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Date of Submission 13-May-2012
Date of Acceptance 07-Jul-2012
Date of Web Publication 9-Oct-2012
Introduction: Neodymium:yttrium aluminum garnet (Nd:YAG) laser resection is one of the most established interventional pulmonology techniques for immediate debulking of malignant central airway obstruction (CAO). The major aim of this study was to investigate the complication rate and identify clinical risk factors for complications in patients with advanced lung cancer.
Methods: In the period from January 2006 to January 2011, data sufficient for analysis were identified in 464 patients. Nd:YAG laser resection due to malignant CAO was performed in all patients. The procedure was carried out in general anesthesia. Complications after laser resection were defined as severe hypoxemia, global respiratory failure, arrhythmia requiring treatment, hemoptysis, pneumothorax, pneumomediastinum, pulmonary edema, tracheoesophageal fistulae, and death. Risk factors were defined as acute myocardial infarction within 6 months before treatment, hypertension, chronic arrhythmia, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), stabilized cardiomyopathy, previous external beam radiotherapy, previous chemotherapy, and previous interventional pulmonology treatment.
Results : There was 76.1% male and 23.9% female patients in the study, 76.5% were current smokers, 17.2% former smokers, and 6.3% of nonsmokers. The majority of patients had squamous cell lung cancer (70%), small cell lung cancer was identified in 18.3%, adenocarcinoma in 3.4%, and metastases from lung primary in 8.2%. The overall complication rate was 8.4%. Statistically significant risk factors were age (P = 0.001), current smoking status (P = 0.012), arterial hypertension (P < 0.0001), chronic arrhythmia (P = 0.034), COPD (P < 0.0001), and stabilized cardiomyopathy (P < 0.0001). Independent clinical risk factors were age over 60 years (P = 0.026), arterial hypertension (P < 0.0001), and COPD (P < 0.0001).
Conclusion : Closer monitoring of patients with identified risk factors is advisable prior and immediately after laser resection. In order to avoid or minimize complications, special attention should be directed toward patients who are current smokers, over 60 years of age, with arterial hypertension or COPD.
Keywords: Bronchoscopy, interventional pulmonology, laser resection, lung cancer, Nd:YAG laser, treatment
Perin B, Zaric B, Jovanovic S, Matijasevic J, Stanic J, Kopitovic I, Zvezdin B, Antonic M. Patient-related independent clinical risk factors for early complications following Nd: YAG laser resection of lung cancer. Ann Thorac Med 2012;7:233-7
Perin B, Zaric B, Jovanovic S, Matijasevic J, Stanic J, Kopitovic I, Zvezdin B, Antonic M. Patient-related independent clinical risk factors for early complications following Nd: YAG laser resection of lung cancer. Ann Thorac Med [serial online] 2012 [cited 2023 Jan 31];7:233-7. Available from: https://www.thoracicmedicine.org/text.asp?2012/7/4/233/102184
Neodymium:yttrium aluminum garnet (Nd:YAG) laser resection is one of the most common interventional pulmonology techniques for urgent debulking of malignant central airway obstruction (CAO). The laser beam is delivered through quartz optical fiber, which is easily adaptable for a flexible or rigid bronchoscope. It operates in the invisible range of the electromagnetic spectrum, at a wavelength of 1064 nm and thus requires a pilot light for navigation. Even though the technique was introduced into bronchology and interventional pulmonology over 20 years ago, only high volume experienced centers are performing this intervention. In hands of a skilled and experienced bronchoscopist, the technique is safe and reliable. [1],[2],[3],[4] Over the years, this procedure showed to be beneficial in therapeutic relief of lung cancer signs and symptoms, showing potential to improve progression free survival, quality of life, and even survival in lung cancer patients. [5],[6],[7],[8],[9],[10],[11] All of the major interventional pulmonology guidelines are suggesting that Nd:YAG laser resection should be considered a part of multimodality treatment of advanced central lung cancer with endobronchial obstruction. [12],[13],[14],[15],[16],[17],[18],[19] Nd:YAG laser resection alone or in combination with other interventional techniques demonstrated benefit in treatment of inoperable early stage lung cancer, in the treatment of benign CAO, and in multimodality treatment of central, advanced stage lung cancer. [20],[21],[22],[23],[24],[25],[26],[27]
The complication rate after Nd:YAG laser resection depends on several factors. One of the most important is bronchoscopists skillfulness. However, the patient's general condition as well as the characteristics of lesions, laser power settings, and other procedure-related aspects (oxygen concentration, duration of pulses) must not be neglected. The reported complication rate varies from less than 1% to over 35%, depending on the timing of occurrence and complication type. [28],[29],[30],[31] Early complications, occurring within a few weeks after intervention, are more common than the late complications. The average complication rate is usually around 5%. Most of the published data evaluate procedure-related risk factors and complications following Nd:YAG laser resection. [32],[33],[34] That is the main reason why we intended to evaluate patient-related risk factors and complications.
The aims of the study were to determine the rate of early complications following Nd:YAG laser resection in a high volume respiratory endoscopy unit with experienced bronchoscopists, and to identify potential patient-related risk factors for these complications. Identification of independent patient-related clinical risk factors was the primary aim of the study. We hypothesized that thorough examination of the patients' current condition and medical history could reveal risk factors significantly related to complications after laser resection. Determination of these risk factors could improve patient selection and decrease the complication rate.
We analyzed patient-related clinical risk factors for early complications following Nd:YAG laser resection in 464 patients who were eligible according to the inclusion and exclusion criteria, in the period from January 2006 to January 2011. Hospital, endoscopy, anesthesiology, and patient medical charts were reviewed to determine age, gender, tumor histology, smoking status, site of the tumor, and previous therapy. The potential clinical risk factors were recorded for multivariate analysis. The risk factors were determined as myocardial infarction occurring over 6 months ago, controlled hypertension, controlled chronic arrhythmias, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), controlled cardiomyopathy, previous external beam radiotherapy (EBRT), previous chemotherapy, and previous interventional pulmonology procedures. Early complications of laser resection, occurring within 3 weeks after intervention, were defined as severe hypoxemia, global respiratory failure, arrhythmia requiring treatment, hemoptysis (over 250 mL), pneumothorax, pneumomediastinum, pulmonary edema, tracheoesophageal fistulae, and death. Patients were monitored for complications during intervention, immediately after laser resection, and daily during first 5 days. In following 2 weeks, patients were monitored once a week, unless there was a need for more often clinical examination.
The study was approved by the ethical and scientific boards of the Institute for Pulmonary Diseases of Vojvodina, Serbia. All of the patients who decided to participate in the study have been informed about the procedure, potential benefits, and risks, and all of them had signed an informed consent form. Major inclusion criteria were endobronchial laser resection (endobronchial tumorous lesions causing significant intraluminal obstruction, not more than 4 cm of length, with functional distal lung tissue), Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status ≤3, ability to tolerate general anesthesia, and the absence of general contraindications for bronchoscopy. The exclusion criteria were ECOG ≥ 4, recent myocardial infarction, unresolved coagulopathies, platelet (PLT) No < 50, unstable angina pectoris, chronic heart failure (New York Heart Association - NYHA, class ≥ 3), uncontrolled arrhythmia or hypertension, and allergy to anesthetics.
Nd:YAG laser resection was carried out via a combination of rigid and flexible bronchoscopy. Intervention was performed under general anesthesia. Vital parameters, (heart rate, rhythm, arterial blood pressure, and oxygen saturation) were followed in real time on the monitor. The patients were intubated with the rigid bronchoscope. A flexible bronchoscope was introduced through the rigid instrument, while the laser fiber was introduced through the working channel of the bronchoscope. We used a Sharplan-3000 Nd:YAG laser machine (Laser Industries Ltd., Israel). Initial laser power applied was 40 W; average power used was 50-60 W, with 1-2 s pulses. Average duration of procedures was 60 min.
The continuous variables were described as mean and standard deviations (SDs). The discrete variables were described as frequencies and proportion and compared, using the Pearson χ2 -test. The logistic regression analysis was performed to evaluate dependency between potential clinical risk factors and occurrence of complications. All probability values were calculated by assuming a two-tailed α value of 0.05 with confidence intervals at the 95% level. All statistical analyses were performed using the SPSS for Windows, version 11.5 (SPSS Inc., Chicago, IL) software. After identification of risk factors in univariate analysis, all the parameters that reached statistical significance were inputted in multivariate analysis. True independent risk factors were derived from multivariate analysis.
There were 464 patients included in the study, 353 (76.1%) male and 111 (23.9%) female patients. The average age of the patients was 59 ± 9 years. Among the patients, 355 (76.5%) were current smokers, 80 patients (17.2%) were former smokers, and only 29 (6.3%) were nonsmokers. The majority of the patients had stage IV lung cancer (61.6%), stage IIIB was determined in 22.2% of the patients, while 16.2% had stage IIIA disease. Lung cancer types and tumor localizations are given in [Table 1]. Risk factors and the corresponding frequencies are shown in [Table 2] while complications and their frequency are listed in [Table 3]. As visible from [Table 2], most common risk factors as defined per protocol were previous treatment interventions: chemotherapy, radiotherapy, and previous interventional pulmonology treatment. The majority of patients were without complications (91.6%), among patients with complications most common were hypoxemia and hemoptysis [Table 3].
Table 1: Lung cancer types and tumor localizations identified in our patient group
Table 2: Risk factors and their frequency
Table 3: Complications and their frequency
The overall complication rate was 8.4%. There was a significant correlation between the age and the complication rate (P= 0.001). Statistically significant clinical risk factors for complications were actual smoking status (P= 0.012), duration of smoking status (PCKY) (P=0.009), arterial hypertension (P<0.0001), chronic arrhythmia (P= 0.034), COPD (P<0.0001), and stabilized cardiomyopathy (P<0.0001). There was also a significant correlation between previous chemotherapy and complications (P=0.031). Additional statistical analysis revealed independent clinical risk factors. Statistically significant independent factors were age over 60 years (P=0.026), arterial hypertension (P<0.0001), and COPD (P<0.0001). The results of multivariate logistic regression are shown in [Table 4].
Table 4: The results of logistic regression showing independent risk factors for complications after laser resection
Although majority of the patients undergoing laser resection of endobronchial malignancy have impaired respiratory function and significant comorbidities, the incidence of complications is surprisingly low. The most common complications following Nd:YAG laser resection of endobronchial tumors include hemorrhage (hemoptysis), pneumothorax, pneumomediastinum, respiratory failure, cardiac arrest, and myocardial infarction. The most feared, and nowadays a very rare complication, is airway fire. [1], [2],[3],[4],[5],[6],[7],[8],[9],[10] However, there are some inconsistencies in the reporting of complications. Majority of the studies that evaluated safety of laser resection in palliation of lung cancer reported the overall complication rate with special attention on technique-related risk factors (power settings, pulls duration, oxygen concentration, bronchoscopists experience, or characteristics of the lesion). [11],[12],[13],[14],[15] Only few studies reported exact complications and the complication rate, and none of these studies evaluated patient-related risk factors. A large number of studies confirm the low complication rate, with range from less than 5% to 5-10%. [27] The overall complication rate in our study was 8.4%. It is slightly higher than in the most recent studies. However, this result could be attributed to the large number of patients in stage IV lung cancer. The incidence of acute hemorrhage is reported to be between 1 and 10%, pneumothorax up to 3%, and transient deterioration of gas exchange up to 80%. [27] Data from our study show the rate of hemoptysis 2.6%, pneumothorax 0.9%, and prolonged hypoxemia 2.4%. We did not observe fatal hemorrhage. There was one fatal outcome in our data series, and it was related to the cardiac arrest. In Han et al.'s study, [28] the overall complication rate was 6.5%; study population was very similar to ours as well as the tumor stage and characteristics. The reported complication rate is in consistency with data obtained from our study. As shown in Venuta et al.'s study, [29] the complication rate remains low even when Nd:YAG laser resection is used as a bridge to surgery. The complication rate (calculated per patient) for bleeding and hypoxia in their study was 2.56% and 1.83%, respectively. The largest study on Nd:YAG laser resection published up until today by Cavaliere and Cavaliere [30],[31] evaluated results of 5049 bronchoscopies with the overall complication rate of 2.35%. Their data showed the complication rate for hemorrhage 0.67%, pneumothorax 0.5%, pneumomediastinum 0.31%, respiratory failure 0.42%, cardiac arrest 0.34%, and myocardial infarction 0.09%. The corresponding values from our data series are completely in consistency with the results from Cavaliere's study [Table 3]. However, when compared to the analysis of complications in 7000 bronchoscopies that showed an overall rate of 0.99%, as published in Ernst's state of the art paper, our complication rate (8.4%) remains higher than usual. In two of our previous papers that evaluated efficacy of Nd:YAG laser resection in treatment of lung cancer, the overall complication rate was under 5%, even though we did not analyze complications in the mentioned paper and the number of patients was significantly lower than in this study. [32],[33] There are studies, but with low number of patients, which show the absence of complications after laser resection of centrally located advanced stage lung cancer. [34]
Our primary goal was not only determination of complications and the complication rate. We were mainly interested in evaluation of patient-related risk factors which could be related to complications. Among demographic data, smoking status (actual smokers) and duration of smoking presented as pack-years (PCKY) were found to be significant risk factors for complications. This could be explained by the fact that smoking seriously impairs lung function, especially in lung cancer patients with concomitant COPD. Heavy smoking could be defined as a special risk, having in mind that in this study smoking over 60 PCKY was found to be an independent risk factor for complications of laser resection. The age was found to be a significant risk factor in general; however, age over 60 years was found to be an independent risk factor for complications, implicating that special attention should be directed toward that population. Special attention should be also paid to the group of patients with cardiovascular risks. Arterial hypertension, chronic arrhythmia, and stabilized cardiomyopathy were found to be statistically significant risk factors. With the increase in number of patients with lung cancer and cardiovascular comorbidities, this particular population could be more often admitted for interventional pulmonology treatment. In our study, 13% of the patients had lung cancer and cardiovascular comorbidity. COPD was expected to be a significant risk factor, more or less majority of patients with lung cancer have chronic bronchitis or emphysema, but in multivariate analysis COPD was identified as an independent risk factor. That result should alert physicians to pay attention to patients with COPD prior and after the laser treatment. The significant risk factor for complications was previous chemotherapy. However, since 70% of the patients received chemotherapy prior Nd:YAG laser resection that result may be a pitfall of study design, rather than actual risk factor. Nevertheless we cannot neglect the results we obtained, and previous chemotherapy should be regarded at least as a potential risk factor. Determination of independent risk factors for complications following Nd:YAG laser resection enables us to define the target population which is at risk. That might be the way to decrease the incidence of complications and provide better care for patients undergoing Nd:YAG laser resection of advanced stage lung cancer.
Determination of independent patient-related risk factors for complications following Nd:YAG laser resection of lung cancer facilitates detection of patient population with high risk for complications. Patients over 60 years of age, especially ones with COPD and arterial hypertension, as well as smokers over 60 PCKY should be thoroughly monitored prior and after laser resection. Thorough examination of patients with risk factors prior laser resection and active monitoring after the procedure could prevent complications and lead to a decrease in complication incidence.
The study was supported by the grant of the Serbian Ministry for Science and Technology, grant number 175056.
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Maharashtra International Sports University to produce experts: Kedar – education
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Following international standards in any field is the new basic and it will be no different for the International Sports University, Maharashtra, to be established here, state Sports Minister Sunil Kedar said on Friday.
An official statement quoted him as saying that the goal was to create "a place with facilities of international standards, where students will gain experience" to help Maharashtra and India become a "superpower in the field of sports."
He said that the ISU was established in Pune because of Balewadi's prepared infrastructure, adding that installing it in any other city would have involved costs and time to obtain approvals.
"We have very good infrastructure in place here, all we have to do is plan and start academics. Pune has a rich sports culture and we hope that the International Sports University will benefit the city and vice versa, "he said.
Kedar said that the university, which will be located at the Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex in Balewadi, will begin operations from the 2021-2022 academic year.
Maharashtra Sports Commissioner Omprakash Bakoria said the sports department had written to the Indian Institute of Technology in Bombay and the Indian Institute of Management in Ahmedabad to request agreements for courses such as sports technology, sports governance and sports management. " University will offer various courses including Physical and Sports Education, Sports Science and Sports Medicine, Sports Technology, Sports Governance, Sports Management, Sports Media and Communication, Sports Training and Training.
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Viewing "The Hurt Locker" in Another Dimension…
March 8, 2010 by Annie Leave a Comment
Much has been said about the mega-blockbuster, Avatar being available in 3-D (as in third dimension) — a viewing format that requires special glasses. 3-D is picking up steam in Hollywood because it is supposed to be more engaging.
The thing is, I discovered that there is another way to engage the viewer without the need for special glasses. Â It all started when "Hurt Locker" came out on DVD and I finally had a chance to watch it.
I came across it when I finally saw "The Hurt Locker" (Netflix, Amazon) when it became available on DVD. The film itself is very powerful. Watching it via a Blu-ray player on a big HDTV with decent sound, I found that it really pulled me in. It is the kind of film that find yourself thinking about long after it is over.
One of the first thoughts that crossed my mind is that it was a shame that The Hurt Locker didn't get big screen/big sound treatment when it was released last summer.
The next day, I put the disc back in the player and clicked on the option for viewing with commentary. I watched the entire movie again while listening to Kathryn Bigelow, screenwriter Mark Boal (who did time as a journalist embed with an Explosive Ordnance Disposal unit) others describe what was going on and, more importantly, the hurdles they had to jump/mountains they had to climb to get the film made.
There was a little bit of "Bowfinger" in that they leveraged crowds Jordan that had already gathered for temple or other events. Many of the scenes were shot using up to six cameras at times, documentary style.
In his autobiography, "Name Above the Title," Frank Capra said this about the filmmaking process:
"No two motion pictures are alike in the making. Each film is a living piece of your life in a small unreal world with its own character an integrity; its own new set of memorable experiences and incredible happenings."
The added dimension that came from listening to the commentary put "The Hurt Locker" way over the top for me. I didn't care what awards would come. I knew I was viewing something special. Something that came together — like the sun, moon and stars all lining up. The talent on screen and behind the camera was amazing. You could really appreciate how this film became a labor of love for all involved.
My hope is that more people will have a chance to experience "The Hurt Locker" in both dimensions. And then, the next time you are faced with a difficult task to do, think about what these folks went through to get that movie made.
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Australian bushfire crisis continues as political fallout intensifies
Mike Head
For a second week, large, unpredictable and fast-moving blazes are forcing people to flee their homes, often at short notice, in drought-stricken parts of Australia, with fire authorities warning there is no relief in sight over coming months.
Thousands of people have lost their homes or suffered major losses already, many more have been traumatised. Much worse is feared to come in a bushfire emergency that began during September, that is, in early spring.
In the most populous state, New South Wales (NSW), six people have died and 479 homes have been destroyed since September. The state's Rural Fire Service deputy commissioner Rob Rogers tweeted on Sunday: "An awful statistic considering we are not yet in summer."
Bushfires in Australia
Last night, despite some milder weather over the weekend, nearly 60 fires were still burning in NSW and more than 80 fires across the neighbouring state of Queensland, many out of control. Frequent "leave now" evacuation orders continued in affected regions, including some on the fringes of Sydney and other urban areas.
Smoke is causing unhealthy air quality in Sydney and Brisbane and many towns along the east coast. Last Friday, Port Macquarie on the NSW mid-north coast, experienced the world's worst air pollution, exceeding New Delhi. The coastal town's Air Quality Index rose to 1,739—a rating above 200 is deemed hazardous—prompting health officials to warn residents to stay indoors.
Forty-degree heat and "catastrophic" fire conditions in Western Australia, which are expected to move across the continent this week, combined with dry lightning strikes, could intensify the fires. Later in the week, a three-day heatwave is expected in parts of the eastern states.
Despite efforts throughout the political and media establishment to shut down debate, public discontent is growing over the underlying climate change causes of the fire emergency and the ever-more apparent inadequacy of the official response.
After outbursts of anger directed against them by devastated fire victims, Prime Minister Scott Morrison and Labor Party leader Anthony Albanese have both stopped visiting evacuation centres and tried to call a halt to any discussion of the crucial political issues raised by the fires.
Visiting a crisis co-ordination centre in Canberra last Tuesday, Morrison urged an end to "provocative" comments. "I think it's important that at moments like this, everybody take it down a few notches," he said. "It's because people need to know that we're focussed on their needs right here and now."
Likewise, Albanese dismissed protests over the lack of government action on climate change. "I don't think it's a time to be engaged in party politics," he said after a fire victim yelled "shame" at him during a photo opportunity in northern NSW last Tuesday. Ginger O'Brien objected: "Your house is not burning. My house is burning down. What are you doing? Nothing. You're laughing. You're playing with fire." O'Brien said there needed to be more money to support firefighters. "My friends are out there," she said.
For all their claims of "focussing on the needs" of victims, Labor and Liberal-National governments alike have left fire services seriously under-resourced, ignoring warnings by scientists, fire experts and former firefighting chiefs. In Queensland yesterday, only 155 fire trucks were reportedly on the front lines—an average of about two per fire.
In NSW, Emergency Services Minister David Elliott told state parliament last Wednesday that "we have 75,000 volunteer firefighters ready for deployment as we speak." According to the Volunteer Fire Firefighters Association, however, the number of able-bodied and committed volunteers who can climb on a truck and fight fires is closer to 18,500. Even the government's figure of 75,000 represents a 13.5 percent decline in 13 years compared to the size of the state's population—down from 1,062 per 100,000 residents to 918.
Former Fire and Rescue NSW Commissioner Greg Mullins said last week that people could have been better protected if the federal government had heeded warnings from himself and 22 other retired emergency officials about the coming fire season. Mullins said he wrote to Prime Minister Morrison in April and again "immediately after" the May election, requesting an urgent meeting to discuss funding for firefighting and action to address climate change.
Mullins said an intervention in April would have given the government an opportunity to lease more large aircraft tankers in time to help fight the fires. Instead of just seven water bombers currently in use, at least double that number were needed, he said.
Mullins said the government must take urgent action to address climate change. "This is where people say it's political, but it's a fact that over the past five years our emissions have been going up, not down." Mullins said climate change "makes the drought much worse, and we see these mega-fires that we just can't put out."
Even now, the government has delayed any meeting until next month, when Natural Disaster and Emergency Management Minister David Littleproud has offered to meet the fire chiefs' group.
In a newspaper column, Mullins described the conditions being faced by residents and fire fighters: "Unprecedented dryness; reductions in long-term rainfall; low humidity; high temperatures; wind velocities; fire danger indices; fire spread and ferocity; instances of pyro-convective fires (fire storms making their own weather); early starts and late finishes to bushfire seasons. An established long-term trend driven by a warming, drying climate. The numbers don't lie, and the science is clear."
Mullins said fires were burning in places and at intensities never before experienced—rainforests in northern NSW and tropical Queensland, and formerly wet old-growth forests in Tasmania. Based on more than a century of weather observations, Australia's official fire danger season extended from October 1 to March 31. During the 2000s, however, major fires had regularly started in August and September, and sometimes went through to April.
This is far from being an exclusively Australian crisis. The World Meteorological Organisation said in February that the four years to 2018 were the hottest on record globally, in a clear sign of climate change "associated with record atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gases".
While the relationship between climate change and fires is complex, there is ample evidence that the fast-warming climate is making bushfires more frequent, erratic and intense.
Studies have shown that weekly bushfire frequencies in Australia increased by 40 percent in the five years to 2016, particularly during summer months, suggesting a serious climatic shift. In the northern hemisphere, research released earlier this year found that California's annual wildfire extent had increased fivefold since the 1970s.
Globally, as the fire crisis demonstrates, the profit-driven capitalist system is proving incapable of addressing climate change and the catastrophes being generated by it.
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Short story: The Lonely Tree
Posted on June 5, 2011 | Leave a comment
This is just something I rattled out, slightly in the style of Murakami:
This is the story of a boy, who was not yet a man. It's the story of his first love, his first heartbreak and the tree that fell on him.
It's the fashion to have summer romances but the boy was allergic to everyone's favourite season. It made his eyes red and his nose stream. In fact he had always thought that girls were allergic to him. It wasn't that he couldn't speak to them or that they didn't like him, but that they couldn't love him. More than anything the boy wanted to know love. One winter, when the air was crisp and the nights chilled, he thought that he did.
He couldn't believe his luck. A childhood crush, the cleverest catch around and a friend he cared for deeply rolled into one package. Her smile locked his worries away and out of reach for hours. Being with her he felt as if he wasn't alone for the first time in his life. Hearing from her was, surprisingly, almost as good. Making her happy filled the void of purpose in his life. His existence no longer felt empty. Simply put: she made him happy.
Fate had never looked so kindly upon him before and deep down he knew that her favours would be brief. But while it lasted nothing else mattered. Or rather, everything mattered more. Her dreams enriched and expanded his own, her energy and life gave them colour. He was filled with enthusiasm and a drive he did not know he possessed. He felt like a better person and fully himself for the first time.
Looking back on it he supposed the relationship would seem a short lived folly to onlookers, and this angered him. Nothing had ever meant more. At least to him. The boy had never realised just how important intimacy, close friendship and the joy of caring for someone was to happiness. When it ended, for no reason besides that she didn't love him after all, things reverted to normal. Only more so.
He wondered if that happiness had been an illusion and whether he had truly known love. He felt catapulted back to square one. He did not know what to think or feel, knowing for certain only that he was empty again. And he was alone. The dreams that had grown to new heights in her company were now mere weeds, smaller than the clumps of green nothingness at the foot of the tree in his garden.
The tree watched as the boy moped and rolled around like a pig in his misery. At first the tree felt sympathetic towards the boy, as no one knew better than him what it was to be alone. Trapped in his hollow shell with no friends to speak of, and no means to speak, the tree longed for contact of some kind. He knew everything the boy was missing and more. And then the tree realised how selfish the boy was. And how much harder it was to be a tree.
As the spring rapidly shifted into summer the boy felt every concrete trace of his love fading away, swamped by the passing of time. With each day he felt more and more like he had no right to feel anything at all. All he had left were the memories and hopes in his head. He missed so much; far too much for words, he told himself.
On a blue morning with a blazing sun and abstract strokes of white overhead, the boy had an epiphany. Well it was that day at least that he admitted to himself a truth that he had felt for a while. He said to himself: "Love is enough for me". He knew that, for the right person, he would sacrifice all the goals and ambitions he had thought essential to his well being, satisfaction and success. He acknowledged that, during his time with his first true love, he had enjoyed and derived immense contentment from even the harder things. He was glad to be there when she was upset, happy to calm her down, even if he was only a slight comfort. Caring for someone important to him, as important as that, was all he could ever need.
He remembered reading a novel in which the main character believed there were only three chances of finding your soul mate. He pondered whether for him, "soul mate", meant someone worthy of his absolute care. Plunged back into sadness and despair by the thought of having lost someone he could lose himself in and devote himself to, he ran into the garden, blinded by fierce tears. He crouched down in the dirt, sniffling as the pollen swarmed up his hostile nostrils. He pressed his back against the trunk of the tree. He stared at the world around him, confused and crying.
By this point, the tree was seething. The tree didn't know how he knew all about what the boy was thinking and feeling, but he did know, and it made him angry. The tree did not know he was capable of anger. The tree could not think, had no brain and nothing at all to account for the melancholy consciousness brooding within his gently swaying frame. The wind blew lightly across the garden, flicking the odd leaf and stroking the odd stem. The tree felt a shiver of cold. The tree felt.
The boy was gradually coming out of his panic, descending into a depressed paralysis. The loveliest, brightest petals of the most vibrant flowers looked bleak to him. His mind's eye conjured a symbolic bonfire of his dreams in the corner of the lawn. If he could be so easily tempted from them, what chance did he have of achieving such grand plans? What did they matter anyway? Forcing his head up from its slouch on his knees, he felt the bark in his hair and decided there was no point to any sensation at all without someone to share it with.
The tree was fuming with anger from its roots to its summit. It could sense the boy's sadness. His self involved and ungrateful emotion wasn't just saturating the air around the tree now, but squirming and writhing against its flaky skin. The tree couldn't stand it. It was determined not to take it anymore. It wouldn't be buffeted by nature or ignored by men today.
The boy sighed deeply, turning his face into the breeze and relishing its cold wipe. He felt the gusts get stronger and firmer in waves, as if someone were stirring the air with an enormous food blender. Pulse after pulse slapped against him. The sweat under his arms went from hot and sticky to icy and damp. His spine creaked as the tree trunk rocked a little against him. His back stood firm easily like a castle wall against the minute thrusts.
The tree was summoning all of its energy from its very furthest extremities, even the roots beyond the garden wall. The tree was straining every part of its being in pure and untamed rage. The tree was alive and a part of nature but for the first time ever it was wild. It did not have muscles to tense or bones to move but it had life and the tree channelled every last ounce of it into its rage. It didn't know what it was doing or understand the consequences. All it knew was how wrong the boy was, how angry it made the tree feel. It was trying to teach the boy a lesson, on behalf of trees everywhere.
The boy continued to feel little swellings at his back. Small pressures, surely caused by the wind, made the entire structure of the tree wobble a fraction. Leaves that had been noisily rubbing in the flower beds slowly stopped. The bending blades of grass rested and stood upright. Gradually, the trunk seemed to be moving faster, almost pushing out into the boy, like something was stuck inside. The tree rocked more and more as the breeze died away to an unnoticeable whisper. As the branches began to rattle, the boy noticed properly for the first time the firmer and firmer touch of the trunk. He glanced up towards the sky, through the canopy of crisscrossing browns and greens, only to shrug away again with a sob.
The boy's indifference only enraged the tree still more. So that, as the swaying grew quicker and quicker, the consciousness that had formed inside the tree disappeared, becoming something else entirely. Now the tree was just movement, just energy, just purpose. All of the life the tree had ever known became focused on the boy and ending his ignorant and cruel soul. The tree had never known what a soul was; would never know. It did not know whether or not the boy had one. It only knew that the boy had to be stopped. He had to be taught that at least he had tasted love, known happiness, shared warmth and feeling. He had to be shown that at least he could dream, chase dreams and possibly live them. There were always those lives that did not live, always those with truly no hope left; always lonely trees.
There was a crack. And the trunk threw its full weight at the boy, who scrambled too late from his pity. Falling branches pulled away the light and the blue from the canvas of the sky, bringing only dark.
Like in films, the boy came to gazing at sheer whiteness. Nothing else. The colour white was the afterlife? Appropriately empty he thought. And then he remembered. The tree.
He had often dreamt about his funeral. A song lyric drifted into his mind – "the dreams in which I'm dying are the best I've ever had". The dreams in which he was dead were some of the best he'd ever had; terribly self indulgent fictions in which all the figures and characters of his life turned up, gushing praise and regrets. All the girls and friends he'd ever wanted poured their hearts out. He was great after all.
There was no one here he really wanted to see. The strip lights buzzed and whirred, stuffing light down his retinas. The whiteness turned out to be the roof tiles. A steady beep and blip passed the time like a clock ticking. His heart was liable to suddenly conk out. He was hooked up to a monitor like on telly. His parents were here.
They didn't believe him about the tree. When he was well enough to argue, they argued. They accused him and lectured him. They warned and scorned him. His mother ranted about the hardships of life, bemoaned his ignorance. Even his father shouted. He wasn't allowed grapes, hadn't been for years, so someone, probably his mother, had brought biscuits. His father had eaten most of them during the interrogations.
If he'd been able to text, he might've texted her, would definitely have texted his best friend. She hadn't come to see him, even when he'd asked his parents to try to organise it. He was still alone. But something felt different. His skull was cracked, his spine weakened, his legs bruised, his right ankle broken, toes misshapen, right thumb fractured, left hand in plaster, nose crooked, face scratched, knees cut, wrists sprained and buttocks sore. But he felt stronger.
When they took him home he realised what it was. The tree hadn't been dealt with yet. Its big, bulky carcass, torn in two and smashed in a heap through the fence, reminded him how bad he had felt. It reminded him that he'd realised he just wanted somebody to love. A universal truth, some might say, theme of many a song, but for him it was deeper, all his other wants were trivial and only to love was what he needed and what he craved.
Those trivial dreams might have been exposed as mostly meaningless, but somehow the tree had taught him they were still important. Months in a hospital bed had forced him to write again to pass the time. So that's what he would do. He would write more and more, hopefully better and better, churning out any old nonsense. He would write to forget, write to remember, write to move on, write to preserve, write from the heart, write from the mind, write in the night, write in the day and write to lose himself. He would write because he could. And to touch, now and again, on truths that made everything worthwhile. Even the lonely trees.
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I was keen to see A History of Violence, but I also sat down to watch it with trepidation. The title of this film had me envisaging a brutal compilation of some of history's goriest moments or something similarly horrific like a serial killer's holiday snaps. Director David Cronenberg had a reputation from what I'd heard, as he followed up the success of this film with hard-hitting gangster story Eastern Promises, containing its own controversial fight scenes. I haven't much stomach for excessive blood and guts.
The opening scene was indeed chilling; brilliantly so. From the very start A History of Violence declares itself to be a film that will give its actors room to act, its story room to grow and unsettle, and yet with a runtime of 96 minutes it's no tedious slow-burner. The action kicks-off at detailed walking pace, with two shady but calm types loitering outside a motel. They exchange perfectly ordinary, mundane words. One of them disappears inside whilst the other moves the car a little further along. Then we see which man wears the trousers as the driver's ordered to go and get water from the cooler in reception.
Inside he dawdles, the camera slowly following his casual, deliberate movements. Then he nonchalantly passes the bloody scene of carnage behind the counter to fill up his container with water. By this point the tension's been skilfully raised to breaking point. A crying girl appears, clutching a soft toy. The man freezes. The gentle manner he adopts to reassure her, to stop her running or screaming, makes you wonder if he's a reluctant pawn in a criminal world. Or at least he has enough heart to keep children out of his messy business. But then he gradually reaches for his gun.
The next scene starts with a girl waking from a bad dream, worrying about monsters. Viggo Mortensen appears to comfort his child, instantly establishing himself in the caring everyman role he played so well in The Road. He tells her: "There's no such thing as monsters". And yet the inhuman calculating coolness we saw in the preceding scene lingers hauntingly, encouraging the audience to feel differently.
The first twenty minutes of A History of Violence following its disturbing opening scene, caught me off guard for their ordinariness. Mortensen's character Tom Stall is a simple country soul, running his store and looking out for his family. Far from being dull these establishing scenes are touching and add to the meaning of later events. Stall's relationship with his wife, played by Maria Bello, is tenderly romantic and loving despite the length of the marriage. His daughter is cute, his friends and colleagues kind and his teenage son remarkably perceptive and intelligent for his age.
But then a handful of fleeting moments change everything. The thugs we saw at the start of the film turn up at Stall's diner and proceed to terrorise his staff and customers. Reacting instinctively Stall intervenes to save everyone and inadvertently catapults himself to fame. His picture covers the town's paper alongside the headline, "Local Hero".
At this point A History of Violence's title starts to make sense, as the film becomes a meditation on the consequences and ethics of violence. We've already seen some High School moments in which Stall's son, played by Ashton Holmes, rose above the aggressive taunts of the sports hot-shot. Now Stall tries to deal with the accompanying trauma of killing a man, two men, in unforgettable close-up fashion. His family and the community rally round to comfort him. We never see the reasons behind the thugs' killings. Cronenberg is careful to make most of the violence purely about how it makes a deep, repressed part of some people feel; how it satisfies them.
With the unwelcome arrival of more mobsters to Stall's quiet town, the plot takes another unexpected twist. The story shifts from a thoughtful exploration of the nature of violence, to tense suffocation as the gangsters stalk Stall's family, to suspicion and confusion as ghosts surface from Stall's past. It's all marvellously subtle, but hints from earlier in the film begin to make sense. Those establishing scenes really were good as you hope with Stall's family that the demons go away. But of course they don't.
The acting is superb. Mortensen and Bello are not just excellent as a couple early on in the idyllic stages, but wonderfully convincing and captivating later as destructive events unravel. There are memorable cameos from William Hurt and Ed Harris. The way the performers completely inhabit their characters ensures A History of Violence works masterfully as a gripping, suspenseful and action packed thriller, as well as an insightful film questioning ideas like the American Dream, identity, relationships, humanity and the past.
And the cherry on top of a filling, tasty and sumptuous slice of movie cake is a final scene as stylish, patient, subtle and moving as the opening one. If you haven't seen A History of Violence, do so soon. It was not at all what I expected it to be and well worth a watch. Don't be put off by the title or the 18 certificate because ultimately it's a first-rate and surprising story. It won't mentally scar you, merely make you think.
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Камбос () — деревня в Греции. Расположена на высоте 299 м над уровнем моря, на полуострове Мани, к востоку от побережья северо-восточного угла залива Месиниакос Ионического моря, в 22 км к юго-востоку от города Каламата. Относится к общине Дитики-Мани в периферийной единице Месиния в периферии Пелопоннес. Население 372 человек по переписи 2011 года.

Между Камбосом и Ставропийоном находится крепость Зарната (). Крепость занимала стратегическое положение, позволяла вести наблюдение за побережьем и контролировала дороги во внутренние районы Мани. В крепости сохранились руины эллинистической эпохи, которые отождествляются с акрополем древнего города Герения. Исследователи датируют крепость XV — концом XVII века. В XVIII веке в крепости построен жилой комплекс, который служил резиденцией для военачальника. Также были построены церкви: сохранившаяся крестово-купольная церковь Живоносного Источника с деревянным иконостасом и ныне разрушенная однонефная церковь Святого Николая.

В Камбосе находится дом-башня Кумундуроса (), в которой родился государственный деятель XIX века, премьер-министр Александрос Кумундурос.

Сообщество
Сообщество Камбос () создано в 1912 году (). В сообщество входит четыре деревни. Население 422 человек по переписи 2011 года. Площадь 11,255 квадратных километров.

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Classical Music Connections
Kate Ryder
Guest: Kate Ryder
Welcome to Classical Music Connections, a series of interviews led by Dimitris Karydis and Peter Collyer in which Morley tutors, students and guests talk about the full range of Classical Music, from familiar works to the very latest contemporary music.
In this episode, Dimitris Karydis meets Kate Ryder, Chamber Music tutor at Morley College and accomplished concert pianist, to discuss the music of Clara Schumann.
Two centuries after her birth, Clara Schumann – the composer, critic, impresario, pianist, celebrity, mother and Robert Schumann's wife, and not necessarily in that order — is recognized as a 19th century power woman. Clara Schumann was a 19th-century phenomenon: a superstar of her day, described as the 'High Priestess of Art'. In the early years of her marriage to Robert Schumann, her performing career made her the main breadwinner of the household. She had no less than eight children. At the age of just 37 she became a single mother on the death of her beloved Robert, and she continued to tour extensively throughout her life. She became the first ever female music professor at the Dr Hoch Conservatory in Frankfurt and she wrote some utterly exquisite music as a composer.
We urge you all to go on a voyage of discovery to discover Clara Schumann's wonderful music, and to learn more about her extraordinary life. Clara Schumann is an inspiration: truly an icon not just for women, but for us all.
Music on this Episode:
Clara Schumann: Piano Trio op. 17, I: Allegro Moderato (extract)
Demver Blancio (violin), Anthea Lehmann (cello), Christopher Scobie (piano)
Clara Schumann: Variations on a theme by Robert Schumann, op. 20
Nikos Stavlas (piano)
Clara Schumann: 'Ihr Bildnis (text by Heinrich Heine)
Hester Dart (contralto)
Christopher Scobie (piano)


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Actor Craig Sheffer's Net Worth, Cancer, Wife – Biography
1 Who is Craig Sheffer?
7 Love life and wife
10 Age, height and net worth
Who is Craig Sheffer?
Craig Eric Sheffer was born in York, Pennsylvania USA on 23 April 1960 – his zodiac sign is Taurus and he holds American nationality. He's an actor who is perhaps still known best for his portrayal of the lead character Norman Maclean in the 1992 drama movie "A River Runs Through It" directed by Robert Redford, and which also starred Brad Pitt and Tom Skerritt. The film follows a stern minister's two sons who are growing up in Montana while dedicated to fly fishing. It won three awards including an Oscar, while it was nominated for 11 other awards.
Craig was raised in York alongside his older brother Hogan by their father Rock Sheffer who was a prison guard, and their mother Anna who was a housewife.
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Hogan was a screenwriter and a winner of a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series Writing Team – he died on 28 September 2019 aged 61.
Craig became interested in acting while attending York Suburban High School, and appeared in nearly all the plays performed at the school, as well as a couple performed at a local theatre. Upon matriculating in 1978, he enrolled at East Stroudsburg State University planning to play football, but dropped out two years later to pursue a career as an actor. However, Craig had a hard time winning roles, sold newspapers to earn a bit of money, slept under Grand Central Terminal's marble staircase,. and he spent some time eating spaghetti provided by the Unification Church,
Craig has now appeared in more than 80 movies and TV series, and we are about to mention some of his most notable performances in this article.
He made his debut TV series appearance in a 1982 episode of the long-running romantic drama "One Life to Live", which aired 3,531 episodes from 1968 to 2013. Craig gained recognition in 1986, when cast to voice Mick, one of the lead characters in the animated adventure comedy "Teen Wolf". The following 15 years saw him focused on appearing solely in movies – in 2003, he played the supporting character Keith Scott in the romantic sports drama "One Tree Hill" created by Mark Schwahn, and which starred Chad Michael Murray, James Lafferty and Hilarie Burton.
It's about the rivalry of half-brothers Nathan and Lucas Scott who are competing on the basketball court and in various other activities, while living in the city Tree Hill in North Carolina. The series aired from 2003 to 2012 and won three awards of 30 it was nominated for.
The year 2012 saw Craig appear as Jack Gilmore in two episodes of the mystery crime drama "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation", while his most recent appearance in a TV series has been in the 2013 episode "Boys Will Be Boys" of the action crime drama "Major Crimes".
Craig made his debut film appearance in the 1984 musical science fiction comedy "Voyage of the Rock Aliens", and the following years saw him portray lead characters in various mediocre movies, including the 1985 crime drama "That Was Then… This Is Now", and the 1986 romantic drama "Fire with Fire".
Craig gained recognition in 1987, when he portrayed a supporting character in the hit romantic drama "Some Kind of Wonderful" written by John Hughes, directed by Howard Deutch and which starred Eric Stoltz, Mary Stuart Masterson and Lea Thompson. It follows Keith who is dating Amanda, while Keith's best friend realizes that she's in love with him, and Amanda's ex-boyfriend wants to hurt Keith. The film won Lea Thompson a Young Artist Award for Best Young Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama.
Craig went on to appear in many critically acclaimed movies, such as the 1990 action fantasy horror "Nightbreed", the 1993 romantic action drama "The Program", and the western drama "In Pursuit of Honor".
The year 1996 saw him portray Lance, one of the lead characters in the thriller comedy "Head Above Water", which also starred Harvey Keitel and Cameron Diaz, and follows four people after they find a dead body and have to decide what to do with it.
Craig's following roles were mostly in movies which failed to attract a lot of attention, and received mixed to poor reviews, with some of these being the 2002 thriller "Deadly Little Secrets", the 2004 action fantasy adventure "Berserker: Hell's Warrior", and the 2005 romantic war drama "The Second Front". The year 2006 saw him make an uncredited appearance in the romantic comedy "Coffee Date", written and directed by Stewart Wade, and which starred Jonathan Bray, Jonathan Silverman and Wilson Cruz. It follows Todd who has just befriended a gay man, while his entire family now thinks that he's gay as well. The movie won two of the three awards it was nominated for.
The next decade saw Craig play supporting characters in several popular movies, such as the 2012 action crime comedy "Bad Ass" which starred Danny Trejo, the 2012 crime thriller comedy "Stand Up Guys" which starred Al Pacino and Christopher Walken, and the 2016 action crime thriller "Code of Honor", which starred Steven Seagal.
Two of his most recent roles in movies have been in the 2019 mystery horror "Widow's Point", and the 2021 hit drama "Palmer", while he's currently shooting for the upcoming horror "Sarah".
Craig has one writing, two directing and four producing credits to his name – in 1990 he produced the romantic drama film "Instant Karma", and in 1993 the critically acclaimed action science fiction thriller "Demolition Man" which starred Sylvester Stallone, Wesley Snipes and Sandra Bullock, and won one of the eight awards it was nominated for.
In 2004, Craig directed the short drama film "Prodigal Son", and in 2008, he wrote, directed and produced the comedy movie "American Crude", but which received poor reviews. Finally, to date, in 2016 he produced the movie "Code of Honor".
Craig has appeared in various documentary movies too, such as the 2002 "From Russia to Hollywood: The 100-Year Odyssey of Chekhov and Shdanoff", the 2009 "Deep Currents: Making 'A River Runs Through It'", and the 2014 "Tribes of the Moon: Making Nightbreed".
Craig also made a guest appearance in two episodes of the talk-show "Late Night with Conan O'Brien" back in 1993 and 1995.
Craig has won only a single award: a 2020 Crimson Screen Horror Film Fest Crimmy Award for Best Actor – Feature Film for his performance in "Widow's Point".
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Love life and wife
Sometime in the '90s, Craig was in a relationship with Gabrielle Anwar, the famous British-American actress probably still known best for her portrayal of Margaret Tudor in the historical romantic series "The Tudors" which was a huge hit winning 49 awards of the 131 it was nominated for, including three Golden Globes. In 1993, Gabrielle gave birth to her and Craig's daughter Willow, but the two then separated. She went on to marry the actor John Verea, giving birth to their two children but then divorcing John, while since August 2015 she's been married to Mark Malnik.
In 2013, Craig exchanged vows with Leigh Taylor-Young, a retired American actress who has appeared in various hit movies such as the 1968 "I Love You, Alice B. Toklas", the 1971 "The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight" and the 1985 "Jagged Edge". The two were married for only a year before divorcing.
Craig hasn't mentioned anyone else he has perhaps been with, so as of March 2021, he's single, was once married and has one child.
Craig no longer plays football but is still a huge fan of it, and has watched numerous games on TV as well as a couple live at the field.
Photography is one of his main hobbies, and he's stated how he would have perhaps become a professional photographer if he hadn't made it in the film industry.
He is keen on writing, but mostly as a hobby, having written several scripts, short stories and even poems, but none have been published.
Craig enjoys being outdoors and spending his spare time at natural locations rather than in overcrowded cities.
He likes to watch movies in his free time, and his favorite two actors are Bruce Willis and Samuel L. Jackson, while his favorite films include "Pulp Fiction", "The Fifth Element" and "Tears of the Sun".
Craig stated in 1990 that he'd been diagnosed with cancer, and so took a break from acting while travelling around Europe and eventually going to India hoping to heal himself. He returned to the US later that year claiming that the cancer was gone.
Craig's age is 60. He has short brown hair and brown eyes, his height is 6ft 2ins (1.88m) and he weighs around 185lbs (85kgs).
As of March 2021, his net worth has been estimated at over $1 million.
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A piece of legislation in Congress seeks to make an impact on the criminal justice system.
The First Step Act has the support of nearly one-fourth of the senate, information from the office of Senator Charles Grassley by email Nov. 27 noted.
Grassley is a supporter as is Joni Ernst.
Also supporting the act are President Donald Trump, 172 former prosecutors at the federal level, the Fraternal Order of Police and other government officials.
Read more in the Dec. 4 edition of the Calmar Courier.


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Will MAGA Follow Trump, Or Ann Coulter?
Looks like Ann Coulter is the Secretary for anti-immigration, is she working without pay? Of course not.
Never has so much been lost over so morally small a pair of people as Donald Trump and Ann Coulter.
The Trump shutdown, it turns out, isn't about the wall, immigration, or government spending. It's about making sure Donald Trump knows his strings are held by Ann Coulter and Rush Limbaugh. They made his so-called presidency, they say, and if he doesn't "build a wall" he will lose the support they built up for him.
"Oh, gosh, they'll have to wait a few months before they know fully well they're going to be paid in full," Coulter said. "Look, I'm not in favor of this, but previous shutdowns have been much more difficult. More Americans die from drug overdose every year than died in the entire course of the Vietnam War, and the vast majority of those drugs are being brought in because we have a wide-open border. I care more about that than I care about the Yosemite gift shop being open."
She didn't talk about how those drug overdoses are often opioids prescribed by doctors and pushed by big pharma, but when has Ann let facts get in the way of her self-promotion?
She also called Donald Trump the worst negotiator and said his presidency would be "dead, dead, dead" if he doesn't build the wall.
Dear @AnnCoulter -- Please tell the President it's OK to open up the government.
Donald Trump is weak. The end.


Weekly Photo Challenge: Nighttime | Oh, the Places We See . . .
If there's a more lively place at nighttime than Las Vegas, we just haven't been there (although Shanghai's Bund comes close)! It's "lights on" everywhere — from the dancing Bellagio fountains to the uplighted Eiffel Tower at Paris Las Vegas to the brown turned gold Wynn facade.
Welcome to Vegas — any time day or night!
Nighttime draws people to The Strip where people watching and picture taking go hand in hand.
Looking at the just-snapped pictures of the waterfall at Wynn Las Vegas.
You might get your days and night mixed up though — if you hang out in the casinos. Keep a watch handy. You just might not be able to tell whether it's morning, noon or night. It's Vegas, baby.
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When you think of it, it's either always daytime or always nighttime in Vegas. I'm not sure that town ever goes to bed! Thanks for reading!
You are so right!!! I got turned around just going to the bathroom and then trying to find the slots that paid off before I went! I'm not much of a gambler, but I loved watching people who were!
Las Vegas is fascinating indeed. When I visited Vegas many, many years ago it was boiling hot during daytime outside and we almost didn't know what to do 😮 longing for the evening/night to start. 🙂 Great shows!
I was there in the heat, too. But once you're in a cool casino or just wandering around the lobbies watching people go by, you don't know if it's day or night! Thanks for commenting!
Thanks so much! Love the nights in Vegas. Would love to go back!
Hehe, Vegas seems like a crazy place.
It is a crazy place, one that everyone should see at least once! It's a city that never sleeps!! Thanks for reading!
Happened to me!!! But I also met some folks who only play the slots at night and sleep during the day. Whoa!!


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London Delivery Man Brings Some Groovy Christmas Cheer
A home security camera captured heartwarming footage of a DPD delivery man dancing and singing as he dropped off a package at a home in London on December 8.
Bexleyheath, London, resident Gemma McPherson was expecting a pair of shoes to be delivered when she got a notification on her phone that her front doorbell camera had been activated.
"I knew someone was coming down the pathway. I headed to the front door and I could hear what sounded like drums and singing," McPherson told Storyful.
Her son answered the door and collected the package from the deliveryman, said thank you, and sent him on his way.
"Because I could hear something I decided to check on my Ring doorbell camera. And to my surprise it was him, the delivery driver, he was so lovely, happy, festive, and cheery," McPherson said.
This video shows the delivery driver, Arnaud Helderal, walking up the driveway, singing a Christmas tune to himself as he taps on the package like a drum and dances a bit.
McPherson posted the video to a local Facebook page and several people commented sharing similar experiences, and it became clear that Helderal had unknowingly been spreading holiday cheer to residences all around Bexleyheath.
McPherson called DPD to let them know how pleased she was with her driver, and that she wanted to nominate him for an award to thank him for his incredible service.
"The very next day after receiving the award of recognition, he turned up at my doorstep and gave my son who answered the door that day the mug he received from work," she told Storyful.
"We have seen him since and he has said how overwhelmed he is and how thankful he is," she says, and that he has even stopped by since just to say hello. Credit: Gemma McPherson via Storyful


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SPECIAL REPORT: Your children can recite alphabets or numbers? Doesn't mean they're brilliant
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By Chikezie OMEJE	 On Apr 4, 2018
Forget reciting the alphabet or memorizing the numbers from one to 10 or 100. For children, play is actually a better way to learn than traditional school work. Studies have found evidence that play is the natural way which children learn.
"Asking a three-year-old to recite the alphabet is not learning," Andre Viviers, early childhood education specialist with Unicef South Africa, told a group of journalists on study tour of the country's early childhood development programmes.
Viviers argues that children actually need to learn the alphabet but they should do so through songs, to give meaning and understanding to the sound. It is pointless, he says, to make a six-year-old count 1 to 100. "It doesn't show necessarily that the child is smart or that good learning is taking place," he adds.
Play-based learning helps children develop cognitive, emotional, social and motor skills. These skills, according to early childhood specialists, are the foundation for later learning. Rote learning has long been the basis on which many schools operate. But evidence from numerous studies suggest that undue emphasis on memorisation is a bad idea; such studies suggest that play should be the fulcrum of early learning.
WILD GAP BETWEEN POLICY AND PRACTICE
The official education policy in Nigeria recognises the importance of play-based learning by specifically pointing out that the main method of teaching at pre-primary school shall be through play. To achieve this goal, the policy holds that the teacher-pupil ratio shall be 1:25. But in most public schools, the number of pupils per teacher can be triple of the recommended ratio.
While the official policy emphasises the pivotal role of play in preschool, the actual incorporation of play into the curriculum remains a big challenge. Much of learning in nursery schools across the country still focuses on children memorising alphabets, numbers and the names of the 36 states of the federation.
Swachet Sankey, Unicef's early childhood education specialist in Nigeria, says the problem is that teachers do not know how to make learning play-based or activity-based. Teacher training institutions do not teach students how to organise play-based learning and the national curriculum does not specify the activities that make up play-based learning.
"There is a very poor understanding of what should be going on in pre-primary class," Sankey told the ICIR. "So, you go to certain schools – even so-called private schools – and parents are agitating."
She says parents demand quick, visible results – like evidence that their children can read and write. Rote learning can produce visible results, but children may just be displaying skills they have memorised when they have not really mastered the underlying skills.
The idea of preschool, Sankey argues, is to build in the children concepts and skills that will make them ready for primary school, not to learn how to read and write. "They are supposed to be exposed to pre-reading skills — basic concepts of letters, alphabets and prints.
"They should understand that a book is made of words, and words are made up of sounds. They are supposed to be able to look at pictures in a book and talk about those pictures because they are supposed to be developing oral language skill."
NEED TO CHANGE
A study in New Zealand indicates that early formal literacy does not make children better readers. The study compared groups of children who started formal literacy lessons at ages five and seven. By the age of 11, the study found that there was no difference in reading ability between the two groups, but that the children who started at five showed less positive attitudes to reading and had poorer text comprehension than children who had started at seven.
This evidence raises serious questions about pre-primary schools in Nigeria, which selling point to parents is that they teach children to read before entering primary school at age of six. Evidence indicates that pressuring children to start reading at preschool when their neural connections are still being formed may not be in the interest of their emotional well-being and academic achievement.
Essienanwan Bangwell, children and teens coach, told the ICIR that Nigeria's educational system has failed the children, pointing that the government has to invest in producing learning tools to engage the children in early learning.
"They are sitting in the classroom and the learning is boring," says Bangwell. "Nigerian children can do a lot better. They are more intelligent than the academic reflects but they are shaking of boredom."
TOOLS FOR EARLY LEARNING
Cotlands' toys library, Johannesburg, South Africa
In South Africa, non-governmental organisations (NGOs) are stepping up to fill the gaps in play-based learning. Cotlands, a non-profit organisation based in Johannesburg, has set up toys library where children from disadvantaged background can access toys. The organisation supports more than 12,000 children in 260 play groups.
Monica Stach, CEO of Cotlands, says the NGO is igniting potential of children through play because early learning activities are best achieved though play so that children can build confidence and learn to express themselves in ways that expand their critical thinking.
Questions have been raised on why play-based learning should be about toys and sophisticated tools that the poor people cannot afford. If play is so important in early learning, children should be allowed to play in their traditional ways, rather than promoting the products of toy companies.
Stach responds that the problem with traditional games as learning tools is that they are not structured with learning outcomes in mind and cannot be used to build the important skills that the children need. "Children playing for the sake of play has its great value, but when you think about the skills they need to be successful at school, that is where they have to play differently."
Brent Hutcheson, CEO of Care for Education, a non-profit organisation in Johannesburg, told the ICIR that manipulation of objects is critical to early learning. In partnership with LEGO Foundation, the world's leading supplier of early learning tools, Hutcheson has developed Six Bricks which playfully engages children in a variety of skills development.
CHANGE IS FAR AWAY
A common misconception is to think that play-based learning is all about expensive toys, says Swadchat Sankey, Unicef's early childhood education specialist. She argues that children can still have quality pre-primary education if the teachers are properly trained how to set up play and activity-based learning environment.
The majority of children in preschool in Nigeria still do not have access to play-based learning because most teachers do not know the concept. About 85 percent of caregivers in early childhood centres do not possess basic qualifications, and more than half have no formal education, according to Unicef.
Through her Odyssey Foundation, Stella Uzochukwu is trying to promote LEGO Education: "hands-on playful learning tools that engage every student's natural curiosity, and help them develop the skills they will need to succeed in the future". But she faces obstacles from government and parents. Bureaucracy is making it hard to introduce the innovative concepts in the curriculum, she says.
In her after-school classes in Gwarimpa, Abuja, she introduces LEGO products and robotics to her students. But the parents would rather want her to concentrate on teaching the children skills they think will put them at the top of their classes in school.
"We can't continue to do things the old way," Uzochukwu quips. "We have moved from chalk and board to allowing the children to even teach themselves."
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English Schools T & F Championship
by Stephen Taylor | Jul 18, 2019 | Competition, Track & Field
12 & 13 July 2019, Birmingham Harriers helped Lancashire Schools earn their best ever medal haul of 8 at the English Schools Track & Field Championship in Birmingham. Intermediate hammer thrower Alex Bernstein, ranked 2nd in the country, threw brilliantly to...
North of England Masters T & F Championship
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Lower Youth Development League Match 3
by Stephen Taylor | Jun 30, 2019 | Competition, Track & Field
Sat 22 June 2019, Bebington, Wirral Preston Harriers qualified for the Northern regional final which is to be held at UCLan Sports Arena Preston next month. The team was weakened by a number of the athletes being away competing for Lancashire at the North West...
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Sun 16 June 2019, Sefton Preston Harriers' senior athletes fought hard to win their second league meeting at Litherland, Sefton, and maintained their top position in the league by scoring 399 points to win from second placed Blackpool who scored 381.5 points. The...
Preston Harriers Medal Meeting
Sun 9 June 2019, UCLAN Preston After a very wet start to the weekend Sunday dawned bright and sunny for the medal meeting hosted by Preston Harriers at UCLAN on the 9th June. Athletes, ranging through School years 3, 4, 5 and 6, who are already members of Preston...
Lancashire Schools T & F Championship
Sat 8 June 2019, Blackpool Horrendous weather greeted the athletes on one of the most important days of the season. Qualification for the English Schools Track & Field Championship held at Birmingham next month was the prize at the Lancashire Schools Track and...