without a warrant -- whether it's your home, your car or your person -- then none of our rights are secure."
A copy of the decision is available in a 110k PDF file at the source link below.
Source: Florida v. Harris (US Supreme Court, 2/19/2013)
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Wenger needs his Arsenal team to evoke Spirit of 89 to beat Spurs in North London derby
Layth Yousif
Published: 9:59 AM November 17, 2017
Arsene Wenger needs to involve the spirit of 89 to beat Spurs - Credit: Archant
I drove east around the M25 to Enfield after Arsene Wenger's press conference at London Colney on Thursday to make the short trip to Hotspur Way to hear Mauricio Pochettino talk about the North London derby.
Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger lifts the FA Cup trophy after the final whistle during the Emirates FA Cup Final at Wembley Stadium, London. - Credit: PA Wire/PA Images
It was hugely instructive.
My rule of thumb when trying to decode what lies behind 'managerspeak' is to decipher who is bullish and who downplays their team.
For invariably the boss that talks up their team is the one under pressure.
It was no surprise then to earlier hear Wenger deny his team were underdogs. To insist a North London derby isn't about being strong it's about being efficient. To refer to the past when speaking of the present.
Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger during the Premier League match at the Goodison Park, Liverpool. - Credit: PA Wire/PA Images
When a journalist mentioned his teams had qualified for the Champions League for a long time the Frenchman interjected spikily and unnecessarily pointing out it was '20 years' – like an old heavyweight boxer telling people exactly how many belts he won at his prime when everyone knew how good he was back then without the aid of statistics.
It's one thing to refuse to admit your bitter rivals have a better team - why on earth would anyone do that - but quite it's another to hand out advice on how to win silverware, even if the club has picked up three FA Cups in four years, two of which have been while 'Poch' has been in charge.
Not least because the promise fans were sold upon leaving beloved Highbury - namely striving to compete with top clubs domestically and in Europe simply hasn't happened.
At the Spurs training ground – bright, spacious, immaculately groomed and open plan in a way the perfectly adequate Colney shouts 1999 – the former Argentine was full of praise for Arsenal's 68-year-old boss.
Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger before the Premier League match at Anfield, Liverpool. - Credit: PA Archive/PA Images
If he wasn't hailing his longevity he was full of admiration for Wenger's 'innovation'. Or he was calling for respect for the Frenchman.
In short he was speaking up his rival. And you only do that when you are supremely confident of your team's abilities.
It's a rule of thumb that also works well in Europe.
Before the sorry Gunners lost 5-1 to Munich, after the first 5-1 in Bavaria, or the second 5-1 depending on if you count the 5-1 in 2015 (if you get what I'm trying to say about repeatedly losing 5-1 to a club we were supposed to be on level terms with if you believe some people at Arsenal) – Wenger talked up his side's chances. In the second leg last March he was still doing it. And afterwards too.
Wenger looks on at Stamford Bridge during the 0-0 draw with Chelsea in September. Picture @laythy29 Instagram - Credit: Archant
A friend remarked to me it feels every time you talk about Wenger you have to preface your remarks with, 'yes, he was amazing between 1996 and 2006, and yes the personal abuse is not only wrong but disgusting' and says far more about the inarticulate inadequacies of the abuser than the victim but, criticising Wenger for the stubbornness of his football decisions since 06-07 that has taken the club to this point is utterly justified.
His myopia is legendary. How Arsenal fans used to laugh when he'd insist he hadn't seen a controversial incident - now he won't even admit he's got a bandage on his arm.
As was the case at Colney on Thursday when a journalist asked him why he had a bandage on his elbow, Wenger became at first defensive, before his furtive attempts to change the subject bordered on the preposterous.
It was symptomatic of his leadership of the club at this moment in time. A refusal to admit something is wrong even if is staring you in the face.
Arsenal need to show the spirit of 89 in Saturday's North London derby - Credit: Archant
And when he started talking about it being better to be efficient than tough in a bitterly fought derby you felt sad.
Not least for the interview Lee Dixon gave in the stunning 89 The Film where he recalls in delicious detail being pinned up again the wall while his peers told him what it meant to play for – and win against – when they played Spurs.
I was lucky enough to be invited to attend the premier at the Art Deco Holloway Odeon, a long goal kick from the Emirates and interviewed a whole host of names from that glorious era. What hit me was the pride they had playing for The Arsenal. As if they had struck lucky turning out for such a great club.
There was also a real feeling of togetherness, a band of brothers against the world.
An invitation to 89 The Film. Wenger needs to evoke the spirit of that era - Credit: Archant
As they mucked around, joking with each other it made me smile warmly at sight a beautiful sight.
I missed four games home and away – including that fantastic 3-2 victory at White Hart Lane in 88-89 Dixon talked about with awe – and to see those heroes in such fine form three decades on has been far and away the highlight of the season for me.
You wonder if the 2047 reunion of this year's FA Cup winners will be quite so joyous.
Perhaps Wenger needs to invoke the spirit of 89 rather than decry legends for giving their honest opinions on Wenger's team - legends who were winning trophies for Arsenal FC long before he'd arrived.
How Wenger's side could do with Tony Adams in the side today. Adams is pictured in discussion with Layth Yousif. Credit: Danny Loo - Credit: Archant
As Lee Dixon told me last week it feels like Arsenal have lost their way under Wenger. My visit to the Spurs training ground to listen to Pochettino hasn't changed my impression that Spurs are a club on the rise.
Let's get this straight – for those of us who have had to endure the 'delights' of coming out of the away end at the old Lane – to face cowardly aggression through coins and fists and spittle – targeted at men, women and children at times – for anyone who calls themselves a Gooner to hope for a loss against Spurs in order to accelerate the departure of Wenger is nothing more than a traitor.
Quite simply if you get to the point of being so embittered you want your team to lose in a North London derby – on social media or in real life, well you're not welcome in N5, ever.
But perhaps the most telling comment Dixon made to me was when he said with no pleasure, and a little incredulity, given how far the Lillywhires were behind Arsenal in his day, that Spurs are becoming what Arsenal used to be: A good side with young hungry players under an inspiring and world class boss with a state of the art training centre and a world class stadium.
Let's hope Arsenal triumph on the pitch on Saturday – for if they don't we may well be hearing a lot more of Wenger talking up his past achievements and Poch being respectful about Wenger and Arsenal to the point of absurdity.
For wasn't it Bruce Springsteen who once sang: 'You glorify the past when the future dries up'?'


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Millie Bobby Brown makes Time's 100 aged just 14
MILLIE BOBBY BROWN has earned the accolade of being one of the world's most influential people — at the tender age of just 14.
The Brit actress — who rose to fame in hit Netflix sci-fi show Stranger Things — joins the likes of royal bride Meghan Markle and US president Donald Trump in Time magazine's annual top 100, making her the youngest person ever to be included.
Also making the list are Hollywood stars Nicole Kidman and Hugh Jackman, directors Greta Gerwig and Guillermo del Toro, legendary TV presenter Oprah Winfrey and musicians Jennifer Lopez, Cardi B, Rihanna and Kesha.
Recalling a meeting two years ago with Millie, whom he called his 'adopted daughter', Breaking Bad actor Aaron Paul lavished praise on the precocious teen.
'Proud to know her': Aaron Paul PICTURE: GETTY
'She may have been 12 in years, but her spirit and mind were timeless,' he wrote in Time.
'A wise woman was speaking from her cherubic face. It was like speaking to a future mentor with a perspective and groundedness that I could only have dreamed of at that age — or at any age, if I'm being honest.'
Aaron added: 'Maybe that's why she's such an extraordinary actor — she somehow understands the human experience as if she has lived it for a thousand years.
'I'm proud to know her. To call her a friend. To call her my adopted daughter.'
Millie is also being honoured alongside world leaders and business people, such as entrepreneur Elon Musk and prime minister of Canada Justin Trudeau — and our very own London mayor Sadiq Khan.
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Seahaven Park Homes is an exclusive development, set between Groomsport and Orlock in a beautiful front line coastal location with unrivalled sea views to the Copeland Islands and Carrickfergus. The development is minutes away from Bangor's bustling town centre and marina with an abundance of bars and restaurants and Bloomfield and Springhill shopping centres are a short drive away.
The grounds of the development are set in established coastal countryside where you can enjoy beautiful coastal walks, fresh air, peace and tranquility. Accessed through it's own private entrance, Seahaven Park has direct links to coastal footpaths leading to Groomsport Village in one direction and Orlock and Donagahadee in the other.
The residents use the on-site function room for a variety of group based activities and have an active social committee; these include bingo, coffee mornings, Tai Chi and quiz nights.
Helping you feel safe and secure is important to us, so this gated residential park has CCTV and on-site park managers who are always on hand to help and assist whenever you need them.
We knew all about the Park as John had grown up here as a child. It was a stress free move and we woke up the next day to the fantastic view!
This is a complete change in Lifestyle, very relaxing and the whole team at Lifestyle are a pleasure to deal with. We have recommended a friend and he has also taken up residency at Rockpoint!
My favourite part of moving into my new Park Home was realising that this was actually mine! Seeing it all come together after planning it myself.
I used the Home Exchange scheme and found it brilliant. No worries at all, I kept thinking this was too good to be true – but it wasn't .


Twelve doors, across the sites two buildings, are now controlled by Net2, Paxton's flagship access control system. Net2 is a user-friendly and flexible networked access control system designed to make the management of any building incredibly simple.
The secondary building, housing a garage, quartermaster stores, and technology facility, is also controlled by Net2. The lighting is controlled using Triggers & Actions within the Net2 software; activating the lights when a valid token is presented to access the site via the garage entrance.


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What Should Be In Every Scene You Write?
By Jason Hellerman
Are you writing a scene? Is it missing something...?
Scenes: they're the backbone of every story, whether it be TV, film, or even on the stage. Scenes build on one another and create a world, a vision, and take people on a journey.
But how do you write a scene? And what should be in every scene?
Check out this video from Tyler Mowery and let's talk after the jump.
This is a fun video that I think offers a few different perspectives, but at the end of the day, every scene needs to have one thing: drama.
Does your character have a goal in the scene? What's standing in their way?
That's it. That's the center of every scene.
Drama is the perils that your characters will face in order to achieve their goal. Those perils can make us laugh, they can be thrilling, they can be emotional.
But without drama, you're not building a story. You're just boring us.
So how can you add drama to scenes?
Well, there can be a tangible goal, like getting the gold statue out of the temple. That works, but a lot of times we want something intangible in our scenes. Think about a detective trying to pry clues or exposition from someone—that can be used for plot, character development, and story.
How can you make that dramatic?
Sometimes you have to make the intangible into something tangible. Think about this scene from Boardwalk Empire.
Nucky shows up and wants respect. That's taken in the form of his wife's dinner order. The guys who have the respect (his adversaries) have the dinner order she wants, lobster. So he goes over and denies it to them.
His action provides the drama and something tangible to suss out the intangibles.
And it gives us a story to build on, as he continues his quest to control Atlantic City.
Make sense?
The biggest pratfall I see from younger writers are scenes that have no conflict. People come in and out of doors and espouse facts, then go on their way. We need to see what stands in their way both tangibly and intangibly if we want to really be a part of the story.
Put them in the comments.
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ISAs remain one of the most tax efficient solutions for your savings. On 1 July 2014, several restrictions were removed to improve flexibility and transfer options.
Under the so-called New ISA, the contribution limit for Cash ISAs and Stocks and Shares ISAs has effectively been merged, with the overall limit increased to £20,000. This can be invested in either Cash, Stocks and Shares, Lifetime or Innovative Finance ISAs, or a mixture of types.
You'll also be able to transfer new and previous years' ISA investments from Stocks and Shares into Cash, and vice versa, as opposed to previous rules which didn't allow stocks and shares ISAs to be transferred into Cash ISAs.
From Autumn 2015 individuals may be able to withdraw money from ISAs and replace it in the same tax year without the replacement counting towards their annual ISA subscription limit for that year. This only applies if the ISA has adopted the Flexible ISA rules. Please check with your provider.
What is an ISA?
Available since April 1999, ISAs offer an attractive tax-efficient investment to anyone aged 18 or over (16 or over for cash ISAs).
Tax must be paid on the income and profits made from investments in the stock market, either directly or through unit trusts and OEICs.
ISAs, however, serve as a kind of 'wrapper' to protect savings from tax. This allows individuals to invest in a range of tax efficient savings and investments, and pay no personal tax at all on the income and/or profits received.
The Government has said that the ISA will be available indefinitely.
A Lifetime ISA provides a 25% bonus payment on top of individual contributions. However, limits apply and the Lifetime ISA has to be opened between the ages of 18 and 39 and, in order to benefit from the 25% bonus, money must be held in the ISA until the individual is aged 60. An exception is made if the money is being withdrawn to purchase a first home, in which case the bonus is available regardless. The Lifetime ISA annual allowance is £4,000 and it can be held alongside other ISAs, but it forms part of the £20,000 overall individual allowance.
Investing in an Innovative Finance ISA potentially offers higher returns. However, it operates in a similar fashion to crowdfunding so as a result, the risks to capital may also be very high. Annual Investing in an Innovative Finance ISA potentially offers higher returns. However, it operates in a similar fashion to crowdfunding so as a result, the risks to capital may also be very high. Investments in these ISAs count towards the overall £20,000 ISA allowance. You should seek financial advice before considering this form of ISA.
The main benefits of an ISA
No personal tax (income or capital gains) on any investments in an ISA.
Income and gains from ISAs do not need to be included in tax returns.
Money can be withdrawn from an ISA at any time without losing the tax breaks.
Tax treatment varies according to individual circumstances and is subject to change.
How ISAs work
There are four types of ISA, which may contain one or more of the following components:
Stocks and shares, in the form of either individual shares or bonds, or pooled investments such as open-ended investment funds, investment trusts or life assurance investments.
Cash, usually containing a bank or building society savings account.
Peer to peer loans (Innovative Finance ISA)
Junior ISAs are now also available as both stocks and shares Junior ISAs and cash Junior ISAs, the current contribution limit for these is £9,000 per annum (2020/21) up from £4,368 in 2019/2020. Your child can have a Junior ISA if they:
are under 18
live in the UK
weren't entitled to a Child Trust Fund (CTF) account (or if they transfer their CTF funds to a JISA and close their CTF first)
The value of your investment can go down as well as up and you may get back less than you invested.
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Sometimes life gives us a glimpse of something so incredibly beautiful, that it is beyond the power of words to describe, something so wonderful and so exquisite, that all we can do is let our emotions and our hearts express what words cannot. The result is goosebumps and rivers of joyful tears. This is the voice and beauty of Jackie Evancho. In this wonderful Christmas CD Jackie gives us a little glimpse of Heaven as she sings "O Holy Night" in a voice so pure and clear it is like fine crystal. Her rendition is the best I have ever heard, and I predict that it will be broadcast and played in homes all across America this Holiday season. Just four tracks and a DVD of her previous appearances, but it is not to be missed. I highly recommend it.


Today's Bible readings are Isaiah 2.1–5; Psalm 122; Romans 13.11–14; Matt 24:36-44.
During Advent, Christians try to put themselves in the shoes (well, sandals) of those who, thousands of years ago, waited and longed for the coming of a Messiah. In a way they look forward to Christmas like those awaiting the Messiah. Today's Gospel reading reminds them that they are not really waiting for Christmas but for God. For what they really wait for is the return of Jesus, who in his life, death and resurrection made God known and, in his return, will set right all that is wrong with the world and establish the reign of God in all its fullness. They live between the first advent and the second; between the birth and the return of Jesus, the Messiah and Son of God.
When read in this light, the oracle of Isaiah 2 and the song of Psalm 122 take on new significance. While we continue to pray for the peace of Jerusalem, we await the complete fulfilment of our prayers in 'the new Jerusalem' that comes down 'out of heaven from God' (Rev 21.2). In the meantime, we see an intimation of the peace and justice yet to come in the community life of the people of God. We work for peace in our communities and in the world as we bear witness to the peace of God made known and yet to be made known in Jesus Christ. Or at least we will do if we allow the message of Advent to have greater sway in our lives.
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Dr. Eric Pearl is the founder of Reconnective Healing en de Reconnection. Dr. Eric Pearl was running a succesful chiropractic practice in Los Angeles when a series of unusual occurrences led him to realize that his gift lay far beyond the realm of spinal adjustments. Patient after patient began reporting healings form cancers, epilepsy, cerebral palsy and other severe health conditions, simply when he held his hands near them.
This proved to be something far beyond al kind of healing modalities we have known before. A completely new spectrum of not only energy, but mainly light and information, helping us to heal and evolve. The Reconnective Healing spectrum.
Dr. Eric Pearl has written an internationally bestselling book "The Reconnection: Heal Others, Heal Yourself" and has been featured in top media (such as CNN, The Dr. Oz Show and New York Times). He now travels around the world to teach how to work with these frequencies.
Reconnective Healing en de Reconnection has been and is studied by scientists around the world, with remarkable results.
It is called "The cutting-edge of information medicine" by Stanford Professor Emeritus Dr. William Tiller.
Dr. Konstantin Korotkov (a Russian scientist who studied the performance of Russian Olympic athletes after having been in contact with the RH frequencies), who wrote a book about it: Science Confirms Reconnective Healing.
PhD William Tiller: as mentioned above. An American scientist who developed instruments to mesure subtle energies. The results of his tests are also mentioned in the book "The field", by Lynne McTaggert and in the film "The living Matrix".
Reconnective Healing en de Reconnection kunnen geen eisen, beloftes of garanties waarmaken. Ook worden er geen medische diagnoses gesteld en er worden geen specifieke gezondheidsproblemen als zodanig behandeld. Je bent ten alle tijden zelf verantwoordelijk voor het toezien op en de voortzetting van jouw eigen medische behandeling en zorg.