Review some of that material linked to the first two sources below, (1) (2), if you have any doubts or your not familiar with the statin hoax and the cholesterol myth. But if you're convinced that modern medical heart health dogma misses the mark, you should know about inexpensive and effective natural solutions, starting with the least known suppressed protocol.
One may think this would be happily accepted by the medical establishment. At first it was, but then later it was rejected. Subsequent Pauling-Rath study proposals to the NIH (National Institutes of Health) were rejected. If something so accessible and inexpensive could remove a majority of CVD (cardiovascular disease), it would greatly reduce a lot of medical and pharmaceutical business.
Most animals produce their own vitamin C endogenously. Humans, unfortunately, do not have this gene. Scurvy was a common disease until 18th Century British Naval physician James Lind discovered vitamin C from citrus fruits prevented scurvy for sailors on long voyages.
Linus Pauling looked at weakened arteries as a form of low level or sub-clinical scurvy and realized the importance of ascorbic acid vitamin C for healing internal arterial wall damage, where the inflammation occurs. Inflammation is what more are now recognizing as the real source of arteriosclerosis and CVD.
Well, if cholesterol clogging is not the primary source of CVD anymore than firemen arriving on the scene of a fire caused the fire, then what? First of all, cholesterol is the same waxy substance that helps build cell walls, brain matter, and hormones. Without cholesterol in (not on) our skin, there would be no conversion of sunlight into vitamin D3. That's where this conversion begins.
The waxy material called cholesterol is physically all the same. What differs are the proteins called lipoproteins that serve as transport carriers for cholesterol where it's needed. Some are lighter and less dense while others are more dense and heavier.
The "bad" cholesterol is LDL or low density lipoproteins while mainstream medicine considers HDL (high density lipoprotein) benign or even "good" cholesterol. But the physiological nature of all cholesterol is the same. Only the protein carriers vary.
The real instigator of arterial plaque that is now recognized by a handful of out-of-the-box cardiologists is a sub-particle of LDL known as Lp(a). This tiny particle is able to slip under the sub-clinical scurvy weakened epithelial surface of the inner arterial walls and start collecting fibrous matter while inhibiting the plasmin enzyme production that serves to dissolve clotting.
The Lp(a) is temporary fix to prevent blood escaping through artery walls weakened by vitamin C deficiency. Then the plaque begins to accumulate. It's almost like a scab developing from a wound on our skin's surface. If it's removed too soon, the wound opens again. But if the scab remains inside the arteries it may build up more.
The Pauling Therapy consists of supplementing fairly high doses of vitamin C ascorbate (ascobic acid) with similar dosage amounts of the amino acid Lysine. A smaller amount of proline can be used as well, but the original formula calls for almost equal amounts of ascorbic acid and the amino acid lysine.
The ascorbic acid vitamin C acts to strengthen and elasticize damaged or inflamed arteries by promoting collagen production; the lysine removes Lp(a) from the damaged epithelial artery walls and prevents more Lp(a) from accumulating and collecting fibrin. Both the C and lysine are essential and administered simultaneously.
Lysine is inexpensive and cannot be patented since it is a naturally occurring. Ditto for vitamin C. But the Pauling Therapy has been patented ensuring it remains as is without tampering and costing only the supplements' prices.
For CVD prevention or maintenance, Pauling recommends two grams (2000 mg) of lysine with 3 grams (3000 mg) of ascorbic acid. As a therapy for acute existing CVD conditions, twice as much or more is recommended. Dosages can be divided and spread out over the day depending on one's ascorbic acid bowel tolerance.
There are many CVD patient Pauling Therapy testimonies as well as statements from MDs available from this source.
The late Master Herbalist Dr. John Christopher was nicknamed Dr. Cayenne because he focused so much on it as a CVD preventative and remedy. Dr. Richard Schulze, a contemporary herbalist asserts if there is one herb that you should master it is cayenne.
Cayenne powder that is not irradiated (pasteurized) or tinctures should be a minimum of 45,000 Scoville Heat Units (SHU) or simply heath units. Mix it into purified water, a half glass is enough. Start with a quarter teaspoon twice daily and work up to a full teaspoon at the same rate. Very inexpensive, but not so easy for those of us who aren't too fond of spicy foods.
Cayenne powder is an undervalued cardiovascular and heart tonic. Some alternative health journalists or specialists carry a small cayenne tincture with them just in case of a sudden heart or bleeding problem.
Then there is Hawthorne Berry. The Chinese have been using it as a heart tonic tea for centuries. Herbalists in Western countries since the 1800s. It's a favorite of Shane Ellison "The People's Chemist" as part of his heart health formula. It has somewhat of a bitter taste that doesn't challenge the heat sensitive.
According to the University of Maryland Medical Center: "One study found that hawthorn extract (900 mg/day) taken for 2 months was as effective as low doses of captopril (a prescription heart medication) in improving symptoms of heart failure." (6) By the way, it is safer than pharmaceutical heart medications.
Any combination of these three alternative heart health options or even just one can be used within anyone's budget. Their side effects promote other health issues instead causing more medical problems.
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The first ever Polish driver to compete in Formula 1 and one of the bravest and most enthusiastic men of this day, Robert Kubica is one of the most loved and admired racers ever.
He was the Formula Renault 3.5 Series champion in 2005 before stepping into Formula One in 2006. He spent five seasons in the world's premium single-seater competition (four with BMW Sauber and one with Renault), scoring one victory and twelve podiums.
Parallel to F1 commitments, he was competing in rallying until February 2011, when he almost lost a life in a horrible accident in Italy. He recovered and returned to rallying next year, then became the WRC2 champion in 2013. After two more years in rallying, he made a great comeback to Formula One in 2019, becoming full-time driver of Williams F1 Team.
Born on December 7, 1984, Kubica made his first driving steps in a small off-road vehicle bought by his father and soon got into karting. After turning ten, he could compete in Polish Karting Championship, winning six titles in three years.
After his third season in Poland, Robert moved to Italy, and in 1998, he was the first foreigner to win the International Italian Junior Karting Championship. He also scored second in the European Junior Karting Championship, competed in International German Karting Championship and won the Monaco Kart Cup twice in a row.
After a successful career in karting, in 2000, Robert Kubica moved to Formula Renault 2000, first as a test driver, and then as a member of Renault's driver development programme. In 2002, he won four races and one-second place in Italian Formula Renault 2000 and was seventh in the Formula Renault Eurocup. His only Brazilian Formula Renault 2000 race resulted in a dominant win at the Interlagos circuit.
His move to Formula 3 Euro Series had to be moved because of a serious injury he has sustained, leaving him with a broken arm held together by titanium screws. However, Robert won his debut race at Norisring, despite driving with braces and eighteen bolts in his hand. He finished his first season in 12th place, and the second season in 7th, driving for the Mercedes factory team.
Finally, in 2005, he won the World Series by Renault championship with the Epsilon Euskadi team, earning his place as a Renault F1 test driver. That year, he also made an appearance for Carlin Motorsport, where he finished second two times in a row at Macau Grand Prix. His previous second place win was with Manor Motorsports.
In 2006, Kubica replaced BMW Sauber's Jacques Villeneuve for the Hungaroring GP, finishing in seventh, but was later disqualified. After Jacques left the team, Kubica became the second driver for BMW Sauber. In his third race, he finished third in Italian Grand Prix. In 2007, he had a horrendous crash at the Canadian GP, but despite being subjected to 75 Gs, he wasn't seriously injured.
He finished the 2008 F1 season in 4th, winning his only GP in Canada, but scoring three more second places in Malaysia, Monaco and Japan as well as three-thirds: Bahrain, Valencia and Monza. The year 2009 wasn't that good since he had only one podium finish in Brazil where he was second to Mark Webber. As BMW announced that they are leaving the sport, Robert moved to Renault's F1 team but success didn't follow and Kubica finished the season in 8th position.
For the next season, he made tests with the rebranded Lotus Renault GP, setting the fastest testing time in Valencia with a new car - Renault R31. But, everything changed on February 6, 2011, during the Ronde di Andora rally, where Kubica crashed his Škoda Fabia S2000.
He was seriously injured after a barrier penetrated his car and partially amputating his right forearm and fracturing his elbow, shoulder and leg. Because of these serious injuries and their consequences, his return to Formula One for Lotus Renault GP unfortunately proved to be impossible, However, he managed to overcome them enough to return to rallying.
He has competed in then new WRC-2 championship with great success in 2013 and moved to WRC in 2014 and 2015, but with no major results as he was mostly plagued by accidents and mechanical issues.
In a Citroen DS3 RRC, he won the inaugural 2013 WRC-2 title, scoring five wins and one second place. In 2014, he switched to a Ford Fiesta RS WRC and his best result was sixth in Argentina. In 2015, his best results were in Poland and UK where he finished eighth and he rounded up the season on 12th position with 11 points.
For 2016, Kubica has announced that he will turn to other racing options, most possibly circuit racing. He participated in the 2016 Rallye Monte-Carlo, not finishing the event. It was his last WRC appearance so far.
Later during a year, Kubica was behind the wheel of a Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 in 12 Hours of Mugello and also participated as a guest driver in one round of the Renault Sport Trophy. In 2017, he was driving a Porsche at Dubai 24 Hours.
He made a step closer to return to Formula 1 by participating in tests with Renault and Williams. In January 2018, he was announced as a reserve and development driver for Williams Martini Racing in the 2018 F1 season.
After spending a year in a shadow, watching one of the worst seasons for Williams, he was promoted to a position of the full-time driver in the 2019 F1 season, alongside newly crowned F2 champion George Russell.


OXFORD, Miss. – One of the most cataclysmic events to occur in the cosmos involves the collision of two black holes. Formed from the deathly collapse of massive stars, black holes are incredibly compact – a person standing near a stellar-mass black hole would feel gravity about a trillion times more strongly than they would on Earth.
When two objects of this extreme density spiral together and merge, a fairly common occurrence in space, they radiate more power than all the stars in the universe.
In a new study in the Jan. 11 issue of the journal Physical Review Letters, Varma and his colleagues – including Leo Stein, assistant professor of physics and astronomy at the University of Mississippi – report the most accurate computer model yet of the end stage of black hole mergers, a period when a new, more massive black hole has formed.
The model, which was aided by supercomputers and machine-learning, or artificial intelligence tools, will ultimately help physicists perform more precise tests of Einstein's general theory of relativity.
"Einstein replaced our understanding of gravity with the new idea that space and time themselves are curved," Stein said. "The greatest curvature in the universe happens when two black holes merge.
For more on Stein's work and advice for aspiring physicists, check out this Q&A with him.
The research is related to a larger effort to study black holes with the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory, known as LIGO, which made history in 2015 by making the first direct detection of gravitational waves emitted by a black hole merger. Since then, LIGO has detected nine additional black hole mergers.
Gravitational waves are ripples in space and time, first predicted by Einstein more than 100 years ago. Gravity itself, according to general relativity, is a warping of the fabric of space-time. When massive objects such as black holes accelerate through space-time, they generate gravitational waves.
One of the goals of LIGO and the thousands of scientists analyzing its data is to better understand the physics of black hole collisions and to use these data, in turn, to assess whether Einstein's general theory of relativity still holds true under these extreme conditions. A breakdown of the theory might open the door to new types of physics not yet imagined.
But creating models of colossal events such as black hole collisions has proven to be a daunting task. As the colliding black holes become very close to each another, just seconds before the final merger, their gravitational fields and velocities become extreme and the math becomes far too complex for standard analytical approaches.
That is where supercomputers help out. The team took advantage of nearly 900 black hole merger simulations previously run by the Simulating eXtreme Spacetimes group using the Wheeler supercomputer at Caltech (supported by the Sherman Fairchild Foundation) and the Blue Waters supercomputer at the National Center for Supercomputing Applications at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
The simulations took the equivalent of 20,000 hours of computing time. The Caltech scientists' new machine-learning program, or algorithm, learned from the simulations and helped create the final model.
The researchers say that their model will be of particular importance in a few years, as LIGO and other next-generation gravitational-wave detectors become more and more precise in their measurements.
The Physical Review Letters study, titled "High-accuracy mass, spin, and recoil predictions of generic black-hole merger remnants," was funded by the Sherman Fairchild Foundation, the National Science Foundation, NASA, the Brinson Foundation, and Caltech.
Authors include Stein, who earned his bachelor's degree at Caltech and is a former postdoctoral scholar there; François Hébert, a postdoctoral scholar at Caltech; and Hao Zhang of the University of Pennsylvania and a former summer undergraduate research fellow at Caltech.


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URC Daily Devotion Tuesday 30th June 2020
30/06/2020 by Alison Johnston
Tuesday 30th June 2020 – Aaron's Rod
Exodus 7: 8 – 13
The Lord said to Moses and Aaron, 'When Pharaoh says to you, "Perform a wonder", then you shall say to Aaron, "Take your staff and throw it down before Pharaoh, and it will become a snake."' So Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and did as the Lord had commanded; Aaron threw down his staff before Pharaoh and his officials, and it became a snake. Then Pharaoh summoned the wise men and the sorcerers; and they also, the magicians of Egypt, did the same by their secret arts. Each one threw down his staff, and they became snakes; but Aaron's staff swallowed up theirs. Still Pharaoh's heart was hardened, and he would not listen to them, as the Lord had said.
Exodus 7 and the account of the audience with Pharoah is the prelude to the 10 plagues of Egypt and Moses's commitment to set his people free. He was a man of influence at Pharaoh's court (Exodus 11.3) but his brother Aaron was the better speaker, and so their 2-pronged campaign began. It was common practice at Pharaoh's court to look for magic signs and omens to decide policy, and the "stick trick" with snakes (baby crocodiles) was probably standard repertoire. Moses and Aaron win, but the Pharaoh is unimpressed. The plagues follow.
I reflect at a time of plague, Corvid-19. We don't know whether it's God's judgement on our climate abuse or just one of those "acts of God" sent to try us. I worry because I know what the last plague is, and I'm a first-born. I reflect on Aaron: called to be a prophet. I'm humbled by Moses, called to be the voice of God, shouting "set my people free". I remember the last of the prophets, John Baptist, and his fate at the court of Herod. I kneel before Jesus, the voice of God made flesh. He was sceptical about signs and wonders. When he healed the sick, he told his disciples to keep quiet. Feeding the hungry, he talked about the bread of life which banished spiritual hunger. He was wary of signs and miracles which were the trade of the mountebank and con-man. But when it came to the last plague, the death of the first-born, he offered himself, so that, as the High Priest in the Court of the Sanhedrin inadvertently prophesied, "One man should die for the people". "Let my people go" said Moses, "No man has greater love than this, that he lays down his life for his friends", says Jesus.
God give us grace to accept with serenity the things that cannot be changed, courage to change the things that should be changed, and the wisdom to distinguish the one from the other.
The Oxford Book of Prayer
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Teemu Ilmari Selänne (* 3. Juli 1970 in Helsinki) ist ein ehemaliger finnischer Eishockeyspieler. Der als "The Finnish Flash" (dt.: Der Finnische Blitz) bekannte Flügelstürmer ist einer der erfolgreichsten Torschützen in der Geschichte der NHL. In seinen insgesamt 21 Saisons in der höchsten nordamerikanischen Liga stand er vor allem für die Anaheim Ducks auf dem Eis, mit denen er den Stanley Cup gewann und zudem die Franchise-Rekorde für die meisten Tore und Scorerpunkte hält. Mit der finnischen Nationalmannschaft gewann er sowohl bei der Weltmeisterschaft als auch bei Olympischen Spielen die Silbermedaille. Zu seinen Ehren sperrten sowohl die Anaheim Ducks als auch das Nationalteam seine Trikotnummer 8. Seit 2017 ist er Mitglied der Hockey Hall of Fame und der IIHF Hall of Fame.

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Teemu Selänne wuchs mit seinem Zwillingsbruder Paavo in Helsinki und Espoo auf. Nachdem er zunächst in einem Kindergarten arbeitete, spielte er von 1988 bis 1992 für Jokerit, mit denen er in der Saison 1988/89 den Aufstieg in die SM-liiga erreichte. Während dieser Zeit wurde Selänne beim NHL Entry Draft 1988 in der ersten Runde an zehnter Position von den Winnipeg Jets ausgewählt. Dort spielte er, weil er seinen Wehrdienst in Finnland ableisten musste, aber erst ab 1992 und erreichte als Rookie in seiner ersten Saison 76 Tore und 132 Punkte. Beides stellten neue Rookierekorde und Selänne löste Peter Šťastný als punktbester Neuling ab.

Zusammen mit den ebenfalls jungen Spielern Keith Tkachuk und Alexei Schamnow formte er dort ein Aufsehen erregendes Trio, das auch Olympic Line genannt wurde. In dieser Zeit erhielt Selänne wegen seiner Schnelligkeit den Spitznamen Finnish Flash.

Im Februar 1996 wurde Selänne gemeinsam mit Marc Chouinard und einem Viertrunden-Wahlrecht im NHL Entry Draft 1996 im Austausch für Chad Kilger, Oleg Twerdowski und einem Drittrunden-Wahlrecht im NHL Entry Draft 1996 zu den Mighty Ducks of Anaheim transferiert, wo er in den folgenden fünf Jahren mit Paul Kariya das Dynamic Duo bildete. Mit der finnischen Nationalmannschaft gewann er bei den Olympischen Spielen 1998 in Nagano die Bronzemedaille.

2001 bis 2003 spielte er bei den San Jose Sharks. Nach einer enttäuschenden Saison dort und danach bei Colorado Avalanche unterzog er sich einer Knieoperation. Die Saison 2004/05 musste er aussetzen, um sich von der Verletzung zu erholen.

Seit August 2005 spielt Selänne wieder bei den Anaheim Ducks, bei denen er zunächst einen Ein-Jahresvertrag unterschrieb. Bei den Olympischen Spielen 2006 in Turin verlor er nach einem Stockschlag von Derian Hatcher drei Zähne, gewann aber auch die Silbermedaille. Im Sommer 2006 verlängerte Selänne seinen Vertrag bei den Ducks um ein weiteres Jahr.

Am 22. November 2006 schoss Selänne als 36. Spieler der NHL-Geschichte sein 500. NHL-Tor. Er ist nach Jari Kurri erst der zweite Finne, der diese Marke erreichte. Am 24. Februar gelang ihm sein 600. NHL-Assist.

Mit den Anaheim Ducks gewann er schließlich in der Saison 2006/07 das erste Mal den Stanley Cup. Nach dem Triumph verlängerte er vorerst seinen Vertrag nicht und nahm auch nicht im Herbst am Trainingscamp der Ducks teil. Ende Januar entschied sich Selänne für eine Rückkehr in die NHL und unterschrieb einen Vertrag bis zum Saisonende bei den Anaheim Ducks. Am Anfang der Saison 2008/09 unterschrieb er bei den Ducks einen 2-Jahres-Vertrag.

Am 21. März 2010 erzielte Selänne mit einem Treffer im Powerplay gegen die Colorado Avalanche das 600. Tor seiner Karriere. Selänne ist damit der 18. Spieler in der Geschichte der NHL, der diese Marke erreichte.

Im Verlauf der Saison 2010/11 verbesserte er einige Franchise-Rekorde der Ducks und erreichte sowohl die Marke von 400 Karrieretoren für die Kalifornier als auch die Anzahl Punkte von über 800. Im Alter von 40 Jahren gelang ihm am 28. März 2011 ein Fünf-Punkte-Spiel gegen die Colorado Avalanche und "the finnish flash" erzielte in diesem Spiel seinen 22. Karriere-Hattrick. Nach dem Saisonende 2010/11 verlängerten die Kalifornier seinen auslaufenden Kontrakt nicht, sodass Selänne zum Free Agent wurde. Mitte September 2011 entschied der Finne erneut eine weitere Saison im Trikot der Ducks dranzuhängen und setzte seine Unterschrift unter einen Einjahresvertrag. Nach der kurzen Lockout-Saison 2012, in der Teemu Selänne in 46 Spielen 24 Scorer-Punkte erzielte (12 Tore, 12 Assists), verlängerte der "Finnish Flash" Ende August 2013 letztmals um eine weitere Saison. Bei den Olympischen Spielen 2014 gewann er mit der finnischen Nationalmannschaft die Bronzemedaille.

Zum Ende der Saison 2013/14 beendete Selänne seine aktive Karriere. Zu diesem Zeitpunkt stand er auf der Gesamtliste der erfolgreichsten Torschützen der NHL (reguläre Saison) auf Platz 11 ist dabei hinter Jaromír Jágr zweitbester Europäer. Zudem hält er weiterhin den Tore-, Vorlagen- und Scorerpunkte-Rekord der Anaheim Ducks.

Im Januar 2015 sperrten die Anaheim Ducks seine Trikotnummer 8 als die erste in ihrem Franchise. Die Ehrung erfolgte bei einem Heimspiel der Ducks gegen die Winnipeg Jets, bei denen Selänne seine Karriere in der NHL begonnen hatte. Im Dezember 2015 tat ihnen die finnische Nationalmannschaft dies gleich, als die 8 im Rahmen der U20-Weltmeisterschaft 2016 gesperrt wurde.

Im Januar 2017 wurde Selänne in die IIHF Hall of Fame sowie wenige Monate später in die Hockey Hall of Fame aufgenommen.

Teemu Selänne ist verheiratet und hat vier Kinder.

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Anas acuta modesta Tristram, 1886:79
Tristram's pintail, Sidney Island pintail (proposed)
Synonym/s: Dafila modesta Tristram, 1886
Not listed by (Dickinson, 2003).
Hume and Walters (2012:50) state that:
"As the population has now gone, it is impossible to confirm the validity of this bird."
However, there still remains the possibility of DNA extraction in order to ascertain the true taxonomic affinities of the Sidney Island pintail, as three museum specimens exist, and the possibility of finding subfossil remains which contain DNA cannot be ruled out as Hume and Walters indirectly imply that they can.
Invalid (synonym)?
Last record: 1885 (Hume & Walters, 2012:50)
Sidney Island (= Manra), Phoenix Group, Kiribati, Pacific (central)
Only known from 3 specimens, all in the Liverpool Museum (Hume & Walters, 2012:50).
Tristram, H. B. (1886). On an apparently new species of duck (Dafila) from the Central Pacific. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London [1886]: 79-80.
Dickinson, E. C. (ed.). (2003). The Howard and Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World. London: Christopher Helm.
Hume, Julian Pender and Walters, Michael. (2012). Extinct Birds. London: T & AD Poyser.
Lister, J. J. (1891). Notes on the birds of the Phoenix Islands (Pacific Ocean). Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London [1891]: 289,298, 300.
Phillips, J. C. (1922-26). A Natural History of the Ducks. Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin. 4 vols.
Salvadori, T. (1895). Catalogue of birds in the British Museum, volume 27. Catalogue of the Chenomorphae (Palamedeae, Phoenicopteri, Anseres), Crypturi, and Ratitae in the collection of the British Museum. London: Printed by order of the Trustees.
http://extinctanimals.proboards.com/thread/16390/tristrams-pintail-anas-acuta-modesta


The Registered Disability Savings Plan (RDSP) was created by the federal government in 2008. The RDSP is a great way for people with disabilities and disabling medical conditions to become more financially secure. Even people with limited income who are on provincial or other disability benefits can use an RDSP to save for their financial futures.
Compare the RDSP to Canada's other registered savings plans.
The RDSP is useful for people with low incomes because the federal government will contribute on behalf of people with family incomes below $43,561 (2013 income levels), even when people make no contributions themselves.
The federal government will also make generous matching contributions when people contribute to their RDSPs. Personal contributions of as little as $1,500 a year for 20 years, could produce an RDSP of nearly $400,000 over a 30 year period. An RDSP of this size could generate payments of nearly $1,500 per month for 30 years or more. See our scenarios for more details.
People may be eligible to receive a maximum of $90,000 in lifetime contributions from the federal government.
Find out about Canada Disability Savings Bonds and Canada Disability Savings Grants.
Best of all, an RDSP will not affect most income benefits. This means that when the beneficiary receives a withdrawal from their RDSP, neither provincial disability benefits nor federal benefits such as Canada Pension Plan – Disability, Old Age Security payments and the Guaranteed Income Supplement, will be affected.
Provincial disability income benefits (e.g. BC Disability Benefits, Assured Income for the Severely Handicapped, Ontario Disability Support Payments) limit the assets people can have to qualify. They also limit the amount of money that can be received from income sources, such as employment or trusts, before income is reduced.
All provincial disability income programs permit people to save in RDSPs and to receive and use funds from RDSPs without reducing their income or restricting what the funds can be spent on. Three provinces – Quebec, New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island limit the amount that people can receive without affecting their benefits.
For people 65 and older, funds received from an RDSP will not affect Old Age Security, Guaranteed Income Supplement, Canada Child Tax Benefit, the GST Credit, or Employment Insurance. Learn more about how the RDSP will affect other disability benefits.
One of the best things about an RDSP is that anyone can contribute to an RDSP (with the authorization of the holder). Family, friends, neighbours, charities, foundations, organizations, can all contribute into a person's RDSP. The federal government encourages contributions through the matching Canada Disability Savings Grants with generous matching contributions. Learn more about contributions.
RDSPs can be opened at any of Canada's major banks and through many independent financial advisors at no cost. See which financial institutions are offering RDSPs.
Securing a good life requires more than just opening an RDSP. Financial planning, tax planning, will and estate planning, and making provisions for supported decision-making all contribute to future financial security. The RDSP is just one element.


All of our puppies leave us at 8 weeks having been vacinated, microchipped, wormed from 2 weeks and have had their first treatment for heartworm.
All will have had a general health check with our local vet.
They will have pedigree papers registered on the limited register with the Canine Control Council of QLD unless otherwise arranged.
Most importantly though, they will be well socialized, content puppies ready to leave our family to join yours.


Nagano's Zenko-ji Temple is one of the oldest and most important Buddhist temple complexes in Japan with a near-1400 year history. A place of true religious significance, legend, and myth, Zenko-ji is the heart and soul of Nagano. The city grew out from the temple and today, it continues to play a fundamental role in the life of the city and region.
Listed as a National Treasure, Zenko-ji is not only one of Japan's most important temples but also one of its most active. Visitors to the temple can partake in a range of activities that transform any visit into a meaningful experience. As a non-denominational temple, Zenko-ji welcomes all visitors – Buddhist and non-Buddhist alike. Indeed the temple is unique in welcoming "all living beings", resulting in visitors regularly brining their pets to the temple, for their spiritual health and well-being.
Each morning at sunrise – every day of the year – the head-priest and head-priestess of Zenko-ji's attendant temples enter the main hall to perform the "o-asaji" or "morning ceremony". With accompanying monks seated in the temple's inner sanctuary chanting sutras, rituals that have remained unchanged for countless years are performed with by the head-priest and head-priestess in turn. In the early morning, this ceremony takes on an other-worldly quality, and transports you to another time and space.
En-route to and from the main temple, both the head-priest and head-priest bless visitors with their rosaries. Both Buddhist and non-Buddhist alike are welcome to join this process by kneeling before them as they make their procession to and from the temple, and having the rosary placed gently against their head with recitation of a quiet prayer.
Zenko-ji is one of the few temples in Japan to perform this ceremony on a daily basis. Starting time varies through the year to approximately coincide with sunrise – around 530AM during the summer and 0700 during winter.
Zenko-ji is revered for housing the first known Buddhist statue to be brought into the country from Korea (sometime in 6th century). Now permanently hidden from view, never to be seen again, within the main hall, the temple affords visitors a unique experience in bringing themselves close to the statue without seeing it. The "kaidsan meguri" is a staircase descending to a tunnel at the back of the hall, which runs under the altar to a point directly below where the hidden statue is now said to be housed. The tunnel is completely dark. Once you entered you literally cannot see a thing. Guided only by touch, keeping your hand on the wall, you proceed deeper into the tunnel searching for the Key to Paradise. Also hidden in the tunnel, this "key" aids you in your journey to enlightenment, and is the treasure you are searching for before you are reborn into the light at the tunnels end.
This is a unique and memorable experience and particularly worthwhile when the tunnel is quiet and you are absorbed into darkness. Tickets are available in the main hall – JPY500 for adults (18+), JPY200 for school students (13-17) and JPY50 (6-12) for children – with helpful temple staff on hand to assist you and explain the rules for entering tunnel.


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Regular Article - Theoretical Physics
Observational constraints on the types of cosmic strings
Olga S. Sazhina1*, Diana Scognamiglio2 and Mikhail V. Sazhin1
1 Moscow M.V. Lomonosov State University, Sternberg Astronomical Institute (SAI MSU), 13, Universitetskij pr., Moscow, 119992, Russia
2 University of Naples Federico II, via Cinthia, 6, 80126 , Naples, Italy
* e-mail: cosmologia@yandex.ru
Received: 30 June 2014
Accepted: 8 July 2014
Published online: 26 August 2014
This paper is aimed at setting observational limits to the number of cosmic strings (Nambu–Goto, Abelian-Higgs, semilocal) and other topological defects (textures). Radio maps of CMB anisotropy, provided by the space mission Planck for various frequencies, were filtered and then processed by the method of convolution with modified Haar functions (MHF) to search for cosmic string candidates. This method was designed to search for solitary strings, without additional assumptions as regards the presence of networks of such objects. The sensitivity of the MHF method is δT ≈ 10 μK in a background of δT ≈ 100 μK. The comparison of these with previously known results on search string network shows that strings can only be semilocal in the range of 1÷5, with the upper restriction on individual string tension (linear density) of Gμ/c2 ≤ 7.36×10−7. The texture model is also legal. There are no strings with Gμ/c2 > 7.36×10−7. However, a comparison with the data for the search of non-Gaussian signals shows that the presence of several (up to three) Nambu–Goto strings is also possible. For Gμ/c2 ≤ 4.83×10−7 the MHF method is ineffective because of unverifiable spurious string candidates. Thus the existence of strings with tensions Gμ/c2 ≤ 4.83×10−7 is not prohibited but it is beyond the Planck data possibilities. The same string candidates have been found in the WMAP 9-year data. Independence of Planck and WMAP data sets serves as an additional argument to consider those string candidates as very promising. However, the final proof should be given by optical deep surveys.
© SIF and Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, 2014
Superconducting cosmic strings as sources of cosmological fast radio bursts
Cosmic strings in gravity
Eur. Phys. J. C (2015) 75: 60
Cosmic constraint on the unified model of dark sectors with or without a cosmic string fluid in the varying gravitational constant theory
Deviation from ΛCDM with cosmic strings networks
Cosmic acceleration and anisotropic models with magnetic field
Eur. Phys. J. Plus (2015) 130: 30


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This project started with the suspicion that phones are having more fun communicating than we are. Every message is a tickle, every swipe a little rub. From their initial transformation of metal and silicon into objects of desire, infused with social significance and "intelligence", personalized with biases and ideology, endowed with a flawless memory, always a call away from the mothership… it becomes difficult to declare who – phone or human – has the upper hand on culture. memememe is a sculpture that celebrates the ambiguities of human/object, user/interface and actor/network relationships. It is an app that removes phones from their anthropocentric usefulness, and gives them the beginnings of a language. Residues of their conversations can be seen, but certainly not understood.
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Liverpool based Brazilian media artist and educator with background in physics, mathematics and computation. He has been using technology as platform of experimentation, using public spaces, human interaction and machines interaction. Has presented and taught in different museums, art centers and festivals, including Tate Liverpool, FILE and MIS in São Paulo, Semibreve Festival in Portugal, Media Art Futures in Spain. In 2015 awarded an AiR residency at Autodesk and was the recipient of a VIDA 15.0 Production Incentive award from Fundación Telefónica. Currently a Researcher Artist in Residence at FACT Liverpool working on educational and learning resources around new media art.
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Thiago Hersan is a Liverpool-based Brazilian, who used to work improving semiconductor manufacturing technologies. Now, he is more interested in exploring non-traditional uses of technology and their cultural affect. He is part of Astrovandalistas, an art+tech+activism collective based in Mexico City, whose work is primarily focused on designing interfaces for enhancing human-human interaction and collective experiences. Additionally, Thiago has recently worked as a design-engineer at BeatBots in San Francisco, prototyping interactive robotic toys for autism therapy research. He is currently a Researcher in Residence at FACT, in Liverpool, where, along with Radamés Ajna, he is responsible for the implementation of a public space for art and technology experimentation called FACTLab. He has participated in residency programs in diverse spaces like Impakt in Utrecht, The Hacktory in Philadelphia and Telefonica I+D in Barcelona, and in 2013 won a VIDA 15.0 Production Incentive Award.
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Maria Sharapova announces her retirement from professional tennis
By Alex Batt
Maria Sharapova has announced her retirement from tennis with immediate effect.
The Russian, who has been plagued with injury problems in recent years, has finally decided to call it quits on her career in an emotional statement.
The 32-year-old won every singles Grand Slam available in her illustrious career, winning Wimbledon once, the Australian Open once, the US Open once and the French Open twice.
She shot to stardom when she defeated Serena Williams in the Wimbledon final back in 2004, defeating the American when she was just a teenager in straight sets 6-1, 6-4.
In an exclusive essay written for Vogue and Vanity Fair, Sharapova said: "How do you leave behind the only life you've ever known?
"How do you walk away from the courts you've trained on since you were a little girl, the game that you love—one which brought you untold tears and unspeakable joys—a sport where you found a family, along with fans who rallied behind you for more than 28 years?
"I'm new to this, so please forgive me. Tennis - I'm saying goodbye.
"Tennis showed me the world - and it showed me what I was made of. It's how I tested myself and how I measured my growth.
"And so in whatever I might choose for my next chapter, my next mountain, I'll still be pushing. I'll still be climbing. I'll still be growing."
In a career that has had plenty of ups and downs, Sharapova will certainly go down as one of the greats, not just for the female game, but for the game in general.
Happy retirement, Maria.
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Chronologie du rugby à XV 2012 en rugby à XV ◄◄ 2013 en rugby à XV ►► 2014 en rugby à XV

Cette page présente les faits marquants de l'année 2013 en rugby à XV : les principales compétitions et évènements liés au rugby à XV et rugby à sept ainsi que les décès de grandes personnalités de ces sports.

Principales compétitions
Currie Cup (du  au )
Challenge européen (du  au )
Championnat d'Angleterre (du  au )
Championnat de France (du  au )
Coupe anglo-galloise (du  au )
Coupe d'Europe (du  au )
Pro12 (du  au )
Super 15 (du  au )
Pacific Nations Cup ( au )
The Rugby Championship  (du  au )
Tournoi des Six Nations (du  au )

Événements

Janvier
 6 janvier : les Portugais du Centro Desportivo Universitario Lisboa remportent la Coupe Ibérique pour la troisième fois en dominant en match unique les Espagnols du Valladolid RAC sur le score de 24 à 13.
 27 janvier : Suntory Sungoliath remporte le Championnat du Japon pour la deuxième année consécutive en dominant en finale le Toshiba Brave Lupus sur le score de 19 à 3.

Février
 2 février : l'équipe d'Angleterre remporte la quatrième étape des IRB Sevens World Series disputée à Wellington en battant en finale le Kenya sur le score de 24 à 19.
 10 février : l'équipe d'Afrique du Sud remporte la cinquième étape des IRB Sevens World Series disputée à Las Vegas. Les Sud-Africains dominent 40 à 21 les Néo-Zélandais lors de la finale. Ces derniers conservent la tête du classement.

Mars
 16 mars : l'équipe du pays de Galles bat l'équipe d'Angleterre 30 à 3 et remporte le Tournoi des Six Nations, conservant ainsi leur titre. C'est la trente-septième victoire des Gallois dans la compétition.
 17 mars : le club des Harlequins remporte la huitième édition de la Coupe anglo-galloise pour la troisième fois de son histoire en battant en finale les Sale Sharks sur le score de 32 à 14.
 24 mars :  l'équipe des Fidji remporte la sixième étape des IRB Sevens World Series disputée à Hong Kong en dominant les Gallois en finale sur le score de 26 à 19. Les Fidjiens conservent ainsi leur titre et se hissent à la deuxième place du classement, 25 points derrière les Néo-Zélandais.
 31 mars :  l'équipe d'Afrique du Sud remporte la septième étape des IRB Sevens World Series disputée à Tokyo. Les Sud-Africains dominent 24 à 19 les Néo-Zélandais lors de la finale. La Nouvelle-Zélande reste en tête du classement.

Avril
 27 avril : L'ASM Clermont Auvergne s'impose 16 à 10 en 1/2 finale de la Coupe d'Europe face aux Irlandais du Munster.
 28 avril : Le RC Toulon s'impose 24 à 12 a Twickenam face aux Anglais des Saracens en 1/2 finale de la Hcup.

Mai
 5 mai : l'équipe d'Afrique du Sud remporte la neuvième étape des IRB Sevens World Series disputée à Glasgow. Les Sud-Africains dominent 28 à 21 les Néo-Zélandais lors de la finale. La Nouvelle-Zélande reste en tête du classement avec suffisamment de points d'avance devant leur adversaire en finale pour être assurée de remporter le titre avant la dixième et dernière étape.
 12 mai : l'équipe de Nouvelle-Zélande remporte la dixième et dernière étape des IRB Sevens World  Series disputée à Londres. Les Néo-Zélandais battent largement les Australiens 47 à 12. La Nouvelle-Zélande finit à la première place du classement avec 173 points au terme des dix étapes.
 17 mai : le Leinster gagne à domicile le Challenge européen face au Stade Français 34 à 13.
 18 mai : Sur la pelouse de l'Aviva Stadium de Dublin le RC Toulon remporte pour la première fois de son histoire la Coupe d'Europe face à l'ASM Clermont Auvergne qu'il bat en finale sur le score de 16 à 15.
25 mai :
Le championnat d'Angleterre est remporté par les Leicester Tigers qui obtiennent ainsi le dixième titre de leur histoire. En finale, ils battent sur le score de 37 à 17 les Northampton Saints qui terminent la rencontre à quatorze après l'expulsion de Dylan Hartley pour avoir proféré des injures envers l'arbitre.
Le Leinster remporte le Pro12 en battant en finale l'Ulster sur le score de 24 à 18.
 Le Mogliano Rugby SSD remporte le titre de champion d'Italie après sa victoire en finale contre le I Cavalieri Prato sur le score de 16 à 11.

Juin
  juin : le Castres olympique devient Champion de France vingt ans après le titre polémique attribué aux dépens des grenoblois en 1993. Les Castrais battent le Rugby club toulonnais en finale sur le score de 19 à 14.
 8 juin :

 11 juin : dans le cadre de sa tournée en Nouvelle-Zélande, la France dispute un match contre la province locale des Auckland Blues. Il n'est pas clair si ce match permet aux joueurs d'obtenir une cape, mais il permet tout de même à Noa Nakaitaci d'être officiellement rattaché à la Fédération française de rugby à XV.

 15 juin : l'équipe du Japon, en battant le pays de Galles sur le score de 23 à 8, remporte la première victoire de son histoire contre une équipe de la première division de l'IRB. Dans le même temps, la Nouvelle-Zélande domine largement les Français sur le score de 30 à 0 avec trois essais marqués.

 22 juin :

 23 juin : l'équipe des Fidji bat l'équipe des Tonga 34 à 21 et remporte le Pacific Nations Cup. C'est la première victoire des fidjiens dans la compétition.
 29 juin :

 30 juin : la Nouvelle-Zélande est sacrée championne du monde de rugby à sept en battant en finale l'Angleterre 33 à 0. Chez les femmes, ce sont également les Néo-Zélandaises qui deviennent championnes du monde après leur victoire 29 à 12 en finale contre le Canada.

Juillet
 6 juillet : les Lions britanniques et irlandais remportent largement le troisième test match contre les Australiens sur le score de 41 à 16, s'adjugeant la série par deux victoires à une. C'est la première tournée victorieuse des Lions depuis celle de 1997.

Août
 3 août : le Super 15 est remporté par les Chiefs pour la deuxième année consécutive après leur victoire 27 à 22 en finale sur les Brumbies.

Septembre

Octobre
 5 octobre : les  remportent la deuxième édition du Rugby Championship en allant gagner 38 à 27 en Afrique du Sud lors de la dernière journée. Ils remportent ainsi tous leurs matchs et conservent leur titre.
 12 octobre et 13 octobre : Gold Coast Sevens 2013, première étape de la saison 2013-2014 de l'IRB Sevens World Series à Gold Coast, Australie. La Nouvelle-Zélande gagne le tournoi.
 19 octobre : la Nouvelle-Zélande et l'Australie disputent un troisième test match dans le cadre de la Bledisloe Cup, bien que celle-ci soit déjà gagnée par les Néo-Zélandais qui ont remporté les deux premières manches lors du Rugby Championship. Les  s'imposent sur le score de 41 à 33 et restent invaincus en 2013.

 26 octobre :
Les Natal Sharks remportent la Currie Cup après leur victoire 33 à 19 en finale contre la Western Province.
Canterbury remporte pour la sixième fois consécutive l'ITM Cup, en battant en finale Wellington sur le score de 29 à 13.

Novembre
 2 novembre : lors de cette première journée de test matchs, la Nouvelle-Zélande bat très largement le Japon sur le score de 54 à 6, avec huit essais marqués. Dans l'autre rencontre, l'Angleterre domine l'Australie sur le score de 20 à 13.

 3 novembre :

 9 novembre : l'Australie retrouve le chemin du succès en battement largement l'Italie par trente points d'écart dont sept essais. L'Angleterre maîtrise l'Argentine à Twickenham grâce à une bonne première mi-temps et une défense solide. L'Écosse domine le Japon au terme d'une deuxième mi-temps rythmée par sept essais.

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Semaine 5
 30 novembre :

 29 novembre et 30 novembre : Dubaï rugby sevens 2013, deuxième étape de la saison 2013-2014 de l'IRB Sevens World Series à Dubaï. L'équipe des Fidji gagne le tournoi.

Décembre
 7 décembre et 8 décembre : South Africa rugby sevens 2013, troisième étape de la saison 2013-2014 de l'IRB Sevens World Series à Port Elizabeth, Afrique du Sud. L'Afrique du Sud gagne le tournoi sur ses terres.

Principaux décès
 15 janvier : Éric Béchu, joueur et entraîneur français de rugby à XV, meurt d'un cancer du pancréas à Toulouse.
 8 février : Jan Ellis, joueur des  à 38 reprises de 1965 à 1976, meurt des suites d'un cancer à l'âge de 71 ans.
 30 mars : Samueli Naulu se tue dans un accident de voiture. Alors qu'il circule sur une départementale, Naulu perd le contrôle de son véhicule qui percute un arbre, selon les gendarmes. L'accident mortel se produit vers 6 h à Issigeac, à une vingtaine de kilomètres au sud de Bergerac.
 28 avril : Robert Soro surnommé le Lion de Swansea, joueur du FC Lourdes et sélectionné à 21 reprises en équipe de France, meurt à Arreau à l'âge de 90 ans.
 25 juin : Jack Cantoni dit la truite, septuple champion de France avec l'AS Béziers, meurt à l'âge de 65 ans.
 29 août : Cliff Morgan, demi d'ouverture international gallois vainqueur à quatre reprises du Tournoi des Cinq Nations dans les années 1970, meurt à l'âge de 83 ans des suites d'un cancer du larynx et des cordes vocales.
 23 septembre : John Hipwell, demi de mêlée et international australien à 36 reprises, meurt à 65 ans.
 5 novembre : Peter Fatialofa, pilier international samoan à 34 reprises, meurt aux Samoa d'une crise cardiaque à l'âge de 54 ans.

Notes et références

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Adult Drug Court
An Adult Drug Court is a treatment based program for adults who are charged with certain felony crimes and facing criminal prosecution. The purpose of the program is to offer non-traditional and individualized treatment for chemical dependency as an alternative to criminal prosecution. The program features a team approach to rigorous treatment, coordinated with intensive supervision, random drug and alcohol testing, regular and frequent court appearances and educational opportunities. A combination of rewards and sanctions are utilized to motivate and encourage participants toward recovery. The participant's progression through the various phases of the program is appropriately recognized.
DWI Drug Court is a distinct post-conviction court system dedicated to changing the behavior of the alcohol/drug dependent offender arrested for Driving While Impaired (DWI). The goal of the DWI court is to protect public safety by using the drug court model to address the root cause of impaired driving: alcohol and other substance abuse. Variants of DWI courts include drug courts that also take DWI offenders, which are commonly referred to as "hybrid" DWI courts or DWI/drug courts.
The DWI court utilizes all criminal justice stakeholders (prosecutors, defense attorneys, probation, law enforcement, and others) along with alcohol or drug treatment professionals. This group of professionals comprises a "DWI Court Team," and uses a cooperative approach to systematically change participant behavior. This approach includes identification and referral of participants early in the legal process to a full continuum of drug or alcohol treatment and other rehabilitative services. Compliance with treatment and other court mandated requirements is verified by frequent alcohol/drug testing, close community supervision, and interaction with the judge in non-adversarial court review hearings. During these review hearings, the judge employs a science-based response to participant compliance (or non-compliance) in an effort to further the team's goal to encourage pro social, sober behaviors that will prevent DWI recidivism (Loeffler & Huddleston, 2003).
Family Dependency Court
Family Dependency Treatment Court is a juvenile or family court docket of which selected abuse, neglect, and dependency cases are identified where parental substance abuse is a primary factor. Judges, attorneys, child protection services, and treatment and other social and public health personnel unite with the goal of providing safe, nurturing, and permanent homes for children while simultaneously providing parents the necessary support and services to become drug and alcohol abstinent. Family dependency treatment courts aid parents in regaining control of their lives, ensure the provision of necessary services for children, and promote long term stabilized recovery to enhance the possibility of family reunification within mandatory legal time frames (Wheeler & Siegerist, 2003).
The Family Dependency Court works with parent(s)/guardian(s) who are in danger of losing custody of their children due to abuse or neglect charges.
Goals of family/dependency courts include:
Provide parent(s)/guardians(s) with an opportunity to be clean and sober;
Provide support to aid them in resisting further criminal activity; and skills that will aid them in leading productive, substance-free and crime-free lives;
Help the parent to become emotionally, financially, and personally self-sufficient;
Increase the personal, familial, and societal accountability of offenders;
Help the parent(s)/guardian(s) develop adequate parenting and "coping" skills to be able to serve as an effective parent on a day-to-day basis; and
Decrease the amount of time needed to determine if reunification is a plausible goal.
Juvenile Drug Court is a docket within a juvenile court to which selected delinquency cases, and in some instances, status offenders, are referred for handling by a designated judge. The youth referred to this docket are identified as having problems with alcohol and/or other drugs. The juvenile drug court judge maintains close oversight of each case through regular status hearings with the parties involved. The judge both leads and works as a member of a team that comprises representatives from treatment, juvenile justice, social and mental health services, school and vocational training programs, law enforcement, probation, the prosecution, and the defense. Over the course of a year or more, the team meets frequently (often weekly), determining how best to address the substance abuse and related problems of the youth and his or her family that have brought the youth into contact with the justice system (BJA, 2003).
Mental Health or "Treatment" Court
Treatment Court is modeled after drug courts and developed in response to the over representation of people with mental illness in the criminal justice system, treatment courts divert select defendants with mental illness into judicially supervised, community-based treatment. Currently, all treatment courts are voluntary. Defendants are invited to participate in the treatment court following a specialized screening and assessment, and they may choose to decline participation. For those who agree to the terms and conditions of community-based supervision, a team of court staff, social services, and mental health professionals works together to develop treatment plans and supervise participants in the community. Participants typically appear at regular status hearings where incentives are offered to reward adherence to court conditions, sanctions for non-adherence are handed down, and treatment plans and other conditions are periodically reviewed for appropriateness. Completion (sometimes called graduation) is defined according to specific criteria (Council of State Governments, 2005).


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Mothers grieving for daughter killed in domestic violence shooting near Lacey
By Nia Wong
FOX 13 Seattle
A $2.5 million bail has been set for the man accused of murdering his girlfriend near Lacey Monday morning.
OLYMPIA, Wash. - A $2.5 million bail has been set for the man accused of murdering his girlfriend near Lacey Monday morning. Now, the mothers of the victim are sharing their heartbreak with FOX 13 News.
Martie Aarhus and Robin "Robie" Perez say their daughter Rayann Perez messaged them separately Sunday night.
"It was snowing, and she sent me a heart and said she'd see me in the morning," said Aarhus.
Both moms never knew this would be the last time they'd ever hear from their daughter.
"I don't know how to breathe without her. She was my everything," said Aarhus.
Marquan Bryant faces one count of second-degree murder while armed with a firearm, as well as notice of domestic violence allegation with an intimate partner for fatally shooting Rayann Perez.
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"Never did you imagine it would be your own daughter," said Robbie Perez.
Aarhus said she never liked Bryant and had a "gut feeling" about him.
"I wish I could've saved her. I wish I would have seen the signs, or she would have just came to me," said Aarhus.
Signs of domestic violence can sometimes be hard to see.
Kari Whitacre, Executive Director of the Jubilee Women's Center, says some people don't even realize they or their loved ones are sucked into a cycle of domestic violence.
"Even if you're questioning it, if you're considering 'Is this abuse or not? I'm just not feeling safe in my own environment,' or 'I don't think my daughter is safe, my friend is safe,' call a helpline," said Whitacre.
Whitacre says helplines like these can help anyone suffering through domestic violence 24/7:
DAWN (800-799-7233)
New Beginnings DV Hopeline (877-737-0242)
Domestic violence increases during the holidays and Colee Whitnah, a spokesperson for the Women's Center, says they see this right after Thanksgiving.
"We do get some phone calls, a lot of emails, and we even get people coming to the door directly asking for applications," said Whitnah.
The Jubilee Women's Center offers transitional housing, clothing and other aid to women trying to escape domestic violence. For those needing immediate assistance, Whitacre urges victims to get out as soon as they can.
"If you're fearful for your physical safety or safety of your children, leave," said Whitacre.
Unfortunately, it was too late for Rayann Perez.
The 21-year-old woman not only leaves behind her two grieving mothers, friends and the Nisqually Tribe, but also her 17-month-old daughter, Zayla Rae.
"[Rayann] just wanted to make her daughter happy. That's all she ever wanted was to be a good mom to her baby," said Aarhus.
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A GoFundMe has been set up to help with Rayann's funeral and to put a trust fund together for her baby Zayla Rae.
Robie and Martie say Rayann's funeral will be open to the public, but that date is yet to be determined.
If you are someone you know is affected by or subject to domestic violence, you are not alone. Please consult our Domestic Violence Resources page—help is just a call or click away.
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THE LAST FIVE QUEERS is essentially a song cycle of music by renowned music theatre composer Jason Robert Brown, However, in creating this show we have re contextualised the songs to tell stories of bi and homosexual relationships. It's a character story, about people and sexuality, told through some of JRB's best songs.
The sound of the show is very much a banquet of many flavours and tastes. And we hope that will be the appeal of the piece, that it will resonate with different people on different levels. Especially with the music. It is not just a show for a music theatre audience. It's a show for people who enjoy theatre, great music and real stories.
With me personally, 'I'm not afraid of anything' really resonates with me. I think because it has the beautiful optimism of a character who is guns blazing and ready to take on the world. That song is actually such a foundation for our show, because it portrays the idea that we as human beings can do anything, and should be brave to take the leaps and have adventures, as some of our characters do throughout the show.
[pullquote] 'I'm not afraid of anything' really resonates with me. I think because it has the beautiful optimism of a character who is guns blazing and ready to take on the world. [/pullquote]The world around me. I think the best thing any artist can have is curiosity, and the drive and passion to explore. I'd like to think that when I am blessed with inspiration and creativity results, that it comes from just being absolutely open and willing the except what is around me and the experiences and thoughts I am having.
The original inspiration for THE LAST FIVE QUEERS came from my co-writer/co-producer Madi Lee. We were both music theatre performers not in long term contracts. Neither of us were in a show, so it came time to simply make a show for ourselves! Madi has a great love and knowledge of Jason Robert Brown's music, and so in creating a show built around his songs, we longed to do something a little different. The result was a show where people will experience his songs in ways they may never have.
I am in the cast for a new musical called 'Housewarming' by Will Hannagan and Belinda Jenkin. We are presenting excerpts from the show in a one night only performance at 45 Downstairs before the full show is put on at the end of the year.
Art is my scene. No labels, restrictions or judgement. I love art in all it's varied glory.
For three nights only, experience the beautiful music of Tony Award-winning composer, lyricist and playwright Jason Robert Brown in a whole new light.
The Last Five Queers is a song cycle of music by renowned composer Jason Robert Brown, with a slight twist. The stunning music has been reimagined to tell the intertwined lives of five characters and their understanding of sexuality.
The production features performances from five of Australia's finest up-and-coming music theatre stars. The performers traverse love, loss, loneliness and sexuality, observing the personal and universal stories inherent to the music. It is a heart warming production, filled with laughter and touching stories that will connect with any audience member who has played a lead character in their own love story.
Time: 8pm Tues and Wed, 9pm Thurs.


An Ethiopian official on Monday said that Tanzania had given the assurance to his country that it hadn't altered its position concerning the 2010 Comprehensive Framework Agreement which was signed by the upstream Nile Basin nations, referred to as Entebbe Agreement.
The director of boundary & trans-boundary rivers at the Ministry of Water, Energy & Irrigation for Ethiopia Fekahmed Negash informed Anadolu Agency that the Ethiopian government got into contact with appropriate authorities within Tanzania, that confirmed that statements made not too long ago by the state minister of foreign affairs don't represent the official stand of the government of Tanzanian. .
A week ago, Bernard Kamillius Membe the Minister of Foreign Affairs & International Cooperation in Tanzania called for an assessment of the 2010 agreement so as to consider the needs of water by Egypt.
Back In 2010, upstream countries Ethiopia, Tanzania, Kenya, Rwanda as well as Uganda, all signed this Cooperative Framework Agreement controlling the use of the Nile water. Burundi later signed this treaty in the following year of 2011.
The contract was aimed at replacing the treaty signed during the colonial time which gave Egypt plus Sudan the biggest share of the waters of the Nile.
The Minister had said that the government of Tanzania was going to call for a general meeting of all countries in the Nile Basin to assess the 2010 agreement. He had added that this meeting would be actually be attended by the ministers in charge of water as well as the foreign ministers.
Fekahmed said that this isn't an official statement by the Tanzania Government and they made certain that there isn't any change of stand.
He went on to say that the foreign affairs minister for Tanzanian appear to be not properly informed of this agreement which he talked about. He referred to the Comprehensive Framework Agreement as merely 'water sharing', which actually isn't.
The distribution of Water among the Nile basin countries has for ages been controlled by a colonial time treaty offering Egypt plus Sudan the biggest share of the waters of the river.
Ethiopia as a country claims that it has never at all acknowledged this old treaty.
Relations between Egypt plus Ethiopia have been damaged because of a multi-billion hydroelectric dam that is currently being constructed by Addis Ababa on the upper reaches of River Nile.
Egypt is concerned that the multi-billion hydroelectric dam currently being constructed by Addis Ababa on River Nile is going to reduce its traditional share of the waters of the Nile.
Stating its desire for advancement, Ethiopia claims that it should construct a number of dams that will generate electricity, to be used locally as well as exported to other countries.
Addis Ababa contends that the brand-new dam is going to benefit downstream countries of Sudan plus Egypt, each of which will be requested to buy the generated electricity.


Recent visitors called the park a "feast for the eyes" and said the high bird population is "astounding." Thanks to its location about 40 miles north of downtown Tucson, the park makes for an easy daytrip, according to reviewers. Along with views and trails, travelers were also quick to praise the cleanliness of the park's facilities. In addition to restrooms, the park also offers picnic tables, grills, campsites, camping cabins and shower facilities.
Catalina State Park is open 24 hours a day, seven days a week, and there are numerous campsites available (which can be reserved online). Admission is $7 per vehicle – which allows entry for up to four people – and $3 for those entering on foot or by bike. Expect to pay between $15 and $30 to camp. The visitor center/ranger station is located at the park entrance and is open daily from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. For more information and to view an event calendar, including the times and dates for ranger-led hikes and bird walks, visit the Catalina State Park website.