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by Anne McCue
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Lucinda Williams says "Anne is my new favorite artist and an amazing guitarist."
Genre: Rock: Americana
just a few left.
1. I Want You Back
4:31 album only
2. Nobody's Sleeping
3. Stupid
4. Crazy Beautiful Child
5. Hangman
6. 50 Dollar Whore
7. Tiny Little Song
8. Milkman's Daughter
9. Roll
10. Gandhi
11. Where The Darkness Grows
12. Ballad Of An Outlaw Woman
When Anne McCue proclaims, "I've gotta roll" on the title track from her Messenger Records debut, Roll, her urgency and conviction are telling: here is an artist who has been on an extraordinary journey and lived to tell the tale.
McCue's musical path commenced during her childhood in Sydney, Australia. The last of eight children born to a milkman and a nurse, she absorbed the runoff of the inevitably diverse musical tastes of her huge family. Naturally the Beatles rated, but she also fell for French composer Eric Satie and crooner of the dark side, Nick Cave. Although an immediate and profound element in her upbringing, music trailed on her career choice list (behind novelist, film maker and marathon runner), and eventually she graduated from the Sydney University of Technology with a degree in Film Production and Film Studies.
Of course, some things are just meant to be. When her brother brought home a $70 Gibson SG copy, it resonated with innumerable possibilities. "That guitar was the most beautiful thing I had ever seen," she confesses. She surreptitiously strummed it for years, but when her father passed away, McCue grabbed it and made for Melbourne. "When he died, it made me realize life is kinda short," she says. "I made a list of things I wanted to do. The first one was to play in a rock band."
She wound up as lead guitarist of acclaimed Aussie Power pop group, Girl Monstar, which garnered an ARIA (Australian Recording Industry Award) nomination for Best Independent Release. The Monstar ran its course and McCue began frequenting local blues jams. She was offered a gig in Vietnam for three months and ended up staying a year, playing six nights a week, covering many different genres including power rock, jazz, blues and alternative-country. Upon returning to Melbourne, she commenced recording her solo debut, Amazing Ordinary Things, at Tim Finn's (Crowded House) Periscope Studios.
Before the album was complete, McCue joined Eden a.k.a., an acoustic rock band signed to Columbia Records. They were brought to the U.S. to record and tour, including stints on the 1998 and 1999 Lilith Fair. When that ended, McCue stayed in L.A. and leapt back into completing Amazing Ordinary Things, which eventually was released in Canada and most recently in Japan.
While touring to back up the album, McCue wowed crowds and acquired fans in high places. She played constantly including shows with Dave Alvin, Richard Thompson, and Lucinda Williams, who would become her biggest champion. Williams took McCue on the road throughout 2002, praised her at every chance referring to her as "my new favorite artist... and an amazing guitarist," and honored her with inclusion on the Lucinda Williams: Artist's Choice compilation CD, in the esteemed company of John Coltrane, Leonard Cohen, Patty Griffin, Paul Westerberg, and Ryan Adams.
Soon, she was selling out her own shows and released Anne McCue Live: Ballad of An Outlaw Woman, a solo recording from The Fillmore in San Francisco, one of the stops on the Williams tour. A startling contrast to Amazing Ordinary Things' pop sheen, Ballad... distilled McCue's talents - prodigious songwriting skill and guitar witchcraft - into their true, ethereal essence. The spirit continues with Roll.
Produced by McCue and bassist Dusty Wakeman (Lucinda, Dwight Yoakam) at Mad Dog Studios in Burbank, Roll is McCue fortified by a rock solid Texan rhythm section of Wakeman and drummer Dave Raven. "The whole idea was to get back to a three-piece band in the studio," McCue explains, citing such favorite trios as the Jimi Hendrix Experience, Cream, The Police, and The Jam. "I like that people triangle, and I wanted to record like that: guitar-bass-drums. That way we get as much of a live feel as possible. Later we overdubbed some B3, accordion and guitars where necessary."
"But basically it's just me, a bass player, and a drummer," she enthuses. "I got my Les Paul out and we were just having a rockin' good time. I love the freedom of being the only chordal and lead instrument. There's so much room to improvise, jam and generally have a blast, both live and in the studio. I still like playing nice acoustic arrangements with cello or whatever, but a three-piece rock band? That's my idea of a good night out."
The songs are accordingly plain- spoken and open-ended; she writes unencumbered by static statements or formats, and with a fluid grace‹even her most personal and specific words wrap well around a hundred different situations. In addition to the steamrolling barroom rocker, "Roll," McCue sings of considered suicide on the Byrds-ish "Stupid," gets Beatlesque and regretful on the "50 Dollar Whore," and self-loathsome and just short of P.J. Harvey-crazy on "Gandhi," singing "I wanted to be like Jesus/but I turned out like Judas/I schemed a lot and I cheated my way through/I lied to me and I lied to you."
"If you're gonna write a song," she says, "you should try to tell the truth."
When she really gets down, it's intense. The simmering/seething electric country blues guitar on the album closer "Ballad of an Outlaw Woman," juxtaposed with her mellifluous, but world-weary vocals ("outlaw boy, he came my way/how's about a roll in the hay/we hit the road/ baby at my breast/to keep a life alive/ you gotta know how to take what's best.../to keep your truth alive/gotta hide what you know inside..." is inviting, ominous and ultimately deadly. "Never was a man so mean/never was a shot so clean," she sings before the song combusts and convulses in a fuming fit of slide guitar.
But where the album really blows up is a minute past Ballad..., when the bonus track, a hellacious one-take cover of Jimi Hendrix's "Machine Gun," sends home what a striking talent Anne McCue is. She absolutely nails the frenetic fuzz and fire, such that midway through the 9-1/2 minute track, you forget it's not Jimi wringing insanity from six strings-it's Anne McCue. And she's on a roll.
WHAT THE MEDIA IS SAYING ABOUT ANNE McCUE
"Folk-rocker Anne McCue is an Australian with a punk past, yet she's got more all-American authenticity than a dozen Martina McBrides. McCue pours blood all over the tracks on her new Roll, singing of death and lust and sin and regret and whores and Gandhi. She possesses a poignantly plaintive voice and multi-ranged guitar chops that swing from tasty Delta blues to stinging slide chordings to fat feedbacked riffs (dig her cover of Hendrix's "Machine Gun.")
-- LA Weekly
"McCue brings post-Hendrix blues guitar and her post-Lucinda alto from the land of Oz (and a year of one-night stands in Vietnam; really), and would be worth showing up for even if she were alone."
-- Village Voice
"If Anne McCue, like up-and-comer Kathleen Edwards, represents a new generation of hard-bitten, country-inflected singer-songsmiths drawing deep inspiration from Lucinda Williams, don't fault her for it. She could do worse for role models, and -- also like Edwards -- is forging unique voice from the influence."
-- Entertainment Weekly
"Anne McCue is a folkie, but she's no delicate flower: Fresh off a tour with Louisiana growler Lucinda Williams, the Aussie singer-guitarist recently spent a year gigging five nights a week in Vietnam and boasts an arsenal of muscular Hendrix chords."
-- Blender
"Australian singer/songwriter/guitarist Anne McCue wields potent bluesy rock against her unaffected, naturally wistful voice."
-- RollingStone.com
A gifted guitarist"
-- Harp
"The best album of the year!"
-- Bob Harris, BBC
"Anne McCue's second record, Roll (Messenger), proves the value of fiery guitar playing to archy singer/songwriter material, as the Aussie lets her instrument roll behind her vocals, expressing with contained metallic fury what her words only suggest."
-- The Onion
"It's a compelling effort -- at turns hard-nosed and soft-stroking, rocking and twangy -- with McCue's consistently vital material, emotive vocals and great guitar work."
-- Philadelphia Daily News
"Besides having a bluesy  voice and songs to match ('50 Dollar Whore,' 'Ballad of an Outlaw Woman'), McCue is an accomplished guitarist who can handle Delta blues and fat feedback  as well as quieter folk stylings. Not only does she dare to cover Hendrix's 'Machine Gun,' but her nine-minute version, tucked away as a hidden track  at the end of her new album, Roll, also does righteous justice to the revered  guitar god's memory."
-- Washington Post
"Listeners will delight in her slide guitar prowess, as well as her pointed and powerful lyrics."
-- Seattle Post Intelligencer
"Anne McCue is the virtual definition of "triple threat." A potent singer, thoughtful songwriter and tough guitarist, she completely comes into her own on this new project."
-- Billboard
"The young Australian earns accolades with an album of songs that stretch from urgent to world-weary with bracing bluntness."
-- Philadelphia Inquirer
"My new favorite artist and an amazing guitarist" -- Lucinda Williams
Kirsten Teemer
I saw Anne in Utah in August 2005, and she rocked! The CD is fantastic! Anne has a wonderful voice, and can play the guitar better than most of the boys!
Steve D
Anne McCue's "Roll" is a Great CD!!
This is such a great CD. But why am I the first to review "Roll"? Come on!! I can't stop playing this CD. It has so many great songs and superb guitarwork. This was a CD and an artist I wasn't familiar with. I listened to available MP3 clips and said, I gotta get this and hear each song in its entirety. Good move. Once I did, I was (am) thoroughly hooked. Hope to catch Anne live whenever she tours to Boston. This artist has substance and style. She offers real life in her works: listen closely and enjoy deeply, and then spread the word.
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i've given this 4 stars and not 5 merely because i'm sure her new one is even better! but you'll want this one too. that lucinda williams blurb is genuine, welcoming another great songwriter/singer based in - but not constrained by - country
Ian Colford
An all-time best
Roll is Anne McCue's second album and contains not just some of her best songs, but some of the best you will ever hear. Her music is fiendishly inventive and memorable, but at the same time has an edge and depth that keeps it interesting after many listens. Her music is also tough and deserves to be played loud. She is an amazing musician and I will buy anything that comes out under her name.
Warren Rudolph
gem of a recording...first rate songwriting.
i'm glad i found this recording. great songwriting and first rate musicianship. more people need to find this cd. anne mccue is a wonderful new talent.
anne mccue, what a find.
Anne mccue, who ? that was my reply when asked if i liked her........so i decided to find out, and i'm glad i did. this cd is worth the money for the track hangman ,alone. go on just buy it and see. ps. cdbaby. you,re beautiful and so is this baby.....ANNE MCCUE !
Steve H
Get out your air guitar!!
I've gone into my closet and dusted off my old Air-guitar……….. I haven't put it down yet!!!! Thanks Anne!!! Keep up the good work!!!!
i liked this CD, but i'd recommend the live disc as a substitue.
Leila Florentino
Anne is a first-rate musician.
Anne is a first-rate musician. Vocals are beautiful. Check out Machine Gun - guitar playing is out of this world! My husband and I are loyal fans! Also check out her other album, Amazing Ordinary Things. You'll just love it.


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Driven by passion and enthusiasm for making early parenting trouble-free, A Corporate Trainer turned Artist, Ghazal Alagh Co-Founded a purpose-led brand Mamaearth in September 2016.
Ghazal is responsible for product development, content, and community management in the company. She works closely with a number of mothers to develop a product line that addresses the troubles that moms struggle with on a daily basis.
She has recently appeared in a reality show named Shark Tank India as a judge and is, therefore, becoming a household name. There's art in her story and magic in her brand. As the Co–Founder and Chief Innovation Officer of today's highly admired personal care brand, Ghazal's life as an entrepreneur has not been about expecting, hoping and wishing, but about doing, being, and becoming. In an exclusive interview, Ghazal shared insights about her journey, brand, clientele and many more.
Give us a glimpse of yourself and walk us through your journey on becoming an entrepreneur.
The journey started with a personal experience. When Varun and I had our first child, we started looking for chemical-free products for our baby, but we could not find options that were easily available in India. We mostly ended up importing baby care products or asking friends to bring carry them, which was both expensive and time-consuming. Identifying this gap, we ultimately decided to incept Mamaearth and venture into 'Toxin-free' baby care products. While we started as a brand for baby care products, we soon realized that most millennials were looking for safe and toxin-free products for themselves too. Hence, we diversified into personal care products for adults as well.
We have over 140+ products in Mamaearth itself. Understanding the millennial concerns, we have launched 3 more purpose-led brands – The Derma Co, a science-based active skincare brand followed by Aqualogica, a hydration based brand created uniquely for Indian skin. Recently we launched Ayuga, an Ayurveda based skincare brand creating a perfect blend of recipes and rituals.
What fascinates you the most about the entrepreneurial world?
What enchants me about the entrepreneurial world is my ability to create brands that solve millennial concerns through our products and purpose.
What hurdles did you face while building your career? How did you overcome them in order to succeed?
Before becoming a mompreneur, I was pursuing my career as a trainer and an artist. After graduating with a BCA degree in Information Technology, I became a corporate trainer at NIIT. I parallelly nurtured the artist in me and pursued a course in Figurative Art from the New York Academy of Art. When we started Mamaearth, we realized that there were a lot of parents like us who were looking for toxin-free products and they were our early adopters. However, as we scaled, we realized that in India educating people about toxins and the benefits of toxin-free products was important. But we were committed to the goal we were set out to achieve, and with the support of our family, business associates, and millennials like us, we have been able to contribute towards providing safe and toxin-free products to our consumers today. I firmly believe, 'The greater the obstacle, the more glory in overcoming it.'
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I strongly believe that to get the best out of people, you need to empower them and entrust them with responsibility and ownership of projects. I have seen that when people feel ownership of projects, they tend to perform better and display stretch in their capabilities.
While taking business decisions, I always take a step back to disconnect from the situation to have a more objective approach towards the situation.
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Honasa is an acronym for Honest, Nature, and Safe. Established in 2016, Honasa Consumer Pvt Limited (HCPL), is a digital-first consumer brands company creating the FMCG conglomerate of the future. An organization built on the values of Honesty, Natural ingredients and Safe care, HCPL caters to the needs of millennial consumers through innovative products, evolved propositions, Direct to Consumer marketing, and e-commerce fulfilment.
Currently, catering to over 500 cities in India with brands like Mamaearth, The Derma Co., Aqualogica and Ayuga, HCPL is building an ecosystem that helps benefit the consumers and community at large. Over the last 5 years, we have been able to build a strong portfolio of 140+ products under Mamaearth and 40+ under The Derma Co.
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A keen understanding of the millennial ecosystem and our digital-first approach with our brands help us stay ahead. We keep our consumers at the centre and focus on them and try to innovate on the basis of what the consumers demand and not what other brands are doing.
Who are your clients? How do you develop strong & positive client relationships?
Everyone with access to the internet is our consumer across India. Being a digital-first brand, we are directly connected with our consumers through our platform, and we engage with them continuously to understand their requirements and seek feedback on the products we deliver to our consumers. This helps us innovate with consumer inputs and upgrade products.
What are the core values of your company? How do you establish efficient coordination and mediate on the company's values within all levels of the organization?
Honasa Consumer has been built on the principles of Honesty, Natural and Safety, and the brands have been created with these principles as the foundation and the purpose at the core. Mamaearth believes that goodness starts with the small things that each one of us can do every day! It resides in the little choices we make in our daily lives.
The brand added goodness inside its products by being animal cruelty-free (PETA certified), toxin-free and plastic positive. It was time to choose goodness for the environment and make their contribution towards restoring the ecological balance. Similarly, The Derma Co. was created to educate consumers about science, Aqualogica was launched with the purpose of providing clean drinking water to those who don't have access to it and Ayuga was launched with the purpose of reimagining Ayurveda in skincare for millennials.
As a source of inspiration for many, what would your advice be for women, who also want to become an entrepreneur?
Women need to support each other, that is how we, as a gender, will grow. Women, today, are capable of doing any job, as well or even better than men. It's all about giving them an opportunity.
One thing I would like to tell everyone is that if you are passionate about it, go for it. Don't get bogged down by what people are saying, if you believe it, go achieve it.
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Over the years, we have shaped HCPL into a high performing inspirational workplace with over 400 employees while winning "Great places to work" certification 2 times in a row.
Launched over 140 products under Mamaearth and 40+ products under The Derma Co. in 5 years since the inception
Mamaearth's product innovation led to the brand winning the award for Nielsen BASES Breakthrough Innovations 2020- India Winners
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"Women need to shift from thinking "I am not ready to do that" to thinking "I want to do that, and I'll learn by doing it." Sheryl Sandberg
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It is time to say goodbye to the great mammals. Nothing vanishes in a tidy fashion and these creatures have been persevering for decades with remarkable composure to maintain a wild existence while living in the midst of a most extraordinary crisis. Last century and all of this century, despite our evolving skill inventing a technological culture, we have committed increasingly brutal crimes against elephants, wolves, whales, polar bears, grizzlies, rhinos, African lions, Bengal and Siberian tigers, mountain lions, jaguars, and all their families. They can do nothing except endure.
Even Jane Goodall, our perennial optimist, is "immensely depressed" now that our government is led by oilmen and beneficiaries of massive corporate empires, one or two of them very rich psychopaths. Indeed, some scientists have glumly observed that conservation has become a bleak calling, a culture of despair and hopelessness that simply records and reports the decline of life on Earth.
According to the UN population bureau, there are now 7.3 billion people on the planet, and there could be 8.5 billion in only twenty-three years: more cars, more cattle ranches, more housing developments, more sprawling malls, fewer trees. Gone is the luxuriant green world of the 1800s when there were only a billion people on Earth. Even If we could provide the right habitat for all the endangered animals in the world right now, if we even manage to save a few more, where will they go? There is no room or desire for them. The values and assumptions of the hyperpower, those nation-states identifying themselves as Western Civilization, that have insured that so many of our lives are safe and comfortable, have already created an extinction-level event.
That the development of intelligent life on Earth has not been helpful to this living planet and certainly not calculated to prolong the life of our own species has been obvious for some time. Human nature impairs our chances. We were perfectly equipped to survive as hunter-gatherers in the world of a million years ago, but we are not equipped to survive in our contemporary industrial civilization. Furthermore, according to Stephen Hawking, there is no time to wait for Darwinian evolution to make us more intelligent and less harmful.
This explains why many of our richest, most successful entrepreneurs (Jeff Bezos of Amazon, Elon Musk of Tesla, Larry Page of Alphabet, the Sundar Pichai team at Google, Mark Zuckerberg at Facebook, Bill and Melinda Gates), are vigorously leading us into a new phase of what might be called self-designed evolution in which they hope to change and improve our DNA. They are confident that we can not only create, but save our own future.
Singularity University (SU) is a Silicon Valley think tank founded by the futurist Ray Kurzweil, focusing on the kind of scientific progress that could massively increase human intelligence in the next twenty years. Putting to use exotic rapidly accelerating technologies: artificial intelligence, nanotechnology, robotics, and synthetic biology, it encourages its students to take on our biggest challenges in order to improve billions of human lives and make money at the same time. Needless to say, its focus on one species, ignoring all others, is almost comical.
Ironically, in the midst of our current fossil fuel frenzy, high tech corporate titans envision us more safe and comfortable than ever before in an abundant future. Apparently failing to appreciate the full magnitude of climate change and the rabid craziness of the anti-federalism, anti-science, anti-environmental rhetoric springing up everywhere, not to mention the scary authoritarian bullies being elected worldwide, they focus on an extraordinarily optimistic future which assumes liberal democratic societies will continue to hold sway among nation states and the philosophy of "economic growth" still makes sense.
Jackson Hole Grizzly Bear #399
What all this has to do with grizzlies in the twilight of their existence on Earth remains to be seen. About 700 still live in the 20-million acre Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem. They are some of the rarest creatures in the lower 48, only recently worth more alive than dead. That any survive at all is a modern miracle, considering the hatred for wildlife predators common in the cowboy culture of western states like Montana, Wyoming, and Idaho, which intersect 28,000 square miles of Yellowstone National Park and Grand Teton National Park. "Shoot, shovel and shut up" is a familiar refrain of ranchers who resent federal over-reach in classifying bears, cougars and wolves "endangered species."
For many in the American west, grizzlies and wolves represent a despised federal presence. "End the Fed" commonly appears on license plates. The federal Endangered Species Act has been under siege in Congress since its inception in 1973. Apparently, it is as hard for congresspersons as well as ranchers to surrender to the possibility that "exceptional beings thrive in wild settings", as Jane Goodall once said.
#399, a grizzly female born in Grand Teton National Park in 1996, is by all accounts an exceptional animal. She would be just another Yellowstone bear if it wasn't for Thomas Mangelson, a nature photographer who has travelled widely over the past forty years photographing what's left of wilderness. His home valley happens to be Jackson Hole, Wyoming so he has followed #399 since she was five years old when she was a sow with triplets. He is convinced that she and other grizzlies are important sentient beings with intellect, feelings and emotions who we need to protect if we are to remain (or become) truly human. Of course, there are levels of sentience and frankly, #399 seems to know her place.
She is now twenty-one years old, 400 pounds and seven feet tall. She and her descendants have raised thirteen cubs in sixteen years, five still known to be living. One of her cubs grew up to be #610, a female who has already raised two sets of triplets. Because #399's first cub was killed by a boar in the remote outback, she has since stayed close to the roads of Grand Teton and Yellowstone hiding in plain sight among the crowds of tourists standing on the roofs of their vans snapping pictures of her dignified little families ambling across the road, a place no male grizzly would ever frequent.
Cautiously tolerant of this pandemonium of onlookers pointing and screaming with astonishment as she lumbers past their car, she has made her way back and forth for two decades through two national parks, a national forest, and the National Elk Refuge in her daily quest to find food and explore her home, dutifully passing on her exceptional skills, emotional stability, and survival instincts to each new generation of tiny cubs. Almost single-handedly, she is keeping the lineage of ursus arctos horribilis alive in the American West. Hope and optimism are generally not part of a bear's make-up, being more familiar with brutal empirical reality, but #399 seems to have calmly accepted the fact that hunger is on the horizon. The seeds of the tall whitebark pine trees are gone, trees that tend to grow slowly and last more than 1000 years. No single food has been more important to #399 and grizzlies generally than their high-fat, protein-rich seeds. But because of a warming climate, mountain pine beetles have decimated the whitebark pine forests, the largest insect outbreak in recorded history.
Cutthroat trout in Yellowstone Lake, another one of her crucial foods, have also disappeared largely because of low water levels due to prolonged drought. Only clouds of white army cutworm moths remain plentiful on the high Rocky Mountain slopes, although in a few years unseasonably warm weather will migrate up these wildflower-covered slopes, and this food source will also disappear. Steaming gut piles of elk that hunters leave behind and ants are all that is left, along with ground squirrels and pocket gophers. Moths are pure fat and ideal for putting on weight, but not if they are the only real food source. #399 is currently losing weight and finds it more difficult to breed.
And looming on the horizon is the local determination to remove grizzlies from the endangered species list by the very states that would permit killing one on sight. An outfitter was recently overheard declaring that he "couldn't wait until bears are delisted and Wyoming enacts a sport hunt. He can't wait to get a tag because the first bear he's going to target is #399 because he hates that bear. He hates what she represents. He hates environmentalists. And he hates the federal government telling people in Wyoming what to do."
So, what is it that makes people hate these animals? Of course you can't sneak up on a grizzly mother with cubs. You would probably be, as our overfunded military says, neutralized. And male bears are generally as intolerant of humans as ranchers are to them. But otherwise, Mangelson's pictures show that #399's normal lifestyle with her family is simple, relatively harmless, and irreproachable.
As a family, they cool off in a pond on warm mornings. Tiny toddlers struggle against the current of the Snake River following their mother to the other side where an elk herd lingers. They play together in aspen groves. #399 nurses her cubs in flowering meadows and stands on tiptoes to shake down a branch of berries for her cubs. They wade through shoulder-high grasses and wildflowers and graze on the small yellow blossoms of biscuitroot. They wrestle and touch noses, share tender moments, climb trees, and occasionally, covered in snow sit quietly Buddha-like watching a spring blizzard fall all around them. #399 teaches her cubs to break through ice in search of fish frozen beneath the surface. She intervenes in quarrels between squabbling cubs. They rest in the willows under a full moon after digging for ants in three feet of snow all day. They roll back rocks to find shoots of fresh grass. The growing cubs learn to sniff the breeze like their mother, standing on their short hind legs and pointing their little noses high in the air, learning the ancient ways of the grizzly. They take well-deserved naps after exploring the shoreline of the meandering Yellowstone River.
For twenty-one years, this earnest single mother tramping through our national parks, playing hide and seek with her devoted cubs, has patiently navigated millions of tourists, hunters, inattentive drivers, cattle and sheep, loose pets, human foods, recreationists, and other bears. She only wants to be left alone so she can raise her defenseless brood and live out her life as a roadside bear on a never-ending search for food. I only wish all the stars in our part of the sky would notice this animal's mysteriously self-effacing and brave efforts in thwarting the extinction of her species, always accomplished in the midst of terrible danger, and crown her with the honor and celebration she deserves.
A new analysis of Hubble telescope images reveals that there are trillions of galaxies in the universe, making the number of existing planets unfathomable. When astronauts in space look back at our own Earth, they are faced with a vivid exuberant planet, hanging on the edge of the darkest part of the sky, undoubtedly flagging, but still full of energy and hope, lost in the remote hinterlands, far from the margins of the glittering mall of lights at the center of its galaxy. The love and awe and gratitude, the profound appreciation these stoical, pragmatic men and women feel, gazing out the small windows of their orbiting shuttle at the sudden burst of color from their beautiful overtaxed planet, changed their lives forever. They have understood what the great saints have always known: "No one is a stranger, my child; the whole world is your own." Indeed, scientists predict that the most important revelation in modern physics will be that all life is inseparable and interdependent.
Still, for most of us, the harried distracted majority of human beings, well, we are typically tribal carnivores and life is very much the same: mysterious hatreds and paranoia, child-like religious tantrums of righteousness, dreadful vanity and lethargic denial of our continued damage to each other and the planet.
One day, because of these very characteristics, we might have to own up to the fact that we are a failed species. It is already assured that by the end of this century the global temperature will have increased 7 degrees (4°C), a disastrous and catastrophic setback, enough to produce inevitable feedback loops (large-scale melting of Greenland and Antarctica ice, and release of toxic methane from frozen soil) which means that feverish 8° and 9° increases are now unstoppable.
Our consumer society is gradually accepting that things will alter for the worst, although we are so alienated from nature there is still little moral seriousness or urgency dealing with the fact that catastrophic climate change is now certain, and that in a brutally hot 4° world, mass starvation is a permanent danger not only for wildlife, but for much of the human race. Even so, scientists have no apparent power or will to stop elite corporations from capturing governments and paying them to ignore reality.
Ironically, the descendants of #399, and the generations of cowboys and ranchers who so implacably hate them, will all be in the same boat. Eventually, Wyoming, Idaho and Montana and the greater Yellowstone Territory will be blowing sand. Wolves, grizzlies and elk and other large and small animals who have not starved or collapsed from heat stress, who have the fortitude and endurance to risk a long and hazardous journey, will have fled to Canada long before the end of the century, reluctantly followed by their menacing neighbors.
This disappearance and death of most large wild animals on Earth will not in itself drive humanity to extinction. Neither will the abandonment of Miami, Manhattan, London, Bangkok, Shanghai, and Bombay as more than half of humanity move away from the coastlines. Indeed, human beings are Earth's toughest, most aggressive and ingenious predators. Even if the worst happens and we are once again only a billion people living on a much smaller land mass, we will survive. But the progress we have made in the 200 years of exploiting fossil fuels will be rolled back.
And what of Singularity University? Nine years after its beginning in Silicon Valley, it has secured a trillion dollar network of corporations, hedge fund directors and billionaires to keep it financed; located and invited hundreds of remarkably gifted students from all over the world to try and make a real difference in solving our life threatening problems. It presently has 370 'impact initiatives' in the areas of health, environment, security, education, energy, food, prosperity, water, space, disaster resilience, shelter, and governance. Yearly Canadian summits have been organized, attempting to establish a footprint in this northern paradise well before most Americans realize their descendants will have to move there…
©Linda Clarke 2017
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Pat Wilson on June 20, 2017 at 5:48 pm said:
You have painted a very dire picture, unfortunately sadly true.#399 is a hero and survivor.
Randa on July 22, 2017 at 11:44 pm said:
Sadly, even if we humans got our act together and made huge strides immediately in protecting our planet (from ourselves,) it would still be too late. If we could just minimize or slow down the increasing damage, but no, now we have a mentally unbalanced and dangerous president who won't face reality leading his gullible flock, lying to them (like he does everything else)about climate change. We need a huge awakening and fast…and I hope I am not being naïve to think that through a mass of films (like Al Gore's upcoming one,) books, and heartbreaking truths through writings like yours, more people will become aware.
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The last leg of the journey led us to Bryce Canyon National Park – 52 square miles of strange rock formations and other worldly views.
My fellow adventurers and I had packed up our belongings in Zion and headed to Bryce. It took about two hours of straight road, nothing complicated – after trying to find a spot in Zion, we wanted to be super early with the hope of not fighting for a site. Much to our surprise we had the campground to ourselves. After settling in at Sunset Campground ($30/ night) – food was a priority. As it was our fourth day of camping perishables were starting to run low – so our options were slim. In town before the entrance to the park were some shops, tourist traps, a gas station, and some food options. NOTE: the only diner is in fact not a diner, but a re-purposed Burger King that now sells pizza, burgers, and hot dogs. I would not recommend this place unless you were desperate – I would have opted to visit the camp store for hot dogs. Overall food options were slim – maybe we should have saved our perishable for here instead of Zion.
Anywho, now for the reason to visit to Bryce! There are a plethora of activities to do in Bryce –hiking, horseback riding, sightseeing, and even Snowshoeing in the winter. The landscape is a Ponderosa Pine forest, however when the canyon starts the forest literally goes away and becomes desert. This is actually how the terrain of the southwest works. We walked the rim for quite some time given that there was so much to absorb. The hike chosen was the Tower Bridge considered a moderate three mile hike through the hoodoos. The Tower Bridge takes you downhill the entire way down and uphill the complete way back, nevertheless there was so much in one hike! You could view the Queen's Garden overhead; you could walk along the China wall and after that the Tower Bridge at the bottom of the canyon.
My mom pretty much in awe.
The China Wall was my favorite despite having to walk down hill for 2.5 miles then, back up 2.5. My big toe sported a nice bruise at the end of the day. That section of the hike that was just that a long, looming wall with sheer drops on both sides.
That night temperatures plummeted to 34°F which we all knew was a possibility, but somehow we just neglected to believe it. We had the clothes and the heavy, heavy sleeping bags, but our tents were not meant for late fall/winter camping. Ooops. The best part of the campsite – the heated bathrooms – ah, in the morning it was heaven. If you have ever sat on a freezing toilet seat, then you know the relief of a heated bathroom.
We finished our tour of Bryce by driving the fire eaten seventeen mile road to the highest point on the rim. At a staggering elevation of 9,110 Rainbow Point was breathtaking. My other favorite pull off was the Bryce Canyon Arch – erosion and wind blew a gaping hole right through the wall of the canyon.
Overall Bryce has much additional sights to appreciate and do without a permit and is less crowded than Zion. The park is much smaller and feels intimate. The campsites have a larger space and did I mention heated bathrooms?
How amazing is it to hike natural formations like this, your pics tell a story all in themselves. I have never heard of hoodoos – fascinating and timeless all in one.
Bryce Canyon is such an amazing place. I liked it much more than the Grand Canyon !
How fun that you enjoyed Bryce! Did you know that a few scenes from "Galaxy Quest" were filmed here? Score on the heated bathrooms! I know what you mean about freezing toilet seats!
I was literally just there two weeks ago!!! Totally wish I'd camped like you guys did but we only had 2 hours there and felt so rushed ughhhhh. Looking at your photos and reading about your journey just makes me miss this beautiful place so much and wanna go back and do it all over again!
I am dying to see Bryce Canyon in person – the landscape there is so unique and incredible! Sounds like you had an amazing time!
Utah has such unique and varied landscapes. I've seen parts of Bryce Canyon, or at least an area that looks like it, from viewpoints in Brianhead. Absolutely stunning. But I have yet to hike it.
The canyon has been on my list since forever! I did love the Wadi Rum desert in Jordan. The scenery and colours are quite comparable if not as grander as Bryce!
It looks like a fantastic area to go hiking! And i can totally relate to what happens when the temperatures drop dramatically overnight. Lucky you had those heated bathrooms to fall back to!
Bryce Canyon looks so wildly beautiful. I am enamoured by the landscapes which seem out of the world. What a great place to indulge in adventure and experience the thrills of a lifetime. I have always been in awe of the natural beauty of Utah which is something so unique.
Epic landscapes these are! I've seen them before but did not know the term hoodoo so a good addition to my travel vocabulary. Loved your perspective in some of these pictures. I need to camp here some day.
I would love to make it to Bryce Canyon National Park, truly is such a phenomenal landscape. What an opportunity to camp there overnight, even if it was quite chilly – always happens overnight in the desert!! Definitely digging the idea though of heated bathrooms – they must know!!
Bryce Canyon looks so amazing! We love Utah and all the amazing nature it has to offer. We've been to Arches and Zion, but didn't have enough time to fit Bryce Canyon in as well. Next time for sure! The China Wall looks amazing–I can see why it was your favorite!
I love hiking in Bryce Canyon. When I was there, there was a hike the hoodos challenge. I completed the challenge to get my patch.


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I received an email from Jamie Herzlinger, owner of the new Jamieshop.com, in which she explains why she feels her new e-commerce site is good for the interior design industry. In line with my first post about the company, I'm not drawing any conclusions, but believe she should have the opportunity to share her thoughts.
Jamie also told me in an email that she has the express permission of every vendor to sell their products on her platform.
C.J., I am so sad to think that you became so vociferous in regards to my new company which can only help the design industry. With the advent of shelter publications, the end user has become quite adroit at being able to design their own interiors and what they are lacking is the ability to purchase from to the trade only. This fact has left the end user with having to hire an interior designer whereby they must have contracts, pay hourly and be committed to a contract when all they wanted was one or a few pieces of furniture.
With the help of gorgeous publications like AD, Elle, Traditional Home, House Beautiful, the client can figure out a lot. This web site is geared towards a DIY client. There is no difference. I find it very suspect that you would be so vocal without ever having the respect to call me directly. I do hope you at least have the courtesy to publish my response to your attack. and i do hope that all of those you are trying to influence in a negative way understand that JAMIESHOP.COM is not undermining any fee structure of any interior designer .
There is no difference to having an online buying service to facilitate purchases then there is to a design center opening to the public, such as the LADC or the Chicago Design Center or the thought that is in the work the D and D.
I do hope you take a moment to read through and do contact me with any questions.
Oh, it's all in how you take it, I guess. I immediately bookmarked Jamieshop after reading your post, CJ, because I was quite impressed with her site and do intend to use it. From my perspective, you brought to my attention a wonderful resource that I do intend to use. I have spent and spent money with designers, and I appreciate what they do, but I feel that there are many aspects to design (decorating more so) that I can handle myself. I will always be changing and redecorating my homes, but I don't always want to involve a designer. I live in a ranching area 3 hours from Dallas. Thank you for making me aware of Jamieshop!
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CJ, thank you for posting the response! Connie Lee is absolutely correct. One of the most important points is we sell to the end user who is my client. My firm places the orders with the showrooms, thereby increasing their sales. We have the service fee at the price that most designers charge their clients. Therefore the end user wins, the showrooms win, the manufacturers win, no one loses.
I hope this helps explain the good intentions and the way our industry is moving.
Jaimie makes a valid point in regards to Design Centers opening to the public. In the past when online sights were selling direct, consumers were going to the showrooms and wasting the time of sales people to see the product in person and then making their purchase through the site. I think the issue is price. If online sites are underselling the showrooms then the vendors have to decide if they want their product represented in showrooms or online.
That's a perspective I hadn't considered. It does seem to come down to pricing.


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Description: (Z)-23-Coumaroylhederagenin shows significant cytotoxicity against two human tumor cell lines, namely, oral epidermoid carcinoma KB and colorectal carcinoma HT29, and the IC(50) value in the range 1.2-3.6 microM.
J Nat Prod. 2004 Jan;67(1):91-3.
Three new oleanane-type triterpenes, (23Z)-coumaroylhederagenin ((Z)-23-Coumaroylhederagenin,1), (23E)-coumaroylhederagenin (2), and (3Z)-coumaroylhederagenin (3), together with two known triterpene acids, oleanolic acid and ursolic acid, have been isolated from the whole plant of Ludwigia octovalvis, and their structures have been elucidated by spectroscopic methods.
All three new triterpenes showed significant cytotoxicity against two human tumor cell lines, namely, oral epidermoid carcinoma KB and colorectal carcinoma HT29, and gave IC(50) values in the range 1.2-3.6 microM.


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I too am playing Divinity and it's a blast, I've sunk so many hours into it. Being able to completely customize your party and the solid turn-based combat is definitely making it one of my fave RPGs ever.
I was worried at first that I would no longer have the patience for very text-heavy games without much direction, but that worry was unfounded. It's so good. And it's huge! I think I'll be playing it for a long time.
Ha! at the patience for text-heavy games bit. 😛 I finished Analogue: A Hate Story last week which I still have to post about, but I loved it. Then again, I am still an obsessive reader, so a visual novel is right up my alley. I actually started to play TES: Oblivion late last year and spent 2 of my first 3 hours just walking into shops and reading all the books.
I think WoW is what taught me not to read text. I used to, but it's become really hard not to skip through it in text-heavy games.
I'm playing Crysis and TSW at the moment. I usually don't multi-play (play two or more non-MMO games concurrently) but I am playing Crysis on the hardest difficulty and it means I can die easily and often if I am not super careful, which makes for very slow progress and intense game sessions. So I am probably going to take a crack at breaking up my Crysis sessions with something less stressful. Dear Esther is the most likely candidate.
I want to try Dear Esther, it's one of the (many) games on my wishlist. I usually play a few games at once, so I have something to play on PC, new consoles and older consoles.


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Q: Secure and HttpOnly for SMSESSION cookie breaks the login functionality Because of the vulnerabilities in Security Scans(SCABBA) done for our applications, we added secure and HttpOnly to SMESSION cookie. Now we are facing the issue like when i am redirecting from one application to another(all are under single sign on) some time Session get invalidated withing 5-10 min. we are redirecting to Login page.
I hope SMSESSION fix we did is causing these problems but nor sure on it. Some where i got the below info
smsession cookie generated by siteminder is always encrypted format and is also highly secure manner.
We can have secure & http-only flags to the siteminder cookies implemented but there may be some functionality issues after implementing these flags to the cookies likewise.
(a) Seamless will break on moving from HTTP to HTTPs or vice versa (we have all https only)
(b) There may be few session upholding issues
(c) Logout functionality may break. These were few of the breakage which we experienced in last few cases.
Can anyone have idea on it?
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A web application can use the secure cookie flag to prevent plain-text HTTP requests from containing the session id. Therefore any authenticated request sent by the browser must be over HTTPS, and this is required for security.
The secure and httponly cookie flags are important.  Tell your vendor to fix this OWASP top 10 vulnerability,  and to look for other OWASP top 10 violations in their software. Using HTTP Strict Transport Security is also a very good idea.

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Keywords: Fetal loss, high-risk pregnancy, immunosuppression, preeclampsia, preterm
Mohan MC, Ravindran V. Lupus pregnancies: An Indian perspective. Indian J Rheumatol 2016;11, Suppl S2:135-8
Mohan MC, Ravindran V. Lupus pregnancies: An Indian perspective. Indian J Rheumatol [serial online] 2016 [cited 2022 Jan 18];11, Suppl S2:135-8. Available from: https://www.indianjrheumatol.com/text.asp?2016/11/6/135/194547
Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a systemic autoimmune disorder which predominantly affects women of the childbearing age group, and pregnancies in the affected individuals pose a major challenge to all those involved in its management. [1] As in SLE fertility normally remains unaffected, clinicians are likely to encounter many scenarios in the context of pregnancies. The emotional trauma suffered by women who have experienced multiple pregnancy losses make it even more complex. [2] Due to the current availability of better therapeutic options, patients with lupus are experiencing better disease control and better quality of life; therefore, merely a diagnosis of SLE is no longer a contraindication for pregnancy though chances of pregnancy-related morbidity exist. [1] Pregnancy outcomes are more likely to be favorable if pregnancy is attempted when disease is in remission or when disease activity is adequately controlled before conception. [3] In this narrative review, we have focused on the available literature on the outcomes of pregnancy among lupus patients in India and also present perspective of this issue based on our own experience.
Lupus Pregnancies: Indian Literature
In 1999, one of the earliest retrospective reports from India on the maternal and fetal outcomes among pregnant lupus patients reported the obstetric and fetal outcome of 15 lupus pregnancies in 1985-1997 and compared them with 45 parity-matched normal pregnancies. [4] Eleven women were in remission while four patients had active disease at the time of conception. Only two patients (with history of renal lupus) had a flare during the antenatal period, these low rates of flare were attributed to good disease control at time of conception and during pregnancy in a majority. Compared to controls, babies born to mothers with lupus had lower gestational age, lower birth weight, and there was higher incidence of intrauterine growth retardation (IUGR). However, preterm deliveries and mode of deliveries (cesarean section versus instrumentation) were comparable in cases and controls. Importantly, there were two stillbirths in the lupus group; one was in a patient who had disease flare with active lupus nephritis and another in lupus patient with inactive disease but had hyperpyrexia due to malarial infection. In summary, in this small study, lupus flare was uncommon, but incidence of IUGR reported was higher. The former was attributed to the use of prednisolone during the pregnancy.
Subsequently, a study in 2005 reported a retrospective review of records of 33 pregnancies occurring after the onset of lupus in 17 women attending the rheumatology clinic of a tertiary care center in India; however, only four of them had institution-based multidisciplinary care. [5] Majority (21/33) were unplanned pregnancies; however, in 19/33, the disease was well controlled at the time of conception. There were 15 live births (45%), 12 spontaneous abortions (36%) and 6 pregnancies (18%) were terminated due to high disease activity in the mothers, and there were 4 pregnancies with IUGR. Nine pregnancies were associated with a flare of disease. Irrespective of whether the disease was well controlled or not at conception, both groups had a flare in lupus (11 in 19 and 7 in 8, respectively). This study was small and it is difficult to make valid conclusions from it, however, relatively high fetal wastage underscored the lack of access to multidisciplinary care.
Closely following in 2005 was another report of 52 pregnancies in 31 women with lupus. [6] This was essentially a chart review of nearly 13 years (retrospective in the first 11 years). Twenty-one pregnancies occurred in patients with active (mild with mainly cutaneous and arthritis) and 31 in patients with inactive lupus. Surprisingly, though all patients were counseled not to become pregnant unless their disease has been in remission for at least 6 months, of the 41 pregnancies (21 with major organ involvement and 20 with minor), 23 were unplanned. Eleven of the 52 pregnancies were medically terminated (three due to active disease and one as the patients was on cyclophosphamide). Of the remaining 41 pregnancies, there were 24 live births (58.5%). The live births were more frequent when pregnancy occurred while lupus was inactive (82.6%) compared to when it was active (27.7%). There were 12 spontaneous abortions (29%), which were also more frequent in active lupus (10/18 vs. 2/28). There was one maternal death, regarding which the authors have provided no further details. Flare was noted in three pregnancies and preeclampsia in four. This study also highlighted the high rates of fetomaternal morbidity and mortality and lower live birth rates even in a tertiary care center.
In 2010, a retrospective questionnaire-based survey comparing menstrual irregularities and pregnancy outcomes of patients with SLE (n = 210) and rheumatoid arthritis (RA) (n = 210) showed that before the onset of disease, the frequency of live births (73% vs. 81%) as well as first trimester spontaneous abortions (19% vs. 14%) among women with SLE or RA, respectively, were comparable. [7] After disease onset, there were 121 pregnancies in SLE. Live births were only 22% (27/121). Complicated live births (defined by the authors as cesarean section, preterm, IUGR, or low birth weight [LBW]) occurred in 30/121 (25%) SLE pregnancies. Pregnancy loss (spontaneous abortions) occurred in 64/121 (53%). Proportion of the second-trimester pregnancy loss also rose in patient with SLE to 34%. Other interesting observations made in this study were a), reduced mean family size (1.44 ΁ 1.35) compared to Indian national average of 2.7 alluding both to a possible reduced fertility and increased pregnancy risk and b), even before the onset of SLE those patients were at over 1.5 times higher risk of pregnancy losses. [7]
Recently in 2011, a study reported another decades experience from tertiary care center and compared it to their previous experience. [4],[8] A total of 71 pregnancies (35 prospectively and 36 retrospectively) in 35 women with lupus were studied between 1998 and 2009. There were 47/71 (66%) live births; however, spontaneous abortions (33%), preterm deliveries (30%), perinatal loss (13%), and cesarean section (18%) were substantial though less when compared to authors' own previous experience of 15 pregnancies in women with lupus. [4] Remarkably, all women conceived during the disease quiescence period, and 82% pregnancies followed preconception counseling. Another interesting observation was that all those 35 prospectively followed pregnancies resulted in live births.
Since mid-2010, for recurrent pregnancy losses in patients with lupus, senior author of this review has worked on a multidisciplinary approach which focuses on avoidance of "routine" investigations and involves working with group of colleagues from across specialties (not confined to same institute or geographical area). It values the natural maternal instinct regarding pregnancy and recognizes it to be a compliment to the clinician driven care. This prospective approach first reported 14 patients in 2012 and recently in 2016 a total of 53 patients. [9],[10]
These patients with SLE fulfilling the ACR classification criteria had at least one previous adverse obstetric outcome (maternal; preterm labor, preeclampsia, or previous medical termination of pregnancy [MTP] in view of SLE flare, fetal; miscarriage, IUGR, preterm birth, LBW, intrauterine death, or stillbirth). All patients had in-depth preconception counseling and were prospectively followed throughout the pregnancy as per the protocol with multidisciplinary team input. Briefly, the protocol comprised prenatal counseling, prenatal drug and disease status review, risk stratification, periodic antenatal visits for the monitoring of pregnancy (including with obstetric ultrasounds) and disease, two-dimensional echocardiogram at weeks 18 and 32 if Ro/La were positive, and postnatal disease and drug review and contraception advice. [9],[10] Therapeutic changes were made as necessary at each stage. [9],[10] Patients were given a helpline number to contact the rheumatologist directly if they had any concern, and obstetricians who were not in same institutions were kept in regular touch with periodic phone calls and formal letters.
In these 53 patients, the previous poor obstetric outcomes were: Miscarriages in 30, MTP in 9, preterm labor with IUGR in 9, intrauterine death and stillbirth in 2 each, and preeclampsia in 1. Nine patients had secondary APS, and 14 had both or either Ro/La positive. Nine had lupus nephritis at least 6 months ago. [10] There were 44 live births (85%). Of these 44 live births, 10 were low birth weight; 28 were delivered either by instrumentation or cesarean section. Sixteen patients (30%) had lupus flare (nine mild, five moderate, and two severe based on SLEPDAI). Only eight patients had miscarriages. [10] This study although small shows that it is possible for lupus patients with recurrent pregnancy losses to have favorable pregnancy outcome provided that the management protocol includes preconception counseling, regular assessments of disease activity, antenatal care, and a multidisciplinary approach of obstetrician working in close concert with the rheumatologist and other relevant specialists.
Lupus pregnancies: Felt needs and potential solutions
It is clear from a critical appraisal of the aforementioned studies that the studies on the outcome of pregnancies among lupus patients from India are small, single centered, and retrospective in nature either a review of records or based on questionnaire. The later therefore, being subject to recall bias. Apart from the logistical issues, there may be several local issues creating a barrier in achieving an "acceptable outcome" and its measurement. [11] Like lupus, the need for dedicated units catering for pregnancy in other autoimmune diseases has also been felt but does not appear to be in place as a formal set up even in the large teaching institutions. [12] Lack of adequate numbers of trained rheumatologists is a major issue, especially considering that the projected numbers of such individuals would still fall short in foreseeable future. [13] Staggering patient load in both obstetrics and rheumatology may also affect reallocation of already restricted resources to the care of pregnant patients with autoimmune rheumatic diseases. One can consider several current lacunae in the care of lupus pregnancies [Box 1 [Additional file 1]] in India.
A multidisciplinary team involving rheumatologist, physician, obstetrician, etc., is highly desirable, but we feel that rheumatologist should strive to give leadership to such teams due to their wide overall knowledge about lupus as a disease to identify complications early and to prevent adverse outcomes in these patients.
It is generally recognized that the development of rheumatology as a specialty in India requires curricular reforms, capacity building, patient education, and political support. [14] Never the less, it is imperative that the existing rheumatologists start taking in interest in the lupus pregnancies and where possible try build a team by empowering and educating not only the relevant clinicians but also the patients and encourage them in being an active part of the patient counseling and support. [3]
Lateef A, Petri M. Management of pregnancy in systemic lupus erythematosus. Nat Rev Rheumatol 2012;8:710-8.
Kavanaugh A, Cush JJ, Ahmed MS, Bermas BL, Chakravarty E, Chambers C, et al. Proceedings from the American College of Rheumatology Reproductive Health Summit: The management of fertility, pregnancy, and lactation in women with autoimmune and systemic inflammatory diseases. Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken) 2015;67:313-25.
Ravindran V. Perspective-Fighting the Butterfly. IRA e-Bulletin. Issue 43; October, 2016. Available from: http://www.iraenewsletter.com/ira43/patient_prespective.html. [Last accessed on 2016 Oct 06].
Aggarwal N, Sawhney H, Vasishta K, Chopra S, Bambery P. Pregnancy in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus. Aust N Z J Obstet Gynaecol 1999;39:28-30.
Gupta A, Agarwal A, Handa R. Pregnancy in Indian patients with systemic lupus erythematosus. Lupus 2005;14:926-7.
Chandran V, Aggarwal A, Misra R. Active disease during pregnancy is associated with poor foetal outcome in Indian patients with systemic lupus erythematosus. Rheumatol Int 2005;26:152-6.
Gupta R, Deepanjali S, Kumar A, Dadhwal V, Agarwal SK, Pandey RM, et al. A comparative study of pregnancy outcomes and menstrual irregularities in northern Indian patients with systemic lupus erythematosus and rheumatoid arthritis. Rheumatol Int 2010;30:1581-5.
Aggarwal N, Raveendran A, Suri V, Chopra S, Sikka P, Sharma A. Pregnancy outcome in systemic lupus erythematosus: Asia′s largest single centre study. Arch Gynecol Obstet 2011;284:281-5.
Ravindran V, Balakrishnan KP, Divakaran M. Pregnancy outcome in lupus patients with previous adverse outcomes: Experience with protocol-based, multidisciplinary care from Kerala, South India. Rheumatology (Oxford) 2012;51:i134.
Ravindran V, Bhadran S, Reshma V. Pregnancy outcome in lupus patients with previous adverse outcomes: Experience with protocol-based, multidisciplinary care from Kerala, South India. Indian J Rheumatol 2016;11:S56.
Ravindran V. Rheumatology outcome measures in principle and practice in India: So near and yet so far. Indian J Rheumatol 2013;8:8-10.
Ravindran V. Systemic vasculitis and pregnancy. In: Sharma SK, Sawhney S, editors. Rheumatic Diseases in Women & Children. 1 st ed. New-Delhi: Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers (P) Ltd.; 2013. p. 44-9.
Misra DP, Agarwal V, Negi VS. Rheumatology in India: A bird′s eye view on organization, epidemiology, training programs and publications. J Korean Med Sci 2016;31:1013-9.
Handa R. Rheumatology in India - Quo vadis? Nat Rev Rheumatol 2015;11:183-8.
1 Adverse pregnancy outcomes among multi-ethnic systemic lupus erythematosus patients in Malaysia
Syahrul S Shaharir,Suhaida A Maulana,Nor S Shahril,Rozita Mohd,Ruslinda Mustafar,Mohd S Mohamed Said,Rahana A Rahman
Lupus. 2020; 29(10): 1305
Lupus Pregnancie...


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Leszek Mech (ur. 1933 w Grodnie, zm. 25 lipca 2004 w Toronto) – polski scenarzysta filmów animowanych, poeta i prozaik, dziennikarz.

Studiował w Wyższej Szkole Pedagogicznej w Katowicach. Wieloletni współpracownik (od 1962) Studia Filmów Rysunkowych w Bielsku Białej, w latach 1962-1971 kierownik literacki Studia; był współautorem scenariuszy około 300 filmów animowanych, m.in. serii o Bolku i Lolku, także animowanych filmów pełnometrażowych (Wielka podróż Bolka i Lolka, Przygody Błękitnego Rycerzyka). Pracował także w redakcjach tygodnika "Kronika" w Bielsku oraz dziennika "Trybuna Robotnicza" w Katowicach.

Rozpoczynał swoją pracę jako autor scenariuszy filmów dla dorosłych, m.in. Noworoczna Noc według Jeremiego Przybory w reżyserii Jerzego Zitzmana.

Współpracował z prasą dziecięcą. Wspólnie napisana z Władysławem Nehrebeckim baśń Królowa zima, została nagrana na płytę długogrającą. Otrzymał wiele nagród, m.in. Ministerstwa Kultury i Sztuki, Order Uśmiechu w 1977 roku, nagrodę literacką Bielska Białej. Był członkiem Związku Literatów Polskich i współzałożycielem Bielskiego Klubu Pisarzy.

Wraz z Władysławem Nehrebeckim był współautorem serii książek dla dzieci Biblioteka przygód Bolka i Lolka:
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 Złote miasto Inków
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 Łowcy bizonów
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I don't like small dogs. Let's just start it that way. I mean I'm not one of those actively anti-small dog people who really wants to boot them down the street, but I don't like small dogs or at least that's what I thought.
I am a fan of big dogs. My last dog was a bit over 50lbs, not huge but a big dog and she was perfect to me.
So, when I went to get a puppy a few months ago I looked at the big puppies. I scanned the shelter websites ignoring anybody who was clearly going to run the risk of growing up to be a yappy little ankle biter. Then, I made the big trip to the Lakes Area Humane Society and met Buddy. He was a big little guy so he fit the bill, right? Well, there was the question of the paws. There is a commonly held belief that a dog's size can be determined by the size of their paws. Buddy has small paws.
Hmm… what to do? Well, there really was no question. How could I say no to the happy little guy scampering all over my lap, clearly just loving life? I chose not to pay too much attention to the paws and instead listen to the shelter staff person who told me that they believed he probably had lab and husky in his mix. He wouldn't be huge, but he'd be a big dog.
We met up with my friend Bob later that day. He noted the paws and commented that Buddy may not get very big. I remained in denial with my commitment to his lab and husky traits.
Looking at various puppy weight calculators, most estimate that Buddy will someday weigh about 60lbs. He's five months now and just under 30lbs and stands at about knee height to me. A trainer friend told me just the other day that at five months, he's likely to only grow another two or three inches. While I have seen some tools that suggest he could grow as much as four inches, I am beginning to strongly suspect that my already sturdy little dude may someday strongly resemble a barrel. I think I may be the caretaker of a short, round canine for life.
Right now his tail is big for him and his head is already a bit small for his body. I'm pretty sure that no matter how much he grows, he's going to be a unique looking fellow. I appreciate that. One of the great roles that dogs play in life is that they teach us about love and acceptance. He's already doing that, it seems I am falling in love with someone that I wouldn't have expected in this four legged goofball wonder. Stay tuned to find out who he may grow up to be.
It's been three months now since Bella took her last walk on August 26th, 2018. Then on September 15th, I took the leap and brought a new friend into our little household and the world changed again.
Bringing Buddy home was the best way I could find for me to heal. It's been an adventure that's for sure. What else could it be going from an 11 year old relaxed best friend dog who had the power to take people with dog phobias and gain their trust and who could see the spirits in the room that none of the rest knew were there to a ten week old bundle of chaotic energy?
I still miss Bella, I suppose I always will. She carried me through some tough times along with many good ones and traveled with me for quite a few miles living in two states and at least six different homes over our years together. I suspect the cats miss her too sometimes, especially when young Buddy is attempting to use them as living chew toys.
Buddy is a special little guy too though and is finding his way into my heart and many others. He's some sort of lab mix, born on the White Earth Indian Reservation who came to me via the Humane Society of the Lakes.
The morning I went to the Humane Society I'd actually gotten approval to adopt Buddy's sister, but while people can submit applications and get approved they can't reserve dogs. I promised myself that if a family with kids was there to see the puppy I'd planned on I would let them have it without questions. So, when I arrived to find a family with kids I looked to the other puppies. Buddy jumped right in my lap and started to chew on me and I fell in love with the little 10lb clown. We're still working on the chewing though.
It's been an exciting few months. Buddy is a high energy dog and growing fast. He's already put on 15lbs in our just over 2 months together. Without enough running everything becomes a chew toy including the cats and his favorite human. Tickle takes being a chew toy quite well and just bats him around a bit. Tonks, not so much. She'll only come out from under the couch for trips to the food dish, the litter box, or when she's feeling really brave. The good thing is that Buddy's been encouraging me to get in plenty of time hiking and playing out at the local natural area.
Up until very recently I thought I might have to buy stock in the pet stain remover company. Accidents were coming multiple times a day. He had favorite spots on the living room carpet! We're down to about one accident a week now. I have hope.
He's a smart little guy, other than taking a while with potty training and chewing. I was happy to see him holding a 'stay' as I stepped several feet away today. He's also doing well with sit, come, shake, spin, and lay down. Roll over is tough. Sometimes it works. Sometimes it means the human gets a puppy nip from a puppy who really wants a treat. We keep trying.
In a few weeks, we'll be embarking on the next step of our journey together. Buddy and I are going to puppy school. It's the first step of the journey for Buddy to become a therapy dog. Bella provided therapy by nature. I'd thought of having her certified, but wasn't aware of the option until she was old and it was past her time. I suspect that Buddy will give a lot of good just by his spirit, but hopefully, he'll have the certification to take him places too to help elders or kids or maybe folks facing illness. We don't know yet. There are many questions to be answered.
I hope you'll join us along this trip together.


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Griffin Capital Sells Los Angeles-Area Asset for $30M
The new owner secured $18 million in acquisition financing from Logix Federal Credit Union.
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Griffin Capital Essential Asset REIT has completed the $30 million sale of a 206,917-square-foot office building in Simi Valley, Calif. A private investor acquired the property, according to Ventura County records. Logix Federal Credit Union provided an $18 million acquisition financing package.
The building is fully leased to Bank of America through December 2025. The asset last changed hands in 2015, when Rising Realty Partners sold it for $28.4 million, CommercialEdge data shows. That deal was a $57 million portfolio sale that included a 273,241-square-foot property closeby, which is also leased to Bank of America.
Located on 8 acres at 450 American St., the two-story Class B property was completed in 1990 and is LEED-certified. Features include 103,459-square-foot floorplates, two passenger elevators and a parking ratio of 5.5 spaces per 1,000 square feet. Situated a short distance from the intersection between Ronald Reagan Freeway and Madera Road, the building is 12 miles northeast of downtown Thousand Oaks and approximately 42 miles northwest of downtown Los Angeles.
Newmark's Shannon Team, led by Co-Head of U.S. Capital Markets Kevin Shannon, negotiated on behalf of the seller. In late 2020, Shannon's team represented a joint venture between Rockwood Capital and Lincoln Property Co. in the $196 million disposition of 915 Wilshire, a Class A office tower in downtown Los Angeles.
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Jennie's Cake & Catering provides catering options of vintage afternoon tea, picnics, buffets, hog roasts and BBQ's. These are perfect options to have if you would like something different to a sit down meal. Along with catering I also supply bespoke and budget wedding cakes and cupcakes towers along with non traditional wedding cakes such as cheese towers and doughnut towers. Budget wedding cakes stat from £99 Also supplying candy carts, Farrero Rocher stands and a huge supply of decor including centre pieces, chair covers and 4ft light up love letters which are perfect for your dance floor, wishing well, table planner and much more to make planning your big day easier.
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If someone asks you if you are a god, you say "Yes."
I'll provide you with the words, and some extra clues for the lesser known houses. Although the answer will reflect it, you don't need to use the word "House" in your response. NOTE: semi-canon sources are used; westeros.org being the source.
The seat of these marcher lords is Horn Hill.
A member of this family is in the prologue to Game of Thrones.
This family possesses the Valyrian steel sword Vigilance.
The head of this house is traditionally known as the Bloodroyal.
"The Old, the True, the Brave."
This is the only non-Targaryen family in Westeros to have predominantly Valyrian heritage.
Another prominent northern family, heavily mentioned in the books, this house is one of the few to have a female lord.
A member of this family serves as Hand of the King in A Feast for Crows.


Harrison Barnett is waiting for a new kidney transplant and would love to get a card from you.
At nine years old, Harrison Barnett has already been through so much.
He was born with kidney disease and had a transplant at age 2. The transplant failed, and he's been receiving dialysis since then. He was scheduled to get a new kidney last week, but it's delayed because his body just isn't ready yet.
His family lives in Wilson, but Harrison is currently at UNC Health Care receiving treatments preparing his body for the transplant. One thing that brightens his day is getting cards from people.
His mom Rebecca says, "The other night he and I opened about 60 cards that he had received and we had so much fun."
Harrison is a huge NC State Wolfpack fan, and just like any third grader, he loves Legos, Starbucks hot chocolate, and Chick-fil-A.
Rebecca says Harrison also loves looking after the babies in the hospital.
Despite having kidney disease, Rebecca says it has never slowed him down. If Harrison's body is ready, the transplant date is set for 12/22.
She says cards are keeping him strong.
She adds, "I think now that he is older, he really understands just how many people are praying for him and that so many people want nothing more than for him to get a kidney, if not for Christmas, but in 2018."


Judith Pestronk was a Professor of Art at Nassau Community College, and before her retirement, received various distinctions and awards for her sculpture and jewelry. She taught art history, sculpture, and design as an adjunct professor, and was honored with a distinguished faculty achievement award for 27 years of excellence in both the classroom and the studio. Although a sculptor first and foremost, she draws and paints as well. The artist works with rock, wood, glass, gold, silver, steel, stone, twigs, even old cogs. Because of her grounding in art history, she moves easily from carving a Chinese tomb figure to casting a Cubist lover. "I don�t have a political agenda for my work," she said. "What I do is about emotions and about history. I believe that today is an extension of the past. I believe in making beautiful things that last."


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Event will be live webstreamed at https://wallacehouse.umich.edu/?p=8583.
How should the press adapt when those in power use the epithet "fake news" to attack real reporting? Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter, David Fahrenthold of The Washington Post, offers suggestions for both reporters and news consumers on navigating this new era. He will discuss how journalists can open up their own reporting process through social media, show the public the work that underlies their stories and invite readers in as co-collaborators. He will share how reporters and readers can avoid passing on actual fake news, by examining the news sources and the individual stories that they read, especially those stories and sources that confirm their own views of the world.
During the 2016 presidential campaign, Fahrenthold used social media to follow-up on Donald Trump's pledge to donate money to veterans groups. Posting his reporter's notes on Twitter to solicit leads, Fahrenthold uncovered Trump's questionable charitable practices and found no evidence that Trump donated money to veterans groups as he'd claimed. Fahrenthold was also the first reporter to reveal the existence of the "Access Hollywood" 2005 video in which Trump bragged about groping women. For his series of stories, Fahrenthold won the 2017 Pulitzer Prize for national reporting.
A graduate of Harvard, Fahrenthold has been at The Washington Post since 2000 where he reports on President Trump's businesses and conflicts of interest. He previously covered the Washington, D.C., police, the environment, New England, Congress and the federal bureaucracy for the paper.
This event is co-sponsored by Wallace House, Communication Studies, the Department of English Language and Literature, and the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy.


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ASTHO's Government Affairs Chief Previews Washington Week and Shares Advice
March 08, 2018|3:52 p.m.| ASTHO Staff
Next week, ASTHO is hosting its annual Washington Week to provide state and territorial health officials with opportunities to meet with various federal leaders and inform policymakers about public health priorities in their jurisdictions. ASTHO's chief of government affairs, Carolyn Mullen, shares her thoughts on what ASTHO's members and other public health leaders can expect.
What is in store for ASTHO members during Washington Week?
ASTHO's Washington Week is a multi-faceted, dynamic, and action-packed week for state and territorial health officials. First, they will participate in educational sessions and learn from leading experts about the federal budget process, HHS, congressional staff, and the intricacies of how to navigate appropriations and policymaking in the nation's capital. The information provided during these educational sessions will give members a strong foundation to draw on during meetings with members of Congress and the Administration later in the week. The week will adjourn with a board meeting at ASTHO's headquarters in Arlington, VA.
What are some of the key messages ASTHO will be sharing with Congress and the Administration?
At this time, we are in a very unique federal budget climate. Congress is working on finishing FY18 appropriations bills while at the same time beginning to develop funding priorities for FY19. ASTHO will encourage its members to discuss the need for additional resources for state, local, and territorial health departments to address the opioid epidemic, enhance preparedness programs, and continue the Preventive Health and Health Services Block Grant.
In addition, ASTHO is launching a campaign urging Congress to increase funding for CDC 22 percent by FY22, as increasing CDC's budget helps ensure our nation's health is protected from communicable and non-communicable disease threats. For the first time in two decades, American life expectancy has declined, federal investment in public health has not kept pace with inflation, and workforce cuts are threatening public health programs. This is the rationale for increasing CDC's funding.
Finally, in collaboration with its affiliate organizations, ASTHO developed a booklet on FY19 governmental public health appropriations. This reference document will be used to convey not only ASTHO's top advocacy funding priorities, but those of other nonprofit public health associations who represent leadership at state and territorial public health departments. We readily acknowledge that this is a lengthy list of priorities. However, we will be encouraging our members to tailor this information and explain how federal funding is critical to their work to improve the health of the population.
Why does ASTHO host this annual event in Washington, D.C.?
Research conducted by the Congressional Management Foundation found that in-person meetings have considerable influence on an undecided member of Congress—more so than any other influence group or strategy. ASTHO's annual advocacy day is a critical component to implementing our 2018 Federal Legislative Agenda. Our members' voices, stories, and perspectives carry a lot of weight with members of Congress. Policymakers also value the input state and territorial health officials provide. Moreover, during this period of uncertainty and fiscal austerity, it is critical that Congress hear directly from state and territorial health officials about the value and importance of federal programs on our members' work.
What tips do you have for communicating with policymakers about the value of public health?
My recommendations are: (1) keep the message simple and to the point, (2) use data effectively to convey the relevance of programs to the state or district the policymaker represents, and (3) practice your pitch before the meeting. Congressional staff are extremely busy. When I worked as a legislative aide for former Sen. Arlen Specter, I conducted at least 9-10 meetings per day. In addition to meeting with constituents, I also had to prepare the senator for hearings, votes, and other meetings. Therefore, following up after the meeting, thanking staff for their time, and building a long-term relationship with Congress and their staff is vital to any successful advocacy campaign. My recommendation to ASTHO members is they shouldn't think of Washington Week as just one event that happens once a year, but a building block to forging long-term relationships with members of Congress and their staff.
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