With regards to the G.O.A. of America, I have seen many things connected to this Archdiocese that are quite unique/unfamiliar. The trends amongst the clergy are different to those typical of Greek clergy (in Greece and the diaspora). Also, the churches look different in many ways: very simple (if any) templons; the use of musical instruments and of male/female choirs (singing in a non-Byzantine way). In other words, the Greek Church established in the U.S.A. seems extremely westernized and I cannot understand why. Are any of these things a breach of Canon Law? Why are they permitted and are unique only to the G.O.A. of America?
By trends of the clergy I presume you mean that many of the GOA clergy are clean shaven. For the majority of the Orthodox World a beard is a recognizable sign of a Priest which is deep rooted in Orthodox tradition. Priests with beards go as far back as the time of Moses when God commanded him to tell the priests (the sons of Aaron) not to shave or cut the beard of their chins (Lev. 21:5). In general this applies to all men for God created man with a beard to distinguish him from a woman. Although we are no longer under Mosaic Law, priests continue to wear beards since the Law was observed by both the Lord and the Apostles. A canon (96) from the Sixth Ecumenical Council concerning hair says that: "Those who have put on Christ through baptism have solemnly promised to emulate and imitate the manner of life He led in the flesh." Since a priest represents an image of Christ he should resemble him in outward appearance with both beard and long hair. Much of the Priest's outward appearance is influenced by monastic traditions. In older times monks were not allowed to have long hair and many kept their head shaven on the top similar to the style of the Western Benedictine monks, but under the influence of hermits who paid no attention to their outward appearance and let their hair grow, the tonsure was abandoned and long hair became the normal for both monks and Priests.
In the west priests began to shave their beards towards the end of the eighth century when Charlemagne (wanting to imitate pagan classical Rome) ordered Western clergy to shave regularly. During the Roman Empire, it was the custom for men to shave and being unshaven meant that you were a barbarian. The order to shave was not immediately accepted by all the western clergy, but many began to trim their beards quite closely thus avoiding being clean shaven which seemed more effeminate. In the 11th century Pope Gregory VII, tried to enforce shaving and by the sixteenth century beardlessness for Roman Catholic clergy was enforced by further canons which have since been dropped by the Second Vatican Council.
But that is the Roman Catholic Church; what about the new trend among the Orthodox clergy? Trimmed beards and short hair seems to have become fashionable from after the First World War. Priests justify this change by saying that the long hair and beards can appear unsightly and with trimmed beards they make themselves more approachable to the people. Other reasons among educated Priests is that long beards make them look like uneducated peasant Priests of that their wives demand that they tidy themselves up. In the west Orthodox Priests were more justified in cutting their hair and trimming their beards because many had to work fulltime in secular jobs where a trimmed appearance was required by their employer. In America this was taken to the extremes and Priest began to completely shave their beards. They believe that living in a modern world requires a modern outlook and because they live in societies with other Christian denominations, they have been influenced by Ecumenism and have adapted their appearance to be in line with the clergy of other denominations. Thus not only have the beards disappeared but also the rason which in public has been replaced by the suit and dog-collar. Of course it is not the rason that makes the Priest and neither does a priest with a long beard mean that he is a better priest that one without, but we should not be ashamed to walk in public in our traditional clerical dress and appearance. It is what makes an Orthodox Priest stand out and be recognizable. A Priest being clean shaven and wearing an Anglican suit and dog-collar can be recognized as a priest but not Orthodox. There are many arguments for long hair and beards supported by Holy Scripture, tradition and the Canons, but there are also many arguments in favour of new trends. The final word should rest with the Metropolitan of each territory and the Synod. If the Metropolitan insisted that a beard was an essential requirement for ordination into the Orthodox priesthood, I'm sure that all his priests would wear a beard. In America it is fast becoming acceptable for Priest to be clean shaven, but in Orthodox countries like Greece and Cyprus, a Priest without a beard would not be taken seriously or respected.
Let's now see the other parts of your question.
Orthodox Churches look different from one country to the next; e.g. the Churches of Orthodox Russia may have domes but they look nothing like the dome churches of Greece and Cyprus. Thus there is no fixed canon saying how a church should look. In England most of the Orthodox Churches are old Anglican Churches that were bought by the Orthodox Church after they came into disuse by the Anglican Church. None of these have a dome and in fact have the traditional Church steeple and belfry of Western churches. When the Orthodox Church in London put forth plans to a local authority to build a traditional Orthodox Church with a dome it was rejected with the excuse that it would not fit in with the rest of the environment. When the same authority was presented with plans for a great domed Muslim mosque all the permits were issued without any problems or arguments that it was not in the traditional style of the surrounding environment. I'm sure that in America the Orthodox Church must have had similar problems especially in the big cities. But the outward appearance of churches is not a matter of faith; what is important is that there is a building dedicated to God where the Orthodox faithful can come together to celebrate the Divine Liturgy. This applies for the inside décor as well. Many communities do not have enough money to pay the Priest a salary let alone to pay for extravagant furnishings. But even in Orthodox countries, for many centuries they didn't have the beautifully carved and tall Iconostasis that we have now become accustomed to. Originally the Sanctuary might have been separated from the nave by portable Icon stands, but for many centuries the separation was made by a very low screen which allowed the priest to be seen. The Iconostasis like everything else developed and grew until it finally became a dividing wall separating the Sanctuary from the Nave. There is nothing unorthodox with having a simple screen made up of portable Icon stands and in some ways it is an advantage because it allows the faithful to have a better view of what takes place within the Sanctuary.
As for musical instruments in Church this is clearly an influence from western churches. Instrumental music was a part of the Jewish temple and pagan rituals and from the beginning instruments were considered inappropriate and out of character with the pure, solemn and spiritual faith of the New Church. The human voice is considered the best musical instrument to offer God our devotion because it is natural whereas material instruments are artificial and in general evoke pleasure and arouse emotions without spiritual value which are inappropriate for the purpose of prayer. The Church also adopted a chant that, whether just a single chanter or a choir, the voice offered is of one accord without the four-voiced harmonies of secular choirs. This reflects that our faith is of one accord and of one voice without confusion. The modern choirs of the GOA are attempts to westernise even the musical traditions of the Church to bring them in line with western ideas. They feel that musical instruments and harmony voices are more attractive to westerners, which at the final analysis means that Church singing is no longer pure and spiritual but becomes a stage for a musical show. All that remains is for the audience to applaud their efforts. There are no direct canons forbidding the use of musical instruments except canon 75 of the Quinisext Council which forbids anything that is unbecoming and improper to church psalmody, but tradition and the fathers of the Church clearly forbid the use of musical instruments on the ground that they are artificial and theatrical.


I started being interested in acting when I heard the voices of Sir Laurence Olivier and Sir John Gielgud and Sir Alec Guinness. I've had the great privilege of working with Sir Derek Jacobi and Sir Anthony Hopkins. These are people who inspire the work that I do.
I've been watching what I eat. When I was putting on all the weight, I was drinking Guinness and not eating. I didn't have room to because I was drinking all the time.
London is like my second home. I've still got friends there from school and from when I first started in the modelling business - people such as Karen Elson, Jasmine Guinness, Jade Parfitt.
It feels awesome to be a Guinness World Records title holder and to be the first artist to achieve this with Billboard. I remember being in elementary and middle school and looking at the books for all of the records, and I can't believe my name gets to be in there now.
Daphne Guinness was amazingly comfortable in her skin, and she has an amazing collection in fashion that I wish I could just touch.
I haven't seen any of the Cung Le movies, but I have seen the Cung Le Q&A that he did in San Jose, and I've got to say that was pretty hard to watch. That was pretty cringeworthy. Listen: stick to kicking; sticking to kicking eggs and setting Guinness World Records, because entertaining a crowd certainly isn't your thing.
Some people get very successful for something they're very cynical about - like Alec Guinness in 'Star Wars.' He thought it was ridiculous. Whereas for me, I'm so proud of 'Stranger Things.' I'm so proud of everyone's work in it. And it's become so successful. So for those two to meet is incredible.
I love a woman in a tuxedo, or in a dress, who looks comfortable, relaxed, happy. I'd love to dress Daphne Guinness - she has exactly that attitude.


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Q: Проблемы получения нужного среза на разных итерациях При попытке разбить данные для записи, в случае, если количество символов в записи >= количеству файлов для записи - все отрабатывается нормально. Но если символов меньше, то запись идет криво, то символ пропадет, то лишние пустые файлы появятся. Перепробовал различные варианты, без результата.
p = bytearray(invert_sequence())

# automatically append symbol in flow need to rewrite
if servers >= len(invert_sequence()):
    p = bytearray(invert_sequence())
    more_bytes = servers - len((invert_sequence()))
    p.extend(more_bytes * b"0")
    print("содержимое more_bytes", more_bytes)

def choice():
    if servers >= len(invert_sequence()):
        ch = p
    else:
        ch = invert_sequence()
    return ch

def shear():
    section = round(len(encrypt()) / servers)
    return section

for i in range(servers):  # подходит, только если серверов >= символов, и если символы // на сервера
    print(choice()[(i * shear()):((i * shear()) + (shear()))])

# write to file
for i in range(servers):
    with open(f"{uuid.uuid4()}.txt", "wb") as file0:
        file0.write(choice()[(i * shear()):((i * shear()) + (shear()))])
        file0.close()

Заранее спасибо.

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Kenner Starting Line-up Figures
The Kenner Starting Line-up figures were actually the idea of a Cincinnati Bengals American Football team veteran by the name of of the Pat McInally.
In 1986 Pat was preparing to move to the West Coast after retiring when he met a newly appointed Kenner executive whose job was developing toys for kids.
As it happened, Pat had a regular syndicated newspaper column "Pat Answers for Kids" and so he was asked by the Kenner exec if he had any ideas.
The Kenner Starting Line-up Figures Story
Later while he was browsing through the toy aisles of a local store it suddenly occurred to him, there on the toy shelves were rows of toys featuring all kinds of super-heroes but there wasn't a single toy based on the real world heroes of sport, and so he came up with the idea for the Kenner Starting Line-up Figures.
So, armed with a pack of baseball cards and one of Kenner's current action figures he was ready to make his proposal.
However, the reaction he got wasn't quite what he expected. After two hours of discussions Kenner's reaction was overwhelmingly positive. The only question they had left was how were they going to get the licensing rights?
Luckily, for Kenner, Pat proved to be the key mover here as well with his vast experience in the NFL and his contacts in the sports arena within a week he had commitments in hand for all the 3 of the major U.S sporting Leagues for sporting figures and so the Starting Lineup brand was born.
Kenner launched their first range of NFL Starting Lineup figures in 1988, much to the pleasure and anticipation of 1000's of football fans.
Each of the Kenner Starting Line-up Figures came in a clear plastic bubble that was glued to a rectangular piece of cardboard with rounded corners (commonly known as blister packs). These cards are often referred to as J-cards because of the J shaped cut in the card that was used to hang them on display in stores.
The figures were sold to retailers in cases of 16 and were designated by the year, sport and a two-digit decimal number, e.g. 1988 Football Case .01, 1992 Football Case .04 etc.
The Kenner Starting Line-up figures came with one or more trading cards, and occasionally another keepsake such as a mini-poster or medallion.
In addition, the bubble (or blister) had a kind of "foot" which extended 2-3 inches out from the cardboard and could be used as a stand for MOC (Mint On Card) collectors.
The Kenner Starting Line-up figures were made from hard plastic, were 4-inches in height, and painted to resemble a sports star, although the "resemblance" was often questionable.
There was also a limited number of poses for a figure, initially 10 for each sport but in 1993 and then again in 1995 Kenner introduced a number of new poses.
They also had very limited articulation, with joints at the shoulders, neck and waist and a base that resembled a part of the football field.
Kenner color coded each of the blisters so that it was easy to differentiate between from a distance with baseball (blue), basketball (red), and football (green) then later when they began to produce NHL figures they had yellow cards.
Initially they were primarily sold to large retail stores but Kenner began to notice that they were actually selling more to hobby dealers than toy stores.
This is the period when the hobby really entered its adolescence and sport figures became truly collectible with Starting Lineup figures being traded along side trading cards and other sport collectibles and memorabilia AT Comic-cons and conventions across the country.
This realization also caused a change in Kenner's marketing strategy, by greatly reducing the number of different pieces produced. They also began to introduce variations of some of the figures with low production runs, thereby introducing the term "chase" figure into the hobby.
By decreasing the size of the sets they tried encourage collectors to collect them all, and in the five years, from 1988-1993, the set totals dropped from 137 to 27 in football.
However Kenner began to over produce the Starting Line-up figures and undermined the market killing the line off gradually over time until, eventually, much to the disappointment of their many fans and collectors Kenner decided to discontinue the line in 2000.
Recently however there seems to be a resurgence of interest among fans and collectors with more activity and bidding occurring on eBay than there has been for a number of years, particularly with the early vintage football figures from the 1988 and 1989 series.
This is possibly due to the fact that these figures were produced in relatively low quantities for local markets and also the recent obsession with grading everything has helped to stimulate the market by creating more confidence in the hobby as a whole.
Only a few products have been considered a "successor" to Kenner's Starting Lineup Figures, but probably the most popular of this are the McFarlane Sports Picks figures (2001-present).
Looking back now it's hard to see what the attraction was in these rather crude "action figures" that often had little resemblance to the actual players, which is probably why the SLU trading card was included ;-).
But at the time they were all we had and they were FUN!.
Starting Lineup Figures Make a Comeback
In 2016 the Kenner Starting Lineup figures began to make a surprising return to the spotlight when three professional sports teams gave away special edition Starting Lineup figures. On 10/30/2016 the Tampa Bay Buccaneers (NFL) released a figure of Jameis Winston. In addition, on 11/25/2016 the San Jose Sharks (NHL) released a figure of Joe Pavelski. Also, on 12/23/2016 the Charlotte Hornets (NBA) released a figure of Nicolas Batum.
This turn of events came about after Brian Killingsworth,the chief marketing officer of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, came across some of his old SLU figures in his mothers attic. This sparked of memories of the fun he had not only collecting these figure but playing with them, and to his surprise his kids loved them as well!
Always on the look out potential stadium promotions he realized that these would be perfect, appealing to both modern day kids and older fans who would remember the original Kenner figures,
As it turned out Hasbro had let the trademark lapse, and so in partner ship with Match-Up, a Florida promotions company that makes various stadium and arena giveaways, they struck a deal with the trademark-holder.
The giveaway proved to be a great hit with fans and several other teams from the NFL, NBA and NHL have also produced SLU giveaways and there's even rumours that due to the high level of interest the current trademark holders are considering bringing the line back to retail!
2017-2018 Starting Lineup figure releases are as follows:
01/11/2017 New York Islanders (NHL) John Tavares
01/18/2017 Houston Rockets Ralph Sampson
01/29/2017 New Orleans Pelicans (NBA) Anthony Davis
02/10/2017 Cleveland Monsters (AHL) Ryan Craig
02/11/2017 Charlotte Hornets (NBA) Kemba Walker
03/11/2017 Charlotte Hornets (NBA) Michael Kidd-Gilchrist
04/22/2017 Tampa Bay Rays (MLB) Chris Archer
05/20/2017 New York Mets (MLB) David Wright
06/03/2017 Baltimore Orioles (MLB) Manny Machado
06/18/2017 Oakland Athletics (MLB) Marcus Semien
07/07/2017 Brooklyn Cyclones (MiLB) Edgardo Alfonzo
08/19/2017 Texas Rangers (MLB) Adrian Beltre
08/26/2017 Washington Nationals (MLB) Bryce Harper
09/09/2017 Chicago White Sox (MLB) Tim Raines.
01/05/2018 Milwaukee Bucks (NBA) – Giannis Antetokounmpo
Kenner Starting Lineup Pages

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Conceptul de sistem dinamic este o formalizare matematică  a oricărei "reguli" fixate care descrie dependența de timp a poziției unui punct în spațiu.  Exemple:  modelele matematice care descriu mișcarea unui pendul de ceas, curgerea unui lichid printr-o conductă, și numărul de pești, în fiecare primăvară, într-un lac.

Un sistem dinamic are o stare determinată de o colecție de numere reale, sau, mai general  o mulțime de puncte geometrice aparținând unui spațiu de stări.

Bibliografie
Andrei Iacob, Metode topologice în mecanica clasică, Editura Academiei RSR, 1973

Teoria sistemelor

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This was posted on September 6, 2014 by Sarah Maxwell.
I'd like to introduce you to Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Maxwell!
The story with details will come later of their beautiful relationship that has blossomed over this past year, and yes, lots of wedding pictures.
Wow! What a surprise! I don't know how you got it all done! Congratulations to the newlyweds!
Thank you. Life has been very busy.
Oh what a surprise! Congratulations! I wish the new couple much happiness in the life they build together. What a journey they are starting.
I must say I love that touch of purple in the bouquet. I hope we get to see more of that dress and other wedding decorations!
Thank you. Yes, you'll see pictures ;).
I do not think a post this year has given me such joy…except to know that Drew was well and healthy. Words fail me, but our family has your new family unit in our prayers Joseph and Elissa. Many blessings, and our congratulations!
Many congratulations to the young couple! Blessings to them and both families!
Praising God for His goodness~I'm so very happy for Joseph and Elissa! Congratulations!
What a surprise! I look forward to reading their story.
We're looking forward to sharing their story with you. Stay tuned!
Such happy news! May God bless and guide you as you strive to serve Christ as one.
What a sweet surprise!!! Congrats both of you!
They are such a cute couple, and we're thrilled.
Wow – how wonderful. Praise the Lord for His faithfulness. Congrats you guys!!
Wow!!! Praise the Lord!!! I am so thrilled for your family and it's exciting news! You are sure in a fun season!!!
Thanks for sharing and we can't wait for the details!!
We are. Changing seasons ;).
Congratulations! I am so very happy for you both! Can't wait to hear your story of how the Lord brought you together!
Congratulations!!! I wish them all the happiness in the world and God to bless their marriage.
They are such a sweet couple and very, very happy.
Congratulations to Joseph and Elissa! Looking forward to hearing their story.
Aw, what lovely news 🙂 I just love those big smiles on their faces, and what a wonderful answer to prayers over time. How you managed to squeeze in a wedding amongst all the other things I read of on your blog I have no idea! Congratulations all of you!
We've had a lot of going, that's for sure. But God is good, and we've been able to accomplish all He wants us too!
Congratulations Joseph!! That's awesome! Can't wait for more details!!
We're excited too. I can't wait to share more!
Congratulations!!! We are so happy for you both. May God richly bless your marriage.
Congratulations! I am so happy for them.
¡quisiera dar mi enhorabuena a los dos!
WOW! How y'all kept such an exciting secret, I'll never know. What a heartwarming surprise. So, so very happy for this new family and new beginning. Joseph and Elissa, May God bless you with a happy home and tender hearts toward one another as you seek to serve Him. Can't wait to hear the story!
😉 Yes, story will be forthcoming!
Congradulations! I look forward to reading their story, but just by see the lovely smiles on their faces says it all!
May the Lord continue to bless them both as they continue serving Him in their marriage!
Congratulations to the happy new couple, and the rest of the family! God bless you all!
What wonderful news! May The Lord bless your marriage in every way.
Wow, what a beautiful secret to be able to share! Wouldn't be surprised if you could hear our squealing here when we saw the post! May blessings to them!
Thanks. Lots of excitement here too ;).
What a wonderful, blessed surprise! Congratulations to all! May God richly bless this new family!
Congratulations!!!! So happy for both of you.
We are excited for you both!
Wow! Praise God!! Cannot wait to hear how He brought it about. Thank you for being such a wonderful Godly example of waiting on Him!
What wonderful and stunning news! Congratulations and best wishes to the newlyweds!!
Such a blessed event for your family.
Rejoicing with you! God bless you!


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Metal Sucks SHAI HULUD IN 3D > AVATARD TOMMY ROGERS DOES THE "SLEEP SHAKE"
Tour de Force
SHAI HULUD IN 3D > AVATARD
January 27th, 2011 at 11:00am
Yep yep — Shai Hulud, one of the rare bands to give metalcore a good name (and one of the rare bands to actually combine metal with hardcore and therefore be worthy of the "metalcore" tag), are doing a headlining tour. I'm not really familiar with the support acts so I can't actively endorse your arriving early at the show — I mean they could be great for all I know, I just don't wanna tell you they are when I don't know their music — but I will say that if you have a chance to go see Shai Hulud and you don't, you're a fool. A damn fool, I say.
Perhaps better news still, at least for those of us who don't live near one of these tour stops, is that the trek is actually a break from the band's work on a new album — their first since 2008's jugular-rippingly good Misanthropy Pure. It's funny, 'cause like five minutes ago, I was feeling really cynical about 2011 as a good year for metal, but not it seems like a bright, bright, bright, sunshiny day.
Here are tour dates, in case you're too stoopid to be able to read the poster at the top of this article:
02/02 Allentown, PA @ Crocodile Rock
02/03 Cleveland, OH @ Peabody's
02/04 Altoona, PA @ The Archway Center
02/05 Pittsburgh, PA @ Smiling Moose
02/06 Columbus, OH @ Seven Venue
02/07 Portage, IN @ Camelot Arena
02/08 Bloomington, IN @ Rhino's
02/09 Sauget, IL @ Pop's
02/10 Memphis, TN @ The Hi-Tone Café
02/11 Cookeville, TN @ Amps and Ramps
02/12 Chattanooga, TN @ The Warehouse
02/13 Whitesburg, KY @ Letcher County Tourism Building
02/15 West Springfield, VA @ Jaxx
02/16 Jermyn, PA @ Eleanor Rigby's
02/17 Revere, MA @ Wonderland Ballroom
02/18 Norwich, CT @ The Montessori School
02/19 Manchester, NH @ Rocko's
Tags: Close Your Eyes, Counterparts, I The Breather, Monsters, SHAI HULUD
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What Happened:
May 3rd
President Ikeda's View
At Meetings
The Human Revolution
President Ikeda's estrangement from the official world of the Soka Gakkai became less over the years. He was determined not to let the high-handed decisions of the priesthood stand in the way of the people's triumph. And it became increasingly obvious that the priests cared only about their own status.
In 1990, the situation deteriorated into official excommunication by NST. This time, SGI was determined not to succumb to pressure.
Lessons that SGI learned from April 24th and its aftermath were nothing that was not already throughout the Gosho of Nichiren Daishonin. President Ikeda wrote about this in his essay "The True Purpose of Religion":
"The Daishonin asserts with absolute certainty: 'Great events do not have small omens. When great evil occurs, great good will follow. Since the worst slander already prevails throughout the country, the supreme True Law will spread without fail.' (The Major Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, vol. 5, p. 161)
"I decided that, no matter what others might say, I would triumph by holding fast to my convictions. And so I began my struggle, all alone, cherishing an even grander vision for our movement than I had before. Mr. Toda often used to say to me, 'The lion seeks no companion.'
"I firmly believed that, though I was alone, true companions would one day naturally join me again, without my saying a word. We would unite in the oneness of mentor and disciple to strive, to soar, to advance, to triumph together, without limit. I was waiting for the new companions of a new era to appear."
As the period of his "exile" wore on, President Ikeda continued to establish warm bonds with members, however he could. Those human connections are not the result of one's leadership position (or lack of one), nor are they a result of any inequality of position -- those precious bonds are the result of one human being caring and encouraging another, heart to heart.
And "the new companions of a new era" that President Ikeda sought are the Youth Division members, whose pure, uncorrupted faith allows them to always advance, no matter what. President Ikeda's spirit was to always put the members first. His concern was not about his position in the organization or about status, but only about establishing true bonds of friendship with others, no matter what. This is the lesson that we cherish today.


Would there be a continuation with the kid and how he grows up as the next generation?
This story is getting better and better! Cannot wait to see what happens at the contest; will there be someone just as big? Will Steve be the biggest? Lets find out next time!
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Approaching Financial Abyss
Progressive Radio News Hour for July 26, 28, and 29, 2012
Eroding Social Justice in Spain
Published by Stephen Lendman at July 24, 2012
An ocean of liquidity and institutionalized fraud alone keep dysfunctional economies from imploding.
Conditions look increasingly grim. Political solutions resolve nothing. On July 20, Der Spiegel headlined "Merkel Is Driving Europe into the Abyss." It quoted the Financial daily Handelsblatt saying:
"German Chancellor Angela Merkel has managed once again to get a parliamentary majority. But who cares? No one."
"Regardless of whether the vote passes with or without the opposition, more questions than answers remain. Since the financial crisis began two years ago, euro-zone leaders have passed one aid package after the next, increasing Germany's liability. Little has come of it. The situation in the debt-ridden countries has not improved."
"It's no wonder that Germans are asking why they should have to bail out banks with their hard-earned money when these institutions have only wasted and squandered everything."
The Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung complained about one bailout after another. Today Spain and soon Italy it said. How long will German taxpayers put up with "pay(ing) for the faulty speculation of banks?"
Suddeutsche Zeitung called social peace in Spain "fragile." People are outraged for good reason. "There isn't a single institution of public life that hasn't been hit by a major crisis of confidence." Hope is now a rare commodity.
Die Tageszeitung said Eurozone leaders have no one to blame but themselves.
Die Welt said political majorities contradict popular sentiment. Euro-skeptics aren't visible in parliaments. Saving the currency "appear(s) to be an elite project." Germany's next election may "be the last time that a clear majority (supports) European solidarity."
Well before crisis conditions erupted in fall 2007, virtually all significant policy measures failed. Instead of scrapping bad schemes, they're perpetuated.
Greece represents the epicenter of failure. Prime Minister Anotonis Damaris says his country is in Depression. It matches the worst of the 1930s.
It can't possibly meet its fiscal targets. It's collapsing in plain sight. Its national railway company just suspended all international trains.
Rumors now spread about Eurozone leaders agreeing to let Athens go it alone outside the union. Inevitability dictates policy. Once unthinkable Grexit becomes acceptable policy.
One analyst invoked the cockroach theory. He said Greece's departure means others will follow. Economic/financial trouble is contagious. It's a European disease. It affects America and other regions. It's global. Conditions are getting worse, not better.
On July 20, Spanish equities plunged 5.8%. It was their worst day in two years. On July 23, 10-year bond yields reached 7.57%. Meltdown affected five and two-year paper. They soared respectively to 7.35% and 6.55%.
A confidence crisis is deepening. Normura's Jens Nordvig said "disorderly" moves in Spanish bonds suggest Madrid is "about to lose market access." Like Greece, it's collapsing. Analysts expect Italy to be next.
At the same time, the euro hit a two-year against the dollar. Signs show it going lower. Severe structural weakness defines Europe. At some point, policy makers will exhaust rabbits. They buy time, nothing else.
Greece stumbles along one bailout at a time. The end of the road approaches. On July 26, Greek Finance Minister Yannis Stournaras faces a deadline to give Troika leaders details on his latest austerity package.
If rejected, civil servants don't get paid. What remains of pensions won't be funded. Other budget priorities will be left hanging. On July 20, the ECB said Greek government debt no longer is acceptable collateral for low-cost loans.
Conditions in Spain keep worsening. Valencia and other troubled regions say they need bailout help. At issue, of course, is who'll provide it. The European Financial Stability Facility (EFSF) is exhausting resources and maneuvering room.
Debt holders may have to take haircuts. Default whispers are heard. An IMF report suggested the unthinkable. It's losing confidence in the Eurozone experiment. It was an idea doomed to fail. Breaking up is hard but inevitable.
Months ago, the late Bob Chapman said Germany was printing Deutsche Marks and France francs in preparation. Perhaps other Eurozone countries are doing the same thing.
Economic reports are grim. GDP forecasts creep lower. US retail sales show negative reads. The Philadelphia Fed survey had nearly half the region's manufacturers saying they'll cut production.
Consumer sentiment is extremely glum. Leading indicators are turning negative. Surveys show hiring plans are contracting.
A record 46 million Americans get food stamps. Over the past four years, on average 400,000 per month enrolled. Others need them but aren't eligible.
America's worst drought in half a century compounds trouble. Higher food prices affect other purchases. Resources go for militarism, wars, homeland security, universal spying, banker bailouts, and other handouts to corporate favorites.
Virtually nothing is done to stimulate growth. A yearend bipartisan "grand bargain" triggers an automatic $1.2 trillion in largely discretionary spending cuts.
At least another trillion in sequestered government spending is also scheduled. Expect trillions more announced in the new year no matter which party controls Congress and/or the White House.
Smart money predicts hard times getting harder. Conditions for most people already are disastrous. Imagine what they'll face next year and beyond.
Progressive Radio News Hour regular Jack Rasmus predicts another banking crisis. His policy failures short list includes:
(1) the negative relationship between "real asset investments" and speculation.
(2) "the changing relationship between central bank money supply and internal bank forms of credit creation."
(3) "the critical causal interdependencies between forms of debt and income."
Rasmus calls what's going on "systemic fragility." He describes it in terms of debt levels, repayment terms, and cash flow. It causes "household consumption fragility."
Resulting deterioration causes contracting business investment and spending as well as lower household consumption.
He calls financial crash precipitated contractions abnormal. They're unrelated to external shocks. They're "epic recessions." They're characterized by "systemic fragility, asset price bubbles and crashes, and more severe" contracting conditions than in conventional recessions.
They also last longer and are harder to resolve. They're less responsive to traditional remedies. Recovery is tougher to achieve. It's impossible when bad policies compound earlier ones.
Monetary stimulus produces short-term relief. It's largely illusory. Quick fixes don't work. At best they buy time. Deep-seated problems remain. The longer they continue unresolved, the more intractable they get.
Temporary stabilization is self-defeating. It generates greater deterioration. Bad monetary and fiscal policies worsen "public balance sheet fragility."
"Contrary to mainstream economics, there is no such thing as a single price system responding predictably to supply and demand" to return equilibrium conditions. Current policy measures aren't improving things. They're worsening them.
From 2009 – 2011, Obama's three economic recovery programs failed. Heading toward 2013, conditions look dismal.
They're not helped by a financial system based on fraud. Addressing the Libor scandal, Paul Craig Roberts said the Fed and Bank of England fix interest rates "at historic low levels (to) mask the insolvency" of major banks.
As a result, Libor rigging is permitted to prop up a system that might go bust without it. Imagine needing fraud to keep operating. It hardly matters what harm it causes.
Libor is only one part of "the interest rate rigging scandal," explained Roberts. The Fed rigs rates. How else could debt issuances yield negative returns in terms of inflation.
Unrestrained financial chicanery caused today's crisis. Self-regulating markets commit fraud with impunity. Incentives are embedded to do it.
Resolving today's crisis involves restoring regulatory sanity. A corporate/government conspiracy prevents it. Problems fester and worsen.
How long can "negative interest rates continue while debt explodes upward?" Avoiding "armageddon" should be prioritized.
Like terrorist threats used to destroy freedoms, financial crisis conditions have the Fed operating "far outside its charter and normal….behavior."
What's ongoing is "irresponsible and thoughtless," says Roberts. Years of financialization, deregulation, and manipulation "caused a financial crisis" only fraud can manage.
Imagine economies sustained only by grand theft. Imagine discarding most in it so privileged few prosper. Imagine an unholy government/business alliance that profits by doing harm.
Imagine media scoundrels ignoring it. Imagine an eventual day of reckoning. All Ponzi schemes collapse. Some go on interminably before imploding. This one long ago outlived its normal lifespan.
It's on borrowed time. When it goes, watch out. Ellen Brown's Public Banking Institute remedies await. William Jennings Brown explained long ago. Brown quoted him saying:
Fraudsters "tell us that the issue of paper money is a function of the bank and that the government ought to go out of the banking business."
"I stand with Jefferson (and say) as he did, that the issue of money is a function of the government and that the banks should go out of the governing business."
(W)hen we have restored the money of the Constitution, all other necessary reforms will be possible, and….until that is done there is no reform that can be accomplished."
Bryant was a leading political figure of his time (1860 – 1925). He served in Congress (1891 – 1895) and as Secretary of State under Woodrow Wilson (1913 – 1915).
He ran for president three times – in 1896, 1900 and 1908. He endorsed the Spanish-American War but opposed subsequent imperialism. In 1896, he supported bimetallism (free silver). He believed it would bring prosperity. He opposed the gold standard.
His Cross of Gold speech said "you shall not crucify mankind upon a cross of gold." It's one of history's most famous. It got him the Democrat party's presidential nomination.
Republican William McKinley defeated him. Big business supported him. Imagine what a Bryan presidency might have meant. Perhaps money power would have returned to people where it belongs.
It can now if they sustain struggle for rights constitutionally theirs. It's the law. It's time it was enforced and upheld.
Stephen Lendman lives in Chicago and can be reached at lendmanstephen@sbcglobal.net.
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HONG KONG, CHINA - Media OutReach[1] - 22 May 2020 - Gudou Holdings Limited[2] ("Gudou Holdings" or "Company", which together with its subsidiaries, is referred to as the "Group", SEHK stock code: 8308), a well-known hot spring resort and hotel operator and tourism property developer, presents its vibrant and creative new image to the public.
The Group worked with top KOLs to strengthen the promotion of its hot spring hotels and resort facilities, via Xiaohongshu, a popular e-commerce and social media platform in mainland China, and TikTok, the leading destination for short-form mobile video. KOLs recommend the best photo spots in the resorts and create different ambience through a variety of social media content formats such as live-streaming and short videos, with a view to showing the beautiful scenery all year round of the Gudou Hot Spring Resort in Xinhui District, Jiangmen, Guangdong Province, and the youthful atmosphere to consumers.
In the era of Internet, consumption patterns continue to innovate. With regard to the innovative consumption experiences, Gudou has established the Mini Program "Gudou Hot Spring Shop" in WeChat in order to strengthen the interactions between the Group and its customers by leveraging WeChat's own ecology. Through the app, the Group's six themed hotels, namely Royal Spa Hotel, Yuequan Huju Hotel, Gudou Lakeview Tulip Inn Hotel, Mountain Seaview Hotel, Joyful Hotel and Hot Spring Villa Hotel and so on, promote various products, such as the traditional dried orange peels that remarkably symbolise Xinhui District, the authentically flavoured handmade chili sauce in the region, and the seasonal small green mandarin in Xinhui. Not only did they enhance tourists' experience, they also increased sales channels and broadened the Group's source of income, giving full play to the unique advantages of social e-commerce. The Group also cooperated with online travel agencies. Tourists can make all their travel bookings directly through the Mini Program of the online travel agencies.
To strengthen customer loyalty, the Group has also established the Hotel Black membership system exclusively for Yuequan Huju Hotel and Royal Spa Hotel. It targets to enhance the reputation of the two boutique hotels and their brand value. Members can make reservations for exclusive offerings at special prices, personalising their staying experiences at the hotels, and at the same time accumulating membership points on spending so as to upgrade their membership to be entitled to more discount benefits.
Apart from strengthening interaction with consumers through different channels, the Group constantly enhances its hotel facilities. The Mountain Seaview Waterpark in Gudou Hot Spring Resort has been upgraded and transformed into different zones such as "The Planet Training Camp", "The Planet Windmill Park", "The Planet Check-in Place", "Constellation Cabin" and gigantic art installations of the planet, which bring new experience of discovering The Planet Waterpark. It also features green and clear lake waters, soft sandy beaches, lush jungle, magnificent waterfalls and a children's waterpark formed by spectacular rocks. The Group has stepped up publicity efforts by hosting various mass events to attract more tourists.
Mr. HON Chi Ming, Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and Executive Director of the Group, said, "Wise consumers have increasingly sophisticated demands for products and services. The only way to stand out from the fierce market competition and maintain our leading position is to get closer to consumers and innovate constantly with boundless creativity. The Group's latest revitalisation and transformation not only transforms the Group's image, but also represents the revitalisation of our corporate culture. We will leverage the advantages of the six hotels of the Group, as well as the influence of KOLs and online platforms, to develop the new retail strategy that combines online and offline channels to expand the customer base of Gudou. With increasing consumers' awareness of healthcare, the Group captures the market demand and continues to offer leisure and healthcare experience. Meanwhile, under the trend of new retail, we focus on meeting customers' travel preferences when developing new brand promotion channels in order to fortify our leading position as the hot spring resort in the mainland China market while at the same time bringing more diversified new travel destinations and products to the Group and injecting new growth momentum into the business."
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Kevin McNeilly
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Book History, Digital Humanities and Media Studies | Critical Race Studies And Black Studies | Poetry And Poetics
Canadian Literatures | Contemporary Literatures | Global Literatures | Modernist And Twentieth-Century Literatures | United States Literatures
University of Western Ontario|Queen's University
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My critical practice emerged from the study of late modernism and critical theory: my own doctoral dissertation repurposed the thinking of Theodor Adorno and Emmanuel Levinas to engage with the poetry and theatre of W. B. Yeats. I maintain a keen interest in contemporary North American poetics, particularly the work of Robert Bringhurst, Don McKay, Elizabeth Bishop, George Elliott Clarke, P. K. Page, Jan Zwicky and Anne Carson. I have been associated for the past decade with two major research initiatives around improvisation and social aesthetics: Improvisation, Community and Social Practice (2007-2014) and the International Institute for Critical Studies in Improvisation (2014-present). My own work in this field has centred on investigating the intersections of music, text and media. I have published critical work on television drama, and have been developing a critical project on intermediality and the poetics of listening. I maintain two blogs on poetry, music and improvisation: frankstyles.blogspot.ca and flowfissuremesh.com. My own poetry and creative work can be found through my website, kevinmcneilly.ca.
I am currently a researcher with the International Institute for Critical Studies in Improvisation, a multi-university initiative that partners with community and arts organizations to implement forms of practice-based research in improvisation, and to foster social engagement. Links to the IICSI website and to our peer-reviewed journal Critical Studies in Improvisation can be found at http://www.improvcommunity.ca.
(with Julie Dawn Smith) "Extemporaneous Genomics: Nicole Mitchell, Octavia Butler and Xenogenesis." In Negotiated Moments: Improvisation, Sound and Subjectivity, ed. Gillian Siddall and Ellen Waterman. Durham: Duke UP, 2016. 245-264.
"Ecologies of Estrangement: Robert Bringhurst's Antigone." In Listening for the Heartbeat of Being: The Arts of Robert Bringhurst, ed. Brent Wood and Mark Dickinson. Montreal: McGill-Queen's UP, 2015. 52-61.
"'We jimmied the radio': Gillian Jerome, Brad Cran and the Lyric in Public." In Public Poetics: Critical Issues in Canadian Poetry and Poetics, ed. Erin Wunker, Bart Vautour, Travis V. Mason and Cristl Verduyn. Waterloo: Wilfrid Laurier UP, 2015.
Embouchure: Poems. Sechelt: Nightwood Editions, 2011.
"A Few Small Essays on the Poetics of Grace" Lyric Ecology: An Appreciation of the Work of Jan Zwicky, ed. Mark Dickinson and Clare Goulet. Toronto: Cormorant Books, 2010. 94-102.
"Dislocating America: Agnieszka Holland Directs Moral Midgetry." The Wire: Urban Decay and American Television, ed. Tiffany Potter and C. W. Marshall. New York: Continuum, 2009. 203-216.
"'friend / to any / word': Steve Lacy Scores Tom Raworth." Mosaic 42.1 (March 2009): 151-167.
"His Own Best Narrator: Franz Boas and the Kwakiutl Tales." Canadian Literature. 154 (Autumn 1997): 29-49.
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Let's make a lineup: U.S. Open Cup edition
Philadelphia Union head coach Jim Curtin has players away on international duty and is limited to only five internationals for Wednesday's Open Cup fourth round match in Washington D.C.
By tbginstagram Updated Jun 10, 2019, 3:10pm EDT
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This Wednesday, the Philadelphia Union will travel down to Audi Field to take on DC United in the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup Fourth Round (7 p.m. ET | ESPN+).
As many Union fans painfully know, the Union go pretty far in the Open Cup most seasons, having made and lost the final three times. Typically, the Union play a USL team in the fourth round like the Richmond Kickers (2018), the Harrisburg City Islanders (2017, 2016, 2014) or the Rochester Rhinos (2015).
In fact, the last time the Union played an MLS team in the fourth round it was in 2013 against D.C. United (they entered the tournament in the third round and beat Ocean City Nor'easters). Dwayne De Rosario scored a hat-trick in a 3-1 win in front of 3,000 fans against Jack Mac and the Union.
Due to the strength of D.C., and the low amount of players available for the Union, there is a real possibility the blue and gold could be eliminated this week.
Per U.S. Open Cup rules, teams may only have 5 "foreign players" on their 18-man roster for games. According to the USSF, a foreign player is considered someone who is not a citizen of the United States or does not have a green card. So players such as Ilsinho and Fabinho would still not be considered a foreign player. So who are considered "foreign players" for the Union this week? Let's take a Look.
Not a Foreign Player:
Anthony Fontana CM (United States) - Citizen
Ray Gaddis RB (United States) - Citizen
Matt Real LB (United States) - Citizen
Mark McKenzie CB (United States) - Citizen
Fafa Picault ST (United States/Haiti) - Dual Citizen
Alejandro Bedoya CM (United States/Colombia) - Dual Citizen
Matt Freese GK (United States/Germany) - Dual Citizen
Ilsinho CAM (Brazil) - Green Card
Fabinho LB (Brazil) - Green Card
Aurelien Collin CB (France) - Green Card
Considered a Foreign Player:
Jack Elliott CB (England)
Haris Medunjanin CDM (Bosnia-Herzegovina/Netherlands)
Jamiro Monteiro CM (Cape Verde/Netherlands)
Kai Wagner LB (Germany)
Kacper Pryzbylko ST (Poland/Germany)
Sergio Santos ST (Brazil)
Carlos Miguel Coronel GK (Brazil)
Olivier Mbaizo RB (Cameroon)
Michee Ngalina ST (DR Congo)
Unavailable/Questionable Players:
Brenden Aaronson CAM (United States U23s)
Auston Trusty CB (United States U23s)
Warren Creavalle CDM (Guyana, Gold Cup)
Cory Burke ST (Visa)
Marco Fabian CAM (INJ)
Andre Blake GK* (Jamaica, Gold Cup)
Brenden Aaronson and Auston Trusty were called up to the U23 Olympic Camp this week in Utah and won't be able to play, which is a huge blow. Of course Cory Burke won't be available due to his visa issues, and Marco Fabian is apparently still injured. Even if he was healthy, he would count as a foreign player.
And then there is Andre Blake. After the Red Bulls game, Jim Curtin was asked if Blake would be available against D.C. Jamaica play their first game in the Concacaf Gold Cup five days after the open cup game on June 17 in Kingston, Jamaica. He said, "He (Blake) has obligations with Jamaica, We'll talk with them and see." If Blake was allowed to leave camp he would not count as a foreign player, which is a huge deal.
Even though the Union could possibly only have 16 eligible players, the Union can loan players from Bethlehem Steel FC for a game to fill out the bench.
So who should the Union pick as their five Foreign players? Here's who I went with:
Jamiro Monteiro & Haris Medunjanin CM
With Aaronson and Fabian not available, and the two being very important to the Union's success this season, I am going to guarantee these two will be in the squad.
Jack Elliott CB
With Trusty gone, and Jack will also very likely make the trip. It's more of a question who will start next to him, McKenzie who just got back from Poland a few days ago or MLS veteran Aurélien Collin.
Kai Wagner LB
This is where it gets tough. Do you bring Kai, or do you bring a backup striker and start Fabinho?
Kacper Pryzbylko ST
It's really a toss up between Kacper and Sergio, I picked Kacper just because I think he'd work better up top with Fafa, but i'd be fine with either.
Who I decided not to Bring:
Sergio Santos ST
Again, I couldn't really decide between him and Kacper. But if you don't bring Kai and start Fabinho you could put him on the bench?
Carlos Miguel Coronel GK
As much as it would stink to use a spot on a backup goalie, the Union might have to. If Blake can't make it to the game, we're going to need a backup goalie. Bethlehem doesn't have any goalkeepers on their roster that they can loan us. Although, the Union could maybe bring academy goalkeeper Tomas Romero if it's allowed. But i'm pretty sure it's not.
Olivier Mbaizo RB & Michee Ngalina ST
We're obviously not going to use a spot on either of them.
Here is how my lineup would look:
With Blake
Bench: Freese, Collin, Fabinho, Real, llsinho, Rayyan**, Zandi**
Without Blake
Bench: Freese, Collin, Real, Ilsinho, Rayyan**, Zach Zandi**, Shanyder Borgelin**
Basically, If Andre Blake can make the game on Wednesday, the Union will not only get his amazing goalkeeping skills, they will also be able to use a "foreign player" spot on someone like Kai Wagner instead of Coronel.
* Foreign player
** Bethlehem Steel contracted player. Would have to be loaned up on a short-term deal (permitted by MLS for friendlies and Open Cup matches) to the first team.
Thoughts? Who would you bring if you were Curtin?


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Many of you have probably seen and read the comments made by users on youtube and elsewhere about their views on what they think the Rehab logo(or symbol) means.
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Hence, this article will covers the RRB NTPC Result 2016 for the Bhubaneswar Zone, with the official list of shortlisted candidate roll numbers as well as the tentative dates for the second stage, i.e. RRB NPTC Phase-II Examination. If you've appeared for the stage 1 exam in Bhubaneswar Zone, check out the section below to access the merit list.
The candidates who have appeared for the written examination from Bhubaneswar Zone can check their exam result from the link provided below.
From RRB Bhubaneswar, 11551 candidates have been selected for Phase 2 Examination and will appear at the test centres in the city of Bhubaneswar. More details about the exam pattern of Phase 2 Exam and timings mentioned in the next section.
Currently, RRB Bhubaneswar has declared RRB NTPC Result and shortlisted 11551 candidates for Phase-II Examination. The tentative dates set for RRB NTPC Phase-II Examination will be in the month of January/ February 2017.


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Learn to Burp Corneal Wounds Without a Hiccup
Lower IOP for postoperative cataract patients with this elegant technique.
By Brittany Ellis, OD, and Nathan Lighthizer, OD
Doc, I feel miserable this morning. I didn't sleep well at all, my eye is hurting terribly and I've been up vomiting half the night."
Any time a postoperative cataract patient presents with an IOP greater than 40mm Hg, we opt to burp the wound by taking a device, which can be seen in this image, and pushing just outside the wound to expel excess aqueous. The bright, almost neon blue in this slit lamp image shows the fluid pulsing around the wound.
These aren't really the first words you want coming out of your patients' mouths the morning after they've had cataract surgery. Your first thought should be, "Is my patient having a pressure spike?" While this certainly can be the cause of the pain, other factors, including corneal abrasion, anesthesia effects and, rarely, retrobulbar hemorrhage, may be the causative factor involved. Our clinical experience has shown that it is often the anesthesia wearing off in the hours after cataract surgery, along with the surgery itself, causing significant ocular and periocular pain. If this is the case, the cornea will be intact, IOP will not be elevated, and simple assurance that things will improve in the coming hours is all that is needed, along with possible oral or topical pain relief.
If these other causes of pain, nausea and vomiting are ruled out, and you can confirm that the pressure has elevated significantly, it's time to consider taking action. Fortunately, you have the proper tools in your toolbox to help them feel better.
During a one-day postoperative cataract visit, obtain the patient's visual acuity, and perform a thorough slit lamp examination to assess the corneal clarity, conjunctival injection, iris appearance, anterior chamber inflammatory response, lens position and intraocular pressure (IOP).
If you observe a dramatic rise in IOP, you would expect to see some amount of corneal edema. This increase in IOP could be from some remaining viscoelastic in the anterior chamber, inflammation or red blood cells impeding proper drainage of aqueous humor. In other, less frequent, occurrences it may also be associated with a retained lens fragment either in the anterior or posterior chamber.
Depending on how significant the IOP elevation is, a few different approaches can achieve the necessary decrease in pressure. You can use standard topical ophthalmic drops, such as beta-blockers, carbonic anhydrase inhibitors or alpha-agonists. You can also offer oral acetazolamide, if you deem it necessary.
In our procedure, we employ an 18-gauge needle to burp the wound, although a spud, cotton swab or Weck-Cel sponge may also be used. In this patient's case, a conjunctival vessel was broken, resulting in the black fluid seen above. Be careful not to confuse this for the fluid you're attempting to expel, as shown below. As for the nicked conjunctival vessel, the patient can easily blink away the excess blood, as is seen below.
Another option that can show more immediate results is performing a modified paracentesis.
We say it is "modified" because a paracentesis is typically defined as "a surgical puncture of a bodily cavity with a trocar, aspirator or other instrument usually to draw off an abnormal effusion for diagnostic or therapeutic purposes."
In our case, a patient was returning for a one-day postoperative examination, so we did not need to recreate the puncture site; the cataract surgeon has already done this for us. The clear corneal incision provides the ideal site to draw off excess aqueous humor contributing to increased IOP. While the clear corneal incision, or the smaller auxiliary port incisions, is considered a self-sealing wound, within 24 hours of the surgery it can be opened easily to provide immediate and dramatic pressure lowering and symptomatic relief to the patient.
We often refer to this as "burping" the wound, since we are not creating a new puncture site.
Practitioners should consider a wound burp when a patient presents with an IOP approaching 40mm Hg or greater. Consider the procedure especially when patients experience symptoms similar to those of an acute angle closure. These symptoms include pain, headache, nausea or vomiting.1 A significantly hazy cornea with an IOP in the mid 30s or above calls for a wound burp—especially when the aforementioned symptoms are also present.
Another group of patients to strongly consider are currently treated glaucoma patients whose optic nerves already exhibit advanced cupping, and for whom an IOP spike could be detrimental.
Burping The Wound
Prior to a wound burp, perform an examination, including components such as visual acuities, a thorough slit lamp examination and measurements of IOP. Goldmann tonometry is still the standard, and there is really no reason to check the IOP with any other device. Once you've completed an exam and obtained an accurate IOP, the steps to burping a wound are as follows:
1. Numb the eye. Instill one or two drops of proparacaine in each eye to improve patient comfort and minimize the blink reflex. If the patient is particularly sensitive, consider an additional drop of Akten (lidocaine gel, Akorn Pharmaceuticals) as well.
2. Administer a topical antibiotic. Instill one drop of an antibiotic, such as moxifloxacin, gatifloxacin or besifloxacin, to reduce the risk of intraocular infection due to the reopening of the wound. The patient will generally be using a topical antibiotic as part of the postoperative regimen.
3. Maximize visualization. Instillation of sodium fluorescein may help practitioners better assess the outflow of aqueous humor from the wound. This is a necessary step, as it will be much more difficult to see the flow of fluid out of the wound in the absence of the fluorescein.
In this patient's case, we went in nasally; but more commonly, this procedure is performed by pushing just temporal to the limbus. The illuminated area in this image shows the aqueous fluid about to flow out.
4. Position the patient. The patient should be aligned comfortably in the slit lamp. Good fixation and head position should be emphasized.
5. Select your instrument. Some practitioners prefer to use a 25-gauge needle to perform a wound burp, though a Weck-Cel sponge, cotton swab or other blunt tool can also be used.
Our clinical experience has shown that an 18-gauge needle is most appropriate for burping the wound. Weck-Cel sponges and cotton swabs, in our experience, tend to be too large when behind the magnification of the slit lamp and can obstruct your view of the wound and the drainage. The fine, small end of a needle seems to accomplish the task much better and are already nicely packaged for sterility.
6. Brace the patient. Have the patient look in the direction opposite from the incision site.
7. Perform the burp. Apply a small amount of pressure just outside of, and perpendicular to, the temporal incision, allowing an opening to the wound that will permit the outflow of aqueous humor. This should appear similar to what one would expect with a positive Seidel sign.
Typically, pressure should be just lateral to the temporal incision site, as that will push the temporal part of the clear corneal incision in and open up the wound.
The surgeon already did the difficult work by providing the side port used for the surgery. To burp the wound, you just push on the outside of that side port, visible in this slit lamp image.
Our clinical experience has shown that one firm "burp" by the incision for about one second will allow a bolus of fluid to leak out. This tends to lower the IOP by at least 5mm Hg to 10mm Hg, in proportion to the volume of fluid that has been removed. Depending on the practitioner's comfort level and initial patient IOP, it may require multiple burps to lower the intraocular pressure to an adequate level.
When in doubt, check the IOP again before burping to ensure that the IOP has not gone too low into the single digits. Most IOP's of 40mm Hg or greater will come down into the teens after just a couple of burps. Burping should never be done too quickly or too firmly.
8. Measure. Repeat IOP measurement to ascertain the amount of reduction in IOP achieved.
9. Burp again. Repeat wound burp until you get the IOP below 20mm Hg.
10. Measure again. Intraocular pressure should be checked again in 60 minutes to ensure that it is not rising significantly. Further treatment with topical or oral therapies, or even a return trip to the OR, may be deemed necessary if there is a rise in IOP at this time.
11. Follow up. Have the patient return in one day to ensure the IOP reduction's stability. The patient should continue standard postoperative cataract surgery drops.
As you burp the wound, you'll see the trapped aqueous fluid flow out, through the wound and into the tear lake. It may take several burps—for this patient it took four—but eventually it should lower the IOP. The patient's pressure in this case was lowered to about 18mm Hg after the procedure.
As with any ocular procedure, there are potential complications to educate the patient about. Endophthalmitis is a rare and preventable, but potentially devastating, complication of performing a wound procedure because you are momentarily reopening the eye to the environment. Uncommonly, discomfort or pain during the procedure is possible, as well as bruising or subconjunctival hemorrhage around the site. In patients who have a shallow anterior chambers one should proceed with caution due to the risk of shallowing the chamber further and potentially causing damage to the iris or cornea. The rare patient who has an extremely high IOP and a shallow anterior chamber should be referred back to the surgical center for consultation.
Intraocular pressure spikes are commonly seen by practitioners on follow up the day after cataract surgery. This can be both painful and nauseating for the patient. Having the ability to perform a successful wound burp can bring your patient much faster relief than waiting for traditional topical or oral therapies to take effect. By being able to perform this procedure in office, you save the patient a potentially lengthy trip back to the surgeon, a time-consuming office visit, a delay in treatment and avoid potential medical side effects.
In the end, having an IOP that is lowered quickly helps the patient see and feel better, and is a relief to the doctor as well.
Dr. Ellis is currently completing her residency in optometric management at NSU Oklahoma College of Optometry.
Dr. Lighthizer is the assistant dean for clinical care services, director of continuing education, and chief of both the specialty care clinic and the electrodiagnostics clinic at NSU Oklahoma College of Optometry.
1.See JL, Aquino MCD, Chew PT. Angle-Closure Glaucoma. In: Yanoff MD M, Duker MD JS, eds. Ophthalmology. 4th ed: Elsevier, Inc.; 2014.
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