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/**
 * @file JSONCPGControl.cpp
 * @brief A controller for the template class BaseSpineModelLearning
 * @author Brian Mirletz
 * @version 1.1.0
 * $Id$
 */

#include "JSONCPGControl.h"

#include <string>

// Should include tgString, but compiler complains since its been
// included from BaseSpineModelLearning. Perhaps we should move things
// to a cpp over there
#include "core/tgSpringCableActuator.h"
#include "controllers/tgImpedanceController.h"
#include "examples/learningSpines/tgCPGActuatorControl.h"
#include "dev/CPG_feedback/tgCPGCableControl.h"
#include "examples/learningSpines/BaseSpineModelLearning.h"

#include "helpers/FileHelpers.h"

#include "util/CPGEquations.h"
#include "util/CPGNode.h"

// JSON
#include <json/json.h>

#include <exception>

//#define LOGGING

using namespace std;

JSONCPGControl::Config::Config(int ss,
										int tm,
										int om,
										int param,
										int segnum,
										double ct,
								        double la,
										double ha,
										double lp,
										double hp,
										double kt,
										double kp,
										double kv,
										bool def,
										double cl,
										double lf,
										double hf) :
	segmentSpan(ss),
	theirMuscles(tm),
	ourMuscles(om),
	params(param),
	segmentNumber(segnum),
	controlTime(ct),
	lowAmp(la),
	highAmp(ha),
    lowFreq(lf),
    highFreq(hf),
	lowPhase(lp),
	highPhase(hp),
	tension(kt),
	kPosition(kp),
	kVelocity(kv),
	useDefault(def),
	controlLength(cl)
{
    if (ss <= 0)
    {
        throw std::invalid_argument("segmentSpan parameter is negative.");
    }
    else if (tm <= 0)
    {
        throw std::invalid_argument("theirMuscles parameter is negative.");
    }
    else if (om <= 0)
    {
        throw std::invalid_argument("Our Muscles parameter is negative.");
    }
    else if (param <= 0)
    {
        throw std::invalid_argument("Edge parameters is negative.");
    }
    else if (segnum < 0)
    {
        throw std::invalid_argument("Segment number is negative.");
    }
    else if (ct < 0.0)
    {
        throw std::invalid_argument("control time is negative.");
    }
    else if (kt < 0.0)
    {
        throw std::invalid_argument("impedance control tension is negative.");
    }
    else if (kp < 0.0)
    {
        throw std::invalid_argument("impedance control position is negative.");
    }
    else if (kv < 0.0)
    {
        throw std::invalid_argument("impedance control velocity is negative.");
    }
    else if (cl < 0.0)
    {
        throw std::invalid_argument("Control Length is negative.");
    }
}

/**
 * Defining the adapters here assumes the controller is around and
 * attached for the lifecycle of the learning runs. I.E. that the setup
 * and teardown functions are used for tgModel
 */
JSONCPGControl::JSONCPGControl(JSONCPGControl::Config config,
												std::string args,
												std::string resourcePath) :
m_pCPGSys(NULL),
m_config(config),
m_dataObserver("logs/TCData"),
m_updateTime(0.0),
bogus(false)
{
	if (resourcePath != "")
	{
		controlFilePath = FileHelpers::getResourcePath(resourcePath);
	}
	else
	{
		controlFilePath = "";
	}

    controlFilename = controlFilePath + args;
}

JSONCPGControl::~JSONCPGControl()
{
    scores.clear();
}

void JSONCPGControl::onSetup(BaseSpineModelLearning& subject)
{
    // Maximum number of sub-steps allowed by CPG
	m_pCPGSys = new CPGEquations(200);
    //Initialize the Learning Adapters

    Json::Value root; // will contains the root value after parsing.
    Json::Reader reader;

    bool parsingSuccessful = reader.parse( FileHelpers::getFileString(controlFilename.c_str()), root );
    if ( !parsingSuccessful )
    {
        // report to the user the failure and their locations in the document.
        std::cout << "Failed to parse configuration\n"
            << reader.getFormattedErrorMessages();
        throw std::invalid_argument("Bad filename for JSON");
    }
    // Get the value of the member of root named 'encoding', return 'UTF-8' if there is no
    // such member.
    Json::Value nodeVals = root.get("nodeVals", "UTF-8");
    Json::Value edgeVals = root.get("edgeVals", "UTF-8");

    nodeVals = nodeVals.get("params", "UTF-8");
    edgeVals = edgeVals.get("params", "UTF-8");

    array_4D edgeParams = scaleEdgeActions(edgeVals);
    array_2D nodeParams = scaleNodeActions(nodeVals);

    setupCPGs(subject, nodeParams, edgeParams);

    initConditions = subject.getSegmentCOM(m_config.segmentNumber);
#ifdef LOGGING // Conditional compile for data logging
    m_dataObserver.onSetup(subject);
#endif

#if (0) // Conditional Compile for debug info
    std::cout << *m_pCPGSys << std::endl;
#endif
    m_updateTime = 0.0;
    bogus = false;
}

void JSONCPGControl::setupCPGs(BaseSpineModelLearning& subject, array_2D nodeActions, array_4D edgeActions)
{

    std::vector <tgSpringCableActuator*> allMuscles = subject.getAllMuscles();

    for (std::size_t i = 0; i < allMuscles.size(); i++)
    {
#if (1)
        tgPIDController::Config config(20000.0, 0.0, 5.0, true); // Non backdrivable
        tgCPGCableControl* pStringControl = new tgCPGCableControl(config);
#else
		tgCPGActuatorControl* pStringControl = new tgCPGActuatorControl();
#endif // Update for kinematic cables
        allMuscles[i]->attach(pStringControl);

        m_allControllers.push_back(pStringControl);
    }

    /// @todo: redo with for_each
    // First assign node numbers to the info Classes
    for (std::size_t i = 0; i < m_allControllers.size(); i++)
    {
        m_allControllers[i]->assignNodeNumber(*m_pCPGSys, nodeActions);
    }

    // Then determine connectivity and setup string
    for (std::size_t i = 0; i < m_allControllers.size(); i++)
    {
        tgCPGActuatorControl * const pStringInfo = m_allControllers[i];
        assert(pStringInfo != NULL);
        pStringInfo->setConnectivity(m_allControllers, edgeActions);

        //String will own this pointer
        tgImpedanceController* p_ipc = new tgImpedanceController( m_config.tension,
                                                        m_config.kPosition,
                                                        m_config.kVelocity);
        if (m_config.useDefault)
        {
			pStringInfo->setupControl(*p_ipc);
		}
		else
		{
			pStringInfo->setupControl(*p_ipc, m_config.controlLength);
		}
    }

}

void JSONCPGControl::onStep(BaseSpineModelLearning& subject, double dt)
{
    m_updateTime += dt;
    if (m_updateTime >= m_config.controlTime)
    {
        std::size_t numControllers = subject.getNumberofMuslces();

        double descendingCommand = 2.0;
        std::vector<double> desComs (numControllers, descendingCommand);

        m_pCPGSys->update(desComs, m_updateTime);
#ifdef LOGGING // Conditional compile for data logging
        m_dataObserver.onStep(subject, m_updateTime);
#endif
		notifyStep(m_updateTime);
        m_updateTime = 0;
    }

    double currentHeight = subject.getSegmentCOM(m_config.segmentNumber)[1];

    /// @todo add to config
    if (currentHeight > 25 || currentHeight < 1.0)
    {
		/// @todo if bogus, stop trial (reset simulation)
		bogus = true;
	}
}

void JSONCPGControl::onTeardown(BaseSpineModelLearning& subject)
{
    scores.clear();
    // @todo - check to make sure we ran for the right amount of time

    std::vector<double> finalConditions = subject.getSegmentCOM(m_config.segmentNumber);

    const double newX = finalConditions[0];
    const double newZ = finalConditions[2];
    const double oldX = initConditions[0];
    const double oldZ = initConditions[2];

    const double distanceMoved = sqrt((newX-oldX) * (newX-oldX) +
                                        (newZ-oldZ) * (newZ-oldZ));

    if (bogus)
    {
		scores.push_back(-1.0);
    }
    else
    {
		scores.push_back(distanceMoved);
	}

    /// @todo - consolidate with other controller classes.
    /// @todo - return length scale as a parameter
    double totalEnergySpent=0;

    std::vector<tgSpringCableActuator* > tmpStrings = subject.getAllMuscles();

    for(std::size_t  i=0; i<tmpStrings.size(); i++)
    {
        tgSpringCableActuator::SpringCableActuatorHistory stringHist = tmpStrings[i]->getHistory();

        for(std::size_t j=1; j<stringHist.tensionHistory.size(); j++)
        {
            const double previousTension = stringHist.tensionHistory[j-1];
            const double previousLength = stringHist.restLengths[j-1];
            const double currentLength = stringHist.restLengths[j];
            //TODO: examine this assumption - free spinning motor may require more power
            double motorSpeed = (currentLength-previousLength);
            if(motorSpeed > 0) // Vestigial code
                motorSpeed = 0;
            const double workDone = previousTension * motorSpeed;
            totalEnergySpent += workDone;
        }
    }

    scores.push_back(totalEnergySpent);

        std::cout << "Dist travelled " << scores[0] << std::endl;

    Json::Value root; // will contains the root value after parsing.
    Json::Reader reader;

    bool parsingSuccessful = reader.parse( FileHelpers::getFileString(controlFilename.c_str()), root );
    if ( !parsingSuccessful )
    {
        // report to the user the failure and their locations in the document.
        std::cout << "Failed to parse configuration\n"
            << reader.getFormattedErrorMessages();
        throw std::invalid_argument("Bad filename for JSON");
    }

    Json::Value prevScores = root.get("scores", Json::nullValue);

    Json::Value subScores;
    subScores["distance"] = scores[0];
    subScores["energy"] = totalEnergySpent;

    prevScores.append(subScores);
    root["scores"] = prevScores;

    ofstream payloadLog;
    payloadLog.open(controlFilename.c_str(),ofstream::out);

    payloadLog << root << std::endl;

    delete m_pCPGSys;
    m_pCPGSys = NULL;

    for(size_t i = 0; i < m_allControllers.size(); i++)
    {
		delete m_allControllers[i];
	}
	m_allControllers.clear();
}

const double JSONCPGControl::getCPGValue(std::size_t i) const
{
	// Error handling on input done in CPG_Equations
	return (*m_pCPGSys)[i];
}

double JSONCPGControl::getScore() const
{
	if (scores.size() == 2)
	{
		return scores[0];
	}
	else
	{
		throw std::runtime_error("Called before scores were obtained!");
	}
}

array_4D JSONCPGControl::scaleEdgeActions
                            (Json::Value edgeParam)
{
    assert(edgeParam[0].size() == 2);

    double lowerLimit = m_config.lowPhase;
    double upperLimit = m_config.highPhase;
    double range = upperLimit - lowerLimit;

    array_4D actionList(boost::extents[m_config.segmentSpan]
										[m_config.theirMuscles]
										[m_config.ourMuscles]
										[m_config.params]);

    /* Horrid while loop to populate upper diagonal of matrix, since
    * its symmetric and we want to minimze parameters used in learing
    * note that i==1, j==k will refer to the same muscle
    * @todo use boost to set up array so storage is only allocated for
    * elements that are used
    */
    int i = 0;
    int j = 0;
    int k = 0;

    // Quirk of the old learning code. Future examples can move forward
    Json::Value::iterator edgeIt = edgeParam.end();

    int count = 0;

    while (i < m_config.segmentSpan)
    {
        while(j < m_config.theirMuscles)
        {
            while(k < m_config.ourMuscles)
            {
                if (edgeIt == edgeParam.begin())
                {
                    std::cout << "ran out before table populated!"
                    << std::endl;
                    /// @todo consider adding exception here
                    break;
                }
                else
                {
                    if (i == 1 && j == k)
                    {
                        // std::cout << "Skipped identical muscle" << std::endl;
                        //Skip since its the same muscle
                    }
                    else
                    {
                        edgeIt--;
                        Json::Value edgeParam = *edgeIt;
                        assert(edgeParam.size() == 2);
                        // Weight from 0 to 1
                        actionList[i][j][k][0] = edgeParam[0].asDouble();
                        std::cout << actionList[i][j][k][0] << " ";
                        // Phase offset from -pi to pi
                        actionList[i][j][k][1] = edgeParam[1].asDouble() *
                                                (range) + lowerLimit;
                        std::cout <<  actionList[i][j][k][1] << std::endl;
                        count++;
                    }
                }
                k++;
            }
            j++;
            k = j;

        }
        j = 0;
        k = 0;
        i++;
    }

    std::cout<< "Params used: " << count << std::endl;

    assert(edgeParam.begin() == edgeIt);

    return actionList;
}
array_2D JSONCPGControl::scaleNodeActions
                            (Json::Value actions)
{
    std::size_t numControllers = actions.size();
    std::size_t numActions = actions[0].size();

    array_2D nodeActions(boost::extents[numControllers][numActions]);

    array_2D limits(boost::extents[2][numActions]);

    // Check if we need to update limits
    assert(numActions == 2);

	limits[0][0] = m_config.lowFreq;
	limits[1][0] = m_config.highFreq;
	limits[0][1] = m_config.lowAmp;
	limits[1][1] = m_config.highAmp;

    Json::Value::iterator nodeIt = actions.begin();

    // This one is square
    for( std::size_t i = 0; i < numControllers; i++)
    {
        Json::Value nodeParam = *nodeIt;
        for( std::size_t j = 0; j < numActions; j++)
        {
            nodeActions[i][j] = ( (nodeParam.get(j, 0.0)).asDouble() *
                    (limits[1][j] - limits[0][j])) + limits[0][j];
        }
        nodeIt++;
    }

    return nodeActions;
}


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An update to referral source URLs for Google Images
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Europe fines Google $5 billion for abusing its Android dominance
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J Infect. 2008 Sep;57(3):275-7. doi: 10.1016/j.jinf.2008.04.011. Epub 2008 Jun 16.
Granulibacter bethesdensis isolated in a child patient with chronic granulomatous disease.
López FC1, de Luna FF, Delgado MC, de la Rosa II, Valdezate S, Nieto JA, Casal M.
Microbiology Service, Reina Sofia University Hospital, Córdoba, Spain.
Chronic granulomatous disease was diagnosed in a 10-year-old boy who, after some weeks' decline, developed acute respiratory distress leading to multiple organ failure and death. All microbiological analyses were negative, except two blood cultures from which the novel bacterium Granulibacter bethesdensis was isolated.


When the New York Post's highly acclaimed and overweight food critic Abby(ie) loses her job for being found out on the cover of Page Six, she's advised to drop (A LOT OF) weight to reclaim her job. How is she supposed to do that if food is all she knows, even stemming back to her childhood? Through Abby(ie)'s journey of losing weight, **POSSIBLE SPOILER** almost losing her husband, and finding out that she has a half-sister **END POSSIBLE SPOILER**, her self-esteem begins to grow, and she begins to be satisfied with herself, finally seeing that she's the woman that everyone else does.
I was excited about starting this book because I had heard so much about it, and the title intrigued me. During the 7 days of reading…err, I mean struggling with this book, I finished it. I wanted to like this book, I really did, but I can't lie – I didn't! The constant self-ridiculing, the constant mention that she's fat, and the constant immaturity from Abby(ie), I was sick of the book the first chapter. While at first I thought the recipes in the book were a cute touch, it took away from the book, and made me not focus as much on the story. We know Abby(ie) was a married woman, and had a great friend, we hardly ever saw them. (As for the friend who we meet in the first chapter, they get into a big fight, of course Abby(ie) caused it, the reader doesn't even get a chance to get to know the friend, so there was no really point for the fight). The relationship that Abby(ie) has with her husband definitely doesn't seem like a marriage, it's more like they are roommates. They are mean to each other – I don't care if she's fat and he's not, or whatever, but I'd like for the marriage to be the stable thing in the book – it was anything but! In the end when her husband does come back into the picture, it happened so randomly, that I was uninterested.
I read the Kindle version of this book and there were several mistakes – grammar, Abby's(ie's) name was spelled differently throughout, and I found that there were a lot of very unnecessary sentences.
Overall, this was one the few books that I would never recommend to anyone, even if I think that they might relate more to it, this book is not worth reading.


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Wesentliches Ziel der palliativen Betreuung ist es, die Würde von schwerstkranken und sterbenden Menschen zu achten und zu fördern. Die Würdetherapie (Dignity Therapy) ist eine psychotherapeutische Kurzintervention für Patienten im Endstadium einer lebensbedrohlichen Erkrankung (z. B. bei Krebs). Sie strebt an, psychosoziale, spirituelle und existentielle Belastungen von Kranken zu vermindern sowie ihr Empfinden von Würde, Sinnhaftigkeit und Zielgerichtetheit zu stärken. Die Patienten werden zu einem Lebensrückblick angeleitet als Beitrag zu einer umfassenden Todesvorbereitung. Zum Abschluss wird dem Patienten ein zusammenfassendes "Generativitäts-Dokument" übergeben. Die Würdetherapie wurde vom kanadischen Psychiater Harvey M. Chochinov und seiner Forschungsgruppe (2005) entwickelt und empirisch breit untersucht. Sie gehört zu den sinnorientierten Interventionen in der Psychoonkologie.

Das Würde-Modell von Chochinov
Aufrechterhaltung von Lebensqualität und Würde sind – neben der ausreichenden Behandlung von Schmerzen und anderen belastenden Symptomen – wesentliche Ziele der Palliative Care. Konfrontiert mit ihrem Tod beschäftigen sich Menschen oft mit psychosozialen, spirituellen oder existentiellen Fragen. Dazu gehören nach Irvin D. Yalom (1989) Tod, Freiheit und Verantwortung, Isolation sowie Lebenssinn. Die Beeinträchtigung des Würdeerlebens kann schwerwiegende psychische Folgen haben. Menschen am Lebensende erfahren dann oft Depression, Angst, verstärkten Todeswunsch, Hoffnungslosigkeit, das Gefühl, anderen eine Last zu sein, sowie eine geringere allgemeine Lebensqualität.

Chochinov und Mitarbeiter (2002) haben ein empirisches "Würde-Modell der Palliative Care" entwickelt, das von der Perspektive der betroffenen Personen ausgeht. Patienten mit stark fortgeschrittener Krebserkrankung, die kognitiv nicht beeinträchtigt waren, wurden ausführlich befragt, wie sie Würde definieren, welche Faktoren ihr Würdeempfinden unterstützten bzw. verminderten, und ob ein Leben ohne Würde noch lebenswert für sie sei. Die das Würdeerleben der Kranken beeinflussenden Faktoren werden eingeteilt in die drei Kategorien krankheitsbezogene Faktoren, Würde bewahrende psychische Funktionen und soziale Faktoren (s. Tab. 1).

Tab. 1  Würde-Modell von Chochinov u. a. (2002)

Negative Ausprägungen der krankheitsbezogenen Faktoren (z. B. Schmerzen, abnehmende Unabhängigkeit) und der sozialen Faktoren (z. B. Aufhebung der Privatsphäre, Gefühl für andere eine Last zu sein) haben einen unterminierenden Einfluss auf das Würdeempfinden. Gegen diese negativen Einflüsse stellen die Würde bewahrenden Funktionen (Perspektiven und Verhaltensweisen) einen Puffer dar; sie stützen das Würdeempfinden. – Für alle drei Kategorien werden Empfehlungen für die palliative Betreuung formuliert. Bezüglich der krankheitsbezogenen Faktoren kann Würde durch sorgfältiges Management physischer und psychischer Symptome, durch Schmerzbehandlung, Aufklärung u. a. gestärkt werden. Soziale Würde kann durch Sicherstellung der Privatsphäre, Stärken der sozialen Unterstützung, respektvolle pflegerische Grundhaltung u. a. erhalten werden. Zur Förderung der Würde bewahrenden Perspektiven wurde die Würdetherapie entwickelt.

Konzept der Würdetherapie
Der Patient wird zu einem Lebensrückblick eingeladen, wobei die Erinnerungen an positive Aspekte des eigenen Lebens im Vordergrund stehen sollen. Das Gespräch wird durch neun Leitfragen vorstrukturiert, die vorwiegend auf die Würde bewahrenden Perspektiven zielen (s. Tab. 2). Betont wird der Aspekt der Generativität. Diese wird als die Fähigkeit verstanden, "die nächste Generation anzuleiten, [und] beinhaltet, wie Patienten Kraft oder Trost finden können im Wissen, dass sie etwas Dauerndes und Transzendentes nach ihrem Tod hinterlassen werden." "Generativität" ist im Entwicklungsmodell von Erik H. Erikson (1966) die Entwicklungsaufgabe des mittleren Erwachsenenalters. Das Konzept wird hier bis zum Lebensende ausgedehnt. Sechs der neun Fragen beziehen sich direkt auf die Angehörigen des Patienten.

Tab. 2  Leitfragen der Würdetherapie (Chochinov u. a. 2005)

Insgesamt sind 3 – 4 Sitzungen innerhalb von etwa 10 Tagen vorgesehen. In einer Vorbereitungssitzung werden die Leitfragen mit dem Patienten besprochen. Dann wird er in ein bis zwei einstündigen Sitzungen ausführlich dazu interviewt. Die Sitzungen werden auf Tonband aufgenommen und transkribiert. Der Text wird vom Therapeuten in eine lesbare Form mit chronologischer Reihenfolge gebracht. In einer weiteren Sitzung wird der gesamte Text vorgelesen. Sätze, die einem Angehörigen Leid zufügen könnten, werden mit dem Patienten besprochen und von diesem ggf. verändert. Zuletzt wird das abgeschlossene "Generativitäts-Dokument" in mehrfacher Ausfertigung dem Patienten überreicht, der es wie ein Vermächtnis Personen seiner Wahl übergeben oder hinterlassen kann.

Zwei Text-Ausschnitte zeigen, wie Teilnehmer sich mit dem bevorstehenden Tod auseinandersetzen und welchen Stellenwert Familie und Generativität für sie haben. Eine 56-jährige Kranke: »Am meisten möchte ich meine Familie wissen lassen, dass es für mich in Ordnung ist zu sterben und dass sie weitermachen müssen. […] Die Therapie zeigte mir, ich bin nicht der Krebs, ich existiere noch hier. Ich bin dafür so dankbar, denn ich hatte mich verloren. […] Es half mir tatsächlich, mich zu erinnern, wer ich bin.« Eine 61-jährige Kranke: »Diese Erfahrung hat mir geholfen, mich in mich selbst zu vertiefen und mehr Sinn in meinem Leben zu sehen. Ich freue mich darauf, sie mit meiner Familie zu teilen. Ich zweifle nicht, dass sie erhellend für sie sein wird.«

Empirische Forschung zur Würdetherapie
(1) Patienten, die an der Würdetherapie teilgenommen haben, berichten durchgehend hohe Zufriedenheit und Gewinn für sich selbst und für ihre Familien, darunter ein erhöhtes Gefühl von Würde, Lebenssinn und Zielgerichtetheit. In einer Randomisiert kontrollierten Studie wurden Patienten mit Krebserkrankung im Endstadium per Zufall einer von drei Behandlungen zugewiesen: "Dignity therapy", "Client centered care" und "Standard palliative care". Sie wurden jeweils zu Beginn und nach Abschluss der Behandlung mit psychologischen Fragebogentests (z. B. Depression, Suizidalität, Angst) untersucht. Die drei Gruppen zeigten in den Testwerten keine signifikanten Unterschiede. Positive Auswirkungen der Würdetherapie auf körperliche, emotionale oder psychische Symptome sind bisher erst teilweise nachgewiesen (s. Sammelreferat von Fitchett u. a. 2015).

(2) In Generativitäts-Dokumenten, die inhaltsanalytisch ausgewertet wurden, brachten fast alle Patienten als lebensbestimmenden Wert die "Sorge für die Familie" zum Ausdruck, seltener die Werte "Freude" und "für andere da sein". Die Erinnerungen bezogen sich etwa gleich häufig auf die eigene Person (indem sie z. B. eine "persönliche moralische Norm" ausdrücken) und auf Bezugspersonen (indem sie z. B. ein "positives Gefühl von oder gegenüber einer anderen Person" ausdrücken). Familie und soziale Beziehungen sind für die Patienten sehr bedeutsam.

(3) Etwa ein Jahr nach dem Versterben des Patienten nahmen in einer Befragung Angehörige zur Würdetherapie sehr positiv Stellung. Danach erhöhte die Teilnahme beim Patienten u. a. das Gefühl von Würde und half ihm, sich auf den Tod vorzubereiten. Eine Tochter äußerte: »Mutter war emotional extrem verschlossen und hatte grosse Schwierigkeiten, ihre Gefühle auszudrücken. [Das Interview] gab ihr eine Gelegenheit, dies zu tun, ohne sich verletzlich zu fühlen.« Die Angehörigen stellten zudem positive Auswirkungen auf sich selber fest. Das Generativitäts-Dokument half ihnen während der Zeit der Trauer, und es würde weiterhin eine Quelle des Trostes für ihre Familien und sie selber sein. Eine Witwe: »Ich denke, die Würdetherapie verhalf ihm wahrhaftig zu dem Gefühl, etwas nützliches zu tun und einen Teil von sich selbst hinterlassen zu können. Das wiederum hat mir und den Kindern geholfen, denn es ist fast so, als erhielten wir mit seinen Worten ein besonderes Geschenk, das wir Zeit unseres Lebens haben werden.« Die Teilnahme wirkte förderlich auf die Beziehung von Patient und Angehörigen.

(4) Die Anwendbarkeit der Würdetherapie wurde auch bei pflegebedürftigen Personen in einer Langzeit-Einrichtung erprobt (mittleres Alter 80 Jahre), und zwar sowohl bei kognitiv intakten als auch bei kognitiv beeinträchtigten, dementen Personen. Bei letzteren wurde die Würdetherapie teils mit Beteiligung von Angehörigen durchgeführt, teils in Stellvertretung durch Angehörige. Die Leitfragen wurden entsprechend umformuliert. Die Würdetherapie erwies sich für diese beiden Gruppen als gut durchführbar. Die Angehörigen brachten für die dementen Bewohner teilweise andere Inhalte zum Ausdruck als die kognitiv intakten Bewohner für sich selber. Angehörige und ausgewählte Pflegekräfte, die das Generativitäts-Dokument erhalten hatten, bewerteten die Therapie vor allem für sich selbst als positiv.

(5) Eine adaptierte Fassung der Würdetherapie wurde erfolgreich in Dänemark erprobt. Die Leitfragen wurden leicht erweitert.

Ähnliche Ansätze
(1) Der Kurzzeit-Lebensrückblick (Short-Term Life-Review, Ando u. a. 2010) ist eine vergleichbare psychotherapeutische Intervention in zwei Sitzungen für krebskranke Patienten im Endstadium. Er wurde in Japan entwickelt. Zielsetzung ist, dass der Patient eine Kontinuität des Selbst von der Vergangenheit bis zur Gegenwart erlebt, die Vollendung des Lebens akzeptiert und Zufriedenheit mit seinem Leben erreicht. In der ersten Sitzung erinnert sich der Patient anhand von acht Leitfragen an Ereignisse seines Lebens und integriert sie. Der Therapeut stellt dann ein "Album" her mit Schlüsselwörtern aus dem Interview, die sich sowohl auf positive als auch negative Elemente beziehen, und reichert es mit Fotografien und Zeichnungen aus Büchern und Zeitschriften an. In der zweiten Sitzung betrachten Patient und Therapeut gemeinsam das Album. Adressat des Albums ist der Patient, der im Gefühl für den Wert seines Lebens gestärkt werden soll und der es immer wieder betrachten kann.

(2) Die Beziehungsdynamik zwischen einem todkranken Menschen und seinen Angehörigen wurde von Elisabeth Kübler-Ross (1926–2004; 1971) sowie von Anne-Marie Tausch (1925–1983) & Reinhard Tausch (1921–2013; 1985) ausführlich beschrieben. Hilfreich ist das direkte und offene Gespräch von Krankem und Angehörigen über den bevorstehenden Tod, über Ängste, Sorgen, Wünsche und Bedürfnisse aller Beteiligten. Dadurch können der Kranke und seine Angehörigen das Sterben eher akzeptieren. Nach Einschätzung der von Tausch & Tausch befragten Angehörigen und Helfer hatte nur etwa die Hälfte der Sterbenden "sich mit seinem Tod auseinandersetzen und ihn annehmen" können (S. 83). In der Würdetherapie kommt die Beziehung von Patient und Angehörigen über das Thema der Generativität zur Sprache. Die Teilnahme begünstigt einen offenen Austausch von Patient und Angehörigen (s. o.).

(3) In afrikanischen Ländern gibt es sehr viele Kinder und Jugendliche, von denen einzelne oder beide Eltern HIV-infiziert, an AIDS erkrankt oder daran verstorben sind. Betroffene Frauen in einer Nicht-Regierungs-Organisation in Uganda haben begonnen, betroffenen Familien Wissen und Bewältigungsfähigkeiten zu vermitteln. Dazu gehört auch eine Anleitung zum Verfassen eines "Memory Book" (Erinnerungsbuch) über die Geschichte der Eltern und der Familie, das den Kindern übergeben werden soll. Das Memory Book – ein Heft mit Texten, Dokumenten, Fotos – kann Lebenshilfe und wertvollster Besitz für das Kind sein. Für verwaiste Kinder werden vergleichbare Workshops durchgeführt, in denen sie angeleitet werden, ein "Hero Book" (Lebensbuch) über sich selbst zu verfassen. Die Hero Books werden anderen Kindern zugänglich gemacht und wirken somit generativ. Im "Memory Box Programme" in Südafrika werden alle Erwachsenen einer Familie (z. B. auch Großeltern) und die Kinder einbezogen. Unter Anleitung eines "memory facilitators" werden Erinnerungsstücke zusammengetragen, Fotos gemacht, Texte verfasst und ein gemeinsames Interview zum Leben der erkrankten bzw. verstorbenen Person geführt. Die Memory Box wird der Familie bzw. den Kindern übergeben. Memory Books und Memory Boxes sind Generativitäts-Dokumente. Die Mütter und Eltern, die mit der Lebensbedrohung konfrontiert sind, geben etwas Wertvolles an ihre Kinder weiter, durch das diese ermutigt und in ihrer Identitätsbildung unterstützt werden.

(4) Besondere Generativitäts-Dokumente wurden von Randy Pausch – einem US-amerikanischen Professor für Informatik – geschaffen. Nachdem bei ihm im Alter von knapp 46 Jahren die Diagnose Bauchspeicheldrüsenkrebs gestellt worden war, hielt er ein knappes Jahr später am 18. September 2007 seine akademische "Last Lecture" mit dem Titel "Really Achieving Your Childhood Dreams" (Deine Kindheitsträume wirklich wahr werden lassen) und veröffentlichte sie in erweiterter Form. Er hat mit seiner Familie Reisen und Ausflüge unternommen und auf Video aufgenommen. Diese Aufnahmen – auch die von der Last Lecture – sollten seinen drei kleinen Kindern ein reichhaltiges und dauerhaftes Bild ihres Vaters vermitteln.

Siehe auch
 Biografiearbeit
 Lebensrückblickstherapie
 Palliative Care
 Psychoonkologie
 Sterben

Einzelnachweise

Psychotherapie
Psychotherapeutische Methode
Palliativmedizin
Sterben

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Governor Newsom Signs Bill to Fund Sterilizing Trans-Treatments for Minors and Adults
By Greg Burt	onSeptember 28, 2020 inHealthcare, Law
Despite the medical evidence and the moral outcry from Christians around the country, Governor Gavin Newsom sent out a celebratory press release over the weekend announcing the signing of AB 2218, a bill that gives grants to gender clinics to pay for transgender drugs and surgeries known to sterilize children and adults. Newsom praised the bill for "strengthening protections for LGBTQ+ Californians" and providing an "additional step forward" in "our march towards equality." Opponents strongly condemned the governor's decision.
"By rejecting the concerns of doctors and parents, and siding with LGBT activists, Governor Newsom is yet again ignoring the heartbreak his policies will unleash," said Jonathan Keller, President of California Family Council. "AB 2218 opens the door to drugs and surgeries causing irreversible damage, risking life-long sterility for young people. Sadly, the Governor failed in his God-given responsibility to protect the people he was elected to serve."
Testifying against AB 2218 in committee, was Dr. Quentin Van Meter, a board-certified pediatric endocrinologist and an adjunct professor of pediatrics at both Emory University and Morehouse College with 44 years of experience. In his testimony before the Assembly Health Committee, he explained how "one's sex is concrete and immutable" and "can never be changed." He pointed to studies showing children who are treated with cross-sex hormones for their gender confusion have "significant mental health issues," that remain even after hormone therapy.
Van Meter used an analogy of a carousel to explain to legislators how treatments that affirm transgender feelings are luring vulnerable and emotionally troubled children into treatment that turns into a nightmare. "Medical literature and the testimonies of trans-adults who have returned to a congruence of gender and sex show that this carousel is, in the end, a circular hell," he testified. (read more…)
Evangelical icon and world-renowned Christian family psychologist Dr. James Dobson spoke out against AB 2218 as well saying this legislation "supports gender mutilation and sterilization" and celebrates "acts of cruelty."
"These so-called 'gender clinics' use puberty blockers on prepubescent children in order to prevent them from experiencing puberty. If a child doesn't go through this natural stage of development, he or she will likely be sterile for life, a medical fact that many of these clinics expressly admit," Dobson said. "Experimenting on vulnerable children and adults is not just unethical; it is morally repugnant. It is beyond reprehensible that our government officials voted to fund this evil assault on children and adults who are made in the image of Almighty God. These hurting individuals need our compassion and care—not a cocktail of drugs and disfiguring surgeries that could well cause irreversible harm to their bodies."
Even California gender clinics themselves admit puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones sterilize young people. The Center for Transyouth Health and Development at Children's Hospital of Los Angeles (CHLA) warns parents of the irreversible damage these drugs do to their children. Before trans-identified minors are allowed to start their transition using puberty blockers (which stops puberty from occurring) and cross-sex hormones, CHLA requires their parents to sign a consent form which says the following:
"If your child starts puberty blockers in the earliest stages of puberty, and then goes on to gender affirming hormones, they will not develop sperm or eggs. This means that they will not have biological children." The consent form immediately continues with the following sentence underlined and in italics. "This is an important aspect of blocking puberty and progressing to hormones that you should understand prior to moving forward with puberty suppression."
The UCSF Medical Center's Transgender Care unit gives a similar warning about the effects of transgender drugs on fertility. Here is the advice care unit gives youth on their website before starting hormone therapy.
Under a section titled, "Preparing for gender-affirming hormone use in transgender youth" it says, "While options are being explored to preserve future fertility for transgender youth, the current reality is that cryopreservation is very expensive, in many cases prohibitively so for those with ovaries." The only reason to freeze eggs and sperm is that you know hormones are going to kill them permanently.
The advice goes on: "For youth whose pubertal process has been suspended in the earliest stages [by puberty-blocking drugs], followed by administration of gender-affirming hormones, development of mature sperm or eggs is unlikely at the present time, although it is noteworthy that there is active research developing gametes in vitro from the field of juvenile oncology. The issue of future infertility is often far more problematic for parents and family members than for youth, especially at the beginning stages of discussing moving forward with gender-affirming hormones."
Here is additional information related to AB 2218:
Peer Influence Causing Drastic Increase in Girls Who Think They are Boys, New Book Reports: A new social phenomenon is emerging among females friends in college, high school, and even middle school. An alarming number of these young ladies are announcing, out of the blue, that they are transgender and want sterilizing transition treatments like testosterone shots, double mastectomies, and eventually reassignment surgeries. The recently released book, "Irreversible Damage: The Transgender Craze Seducing Our Daughters" by Abigail Shrier, details this horrifying trend. With Newsom's approval of AB 2218, California will use taxpayer dollars to pay for these harmful trans-treatments on these confused girls.
New Poll Says Californians Oppose Gender Mutilation & Sterilization Bill
A recently released poll shows 64 percent of California voters did not want Governor Gavin Newsom to sign AB 2218. The survey, conducted by Spry Strategies in conjunction with the Women's Liberation Front, shows that conservative Christians and radical feminists, who have joined forces to oppose AB 2218, are more in step with California voters than state legislators.
A former transgender-identified man from Oklahoma testified against AB 2218. Laura Perry remembers coming to San Francisco over a decade ago to get a double mastectomy because she really believed she was a man trapped in a woman's body. "I really thought that it was going to fix the problem," she remembered hoping. I liked the physical result, "but I remember being devastated after a few weeks when I realized that my surgery hadn't made me a man."
State senators speaking out against AB 2218:
"Once again, California Democrats continue to ignore the pleas of parents from across the state and have pushed for AB 2218. The government should not be in the business of incentivizing doctors to rush young children to make a decision that is life-altering and irreversible before they've even reached emotional and physical maturity. Time and time again, Democrats prove they care more about pushing their own agenda then listening to the legitimate concerns of parents in this state," said Senate Republican Leader Shannon Grove (R-Bakersfield).
"California should not be setting aside taxpayer funds to pay for drugs or treatments that risk the ability of children and minors to someday have biological children of their own," said Senator Mike Morrell (R-Rancho Cucamonga)
Watch committee hearings:
CA Assembly Health Committee hearing on May 18th for AB 2218
CA Senate Health Committee hearing on August 10th for AB 2218
Who voted for and against AB 2218? Find that information here.
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Zakanale (od 1973 Konstantynów) – dawna gmina wiejska istniejąca w latach 1809–1954 na Lubelszczyźnie. Siedzibą gminy było początkowo Zakanale, a następnie Konstantynów.

Gmina Zakanale powstała w 1809 roku w Księstwie Warszawskim. Po podziale Królestwa Polskiego na powiaty i gminy z początkiem 1867 roku gmina Zakanale weszła w skład powiatu konstantynowskiego w guberni siedleckiej (w latach 1912–1915 jako część guberni chełmskiej). 13 stycznia 1870 do gminy przyłączono pozbawiony praw miejskich Konstantynów. Gmina składała się z 16 wsi: Antolin, Dubicze, Gnojno, Kazimierzów, Komarno, Koszelówka, Konstantynów, Polinów, Solinki, Wólka Polinowska, Wólka Nosowska, Witoldów, Wichowicze, Wandopol, Zakalinki i Zakanale.

W okresie międzywojennym gmina weszła w skład woj. lubelskiego, a po likwidacji powiatu konstantynowskiego z dniem 1 kwietnia 1932 roku została włączona do powiatu bialskiego. Podczas okupacji gmina należała do dystryktu lubelskiego (w Generalnym Gubernatorstwie). W 1952 roku siedzibę gminy przeniesiono z Zakanala do Konstantynowa. Według stanu z dnia 1 lipca 1952 roku gmina Zakanale składała się z 18 gromad.

Jednostka została zniesiona 29 września 1954 roku wraz z reformą wprowadzającą gromady w miejsce gmin. Z obszaru gminy utworzono Gromadzkie Rady Narodowe w Bublu Starym, Klonowicy, Komarnie, Konstantynowie, Pawłowie Nowym i Wólce Nosowskiej. Po reaktywowaniu gmin z dniem 1 stycznia 1973 roku gminy Zakanale nie przywrócono, utworzono jednak jej odpowiednik, gminę Konstantynów.

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NICE AND EASY: What is a cradle booster?
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If a radar detector is basically a radio, how can it be illegal?
DIRECTV Remote Question: ENTER or SELECT?
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Ikona Matki Bożej "Karmiąca Mlekiem" – ikona Matki Bożej reprezentująca typ Eleusa.

Opis
Ikona przedstawia Matkę Bożą trzymającą na kolanach Dzieciątko Jezus, które karmi piersią. W niektórych wariantach ikony w jej czterech narożnikach pojawiają się postacie Chrystusa, aniołów lub innych świętych.

Historia
Ikona znajdowała się pierwotnie w Ławrze św. Sawy Uświęconego w okolicach Jerozolimy. Według legendy na początku XIII wieku do monasteru tego przybył św. Sawa, nie ujawniając swojej godności biskupiej. Pragnął pokłonić się relikwiom patrona ławry, gdy upadł mu pod nogi jego pastorał. Zdumieni mnisi zapytali go o imię, a gdy poznali je, oddali przybyszowi pastorał i ikonę "Karmiąca Mlekiem". Św. Sawa zabrał ją na Górę Athos i umieścił w monasterze Chilandar, który współtworzył. Ikona została umieszczona w ikonostasie głównej cerkwi monasterskiej w nietypowym miejscu - przeznaczanym zwykle dla wizerunku Chrystusa.

Opinię cudownych zyskały również dwa inne warianty ikony. Jeden z nich znajduje się w Mińsku, drugi - w Pustelni Ilińskiej w kompleksie klasztornym Góry Athos.

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Ikona Matki Bożej "Karmiąca mlekiem"

Karmiąca Mlekiem
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Step by Step is a Walk to raise funds and awareness for Hospice Kingston and BFO-Kingston Region's Bereavement Services.
Join us for a 1 km, 2.5 km or 5 km walk, which will take us along the trails of scenic Lake Ontario Park. Everyone is welcome (including dogs!). We encourage teams to participate as well as individuals.
For over 30 years, Hospice Kingston's professional staff and specially trained volunteers have provided compassionate care for people with life-limiting illness, their caregivers and families, and those affected by grief and loss. Hospice Kingston's Community Hospice Services include In-Home Care, Care Coordination, Day Wellness, Caregiver Support, Grief & Bereavement Services and Volunteer Services. BFO – Kingston Region serves the needs of the bereaved community in Kingston and believes in self-help and mutual aid as the key to helping those who are grieving successfully return to everyday life. BFO offers one-on-one peer support, group support sessions, as well as a variety of resources to help the community, individuals and families during their most difficult time of need.


How to Play the" Goofy Gift Exchange" Christmas Game. Whether you've always called it a" white elephant gift exchange, " " Pollyanna, " or a" Yankee swap, " this gift-giving game is a fun addition to your holiday party.
How can the answer be improved? 10+ gift exchange game ideas that are perfect for any Christmas party! Some of the best Christmas party games no matter what age! Skip the white elephant gift exchange and try one of these better gift exchange games this year instead! Christmas gift ideas for family and friends, plus fun, creative ways to exchange presents.
Whether it's a White Elephant party or office Secret Santa, Try one of these 10 gift exchange ideas with your employees this holiday season.
everyone gathers in a circle while a Christmas song plays. Each employee brings in a present they purchased and. Hosting a Christmas Party and in charge of the Gift Exchange? Well Party Game Ideas is here to help with Gift Exchange games, rules, tips, and ways to put a new spin on your gift exchange event. A few years ago my mom used this game at a Christmas party with our family. SO. MUCH.
FUN. I loved it so much I shared it at a few speaking engagements that year and everyone went crazy for it. It's become quite popular (there are even versions out there on the Internet for bridal and [. ] Gift exchange, also called ceremonial exchange, the transfer of goods or services that, although regarded as voluntary by the people involved, is part of the expected social behaviour. A white elephant gift exchange or Yankee swap is a party game where white elephant gifts are exchanged during festivities.
The goal of a white elephant party is usually to entertain rather than to gain. 45 Christmas Gift Ideas Under $25. From toys for your kids to the perfect present for the office white elephant gift exchange, our list will make this year's holiday shopping easy and affordable.
75 Frugal Gifts to Give for Christmas; 25 Christmas Gift Ideas Under $10; 25 Christmas Gift Ideas Under $50; The Top 10 Christmas Gift Ideas; If you're looking for a fun Christmas Gift exchange game, then Chinese Christmas is the way to go. This game is most commonly played at office Christmas parties.
Claim: By participating in a Facebook& quot; secret sister& quot; gift exchange, you& # 039; ll receive 36 gifts, books, or bottles of wine in exchange for one $10-15 contribution. A Christmas gift or Christmas present is a gift given in celebration of Christmas. Christmas gifts are often exchanged on December 25. Christmas gift ideas for family and friends, plus fun, creative ways to exchange presents. Whether it's a White Elephant party or office Secret Santa, A White Elephant Gift Exchange is a popular Christmas event where people vie to walk away with the best present.
It also goes by Yankee Swap, Dirty Santa. Want to add a twist to your family Christmas gathering? Here are some fun family gift exchange ideas that are both simple and affordable for all. Most children around the world believe in a Christmas gift bringer. It's often St. Nicholas, Santa Claus or Father Christmas, but in parts of Germany they believe.
A few years ago my mom used this game at a Christmas party with our family. Even if you aren't going to a party with a gift exchange, why not wrap up a few. Oct 21, 2017. Switch Steal Unwrap Gift Exchange Game. I'll be the first to admit it, this is basically a Christmas gift exchange rendition of my super popular left.
Looking for gift exchange ideas for large groups? Look no further. Here you will find a list of 11 of the best gift exchange games. Find the right game for.


This was officially Berwick's home game but it was switched to Stirling's Forthbank Astro pitch. Rangers' squad again included four trialists, one of them a newcomer at centre back. Four was also the number of Stirling players receiving yellow cards, three for petulance, the other for a foul on Paul Simpson as Berwick strived to score a late equaliser after being 2-0 down.
Effectively, Berwick lost the game in the opening 25 minutes. Not because they conceded any goals but because they were unable to capitalise on their near total dominance during this period. The game had barely kicked off when Albion keeper Callum Law made a good save from Jamie Chapman. He then beat Scott Sutherland to a ball crossed from Paul Simpson's left flank. Law blocked a Simpson shot after an error from Kyle Banner, the Berwick winger sending the returned ball on to the top of the net. Simpson also volleyed over the bar following Rangers' first corner on 23 minutes.
Stirling were relying on balls over the top as their main method of attack but near the half hour, Taylor Evans produced something more skilful by beating two men before his angled shot took a deflection for a corner. A few minutes later, MacAulay Jarrett saved from Reg McLaren but Justin Watson won the battle for the loose ball to put Stirling in front.
Armed with the lead, the Binos looked a more confident side in the second half but they also enjoyed some good fortune. None went Grant Rose's way despite some real graft all night. He saw a 30 yard effort float over the top of the post and he hit the bar with another long shot. Closer to goal he was just wide as he connected with a ball from the trialist no. 10 who continued a move started by Jack Cook.
Having come close to scoring again following a free kick from just outside the box, Albion eventually doubled their lead with nine minutes remaining. Banner met Ryan Lockie's cross with a forceful header into the opposite corner of the net.
Berwick were not yet down and out. Gary Windram deceived Brooklyn Mair and drew out Law to pass across to fellow sub Kieran Jack to slot the ball into an empty net. Lockie's method of stopping Simpson in full flight earned him his yellow as Berwick battled on into stoppage time, the trialist no. 10 firing just over the bar from 25 yards.
Berwick's Under 20s wind up their campaign next Wednesday, April 25th with a true home game at Shielfield versus Cowdenbeath, kick off 7:45 p.m.


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U S Patriot has a point, love the sign but it may be more to the point to say " Progressives" ,that way you've warned the McCain, Graham, and McConnell type as well. Their time is up!!!
My deepest and most sincere thanks for the billboard! I travel I-75 and will be sure to see this magnificent sign! I agree! Vote OUT the Repubodems!


I have been listening to a ton of early 70's Stoner/Doom/Heavy Rock as of late and decided what better way to feature it than on this week's edition of Heavy Rotation. Along with the song I will add a bit of commentary as well as a background on the band. Can you dig it?!
01. Bedemon-"Child of Darkness". This track is my favorite song from this band. One of the earliest doom bands besides Black Sabbath and Pentagram. Dark, heavy and evil as hell!
Bedemon was an offshoot of Pentagram in the early 70s (circa 1973). The name was chosen as a portmanteau of two earlier suggested names, Demon and Behemoth. Prior to joining Pentagram, Randy Palmer and his friend Mike Matthews along with Bobby Liebling and Geof O'Keefe (then current members of Pentagram) got together to record some of Palmer's compositions. The first session resulted in three songs: "Child of Darkness," "Serpent Venom" and "Frozen Fear." After a short time the group got together again and recorded some more tracks. When Palmer officially joined Pentagram he brought two tracks with him, "Starlady," and "Touch the Sky." After Palmer's departure from Pentagram the Bedemon got together in 1979 to record three more songs: "Time Bomb," "Nighttime Killer" and an unnamed composition by O'Keefe. A slightly different line-up (featuring former Pentagram member Greg Mayne on bass) recorded "Night of the Demon" along with some older songs in 1986.
Many songs from the Bedemon sessions were released on various bootlegs throughout the years, but were never officially released until 2005, when Black Widow Records released Child of Darkness.
02. Cactus-"Evil". I actually heard Monster Magnet's cover of this track before I heard Cactus' version which is also a cover of Howlin' Wolf. This is filthy, down and dirty heavy blues. Oh, and did I mention, Evil? For all the firepower in this band, they were sorely underated.
Cactus was initially conceived as early as late 1969 by the Vanilla Fudge rhythm section of bassist Tim Bogert and drummer Carmine Appice with guitarist Jeff Beck and singer Rod Stewart (also from the already dissolved Jeff Beck Group). However, Beck had an automobile accident and was out of the music scene for over a year and Stewart joined Ronnie Wood in Faces.
Early 1970 Appice and Bogert brought in blues guitarist Jim McCarty from Mitch Ryder's Detroit Wheels and The Buddy Miles Express, and singer Rusty Day (born Russell Edward Davidson) from Amboy Dukes.
This line-up managed three albums (Cactus, One Way...Or Another and Restrictions) before intraband troubles led to McCarty quitting at the end of 1971. Shortly afterwards Day was fired from the group. The fourth and last Cactus album ('Ot 'N' Sweaty) featured original rhythm section Bogert and Appice joined by Werner Fritzschings on guitar, Duane Hitchings on keyboards and Peter French (ex-Leaf Hound and Atomic Rooster) on vocals.
03. Buffalo-"Freedom". One of my favorite tracks from this relatively unknown Australian band (at least in the US). I just love the slow driving bass line and the vocals are absolutely phenomenal. Very reminescent of Chris Cornell from Soundgarden. Awesome tune!
Buffalo was an early heavy metal band formed in Sydney, Australia in 1971. The band left a legacy with Australia's heavy metal, pub rock and alternative rock movements. The band had evolved from the Brisbane blues-rock outfit Head, which was originally formed in 1968 by Dave Tice and Peter Wells. A change of lineup and a shift in musical direction saw the new band emerge - the name Buffalo was chosen (according to legend, randomly off a map of Australia) as it was seen a more marketable name than the previous Head, which had been considered to be offensive due to its sexual and drug connotations.
The original lineup was unconventional for a rock band, featuring two lead vocalists (Dave Tice and Alan Milano) and filled out by John Baxter (guitar), Peter Wells (bass) and Paul Balbi (drums). Its best-known lineup (during its most successful years during 1973-1975) saw the exit of Milano, resulting in Tice as the sole vocalist, with Jimmy Economou replacing Paul Balbi on drums. Ex-Band of Light slide guitarist Norm Roue joined Buffalo in late 1974, but at the start of 1975 John Baxter was dismissed from the band - an event seen as the catalyst of Buffalo's decline. Baxter was replaced by Karl Taylor, who recorded on the Mother's Choice album. By 1976, both Roue and Taylor had departed the band and were replaced by Chris Turner and Colin Stead - although Stead's spell with the band was very brief. The final lineup change also occurred in 1976 with Ross Sims replacing Peter Wells.
04. Sir Lord Baltimore-"Kingdom Come". Fuzzed out to the max. Amazing drumming combined with awesome guitar freak-outs with overly dramatic vocals. If you never heard Sir Lord Baltimore, I suggest you do so now.
Sir Lord Baltimore is a pioneering American heavy metal band from Brooklyn, New York, formed in 1968 by lead vocalist/drummer John Garner, guitarist Louis Dambra, and bass player Gary Justin. They are notable for the fact that a 1971 review of their debut record, Kingdom Come, contained the first documented use of the term "heavy metal" to refer to a style of music. Additionally, Sir Lord Baltimore featured a drumming lead singer, traditionally a rarity in rock and metal music. The group have been called "the godfathers of stoner rock."
05. Zior-"Angel of the Highway". This song starts off with a slow wah-wah riff that cascades into a heavy blues boogie rocker then transcends into a tribal psych-out. Cool tune!
Zior is a hard rock band with some progressive elements. The band obviously had a huge fascination with the occult and expressed this often in their songs (and mostly in their stage show). The Akarma label LP is the first eponymous album plus and additional nine bonus tracks which were to be on the band's next(ultimately unreleased) album. Tracks like "Angel of the Highway", "Your Life Will Burn", and "Before My Eyes Go Blind" show the band in it's rare form while the vocalist describes various occult imagery. Another LP single, "Every Inch A Man", came out in 1973. At times they have a tribal-like rhythm to their sound, very pyschedelic and 70's. "Zior" is a great lost album of hard rock from this time period. Later era 'stoner rock' fans will like this. The same goes for fans of NWOBHM.
The first LP included artwork by the same artist who did Black Sabbath's first album.


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JUL-AUG 2014
from Agon of the City, Ahoy of the City
By Matt Reeck
Matt Reeck lives in Los Angeles and helps run Staging Ground Magazine. He's published five chapbooks. His translations include Bombay Stories (Vintage) and the forthcoming Mirages of the Mind (New Directions).
By Daniel Bouchard
Daniel Bouchard's poetry collections include The Filaments (Zasterle Press) and Some Mountains Removed (Subpress). Recent critical essays of his have appeared in The Capilano Review (on George Stanley's Vancouver), Jacket2 (on Rachel Blau DuPlessis's Drafts) and Let the Bucket Down (on Fanny Howe's poetry). His chapbook Art and Nature will be published by Ugly Duckling Presse.
By Ed Coletti
Poet and painter Ed Coletti is publisher of Round Barn Press. His internet presence includes ″Ed Coletti's P3" and also ″No Money In Poetry." His poetry books include, When Hearts Outlive Minds, released 2011, and Germs, Viruses, and Catechisms, published by Civil Defense Publications (San Francisco) in 2013.
By Barbara Henning
Barbara Henning is the author of three novels and nine books of poetry, her most recent collectiond of poetry and prose, A Swift Passage (Quale Press 2013) and Cities and Memory (Chax Press 2010). Born in Detroit, she has lived in New York City since 1983. As a long-time yoga practitioner, she brings this knowledge and discipline to her writing and her teaching at Naropa University, writers.com and Long Island University in Brooklyn, where she is Professor Emerita.
By Chris Martin
Chris Martin is the author of American Music (Copper Canyon, 2007) and Becoming Weather (Coffee House Press, 2011). A third collection, The Falling Down Dance, will arrive courtesy of Coffee House next fall. He is an editor at Futurepoem books and lives in Minneapolis.