Born near Detroit Michigan and transplanted to Tampa Florida in 1982, where he located the story called "Steeling Time", the author now resides in Russellville, Kentucky.
The November Challenge (Nanowrimo) has come and gone. This is a yearly event held to inspire people to write. Everyone keeps track of a word count with the goal of a 50,000-word book, and communities of writers compete for the greatest word total. This year I did not participate. I watched from the sidelines and finished up previous Nano projects. November may be over for those writers, but the work has just begun.
Some people say, writing the book is the easy part. After that, editing, publishing, selling, and promotion are the real challenges. I guess it all depends on the individual. But all of the processes are time-consuming, and it's almost impossible to be a part time writer. Sticking you neck out to be reviewed, critiqued and rejected can be painful too. I wouldn't call that easy. It makes one wonder why a writer writes.
I finished the first draft in January. Serious editing began and by August queries started heading to agents. The cover image and the text were edited, polished and tweaked to perfection and it finally ended up on Amazon. Warp Drive, Patent Pending is offered as a Kindle e-book. It's now available in pre-order status and set for full release on Dec 20th.
If that's not enough for one month, November also saw the development of the CreateSpace paperback of Sunset of Dreams. This new Novel follows the investigation of murders by a detective in Tampa Florida. Only he sees the connection, and it is too outlandish to believe. But you can't argue with the facts! Sunset of Dreams will be released in early 2017.
My latest adventure called Finding Kray is now being queried to agents for traditional Publishing. This novel also takes place in Tampa Florida. The city is plagued with vampires, and one hunter is ready for the challenge. Filled with twists and turns, fun characters and surprise events this novel was as much fun to write was it will be to read! Look for Finding Kray late in 2017.
Writing is only the beginning of an author's job. Once a book is born it needs continual work for it to mature into a finished product. It may start in the month of November, but the work is never ending. The good news is that the end product lives on forever. That is why writers write.
People who have had near death experiences claim that they have seen loved ones welcoming them to the afterlife. Some people say the soul never dies. The physical being is left behind and the spirit realm is entered. The spirit, or soul, continues after it leaves the body and joins the countless other souls on the other side, wherever that is.
It is said that the soul ascends to heaven, or possibly descends to hell. The up or down reference is easy to understand, polar opposites that represent good or evil. More likely though is the theory that a soul travels a distance much less. Perhaps they only change spiritual levels. The spirit level is most easily understood as existing on a higher frequency, invisible to the beings on the physical level. So, it is possible that our beloveds soul live side by side with us. We are just out of reach and out of sight from each other. They are close, but yet so far away.
In Seedy Hills, an odd little town, Eric and Louanne go to the old hospital after construction workers claimed that it was haunted. Louanne, being an experience ghost hunter, took two pieces of equipment that would assist them. First, she took an EVP recorder. (Electronic Voice Phenomenon) This device records voices that the human ear cannot hear. It is commonly used by ghost hunters today. The second tool that she took to the old hospital was the EMF sensor. Electro-magnetic disturbances have been noted to be common occurrences when ghostly encounters take place. These gizmos reach out and read frequencies that people cannot hear or see.
A ghost may actually be a soul that travels from one realm to another, or one frequency of existence to another. Many think that traumatic events or emotion of love or rage may affect the spirit so strongly it causes the soul's frequency to oscillate, allowing it to exist in both realms. This occurs in The Sexton House story contained in the E-book Seedy Hills, an odd little town. In this account of the haunting, young Connie Gill was struck dead by lightning after an angry argument with her father. Because of her rage at the time of her death she is cursed to haunt the old sexton house for a hundred years.
You can pre-order the E-book Seedy Hills, an odd little town at Apple, Barns & Noble and Kobo book stores online.
For Apple search "Seedy Hills" in your iTunes store.
I'm happy to say that the final revisions on Seedy Hills, an odd little town have been completed and it has been uploaded to the publisher. The manuscript is in the process of final review to be sure it will convert correctly to the many different formats of E-book devices. You can pre-order the E-book now from Barns & Noble for the nook, or from Apple for the i-pad. Pre-order your copy now at Apple, Kobo or Barns & Noble for only one dollar!
Seedy Hills, an odd little town follows the daily adventures of Eric Green, a reporter for the local newspaper. Eric is an arrogant, crusty, old time reporter who likes to get to the bottom of things. Seedy Hills is not a normal town, and it keeps him busy. When Bigfoot was spotted in the woods, the local hunters and trackers formed a posy to make it a trophy. Eric went along on the expedition to get the story. When UFO's were seen above the Walmart, Eric spent the following night on a vigil to scoop the story and unexpected things happened. Ghosts, vampires, and crop circles are only a few of the other occurrences that he reports to his readers who live in the odd little town of Seedy Hills.
With the manuscript complete it's time for the media blitz, but promotion for an independent author is a huge challenge. Even though the internet is a giant help, the majority of ads and posts are ignored by people. To get attention you need to advertise big or advertise often, and the budget of an independent author does not allow advertising big. The blitz is the most common tactic for the independent author. The author must post on everything from twitter to blogs and comment on the new release with links and URLs.
The question at hand is does that tactic work effectively? I guess I'll find out soon!
Seedy Hills – ALMOST READY FOR RELEASE!
Ghosts, vampires, monsters, UFO's and Bigfoot are all occurrences that the city of Seedy Hills experiences in this collection of short stories. Through them all, newspaper reporter Eric Green tries to answer the questions and solve the mysteries that plague the town. But how can an earth bound reporter make peace with UFO aliens? What can he do against the monsters that lurk in the sewers of this small town? And what can one mortal do against the haunting of ghosts and undead vampires?
In my next E-book, Seedy Hills, an odd little town, citizens believes that a true blood sucking vampire is preying on the residents. One poor soul, bled dry, crashes his pick-up into the Twisty Cone. Ice cream hungry witnesses see the telltale fang marks and hear the ambulance workers comment on a vampire bite. That is all it takes to put the city in turmoil. Vampires in Seedy Hills tells the story of the worst type of vampire.
In the Seedy Hills vampire story I have a little fun with how rumors spread and change into something nothing close to what they were originally. I don't really think you can blame any one person for the exaggerations. They just happen. But, in the Seedy Hills Bigfoot story we know exactly who exaggerated the facts. And of all people, it turns out being someone usually responsible for telling the truth! Sometimes there are good reasons for little white lies. When Bigfoot turns up in the woods around Seedy Hills the local hunters look forward to their chance to hunt some really big game. The problem is that the big game ends up being smarter than the hunters!
Look for your chance to pre-order Seedy Hills, an odd little town at Apple, Barnes & Noble and Kobo on-line stores starting in late June. On August 1st 2014 it will be available at most other on-line e-book outlets.
Be sure to check out Time Travel and Dimensional Journeys, and Haunted Romance available at smashwords.com and other e-book outlets now.
I'm working on a new series of short stories that occur in the small rural Kentucky town of Seedy Hills. The city is named after the beautiful summer wild flowers that cover the hills in the area around the town. Oddly enough, the city is remarkably similar to the city of Russellville where I now reside. Many of the landmarks, people, local issues and oddities play into the stories.
The stories involve Vampires, Ghosts, UFOs, murders and more. All of them tied together by the main character, Eric Green. Eric is a reporter for the local newspaper. He's a stubborn, arrogant, self centered semi-retired writer who knows he has more experience and talent than anyone else at the small town paper, including the bumbling management. With his connections, talent, keen smell for a good story and hard work he solves the case and saves the day. All the time, sarcastically analyzing the backward city he calls home, and the people who live there.
Through the series of short stories Eric learns about life, love and the fact that he, and other people have feelings. Late in life, the rusty old reporter learns that being from an odd little run down town may not be all that bad.
I've got about half the book completed and proofread. I would be interested in anyone wanting to be beta readers. I feel it may be funny but it's hard to judge your own humor. I'm a little warped and I know I find a lot of things funny that others my not. We'll just have to see how that goes. If you want to pre read this series leave a comment and your contact info. Maybe you can help me make my next best seller!


SLIDELL, La., April 26, 2010 -- Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) hosted commencement exercises on April 23 for the company's Gulf Coast Apprentice schools in Pascagoula and Gulfport, Miss. and Avondale, La. The graduation was held at the Northshore Harbor Center to honor 160 apprentices, representing 12 trades and one designer program.
Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding's primary customer, the U.S. Navy, was represented at the ceremony by Capt. Bill Galinis, supervisor of shipbuilding, Gulf Coast, who spoke about the terror attack on the Northrop Grumman-built USS Cole (DDG 67 ) and how craftsmanship kept the destroyer afloat.
Speaking to the graduates, Mike Petters, corporate vice president and president of Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding, said, "In choosing to be shipbuilders and apprentice graduates, you've demonstrated a set of values associated with them. The titles of shipbuilder and apprentice graduate convey a privilege and a responsibility to continue the tradition of shipbuilding here on the Gulf Coast – a legacy that began 72 years ago at both Avondale and Pascagoula. It is a legacy of quality work, ethics and integrity – a legacy of leadership."


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Adele snubbed Beyoncé by turning down offer to work on duet
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Adele reportedly turned down Beyoncé's request to work together on a duet. The Halo singer apparently pursued the British Hello singer for a year, but was declined.
"Bey has been asking Adele for a year to join forces," an alleged source told Heat magazine. "She went into the studio with Adele at the end of last year and tried to convince her to collaborate on a track. Adele turned down the offer, so now Bey is putting the song on her new album instead, which everyone is saying will drop before the end of the year."
Adele, whose upcoming album 25 is due in stores on November 20, revealed that she does not like being entangled in fame. She told ID: "I'm just frightened of it, you know? Frightened of it destroying me and it ruining me, and me getting lost and turning into some of the people that I love with my whole musical heart. I get frightened. And I get frightened for the people that I love, feeling like they've lost me."
Adele added: "It's basically a bit like Stars In Their Eyes when you go into the smoke and you come out as someone else. I get worried of them looking at me going into the smoke and never coming out. It's a bit toxic, fame. I've got enough toxins in me body, I don't need any of that!"
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Michael Gordon Oldfield (born 15 May 1953) is an English t and composer. His work blends progressive rock with world, folk, classical, electronic, ambient, and new-age music. His biggest commercial success is the 1973 album Tubular Bells – which launched Virgin Records and became a hit in America after its opening was used as the theme for the film The Exorcist. He recorded the 1983 hit single "Moonlight Shadow" and a rendition of the Christmas piece "In Dulci Jubilo".
In this case, it was composer Mike Oldfield himself who oversaw and co-produced the work with orchestrator and collaborator David Bedford, a longtime friend and colleagu. Tracklist: 01. The Orchestral Tubular Bells (Part 1) 02. The Orchestral Tubular Bells (Part 2). Total time: 50:59.
Released in 1975, The Orchestral Tubular Bells is an orchestral version of Mike Oldfield's album Tubular Bells, arranged by David Bedford and recorded in 1974 by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, featuring Oldfield himself playing the guitar. Remastered by Oldfield himself, the 2011 packages contain a variety of rare material; and again, as with Tubular Bells, Hergest Ridge and Ommadawn, contain a brand new . mix on DVD, as well as footage from Oldfield's 1979 concert tour that supported the album.
The Orchestral Tubular Bells is an orchestral version of Mike Oldfield's album Tubular Bells, arranged by David Bedford and recorded in 1974 by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, featuring Oldfield himself playing the guitar. Excerpts from the album were featured in the 1979 NASA film, The Space Movie. It peaked at on the UK Albums Chart in 1975. In 2000 it was reissued by Virgin as a HDCD and is the only one of Mike's 1970s albums yet to be reissued by Mercury Records.
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It was inevitable, after the mega-success of Tubular Bells in its original form, that someone would orchestrate the piece - the many and varied instrumental voices of the original virtually begged for this treatment, especially as the original album appeared at the height of the progressive rock boom, when even self-contained rock bands such as Emerson, Lake & Palmer were starting. The only problem with the album is that it all sounds a little too conventional as orchestral music and betrays some of Oldfield's original source material and inspirations (or, perhaps, some of Bedford's influences) - so one hears in sharp relief the influence of Berlioz, Saint-Saëns, and even Jerome Moross (whose music from The Big Country - also.
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The Hidden Columns of The Torah
I know we were going to discuss Jacob's prophetic vision, but while perusing a Mashiach blog, a pearl about Jacob's family entering Egypt and Tehilim (Psalms) that enticed me to look closer at the first verse from the VaYigash paragraphs we had just been studying in their connection to the Israelite soul root and to the chariot from Ezekiel's prophetic vision:
Bereshit (Genesis) 46:8
ואלה שמות בני ישראל הבאים מצרימה "And these are the names of the sons of Israel who are coming into Egypt…"
It just so happens that the 6 initials of this phrase, the phrase that initiates the exile in Egypt (Goshen) and the beginning of the fulfillment of G-d's Covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob are the very same letters that appear at the head of the 6 of the 248 columns of the Torah that are not the letter Vav (V):
B'YH ShMV
In other words, of the 248 columns of the Torah, all but six (6) columns begin with the level Vav(V), itself of numerical value 6, representing the standard level of the Torah, Zeir Anpin. These special 6 letters, beginning with the first letter of the Torah, the Bet(B) of Bereshit, are our connection to the higher sefira (dimension) of Binah (Understanding).
According to chazal, they spell out the phrase, B'YH ShMV, "In the Name of G-d (YH) and they have the numerical value of 363, that of H'Moshiach (The Messiah), and also of "Moses Lives (Moshe Chai)".
Then, oddly enough, the exact phrase is repeated again in the first verse of Shmot (Exodus) 1:1. And since the letter Vav(V) is the one distinguished by these two very special phrases, it's notable that there are 778 Vavs in the Torah separating the two verses (from Genesis 46:8- Exodus 1:1).
It's notable because H'Moshiach is supposed to arrival, according to the tzaddikim in the year 5778, which is 222 years before the 6th millennium. And those 778 Vavs have a total value of 4668, which is 1110 or 10 x 111 (the numerical value of the first letter Alef), less than 5778.
778 x 6 = 5778 – 111 x 10
As explained in prior articles, Alef is representative of the Tree-of-life and whenever any Torah numbers are in multiples of 10, it's also a reference to the 10 sefirot (dimensions) of the Tree-of-life.
So obviously this phrase is very telling. It's the beginning of the Israelite Journey. And like all Torah journeys, it's connected to the 42-Letter Name of G-d.
So it's not surprising that the first word of this key phrase has the numerical value 42 and that the second word is Shmot (Names), as in the 42-Letter Name of G-d, the understanding of which chazal has said will be what brings about H'Mashiach and the geula (Final redemption), or the end of days as some like to call it. We prefer to think of it as a new beginning, the time when the 10 Sefirot (dimensions) of the Tree-of-Life become a reality for us.
And just in case we were to doubt that these two identical verses aren't supposed to be linked together, we should note that the total gematria of both phrases together with their ordinal values is 4240 or 10 times 424, the numerical value of Mashiach Ben David.
But there's more to these verses than just setting our course for receiving Moshiach Ben David in 5778. The Torah's depth and technology is infinite and the deeper we probe, the more we align ourselves with the Tree-of-life reality.
Bereshit 46:8 continues: "And these are the names of the sons of Israel who are coming into Egypt: Jacob and his sons. Reuben was Jacob's first born."
Simple enough, except that the Torah slipped in the word first-born (Becor, BCR) except that BRC is the root of merkava, MRCBH, which as we've discussed (VaYigash) is both the chariot that Joseph harassed to meet his father and complete the Tree-of-life and the one Ezekiel saw in his famous prophetic vision. We'll explain, or rather let the Arizal explain this in a moment, but first we want to draw the parallel, to occurrence 54 paragraphs later, of the 10th plague, the killing of the first born.
This is far from coincidental as there are 54 letters in both the phrases cited above and because as we know 54 x 107 = 5778, which is not an arbitrary equation because all the integers through 107 also = 5778.
Moreover, the Torah immediately goes on to tell us that "Reuben sons were Chanoch..," as in the 7th Man in the lineage of Adam, Chanoch(Enoch), who chazal has explained became the archangel Metatron, the angel in Ezekiel's vision.
In our next post, we'll be further discussing the word (root) BCR (Becor) and it's important connection to Jacob's prophecies and his lap (knees), BRCY, and also to the root of all blessing, BRC, as in Baruch (BRVC), etc, but right now, let's see what the Arizal has to say about the killing of the first born of Egypt and the final plague:
"The initials of these three sefirot – keter, reishit chochma, bina – spell the word for "firstborn" [in Hebrew, "bechor"BCR]. This is similar to what is explained in the Zohar (Tikunei Zohar 70, pg.119b) regarding the word for "blessed" [in Hebrew, "baruch"] and the name of the River Kevar."
The Ari is saying that these three letters (energy sources) when taken together connect to the top 3 sefirot: Keter, Chochma, and Binah.
He continues, "Chochma is referred to as "reishit chochma" ("the beginning of wisdom") based on Psalms 111:10: "The beginning of wisdom is the fear of G-d." Also, chochma is the first conscious sefira, and is therefore known as "the beginning".
Please note that Wisdom is connected to 111:10 and as we saw earlier these two verses were also connected to 111 x 10. This is Wisdom, not coincidence. And likewise the Ari is connecting Chochma (numerical value 73) with reishit, the beginning, partially because the numerical value of the Torah's 1st verse is equivalent to all the integers through 73.
And if you don't think these 2 verses, including the very first verse of Shmot (Exodus) don't hark back to the seed of the Torah–it's very first word, please take note that the 6 letters word Bereshit ("In the Beginning") itself (BREShYT) are found in each of the 6 words of these prophetic phrases.
ואלה שמות בני ישראל הבאים מצרימה
ETBShYR = BREShYT
Now we can understand why the equation alluded to by the phrase above 6000 -222 = 5778 is significant, because 222 is the numerical value not only of 2 x 111 (alef) but of BCR, the root of all blessing and the chariot that will take us there.
In Exodus 1:1 "And these are the names of the sons of Israel who are coming into Egypt…" the word used is Haba'im, meaning literally"the ones coming." The first time the Torah dictated this phrase it made sense, but the second time it did not, since they were already in Egypt, which means the Torah must have been alluding to the future exile, which in turn means it was written for us, so that we could deal with the exile, and know our time to exodus from it. The gates are opening.
Just to be thorough, we'd like to point out that the simple numerical value of both phrases together including the kolel for the the 27 identical letters is 3695 and the simple numerical value of the rest of that first verse (Genesis 46:8) is 2083, so combined they equal 3695+2083 = 5778.
"Joseph harnessed his chariot and went up to meet his father Israel in Goshen." (Gen. 46:29)
From the Zohar Rabbi Yitzchak began his discourse, citing the verse "There was a likeness of an expanse above the heads of the Chaya, like the color of the awesome ice, spread out above their heads from above" (Ezekiel 1:22)."
The numerical value of Chayot, the animating forces, of the Chariot is 424, so the 2 phrase that sum to 4240, or 10 x 424, take us deeper into the vision of Ezekiel and closer to the Tree-of-life.
The secrets are all in the letters; the path is through the letters. Th numbers help guide us, but the 27 Hebrew letters are the key. Let wisdom be our guide.
Author Jeffrey MeilikenPosted on December 21, 2010 December 21, 2010 Categories Kabbalah Secrets, RevelationsTags 10 sefirot, 111, 1110, 42, 42-letter name, 424, 4240, 5778, 73, 778, alef, arizal, chariot, chayot, Chochma, end of days, Ezekiel, final redemption, gematria, geula, Mashiach, Mashiach Ben david, Metatron, moshaich, prophecy, psalm 111, psalms, Rav Ashlag, sefirot, tehilim, tree-of-life, Vayigash, vision2 Comments on The Hidden Columns of The Torah
The Story of Purim; The Story of Our Future
It is said that Purim will be the only holiday that we'll celebrate after the final redemption, but if all the holidays are based on cosmic windows, what separates Purim in the grand scheme of cosmic time? We read about Purim in the Book of Ester so that's where we must search for the answer.
Yes, Purim is about defeating Amelak, our individual and collective doubts, about unifying ourselves as we did in Shushan heeding Mordechai and Ester's calls, and about revealing the concealed, but it doesn't seem to explain why we'll still be celebrating this event that occurred thousands of years ago and not all the others. Unless…
Unless, the events of Purim as laid out in the Megilat Ester were to reoccur today, at least metaphorically and spiritually. What if these events that occurred at the end of the 70 years of Babylonian exile were to repeat themselves at the end of the 70 years of our present exile?
Yes, this current exile has lasted 1948 years since 70 CE, but only 70 years since the establishment of Israel as a nation in 1948 CE. Of course the final 70 year time span is based on Rav Yehuda Halevi Ashlog (HaSulam), and other well established predictions of the coming of Mashiach and the final redemption in 5778 (2018 ce), but we've covered that in a hundred other articles and books like The Divine Calendar and There's Nothing Random About the Universe already.
That would indeed give us a reason to keep celebrating Purim; it would be celebrated as the final revelation of the concealed light. It would also mean that we actually have a blueprint of events that are to unfold in the final 8 years.
Every bit of the Tanakh is encoded, and we spend most of articles helping decode the first 5 Books of it, the Torah, but the Megilat Ester (The Book of Ester) is one of the most thoroughly encoded ones, with so many concealed Names of G-d, names of sefirot (the 10 dimensions) etc that it must surely hold some clues for us, something pointing to today.
Let's look at the special sequence near the end of the reading of the 10 chapters of Ester, where the reader must recite the 10 names of the evil Haman's children that are killed, in a single breath. It occurs in 3 symmetrical sequential verses of the 32 verses in Chapter 9. The number 32 always hints to hidden Tanakh wisdom, as it references the 32 Paths of Wisdom that comprise the structure of the Tree-of-Life and the number 9 also references wisdom as the 9th sefira (dimension) of that Tree is the sefira of Chochma (Wisdom).
That said, we know these deaths represent the removal of evil (klippot) and Amelak (doubt) from the 10 sefirot. And as we mentioned in a pervious article, it was in the 70th verse of the Torah that G-d punished the snake and told him that he'll eat dust for all the days in his life, meaning that his life was finite. Perhaps the snake's demise will be found at 70 years. It was after all after 70 years of Abraham's life that G-d made his Covenant with him in 2018 (HC), which is analogous to 2018 CE (5778 HC). When the snake (NChSh) dies, Moshiach will live, as they both share the same gematria, 358.
As it happens that 70th verse in which G-d punished the snake for his part in separating man from the Tree-of-life reality was at Bereshit 3:14, and as we've explained in other articles and in The Genesis Prayer, when we divide the number 9 by the small gematria of the 42-letter Name of G-d we get:
9/.123049.. =73.1415777
which is 70 + 3.14… or 70 + Pi
And thus we can see how the 42-Letter Name (Ana B'koach) is integrally connected to this verse, and the prophecies that through its' understanding will come the geula (final redemption) in 5777-5778.
And as it just so happens, 73.1415778 = 2 x 36.5708 and 5708 is the year Israel became a nation, 70 years before 5778, fulfilling the 70-year period proscribed by the Zohar.
70 years is a very significant period in Biblical history (as explained in The Divine Calendar) but it's in the 70th chapter of the Torah that the 10 Commandments (Utterances) were given in 2448, when we last stood at the threshold of the Tree-of-Life reality, 66.6 jubilee years ago.
But back to the Megilat Ester, in this section of the 10 sons, the word v'et (VET) precedes each of the 10 names. VET is the 4th word in the Torah and has the numerical value 407, whose square root just happens to be 20.17424, or if we were to apply Number Theory and break it up, we'd have possibly the year 2017 and 424, the numerical value of Moshiach Ben David. So in the reading of the story, this connection is made 10 times, once for each of the 10 sefirot (dimensions) connected within in a single breath.
Interestingly enough, the Hebrew word for letter or sign, Ot (EVT), is found exactly 10 times in the entire Torah, and 22 times in the entire Tanakh, corresponding to the 22 letters in the Hebrew Alef-bet.
We know from the sages that the last letters of phrases in Tanakh point to the future, and so when we find that the sum of the 10 names in the 11 words conjoined by the articles VET equals 376, the numerical value for Peace (Shalom), we can take heart. And that the 11th is Alef is quite significant for a new beginning as well.
The first letters also reveal important encoding and information for us. In this case, we start with the alef from the word (EYSh) that precedes the first VET and is an integral part of the 10-sefirot listed sequence in the Book. The collective first letters sum to 256, the numerical value of Devarim (Deuteronomy), the last Book of the Torah and also of the Name Aaron, Moses' brother and High Priest, and the only person associated with the written word Moshiach in the Torah.
And while 256 = 28 or 44, interestingly enough, the first 8 of those letters, add up to 248, the numerical value of the Book Bamidbar (Numbers), and of Abraham.
Be that as it may, we've discussed in prior articles that the Torah is constructed of exactly (600,000 – 408) component letters and that 408 times the letter vav of numerical value 6 equals 2448, the year of the exile from Egypt and the reception of the Torah at Sinai when we all last had the opportunity to receive the Tree-of-Life, 66.6 jubilee years ago. And since the Tikunei Zohar tells us that each brush stroke of a letter is equivalent to a letter vav (6) we can see why multiplying the missing 408 by 6 is so valid. As an aside we can see why the 7 collective strokes on the 2 differing letter Shins (Sh) embossed on the tefillin add up (7 x 6) to 42, as in the 42 Tetragrammatons (YHVH) within the tefillin, and as in the 42-Letter Name of G-d that preceded Creation.
Nevertheless, the letters in the article VET, permute to EVT, the Hebrew word for "letter" and 407 just happens to be 1 less that 408, making 408 one more than 407, and thus the numerical value 408 can be viewed at "1 EVT" of "E EVT" meaning "1 letter," the letter Alef(E). So rather than the Torah needing 408 mysterious component letters to complete it in the time of Moshiach, it may only need 1 letter, the letter Alef, as in the first letter of the 42-letter name of G-d. Moreover, the word Chat (ChT) of numerical value 408 can mean "one," or "single."
And so, it's surely no coincidence that the final 3 letters of the single breath passage in discussion (TzTE) add up to 408, or that the word they come from (VYTzTE) has the numerical value 424, that of Moshiach Ben David.
And surely, it's not a coincidence that the last 3 letters preceding the single breath passage are EVT (407) yet again, part of the word Me'ot (MEVT), meaning the "signals (signs)." This word could also mean "from the signs" or "from the letters" or even "hundreds," as was used literally in the story. It permutes to v'emet (VEMT) "and the truth."
So this passage begins with Truth (Emet), a kabalistic synonym for both Torah and the 42-Letter Name of G-d that begins with Elef, ends with Tav and has 40 (M) letters in between. Then the passage proceeds through 54 letters and ends with Moshiach Ben David.
The 54 letters are significant because the 9 brush strokes in the Tetragrammaton (YHVH) at a value of 6 each add up numerically to 54, representative of the running and returning Light though the 27 letters. They also hint to 5778 in that the sum of all the positive integers through 107 = 5778 while 54 x 107 is also equal to 5778, but be that as it may, the sum of the 12 words and names in the passage (excluding the 10 VET's) is 5805, or 5778 plus 27, representing the 27 letters of the complete Alef-bet. And kabbalistically, all 27 letters are found bound up in the single letter Alef (E), the seed of the entire alef-bet, thus referring back to the "1 letter" to complete the Torah in the days of Moshiach.
The 3 verses (Ester 9:7-9) are symmetrical, a rare occurrence in Tanakh, further distinguishing them: the first letter of each is Vav; the first letter of the 2nd word in each s Pe; the first letter of the next word in each is Vav again; then D-E-E; then the first letter of the 5th word in each is Vav again; and then the first letter of the 6th word in each is Alef(E). So the symmetrical Vavs add up to 9 and once again 9 x 6 = 54, which leaves the symmetrical PE, which can either spell the letter Pe itself, or stand for Petach Eliahu (PTCh ELYHV), "opening Elijah" or "opening to G-d (YHV)", whose numerical value is 540 or 54 x 10, and when the kolel of 1 is added, it's 541, the numerical value of Israel.
In the Torah everything has a special purpose. There are 10 large letters in the Torah, connecting us to Binah (the upper world); 6 small letters, connecting us to Zeir Anpin of malchut of Zeir Anpin (the final channel into our lives); there are 10 places with 32 dots, connecting us to the 32 Paths of Wisdom that connect the 10 Sefirot and that according to Rabbi Chaim Vital of blessed memory make up the 42-letter Name; and there are 6 letters at the top of the column that are not vavs (V) and thus do not connect to Zeir Anpin like the rest of the Torah, and instead they connect us to H'Mashiach, the Messiah, of the same numerical value. All together there are 10 + 6+ 32 + 6, or 54 special letters in the Torah.
Moreover, with the 10 VETs in (Ester 9:7-9), we have 30 + 54 = 84 letters, the numerical value of the Hebrew word Pad, meaning "redemption," and as explained by the tzaddikim, this is the fusion (42+42) of the upper and lower 42-Letter Names, the understanding of which they say will bring about the geula, the final redemption. Pad (PD) is also the initials (Pe and Dalet)of the first two of Haman's sons listed.
It's all about the Tree-of-Life. The 10 VETS, all connecting to Moshiach Ben David (424) manifestation in 2017, represent the 10 Sefirot, and the 22 words in the passage represent the 22 pathways between them, completing the 32 Paths of Wisdom.
And the 84 letters + 22 words + 1 breath of G-d totals 107, so as hinted by the tzaddikim and the encoding in the Book of Ester, if we align our consciousness to remove the negativity from ourselves and our world throughout the 10 sefirot, this embedded technology will serve to bring about the final redemption, which is all the more reason that Purim will be the only holiday that we'll be celebrating in the near future.
And if we add the names of the 5 principle characters in the Book of Ester–Ester,(ESTR) Ahasverosh(EChShVRVSh),. Mordechai(MRDCY), Daniel(DNYEL)and Haman,(HMN)–the 22 letters in their combined names add up to 1946 and since the Zohar describes a final 72 year period before the final redemption, we once again arrive at the year 2018 CE, or 5778 HC.
The real answer to the question why Purim will be the only holiday (Chag) after the final redemption is that according to the Zohar and Rav Ashlag's commentary, portion Ki Tisa (11:95) the word Chag (feast, holiday) is derived from the Aramaic Chaga, meaning breaking, that is "to execue judgement upon you," and since the cosmic holidays were all desigend to mitigate the judgements upon us, they will no longer be necessary once we've achieved the Tree-of-life consciousness and live without judgment. Purim is designed, not to help us with our world (Malchut) ruled by time, but to help us navigate the universe beyond time, beyond the appointed time, the Tree-of Life.
Author Jeffrey MeilikenPosted on March 4, 2010 March 6, 2010 Categories RevelationsTags 10 sefirot, 107, 2018, 22 letter, 2448, 27 letters, 32 paths of wisdom, 358, 407, 408, 42, 42-letter name, 424, 54, 541, 5778, 6 jubilees years, 66, 84, alef-bet, Amelak, Aslog, book of ester, final redemption, geula, megilat ester, moshaich, moshoach ben david, Purim mordechain, tree-of-life3 Comments on The Story of Purim; The Story of Our Future


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Tickets still available for UPAWS' 'Raise the Woof' comedy night fundraiser
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SANDS TOWNSHIP, Mich. (WLUC) - The Upper Peninsula Animal Welfare Shelter is once again hosting the Raise the Woof comedy night to kick off fundraising efforts for 2020.
Friday, January 17, UPAWS will host two showings of the "Raise the Woof" comedy night fundraiser event in Ishpeming.
Amber Talo, the UPAWS Board Treasurer, says its popularity in past years led the organization to expand the comedy night into two showings. The first show will be dinner and a show, and the "late night" will be cocktails and a show.
Raise the Woof helps support the mission of UPAWS in finding forever homes for animals.
Raise the Woof takes place Friday, January 17 at the Rock River Lanes, located at 1011 North Rd in Ishpeming. The first show is at 6 p.m. and the late show is at 9:15 p.m. This show is suited for an audience 16 years of age and older.
Tickets for the early showing at $25. Tickets for the late show at $15. Each show can seat 215 guests, so get your tickets before they're gone!
Tickets are only available online this year. You can purchase them here.
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DMK, allies open new front against Centre over Dam Safety Bill
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Chennai: The statement of DMK President and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin on Friday that the Centre had used its brute majority in the Parliament to pass the Dam Safety Bill is considered as a new war front being opened in Tamil Nadu against the Union government's policy.
The DMK government in Tamil Nadu had earlier come out strongly against the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET) and had even appointed a commission to study the 'flaws' in the national examination for selection of students to MBBS and allied courses in the country.
The passage of the Dam Safety Bill is being taken up in a similar manner by the DMK, with Stalin openly stating that even the AIADMK had supported the demand made by DMK MP, TKS Elangovan, that the bill be sent to a select committee of the Parliament.
Stalin said the BJP government at the Centre did not adhere to the demand raised by the DMK leaders in the Parliament and ruthlessly passed the Bill without referring it to the select committee, which he termed as murder of democracy.
DMK MP, Tiruchi Siva, while speaking in the Parliament during the debate on the Dam Safety Bill, had said that the Bill would infringe on the basic rights and powers vested with the state government.
The DMK leader also said that the Bill was violative of Article 252-1 of the Constitution and that the protection of state powers itself has become a question mark in the country.
The statements of Stalin, and the DMK Parliamentarians, are clear indicators that the party would move politically in the state against the Central government over the Dam Safety Bill and it will get the support of all the political parties in the state, except maybe of the Tamil Nadu unit of the BJP.
It may be noted that the Central government had presented the Dam Safety Bill, 2018 as there are 5,200 large dams in the country while 450 dams are under construction.
Political parties in Tamil Nadu are opposed to the Bill as they allege that it contains clauses that violate the rights of the state, especially with respect to dams like Mullaperiyar, which is geographically located in Kerala but maintained and managed by Tamil Nadu.
There are some other dams also that were constructed by Tamil Nadu in other states and the main concern is about retaining its power in controlling them.
It was AIADMK leader and former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, late J. Jayalalithaa, who had in 2016 raised concerns over the clause on the National Dam Safety Authority.
The Dam Safety Bill passed in both the Houses of the Parliament will lead to the formation of a National Committee on Dam Safety with a three-year tenure. The committee will comprise the Chairman of the Central Water Commission, a maximum of 10 representatives from the Central government in the rank of joint secretary, a maximum of seven representatives from the state governments, and three experts.
Interestingly, most of the dams in India are constructed and maintained by the states.
MDMK MP Vaiko had also expressed his strong reservation against the Bill while speaking in the Parliament during the discussion on the Bill on Thursday.
He had said that the Dam Safety Bill will not protect the dams, but instead will lead to major disasters for which Tamil Nadu would suffer.
He said that states like Kerala, Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka are throttling the neck of Tamil Nadu and that if the Dam Safety Bill is passed, Tamil Nadu would be the one state that would be affected in a bad way.
In the speech, a copy of which was made available, Vaiko said that all the neigbhouring states are proposing new dams and that this would indirectly affect the water sources of Tamil Nadu.
The Tamil Nadu Assembly had also passed an unanimous resolution during the tenure of the previous AIADMK government against the passing of the Dam Safety Bill, claiming that it would lead to unrest in the state.
With political parties like DMK and MDMK having grass-roots cadre strength coming out against the Dam Safety Bill, the situation can get out of hand in the days to come.
The DMK is buoyed by the fact that the main opposition, AIADMK, is also against the passage of the Bill and it was Jayalalithaa who had raised her concern against the Dam Safety Bill.
R. Padmanabhan, Director, Socio Economic Development Foundation, a think-tank based out of Madurai, told IANS,"The Dam Safety Bill was passed in urgency in the Parliament without any proper consultation with the state governments. Tamil Nadu will face the brunt of this decision and as Vaiko rightly pointed out, Andhra Pradesh, Kerala and Karnataka are in their own ways throttling Tamil Nadu and the people of the state cannot sit idle if the government at the Centre passes a Bill without properly consulting the state governments."
A senior leader of the AIADMK told IANS on condition of anonymity, "If AIADMK had opposed the Bill, it was due to the fact that the interests of the people of Tamil Nadu were not taken care of. It was Jayalalithaa who had pointed out to the then commission that the Bill would be against the interests of the state, and we may even join hands with the DMK against this."
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AKA Attend a private puppet show.
Because of a little known program called InfantSEE (a public health initiative spear-headed by former President Carter), Holden's eyes were checked for major vision problems by a nice person playing with hand puppets and shining lights in his face.
And, most important, it will give you peace of mind that her eyes are developing as they should or it will set you on the path to correcting any major vision problems early!
The free program applies to babies from six months to a year in age.
So, now I guess I need to confess that I did this for Holden but didn't get around to it for Milo… Scarlett, there's still time for you!
I took my 7-month old daughter to the eye doctor for and InfantSee vision assessment. They did not use any fingerpuppets or other toys. They did use a penlight and held up paddles with black and white designs for her to look at. The doctor said her eyes looked great and her vision seemed to be good. However, I do not know if they left anything out on the exam or not.
I guess my question regarding the InfantSee vision assessment is: Are they supposed to use puppets and/or other toys?
I don't know if they need to use puppets, the doctor did in my case. I sort of remember the paddle thingies too. Sorry it wasn't as fun as it could have been, but if everything looks good, I wouldn't worry about it. Were you worried or just bored?
The program is a bunch of bullsh*t. Developed by young, poor entrepreneurial optometrists as a way to generate future patient visits (when your child really does need to go to an optometrist), it's a waste of time for anyone to have their infant subjected to undue examination and uncomfortable pupil dilation. Babies' vision are always changing, and characteristically hyperic, so why try to find out if screaming little Abbie is myopic? Amblyopia and other conditions are easily detectable in routine pediatric visits.
The "free" visit is just a way for you to remember them when it's time to get your 4 year old's vision tested. It's a waste of your time.
Thomas, I recently heard one of the doctors involved in this program speak and he told some touching stories about how this program has impacted famiies. In at least one instance, they found a cancer that might have gone unnoticed for much longer. I'm not sure why one would consider a free eye exam bullsh*t. Anyway I think a full eye exam is generally recommended prior to kindergarten, anyway. Given that this type of exam may not be covered by general medical insurance, what's the harm in trying it out?
I was looking at the Roockiemoms.com,, mom sight and I have to tell you there is noting like having an issue and your 20 month old in glasses !!! AND I READ INFANT EXAMS ARE "BULLSH**t"..
OH MY! I thought my son was not focusing and my ped. office said , "Oh , he is fine!, nothing to worry about!" NOW mind you I had asked at every appointment you know every 3 to 4 months and they kept telling "nah, he is fine!, it's OK!!" Well my husband works in a S.C.F. SO we have great insurance NO REFFERL required! So I took him on my own and sure enough there was a problem! He is next to blind and we had NO CLUE! Well in one eye and the other was just beginning to become affected!.. YET I had no idea about this infant SEE thing,, but wow it was the best co-pay I have ever spent! I have to say it maybe "BULLSH**T " to someone with "the perfect child" BUT MINE WOULD HAD REALLY BENNIFITED FROM IT SOONER!
I have to say it is so hard to think he has gone so long and could not see and we did not know, I guess he is just one amazing little boy who adjust well to anything,, He did not stumble, his motor skills were GREAT and he walk and talked and too was very social! He just seemed to stand a little close to the TV a lot, yet all kids do and to he would get right up on top of the 21 inch computer screen too, again I thought was a little odd ,, then he seemed to have one eye turn a little , and really you could only see it threw photographs,, so really I was going out on a limb to take him to the eye Dr. and the only thing I regret,, is not doing it sooner!


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Will you use the video profile option?
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Cry is the latest track to be released from singer-songwriter Leo Spauls, with the song displaying a key sense of melody hidden within his songwriting.
We're particularly reminded of Morrissey's music and there is certainly a Mancunian feel to things, however if you're not a fan of The Smiths then don't fear, as there is enough here for the average pop-rock/indie fan to enjoy anyway. The vocals could do with a little bit of work but otherwise it's a catchy song, and we particularly enjoyed the piano tinkles and backing choir on the chorus.


Advertising can have integrity. It is certainly possible to advertise without annoying people, without manipulation, without lying, and with respect.
Many of the advertisements that we see on the side next to search results from Google and other search engines are generally not annoying. They are about things you are interested in, and that you are interested in at the particular moment you see them, as they are directly related to what you searched for. They don't move in all kinds of ways to draw your attention, and they don't need to, because you know they are there, and advertisers know you will check them out if you're interested.
These search ads at the side are useful and appreciated, especially when you're looking to buy something.
Search ads that appear on top of the normal search results are another matter. These are demanding to receive more attention than deserved (from the point of view of the user), and thus are annoying.
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Amazon on its website displays recommendations based on your past interests, and also shows products that other people bought, who were interested in the product you're looking at.
Just like with Google's search ads, these are useful, and do not feel manipulative.
Websites can put various kinds of links to products on Amazon on their websites, and get a percentage of sales. When these links are to specific products, and related to the subject on the webpage, these can be very useful for people who want to go deeper into that subject.
Regardless of legal regulations, people will consider e-mails from companies that are not the result of some kind of request to be spam. To have integrity, a company needs to make sure that people do not get e-mails without having confirmed that they wanted these.
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Woman beater Chris Brown, was convicted of beating Rihanna only 3 years ago. Now the police reports have been released & it is TRULY scary and sad. This is someone who should be serving major time behind bars. Instead, he's performing at the Grammys and releasing a new album.
Read on to here the story of what really happened that night.
"Brown was driving a vehicle with Robyn F. as the front passenger on an unknown street in Los Angeles. Robyn F. picked up Brown's cellular phone and observed a three-page text message from a woman who Brown had a previous sexual relationship with.
Robyn F. turned to face Brown and he punched her in the left eye with his right hand. He then drove away in the vehicle and continued to punch her in the face with his right hand while steering the vehicle with his left hand. The assault caused Robyn F.'s mouth to fill with blood and blood to splatter all over her clothing and the interior of the vehicle.
Brown continued to punch Robyn F. on her left arm and hand, causing her to suffer a contusion on her left triceps (sic) that was approximately two inches in diameter and numerous contusions on her left hand.
Robyn F. then attempted to send a text message to her other personal assistant, Melissa Ford. Brown snatched the cellular telephone out of her hand and threw it out of the window onto an unknown street.
Brown continued driving and Robyn F. observed his cellular telephone sitting in his lap. She picked up the cellular telephone with her left hand and before she could make a call he placed her in a head lock with his right hand and continued to drive the vehicle with his left hand.
Brown pulled Robyn F. close to him and bit her on her left ear. She was able to feel the vehicle swerving from right to left as Brown sped away. He stopped the vehicle in front of 333 North June Street and Robyn F. turned off the car, removed the key from the ignition and sat on it.
Brown did not know what she did with the key and began punching her in the face and arms. He then placed her in a head lock positioning the front of her throat between his bicep and forearm. Brown began applying pressure to Robyn F.'s left and right carotid arteries, causing her to be unable to breathe and she began to lose consciousness.
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She reached up with her left hand and began attempting to gouge his eyes in an attempt to free herself. Brown bit her left ring and middle fingers and then released her. While Brown continued to punch her, she turned around and placed her back against the passenger door. She brought her knees to her chest, placed her feet against Brown's body and began pushing him away. Brown continued to punch her on the legs and feet, causing several contusions.
THIS is why the media & consumers shouldn't forget what he did. He's a vicious human being with obvious anger problems. This isn't someone who should be celebrated. It's someone who should be in jail.


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Q: Is it possible to disable HSTS redirection programmatically? Situation: site, supporting both HTTP and HTTPS. HSTS has been enabled. Powered by Apache 2.2.
Later, the site owner decides to only use HTTPS on certain pages (registration, orders etc.). However, the .htaccess redirection fails, since many site visitors' browsers have received HSTS headers already and won't show HTTP (leading to either redirection loops, or to HTTPS used everywhere).
Is it possible to disable HSTS redirections programmatically? The only working recipe, to clean all browser-kept data associated with the site, is far from perfect.
Attempts were made to send header like
Strict-Transport-Security: max-age=1;

and force redirection to HTTP after the set interval (1 second) has passed, but looks like not all the browsers can be tricked into that (redirection loops still happen).
Is the only solution - to ask users to manually delete mentioned site data?

A: No, it is not possible and it even not should be possible, it is again how HSTS works. Why would owner want to disable https support for normal pages? You should explain to owner that https is working best when used everywhere.

A: According to https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/draft-ietf-websec-strict-transport-sec-11#section-6.1.1
"  Note:  A max-age value of zero (i.e., "max-age=0") signals the UA to
cease regarding the host as a Known HSTS Host."
So set Strict-Transport-Security: max-age=0;

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I love Paris in the winter.. I also love it in the summer! But it's become a little tradition of mine to visit every winter time.
The streets seem a little quieter in the winter (as does the Eurostar queue!) and the Christmas window displays fill the streets. You can still sit outside as the heaters are on the terraces and you can wrap and walk the city (nicer than when it's too hot!).


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Published on Saturday, August 18, 2018
Group and meetings hotel bookings in turmoil
Hotels must rethink their sales and distribution for group and meetings bookings in light of recent trends, warns the CEO of a booking specialist.
Tim Hentschel, CEO and co-founder of HotelPlanner.com, says automating the process will help hotels cut distribution costs and compete against new competitors.
The warning came after hotel giants Marriott International and Hilton announced they would be reducing commissions for group bookings from 10% to 7%.
"This margin drop will lead to less distribution channels and less advertising and marketing for the growing group travel industry," warned Hentschel.
He said the groups, meetings and events market was also being impacted by the arrival of non-hotel entrants, such as Airbnb and WeWork, which have been gradually gaining market share from hotels.
"At a time when alternative vendors are competing for this same market share, hotels need to remain on the cutting edge of technology to stay competitive and strengthen their distribution margins," he said.
Hentschel pointed to recent research from Kalibri Labs which shows that for every $1 a hotel spends on distribution - which equates to $1.2 billion in annual group booking commissions - it is spending $4 on its hotel group sales departments.
"This is a whopping $4 billion in annual labor cost," he said. "Surely it would be more cost effective to give these hotel sales managers tools to respond to more leads instantly?"
HotelPlanner has more than 100,000 hotel partners worldwide and provides group hotel booking services to over 3,000 groups a day through its online technology and automated rate checkers.
Earlier this year it launched a private label group sourcing platform allowing hotels to obtain more direct group business through their own websites.
Listed among the top 50 travel sites in the world, and ranked number one in group travel, HotelPlanner receives over 5 million unique visitors each month.
Value of booking platforms
Group hotel booking platforms are a main stay in the hospitality/ travel industry. As this technology platforms offer various benefits to users and hotel groups (users planning trips based on reviews posted, and hotel groups benefiting from promotion to a targeted audience), actions such as reducing commissions for group bookings does not compensate the value these providers offer.
By Yemi Charm, Monday, October 22, 2018


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Brown looking forward
Sat 12 Mar 2016, 08:38 PM
Following the Knights 48-6 loss to the Rabbitohs at ANZ stadium on Saturday night, coach Nathan Brown was keen to look at the positives.
"The two Saifiti boys and Danny Levi, I think if they played for South Sydney everyone would be saying how outstanding they were," he said after the game.
"Don't get me wrong, they were far from perfect, but if they came off the bench for Souths people would be saying what outstanding futures they have."
Jacob Saifiti impressed with 34 tackles while Daniel made 29. Danny Levi was also proactive from dummy-half, nearly scoring a try and making 48 metres from runs.
"We had six player that had played one game, and several that have played six or seven games. So it's always hard," Brown said.
"But at the moment they're playing in a team full of other young players, so it's a bit tougher."
Meanwhile, David Bhana (ankle) and Akuila Uate (shoulder) require scans to determine the extent of their injuries.


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Background: Oral cancer is the sixth most common cancer in the world today. Angiogenesis plays a vital role in neoplasm growth and metastasis. It is modulated by both angiogenic stimulators and angiogenic inhibitors. Cluster of differentiation 31 (CD31) is expressed on endothelial cells and has been implicated in the adhesion and migration of endothelial cells during angiogenesis.
Aims and Objectives: The aim and objectives of this study are to analyze the expression of CD31 in different histological grades of oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC), to determine the microvessel area (MVA) using a CD31 marker.
Materials and Methods: The retrospective study was undertaken on 10 cases each of different grades of squamous cell carcinoma. Immunostaining using CD31 was used to demonstrate blood vessels. MVA was calculated using measurement tools in image analysis software and compared between the groups. One-way analysis of variance was used for comparing the parameter for multiple groups. Pairwise comparison of different grades of squamous cell carcinoma with the mean vascular area by Tukey's multiple analysis was done.
Results: The mean vascular area decreased from well-differentiated squamous cell carcinoma to moderately differentiated carcinoma and was statistically significant (P ≤ 0.05) and increased from moderately differentiated squamous cell carcinoma to poorly differentiated squamous cell carcinoma and showed no statistical significance (P ≥ 0.05).
Conclusion: Our study suggests that CD31 can be used as a prognostic indicator in OSCC.
Keywords: Angiogenesis, CD31, microvessel area, oral squamous cell carcinoma
Alivelu D, Kattappagari KK, Mandapati J, Poosarla C, Gontu SR, Reddy Baddam VR. Quantitative analysis of microvessels density in different grades of oral squamous cell carcinoma. J NTR Univ Health Sci 2020;9:46-51
Alivelu D, Kattappagari KK, Mandapati J, Poosarla C, Gontu SR, Reddy Baddam VR. Quantitative analysis of microvessels density in different grades of oral squamous cell carcinoma. J NTR Univ Health Sci [serial online] 2020 [cited 2022 Jan 17];9:46-51. Available from: https://www.jdrntruhs.org/text.asp?2020/9/1/46/284316
Oral cancer is the sixth most common cancer in the world today. Oral epithelial cell malignancy of oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) is a malignant tumor of epithelial cells exhibiting squamous differentiation characterized by the formation of keratin and the presence of intercellular bridges. The South Central Asian countries such as Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, India, and Pakistan are under high risk due to high exposure to risk factors. In India, the incidence rate of oral cancer is 12.6 per 100,000 population. They represent 94% of all oral malignancies.[1] Oral cancer is a multifactorial disease, caused by extrinsic factors including tobacco, alcohol, oncogenic viruses (human papillomavirus, Epstein–Barr virus), and radiation and intrinsic factors such as malnutrition and iron deficiency anemia. Tobacco habit and excessive alcohol consumption have been estimated to account for about 90% of oral cancers.[2]
The pathogenesis of oral cancer is a complex process, due to deregulation of growth and differentiation of the affected tissue. Angiogenesis is one of the factors that play an important role in tumor growth and metastasis. Angiogenesis is the ability of preexisting vasculature to form new microvessels.[3],[4] Angiogenesis is a multistep process, modulated by both angiogenic stimulators, such as vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), transforming growth factor (TGF), fibroblast growth factor (FGF), interleukins, and tumor necrosis factor (TNF), and angiogenic inhibitors such as thrombospondin-1, angiostatin, and endostatin. Any shift in the net balance between angiogenic stimulators and inhibitors has a profound effect on tumor growth and metastasis.[3] Angiogenic factors are produced by tumor cells that directly activate the endothelial cells to sprout and grow toward the developing tumor.[3],[5]
Angiogenesis can be used as a prognostic marker, by measuring tumor microvessel density, or angiogenic factor expression, which may predict the risk of tumor development and metastasis. Since the end purpose of angiogenesis in tumorigenesis is to supply the required nutrients to the rapidly growing tumor, the sum total of the vessel area in supporting tumor connective tissue is likely to be more than the adjacent normal tissue. Hence, the mean vessel area may also be one of the parameters to assess neoplastic activity including tumor progression. A cluster of differentiation 31 (CD31) or platelet endothelial cell adhesion molecule-1 (PECAM-1) is a transmembrane glycoprotein of the immunoglobulin super family, expressed on endothelial cells. It has been implicated in the adhesion and migration of endothelial cells during angiogenesis and may emerge as a possible therapeutic target in oral carcinomas.[6] This study attempts to correlate the expression of CD31 in different grades of OSCC, to determine the microvessel area (MVA) per unit area using a CD31 marker in different histological grades of OSCC.
This study was performed using 30 formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded tissue blocks of each category, which were diagnosed as histopathologically well-differentiated, moderately differentiated, and poorly differentiated OSCC. All these cases were retrieved from the archives of Department of Oral Pathology and Microbiology, Sibar Institute of Dental Sciences, Guntur. The ethical approval for this study was obtained from the ethical committee of SIBAR institute of Dental Sciences, Guntur (Ref No: 81/IEC/SIBAR/2016), and was performed based on the criteria proposed by the World Health Organization in 2005.
Thirty cases of OSCC were categorized into three groups as follows:
Group I: Well-differentiated squamous cell carcinomas (n = 10)
Group II: Moderately differentiated squamous cell carcinomas (n = 10)
Group III: Poorly differentiated squamous cell carcinomas (n = 10).
Serial sections having thickness of 4 μm were prepared. All these sectioned were subjected to hematoxylin and eosin for reconfirmation of histopathological diagnosis. Histopathologically confirmed cases were subjected to immunohistochemical analysis using anti-CD31 antibody.
For immunohistochemical stain, sections were fixed on micro slides which are coated with poly-l-lysine. The tissue was deparaffinized using xylene with each dip of 10 min. The rehydration of tissue was performed by three dips for 5 min, each in 90%, 80%, and 70% alcohol. Thereafter, the tissue was placed in a distilled water bath and was not allowed to dry. Tissue sections were dipped in buffer solution prepared by mixing 1.21 g of Tris ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA) buffer with 0.37 g of EDTA and incubated at 850 W for 5 min, 600 W for 10 min, and 400 W for 5 min in a microwave oven. The slides were allowed to cool and placed in a water buffer prepared by adding 950 mL of distilled water with 50 mL of buffer. Excessive buffer from the slides was removed using tissue paper. Then the tissue specimen was covered with 50 μL of hydrogen peroxide, incubated for 5 min and gently washed twice with phosphate-buffered saline. The tissue was covered with primary antibody–antimonoclonal anti-CD31 antibody and incubated for 1 h at room temperature and gently washed twice with phosphate-buffered saline. The secondary link antibody was added. Specimens were incubated for 30 min at room temperature and given three gentle rinses with phosphate-buffered saline. The substrate chromogen solution prepared by mixing 1 mL of substrate buffer and a drop of diaminobenzidine was incubated for 5 min at room temperature and later gently rinsed with phosphate-buffered saline. Then the slides were counterstained in a bath of hematoxylin for 2–5 min and washed under tap water for 5 min. Positive CD 31 expression was as a light brown stain in the blood vessels. All stained blood vessels areas demonstrating positivity for CD31 were identified at a magnification of 20×, and the number of positivity stained blood vessels was counted on 10 representative areas of the section, in minimum of 100 microvessels per field [Figure 1], [Figure 2], [Figure 3], [Figure 4], [Figure 5], [Figure 6]. The CD31 positivity was marked and the score was entered in Excel sheet.
Figure 1: 20× photomicrograph of hematoxylin and eosin of well-differentiated squamous cell carcinoma
Figure 2: 20× photomicrograph of immune positivity of microvessels of well-differentiated squamous cell carcinoma
Figure 3: 20× photomicrograph of hematoxylin and eosin of moderately differentiated squamous cell carcinoma
Figure 4: 20× photomicrograph of immune positivity of microvessels of moderately differentiated squamous cell carcinoma
Figure 5: 20 × photomicrograph of hematoxylin and eosin of poorly differentiated squamous cell carcinoma
Figure 6: 20 × photomicrograph of immune positivity of microvessels of moderately differentiated squamous cell carcinoma
The collected data were entered in Excel spread sheet, and statistical analysis was performed using the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) software version 20.0 (SPSS Inc., Chicago IL, USA). The mean of microvessels was determined using one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA). P value of 0.05 or less was considered for statistical significance. Pairwise comparison of three different grades of OSCC was performed using "Tukey's multiple analysis."
A total 30 cases of OSCC were divided into three groups such as well-differentiated, moderately differentiated, and poorly differentiated squamous cell carcinoma. All the groups were subjected to immunohistochemical analysis using anti-CD31 antibody. The number of immunopositive cells was evaluated in each case and a score was given accordingly.
Comparison of the mean vascular area in different grades of squamous cell carcinoma was done. The mean vascular area was 145.47 ± 93 in Group I (well-differentiated squamous cell carcinoma), 137.88 ± 71 in Group III (poorly differentiated squamous cell carcinoma), and 62.35 ± 37 in Group II (moderately differentiated squamous cell carcinoma) using statistical test one-way ANOVA. Comparison of the mean vascular area in different grades of squamous cell carcinoma showed statistical significance (P ≥ 0.0370) [Table 1] and [Graph 1].
TABLE 1: Comparison of three groups with respect to mean vascular area by one-way anova
Pairwise comparison of the three grades of squamous cell carcinoma with respect to the mean vascular area was done using Tukey's multiple analysis. A high statistical significant was noticed on comparing Group I and Group III (P = 0.0410); however, a comparison of Group I and Group III, and Group II and Group III showed no statistical significance (P = 0.9790) [Table 2].
TABLE 2: Pairwise Comparisons of Three Groups with Respect to Mean Vascular Area by Tukey'S Multiple Post Hoc Procedures
The mean vascular area in three different groups with respect to score was performed using Kolmogorov–Smirnov test: Group I (P = 0.6600), Group II (P = 0.2100), and Group III (P = 0.9900). There was no statistical significance in Group I, Group II, and Group III [Table 3].
TABLE 3: Normality of mean vascular area in three groups by kolmogorov-smirnov test
Oral cancer is the sixth most common cancer in the general population representing a major health problem in many parts of the globe.[7] It is estimated that 62% of oral cancers occur in developing countries.[8] In India, oral cancer represents the most common cancer which constitutes a major health problem.[9] OSCC is a malignant epithelial neoplasm which accounts for 95% of the malignant tumors of the oral cavity. More than 60% of the patients with OSCC present with advanced stages of the disease.[10] The environmental factors combined with alteration in the genetic factors such as oncogenes and tumor suppressor genes are the major etiological factors for head and neck carcinomas.[4]The causative factors in the development of OSCC are tobacco in the form of chewing or smoking tobacco, consumption of alcohol, diet, and viral infections.[11] Carcinogenesis is a multistep process which leads to the accumulation of genetic alterations that occur even before the development of malignant phenotype. Various changes in DNA can progress from normal keratinocytes to dysplastic cells, then progress to potentially malignant cells, and finally leads to malignant keratinocytes, which has the capacity for proliferation in uncontrolled fashion than normal keratinocytes.[12] As a tumor progresses, cells undergo further mutations leading to increased heterogeneity of the tumor cell population. The tumor cells will get detached because of the lack of adherence property and invade the neighboring tissues. These individual tumor cells can enter the blood vessels and lymphatic channels from which they are transported to the distant sites leading to metastasis.[13] Invasion and dissemination of squamous cell carcinoma require active cell migration through the extracellular matrix with the remodeling of intercellular adhesions.[14] Thus, tumor angiogenesis could be a novel second target for anticancer therapy. There are numerous factors that contribute to angiogenesis such as fibroblastic growth factor (FGF), VEGF, TGF, angiogenin, and angiotropin.[15] In this study, the immunohistochemical expression of anti-CD 31 was assessed among the different grades of OSCC. In this study, a decreased expression of CD 31 was observed with increased grade of OSCC which was in accordance with the studies conducted by Pazouki et al., Zhang et al., Maruthi et al., and Jyothsna et al.[16],[17],[18],[19] A strong expression of MVA was observed in well-differentiated squamous cell carcinoma when compared with moderately differentiated squamous cell carcinoma and poorly differentiated squamous cell carcinoma. The microvessel expression indicates that for better prognosis, the MVA is a very important factor in the behavior of malignant tumors.
The mean values of CD-31 immunopositive microvessels in this study are higher in well-differentiated squamous cell carcinoma, when compared with moderately and poorly differentiated squamous cell carcinoma. Moderately differentiated squamous cell carcinoma cases showed moderate expression of CD-31. In this study, angiogenesis was measured using CD31 and it was observed that the mean vascular area decreased from well- to moderately differentiated squamous cell carcinoma. But the mean vascular area increased from moderately to poorly differentiated squamous cell carcinoma. These observations are in accordance with the studies done by Wadhwan et al. in 2015 and Bouguezzi et al. in 2016.[20],[21] In this study, expression of CD-31 advises that angiogenic marker. CD31 can be useful prognostic factor in different grades of OSCC. However, further studies on the distribution in the expression of CD31 are required on large sample size using different angiogenic parameters including mean vessel density, mean vessel area, total vessel area, and vessel perimeter for a better understanding of the role of angiogenesis on tumor progression and prognosis.
The results of this study suggest the number of microvessel from well-differentiated squamous cell carcinoma to moderately and poorly differentiated squamous cell carcinoma. It implies CD31 expression in newly formed sprouting vessels during neoangiogenesis. The MVA was increasing from moderately differentiated squamous cell carcinoma to poorly differentiated squamous cell carcinoma, which might be due to increased requirement of blood supply which may simply be met by an increase in vessel area. CD31 may be a useful prognostic indicator in OSCC. But further investigations into angiogenic factors induced by tumor cells might provide a better understanding of angiogenesis in different grades of squamous cell carcinoma and help predict their response to antiangiogenic agents.
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Zhang YY, Sun CF, Peng J. Expression of CD31, CD34 and CD105 in squamous cell carcinoma of the tongue and their relationships with lymph node metastasis. Hua Xi Kou Qiang Yi Xue Za Zhi 2008;26:201-5.
Maruthi Devi K, Munisekhar MS, Charu Suri, Krishna A, Kiran G. Correlation of mast cells and angiogenesis in oral squamous cell carcinoma and verrucous carcinoma. J Res Adv Dent 2013;2:3s: 29-37.
Jyothsna M, Rammanohar M, Kiran K. Histomorphometric analysis of angiogenesis using CD31 immunomarker and mast cell density in oral premalignant and malignant lesions – A pilot study. J Clin Diagn Res 2017;11:37-40.
Wadhwan V, Sharma P, Saxena C, Venkatesh A. Grading angiogenesis in oral squamous cell carcinoma: A histomorphometric study. Indian J Dent Res 2015;26:26-30.
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Physician participation in the litigation alternative would create opportunities to improve doctor-patient communication and learn from errors, according to researchers.
Mediation can help mitigate the costs, both emotional and financial, of medical liability lawsuits, according to a recent study. But without participation from physicians, not just their lawyers, other quality improvement benefits that can come from the litigation alternative get lost.
Qu estion – In the middle of an employment tribunal dispute with an employee who has claimed that a decision not to promote him was discriminatory, but has not resigned. His solicitors have suggested mediation – is that a good idea or will it be just more legal costs?