Stretching across a hillside northwest of Nablus is the village of Sabastiya whose quiet belies the importance of its past. In the Bible the small city carried the name "Samaria" and was capital of the northern Kingdom of Israel. Conquered by Alexander the Great it became a Hellenic city, then a Roman one when Herod and the Romans took it. Roman ruins dominate the plateau behind the village – the forum, amphitheater, prisons, temples, and the long colonnaded street which was once a market.
Side-by-side with these are other voices from the past – the immense walls of a Hellenic tower, a Byzantine Basilica built on the site thought to be where John the Baptist was beheaded, an imposing Crusader Cathedral built on the site of a Byzantine church which itself was built above a crypt said to hold the body of a holy man.
Today's Sabastiya and its neighboring villages of Burqa and Nus Jabil have preserved their histories but they are nonetheless living in the 21st century. The region boasts modern guest accommodations, contemporary workshops, working artists who welcome visitors, and tutorials on how to dance the traditional Palestinian "Dabka". There are green trails and a mountain cave, spectacular views and the quiet of the countryside. The history may be overwhelming but your memories will be filled with the warmth of the Palestinian people who welcome you into their lives.
The Roman prison where John the Baptist was held.
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The al-Sharqiyyeh spring in Nus Jabil.
A stone-carving workshop in Burqa.
The old city of Sabastiya with its Ottoman buildings still intact and the Sultan Abdel Hamid Mosque which stands within the remains of a Crusader Basilica which may itself be constructed on the site of the tombs of Elisha, Omediah and John the Baptist, of Biblical fame.
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The Period of One-Shot, Multimillion-Greenback Genetic Cures Is Right here
By linda Last updated Dec 5, 2022
The corporate stated the worth was decided with consideration of the "scientific, societal, financial, and modern worth represented by this novel gene remedy." Earlier final month, the Institute for Medical and Financial Evaluation, a Boston-based nonprofit analysis institute that estimates the worth of medicine and different medical providers, stated Hemgenix could be pretty priced at upward of $2.9 million.
However Michael Gusmano, professor of well being coverage at Lehigh College and a analysis scholar on the Hastings Middle, an unbiased bioethics analysis institute in Garrison, New York, says the worth of Hemgenix and different gene therapies shouldn't be thought-about a cut price. "It assumes that the worth of present remedies are acceptable," he says. "We've a system wherein costs are utterly out of line internationally," noting that the US, not like different economically developed nations, doesn't regulate or negotiate the costs of recent medicine once they come onto the market.
Whereas most sufferers by no means pay the complete value of medicine out of pocket, people who find themselves uninsured and people with high-deductive plans could have hassle accessing these therapies. CSL Behring says it plans to supply reductions, and different makers of gene therapies have additionally arrange affected person help packages.
In its assertion to WIRED, CSL Behring stated the general impact on the well being care system can be small, since hemophilia B is a uncommon illness affecting solely about 6,000 people within the US. Solely adults are eligible to obtain Hemgenix, making the pool of potential sufferers even smaller.
Paulk says gene therapies are so costly as a result of they're complicated and expensive to fabricate. "This isn't a small molecule drug like Tylenol," she says. "These are very completely different out of your basic medicine you absorb tablet type. These kinds of medicine can typically be manufactured by robots, there can typically be tens of millions of doses made a day, and the method might be farmed out to 3rd events when you've bought that chemical synthesis set."
Gene therapies are made by inactivating viruses and utilizing them as supply gadgets to shuttle therapeutic genes to sufferers' cells. These viruses are grown in large stainless-steel vats and later purified and examined to verify they're secure and performance correctly. All in all, it may well take 10 months or longer to make sufficient doses for sufferers in a scientific trial.
Regardless that these remedies have been in growth for a number of a long time, gene remedy remains to be very new to the market. Paulk thinks the price of manufacturing will go down—and subsequently, so will the worth of gene remedy—as firms get extra skilled in making them at scale. "We'll completely get higher at this," she says, but it surely may take 5 to 10 years for that to occur.
With tons of of gene therapies within the pipeline and a few of them prone to be permitted within the coming years, that might imply extra multimillion-dollar remedies coming onto the market. Firms are banking on these therapies working long-term, however there's nonetheless uncertainty about how lengthy their results will final. Medical trials have adopted sufferers for years, not a long time.
In the event that they don't final so long as hoped, Gusmano wonders what that may imply for pricing. And even when they do, he says, million-dollar value tags aren't sustainable in the long term. "There's no query that these gene therapies are going to be costly," Gusmano says. "The query is: At what degree will payers begin pushing again and easily refuse to cowl them?"
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Twins double effort to reduce risk of broken bones
Do you know of twins or triplets aged from five to 18 years, of the same gender, where one takes anti-epileptic medicine and the other doesn't, and they live in Victoria?
If so please email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or ring freecall 1800-037-021.
Multiples with these combined attributes are very rare and the ATR needs to find 30 such sets to join a vital study into children's bone health.
The study can also involve twins or triplets who don't take anti-epileptic medicine plus a same-sex sibling who does. The sibling needs to be within two years of age to the multiples.
If you know of such multiples, please let them know they are very precious to researchers at the Royal Melbourne and Royal Children's Hospitals in Melbourne. By joining a new study, they can help researchers to better understand how the use of anti-epileptic medication may affect the bone health of young people.
Previous studies with adults have shown that people taking anti-epileptic drugs (AEDs) are possibly at risk of lower bone mineral density (BMD). This increases their risk of broken bones with a simple injury, explains Prof John Wark from Royal Melbourne Hospital's Head, Bone and Mineral Service.
"There is also evidence that those adults who started their AED treatment before the age of 18 had lower BMD than someone who started in adulthood," he says.
"Next we want to look at a group of children and young people taking AEDs and compare their bone mineral density to a twin or same-sex sibling who isn't taking AEDs to see if there is a difference.
"This will help us to work out if lower BMD is an issue for young people on AEDs and, if so, how can we help these young people to maximise their bone health so they are not at increased risk of broken bones," Dr Wark explains.
The initial study requires the twins/triplets - with their parents - to make a single visit of around four hours to the Royal Melbourne Hospital.
Here, the parents complete a questionnaire while the twins/triplets undertake a non-invasive bone density scan and bone age x-ray as well as a blood test, and strength and balance test.
As well as furthering knowledge about AEDs and bone health in young people, the study can be of direct benefit to those involved.
"We will let parents know if their children's test results are outside the norm in areas such as bone mineral density or vitamin D, and provide appropriate follow-up," says Dr Wark.
He urges multiples and their families to join the study.
"This study is particularly challenging for us as we need children who meet a very specific set of criteria," he says. "But we urge multiples to come forward as it can be very satisfying to use their special characteristics for a good purpose and, in this case, to make a difference to the lives of young people living with epilepsy."
To learn more about this study, visit here, email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or ring freecall 1800-037-021.
As well as furthering knowledge about anti-epileptic medicines and bone health in young people, this study can be of direct benefit to those involved.


EDIN DZEKO has joined Roma on a season-long loan with a view to a permanent deal.
The Bosnia international scored 72 goals in 189 appearances for Manchester City since joining from Wolfsburg in a £27m deal in January 2011.
According to statements released by both clubs, Roma have paid an initial £2.86m fee, with Dzeko's move to Serie A becoming permanent for an additional £7.8m if the 29-year-old meets certain targets in the coming season.
"I came here to win titles with Roma," Dzeko said. "I can only promise one thing and that is that I will give my best for this club in every game."
The striker signed a new four-year contract at Etihad Stadium last summer, but fell down the pecking order following Wilfried Bony's arrival in January.
He helped the Citizens to two Premier League titles, the FA Cup and the Capital One Cup during his time in the north west.
City said in a statement: "Everybody at the Club wishes Edin the very best for the future and thank him for his excellent service with Manchester City."


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When you think of personal branding, you likely think about someone who runs their own business – a contractor who is always looking for their next job. But the truth is that the job landscape has shifted and we are all essentially contractors.
The first rule of personal branding is To Thine Own Self Be True.
Whenever I work with clients on personal branding, the questions tend to be other-focused. They want to know what people want so they can address that. They see that as the way to be successful. They ask questions about how they can shape themselves to be what others want.
Everyone has strengths and weaknesses and obviously we want to project those strengths while down-playing any weaknesses. But problems start when we begin building our brand based on what we think we should do and what we feel people want us to be rather than building on the foundation of who we are.
I think that happens because it can be easier to research what people want and put that out there rather than learning who we are.
When we start with what we think others want, we can be far off from hitting the mark. Even if we do, we'll probably draw clients and customers who are poorly suited to our skill set and offerings. Worse, we're likely to start really hating our job because we're contorting ourselves into something we're not.
If you're reading this and feeling like you don't know where to start, the MBTI (Myers Briggs Type Indicator) can be helpful, especially if you get some help in analyzing what the results mean to you. If you're an introvert, but feel you must really put yourself out there as an extrovert, you're likely to be pretty miserable. Human Metrics provides a quick, free quiz with details on what your type says about you.
The Enneagram is another quick quiz that can give you some insights into what motivates you, what you fear, what's important to you. The Enneagram Institute offers a free quiz and a good deal of information on each type.
Look at the results through the lens of your online reputation. What are the most attractive features of your true personality? What can you highlight that would be of value to potential clients/customers?
When you come from this place, you're more likely to attract customers who are like-minded. And that means both you and your customer are probably going to be pretty happy. You'll understand each other so you'll have less miscommunication and a more productive relationship. You'll both be more comfortable and feel more satisfied working together. You're more able to be confident in yourself because what you're putting out there is authentic – and your client feels that. They're thrilled with your service and happy to refer you to others.
Potential employers will look for you online and you want your reputation to precede you…in a good way!
Aricia E. Shaffer, MSE is an author, career counselor and business owner. You can find her books, including "Secrets of the Successful Career Seeker" on Amazon Kindle.


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The education community in the District of Columbia is being asked to hope that long-promised reports and recommendations, meant to inform any school consolidation decisions, will appear by Christmas. Late last week, however, just in time for the last days of Chanukah, The Education Town Hall obtained some of the long elusive materials.
As late as last week, the DME's office was still promising that initial reports on those summertime conversations would be made public sometime before Christmas. But The Education Town Hall obtained copies of the reports prepared by Public Agenda – the outside partner hired to conduct the conversations and report on them. These have apparently been ready since November 7.
There is a great deal of skepticism about the public engagement process (purpose, organization, the partners involved, the format) and how the information will or will not be used. The results of these conversations must be relayed back to participants and the broader community; the ways in which the information has been used and acted upon should be made explicit; and there should be a real effort to respond to open questions.
The report also notes that citizens are tired of dialogue and discussion. "Where the community voice is lacking is in the decision‐making and actions that come out of all the dialogue," reads the report.
The DME does not dispute the content of the Public Agenda reports – and this reporter, as well as many others who participate in this Education Town Hall, can confirm that the reports clearly reflect what was said by citizens in those Conversations. But the DME is awaiting response from the Mayor before releasing its response to the community. Acting Deputy Mayor Leonard apologizes for the delay – her boss and Jessica Sutter, who was responsible for the Community Conversations, both left suddenly before the reports were released, and that scrambled her office's timeline for getting something out to the community.
Leonard has asked to appear on this program sometime soon to respond to community concerns and share her office's work.
Meanwhile, of course, DCPS has already released a proposal to close 20 public schools at the end of this year and says plans are to be finalized before the Enrollment Lottery begins in February.
It now appears, from a DCPS funders' report, that the IFF study — prepared for the District by an out-of-town real estate firm and released by the DME in January  — was used after all in consolidation planning, despite all the assurances from the DC Council that no one was using the rather infamous study.
DCPS did not respond to requests for comment, nor did Acting Chair Phil Mendelson.
Community members who tried to be comfortable with the ambiguity about community input – as requested by the DME's office last summer – are rapidly losing that battle.


A man has died following a 'serious incident' in a Dundee street, police have confirmed.
Officers sealed off Lawton Road, between Byron Street and Law Crescent, following an incident at around 2.30am.
A blue tent was erected in the middle of the road beside it's junction with Lawton Terrace.
The death has been described as "sudden" but no further details about the deceased have been released.
A large police presence remained on the scene this morning with a police incident support vehicle and a command unit set up next to Nicolls Rosebank Bakery.
We'll have full coverage of this tragic incident in tonight's Evening Telegraph.


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VUKMIROVIC v. HOLDER
VUKMIROVIC v. HOLDER (2010)
United States Court of Appeals,Ninth Circuit.
Predrag VUKMIROVIC, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.
No. 05-75936.
Decided: September 08, 2010
Before MARY M. SCHROEDER and JOHNNIE B. RAWLINSON, Circuit Judges, and JAMES MAXWELL MOODY, District Judge.* David Gardner, Los Angeles, CA, for petitioner Predrag Vukmirovic. Liza Murcia, Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for respondent Eric H. Holder Jr., Attorney General.
When this petitioner's case was before us over six years ago we remanded, holding that the Board of Immigration Appeals ("BIA") and Immigration Judge ("IJ") had erred as a matter of law in ruling that the petitioner was not eligible for asylum consideration. See Vukmirovic v. Ashcroft, 362 F.3d 1247, 1253 (9th Cir.2004) ("Vukmirovic I "). Unfortunately after remand Petitioner's newly retained counsel was not immediately able to contact the Petitioner to file a notice of appearance; the immigration court gave notice of the new hearing to his old counsel who did nothing, and Vukmirovic was ordered deported in absentia. The BIA denied reopening even after Vukmirovic's new counsel was able to appear and explain the situation. We now hold that this case presents "exceptional circumstances" within the meaning of the controlling statute, 8 U.S.C. § 1252b(f)(2) (1994), and remand for the asylum hearing we held Petitioner was entitled to in 2004.
This case goes back to 1991 when Pedrag Vukmirovic, a Bosnian Serb, fled the violence in the former Yugoslavia to come to the United States. He applied for asylum soon after he arrived, and then in 1996 married a United States citizen. At two subsequent deportation hearings Vukmirovic sought continuances to allow the Immigration and Naturalization Service ("INS") to process his application for adjustment of status from his marriage, but the IJ denied those requests and proceeded to order him deported. The record does not indicate whether he is still married.
Vukmirovic has never had a ruling on the merits of his asylum application. At his 1996 asylum hearing the IJ effectively took over the proceedings, often interrupting him to ask questions. See Vukmirovic I, 362 F.3d at 1249 ("The IJ commenced the hearing by conducting the examination of Vukmirovic himself; it was only after the IJ concluded his questioning that he allowed Vukmirovic's counsel to begin presenting his case. Even after Vukmirovic began presenting his case, the IJ frequently interrupted to ask a series of questions."). In the testimony key to our 2004 ruling, Vukmirovic testified that in 1990, he had joined an anti-communist group, affiliated with the Serbian Orthodox religion, whose job it was to defend his town against the attacks of Bosnian Croats. Bosnian Croats attacked Vukmirovic's town on several occasions, and Vukmirovic attempted to repel these attacks using only knives and sticks.
On the basis of this testimony, the IJ determined that Vukmirovic was a persecutor and statutorily barred from asylum, see 8 U.S.C. § 1101(a)(42), never reaching the merits of his asylum claim. The BIA issued a summary affirmance.
Attorney Steve Paek had represented Vukmirovic before the BIA, but when Vukmirovic sought review of the IJ's decision in this court he retained attorney David Gardner to represent him. In a published opinion, we held that the persecutor bar did not apply because Vukmirovic was acting in self defense. See Vukmirovic I, 362 F.3d at 1252-53. We granted the petition for review and remanded the case to the BIA for further proceedings. See id. at 1253.
On remand, however, due to an unfortunate and unusual confluence of events, the subsequent proceedings ordered by this court never occurred. The mandate in Vukmirovic I issued on June 24, 2004, and the BIA remanded the case to the immigration court on September 23, 2004. Although Gardner was Vukmirovic's counsel, because Paek had represented Vukmirovic before the BIA, the BIA provided notice of the remand only to Paek. See 8 C.F.R. §§ 292.5, 1003.1(f).1 The BIA did not provide personal notice to Vukmirovic.
After retaining Gardner, Vukmirovic left his listed permanent residence. According to his declaration, he did not relocate to a new address, but traveled and stayed for short periods of time with friends and different roommates, and as a result Gardner was unable to contact him. This prevented Gardner from filing a notice of appearance before the immigration court, because the notice of appearance form explicitly requires the alien's consent to the entry of a representative appearance before the immigration court. See Executive Office for Immigration Review, Form 28 (2001) ("EOIR-28") ("When an appearance is made by a person acting in a representative capacity, his/her personal appearance or signature shall constitute a representation that ․ he/she is authorized ․ to represent individuals.").
When the immigration court sent notice of the asylum hearing to Paek, setting a date of hearing of December 9, 2004, it did not send notice to Vukmirovic's home address. Paek did not inform the immigration court that he was no longer representing Vukmirovic, and does not appear to have made any effort to contact his former client to alert him to the new proceedings. As Gardner had not yet filed a notice of appearance, Gardner did not know of the December 9 hearing.
When neither Vukmirovic nor anyone representing him appeared for the December 9 hearing, the IJ set a new hearing date of January 6, 2005, and mailed notice, again to Paek, and also to Vukmirovic's home address. Vukmirovic, still away, did not receive the notice and was under the mistaken impression that Gardner would receive any correspondence related to his case. Paek received notice of the January hearing but again neither withdrew nor made any effort to contact Vukmirovic. Gardner, still unable to file a notice of appearance, again did not receive any notice. When no one appeared at the January 2005 hearing, the IJ ordered Vukmirovic removed in absentia. Contrary to the dissent's assertions, Vukmirovic did not disappear. He was arrested at work within a few weeks and placed into detention.
Vukmirovic immediately contacted Gardner after the arrest. When Gardner learned what had transpired, he quickly filed a motion to reopen on February 4, 2005, and promptly filed a notice of appearance, showing Vukmirovic's consent, on February 10, 2005.
The IJ denied the motion to reopen and ruled that the notice to Vukmirovic's home address satisfied due process. The IJ also held that, even though Paek had not represented Vukmirovic in his successful petition in this court, there was no error in notifying Paek as Vukmirovic's counsel because Gardner had not filed a notice of appearance. On appeal, the BIA affirmed the IJ's due process ruling and additionally found that Vukmirovic had not demonstrated that the absence from his hearing was due to "exceptional circumstances" within the meaning of the applicable statute. 8 U.S .C. § 1252b(f)(2) (1994); Singh v. INS, 295 F.3d 1037 (9th Cir.2002). The BIA cited our decision in Valencia-Fragoso v. INS, 321 F.3d 1204 (9th Cir.2003) (per curiam), and ruled that, as a matter of law, exceptional circumstances could not exist because Vukmirovic was seeking discretionary relief in the form of asylum.
Vukmirovic argues that the immigration court provided constitutionally inadequate notice of the hearings, and that the exceptional circumstances of his case warrant granting the motion to reopen. We agree with Vukmirovic that this case presents exceptional circumstances under the relevant statute and therefore do not reach the due process question. See Lee v. Walters, 433 F .3d 672, 677 (9th Cir.2005) (stating that courts should avoid reaching constitutional issues unless it is necessary to do so).
Vukmirovic is entitled to recision of his in absentia deportation order if he demonstrates "that the failure to appear was because of exceptional circumstances." 8 U.S.C. § 1252b(c)(3)(A) (1994). The controlling statute defined "exceptional circumstances" as "circumstances (such as serious illness of the alien or death of an immediate relative of the alien, but not including less compelling circumstances) beyond the control of the alien." 8 U.S.C. § 1252b(f)(2); recodified at 8 U.S.C. § 1229a(e)(1) (defining exceptional circumstances as "exceptional circumstances (such as battery or extreme cruelty to the alien or any child or parent of the alien, serious illness of the alien, or serious illness or death of the spouse, child, or parent of the alien, but not including less compelling circumstances) beyond the control of the alien").2 We have said that the determination of whether "exceptional circumstances" exist is based on the "particularized facts presented in each case," see Singh v. INS, 295 F.3d 1037, 1040 (9th Cir.2002) (citation omitted), and have never pointed to a single circumstance as either qualifying or disqualifying a situation from consideration as exceptional.
Singh is our leading case interpreting the term "exceptional circumstances." The petitioner in Singh had obtained several continuances of his deportation hearing to obtain adjustment of status due to his marriage to a United States citizen. Id. at 1038-39. After becoming facially eligible for adjustment, he drove with his family to a deportation hearing only to learn he was late. Id. We rejected the government's argument that petitioner's tardiness did not present an exceptional circumstance, instead finding that the "particularized facts presented" were indeed exceptional. Id. at 1040 (citation omitted). The petitioner was the beneficiary of an approved visa petition, would not have been deported had he been on time, and thus "had no possible reason to try to delay the hearing." Id. at 1039-40. Because deportation would have led "to the unconscionable result of deporting an individual eligible for relief from deportation," we found the BIA abused its discretion in denying the motion to reopen. Id. at 1040.
We built upon Singh in Chete Juarez v. Ashcroft, 376 F.3d 944, 947 (9th Cir.2004), and found exceptional circumstances in another "compelling factual situation." There, the petitioner entered the United States in 1985, but the INS did not commence deportation proceedings until 1995. Id. at 946. The petitioner sought suspension of deportation, arguing that deportation would cause extreme hardship on her and her children. Id. The IJ denied relief finding that petitioner did not meet the requirements for suspension. Id. at 946-47. Over five years later, the BIA reversed and remanded the case to the IJ to reconsider petitioner's claim. Id. at 947. The petitioner, however, had moved while the proceedings were pending before the BIA, and she claimed the immigration court did not receive her change of address form. Id. She therefore missed her hearing because the immigration court sent notice to her old address. Id.
We found that case presented exceptional circumstances because "[t]he hearing Petitioner missed represented the culmination of years of efforts to regularize her status, and she had no reason to try to delay the hearing" since"[s]he had prevailed on appeal before the BIA and could finally proceed with her request for relief ." Id. at 948. Additionally, we determined that, had petitioner appeared at her hearing, she "likely" would have obtained the desired grant of suspension of deportation. Id.
We have been careful to distinguish those cases presenting exceptional circumstances from cases where the facts surrounding a petitioner's failure to appear were unexceptional and ordinary. We discussed one such ordinary case in Valencia-Fragoso v. INS, 321 F.3d 1204 (9th Cir.2003) (per curiam), upon which the BIA relied. There, the petitioner received notice of her deportation hearing, but arrived late, having lost the notice and forgotten the scheduled time. Id. at 1205. We found that the case did not present exceptional circumstances because there was nothing compelling about forgetting what time to show up for a hearing. Id. at 1205-06. We also distinguished Singh because the petitioner in Valencia-Fragoso did not have an approved visa petition and could at most have hoped for a discretionary grant of voluntary departure. Id.
Valencia-Fragoso correctly recognized that the probability of relief is a relevant variable in determining whether exceptional circumstances exist. The BIA in this case, however, interpreted the case as holding that a petitioner could effectively never demonstrate that exceptional circumstances are present so long as the petitioner is seeking a discretionary form of relief. In so doing, the BIA erred as a matter of law and therefore abused its discretion. Our cases have consistently held that "we consider all exceptional-i.e., compelling-circumstances relevant to a petitioner's motion to reopen." See Chete Jurarez, 376 F.3d at 948; see also Singh, 295 F.3d at 1040 (requiring courts to look to the "particularized facts presented in each case") (citation omitted). That the relief sought is discretionary has never been an absolute bar. Indeed this court has found there were exceptional circumstances where the relief sought was discretionary. See Chete Juarez, 376 F.3d at 949 n. 5 (granting motion to reopen to pursue suspension of deportation); Lo v. Ashcroft, 341 F.3d 934, 935-39 (9th Cir.2003) (granting motion to reopen to pursue cancellation of removal). Thus, contrary to the BIA's holding here, deciding whether exceptional circumstances are present requires a consideration of all facts in a specific case, including but not limited to the probability of the petitioner obtaining relief.
The First Circuit has adopted a similar, holistic, approach that rejects any simplistic definition of exceptional circumstances that would exclude from the realm of extraordinary any case where the relief sought is asylum. See Kaweesa v. Gonzales, 450 F.3d 62, 68-70 (1st Cir.2006) (determining BIA abused discretion in denying motion to reopen where relief sought was asylum). In Kaweesa, the court held that the "totality of the circumstances must be considered," and noted that a proper inquiry into whether there are exceptional circumstances looks to the specific facts of each case. Id. at 68-69 (looking to supporting documentary evidence, the alien's efforts in contacting the immigration court, the strength of an alien's underlying claim, the harm an alien would suffer if removed, promptness of the motion to reopen, and inconvenience to the government) (citation omitted); see also In re B-A-S-, 22 I. & N. Dec. 57, 58 (BIA 1998) (noting that "the totality of circumstances pertaining to the alien's case must be considered" in determining whether exceptional circumstances are present) (internal quotation marks and citation omitted). We agree with the First Circuit that the nature of relief is not dispositive, and that we should look to the "totality of the circumstances" to determine whether exceptional circumstances are present in a given case.
Applying the proper standard, we conclude that the peculiar qualities of this case demonstrate exceptional circumstances. Vukmirovic applied for asylum almost two decades ago, achieved a victory before this court in Vukmirovic I, and still has not had his asylum claim decided under the proper legal standard. He had no motivation to delay the hearing, as having a fair adjudication of his asylum claim "represented the culmination of years of efforts to" seek lawful status in this country. See Chete Juarez, 376 F.3d at 948. Like the petitioner in Chete Juarez, Vukmirovic "had prevailed on appeal before [this court in 2004] and could finally proceed with [his] request for relief." See id.
Neither Vukmirovic nor his attorney Gardner received notice of the hearing because of an ironic series of events. Vukmirovic was away from his permanent address and quite reasonably expected that Gardner was handling all matters related to his asylum application. Gardner, for his part, could not file a notice of appearance before the immigration court because he did not yet have Vukmirovic's consent to do so. Filing a notice of appearance in the absence of such consent was contrary to Department of Homeland Security regulations as incorporated by the notice of appearance form, and possibly would have been an ethical violation. See Cal. Bus. & Prof.Code § 6104 ("Corruptly or wilfully and without authority appearing as attorney for a party to an action or proceeding constitutes a cause for disbarment or suspension."); EOIR-28 ("When an appearance is made by a person acting in a representative capacity, his/her personal appearance or signature shall constitute a representation that ․ he/she is authorized and qualified to represent individuals."). Vukmirovic's counsel cannot be faulted, as a lawyer, for adhering to regulations and professional standards. Vukmirovic cannot be faulted as a client for not knowing what those regulations and professional standards were.
The history of the statutory provisions shows that Congress' decision to excuse an alien's absence only for "exceptional circumstances" was "in response to a serious problem of aliens deliberately failing to appear for hearings and thus effectively extending their stay in this country." Kaweesa, 450 F.3d at 68. That problem was not at all present here, given Vukmirovic's diligent pursuit of his remedies throughout the lengthy procedural history of this case. This history distinguishes Vukmirovic from those petitioners who claimed "exceptional circumstances" in ordinary situations, such as forgetting the time of the hearing, getting stuck in traffic, or simply not receiving the notice letter. See Valencia-Fragoso, 321 F.3d at 1205; Farhoud v. INS, 122 F.3d 794, 796 (9th Cir.1997) (finding no exceptional circumstances where petitioner claimed he did not receive letter noticing hearing and presented no other facts suggesting a compelling situation); Sharma v. INS, 89 F.3d 545, 546-48 (9th Cir.1996) (no exceptional circumstances where petitioner one hour late due to traffic). There is nothing exceptional or compelling about mere tardiness.
While the probability of relief is a relevant variable to consider, see Valenica-Fragoso, 321 F.3d at 1205-06, it has little significance here. Because Vukmirovic has never been given a meaningful opportunity to present his asylum case, there is no record on which to assess the strength or weakness of his underlying claim. Moreover, as almost 20 years have passed since he filed his asylum application, we cannot even speculate on the merits of his claim with any accuracy. Neither the IJ nor the BIA has looked at the merits.
The BIA may have discounted the significance of his diligent pursuit of relief that followed the original denial of his asylum application in 2002. The BIA looked back and suggested that he may not have been diligent in his pursuit of an asylum hearing because he missed a 1997 adjustment of status interview. Why he missed that interview is not in the record, and in any event it occurred well before our decision in Vukmirovic I. Since then the record demonstrates prompt action. Following his arrest-when he learned for the first time he had been ordered deported in absentia-Vukmirovic acted immediately to contact his lawyer, who in turn acted as promptly as he could under the circumstances to file a duly authorized motion to reopen and then pursue this appeal. There has thus been no lack of diligence to detract from the claim of exceptional circumstances. See In re B-A-S-, 22 I. & N. Dec. at 59 ("Although diligence [in filing a motion to reopen] is not a statutory requirement, we find that [a] lack of diligence is a factor that undercuts [a] respondent's claim" that exceptional circumstances were present.).
In sum we agree with Vukmirovic that "[t]his is a highly unusual case" that compels a finding of exceptional circumstances. See Singh, 295 F.3d at 1038. Unlike the garden variety of cases where an alien asks this court to excuse his negligent or deliberate absence from a deportation or removal hearing, Vukmirovic did not "merely seek[ ] to delay the inevitable." See id. at 1039. He rather had every incentive to attend his hearing. The BIA failed to consider the unique qualities of this case and incorrectly held that aliens seeking discretionary relief can never demonstrate "exceptional circumstances." For these reasons it abused its discretion in denying the motion to reopen. We remand this case to-at long last-allow Vukmirovic an opportunity to present his asylum case.
Petition for review GRANTED.
I respectfully dissent. I am in complete and total disagreement with the majority's conclusion that the facts of this case present an extraordinary circumstance. Stripped to its essence, the Petitioner's story is one of an unexplained disappearance resulting in his failure to appear at his removal proceeding. Coupled with the Petitioner's disappearance was his new counsel's failure to file a notice of appearance with the immigration court, thereby eliminating the possibility of his receiving notice of the impending proceeding.
The majority characterizes these facts as "ironic." See Majority Opinion, p. 13662. In my view, a more accurate description of the Petitioner's failure to maintain contact with his attorney and the immigration court is "derelict." Whether an irony or a dereliction, there is nothing extraordinary about these facts.
I am not persuaded that either Ranjit Singh v. INS, 295 F.3d 1037, 1040 (9th Cir.2002) or Chete Juarez v. Ashcroft, 376 F.3d 944, 947 (9th Cir.2004) supports a remand under the facts of this case. In Ranjit Singh, although tardy, the Petitioner actually appeared at the proceeding. See Ranjit Singh, 295 F.3d at 1038-39. More importantly, as the majority acknowledges, see Majority Opinion, p. 13659-60, the Petitioner in Ranjit Singh had an approved visa petition and would not have been deported had he appeared at the deportation proceeding. See Ranjit Singh, 295 F.3d at 1039. In contrast, Predrag Vukmirovic, the Petitioner in this case, did not attend the proceeding at all. Nor was he the beneficiary of an approved visa petition. The most Vukmirovic could hope for was a discretionary grant of asylum. See Vukmirovic v. Ashcroft, 362 F.3d 1247, 1249 (9th Cir.2004). The very case relied on by the majority and authored by the same writer made a point of noting that no exceptional circumstances would exist where the "only possibility of relief from deportation ․ was a discretionary grant of asylum." Ranjit Singh, 259 F.3d at 1039-40. Vukmirovic's circumstances bear little resemblance to those deemed extraordinary in Ranjit Singh.
Similarly, in Chete Juarez, we determined that exceptional circumstances existed. A major factor in the determination was the likelihood that the Immigration Judge would have granted Chete Juarez the relief she sought, suspension of deportation. No parallel likelihood exists for Vukmirovic.
The majority accuses the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) of interpreting Valencia-Fragoso v. INS, 321 F.3d 1204 (9th Cir.2003) (per curiam) "as holding that a petitioner could effectively never demonstrate that exceptional circumstances are present as long as the petitioner is seeking a discretionary form of relief." Majority Opinion, p. 13661 (emphasis in the original). Not so. The BIA did nothing other than the panel in Ranjit Singh did-consider the discretionary relief sought as a factor that weighed against a finding that extraordinary circumstances existed. See Ranjit Singh, 295 F.3d at 1039-40.
In sum, the majority stretches our precedent to grant relief in this case that bears no resemblance to the facts of Ranjit Singh or Chete Juarez. In keeping with our precedent, I would deny Vukmirovic's petitition. Accordingly, I respectfully dissent.
1. Section 1003.1 provides that service of BIA decisions "shall be served upon the alien or party affected as provided in part 292 of this chapter." Section 292.5 provides such service "shall be given by or to, served by or upon, made by, or requested of the attorney or representative of record, or the person himself if unrepresented."
2. The Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996, Pub.L. No. 104-208, § 304(a), 110 Stat. 3009, deleted Section 1252b and recodified the definition of exceptional circumstances in essentially the same form in Section 1229a(e)(1).
SCHROEDER, Circuit Judge:


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Alliance remains open, services may be limitedFree Access
By GREG LITTLE Editor
UPDATE 3/20/20: According to Alison Tudor, executive director of Alliance for Community Transitions, Mariposa Heritage House is closed, but will be open on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 8 a.m. to noon for mail and meal pick up. Mountain Crisis Services' offices are closed to the public, but its hotline — 1-888-966-2350 —is fully staffed. Counseling and legal aid are available by calling (209) 742-5865. Ethos Youth Center is closed.
During any crisis, and especially a national health emergency, the most vulnerable people are usually the most impacted.
That includes homeless people, those who are victims of domestic violence and more.
Because of that, Mountain Crisis Services is working to continue to provide services, though how that looks is changing quickly.
"Things are changing from day to day," said Alison Tudor, executive director of Alliance for Community Transitions on Tuesday morning.
Alliance operates various programs dealing with youth, victims of domestic violence, coordinating for homeless people and more.
CASA is one program it operates and currently, it is only providing services to those with court or other appointments.
Tudor said they are still attending court hearings "until that changes."
The shelter and hotline services are still being offered. However, Tudor said many of those services are starting "to be offered via video or phone services for those who are sick or would prefer them at this time."
Connections, a service that deals with those who are homeless, remains in operation and Tudor said officials are working with the county to have spaces for quarantine should any residents test positive for Covid-19.
Ethos, the youth activity center in Mariposa, is remaining open at this time, said Tudor.
Mariposa Heritage House, which serves meals and provides other services, is limiting hours, said Tudor, but will maintain operations as long as possible. Heritage House will not be open on weekends and will close daily at 5 p.m. Meals will continued to be served. Tudor said some services are being offered via video or telephone, when possible.
"I imagine services will continue to be more limited as staff begins getting ill and we have many staff that are immune compromised, so staffing it thin," said Tudor. "We are working closely with public health and the county to best serve people in our community and keep our staff safe."
For continual updates, visit mountaincrisisservices.org/.


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    $image = str_replace('pid=News', 'pid=News.jpg', $image);
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I can capture the TITLE and DESCRIPTION of the feed in question. I can not capture the Bing feed image.
How to do this?

A: $rss = new DOMDocument();
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$feed = array();
foreach ($rss->getElementsByTagName('item') as $itemNode) {
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        $dataArray[$childNode->nodeName] = $childNode->nodeValue;
    }
    $feed[] = $dataArray;
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    }

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    }

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A: You may try my solution to your code with Xpath:
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$xpath = new DOMXPath($rss);
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    'link' => $node->getElementsByTagName('link')->item(0)->nodeValue,
    'date' => $node->getElementsByTagName('pubDate')->item(0)->nodeValue,
    'image' => $images[$i++]->nodeValue,
    );

array_push($feed, $item);
}

It works fine.

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It is accessible in three-ways: first is taking PUB up to the junction of Kayapa, Nueva Vizcaya then hiking through the town for about 2 ½ hours; second, is taking up a PUJ to barangay Tinongdan, Itogon then continuing on foot for about 5 hours; and third, scaling from barangay Dalupirip, some mountains for 5 hours. The trek is definitely not for beginners.
It is a potential natural attraction found in Dalupirip. The falls is about 30 meters high. It supplies water to the rice paddies of the barangay and tributary to Agno River. Its source of water is from Mt. Marikit and Mt. Palanchey.
Visitors can enjoy its view from a distance. The site offers good shower and bath areas on its base.
It is about 500 meters hike from the Asin Hot Springs across the Agno River or about an hour hike from barangay Dalupirip.
It is an emerging natural attraction found in Tinongdan. This impressive mountain offers endless opportunities to the adventurous tourist: trekking, site seeing, camping and mountain climbing. The winding uphill and downhill foot trail alone has its potable water stop over, hanging footbridges to excite visitors and captivating waterfalls oozing with charm. Among the other attraction along the way are the Adashu burial cave, Ambasa cave and Baloy hot springs.
A story goes that water drips from a rock strangely formed like a woman's organ.
Mt. Marikit is located in Dalupirip and Tinongdan, about 12 kilometers or 4 hours hike from Tinongdan barangay and 4-5 kilometers away from barangay Dalupirip.
It is an emerging natural attraction found in Buguias., Bokod and Itogon. The headwaters coming from Buguias and Kabayan municipalities provide the water to Ambuklao and Binga Hydroelectric Power Plants. The river traverses barangas Dalupirip and Tinongdan of Itogon, where it winds up at the San Roque Dam and San Manuel, Pangasinan.
The river is ideal for all water-based activities like rafting, fishing, canoeing and swimming. Tourists may catch tilapia, carp, eel and other fresh water fishes, provided fishing is done legally.
Depending on which part of the river to go to, the portion in Tinongdan and Dalupirip, Itogon is about 2-hours ride from Baguio City. To go to the Buguias area will take about 4-hour ride.
SALAPSAP CREEK It is a potential natural attraction found in Dalupirip. This freshwater creek is a favorite outdoor destination for the local people because besides bathing and picnic grounds, it offers fishing and hunting activities.
This is en existing man-made attraction of the municipality of Itogon. It is the oldest mine in the province as well as in the country that was first opened in 1903. After it closed for some time due to the high costs of production, the low price of gold and other metals on a global scale, the site was opened to the public. One can experience the thrill of becoming a miner, complete with all the miner' gadgets and tools. Visitors can see and even experience how gold ores are extracted from the earth and processed. This includes the Crosby Park, Balatoc Lake and the Villaluna Center.
Balatoc is only a 45-minute ride from the City of Baguio. Reservations may be made in advance for groups and educational tours.
This is an existing man-made attraction of the municipality of Itogon. Constructed in 1958 along the Agno River, the dam used to generate 100 megawatts daily, supplying electric power for major parts of Luzon, including Manila. Its powerhouse and reservoir continuously attract visitors who are mostly on educational tour. It also offers scenic views and one can enjoy the beauty of nature with its pristine surroundings.
To go there, it takes less than an hour drive from Poblacion, Itogon. It is about 24 kms away from Baguio City.
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This is a potential man-made attraction of the municipality of Itogon. Made up of indigenous materials; it was built in 1938 at Lusod, Tinongdan Barangay. This indigenous pre-war hut remains resolute and stands sturdily despite the Word War II built holes in the timber pillars.
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This is potential man-made attraction of the municipality of Itogon. Though privately owned, the same are being offered for tourist visits. There are varieties of flowers such as roses, chrysanthemums, gladiola, and others. The area also has rice paddies and papaya plantation.
This is a potential man-made attraction of the municipality of Itogon. Although privately owned, tourists and visitors are welcome to this cut flower farm. These are old houses made of indigenous materials based on ancient designs. They provide a glimpse on the culture and traditions of the inhabitants of the place.
This is potential man-made attraction of the municipality of Itogon. If there are rice terraces for propagating rice and vegetables terraces for vegetable production, these fishpond terraces are likewise built for fish propagation like tilapia. Tourists are allowed to do fishing for a fee.
This is potential man-made attraction of the municipality of Itogon. An improvised pool provides a bathing area and a good spa. It is believed that the hot water from the spring has some therapeutic effects due to its mineral contents like sulfur. It can cure skin ailments.
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This is potential man-made attraction of the municipality of Itogon. Indigenous small scale mining sites (camote mining). They show the traditional Igorot practice of mining and extracting gold ore and processing using improvised ball mills.


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The Tory Party, of course, remains to its true self: efficient to the point of brutality. The murmurs of dissent already mould the atmosphere. The heirs of Edmund Burke have somehow forgotten the virtues of gallantry and chivalry. Some of them are openly whispering their plans to commit matricide and ditch the lady upon whose coattails they had hitherto enjoyed their immense popularity. Some eminent right-wing commentators – from Tim Montgomerie and Iain Martin to Fraser Nelson and Simon Heffer – seem to have lost all sense of proportion. Lamenting the supposed decline of conservatism, they have utterly ignored that the Tories have been, ever since 2005, increasing their share of the vote on an almost linear scale. Michael Howard, in 2005, gained 32.4% of the national vote for the Tories. From then onwards, the electoral figures speak for themselves: 36.1% (2010) ⟶ 36.8 (2015) ⟶ 42.2% (2017). It is clear that the Tories increased their vote most under Mrs May, not her immediate predecessor. David Cameron increased the Tory vote by 3.7% in 2010, then barely 0.7% further in 2015. Mrs May, however, increased the Tory vote by 6%. Her share of the vote is exactly that of Mrs Thatcher in 1987, and only 0.2% lower than Thatcher's 1983 landslide. Ironically the Tories – staunch defenders of the first-past-the-post system – struggle not in gaining votes, but rather in translating their popular vote into parliamentary seats.
Most of the commentariat currently herds around a belief that Mrs May's strength is unrecoverable. Political commentariat is distinguished by clichés. Seldom can the commentariat think of an historical analogy beyond a past generation or two. According to some, she is another Edward Heath, to others she is another Gordon Brown. Such utter nonsense only proves that journalists should refrain from playing the game of 'Applied History'. For the two most pertinent historical analogies applicable to our current predicament leads us much further back to two Tory icons: Benjamin Disraeli and Stanley Baldwin.
1) Disraeli – much to the chagrin of the Tory Right – extended the franchise in 1867. He had presumed that his party will be rewarded. His gamble backfired most brutally: far from gaining, the Tories actually lost 18 seats. The likes of Lord Salisbury lurched upon him. Yet the Tories did not ditch him. They stuck to him. Disraeli reorganised the party by creating the Conservative Central Office in 1871. He later led the Tories to a splendid victory in February 1874. The same Salisbury, who had once been his sworn enemy, joined his Cabinet. These two very different Tories forged an alliance, and they led their nation to even greater glories thereafter. It is incumbent upon the likes of Boris Johnson and David Davis to support Theresa May – just as Salisbury and Northcote supported Disraeli. In December 1868 Disraeli was seen to be nothing less than a 'dead man walking'. By 1878, however, Disraeli returned from the Congress of Berlin with a diplomatic triumph. All Bismarck could say was: 'Der alte Jude, das ist der Mann [The old Jew, he is the man]'.
2) In the summer of 1929 it was supposed that Stanley Baldwin would at least retain, if not increase, his majority. He ran an innocuous campaign based upon as tedious slogans as 'Safety First' and 'Trust Baldwin'. To the astonishment of all, the result was calamitous for Baldwin: the nation elected a hung Parliament as he lost 152 seats. The man who once seemed invincible was declared 'finished'. The press was determined to oust him. Yet Tory backbenchers, yet again after breathing lava, kept their cool. They reorganised the party, and ensured that its policies would be comprehensible to the populace in the next election. So, barely two years later in October 1931, Baldwin led the Tory Party – or to be more precise, the National Government – to a victory unlike any other by bringing about the biggest political turnaround in British electoral history. He went from 260 seats to 410.
History gives solace, not solutions. Perhaps the Tory anger against Mrs May is more to do with expectations than the result. Mrs May's mismanagement of the expectations was indeed even worse her campaign: at the beginning it seemed that she was heading for a landslide on the scale of Baldwin's 1931 victory; as weeks went on, people were expecting a parliamentary victory on the scale of Salisbury in 1886 or Thatcher in 1987; in the end, as Tories now know only too painfully, even Cameron's insignificant majority was snatched from them. One clear lesson the Tories must accept is that they must reorganise the party: just as Disraeli did after 1868, and Baldwin after 1929.
Yet, ignoring the psephological and historical facts above, the political commentariat indolently salivates over political machinations. Tory backbenchers should remember that it would not be efficient to betray the Prime Minister during the Brexit negotiations. It would tantamount to treason. It would be untrue to the most fundamental principle of Toryism: allegiance to the nation. If such an insidious treason is committed, then the betrayers must make it happen in couple of days – not weeks, not months, not years – but now. That, however, is impossible. Few of these traitorous backbenchers may spit oceans in anger, but they well know that Mrs May – unless she chooses of her own volition – cannot be removed within days or weeks. In coming weeks, as she will be embroiled in the minutiae of Brexit negotiations, her removal will be difficult still. And how foolish it would seem to be rid of the Queen's first minister in the midst of negotiations.
It is true that Mrs May, in spite of the popular vote, has failed to achieve even a slim majority, let alone an expected landslide. It is also true that this was due her lacklustre campaign. But the election is over: the result is what it is. Theresa May is still Prime Minister, still with most number of votes and most number of seats. Theresa May can only rectify her electoral 'failure' with a national success. She must be given a chance to fight for Britain. Her stubbornness, which was been her shortcoming in a campaign, may well be her strength on the negotiating table. She maybe robotic, but robots are not made of feathers. Surely, then, she must be allowed to implement her Brexit plans, the principles of her own Lancaster House speech. In domestic policy she has already been forced to reform and consult a wider circle; in foreign policy – and most importantly on Brexit, for much depends upon it – she must be allowed to forge ahead unimpeded. The vision of Mrs May's Lancaster House speech is truly historical. If implemented sensibly and successfully, it would certainly resuscitate Britain's global status.
The Tories are disappointed, not desperate. Mrs May is humiliated, not hopeless. She may no longer be that invincible – almost untouchable – goddess that she seemed before, but millions across Britain genuinely respect her profound patriotism and sense of duty. Her popular vote is higher than that of any Tory since Thatcher. I daresay that she will recover her steel if she shames the opposition in coming weeks in the Commons as she has done for months past. If she makes Britain proud in Brexit negotiations and if she makes Britain a global trading nation once more, then she will recover handsomely. (Though it cannot be denied that she is in need of a good P.R.-team.) Tories will be duly rewarded electorally; and Mrs May will be accorded an eminent place in the pages of history. Not even 365 days have fully passed since most Tories were looking to her as a deliverer, a saviour. She may prove to be the saviour still.
To ditch her, in a spasm of remorse, would be cowardly and contrary to the national interest. Political wounds can be healed with national success. Great leaders reveal their greatness in times of crises. Only events would now show whether she would be the Great Survivor of our times. The Tories, for their part, must never forget that there can be no certainty without continuity.
S.K. Khanna is a young independent writer. He is currently working on 'The Origins of Brexit', a geostrategic history of Britain.


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With dogged determination and the help of a world-renowned medical staff, Dr. Daniel Grossman has returned to work as an emergency room physician at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn. (Jerry Olson for Here & Now)
Monday mornings are one of the busiest times of the week in the emergency room at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota.
On one Monday in May, a middle-aged man tells Dr. Daniel Grossman he's been feeling weak and having heart palpitations.
"They keep telling me my heart's fine but yet I have no energy, I want to pass out all the time," the man says, "you know, things are just telling me there's something wrong with my heart."
After a few more questions, the doctor recommends some blood work, and pulls open the curtain to head back to the ER.
It's a typical doctor-patient interaction, but one thing is unusual: Both the patient and the doctor are in wheelchairs — the patient because he's visiting the emergency room, and the doctor because of a spinal cord injury.
Grossman, 37, lost the use of his legs less than a year ago, and he's already back at work.
Grossman's memories of the accident that left him paraplegic are fuzzy. He was mountain biking with his friend Ron last September in the Cuyuna trail system of northern Minnesota.
It was the end of the day, and they decided to take one more run.
"Ron was in front of me and I was following behind him, and the next thing I know I woke up with people around me," Grossman says. "I had a weird feeling around my stomach, like a numbness in my mid-abdomen, and I knew that I couldn't feel my legs. So you had this feeling of being disconnected from the world and from your body. And everybody around me was freaking out."
He was airlifted to North Memorial Medical Center in Minneapolis, where he learned he had suffered a spinal cord injury between his seventh and eighth thoracic vertebrae. Daniel survived the crash because he was wearing a helmet, but the injury left him paralyzed below his mid-abdomen, a few inches above his bellybutton.
Having returned to work less than a year after being paralyzed from a mountain biking accident, Dr. Daniel Grossman checks the intake status on an electronic board at Saint Marys Hospital emergency room. At right is fellow ER physician Dr. Laura Walker. (Jerry Olson for Here & Now)
Grossman spent the next 4 1/2 months in three hospitals, recovering from the accident and learning how to do basic things, like how to get in and out of his wheelchair without falling.
Transferring, as Grossman calls it, is something he had to practice for months — from his bed into his wheelchair, from his wheelchair to the ground and back, to and from the toilet. Falls are especially dangerous for people with spinal cord injuries, because it's hard for them to tell if they've been injured in the paralyzed parts of their body.
"When I say, 'I know your life is about to change or is changing today,' they look at me and they know that I know what I'm talking about, and it's pretty emotional."
Dr. Daniel Grossman, on how his injury has changed his interactions with patients
Today, Grossman lives on his own. He's more comfortable in his wheelchair, though he still worries about falling out of it.
He's had to renovate his apartment so he can do things many people take for granted, like lowering the sink so he can clean dishes on his own. Grossman also relies heavily on technology, using Amazon's Alexa to operate the lights and Instacart to have groceries delivered to his apartment.
"The only answer to overcoming the fear and the skill is to keep doing things until you're comfortable doing them," he says.
Other difficulties aren't talked about as much, like how to use the bathroom when you can't feel the lower half of your body. Grossman says he times his bathroom breaks based on what he's had to eat and drink, and carries an extra pair of pants just in case.
People with spinal cord injuries are also two to three times more likely than the general population to show signs of severe depression, according to the Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation, and are at a higher risk of attempting suicide.
Dr. Daniel Grossman at the Mayo Clinic Saint Marys Hospital. (Jerry Olson for Here & Now)
Grossman acknowledges he's needed to pay close attention to his mental health since the accident. But he says early on during his recovery, he faced a choice.
"Option A is, 'You are paralyzed, what are you going to do about it?' Option B is, 'You are paralyzed. Let's sit and wallow in self-pity.' I decided for option A, and honestly I think most people do decide for option A," Grossman says. "But option B seems really easy. That self-pity component seems pretty reasonable."
While Grossman says he's doing everything he wants to do, he feels "an increasing sense of loss" about his life before the accident. There are constant reminders of his disability, he says, "like in synagogue when the rabbi instructs the congregation to 'all rise' … or a concert or musical where the audience gives a standing ovation.
"You can't participate in these little parts of culture," Grossman says. "[It's] a reminder that you'll always stand out just a little bit, even if you don't want to."
Despite the challenges he has overcome, Grossman says he doesn't like the idea of being called an "inspiration" by people who hear his story.
"I don't know what it means to inspire people, and I don't know what people do once they're inspired," he says. "If you're inspired by my story, have you done something to change some aspect of your life?"
'Don't Ever Apologize Again'
People with disabilities often rely more on friends and family. Grossman's parents were traveling in Europe and came to Minnesota for six months after his accident to help him recover, which took an emotional toll on the whole family.
"I said, 'Dad, this isn't what you planned for your retirement and I'm really sorry about that,' " Grossman says, "and he, for the first time I've seen it, broke down in tears and was visibly angry with me, and said, 'Don't ever apologize again. This is my role as a father. Don't ever apologize again.' "
In February, just five months after his accident, Grossman resumed his job as medical director of the health insurance startup Bright Health in Minneapolis, and four times a month he drives himself an hour and a half from Minneapolis to Rochester, Minnesota, for shifts at the Mayo Clinic.
In the basement garage of his Minneapolis apartment building, Grossman demonstrates the process of transferring from his wheelchair into the driver's seat on his way to work.
"So I pull up to the car, lock my breaks and then hop in. Typically my legs spasm a little bit as we go here," he says.
It takes about five minutes for Grossman to get behind the wheel and take apart his wheelchair, which he throws into the back seat.
"These YouTube guys make it look like the simplest thing in the world," he says. "What I've learned through all this is life is one big experiment and you just have to figure out what works for you."
Once he's on the road, Grossman uses a system of hand controls to drive.
"There's a knob on the wheel that I'm using with my left hand and I'm using the hand controls with my right hand," he says. "And now we're just driving like normal."
From Patient To Doctor
It wasn't that long ago that Grossman was one receiving treatment, and getting back to work as an emergency physician initially seemed like a big hurdle, he says.
"When it was time to get back practicing and trying things, we did what's called simulation," he says. "We'd take mannequins and we could practice intubating them or doing central lines or doing lumbar punctures, a spinal tap. We also set up patient rooms in the ER at Mayo and had mock patients — usually like a friend's kids — so I could learn how to navigate the room."
In some ways, Grossman says, the physical challenges of getting back to work were easier to overcome than the psychological aspects of his job. Some patients are rude to him, he says, or have difficulty believing their doctor is in a wheelchair.
But most don't mind — and many patients find it easier to relate.
"Option A is, 'You are paralyzed, what are you going to do about it?' Option B is, 'You are paralyzed. Let's sit and wallow in self-pity.' I decided for option A, and honestly I think most people do decide for option A."
Dr. Daniel Grossman
"It's also very clearly broken down barriers with patients, because they know that you have gone through something, and so they're much more willing to listen to you when you offer advice," he says. "When I say, 'I know your life is about to change or is changing today,' they look at me and they know that I know what I'm talking about, and it's pretty emotional."
Grossman says it's scary caring for patients with spinal cord injuries like his.
"Maybe they broke a foot because they hit it against a wall, or they have a systemic infection from a skin sore that's become infected," he said. "All things that could and may happen to me at some point."
There are approximately 300,000 Americans living with spinal cord injuries, and Grossman isn't the only one of them who is also a doctor. Another is a colleague at the Mayo Clinic, Dr. Robert Brown, a neurologist who was paralyzed more than 40 years ago when he was just 14 years old.
During Grossman's recovery, Brown became somewhat of a mentor, offering practical advice like how to keep slip-on shoes from falling off his feet, and coaching Grossman through the transition to his new life.
Dr. Daniel Grossman, left, a Mayo Clinic emergency room physician, credits neurologist Dr. Robert Brown with guiding him in recovery after being paralyzed as a result of a mountain bike accident last year. Brown, with a contagious positive attitude, helped Grossman return to work less than a year after his accident. (Jerry Olson for Here & Now)
"That was one of the things Daniel and I talked about when I first got to meet him. We talked about his transition to the new normal, if you will, in Daniel's life," Brown says, sitting with Grossman in a doctor's office at the clinic.
"The more you're able to appreciate what you're able to do, despite the fact that you're using a wheelchair to get around, as opposed to the things that you can't do or an obstacle in your place, you're going to be much better off and readily be able to work through whatever obstacles might be in front of you."
After seeing patients in the ER, Grossman heads to the third floor of the Mayo Clinic's Saint Marys Hospital Mary Brigh Building, where he spent months in physical rehabilitation.
"I hated being here from the sense of, 'I'm in the hospital,' but it was really good for me," Grossman says, sitting outside the room where he spent 64 days learning how to navigate the world from a wheelchair. "The nursing care is fantastic, the physicians are great and I, at the end of the day, have really positive memories of learning how to get back on my feet, so to speak."
A man in the hallway recognizes Grossman, and shouts hello.
"Back to work, I see. Geez, no rest!" he says.
"Can't rest," Grossman replies, "got things to do."
"Yeah you do. Got life to live, right?" the man says.
Digital producer Jack Mitchell contributed to this story.
This segment aired on June 6, 2018.
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Telecom operators are showering attractive data plans on users so that they can enjoy the ongoing Indian Premier League cricket matches on their smartphones. Bharti Airtel has now come up with a new prepaid plan of Rs 499 which offers a whopping 164GB of high-speed 4G data for the validity period. Alongside the data benefit, the plan also gives unlimited voice calls and 100 SMS per day. This new plan is in-line with the competitive plans introduced by Reliance Jio and BSNL for its users to enjoy the live streaming of IPL 2018. Jio has come up with a Rs 251 data pack, while BSNL introduced a Rs 248 data pack for prepaid users.
The Rs 499 prepaid plan from Bharti Airtel offers 2GB data per day and that too high-speed 4G data along with unlimited voice calls (even on roaming), 100 SMS per day for 82 days. The voice calls are unlimited without any FUP limit per day or month, but the SMSs per day is capped at 100 per day.
This plan from Airtel goes against Jio's Rs 498 prepaid tariff plan that also offers 2GB data per day, unlimited voice calls without any FUP limit and 100 SMS per day for 91 days. Jio's plan gives 182GB of data as compared to Airtel's 164GB of data benefit. However, the best part is Airtel looking to compete with Reliance Jio by introducing such plans.
The lesser validity might not be a worry for many users, but the segmented availability of the plan is a worry for users. Yes, this plan from Airtel is valid for only select prepaid users as always, but the company might make it an open market plan very soon to stay in competition with Jio.
Bharti Airtel is under severe pressure in recent times, thanks to Reliance Jio's aggressive tariff plans and new schemes. Airtel is also offering free Live TV streaming of IPL 2018 matches on Airtel TV application (redirects to Hotstar), and this plan will be a boon for users who're relying on the Airtel network to watch IPL 2018 matches live. Airtel is also expected to revise several of its prepaid plans in the next coming days.
Reliance Jio has introduced a new Rs 251 data pack which offers 2GB data per day for 51 days, while BSNL's Rs 248 pack gives 3GB data per day for 51 days.
Unoptimised network good for nothing.
Always togling between 4g h+ h 3g ?. Not reliable network. 3g network is useless.. Both call and internet doesnot work. In fact need to use 2g for calls and force handset to lte mode for data.. There isp no quality in network customer care and retention.
Again 82 days. RIP airtel.


Burberry Leather sneakers Sneakers have proved to be a modern wardrobe classic in recent seasons, and Burberry's subtly branded pair is topping our wish list for Pre-Spring '19.
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Burberry Regis sneakers These sports-inspired sneakers from Burberry are monochromatic white and made in Italy from a brilliant mix of suede, leather and neoprene.


In a world filled with uncertainties, the Federal Reserve has given financial markets one less thing to worry about.
To no one's surprise, the Federal Open Market Committee Wednesday held the federal-funds target rate unchanged, at 2.25%-2.50%, but more importantly indicated it would keep the policy rate there in the absence of inflationary pressures. In addition, the FOMC said it would begin to slow its contraction of its balance sheet in May—sooner than expected—and wind it down by September.


Food, music and more await at 3rd annual scholarship fund raiser.
Flavor of Louisiana will cap off a series of special events at NSU. Earlier in the day on March 22, NSU will honor five outstanding individuals with induction into the university's alumni hall of distinction, the Long Purple Line. That event will include a luncheon and induction program beginning at 11 a.m. in the ballroom of the Sylvan Friedman Student Union. Tickets for the Long Purple Line luncheon and program are $20.


Multiple graded stakes winner Gio Ponti, who won this year's Virginia Derby (G2), closed with a rush in the final furlong to win the $100,000 Sir Beaufort Stakes in his synthetic surface debut at Santa Anita Park.
The three-year-old Tale of the Cat colt raced in last place for the first half of the one-mile race, then closed from fourth in early stretch to win by 1 1/2 lengths in 1:34.92 on the synthetic Pro-Ride surface.
ISTANBUL – Turkish horse-racing bid farewell to its greatest ever jockey as Süleyman Akdı called it a day after a magnificent career that spanned 44 years.
The 66-year-old Akdı's contribution to the sport was hailed during a farewell night organized by the Turkish Jockey Club, or TJK.
This was the first time the club held a farewell event for a jockey, which indicates the importance of Akdı, nicknamed the Emperor because of his brilliant career.
The monthly meeting of the Virginia Racing Commission (last Wednesday) turned into marathon session dealing with disagreements over satellite signal sales and the annual argument over racing dates.
A work session was held after the regular meeting in an attempt to avoid the most acrimonious debates between Colonial Downs management and Virginia horsemen over how many days of live racing the track will host.
Two things dominate recent conversations on Garrett Street – 1) the upcoming session of the General Assembly and the 2) the ongoing problem of ADW (telephone and internet wagers) being conducted here in the Commonwealth without the Breeders Fund getting compensated.
Mr. and Mrs. Hermen Greenberg's Rutledge Farm's Virginia-bred Researcher charged from off the pace to win the $108,400 Queens County Handicap (G3) by a half-length on Saturday at Aqueduct and earn his fourth consecutive victory. Researcher was bred by the Virginia Tech Foundation's M.A.R.E. Center in Middleburg.
Sir Barton, pictured on the Audley Card, was America's first Triple Crown winner. He started his breeding career at Audley in 1921 and stud there for over decade.
This statue, designed by Jan Woods, was unveiled on September 5,2008 as part of celbration marking 30 years of family ownership.
Sam Houston Race Park's "Here's to Racing: Restroom Race" television commercial has been selected as one of the "Funniest Commercials of the Year" by national cable super station, Turner Broadcasting System (TBS).
The commercial, available to view at http://www.shrp.com/News_Media.html, will air as part of a special, hosted by Saturday Night Live legend, Kevin Nealon, featuring the funniest commercial spots from 2008 on Tuesday, December 23 at 9 p.m. .
You are likely aware of the problem of thousands of unwanted and abandoned horses in the United States. Some say the problem is an epidemic, however, much remains unknown. The first step toward a solution is to gather and examine the facts.
NICE HATS. Olivier Peslier on Doctor Dino waves to the crowd after winning the fourth race at the Hong Kong International Races in Hong Kong on December 14, 2008. French jockey Olivier Peslier, who in 2007 rode Good Ba Ba to victory, won the $14 million Hong Kong Vase for the second year on Doctor Dino, in the most dramatic finish of the day.


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GASP Theatre staged their latest production at the Santara Life Resort on 26/27 November.
The first half of the evening consisted of three Victorian melodramas, "The Drunkard's Dilemma", "The Wage of Sin" and "Maria Marten", all happily over-acted and packed with corny jokes and bad puns.
The audience were invited to join in the fun by booing the villains, cheering the heroes and warning the heroines. They didn't let us down!
The second half was a light-hearted satirical poke at Brexit, including a chance to eavesdrop on the Minister for Administrative Affairs briefing her PPS, and the evening was rounded off by our own "Have I Got News for You" and the weather forecast.
A fun evening was had by all. Many thanks to our loyal supporters who braved a thunderstorm on Sunday night.
As usual, we will shortly be making a donation from ticket receipts to Cruz Roja, Santa Pola.
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Running: Great Hyannis Road Races
AMANDA COMAK
HYANNIS — Mark Clifford has been spending summers on the Cape for as long as he can remember.
When the 40-year-old moved to Osterville full time in January he set about getting back into racing shape and took a step toward that goal yesterday by winning the Johnny Kelley Half-Marathon, the centerpiece of the Great Hyannis Road Races.
There were three races in all, attracting nearly 1,500 runners.
Clifford finished the 13.1 mile course in 1:19.15 and was joined by Maria Monks, an MIT student from Pennsylvania who was running her first-ever half-marathon and won with a time of 1:29.04.
"(My time) was a far cry from my younger days, but I'm 40 now," said Clifford, who also won this race last year.
Monks, a four-year member of the MIT cross country team, will graduate on Friday with the Class of 2010 before heading to England to study for her masters in mathematics at Cambridge University.
"(I'm surprised) I broke an hour-30," the 21-year-old said. "I didn't know what I could do, honestly. I was just experimenting. I never ran anything longer than a nine-mile race before. It was a lot of fun. I really like the course, it was so scenic."
Monks, who has a goal to run a full 26.2-mile marathon on her 26th birthday, was the youngest winner on the day. She finished 12th overall.
Steve Ruane, 29, and Megan Spina, 26, a brother and sister from Winchester and Brookline, respectively, weren't far behind though, winning their divisions in the CHIPS 7.2-miler.
Ruane dominated the men's field with a time of 45:05, more than four minutes faster than runner-up Craig Randall of Sandwich (49:43).
Spina was actually second overall in the race, running 49:22. The 1-2 finish only made the friendly rivalry between the siblings grow.
"I beat Steve once, in middle school," Spina said. "I haven't beaten him since."
"Everything they do is like that," said Spina's husband, Dave. "If he wins one thing, she's got to beat him at something else."
The Michael Aselton 5K featured a pair of 40-year-old champions.
East Falmouth's Michael Irving won the men's race in a time of 17:43 and Kellie Tabor-Hann, 41, of Middletown, R.I., took honors for the women with a time of 21:07. She was 14th overall.
Irving, who ran the Boston Marathon last month in 3:07, has shifted his focus to the shorter races since then and picked up his first win at the Great Hyannis Road Races, even without his best stuff.
"I didn't feel all that great," said Irving, admitting his time was a bit slower than he's been running recently. "Just didn't have it, but had enough to win."
The top four men's finishers in the 5K were all from the Cape in Irving, Raymond Botelho of Falmouth (17:57), Nicholas Foley of Falmouth (18:15) and Barry Merrill of Centerville (18:22).
On the women's side, Tabor-Hann's victory was an important milestone for the mother of two, who has lost 25 pounds since last March. She has yet to reach her goal of finishing in under 20 minutes, but has shaved almost a minute off her time from a 5K she ran in February.
"I hit mile two and I thought, 'Oh my goodness, I think I'm going to win this thing,'" Tabor-Hann said. "I was afraid to look back, and at that point I started thinking, 'Let me see if I can break 21 minutes.' I'm very excited."
Though a few runners complained about the lack number of water stations along the courses, there were smiles all across the Hyannis Village Green on a warm, sunny day.
Tom Nally of the organizing committee said he felt the races were successful and a fitting tribute to Kelley's legacy.
Kelley, a legendary runner who lived for many years in East Dennis until his death in 2004 at age 97, won two Boston Marathons and ran the race a record 61 times.
"There are a lot of families here and a lot of husband and wives running the race together," Nally said. "Johnny would be ecstatic to see that and to see all the young people running."