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Where Next for Darfur's Peace Process?
By Alex de Waal
Last weekend's meeting in Arusha, Tanzania, of leaders of Darfur's armed movements marked the re-launch of a serious peace process for Darfur. It's Darfur's first AU-UN hybrid operation, this time in the diplomatic sphere, and — given the constraints and the modest definition of "success" in the political world — so far it is doing well.
Step one was completed in Tripoli a month ago, when the two special envoys (Salim Ahmed Salim and Jan Eliasson) got formal agreement from the Libyans, Chadians and Eritreans to cooperate. There's always a chance that one of these governments will play the role of spoiler, but there are good reasons to believe that they won't, at least not for a while, and not so actively as in the past. Libya is a new friend to the U.S. in the region. The Chad government is encouraged by plans to station international troops close to its eastern frontier, and Eritrea is concerned that its role in training militants in Somalia is exposing it to U.S. wrath.
Step two was the Arusha meeting at which leaders from the non-signatory groups of the SLA, JEM and one Arab group agreed to present a common negotiating position at a new round of peace talks, which will probably begin in an African country in October.
The turnout for Arusha was unexpectedly good. Of the invitees, only two were absent. Abdel Wahid al Nur, the founding chairman of the SLM, remains in Paris, still insisting that he is the only legitimate leader of the movement. On his side are the facts that he is the Darfurian leader with the greatest name recognition and he commands the sympathies of many people, especially in the IDP camps. Working against him are his disorganization and lack of political and military structures, and the way in which he has staked his reputation among Darfurians on delivering an international intervention. Thus far, despite repeated murmurings that Abdel Wahid should be considered an obstacle to the peace process, the UN and AU have taken no steps against him. One rationale for this is that when UN troops arrive, Abdel Wahid won't get the credit, and his support will begin to wither.
The other absentee was the SLM's humanitarian coordinator, Suleiman Jamous, who is still interned in a UN hospital in Kadugli, Kordofan. But Jamous's absence turned out to be a unifying factor, as all those present called for his release and participation, and the combination of a public campaign and diplomatic pressure appear to be leading towards his release.
Many others were not invited but have important stakes, including a JEM breakaway group, Arab leaders, and the unarmed leaders of Darfurians in the towns and camps. Their involvement is essential if the peace process is to enjoy legitimacy among Darfurians and if implementation is to proceed smoothly. The AU is working on mechanisms for engaging with these groups, consultations which could prove to be as important as the peace talks themselves.
More problematic are the substantive issues that must be put on the table the moment the negotiations begin. The movements' leaders may agree—but on what? It is easy for them to reach consensus on an inflexible negotiating position in which their "fair and just" demands are put forward, not as an opening position, but as the only position they will accept. Thus, it is quite possible that the movements will unite on demanding an immediate single autonomous region for Darfur, an extended interim period in which they keep their armed forces, postponement of both national elections and self-determination for Southern Sudan, a return to historic land rights (hawakir), a big compensation fund, a vice president from Darfur, majority control of Darfur state assemblies and executives, and quotas for Darfurians in the civil service of up to 40%. Meanwhile the Sudan government is likely to respond, "we compromised in Abuja and these are even tougher demands—why should we reopen the DPA for renegotiation?" The Darfurians who signed the DPA—Minni Minawi and others—would be the strongest advocates for the status quo. If this were the case, we might then see a re-run of the last round of the Abuja talks—months of stalemate followed by frenzied activity as the deadline approaches, but with even less room for maneuver by the mediators.
The steps forward in Tripoli and Arusha should be welcomed. But Darfur's history is littered with plans of action that never materialized. It is also a graveyard for theories of how to resolve conflicts and stop atrocities—simple ideas are always confounded by Sudan's complicated realities. Fortunately, the key mediators have plenty of experience of the challenges of trying to bring peace to Darfur. They will need all their experience and even more patience.
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Alex de Waal
Alex de Waal is Research Professor and Executive Director of the World Peace Foundation at The Fletcher School, Tufts University. He was the founding editor of the African Arguments book series. He is the author of The Real Politics of the Horn of Africa: Money, War and the Business of Power.
Thomas O'Brien 8 August, 2007 at 16:34
According to the BBC, Abdel Wahid al Nur refused to be party to talks in Tanzania without a ceasefire currently in place. Do you believe that is really all that is needed to pull al Nur into negotiations?
If the rebels who met in Tanzania brought Wahid al Nur to the table, what would his influence mean?
You stated that it is unlikely for the GoS to consent to whatever was agreed upon by the rebel leaders meeting in Tanzania. If Al Nur were to attend talks, do you believe he would make demands taking the rebels even farther from reaching common ground with the GoS?
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I had the misfortune of meeting Abdel Wahid al Nur at his home in Nairobi last year. He has been flattered by the attentions of the world community from George Bush to George Clooney. I remember him holding a letter from President Bush and spitting on his finger to see if he could smudge the signature to check whether Bush had actually signed it, as if it was a miraculous totem. Abdel Wahid needs to be brought down to earth.
Even if every single one of his demands is met he will most likely come with another one. There is no reward for him in having an agreement, because then he will need actually to prove his abilities as a politician and administrator and these qualities are completely absent in his character. When peace comes he will be tested and the people of Darfur will realise what Abdel Wahid is really capable of — or not.
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Felipe Rafael da Silva Gomes (Rio de Janeiro, 21 de junho de 1994) é um futebolista paralímpico brasileiro, que se posiciona em varias posições devido a sua qualidade e classificação funcional.

Atualmente atua na seleção brasileira de futebol de 7, exclusiva a deficientes intelectuais; na qual representou seu país nos Jogos Olímpicos de Verão de 2016, no Rio de Janeiro, e também na equipe do Vasco da Gama

Ligações externas
Felipe Rafael (perfil) na Rio 2016

Naturais da cidade do Rio de Janeiro
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The late Christian philosopher Arthur Holmes proclaimed confidently that "all truth is God's truth." Holmes's epigram came to mind as I was tallying up our judges' rankings, encountering one surprise after another. Would Christianity Today really bestow top honors on a Roman Catholic New York Times columnist? On a Roman Catholic Ivy League professor? Or on a satirical novel lampooning contemporary evangelical culture?
Well, why not? If God is indeed the Author of all truth, we needn't be too choosy about those earthly authors whose truth-telling we recognize. Yes, most of this year's honorees (take a bow, Tim Keller!) fit more or less comfortably in an evangelical milieu. (Fearless prediction: Richard Dawkins will never win a CT book award.) Still, it's nice to remember that, whatever the source, truth (to say nothing of goodness and beauty) is always a cause for rejoicing.
"This book offers topnotch scholarship to pit against the very best arguments of contemporary atheism, as well as to clarify what truly is at stake in the battles orthodoxy faces in science, biblical studies, philosophy, and more. A tour de force by one of our era's great philosophers—and we can be glad, again, that he is on our side!"
Interview: Alvin Plantinga on Conflict Resolution with Science | The philosophy professor seeks to disentangle sound science from naturalistic dogma.
Interview: It's Okay to Expect a Miracle | Scholar Craig Keener rediscovers the reality of divine intervention.
Books & Culture: Objects of Wonder | How credible are accounts of miracles?
"This is Beale's 'great work,' and will mark his career for many decades to come. He's been working on it for 25 years, and it shows. It is dense, exhaustive, and provides a compelling theological framework for understanding Scripture (Creation, Judgment, New Creation), helping us see what the New Testament is doing with the major Old Testament themes. … I can see many of us referring to it for decades."
"A searching and illuminating reading of our times that is probing in judgment while sympathetic in mood. It makes sense of the history we have lived in a way that inspires renewed—and im-proved—movement forward."
Interview: Ross Douthat on Rooting Out Bad Religion | Why the New York Times columnist wants to see America return to its confessional roots.
"This practical, lively, theologically grounded book provides guidance for congregations trying to bring their faith to bear upon a needy world. It's also a compelling invitation to look beyond individual moral and spiritual concerns to the ways faith is always and necessarily about the community. Sherman's many well-told examples of Christians who have taken inventive initiatives to bring their vocational skills together with others' needs are helpful in their specificity."
Interview: Calling All Callings: Amy Sherman on 'Kingdom Calling' | Christians can build thriving communities by exercising their vocational gifts.
"It would be hard to find a pastor who thinks more deeply—and more theologically—about his work than Keller. Center Church represents not just a case study for the growth and development of Re-deemer Presbyterian Church in New York City, but also a theological blueprint for doing ministry in the 21st century. Words like thorough, comprehensive, and even magisterial come to mind to de-scribe it."
Leadership Journal: Balancing Acts | Tim Keller and Andy Stanley explain what it takes to get ministry right.
Cover Story: When Are We Going to Grow Up? The Juvenilization of American Christianity | We're all adolescents now.
"An insightful satire on contemporary Christian culture that moves seamlessly from laugh-out-loud funny to startlingly poignant. Wilson's critique of the church is sharp, humorous, and uncomfortably accurate, but he doesn't leave it at that. With honesty and heart, he portrays the difficulty of forgiveness and what it means to live in community. I loved this book!"
"Sanneh, one of the most original Christian thinkers of our time, recounts how he made his way as a poor boy from a remote, colonial West African town to become a distinguished professor in one of the world's greatest universities. At once a personal memoir, a conversion and pilgrimage story, and an intellectual excursion, the book shows how Sanneh's lineage and life encounters have shaped his remarkable body of scholarship. With sharp insight, Sanneh … reveals some of the trials he has endured at the hands of prejudiced and unwelcoming colleagues and congregants. But even when doing so, he stays gentle, speaking the truth in love."
Review: Home Away from Home | Lamin Sanneh has journeyed from Africa to the West, and from Islam to Christianity.
Review: John Stott: A Uniter and a Divider | A new biography portrays both the evangelist's triumphs and his frustrations.
"Philpott's authoritative study of the ethics of political reconciliation offers new hope for solving one of humanity's most intractable problems: bringing justice in the aftermath of human con-flicts. Philpott focuses on restoring right relationships—going well beyond conceptions of human rights that do not redress wounds of injustice. He appeals to Jewish, Muslim, and Christian traditions for resources on restorative justice."
"Despite deep pain and doubt, Winner relentlessly searches God's mysteries, seeking peace and authenticity in her faith. Her spiritual memoir is unblinking, credible, and compelling."
Review: Girl Meets Grace: Lauren Winner's New Reflection on Her Divorce and Desolation| God's faithfulness sustained Winner when her faithfulness to God faltered.
"This truly impressive volume combines two virtues that rarely coexist. It is accessibly deep. Many books cover their subject matter in an accessible manner, and many others plumb the depths of their subject matter. [This] successfully does both. Organized clearly and written well, I can imagine no better introduction and in-depth analysis of this incredibly important figure."
January/February 2013, Vol. 57, No. 1, Pg 44, "The 2013 Book Awards"


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Der Park Spoor Noord ist ein Landschaftspark in Antwerpen, Belgien, der auf dem Gelände eines ehemaligen Bahnbetriebswerks der Belgischen Staatsbahn entstanden ist. Er befindet sich im Norden der Altstadt in unmittelbarer Nähe zum (alten) Hafen. Dabei wurde das alte Bahngelände "in eine moderne, nachhaltige und expansive Stadtlandschaft mit dem Schwerpunkt auf Grün, Licht, Raum, Erholung, Kultur und Sport verwandelt."

Geschichte
Bis zum Bau des Betriebshof im Jahre 1873 befanden sich auf dem Gelände die Reste der Festung von Dambrugge (später Fort Pereyra) und Lunet (später Stuivenberg Fort Carnot). Zur Zeit seiner größten Ausdehnung hatte der Betriebshof eine Fläche von 24 Hektar und war 1,6 km lang. Er bildete einen Keil zwischen den Bezirken Dam, Stuivenberg und Seefhoek. Bis ins Jahr 2001 wurden dort über ein Jahrhundert lang zahlreiche Waggons und Lokomotiven gewartet und repariert und Güterzüge von der umliegenden Industrie abgefertigt, sodass das Bahngelände zum Teil auch als Rangierbahnhof genutzt wurde. Bekannt war die Bahnanlage auch als Ausbildungsplatz. Heute befindet sich weiter nördlich ein neues Depot.

Bereits im Jahr 1998 wurde das Gebiet im Rahmen eines Regionalplans als Stadtentwicklungsgebiet ausgewiesen. Diese Entscheidung war zunächst von Skepsis überschattet, nicht zuletzt wegen der Bedeutung als mögliches Industriedenkmal. Außerdem spielte auch der negative Ruf der benachbarten Stadtteile eine Rolle, da der Nutzen eines Parks in dieser kritischen Umgebung angezweifelt wurde. Umfragen bei den Bewohnern in den betreffenden Vierteln zeigten jedoch, dass der Wunsch nach einer Grünfläche vorhanden war, um der extremen Dichte im Umfeld entgegenzuwirken. Die anliegenden Viertel sind nämlich stark von Hochhäusern mit kaum angrenzenden Grünbereichen geprägt. Die Nationale Gesellschaft der Belgischen Eisenbahnen veräußerte die Fläche zu einem symbolischen Betrag von einem Euro an die Stadt und übernahm für eine 192.000 m² große Teilfläche die Sanierung selbst.

Baubeginn der Parkanlage war 2005. Die Entwürfe stammten von dem Studio Associato Secchi-Viganò der italienischen Designer Bernardo Secchi und Paola Viganò, in Zusammenarbeit mit Meertens & Steffens, Buro Kromwijk und Iris Beratung. In den Jahren 2008 und 2009 wurden zunächst der westliche Teil und später auch der östliche Teil des Parks für die Öffentlichkeit geöffnet. Der Park wurde sofort ein Erfolg. Im Sommer kommen dort Tausende von Menschen zusammen.

Im Mai 2016 wurde auf dem Parkgelände die belgische Triathletin Sofie Goos Opfer einer Messerattacke, bei der sie schwer verletzt wurde. Der Täter konnte anschließend gestellt werden.

Akteure
Besonders hervorzuheben ist die Akteursstruktur bei der Umsetzung des Konzeptes:
 die Stadt als Regisseur,
 SNCB als Eigentümer,
 die belgische Bundesregierung als Kreditgeber.

Zudem spielte die Bürgerbeteiligung eine herausragende Rolle.

Konzept und Anlage

Der Park besteht zum größten Teil aus unbewachsenen Freiflächen. Dies soll ein Gefühl von Freiheit geben. Hauptmerkmal des Parks Spoor Noord ist seine Dimension: eine breite und einfach gestaltete Rasenfläche, die mit Wegen durchzogen ist, welche die verschiedenen Stadtteile miteinander und mit dem Park verbinden. Gärten, Sportplätze und kleine Wälder ermöglichen eine Vielfalt an verschiedenen Tätigkeiten. Vor allem die Aspekte der Nachhaltigkeit stehen bei dem Konzept im Vordergrund.

Unter den Freizeitmöglichkeiten bietet der Park unter anderem Abenteuer-Spielplätze, eine BMX-Piste, einen Skateboard-Parcours, einen Basketballplatz, Tischtennisplatten und einen Wasserspielplatz mit riesigen Fontänen. Natürlich kann man aber auch durch den Park flanieren oder radeln.

Zudem gibt es eine eigene kleine Park-Bar, die vor allem im Sommer kühle Getränke und Snacks anbietet.

In der Umgebung des Parks befindet sich auch ein Carsharing-Standort.

Der Park wird auch als Veranstaltungsort genutzt, z. B. für den Antwerpen Santa Run und die Modenschau der naheliegenden Modeschule.

Einige der Wagenhallen und Werkstattgebäude wurden erhalten und in Sporthallen bzw. Eventhallen umfunktioniert. Im Gebäude der ehemaligen Verwaltung befindet sich heute eine Musikschule.

Weblinks
 Nieuw plan Park Spoor Noord (PDF; 2,0 MB) (niederländisch)

Einzelnachweise

Parkanlage in Flandern
Parkanlage in Europa
Antwerpen


Abstract Background of the history and theology of concepts like Qa'im, Mahdi, ghayba, and the hidden twelfth Imam. No mention of the Baha'i Faith.
Notes See more in the online book Occultation of the Twelfth Imam (A Historical Background).
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Q: Exibir modal ao enviar dados para o banco com PHP Estou tentando fazer com que, após o usuário clique no botão de enviar, o sistema exiba um modal com alguns dados. Porém não estou conseguindo por que mesmo sem preencher nada no formulário, ao clicar no botão, o modal é exibido:
FORMULÁRIO

<link href="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.3.7/css/bootstrap.min.css" rel="stylesheet"/>

<form role="form" action="" method="post" enctype="multipart/form-data">

        Nome:
        <input type="text" name="nome" class="form-control" id="nome" style="color:black;border-color:black" placeholder="Digite seu nome" required="">

      E-mail:

        <input type="email" name="email" class="form-control" id="email" style="color:black;border-color:black" placeholder="Digite seu email" required="">

      genero:
      <select class="select" name="genero" id="genero">
            <option disabled="" selected="" value="Outro">Selecione uma opção</option>
            <option value="Masculino">Masculino</option>
            <option value="Feminino">Feminino</option>
            <option value="Outro">Outro</option>
        </select>

      localidade
      <select class="select" name="localidade" id="localidade">
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            <option value="Centro">Centro</option>
            <option value="Banguê">Banguê</option>
            <option value="Tucum">Tucum</option>
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  <button class="btn btn-common" name="cadDados" type="submit" data-toggle="modal" data-target="#exampleModal">Enviar Dados</button>
</form>

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CÓDIGO PHP
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        $nome = trim(strip_tags($_POST['nome']));
        $email = trim(strip_tags($_POST['email']));
        $genero = trim(strip_tags($_POST['genero']));
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            $result->bindParam(':localidade',$localidade,PDO::PARAM_STR);
            $result->bindParam(':doenca',$doenca,PDO::PARAM_STR);
            $result->bindParam(':idade',$idade,PDO::PARAM_STR);
            $result->execute();
            $contar = $result->rowCount();
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Cadastrado com sucesso!
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A: Então, já passei por isto e parece que a sua solução é o AJAX com validação HTML5. A sua pergunta não ficou bem clara, mas encaro como um sim. Primeiro, você altera o seu botão para não lançar o modal:
<button class="btn btn-common" name="cadDados" type="submit">Enviar Dados</button>

Agora, os campos que você quer que sejam validados você adiciona um required:
<select class="select" name="genero" id="genero" required>

Atenção: nunca deve-se fazer a validação apenas no frontend, faça também no backend.
Adicione um id no seu formulário (neste caso, "my_form"):
<form role="form" action="" id="my_form" method="post" enctype="multipart/form-data">

Aí você utiliza um Jquery para detectar se deram submit no seu formulário (detalhe: se um campo required não for preenchido, o usuário recebe um alerta na hora):
$('#my_form').submit(function(event){
    event.preventDefault();//Impede envio
    event.stopPropagation();//Impede envio

    //Pega as informações do formulário
    var frm = $("#my_form");
    var data = {};
    $.each(this, function(i, v){
        var input = $(v);
        data[input.attr("name")] = input.val();
        delete data["undefined"];
    });
    $.ajax({
        contentType:"application/json; charset=utf-8",
        type:frm.attr("method"),
        url:frm.attr("action"),
        dataType:'json',
        data:JSON.stringify(data),
        success:function(data) {
            //Aqui você pode fazer um código para saber se deu tudo certo ou ocorreu um erro no backend
            $('#MEU_MODAL').modal('show');//Mostra o modal
        }
    });
}

Eu sei que a resposta foi longa, o código não foi testado, mas já é um caminho a ser seguido. Pesquise também no google: Jquery PHP Ajax e você terá vários exemplos dos mais fáceis aos mais completos.
Fazendo sem ajax:
Primeiro, você altera o seu botão para não lançar o modal:
<button class="btn btn-common" name="cadDados" type="submit">Enviar Dados</button>

Agora, os campos que você quer que sejam validados você adiciona um required:
<select class="select" name="genero" id="genero" required>

Ok, com isto o formulário só envia se preencherem algo. Mas claro que no PHP você também deve validar isto ok amigo? Agora, nós vamos pegar o código PHP e colocar na mesma página do formulário, coloque este código:
<?php
    if (isset($_POST['cadDados'])) {

        $nome = trim(strip_tags($_POST['nome']));
        $email = trim(strip_tags($_POST['email']));
        $genero = trim(strip_tags($_POST['genero']));
        $localidade = trim(strip_tags($_POST['localidade']));
        $doenca = trim(strip_tags($_POST['doenca']));
        $idade = trim(strip_tags($_POST['idade']));
        $insert = "INSERT INTO tb_grafico (nome,email,genero,localidade,tipo_doenca,idade) VALUES (:nome,:email,:genero,:localidade,:doenca,:idade)";

        try{
            //Proteção contra SQLINJECT
            $result = $con->prepare($insert);
            $result->bindParam(':nome',$nome,PDO::PARAM_STR);
            $result->bindParam(':email',$email,PDO::PARAM_STR);
            $result->bindParam(':genero',$genero,PDO::PARAM_INT);
            $result->bindParam(':localidade',$localidade,PDO::PARAM_STR);
            $result->bindParam(':doenca',$doenca,PDO::PARAM_STR);
            $result->bindParam(':idade',$idade,PDO::PARAM_STR);
            $result->execute();
            $contar = $result->rowCount();
            if ($contar>0) {
                $('#MEU_MODAL_SUCESSO').modal('show');
            }
        }catch(PDOException $e){
            $('#MEU_MODAL_DE_ERRO').modal('show');
        }
    }
?>

Eu fiz de uma forma meio grosseira, um modal para sucesso e outro modal para erro. O que vai acontecer é que a página vai recarregar e caso haja erro, vai disparar o modal de erro, caso contrário o de sucesso.
Estes códigos precisam ser aprimorados, mas aí é com você. Boa sorte!

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The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals has reversed the $33 Million Dollar Judgment awarded the plaintiff in Poliner v. Texas Health Systems. The Poliner case raised a lot of eyebrows both because of the amount of the original damages award of $360 Million Dollars and its success in overcoming immunity claims under the Health Care Quality Improvement Act of 1986 ("HCQIA"). The trial court reduced the award to $33 Million Dollars prior to the appeal. Dr. Poliner, an interventional cardiologist, claimed that he was forced to agree to an abeyance of his privileges in lieu of a summary suspension and was prevented from performing procedures in the the defendant's catherization laboratory while an investigation was pending, only posted about $10,000 dollars in actual damages. His case went to a jury solely on defamation grounds.
The Court of Appeals found that HCQIA immunity applied to the defamation claims as well as the hospital had legitimate concerns about an apparent deterioration in the quality of care provided by Dr. Poliner in the cath lab. The court found that the peer review action was taken in the reasonable belief that the action was in furtherance of quality health care.
The "reasonable belief" standard of HCQIA is satisfied if "the reviewers, with the information available to them at the time of the professional review action, would reasonably have concluded that their action would restrict incompetent behavior or would protect patients."
The court noted that it does not matter whether or not the conclusions reached by the peer review panel were in fact correct and that the good faith or bad faith of the reviewers is irrelevant, because of the objective nature of the test. The Court determined that no reasonable observer could dispute the fact that the hospital made a reasonable effort to obtain the facts. The Court recognized the potential for abuse of peer review, but suggested that injunctive or declaratory relief was the appropriate avenue for relief.
It bears emphasizing that this does not mean that hospitals and peer review committees that comply with the HCQIA's requirements are free to violate the applicable bylaws and state law. The HCQIA does not gainsay the potential for abuse of the peer review process. To the contrary, Congress limited the reach of immunity to money damages. The doors to the courts remain open to doctors who are subjected to unjustified or malicious peer review, and they may seek appropriate injunctions and declaratory relief in response to such treatment.
This provides relatively cold comfort given the cost of litigation these days.In some respects Dr. Poliner's initial success, given his relatively low actual damages probably preordained this result. The Court indicated that it didn't see any antitrust damages and that it probably would have reversed the judgment due to excessive damages being awarded.
Nor need we reach the compelling arguments that, at the very least, we would have to reverse and remand for a new trial because of the jury's excessive verdict and manifest trial errors.


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How tall is Martin Bayfield? Celebrity MasterChef 2018 finalist, England rugby union hero and Harry Potter star
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MARTIN Bayfield is a man with many talents: he's a former rugby player, broadcaster and sports journalist.
Here is everything you need to know about the Harry Potter actor and his incredible career in the entertainment industry...
Martin Bayfield is an England Rugby player turned sports broadcasterCredit: Getty Images - Getty
Who is Martin Bayfield and how tall is he?
Martin Bayfield, 52, is from Bedford.
He is 2.08 metres tall, which equates to 6' 10".
Married to Jane Bayfield, the star has three children names Rosy, Polly and Lucy.
Martin has tried a bit of everything in his career from being a Met police officer to playing rugby for England to acting in Harry Potter!
Martin Bayfield was a favourite on Celebrity Masterchef 2018
When was Martin a police officer and when did he play rugby?
From 1985-1989, he was a Met police officer before he transferred to the Bedfordshire force.
In 1991, he debuted on the England rugby squad and was part of the 1992 Five Nations Grand Slam winning team.
He retired from rugby in 1998 due to a neck injury and played his last match for Northampton against Gloucester.
Martin Bayfield playing for England in a Rugby match against Scotland in 1995Credit: Getty - Contributor
What movies Martin Field act in and when was he in Harry Potter?
Martin stepped in as the half-giant Hagrid in the Harry Potter films, acting as Robbie Coltrane's body and stunt double.
He also played a young Hagrid in Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets.
In the 2012 film Wrath Of The Titans, the sequel to Clash Of The Titans (2010), he played a Cyclops.
He also made a brief appearance as a rugby player in an episode of New Tricks.
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What TV shows has he presented?
Martin has worked as a sports journalist, presenting the coverage of World's Strongest Man on Channel 5.
He has also presented ITV's coverage of the 2008 and 2011 Rugby World Cups.
His accomplishments include being the main presenter for the BT World Wheelchair Rugby Challenge 2015, which was broadcast on ITV4, too.
In 2012, he joined Crimewatch as a presenter on BBC One.
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Teddy bears with heartfelt messages were given to Ms. Shaw's students from Berea Baptist Church in McCool, Mississippi.
Each student was given a teddy bear with a special message attached to it. The class was also given a class teddy bear to be left in the classroom.


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Unveiled: Jaguar C-X17 Sports Crossover Concept
Posted by: Chuck Giametta
WHAT: Jaguar's first SUV. This is the size and shape of the premium-midsize crossover Jaguar will send against the BMW X5, Porsche Cayenne, and Mercedes-Benz M-Class. Unveiling the C-X17 at the 2013 Frankfurt Motor Show, Jaguar says it blends the British brand's sleek design and sporting performance with the "crossover benefits of an assured driving position and high levels of flexibility." Some concept details may not make it to the showroom; the production version, for example, probably will hold five passengers, not four. But the flowing profile, athletic proportions, mesh grille, and slashing headlights and taillamps appear highly feasible. And don't be surprised to see a consumer-ready version of the advanced interior technologies, including the Interactive-Surface center console – a multi-screen infotainment network that links passengers with each other and the outside world through social media channels. Jaguar's challenge is to distinguish its crossover from not only the formidable German and Japanese competition, but also from SUV specialists Land Rover and Range Rover — which, like Jaguar, are owned by India's Tata Motors. Expect Jaguar to promote the C-X17's aluminum structure and body for its light weight and strength, attributes counted on for agile driving dynamics. All-wheel drive with torque vectoring would be standard. And U.S.-market engine choices likely will include V-6s and V-8s — naturally aspirated and supercharged – with up to 500 horsepower or more.
WHEN: Probably in 2016 as a 2016 or 2017 model.
WHY: The best-selling Acura, Lexus, Audi, Porsche, and Buick vehicles are not cars, but crossovers. Jaguar can wait no longer to field a SUV. And it's eager to launch its new lightweight modular architecture that will form the basis not only for this crossover but for a new range of future Jaguar cars, beginning with a sport sedan designed to go against the BMW 3 Series.
HOW MUCH: Jaguar's first crossover will be a performance-luxury image-builder, so look for starting prices in the $50,000-plus X5, Cayenne, M-Class strata not the low-$40,000 Acura MDX, Lexus RX level.
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Here is our new RGMT NATO collection. We have started with two distinctive pattern designs and available in two sizes 18mm and 20mm.
Made to our standard NATO design, and measures 300mm long, and fitted with our polished ZULUDIVER NATO fittings.
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SK Siltron to Invest $300M in Bay County Facility, Create up to 150 Jobs
South Korea-based SK Siltron CSS, a semiconductor wafer manufacturer, today announced plans to invest $300 million and create up to 150 high-paying, skilled jobs in Bay County over the next three years.
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A scientist at SK Siltron CSS holding a silicon carbide wafer produced at the company's Auburn Hills' facility. // Courtesy of SK Siltron
The investment will provide manufacturing, along with research and development capabilities, of advanced materials for electric vehicles.
The expansion will more than double the company's Michigan employee base, adding a new site in Bay City to join its existing site in Auburn Hills. The company manufactures a specialty wafer made of silicon carbide (SiC) that can be used in the semiconductor power components of electric vehicles.
These wafers can increase the driving range of an EV by 5 to 10 percent when used in EV system components by allowing a more efficient transfer of electricity from the battery to the motor.
"The rise in popularity of electric vehicles has the auto industry searching for new innovative technologies to meet customer demand," says Jianwei Dong, CEO at SK Siltron. "Our Michigan expansion will allow us to manufacture advanced materials that can enhance the performance of an EV and support the growth of a more sustainable automotive future."
The company will work closely with state and local partners to recruit and train potential employees. The new employees will be 70 percent skilled workers and 30 percent professional engineers.
SK Siltron CSS's silicon carbide wafer technology has benefited from its close collaboration and direct access to SK Siltron's expertise in scaling up production of semiconductor wafers. These silicon carbide wafers can be used in EV system components including power converters, chargers, and inverters.
In addition to helping increase driving ranges for EVs, the electrical and thermal properties of silicon carbide can help reduce charging times, relax system cooling requirements, and shrink the power module size and weight.
The expansion, pending state and local approvals, is part of a new domestic supply chain forming to provide the components required to support new environmentally friendly vehicles.
"As we build toward a more sustainable future, it is important that we create new, robust supply chains in the U.S. to support our corporations and the end consumer," says Gina M. Raimondo, U.S. secretary of commerce. "The automotive industry has a tremendous opportunity with the rise of the electric vehicle, and we're excited to see companies like SK Siltron CSS expanding to help support the transition to a green future."
SK Siltron is a part of SK Group, one of South Korea's leading conglomerates. Along with semiconductors, the group companies are leaders in telecommunications, energy, and life sciences.
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abstract class LogLinearAdaGradL1[L](val lambda: Float, val eta: Float) extends OnlineLogLinearTrainer[L] {

  private[this] val lastUpdates = WeightVector.growable[Float]()
  private[this] val diagGt = WeightVector.growable[Float]()

  override protected def weight(idx: Int): Float =
    if (lastUpdates(idx) == time) weights(idx)
    else {
      val currentXti = weights(idx)
      if (currentXti == 0.0F) 0.0F
      else {
        val t0 = lastUpdates(idx)
        assert(time != 0)
        val ht0ii = 1.0 + Math.sqrt(diagGt(idx))
        val newWeight = Math.signum(currentXti) * Math.max(
          0.0, Math.abs(currentXti) - (lambda * eta / ht0ii) * (time - t0))
        weights(idx) = newWeight.toFloat
        lastUpdates(idx) = time
        newWeight.toFloat
      }
    }

  override def updateExampleWeights(e: Example[L], gold: L, derivative: Float): Unit = {
    // Here, we negate the gradient. This is because original formulation by Duch et al.
    // minimizes the objective, while we maximize the objective.
    val gti = -derivative
    val deltaDiagGti = gti * gti // these are shared by all i below, so we cache here

    val feats = e.featVec
    var j = 0
    while (j < feats.size) {
      val i = feats(j)

      //val xti = weight(i) // This automatically perform lazy update of the target weight
      val xti = weights(i) // weighs(i) must be lazy-updated at calculating label scores, so we can skip
      diagGt(i) += deltaDiagGti
      val htii = 1.0 + Math.sqrt(diagGt(i))
      val etaOverHtii = eta / htii
      val tempXti = xti - etaOverHtii * gti

      weights(i) = (Math.signum(tempXti) * Math.max(0.0, Math.abs(tempXti) - lambda * etaOverHtii)).toFloat
      lastUpdates(i) = time + 1

      j += 1
    }
  }
  override def postProcess: Unit = {
    (0 until weights.size).foreach { weight(_) }
  }
}

class FixedLogLinearAdaGradL1[L](val weightArray: Array[Float], lambda: Float, eta: Float) extends LogLinearAdaGradL1(lambda, eta) {
  override val weights = new FixedWeightVector(weightArray)
}

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Bicycle Queensland Home	News 2018 October Queensland's Bicentennial Bi…
Queensland's Bicentennial Bikeway Australia's best
Brisbane's Bicentennial Bikeway will today record one million bicycle trips for this year, making it the most popular cycling route in Australia and one of the highest-use bikeways in the world.
Bicycle trip counts are monitored by a state-of-the-art electronic bike counter and funded by Brisbane City Council.
The local bikeway ranks among the World's Top 10 of more 211 counters ranked across 53 countries — averaging more than 4000 trips per day in peak periods.
Bicycle Queensland CEO Anne Savage said the milestone highlighted the great success of the Bicentennial Bikeway and emphasised the value of quality bicycle infrastructure.
"This is a victory the whole community can celebrate – bikeways build better communities and get people to their destinations directly, quickly, and without delay," she said.
"Achieving the target of one million trips and maintaining a ranking among the Top 10 most cycle-friendly cities in the world is a major accomplishment and demonstrates the value of Council and State Government investments in healthy travel.
"Brisbane is the only Australian city to feature in the Top 10 on a list of 211 counters worldwide, showcasing the viability and value of bikeways in transporting significant numbers of commuters and recreational riders.
"About 5,000 people ride along the Bicentennial every day – with that number set to continue growing as our population booms."
Only two non-European cities feature among the world's Top 10 – Brisbane and Calgary in Canada.
"The Bicentennial Bikeway, and other investments in healthy travel, are key to realising the vision to be a truly New World City, where people are at the heart of planning, and the future liveability of our great cities and towns is guaranteed.
"Cities that invest in healthy travel enjoy the benefits, with five dollars gained for every dollar spent.
"Bikeway growth is essential to our economic prosperity and will position Queensland to achieve the vision of a healthy, safe and sustainable travel future, reducing congestion and promoting healthy urban development.
"Ongoing investment in infrastructure like the Bicentennial Bikeway has vastly improved Brisbane's liveability over the past decade, delivering value for money and a nicer city in which to live, work and ride."
Melbourne ranks 29th on the list, with no other Australian cities featured.
"We look forward to working with all levels of government to position Queensland as a world leader moving forward to a bold new travel future," Ms Savage said.
"Being able to track real-time data on the number of people commuting by bike and the routes they are using can help us in our efforts to develop cycling infrastructure and facilities to encourage more people to ride more often.
"I offer my congratulations to Queensland's cycling community for helping us to reach this milestone in record time, and to Lord Mayor Graham Quirk and Deputy Mayor Adrian Schrinner for their leadership vision in funding this initiative to help drive us forward towards a healthy, fast, and friendly travel future."


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Nalu Medical, Inc. Appoints New Chief Executive Officer: Earl R. Fender Joins as President & CEO
By Site Content Team23 April 2020January 17th, 2023No Comments
CARLSBAD, Calif. (PRWEB) April 23, 2020
Nalu Medical, Inc. ("Nalu"), a global medical device company that provides miniaturized, battery-free implantable solutions for the treatment of chronic pain in Spinal Cord Stimulation (SCS) and Peripheral Nerve Stimulation (PNS), announced today that Earl R. Fender has been appointed President and Chief Executive Officer and member of the Board of Directors. Mr. Fender succeeds Keegan Harper, who has stepped down as CEO but will remain as Chairman of the Board.
"We are very excited to welcome Earl Fender to the Nalu team,"
said Mr. Harper.
"I cannot think of a stronger person to lead Nalu as it enters its full commercialization and growth phase than Earl. He brings over 30 years of successful experience in building and leading medical technology companies. For the last 12-years, he worked in the chronic pain space as the CEO of Vertiflex, Inc., which was acquired by Boston Scientific in June 2019. He brings a wealth of experience in building industry-leading, high growth companies and I am excited to have him join the Nalu team."
"I am very excited and proud to join Nalu's illustrious team who has developed such differentiated technology to positively impact the lives of patients in the U.S. and abroad,"
said Mr. Fender.
"The uniquely miniaturized, battery-free and easily upgradable Nalu implantable pulse generator system will help expand patient acceptance in both spinal cord and peripheral nerve stimulation."
"We are very excited to welcome Earl Fender to the Nalu team. I cannot think of a stronger person to lead Nalu as it enters its full commercialization and growth phase than Earl. He brings over 30 years of successful experience in building and leading medical technology companies."
Mr. Fender added,
"The Board thanks Keegan for his years of dedicated service to Nalu since founding the Company in 2014. As Nalu's co-founder and CEO, Keegan built a strong team, developed a sophisticated product in record time, launched a successful first in human study in Australia, received FDA clearance in SCS and PNS, received CE mark approval, and completed a successful limited clinical launch in the U.S. We look forward to his continued leadership as Nalu's Chairman."
About the Nalu Neurostimulation System
The Nalu neurostimulation system is a battery-free, micro-implantable pulse generator (iPG) currently cleared by the FDA for both Spinal Cord Stimulation (SCS) and Peripheral Nerve Stimulation (PNS) for mitigating chronic pain. The system is highly capable and easily upgradeable, providing a menu of therapy options. To learn more, please visit http://www.nalumed.com.
About Nalu Medical
Nalu Medical, Inc. is a privately held early-stage medical device start-up company based in Carlsbad, California. The team of seasoned entrepreneurs, engineers and scientists are developing the next generation of medical devices to address a number of poorly treated clinical conditions. Nalu Medical's vision is to modernize and enhance medical device technology to improve people's lives.
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If you want to be successful, stay away from these ten things successful people do not do!
If you really want to be successful then you are going to have to do the work. Here are ten things that successful people do not do. So if you want to join the ranks of the successful then cut these things out of your daily routine right now. I mean today. Stop doing these things immediately.
Start immediately to do the opposite of what is on this list. Now how easy was that?


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Dental Crowns and Onlays Mean No Metal in Your Mouth!
At Nashville Center for Aesthetic Dentistry, we want to create and maintain smiles that are not only beautiful, but functional as well. We have many clients with old amalgam (metal) fillings or dental crowns who are looking for an upgrade. No one likes flashing silver when they smile, even if the metal is in the back of your mouth.
Porcelain crowns are "caps" or coverings that are placed over damaged or decayed teeth. They look and feel just like natural teeth and are made to match the color of surrounding teeth. A porcelain crown from Dr. Dennis J. Wells and Dr. Daniel K. Weese is indistinguishable from your real teeth!
Onlays are a tooth restoration option that is usually suggested when the decay or damage in a tooth is too large for a traditional filling, but small enough not to require a full crown. Onlays are fabricated in our dental lab and are also called "indirect fillings" or "partial crowns." An onlay is made of composite resin or porcelain and is shaped to restore the damaged or missing part of the tooth. It is bonded to the tooth and restores the tooth's natural shape and function.
In both crown placement and onlay procedures, the tooth is first prepared—old restorations are removed and any remaining decay is cleaned out. Temporary crowns or onlays are placed as the permanent restorations are being fabricated. A second visit happens several weeks later during which the final restoration is placed and the bite is fine-tuned.
We hope this has answered some of your questions about crowns and onlays, some of the most common tools we use in performing extreme makeovers and creating beautiful smiles for our Brentwood and Nashville patients. If you have questions or would like to discuss your smile and dental goals, contact Nashville Center for Aesthetic Dentistry today!


THE MONSTER AMONG US aired on The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. The film has been screened around the world at major conferences and on college campuses. It personalizes the anti-Semitic feelings and actions in Europe, bringing to light the stories behind the headlines.


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Wonder Woman/Conan #3 Review
by Khris Ledesma
Wonder Woman/Conan #3
Written by: Gail Simone
Pencils by: Aaron Lopresti
Inks by: Matt Ryan
Colors by: Wendy Broome
Letters by: Saida Temodonte
Wonder Woman and Conan are able to escape the clutches of pirates only to find themselves swimming for their lives in shark infested water.
Allow me to start off by saying that I absolutely love this comic book. There have been some fantastic crossovers in the past, but this may already be my favorite. The only negative I can give, is the fact that this mini-series is already halfway through and we will be getting only three more issues. That's not nearly enough. The storytelling accomplished by Gail Simone and Aaron Lopresti has been superb.
This issue had it all: sword fighting, romance, Wonder Woman and Conan choking out a shark. It was all so lovely. The Corvidae finally revealed their plan to see two of the greatest warriors fight each other. It never quite works out the way they want it too, in most part due to a romance that is brewing between Diana and Conan. Amongst all the brutality, Gail Simone has done a wonderful job of telling the sweet story of Conan's first love Yana, which adds romantic tension between him and Wonder Woman. Neither of them seems love-struck and out of character, it's handled delicately. It makes me want to read about the two characters swooning over each other while they slaughter their enemies all the time.
The art continues to impress. One of my favorite aspects of this comic is the panel borders during the flashbacks. They consist of vines, flowers, and daggers. It's some of the more creative panel layouts I've seen. The pencils are very detailed, especially when the sisters morph from their crow forms to their human bodies. The hybrid panels are definitely nightmare fuel.
I read a lot of new comic books to review and for fun, but Wonder Woman/Conan may be the best of them all. There is maybe only one other comic I can think of that brings me this much joy every issue. What an epic mini-series this has been.
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The Incan Jesus of San Blas by Dr. John V. Richardson Jr.
In September 2011, we traveled to Peru, which included a stop in Cusco. Early one morning, we visited the San Blas Plaza where juried arts and crafts vendors were selling their wares. Off to one side, a small shop called "Magic Hands" caught our eye because of the southwest Native American dream weaver which was hanging in the window.
Despite the sign which said OPEN, the door was locked. We figured that it was too early and decided to check back later. Indeed, it was well worth coming back. What an interesting experience!
This time when I tried the door, it opened and just inside stood a stocky, but very welcoming fellow of indeterminate age with long, unbraided black hair, who explained that he didn't open the door, unless he felt "good aura." Inviting us in, he told us his name was Jesus; and, he then explained that he spent fifteen days a month in Cusco and the other fifteen days at his clinic in the mountains outside the city, where he did traditional healing. I commented on the dream weaver and he explained that he was of mixed ancestry—his 102 year old father is from a Native American tribe in Arizona (perhaps it was Zuni?) and his mother, who is in her 90s, is from Peru; I don't think he mentioned his wife being from Peru, but he told us that he was 58, when we guessed he might be 35.
Then, he asked me if I was familiar with the shamanic arts; I told him that we had already visited two shamans (one in the Amazon and another up the hill above Cusco). He also showed us a write-up in one of the tour books and casually mentioned that Shirley MacLaine has written about him (see the Life Force of Sacred Sites). He showed us a couple of postcards from people who has been successfully treated by him.
Pretty soon, he told me that my "aura" was two colors (I think it was orange and yellow). His demeanor was calm and quite engaging; he has a gentle laugh as well. He kindly asked if he could "read" me. I agreed; he asked me to stretch out my right hand. He placed his own hands above and below mine, but without touching mine. Somehow, I felt his warmth (perhaps, less skeptical folks would say his "power"). He asked me my name; and then, he turned my hand over with his. He told me I was confused and asked if I knew the four chakra points (or, the human body's energy points). Yes, I said, I had heard of them. He told me: 1) the mind for thinking, 2) the eyes for seeing, 3) the mouth for communication, and 4) the upper body for exertion. He told me that these were out of balance—I had very tight shoulders, plus I was 100% analytical/crazy whereas 50% would be ok, he explained. He also mentioned something about my neck glands and that when I was 15 or 16 years old that I had a great conflict (honestly, I still can't think of what it would have been). Anyway, I was too open, taking in the good, the bad, and everything else. And, finally, I was skeptical as well. I asked him how he learned all of this stuff—he told me from his grand/father.
The good news, however, was that he had something for my condition. While he went in the back to his work area, he told me that I could read a printout of something from the WWW which told something more of his background (upon searching I found what I think was the source-click here).
When he returned, he has a small silver amulet. Handing me a large magnifying glass to look at it, he told me that in the center was a fire opal from the river; it had to be from the river and not the mountains for it to work for me. He further explained that I was to wear it around my neck. On the back, he showed me a rather intricate design or pattern which would channel the bad energy in, and then out, and away from me. I know one of the stone was hematite because he placed a small needle on it and it stayed there.
When it became clear to me that he wasn't giving it to me for free, I asked him how much it was. With a completely serious face, he replied "$1 million." I said something like, "Well, I guess I can't afford that!" He smiled again and said that he had a special price for me—700 soles (about $256). When I declined even at this special price, we talked about other things in his shop. The oil paintings are taken from his dreams and they are for sale. He also mentioned that some famous individuals visited him including Jim Morison, Jim Carrey, and Eric Clapton (who thirty days later shipped him a Harley Davidson motorcycle).
My skeptical conclusion: he is a good showman and makes you feel good that the artistic piece he has created is just for you. At least, you have a good story, if nothing else…we left without anything more than fond memories.


Brighten up your spring summer style with the Sportmax Code Graphic Flower Dress. Crafted from 100% cotton this lightweight, floral number will take pride of place in your new season wardrobe. The v-neckline is extremely flattering, whilst the contrasting patent shoulder straps add texture to the dress. Wear this Sportmax Code dress with a sandal and oversized basket bag for the perfect holiday look.


Today I'm sharing my How to: Charming Rustic Dresser Makeover, using a classic thrift store dresser in need of an update.
Special thanks to DecoArt for sponsoring this furniture makeover and tutorial.
Here's the original dresser below. It was painted and repainted many times over its long history.
The bones of the dresser were still good, it just looked ugly!
After removing the old knobs, I added decorative unfinished wood embellishments to the front of each dresser drawer.
Adding wood embellishments — also called wood appliques or wood flourishes — is an easy way to update an old dresser. I glued them on with E6000, waiting 24 hours, and then began painting!
Helpful tip: I purchased my wood embellishments at Home Depot here.
Layering chalky finish paint . . .
I used two chalky finish paint colors on this dresser to give it a rustic-looking makeover: Americana Decor Chalky Finish Paint in Heirloom (a peachy-tan color) and Rustic (a warm brown shade).
To recreate this look, I layered the two chalky finish paint colors over each other. In some cases the two colors of paint were still wet, so they blended together, while other spots were already dry before adding the next paint color, so the two colors were more distinct in those areas.
I wanted the new flourishes to match the new knobs I had purchased which had an oil-rubbed bronze finish to them. I think I got pretty darn close!
Then all that was left to do was add a coat of varnish over everything for durability.
You can see my complete tutorial — including all supplies used and step-by-step pictures — over on DecoArt's website!
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Strengths and Assets
We are Flagler.
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Melbourne – 8th March, 2013 Prana Biotechnology (NASDAQ:PRAN; ASX:PBT). Following on from the announcement released on 4th March, 2013 and at the request of the Australian Securities Exchange, the company is pleased to provide further detail in respect to the presentation of the new data demonstrating the ability of PBT2 to reduce the damage to brain cells, caused by the accumulation of the tau protein and preventing subsequent cognitive impairment.
The data was generated in an animal model that over produces the tau protein giving rise to 'tangle like' inclusions similar to those which cause neuronal death in Alzheimer's disease (AD). Importantly, whilst the anti-aggregation effects of PBT2 on Abeta have been well documented1, these results were generated in a model which is independent of the presence of Abeta, indicating that PBT2 has the ability to prevent neuronal damage via multiple metal mediated pathways, including Abeta and tau aggregation.
The data is being presented by Prana scientist Associate Professor Paul Adlard on 9th March 2013 in his presentation entitled, "Metal Chaperones are novel therapeutic agents for tauopathy".
"These findings provide further evidence that by targeting specific metal imbalances in the brain, PBT2 possesses the ability to ameliorate Alzheimer's pathology in relevant mouse models for both senile plaques and neurofibrillary tangles. This data, in combination with the previously reported Phase IIa clinical trial results2 for PBT2 in Alzheimer's disease further support PBT2 as a potentially promising therapy for this devastating disease", commented Rudy Tanzi, the Joseph P. and Rose F. Kennedy Professor of Neurology at Harvard Medical School and Prana's Chief Scientific Advisor.
Associate Professor Robert Cherny, Prana's Head of Research commented,"Prana scientists have shown that the Metal Protein Attenuating Compound, PBT2 improves cognitive impairment, Abeta burden and tau hyperphosphorylation in the APP/PS1 transgenic mouse model of AD which overexpresses Abeta1. Recent literature supports the notion that metals modulate the properties of tau and may affect the formation of neurofibrillary tangles (NFTs)3,4,5 which are a feature of several neurodegenerative diseases. In human beings, certain mutations in the gene encoding the tau protein lead to hereditary fronto-temporal dementia (FTD) and Parkinsonism collectively known as tauopathies. Indeed AD itself has been defined as an "Aβ-mediated tauopathy".
PBT2 is currently in a 12 month Phase II Alzheimer's disease clinical trial, the IMAGINE trial, which is now fully enrolled and will be completed at the end of the year.
(30mg/kg) by daily oral gavage for six weeks. Prior to culling and tissue collection the cognitive performance of the animals was examined using a standard test of cognition, the Y-maze. A stereological analysis of NFT burden and neuron number was conducted by histology and other biochemical endpoints assessed by Western blot.
Administration of PBT2 resulted in significant improvement in performance in the Y maze, a significant reduction in the number of NFTs and a significant increase in cortical and hippocampal neurons in the rTg(tauP301L)4510 mouse model. A significant increase in the levels of the PP2A protein (implicated in tau phosphorylation events) in PBT2 treated animals suggest that the drug may directly act upon biochemical pathways which lead to NFT formation as well as any potential interaction with tau itself 4.
1 Adlard P, et al (2008) Rapid restoration of cognition in Alzheimer's transgenic mice with 8- hydroxy quinoline analogs is associated with decreased interstitial Abeta. Neuron 59:43-5510.
2 Lannfelt et al. Safety, efficacy, and biomarker findings of PBT2 in targeting Aβ as a modifying therapy for Alzheimer's disease: a Phase IIa, double-blind, randomised, placebo-controlled trial. Lancet Neurology (2008) vol. 7, pp. 779-86. Lannfelt et al. Errata: Lancet Neurology (2009) vol. 8, pp. 981.
3 Insook K, et al (2011) Zinc stimulates tau S214 phosphorylation by the activation of Raf/mitogen-activated protein kinase-kinase/extracellular signal-regulated kinase pathway. Neuroreport: 22:839–844.
4 Craddock TJA et al, The Zinc Dyshomeostasis Hypothesis of Alzheimer's Disease. PLoSOne e33552. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0033552.
5 Xiong et al (2013) Zinc induces protein phosphatase 2A inactivation and tau hyperphosphorylation through Src dependent PP2A (tyrosine 307) phosphorylation. Neurobiol Aging. 34:745-56.
6 Ramsden M et al (2005) Age-Dependent Neurofibrillary Tangle Formation, Neuron Loss, and Memory Impairment in a Mouse Model of Human Tauopathy (P301L). J Neurosci, 25: 10637- 10647.


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National Book Foundation > Interviews > Interview with Tony Valenzuela, Executive Director of Lambda Literary
Interview with Tony Valenzuela, Executive Director of Lambda Literary
Tony Valenzuela is the Executive Director of Lambda Literary, an honorable mention for the 2015 Innovations in Reading Prize.
National Book Foundation: What was the literary landscape like for LGBTQ readers and writers when the first Book Report was published in 1987?
Tony Valenzuela: In the '80s, there was an explosion of queer literature, which is the very reason that the Book Report and the Lambda Awards were born. The LGBTQ community was besieged by homophobia and the AIDS crisis, and the burgeoning literary community that was publishing had this kind of do-it-yourself mentality. For a lot of us, our community centers were bookstores. Deacon Maccubbin, our founder, saw how the landscape was growing for queer writers, and he wanted to have an institution that would spotlight those works.
The political landscape was obviously very different, and the literary landscape was smaller, but we had our bookstores – many more LGBTQ bookstores in the '80s than we do now. In terms of mainstream acceptance, visibility, that was much smaller. We were doing it for ourselves.
NBF: I'm trying to think now of queer bookstores that I've seen or visited, and I can't think of as many as I know there used to be.
TV: There's the Bureau in New York City, and Giovanni's Room in Philadelphia, but where else? So many bookstores have closed, and there are so few that are queer-specific.
I will say that there are a lot of independent bookstores doing a really good job with queer literature. In LA, Skylight Books has a great queer reading series, and so does Bluestockings in New York. There are others around that aren't queer-specific that are doing public programming that includes queer writers. But many queer-specific bookstores have closed.
Lambda Fellows 2013
NBF: So it's less a physical space now than a community.
TV: Yes. That's another thing – virtual space is huge right now. Lambda's one part of it, but there are blogs, there are queer writers in social media, there's Goodreads and Amazon. There are a lot of places where we're talking about literature in the virtual world. I know it's a change, and that you lose something, but that's so important.
I'll give you one example with Lambda. Our Lambda Book Report ended as a print journal in 2009, and we had a circulation, I think, of about 3,000 subscribers. But since it's been online, the review gets upwards of 50,000 readers a month. There's a lot to be said for that.
NBF: The books that Lambda spotlights can be a lifeline for a lot of readers, especially more underrepresented readers. But access has always been and is still a huge problem. So how do you reach those readers?
TV: Librarians do a big part of it. As a community, they're plugged into Lambda in a really meaningful way; we have a lot of friendships and relationships with librarians. They'll tell us that they subscribe to the newsletter so they see what books are being published. They pay attention to the shortlist and winners at the Lammys because they want to know what books to stock in the library. That's one way that the literature is reaching a larger audience that's outside of the internet.
One of the things that surprised me when I started working at Lambda five years ago is this: you might think that we're going to have a huge number of members from big cities or the coast. But the truth is that our members are from all over the place, from small and medium-sized cities in every state and other countries too. And that struck me powerfully.
Many of those members are readers. That's another thing about Lambda Literary; we're an organization that's largely supported by readers. And they're all over the country, not just in big cities, so books from all over the place, large and small, are given attention. That's the reason why Lambda Literary, as an organization that's about LGBTQ literature, has been able to sustain itself for all these years. We have a really dedicated, passionate base of supporters. It has grown and continues to grow, but it's been there for decades.
NBF: There's a kind of hunger for those books that you don't always see.
TV: We're one of the only places where some writers are getting reviewed. It's really important, and we do as much as we can.
William Johnson in New York, the [Review] editor, gets well over a thousand books sent to him every year for consideration. We're only able to do about a quarter of those. And for those that do get reviewed, Lambda is one of the only places, if not the only place, where that writer's getting covered in a literary publication. The book review sections of major newspapers have shrunk, and it's an important place for queer writers to have a platform and a spotlight.
NBF: Why is it important for a larger audience to read books by LGBTQ authors with LGBTQ narratives?
TV: Well, by and large, we're the best at telling our stories. There are heterosexual writers who do their homework, who are strong allies and really understand the LGBTQ experience, and who do beautiful work to show different narratives of that experience. But, for the most part, we LGBTQ people are still best at telling our own stories, and we're also the most invested in telling our own stories with us as protagonists in the most nuanced ways.
A lot of mainstream audiences are reading LGBTQ writers now, writers like Sarah Waters and Justin Torres and Michael Cunningham. They're read not only because they're beautiful writers, but also because they're telling our stories in ways that a lot of heterosexuals wouldn't be able to. I know that there are straight writers who do a beautiful job at it, but too often we still see ourselves stereotyped. We aren't protagonists. That's one thing queer writers are doing: we're protagonists of our stories, of every kind of story imaginable. Literature has given us that more than any other form of storytelling, more than film and television. I mean, that's why so many of us are drawn to books.
And we've barely scratched the surface of what our stories are. There's a lot of attention now to LGBT characters in television shows or films [coming out], but there are still so many stories beyond coming out to be told. Still, we're asked, "Is there a need for LGBT literature? Is there a need for an organization like Lambda Literary when now there's gay marriage?"
NBF: Obviously, because marriage is legalized, everything is fixed.
TV: Oh, yeah, that's exactly what happened in other marginalized groups. Once they got civil rights, it all went away [laughs] – which couldn't be further from the truth. But we're only now telling the stories of our lives in ways that mainstream America is paying attention to.
A lot of us write for our own community. Many of us write to a broad audience and want the mainstream to read what we have to say, but a lot of us tell our stories because we feel they need to be told to our own. I think that's great.
NBF: Let's talk about the Writers in Schools program, which was launched in 2012. What's been the most rewarding aspect of working with teenagers and young adults?
TV: It's rewarding to go into schools and see that, in a lot of places, there's so much more support and understanding for gay youth than there has ever been.
For example, we were just in a suburban San Diego school last month. The high school's GSA invited an author, and I sat in, because we were videotaping this particular session to do some outreach with it. At lunchtime, at this GSA meeting, there were about fifteen kids in the classroom. They'd all read A.S. King's book Ask the Passengers, and she came in via Skype and did this Q&A for forty-five minutes.
It was just remarkable for me to watch because not only did they get to engage with literature and storytelling with an author and get to ask her what it's like to write a book and what it's like to be a writer, but they got to talk about themselves and the context of their own lives as queer kids.
This also happens in classrooms where there's gay and straight kids. They get to talk about their own understanding of what gay life is and have it enriched by the stories that they read and the authors that visit them. And I think, most importantly, it's introducing young readers to new works by queer authors. Young readers, you know, become older readers [laughs] and they know that there's this vast queer literary landscape that is for them, too.
We're introducing a lot of young people to that literature that their teachers may not have otherwise assigned. They may not have otherwise known that Catherine Ryan Hyde's books exist, or Charles Rice-Gonzalez's, or A.S. King's, or Alex Sanchez's. And now they do. They may become, more than just fans and lifelong readers of those works, lifelong readers in general. We know from the Harry Potter generation, when people become lovers of books young they'll read when they're older. Lambda wants to play a role in that by introducing young people in high schools to this other body of work and authors telling these others stories in ways that they're not going to see anywhere else. So that's very gratifying.
The program has remained in pilot phase because it's been kind of small. I can't tell you what this is, but we're going to have a major announcement about the program in another month. It'll be expanding in some important ways, and we're excited about that. It just means we're going to be able to reach more young people.
Hilton Als accepting his 2014 Lammy Award.
NBF: There's also the Writers' Retreat, which I know you just came back from. How has that expanded and changed since its original conception?
TV: It started in 2007, so it's not quite ten years old, but we've done it enough times that, after this year's class, about 350 fellows have gone through the program.
One of the ways that it's changed is that it's bigger. We started with three workshops – fiction, nonfiction, and poetry – and we now have five. We added playwriting this year, and we have genre fiction, which is a rotating workshop. This year there was a focus on young adult fiction and graphic novels. In years past, we've had a focus on sci-fi or mystery. So that one changes each year. We also get a ton more applications than when we started. [laughs] It's become really competitive, which is great. Of course we want people to come into it and do the work in their own writing.
The faculty choose the students. They go through their own genre; they go through the applications and choose the group that they're going to work with. The writing samples and the artistic statements are really important. I only say this because I hear from folks who didn't get in once and they think, "Oh, well, Lambda didn't think I was good enough for it," and that's not it at all. That particular year, the student may have applied to a workshop where the instructor was interested in a particular kind of student, but it may be different the next year. There are excellent writers who don't get in. There's this subjectiveness to it. People have to keep trying.
And the other thing that has changed is the amount of diversity. It's always been a diverse group of writers, but we now have people who are writing across a multiplicity of identities: trans writers, and writers of color, and women writers, who are all queer and writing across all these identities and telling their stories across many different identities. That's really important. It is a reflection of who our community is. Lambda has really paid attention to the diversity of the students in the program, and it's been a really positive and powerful change in the program.
NBF: What's on the horizon for Lambda Literary, and LGBTQ literature more broadly?
TV: We want to keep doing what we're doing in each of our programs – the awards, the retreat, the Review, and the writers in schools – and make each of them better. Just five years ago I was the only staff member. Now we've got William Johnson doing the Review, Kathleen DeBold managing all the judges for the Lambda awards, Shirley doing the writers in schools and Kyle, our programs coordinator, doing everything under the sun. Our capacity has expanded, and so we've been able to grow and improve our programs.
We want to continue to advocate for our literature, to advance our literature, so our authors have the most exposure possible. We want to give emerging writers a leg up in our programs so that they have [the support of] our stronger writers and also have a better shot at getting their book published. The writers in our emerging writers program have this astonishing success in getting their books published – it's just incredible.
We want to keep doing what we're doing, but to grow it smartly and be a resource to readers. To expand our reach to readers and to people who don't know we exist. There are a lot of people who still, even in the LGBT community, think, "Oh, Lambda, Lambda Legal," and we have to say, "No, no, no! We're Lambda Literary! And Lambda Literary has been around for over a quarter of a century!" And then they see what we do, and all the different ways that we're involved in the literature communities, and they become a part of that, the Lambda family. We want to grow our family.
I guess this is the main thing: when I came in five years ago, it was me and a team of people who'd been working hard to grow the organization. There was potential for strong and steady growth with no ceiling in sight. And there's still so much potential for what our writers and our literary community are doing. I believe that the sky's the limit. We have not seen it slow down. In terms of Lammy submissions, five years ago there were 450 and this year there were over 850. So where's that coming from? It's exciting. I think that the queer literary community is really vibrant right now, and Lambda wants to play our role in helping writers and exposing writers to more readers.
Lamda Literary,
Honorable Mention for the 2015 Innovations in Reading Prize
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Ontario becomes the first province to list fluvoxamine as a COVID-19 treatment to consider
Avis Favaro CTV National News Medical Correspondent
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Published Wednesday, December 22, 2021 7:51PM EST Last Updated Wednesday, December 22, 2021 7:51PM EST
Ontario has become the first province to list an inexpensive and well-known antidepressant as a treatment doctors can "consider" for patients with a mild COVID-19 infection in a bid to keep them out of hospital.
In the science table listing on Wednesday, a panel indicated that the drug fluvoxamine can be considered and prescribed to patients with a mild case who are at risk of having more severe symptoms.
Fluvoxamine is a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) antidepressant that is typically used to treat depression and obsessive-compulsive disorders.
"Right now, we're in a really unprecedented wave of Omicron and we have just a staggering number of patients getting infected," Dr. Menaka Pai, associate professor of medicine at McMaster University and co-chair of the Ontario COVID-19 Science Advisory Table, told CTV News. "Our goal is to keep them safe, to keep them out of hospital and also to preserve our scarcest resource, which I would say is our hospital beds."
The drug costs a little more than a dollar a day and would be taken for 15 days, starting with a small dose. In comparison, the antivirals medicines from Pfizer and Merck cost nearly $1,000 dollars per patient.
Studies have shown that the drug can cut hospital admissions due to COVID-19 by up to 30 per cent.
"When you look at all that data together, it is very likely that fluvoxamine prevents hospitalization in patients with mild COVID-19," Pai said. "So patients who are not yet on oxygen, and if our goal in this wave of the pandemic is to stop patients with COVID from ending up in those scarce hospital beds, then that I think is a very important finding, indeed."
Researchers at McMaster University monitored more than 1,500 unvaccinated COVID-19-positive patients for a month and gave them either the drug or a placebo.
Of those who received fluvoxamine, 10.6 per cent required treatment by a doctor for more than six hours or were hospitalized, while 15.7 per cent of the participants who received a placebo were hospitalized or needed physician treatment for more than six hours. When patients took all of their drugs, the noted beneficial effect went up to 65 per cent, the study found.
Dr. Edward Mills, the co-principal investigator of the trial, said the results could be a game-changer, particularly in developing countries with low vaccination rates.
"It's a very large treatment effect, one that hasn't been observed for any drug yet," he told CTV News back in October when the study was published.
John's Hopkins University has also endorsed the drug for use within seven days of symptoms, provided the patient is not in their third trimester of pregnancy.
While Ontario is the first province to list the drug as an option, Pai said other regions are also considering the medication as a possible preventative therapy.
This 2020 electron microscope image provided by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases - Rocky Mountain Laboratories shows SARS-CoV-2 virus particles which cause COVID-19, isolated from a patient in the U.S., emerging from the surface of cells cultured in a lab. (NIAID-RML via AP)
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Pakistan's Shaheen-III Ballistic Missile May Use Chinese Transporter
Does Pakistan's Shaheen-III ballistic missile use a Chinese transporter?
By Ankit Panda for The Diplomat
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A Chinese state-owned defense firm may have provided the transporter used for Pakistan's Shaheen-III medium-range ballistic missile.
IHS Jane's Defense Weekly, citing an Indian government source, reports that China Precision Machinery Import-Export Corporation (CPMIEC), a state-owned defense export firm, made the 16 wheeler transporter erector launcher (TEL) for Pakistan's Shaheen-III missile.
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Pakistan is believed to have taken delivery of the TELs at the end of February or in early March 2016. The source also said that Pakistan's National Engineering and Scientific Commission has set up an assembly line at the Punjab-based National Development Complex to assemble TELs for Pakistani missiles.
Pakistan and China are close allies. While China has been accused of abetting Pakistan's nuclear and missile programs, it officially denies providing any technological assistance to Pakistan.
The Indian source that spoke to Jane's notes that Pakistan and China began negotiation on 2012 for the CPMIEC-built TELs.
United States officials have previously cited (PDF) CPMIEC, along with other Chinese state-owned firms, as "serial proliferators" in the case of North Korea.
The Shaheen-III is one of Pakistan's solid-fuel ballistic missiles, capable of delivering a nuclear weapon. The missile went into service early last year.
Of all of Pakistan's ballistic missile systems, the Shaheen-III has the longest effective range, at around 2,750 kilometers.
The Shaheen-III's development and design has been highly opaque, with little information publicly available about the missile's capabilities. In a addition to being a mobile, solid-fueled platform, the Shaheen-III is thought to be capable of delivering multiple warheads.
CPIEMC's Other Activities
China Precision Machinery Import-Export Corporation (CPMIEC) was most visibly involved with a now-defunct deal to sell Turkey the HQ-9 surface-to-air missile system. The deal fell apart after Istanbul drew back following pressure from NATO.
Critically, China-provided TELs are thought to be the carriers for North Korea's as-yet-untested KN-08 and KN-14 intercontinental ballistic missiles.
A UN Panel of Experts' spring 2016 report points out that North Korea was also using three-axis trucks that "were nearly identical to a series of trucks manufactured by a Chinese company."
The company is not specified in the Panel of Experts' report and Annex 69 of the report, which contains evidence substantiating the Panel's finding, is labeled "Strictly Confidential."
These trucks were seen in North Korea's October 2015 military parade.
The report notes that China said there was "agreement on the purposes of the exported truck"—North Korea said it would "use the trucks solely for forest area operations and timber transportation." (Reuters also reported on the use of Chinese trucks in North Korea.)
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