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Brain-damaged boy's parents put faith in controversial treatment
Neesh and Sandra Campbell don't think they're asking for a miracle, but mainstream medical experts think that's what it would take to heal the brain of their son, Dylan. That's why the couple is turning to a therapy that's experimental, expensive, and offered by a doctor not licensed to practice medicine.
Donna Carreiro · CBC News · Posted: Dec 17, 2013 5:30 AM CT | Last Updated: December 18, 2013
A family turns to a therapy that's experimental, expensive, and offered by a doctor not licensed to practice medicine. The CBC's Kiran Dhillon reports. 2:39
Neesh and Sandra Campbell don't think they're asking for a miracle, but mainstream medical experts think that's what it would take to heal the brain of their beloved son, Dylan.
That is why the couple is turning to a therapy that's experimental, expensive — and offered by a doctor not licensed to practice medicine.
"They say [Dylan] is in a brain-damaged state which means he'll never come back," Neesh Campbell says softly.
"Nobody's ever given us hope."
The Campbells' struggles began four years ago when their son had a tonsillectomy at the Health Sciences Centre's Children's Hospital in Winnipeg.
It was supposed to be a routine procedure, but it was nothing of the sort. Five days later, the family says Dylan started bleeding. By the time they rushed him back to hospital, they say he was choking to death.
"My son said, 'I can't breathe, I can't breathe.' We kept, uh, wiping his blood up and whatnot — there's blood on his shirt, there's blood on that stretcher," Neesh recalled.
"Then I got kind of mad there and … they had me thrown out of the hospital. And then the security guard came back outside to get me. My son passed away."
Doctors managed to resuscitate Dylan, but by then the damage was done. He had lost so much oxygen that he suffered a "hypoxic ischemic brain injury," according to an HSC medical assessment.
In other words, he can't walk, talk, eat, control his movements or even swallow without the help of machines.
Grim prognosis
Legally, it remains to be determined why this happened. The family has sued the Winnipeg Regional Health Authority, and the case is still before the courts.
A WRHA spokesperson could not comment on the case or his condition, again, because it is before the courts.
In the meantime, Dylan's prognosis is grim — but not, says his father, impossible.
"When he was laying there in a coma, I've seen a tear come out of his eye," Neesh said.
"If anybody … doesn't know nothing, they wouldn't cry. When I hold his hand, I tell him to squeeze my hands. He squeezes them. They just say, 'Well, it doesn't mean nothing.' Well, to me it means a lot."
That's why Neesh Campbell has spent the past four years searching for a treatment that could help his son. And he thinks he's found it.
It's called hyperbaric oxygen therapy, in which patients are repeatedly exposed to intense doses of almost pure oxygen.
It's a well-documented and legitimate treatment, endorsed by Health Canada for a myriad of injuries. But it's not approved for use to treat conditions like Dylan's.
"Anoxic brain injury is not one of [the approved conditions] because there's not been sufficient evidence produced to justify its use," said Dr. David Harrison, director of the Vancouver General Hospital's hyperbaric oxygen clinic.
"In the absence of credible literature, we don't know who might be harmed and who might be benefited."
Lucien Larre, however, begs to differ. Larre is a self-described "doctor" who heard about Dylan's case and offered the services of the Advanced Hyperbaric Oxygen Clinic in Coquitlam, B.C.
There, he says, Dylan stands a good chance of experiencing some improvement with this treatment.
Besides, Larre adds, they have nothing to lose.
"Sometimes statistics upset me," Larre told CBC News.
"By golly, what if there's a medication that comes out that only helps 10 per cent of the people, and your child is dying and happens to belong to that 10 per cent? I would love them to have that treatment."
It's a sentiment echoed by the clinic's director, Ian Lamont.
"Generally, we see a 30 per cent improvement in these cases," Lamont said, adding that he is certain Dylan will benefit from it.
Neesh Campbell agrees. In fact, he has so much faith in both Larre and the clinic that he has raised almost $4,000 to pay for the treatment himself.
Not medical doctors
The problem? Lucien Larre is not a medical doctor.
He's actually a Roman Catholic priest who once ran a program in Saskatchewan for troubled teens — until he got into trouble for his controversial disciplining methods, although he was later pardoned.
And while he has a doctorate degree in psychology, the College of Psychologists of British Columbia stripped him of his licence back in 2007, pending an investigation into his competency.
As for Advanced Hyperbaric Oxygen Centre's clinical director himself, Ian Lamont told CBC News that he too, has no medical expertise.
Instead, he said he is a "clinician," and that one does not need a medical background to perform hyperbaric oxygen therapy.
It's an assessment that concerns people like Harrison, who noted that as a licensed practitioner, he himself must adhere to the standards of both the College of Physicians and Surgeons and Health Canada.
"The real danger is that many of the private clinics … that are providing hyperbaric oxygen for this type of condition are largely unregulated, and one does not know the qualifications of the individual providing the hyperbaric oxygen," he said.
"So there is risk for harm."
It's a medical second opinion that alarms Neesh and Sandra Campbell, both desperate for some treatment to help their son. However, they say it won't dissuade them from seeking this therapy elsewhere.
"This is not about Dr. Larre," Neesh said regarding Larre's controversial credentials.
"This is about hyperbaric therapy. It's about getting the one thing that might help my boy."


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Johannes Cornelis (Jan) Arends (Den Haag, 13 februari 1925 – Amsterdam, 21 januari 1974) was een Nederlands schrijver, dichter en literair vertaler.

Levensloop
Jan Arends werd in Den Haag geboren als "onecht kind" van het twintigjarige katholieke weesmeisje Gerardina Elisabeth Arends. Zijn moeder trouwde twee jaar na zijn geboorte met de tien jaar oudere Frans Barend Arendsen. Vermoedelijk was Arendsen de biologische vader van Jan Arends. Uit het huwelijk werden nog twee kinderen geboren. In zijn jeugd heeft Jan Arends vijf jaar lang op een vrije school gezeten waar volgens de antroposofische leer van Rudolf Steiner onderwezen werd. Jan Arends viel uit de toon tussen de overwegend uit de hogere kringen afkomstige medeleerlingen en werd door hen gepest. De moeder van Jan Arends leed in ernstige mate aan reuma waardoor ze niet langer voor haar kinderen kon zorgen. Jan Arends werd tot zijn achttiende ondergebracht in het rooms-katholieke jongensinternaat van de Kruisvaarders van Sint-Jan te Rijswijk. Halverwege de Tweede Wereldoorlog moest hij dit internaat, waar hij tot schoenmaker opgeleid was, verlaten.

Na deze onfortuinlijke start werd de rest van zijn leven bepaald door de omstandigheden die kenmerkend waren voor de jaren veertig en vijftig en het begin van de jaren zestig van de twintigste eeuw. Jan Arends heeft een klein oeuvre van verhalen en gedichten nagelaten. Het werk van Jan Arends bevat veel autobiografische elementen en geeft een kritische visie op de Nederlandse maatschappij vanuit een persoonlijk perspectief. Zijn leven en zijn literaire werk zijn sterk met elkaar vervlochten.

 Maatschappelijke ontwrichting en de angst voor kou en honger spelen in het werk van Jan Arends een belangrijke rol. Deze angsten zijn voor het grootste deel terug te voeren op Jan Arends' ervaringen met de strenge vorst tijdens de hongerwinter en tijdens de winterperiodes in 1941, 1942 en 1947.
 De verhalen beschrijven het dagelijkse bestaan van een alleenstaande man met een lage sociale status in de door de oorlog ontwrichte Nederlandse samenleving. De overheid stimuleerde emigratie, werkte aan de wederopbouw en spande zich in om de woningnood te bestrijden. Nederland werd in de eerste jaren na de oorlog als een van de armste landen binnen Europa beschouwd.
 Jan Arends heeft na zijn verblijf in het internaat veel verschillende baantjes gehad, waaronder ijscoventer, broodbezorger, portier in een hotel en fabrieksarbeider. Het is bekend dat hij zelfs zijn geluk beproefd heeft in Zweden. Een enkele keer werkte hij als schoenmaker. In 1955 vertaalde hij L'amie de Madame Maigret van Georges Simenon in het Nederlands. Hij is gedurende een langere periode copywriter voor een reclamebureau geweest. Hij werkte na verloop van tijd opmerkelijk vaak als huisknecht: volgens de overlevering rond de honderd keer maar dat lijkt onwaarschijnlijk.
 Tussen de verschillende dienstbetrekkingen door verbleef Jan Arends regelmatig in psychiatrische inrichtingen. Hij is opgenomen geweest in het Wilhelmina Gasthuis in Amsterdam, Beileroord in Beilen, de Valeriuskliniek in Amsterdam, Dennenoord in Zuidlaren, een alcoholistenkliniek in Haarlem en het Willem Arntszhuis in Utrecht. Volgens sommigen was Jan Arends minder gek dan hij zich voordeed en kwam een opname in een psychiatrisch ziekenhuis hem soms goed uit in een tijd dat de sociale voorzieningen voornamelijk uit verschillende vormen van liefdadigheid bestonden.

Over het leven van Jan Arends is weinig bekend omdat hij slechts weinig en meestal relatief kortdurende, wisselende sociale contacten had. Omdat zijn literaire werk sterk autobiografische trekken vertoont is zijn literaire werk de belangrijkste en mogelijk de meest betrouwbare bron van informatie over zijn leven.

De moeilijke relaties met bazinnen en hospita's, de vernederende behandelingen door psychiaters, rechters en andere ambtsdragers, de moeizame en onaangename kanten van de intermenselijke relaties in het algemeen en de wanhoop en beklemming zijn thema's waarmee al zijn werk doorspekt is.

 Er is veel gespeculeerd over de reden waarom hij zo vaak een betrekking als huisknecht zocht. Algemeen wordt aangenomen dat Arends deze betrekkingen koos uit een vermeende masochistische behoefte. Een betrekking als huisknecht had in de periode van de wederopbouw, met een hoge woningnood, als voordeel dat een huisknecht vaak inwonend was. Na de opname in een inrichting of het opzeggen van een dienstbetrekking leverde een nieuwe betrekking als huisknecht tevens een nieuw onderkomen op. Mogelijk heeft dit voordeel samen met zijn neiging tot frequent verkassen, zijn voorkeur voor het werk van huisknecht versterkt.
 Er is, naast de beschrijvingen die Arends zelf geeft, weinig bekend over de behandelingen die hij heeft moeten ondergaan in de zorginstellingen waar hij verbleef. De medische dossiers die informatie over zijn behandeling bevatten vallen onder het medisch beroepsgeheim. Als er nog dossiers over de behandelingen van Jan Arends bewaard gebleven zijn zullen ze voor onderzoekers buiten de geneeskunde waarschijnlijk ontoegankelijk blijven.

In januari 1944 heeft Jan Arends een eerste gedicht in een illegaal krantje gepubliceerd. Vanaf 1949 publiceerde hij in verschillende tijdschriften zo nu en dan gedichten. Zijn eerste dichtbundel Gedichten werd in 1965 door De Bezige Bij uitgebracht. Arends debuteerde als verhalenschrijver in 1955 in het blad Maatstaf met het verhaal Lente/Herfst. Het heeft echter tot de publicatie van de verhalenbundel Keefman in 1972 geduurd tot hij in brede kring als serieus literair schrijver en dichter erkend en ontdekt is. Voor 1970 was de maatschappelijke weerstand tegen erkenning van mensen als Jan Arends als serieus schrijver en dichter mogelijk te groot. Om de erkenning als serieus schrijver mogelijk te maken hebben de maatschappelijke veranderingen tijdens de jaren zestig en de opkomst van de antipsychiatrie in Nederland deze weerstand waarschijnlijk voldoende gereduceerd.

Jan Arends heeft nog geen twee jaar als schrijver en dichter de aandacht van een breed lezerspubliek getrokken. Op 21 januari 1974, de dag waarop zijn gedichtenbundel Lunchpauzegedichten verschijnt, pleegt hij zelfmoord door uit het raam van zijn woning op de vijfde etage van een flat in Amsterdam te springen. Na deze gebeurtenis verscheen in 1974 zijn verhalenbundel Ik had een strohoed en een wandelstok, de laatste bundel die door hemzelf samengesteld is. Uit zijn nalatenschap werd door Remco Campert de dichtbundel Nagelaten gedichten samengesteld die in 1975 verscheen. In 1983 verschijnt het Verzameld werk met daarin een aantal niet eerder gepubliceerde gedichten.

Zijn werk heeft tot in de jaren tachtig en negentig van de twintigste eeuw bij een breder publiek in de belangstelling gestaan. Jan Arends wordt door sommigen beschouwd als een enfant terrible van de literaire wereld of een cultfiguur maar door anderen wordt hij gezien als een held van de tegencultuur en van de antipsychiatrie. De Bezige Bij heeft als blijk van erkenning al het literaire werk van Jan Arends in 2014 opnieuw uitgegeven.

Literaire carrière
Arends werd in 1972 op slag beroemd door de verhalenbundel Keefman, een onbarmhartige beschrijving van het leven van een man die voortdurend botst met de buitenwereld en behandelende psychiaters in de vorm van een aantal brieven aan een "VRIEND". In zekere zin was dit een potsierlijke beschrijving van zijn eigen leven; zeker zeven jaren bracht hij door in klinieken wegens zijn onrustige geest en zijn alcoholverslaving.

Die onrustige geest openbaarde zich vaak in querulanten-gedrag. Arends voelde zich door collega-schrijvers niet serieus genomen en liet dat steeds vaker op hoge toon merken. Ooit liet hij zich ontvallen dat hij eigenlijk recht had op de Nobelprijs. Zijn opstelling maakte hem tot een markante figuur in de literaire wereld. Dit imago werd nog eens versterkt door de openhartige wijze waarop hij verslag deed van zijn belevenissen als huisknecht voor welgestelde dames (door Arends als 'wijven' aangeduid). Hij putte er volgens sommigen seksuele voldoening uit om door deze 'wijven' te worden gecommandeerd. Wanneer zijn werkgeefster na verloop van tijd medelijden voor Arends ging opvatten, nam hij ontslag.

Bij nadere beschouwing kunnen de nodige vraagtekens en kanttekeningen geplaatst worden bij deze lezing. Arends werd door een aantal collega-schrijvers wel degelijk serieus genomen. Rudy Kousbroek verklaart onder andere op de achterflap van het Verzameld werk: "Keefman is een boek zoals er maar weinig geschreven worden en voor een heel oeuvre met het niveau van het titelverhaal of een verhaal als 'Vrijgezel op kamers' zou ik de Nobelprijs geen overdreven beloning vinden." In de inleidende bijdrage "Je denkt toch niet dat ik gek ben?" bij het "Verzameld werk" wordt onder meer vermeld dat Dick van de Pol vrijwel direct na het verschijnen van Keefman verslag doet in Vrij Nederland van een gesprek dat hij met Jan Arends had op Paviljoen III van het Wilhelmina Gasthuis. Daarnaast hadden onder meer Adriaan van der Veen, Alfred Kossmann en Remco Campert hun blijk van waardering voor het werk van Jan Arends gegeven. Henk Hofland heeft in de Haagse Post van 2 maart 1974 alleen verklaard: "Bij nader inzien heb ik van Jan Arends, toen hij nog leefde, nooit iets begrepen".

Voor zijn kleine oeuvre zou hij in 1973 de Multatuliprijs krijgen. Toen Arends het raam uitsprong, was het juryrapport nog niet gereed. Aangezien het doel van de prijs  'het stimuleren van de scheppende kunst'  was, zag men af van een postume uitreiking.

Ruim veertig jaar na zijn dood in 1974, lijkt de belangstelling voor Jan Arends' werk eerder te groeien dan af te nemen. In 1984 verscheen de documentaire "Stil, Jan Arends moet schrijven!", over het leven van Jan Arends. In hetzelfde jaar werd zijn verzameld werk uitgegeven, dat een paar keer werd herdrukt. In 1997 werd voor Het Uur van de Wolf een gedramatiseerde documentaire over Jan Arends' leven gemaakt. In 2003 verscheen onder de titel "Angst voor de winter" een vuistdikke biografie van Jan Arends. In 2014 zijn alle verhalen- en dichtbundels van Jan Arends door De Bezige Bij opnieuw uitgegeven in samenwerking met uitgeverij Lebowski. Elke heruitgave uit 2014 werd door een andere schrijver van een speciaal nawoord voorzien.

Zelfmoord
Op de dag dat zijn nieuwe bundel Lunchpauzegedichten verscheen, maakte hij om acht uur 's avonds een dodelijke sprong uit het aan de binnentuin gelegen raam van zijn Amsterdamse flat op de vijfde etage aan het Roelof Hartplein. Hij schreef eerder in een gedicht de zin "Teplettervallen is een goede dood" wat door sommigen gezien wordt als een aanwijzing dat hij deze zelfmoord gepland had. Er is reden om te twijfelen aan de populaire opvatting dat Jan Arends weloverwogen en opzettelijk op deze manier een eind aan zijn leven gemaakt zou hebben. In het gedicht met de aangehaalde regel staat deze regel herhaald waarin "Teplettervallen" vervangen is door "Kanker", "Verdrinken", "Zelfmoord" en "Elke dood". Daaronder staan een aantal regels die over "een slechte dood" gaan. De dood en het sterven komt in het werk van Jan Arends in veel verhalen en in talloze variaties voor. Als Jan Arends op een andere manier aan zijn eind gekomen was, was daarover waarschijnlijk ook een regel in zijn werk te vinden geweest.

Nagedachtenis

Het leven en het werk van Jan Arends blijft kunstenaars, onderzoekers en het publiek om uiteenlopende redenen bezighouden. In 1984 studeerden drie studenten van de Nederlandse Filmacademie af op de documentaire "Stil, Jan Arends moet schrijven!" waarin een interview uit 1973 met Jan Arends zelf en interviews met jeugdvrienden en bekenden uit de literaire wereld verwerkt zijn. Onder de geïnterviewden zijn de uitgever Geert Lubberhuizen en schrijfster Inez van Dullemen die beiden vrij onprettige ervaringen met Jan Arends opgedaan hebben.

Studentenweekblad Propria Cures stelde in 1979 de Keefman Bokaal in, een literaire prijs vernoemd naar Jan Arends verhaal 'Keefman'. De bedoeling was om begrip te kweken voor de thematiek van kamernood, afwijkend gedrag en zelfmoord in de Nederlandse letteren, maar vooral om de nagedachtenis van Jan Arends levend te houden. De wisselbokaal werd in 1979 uitgereikt aan A. Moonen en in 1983 aan Wim Heins.

In 1997 maakte Jelle Nesna een speelfilm van 54 minuten  over Jan Arends, naar een scenario van Koert Davidse. Gebeurtenissen uit het leven van Arends wordt daarin gereconstrueerd met behulp van scènes uit zijn werk. De rol van Arends werd gestalte gegeven door Jeroen Willems. NPS en VPRO zonden de film uit in het kader van Het uur van de wolf.

In 2003 verscheen de biografie Angst voor de winter van Nico Keuning.

Een gedicht van Jan Arends (Ik / schrijf gedichten / als dunne bomen) staat geschilderd op een muur van Botermarkt 12 in Leiden, als onderdeel van het project Muurgedichten.

Een steen met daarop een gedicht van Arends werd in 2009 geplaatst voor het gebouw van theatergezelschap Tryater te Leeuwarden. Het was de 38e poëziesteen aan de zogenoemde poëzieroute ter plaatse. Acteur Jan Arendz van Tryater had in 2007 al een  voorstelling over Arends gemaakt.

Bibliografie
Contemporain
 1955 - Lente/Herfst (verhaal, maatstafdeeltje; 14), 's-Gravenhage, Bakker
 1965 - Gedichten (poëzie), Amsterdam, De Bezige Bij
 1972 - Keefman (verhalen), Amsterdam, De Bezige Bij
 1974 - Lunchpauzegedichten (poëzie), Amsterdam, De Bezige Bij
Postuum
 1974 - Ik had een strohoed en een wandelstok (verhalen), Amsterdam, De Bezige Bij
 1975 - Nagelaten gedichten (poëzie, postuum), Amsterdam, De Bezige Bij
 1982 - Twee verhalen van Jan Arends. Stichting "De Roos"
 1984 - Verzameld werk (verhalen, poëzie, postuum. Bevat ook alle verspreide en ongepubliceerde gedichten.), Amsterdam, De Bezige Bij
 2003 - Vrijgezel op kamers, poëzie, Amsterdam, De Bezige Bij. Dit is de vierde, herziene druk van Verzameld werk.

Literatuur
 2003 - Angst voor de winter, biografie, door Nico Keuning

Externe links

 Jan Arends leest 'Ik ben een arme man en alle leven doet mij zeer' (op YouTube)
 Frank Boeijen maakte een lied over hem: 'De Prijs' (van Jan Arends)
De Vlaamse zanger Kris de Bruyne (1950-2021) zette het gedicht Lieve Jacoba van Jan Arends op muziek

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There is some general information before every epic on the people that created it, cultural and historic background, what type of performance it requires, its length, story and main themes. Moreover, information on the translator of the epic or the first person who wrote it down is provided. Specific terminology is explained as well. More
To Asia with Love
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Six Years in Saigon
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Vietnam. Singapore. Bali. Magical South East Asia
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This book gives perfect opportunities to plunge into three magic countries of Southeastern Asia. The author describes three countries figuratively and in a defiantly way, which she has visited. It is Vietnam, Singapore and the island of Bali. The author of the book shortly tells the history , customs and traditions of the visited countries, which can give the reader a shock, and also describes her own adventures in the visited countries, a few of which are funny and some of which will … More
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1400 calories, and exercising for at least 30 min per day, (oh if I knew then what I know now). I was battling depression and anxiety, and they were winning, I cried every day. My thyroid got sick of the soy and aspartame I was feeding my body and quit. My cortisol worked overtime to make up for it, and threw my female hormones askew; I suffered from adrenal fatigue. Serious self loathing and an inability to cut myself a break sealed the coffin on any reasonable physical health. I was tired, despite sleeping 12 hours per night, I spent at least half of my "sleep" hours anxiously awake, tired and willing myself to sleep; without success. If not for amazing friends and family support, I wouldn't have made it. I don't want to go back to that. Since I seem to be unable to see clearly for myself, (I do learn, just sometimes it's a little slow) I have to use my listening skills. "Hey Holley, you do too much" means, silly girl, take better care of yourself. Sometimes it's okay to cut out early, or spend the day at play. It's funny how things come to you in the right time: mid-vacation I came across an article about working less and being more productive. I am inspired.


Concussions make up a major portion of injuries in rugby, and can keep players out of games for weeks. Our team intends to reduce the amount of concussions by redesigning a scrum cap (one of the few types of gear allowed during rugby besides a mouthguard), so that any hits to a player's head in practice or in a game are reduced. A scrum cap is a piece of equipment that a player may wear on their head to protect their head and ears from soft tissue injury. It is currently not designed to protect the player from any concussions, which is what many people believe it should do. We intend to add this feature to enhance current designs.
Our motivation for solving this problem is that half of us are members of the RIT Women's Football Rugby team, and we have seen many of our teammates affected by concussions, ranging from minor ones that last a few weeks, to major ones that have ceased play for some of our friends permanently. Our goal is to build a scrum cap that players can wear that will reduce the risk of concussion while remaining within the strict dimensional and material standards that USA rugby requires gear to adhere to (see below).
A product similar to our goal (known as the N-Pro) was developed and released in late 2016. This scrum cap is claimed to prevent concussion, but World Rugby has stated that it does not currently comply with World Rugby Regulation 12 or Law 4. Our design and idea is different from their design, and we also plan to design and work with the world rugby regulations, as that is our main concern.
We also may investigate a change to the style of the scrum cap, which is has a reputation for making a player look "daft", which is quite a reason why many players choose not to wear one. If we can fix this too, then the device is more likely to be used by those who need it.
Below you will find links to our project documents as we go through the MSD process. Anything here that is not yet a link means we have not finalized that part of the project yet, but please feel free to explore what we have so far!


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ZANU PF last week threw a lavish party to welcome back its official after he was released from jail, having spent 14 years behind bars for killing an MDC activist in the run-up to the 2002 general elections.
There was pomp and fanfare at the home-coming party when Eddie Munjanja of Munjanja village under Chief Nhema in Zaka Central was released from Mutimurefu Prison, a development that has irked the MDC.
Munjanja was convicted of murder with actual intent after he killed MDC activist, Atinos Mapingure in cold blood, during the 2002 presidential election campaign. His accomplice, only identified as Makeme, is still serving his 45-year jail term.
At the time, Munjanja was commander at a Zanu PF campaign base where opposition activists were routinely taken in for torture and "political re-orientation".
The village head Phillip Munjanja, who is Eddie's younger brother, defended the move, saying there was nothing wrong with welcoming a brother who was wrongly convicted. He went on to thank Zanu PF for the pledges and donations.
"I don't have any remorse, neither am I moved by any complaints from haters and the opposition, because I feel my brother was wrongly implicated in that murder case. We are not going to offer any compensation to the bereaved family," Munjanja said.
Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights communications officer, Kumbirai Mafunda, said they urge people to conduct themselves in a way that would not offend the aggrieved parties.
MDC party spokesperson Jacob Mafume castigated Zanu PF for throwing a party for the convicted murderer, saying it shows the party had not reformed.
"Zanu PF never thought about how the victims are going to live with trauma of what he did to them before his incarceration," he said.
Zanu PF Masvingo provincial secretary for information and publicity, Ronald Nava, said he would call the party offices in Zaka to confirm if it was a party or private family event.
The deceased's family could not be reached for comment at the time of going to Press.
Zaka has recorded some of the worst incidences of political violence in the province since 2000. MDC party members have been murdered, maimed or displaced.
At one point, MDC party activists were locked up in their party office and petrol bombed at Jerera Growth Point in the run-up to the June 27, 2008 presidential election run-off.


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Q: What's wrong with this derivation of the Moment of Inertia of a disc? I'm currently in AP Physics, and we're doing our moment of inertia unit. I'm also currently in multivariable calculus, so I've been trying to apply some of those concepts to physics. I've run into a problem with calculating the moment of inertia of a solid disk. Here's how multivar does it:
$$
I=\int\int_R\text{(distance to axis)}^2\delta dA
$$
$$
I=\int_0^{2\pi}\int_0^R r^2rdrd\theta = \int_0^{2\pi}\int_0^R r^3drd\theta
$$
$$
I = \frac{\pi R^4}{2}
$$
And here's the problem—everything in physics (including lists of moments of inertia) says that the moment of inertia of a disk is
$$
I = \frac{1}{2}MR^2
$$
I take it that this is because I've missed a division by $\pi R^2$, but where?
Thanks!

A: The mass of the disk $D$ is obtained integrating $1$ on it, so it is
$$
M = \iint_{D}dx\; dy=\pi R^2\ .
$$

A: $I = \int\int_{Area}(\sigma).(r)^2.dA$
$\sigma$: density of the disk.(constant)
$I =\sigma\times (\int_0^{2.\pi}\int_0^R r^2.r.dr.d \theta)=\sigma\times(\int_0^{2.\pi}d\theta.\int_0^R r^3.dr)=\sigma\times2.\pi\times\frac{1}{4}.R^4=\frac{1}{2}.\pi.\frac{M}{\pi.R^2}.R^4$$=\frac{1}{2}.M.R^2$

A: $I=\int_M{r^2 dm}$. You're missing the density and the thickness of the disc. I assume $\delta$ is the thickness which you have in the initial integral but you forget about, while density you never took into account.
$\frac {\pi R^4}{2} \cdot \rho \delta =\pi R^2 \cdot \delta \cdot \rho \cdot \frac{R^2}{2}=\frac{M\cdot R^2}{2}$

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Q: Union-Find Algorithm (Finding Cycle) Without Using Malloc I've been advised that using malloc in a c++ program shouldn't be done. How can I convert this to a non-malloc code? Thank you!
https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/union-find-algorithm-set-2-union-by-rank/

A: In C++ you should use new operator instead of malloc. E.g. (struct Edge*) malloc( graph->E * sizeof( struct Edge ) ); should be new Edge[graph->E];. It reduces the boilerplate and makes code less error-prone.
Don't forget to use delete or delete[] instead of free. Otherwise the behaviour is undefined.


Takeaway: Conscious breathing — on it's own or combined with asanas — connects us with our inner energy source.
A well-known Sanskrit proverb says, "For breath is life, and if you breathe well, you will live long on Earth." Over the course of a day, we take 17,000 to 30,000 breaths, but we'd probably never know it because it happens so naturally. Do you recall the last time you thought about inhaling and exhaling? Unless you're doing intense physical activity or are feeling under the weather, you probably don't give breathing — something so critical to life — a second thought.
When we do yoga, however, the breath is a fundamental part of our practice and we're urged to focus on the bodily function that keeps us alive. Conscious breathing, either in isolation or combined with asanas, enables us to connect with our energy within and has many positive benefits for our body, mind and spirit.
Here I'll explain how breath control (or pranayama) physically and mentally benefits our bodies for yoga asana, and then I'll offer some simple breathing techniques you can try in order to maximize these benefits.
We've often heard our yoga instructors speak about prana and pranayama, but what do they mean and why are they so important in our practice? From Sanskrit, prana means "the vital life energy that animates the lungs." However, it is different from the breath. Pranayama is translated as "the formal practice of controlling our breath."
Being present on our yoga mats and connecting with our breath helps us become more aware of different levels of consciousness and replenishes our bodies with oxygen, our body's most vital nutrient. Controlling our breath through pranayama enables higher volumes of oxygen to reach the body's cells, tissues, nerves, glands and internal organs, helping engage the abdominal muscles and open the diaphragm. There are also immediate benefits you'll feel after a yoga session that incorporates deep breathing, such as reduced anxiety and depression, increased energy levels and relaxation. In addition to the many physical benefits of deep breathing, it can assist with calming the mind so we react less intensely to negative emotions.
There are several exercises, asanas and pranayama techniques that can be practiced on their own or combined with asanas to help purify the mind and body, and assist our practice. Try incorporating these simple techniques the next time you roll out your yoga mat.
Uttanasana (standing forward bend) and adho mukha svanasana (downward-facing dog pose), some of the most common forward bending asanas, are an ideal opportunity to cleanse the body by expelling carbon dioxide from the lungs. Deep exhalations help make the torso more compact and exhalation can assist with deepening your forward folds.
Heart-opening asanas, such as dhanurasana (bow pose) or ustrasana (camel pose), help open the chest so there's more space to fill the lungs with oxygen. After a series of heart-opening postures that incorporate deep inhalations, we tend to feel more energized. These postures can be practiced in isolation to focus more on the breath or be added to a longer practice.
Pranayama techniques, such as kapalabhati (skull shining breath), are typically practiced sitting on the floor with an erect spine. Kapalabhati is a fast breathing technique that helps force stale air out of the lungs. Like blowing out a candle, the mouth expels short, quick breaths through a small opening in the mouth while the belly snaps inward toward the navel. If you're feeling low on energy, try closing your practice with this energizing breathing technique — it will leave you feeling truly recharged.
As you step off your mat, how do you feel after incorporating conscious breathing into your yoga practice? Yoga teaches us to be more mindful and by turning our attention to the breath — whether it is inhaling, exhaling or pranayama techniques — we will have a more enlightened sadhana. So, as you continue to deepen your yoga practice, be mindful of your breath and notice how it has the power to change your practice.


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Q: Network interface of AWS EFS fails to be associated with a static IP My issue is basically what is said in this question, except it's about EFS, rather than EC2, and I can't solve my problem with Route 53, as it's suggested.

I have an EFS instance and I try to mount it locally on my Windows machine (over WSL running Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS) like so:
sudo mount -t efs -o tls,accesspoint=fsap-08fa969084c23b344 fs-003f3467bf1e15b13:/ efs

This results in the following:

Failed to resolve "fs-003f3467bf1e15b13.efs.us-east-1.amazonaws.com" - check that your file system ID is correct, and ensure that the VPC has an EFS mount target for this file system ID.
See https://docs.aws.amazon.com/console/efs/mount-dns-name for more detail.
Attempting to lookup mount target ip address using botocore. Failed to import necessary dependency botocore, please install botocore first.

It seems that the issue arises from the fact that I'm not trying to access EFS from an EC2 instance in my VPC, but from the public internet, where the DNS fs-003f3467bf1e15b13.efs.us-east-1.amazonaws.com and the private IP 172.31.43.109 obviously can't be resolved.
Therefore, I want to assign a static Elastic IP to the network interface of EFS, so I can access it publicly, but I get the following error:

Failed to associate address with eni-0fa8cf69d68b7bb01: You do not have permission to access the specified resource.

I don't think that I "do not have permission" because I'm the owner of the account and I have the AdministratorAccess IAM policy.
Is there a way to make EFS publicly accessible or mount it in any other way on my own machine?

A:
Therefore, I want to assign a static Elastic IP to the network interface of EFS, so I can access it publicly, but I get the following error:

That's not a supported configuration on AWS. You can't assign a public IP to EFS. You need to look into SSH tunneling, or a VPN connection into the VPC, in order to mount an EFS volume from outside the VPC.

My guess is that AWS doesn't allow me to make EFS publicly available because that might make their AWS Transfer Family product obsolete, since it seems to solve the same problem - using EFS outside the cloud.

That's a very cynical take on things. In actuality Amazon simply designed EFS to be a service that complemented their compute services (EC2, ECS, EKS, Fargate, and Lambda). They did not design it to be a global, public NFS mountable file system.


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Harmonizing Worship and Work: Partners Worldwide
GRAND RAPIDS, MI – Partners Worldwide is filling a much-needed niche for Christian faith-based organizations. Their ministry is being a catalyst to help evangelical partners around the world to develop and sustain poverty alleviation efforts. Team members agree that "work and worship shouldn't be divided."
The Lord gave us the privilege of bearing His image, in part, by making work one of our responsibilities in Genesis 1:26. Some are called into Christian ministry, but every Christian is called to minister to others through our work, whatever that work might be.
For most believers, our jobs are where we spend most of our time. It is at work, what we do and how we do it, where our light should shine the brightest.
Beyond that, work provides people with a sense of dignity and an income that sustains us.
Work is often the missing element in regions where abject poverty is rampant. Partners Worldwide collaborates with like-minded churches and FBOs to accomplish things they otherwise could not. They do this through training, lending, job creation, and ingenuity.
The Lord has gifted some people with the unique ability to see business opportunities in situations where the rest of us are merely passersby. Partners Worldwide came alongside Isaac Sar in Nigeria after he had seen hundreds of mangoes rotting alongside a road.
Many of us would have grieved the loss of the precious fruit, but Isaac perceived a business opportunity. In doing so, he became one of the nearly 150,000 businesses and farms served by Partners Worldwide in 2018.
Instead of unavoidable waste, Isaac saw the potential for a food dehydration business. The assistance of Partners Worldwide and its local partners assisted Isaac in setting up a company that dehydrates fruits and vegetables, packages them, and distributes them to market.
The new business meant new jobs for locals. Local farmers have benefitted as well because their yield is a much higher percentage of their crop. Ingenious. Productive. Beneficial.
Partners Worldwide was born as Partners for Christian Development in 1997 under the umbrella of World Renew in Kenya. As the mission matured and opportunities for global growth continued to open around the globe, PCD stepped out on its own as the newly-branded Partners Worldwide.
Today, the impact of Partners Worldwide is being realized in 34 countries, engaging with local partners to alleviate poverty by providing an alternative by building and expanding businesses and optimizing their operations.
In 2018 alone, more than 15,000 people graduated from the FBO's custom Small and Medium Enterprise (SME) and Microenterprise curricula. More than 217,000 new jobs were created and sustained.
Pray for the Lord's continued blessing and multiplication of impacts through Partners Worldwide.
To read more news on Poverty Alleviation on Missions Box, go here.
Source: Partners Worldwide, Official Website
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Lîle Trimelone (en italien : isola Trimelone) est une île d'Italie du lac de Garde appartenant administrativement à Brenzone.

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Située entre Cassone et Assenza, à une centaine de mètres de la côte, elle s'étend sur environ  de longueur pour une largeur approximative de .

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Au  siècle, au moment de l'invasion hongroise, les paysans et pêcheurs s'y réfugient. Ils y construisent une sorte de forteresse qui a été détruite par les troupes de Frédéric Barberousse en 1158 puis a été reconstruite par les Della Scala.

Base militaire stratégique dès la fin du , plus de  y ont été construits.

A la Première Guerre mondiale, l'île est utilisée comme un avant-poste par l'Autriche-Hongrie et change de mains à de nombreuses reprises. Riva del Garda, restée austro-hongroise, est bombardée à partir de l'île.

Évacuée en 1930, elle est de nouveau utilisée lors de la Seconde Guerre mondiale. Benito Mussolini s'y rend le  et y a une violente dispute avec le journaliste et le peintre Ivanoe Fossani.

Démantelée après la guerre, le , les habitants de Brenzone sont réveillés en sursaut par une violente explosion juste avant minuit : plusieurs tonnes de matières explosives ont été volées et empilées par des travailleurs de l'entreprise. Au cours des trois jours d'explosions, les corps explosifs stockés sur l'île ont été jetés dans le lac. Depuis lors, il est prévu d'évacuer les mines, mais faute d'argent, l'opération n'a jamais lieu et régulièrement des détonations de mines, déclenchées d'elles-mêmes, se font entendre. Il est ainsi strictement interdit de se rapprocher de l'île.

Enfin, au début de l'année 2005, l'évacuation est engagée grâce à des finances de la province de Vérone, de banques et de la ville de Brenzone. Jusqu'en  ce sont  qui sont collectées. La récupération s'avéra difficile car beaucoup d'explosifs étaient très corrodés.

Les bâtiments militaires sont toujours visibles. Ils comprennent l'ancienne caserne, le fort et le port. L'ensemble est complètement démantelés. Un projet de musée est depuis en discussion.

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Ten Stories from 2008 -- Number 6
In the inaugural 1974-1975 season, the Capitals drew an average of 10,004 fans per game. Not great shakes for a team's brand-spanking new start in a new market in a then state-of-the-art arena. But it was better than the following year, when the Caps drew 9,835 per game. At least they had three sellouts, which bested the inaugural season by one. It was a wheel-spinning start for the new franchise that left it gasping for air by the end of the 1981-1982 season, the last in a string of eight seasons in which the Caps failed to draw an average of 12,000 fans a game. A "Save the Caps" campaign was undertaken to keep the team from leaving Washington.
Fast forward to July of 2001. The Capitals completed a shocking trade for the best pure talent in the sport – Jaromir Jagr, and the future looked rosier than it had at any point in the history of the franchise. Attendance reflected the buzz attending the deal – the Caps saw their average attendance jump by more than 1,800 a game (almost 12 percent) in the 2001-2002 season. The bloom fell from the rose, though, as Jagr failed to match his historical level of production and the team underachieved on the ice. From that high of 17,341 fans per game in 2001-2002, the Caps' attendance fell dramatically over the next three seasons as the team's fortunes soured on the ice. By the 2005-2006 season, the Caps had lost almost 20 percent of their average attendance (to 13,905 per game), despite having the top rookie and soon-to-be most dynamic force of personality in the sport – Alex Ovechkin. There were more than a few murmurings from the fan base concerning the Caps' ability to survive in the Washington sports market.
But several factors converged over the next two seasons that stopped the decline. First, the Capitals moved their training facility to a new complex in Arlington, Virginia in November 2006. The Kettler Capitals Iceplex was a state-of-the-art training facility that put the Capitals footprint closer to the geographic center of its fan base than was the case with the Piney Orchard facility in suburban Maryland. KCI, with seating for 1,200 in the rink used by its primary tenant, could serve to draw fans to practices and provided an opportunity for more fans to interact with players.
Second, there was a cosmetic change that cannot be overstated. All 30 teams of the NHL changed uniforms for the 2006-2007 season, and the Capitals took this as an opportunity to go old school in a new way with a return to a red, white, and blue color scheme, emphasizing (as did the original Capitals road jerseys) a red theme. The lettering and logo schemes might have reflected a new approach, but the uniforms could appeal to older fans who remembered Rod Langway, Mike Gartner, and Dale Hunter in the red, white, and blues.
Third, the Capitals actually found that they could play hockey. There were glimpses of it in the 2006-2007 season, mostly from the indomitable Alex Ovechkin. But there were others who gave more than a hint that they'd be heard from and time marched on. Alexander Semin had a career year with 38 goals and 73 points. Brooks Laich, who was the return for the iconic Peter Bondra in a trade with Ottawa in the 2003-2004 season, chipped in eight goals, three of them of the shorthanded variety. Matt Bradley and Donald Brashear were favorites of the fans for their take-no-prisoners approach to the game.
The Caps looked primed to build on this in the 2007-2008 season, but stubbed their toe (broke their ankle, suffered a lower body injury) to start the 2007-2008 season. A 6-14-1 start suggested that perhaps the club wasn't ready (not nearly ready, in fact) for prime time, and the attendance reflected it. In 18 home dates to close calendar year 2007, the Caps drew an average of 13,452, which (if sustained over a full season) would be the lowest average attendance since the 1983-1984 season. The only sellout was a game against Pittsburgh for which a substantial portion of the crowd were fans of the black and Vegas gold.
But as the calendar year wound down, the Caps were winning with more regularity under new coach Bruce Boudreau than they had under Glen Hanlon in the difficult start to the season. A wild 8-6 game at Ottawa to close 2007 in which Ovechkin had a four-goal, five-point game announced loudly, if from a distance, that the Caps were going to be a hell-bent-for-leather club that attacked their opponent. Three days later – on New Years Day – the Caps pounded that same Senators team early and often in a 6-3 win in front of 14,547. Not great, perhaps, but the Caps had only six crowds top it to that point in the season (including opening night, the sellout against the Penguins and a game against traditional rival Philadelphia).
What happened thereafter was nothing short of amazing. Average attendance by month climbed from that 13,452 figure at the end of December to an average of 15,386 for the month of January, an average of 17,756 for February, 17,965 in March, and every one of the 18,277 seats filled for the three home games in April to close the regular season. The Caps sold out seven of their last 12 home games and their last four in a row. It enabled Washington to end the season with more total sellouts – eight – than in any season since that 2001-2002 season following the signing of Jaromir Jagr.
The final days of the season also saw the roll out of a marketing angle that took advantage of the colors – "Rock the Red" became a phrase synonymous with Capitals hockey. The sea of red that welcomed the Caps to the ice in the closing games of the 2007-2008 season rivaled the "'C' of Red" that was common in Calgary for the Flames. It was a spectacular sight as the Caps found themselves in a playoff series for the first time since the lockout.
It has carried over to the 2008-2009 season. "Red is Caps Hockey" has joined "Rock the Red" as a familiar sign of Capitals hockey. Fans have returned to the rink in large numbers. In 15 home dates so far this season, the Capitals have averaged 17,832 in attendance, which would shatter the single season average for the franchise if the season ended today. Given that the Caps generally draw better after the new year begins, setting a new record appears to be a certainty.
In calendar year 2008 to date, the Caps have averaged 17,361 in home 38 dates – better than 95 percent of capacity, which would itself be a season record for Capitals' attendance. It has been accompanied by a shower of red across the region – from posters in Metro stations proclaiming "Red is Caps Hockey," to fans who are pulling every red thread they can find out of the closet to show their support for a home-grown, hometown team.
It has made "Rock the Red" one of the top Capitals stories of 2008.
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A TWO-point night: Caps 5 - Rangers 4 (OT)
"I need a Tom Collins."
Those words issued from analyst Craig Laughlin's lips on the Capitals' television broadcast as the Caps were figure skating to a 3-0 deficit before tonight's game was a dozen minutes old at Madison Square Garden against the New York Rangers. If the Caps played their best first period of hockey in the Saturday game against the Flyers – what ended up being a 7-1 loss -- this might have been their worst first period of the season. But hockey games aren't a dozen minutes in length.
The Rangers would add a goal early in the second, but after that, the Capitals skated around, through, and over the home team in roaring back with five goals in the last 30 minutes of the game, including 59 seconds of overtime, to beat the Rangers, 5-4.
It might have been the best single-game coaching performance by Bruce Boudreau, who pushed all the right buttons, and from the looks of things on television, used all the appropriate profanities in bringing the Caps back to life in the last half of the game. Calling a time out as the game was getting out of hand, Boudreau replaced a shell-shocked Jose Theodore in goal with Brent Johnson, then read the skaters the riot act. It was deserved. Say what you will about Theodore's goaltending this year, but giving up three goals on five shots was not entirely, or even mostly his doing. The team was ghastly in front of him, allowing the Rangers to skate unhindered into and through the Caps' defensive zone, and then when shots were turned aside stood and watched as Rangers gathered up rebounds. What Boudreau said (well, screamed) at his team during the time out might have melted the plastic on their helmets.
Boudreau got 8:45 in quality goaltending time from a clearly injured Brent Johnson, who should get the hard hat – and then some – for as gutsy effort as you're going to see from a goaltender. It gave Theodore a chance to regain his wits and for the Caps to get their feet moving. Theodore returned for the second period and gave up a goal to Ryan Callahan – his second of the game – on the Rangers' second shot of the frame. After that, Theodore shut the door, stopping the last 18 shots he faced, including a game-saver against Nikolai Zherdev from the doorstep.
On the other side, it all started mid-way through the second with a harmless throw-it-at-the-net shot from the side boards by Alex Ovechkin. The puck handcuffed goalie Henrik Lundqvist and looked to roll off his glove and past him into the net to shave the Ranger lead to 4-1. It wasn't much, but it was something to build on for the third.
Bruce Boudreau mentioned in the post-game interview that he talked to the coaches about getting a goal in the first five minutes of the final period, and then the team might have a chance. The Caps got just that as Tomas Fleischmann redirected a Nicklas Backstrom shot less than two minutes into the third to cut the margin to two. Viktor Kozlov, who had a strong final two periods, banged one off the post and behind Lundqvist to cut the margin to one at the 7:04 mark.
Then, it was Ovechkin one more time as he blocked the puck down at the Rangers' line, carried the puck the other way on Lundqvist, deked him to the ice, and snapped the puck in to tie the game with 7:22 left in regulation.
One had the feeling the Rangers would do just as we suggested in the prognosto – play for 65 minutes and leave it to Lundqvist. It might have worked but for an odd bounce in the overtime. The puck hit a player in the left wing faceoff circle and squirted to the middle of the ice, when Shaone Morrisonn – he of the no goals in 44 games – stepped into one and rocketed the puck past Lundqvist's glove to make the comeback complete on his 26th birthday.
- Ovechkin had one of those games of the sort that puts to rest any reasonable conversation of who the best player is in the NHL. Two goals, an assist, four hits, two takeaways, 13 shots on goal (23 attempts) in 22 minutes of work.
- Sean Collins recorded his first NHL point, getting an assist on the game-winner by Morrisonn. Not bad for a guy who was skating in South Carolina last season.
- Wade Redden was on the ice for three of the last four Capitals goals. Don't expect this to escape Larry Brooks' attention in his report tomorrow in the New York Post.
- Oddly enough, Dmitri Kalinin (who seems to have been on the ice for every goal scored on the Rangers this year) was not on the ice for any Caps goal.
- OK…Nicklas Backstrom had three assists. This is not unheard of in his brief career. He had three hits, too. That's a little more unusual.
- Speaking of hits…David Steckel led the team. Six in less than 12 minutes of work. He also won four of five draws and was not on the ice for any of the Ranger goals.
- Speaking of being on the ice for Ranger goals, before we swoon too much for the performances of Ovechkin and Backstrom this evening, let's not forget that both were out there for each of the last three goals scored by the Blueshirts.
- And Milan Jurcina and Karl Alzner were out there for the first three, too, although what Tomas Fleischmann was doing on the Markus Naslund goal resembled backchecking the way Rosie O'Donnell resembles Scarlett Johansson.
- Here is an odd stat…the Rangers did not register a power play shot from a forward in three man-advantages. Michal Roszival had three shots, Paul Mara the other. On the other hand, all nine power play shots by the Caps came from forwards (four for Ovechkin, two for Fleischmann and Brooks Laich, one for Kozlov).
- Scoring is a rink-to-rink thing, it seems. The teams were credited with a combined 71 hits. They were also credited with three giveaways.
- OK, Nikolai Zherdev has more moves than United Van Lines…but does anyone else on that Ranger team scare anyone offensively (the Caps' brutal play in the first period notwithstanding)? And no, we don't see how Mats Sundin would have made all that much of a difference.
- Only Boston has a better record in their last ten games (9-1-0) than the Caps' 8-2-0 in the Eastern Conference. That loss, by the way, was to the Caps.
This might have been a defining game for Jose Theodore. He was not great in the first period, but he was not nearly as awful as the results would have suggested (three goals on five shots). He was, however, a rock in the last 40 minutes of regulation (he did not face a shot in overtime). It was precisely the kind of game a struggling goalie needs – when things seem out of hand, just keep making saves and give your team a chance to crawl back into the game. He did, and the Caps did. It wasn't one of those 60-minutes of fury unleashed upon an opponent the Caps are capable of mustering, but they unleashed quite a bit of fury in those last 30 minutes of regulation and overtime to give everybody a happy holiday…
Craig?...you can have that Tom Collins now.
Labels: postgame, Rangers
Number 7. Young Guns
The 2003-2004 season was the bitter aftertaste of the disappointment that was the end of the 2003 Stanley Cup playoffs, when Martin St. Louis drove home the final nail in the Caps' coffin of dead playoff dreams in a third overtime in Game 6 of the opening round. On opening night of the 2003-2004 season, the Caps defeated the Islanders, 6-1, on a night where the Caps inaugurated their 30th season by honoring the best Capitals by decade: Yvon Labre (1970's), Rod Langway (1980's), Dale Hunter (1990's), and Calle Johansson (2000's).
There was precious little honor in what followed. The Caps were winless in their next eight games (0-7-1). Their go-to guys (allegedly) – Jaromir Jagr and Peter Bondra – managed a grand total of four goals and six points, combined, in the eight game winless streak. It didn't get better.
The Caps would not cobble together as many as two consecutive victories until December, by which time the team was 8-15-1-1, and the writing was, if not on the wall, being hastily scribbled – something had to be done. It didn't take long. After another two pastings on the road – a 7-3 loss in Los Angeles and a 4-1 loss in Colorado – the end of The Great Experiment in Coaching was at hand, that being the dismissal of Bruce Cassidy. But this was a team that was highly paid, less talented, and unmotivated. Firing a coach wasn't the end.
And thus, "The Rebuild" began in earnest. We will not go into the detail, because you can find them by clicking on one of the "rebuild" links over there on the right. But there was one deal that is relevant to our purposes, as much for the risk it represented as for the return. In the middle of the god-awful season that was unfolding, Robert Lang managed to lead the NHL in scoring for the Caps. As trading day arrived, he was 29-45-74 in 63 games. If would be an iffy thing to trade the league's leading scorer, even if the team doing it was on an express train to Suckville. It had never been done before in league history.
Well, that is precisely what the Caps did, trading Lang to the Detroit Red Wings on February 27, 2004 for prospect Tomas Fleischmann, a first-round draft pick in 2004, and a second-round draft pick in 2006.
There is a lot of instant analysis on trades, especially when big producers are involved. Getting a former late first-round draft pick and a couple of futures might not have seemed like much of a return to many folks. Even when that first round pick was used by the Caps, there might have been some head-scratching. They picked a defenseman who labored for a Canadian junior team that went 7-52-11-2 in the regular season. He was the leading scorer among defensemen on that Saskatoon Blades team, but he was also a minus-29. On this fellow, a first round pick was burned? OK, the Capitals already had won Powerball in the right to select Alexander Ovechkin at the top of that draft, but still…
That pick was, as you no doubt have figured out, defenseman Mike Green. He played for one more year in Saskatoon (a playoff team, it should be noted), then split the 2005-2006 season with the Hershey Bears and the Caps. While Green was getting his feet wet in those 22 games with the Caps in 2005-2006, his first-round draft mate in the 2004 draft was smashing (literally, in many instances) the league to smithereens. Alex Ovechkin had a season good enough for 50-plus goals and a Calder Trophy as the league's top rookie. But that Capitals team was too weak or too green in too many other areas to do any better than manage 29 wins and 70 standings points. The ingredients were being assembled, but there just weren't enough on hand to finish the recipe.
After that 2006 season, the Caps were once more in the draft lottery and won the right to pick fourth in that draft. The Caps didn't lack for needs – a big physical defenseman, a scorer to complement Ovechkin, a strong two-way center. Making the selection difficult was the fact that there were players fitting the need profile – Erik Johnson on defense, Phil Kessel as a scoring forward, Jordan Staal and Jonathan Toews filling the promise of a sturdy two-way center. However, with the fourth pick the Capitals picked a playmaking center from Gavle, Sweden – Nicklas Backstrom – who looked to be the perfect playmaking fit for a goal scorer of Alex Ovechkin's talent.
The hitch in the plan, though, was the decision by Backstrom to play another season in Sweden. It left the Caps with the dim prospect of Alex Ovechkin being the only bullet in the Capitals' pistol. But there was another Russian – another Alex – that rejoined the club after a roundabout journey that took him from a 52-game stint with the Caps in the abysmal 2003-2004 season to the Portalnd Pirates, then back to Russia. It was a journey not without its controversy, but Alexander Semin was back with the Caps for the 2006-2007 season. Ovechkin and Semin finished one-two on the Caps in goals and total scoring, and established themselves as one of the most dangerous scoring pairs in the league. Mike Green was also a member of that team, logging 70 games, but finishing with unspectacular results (2-10-12, -10). The rest of the roster was too thin on experience or talent to do any better than another 70-point finish.
Even as the 2007-2008 season dawned, the Caps looked to have talent (Backstrom would join the team), but lacked enough experience to impress anyone as anything other than a playoff maybe, at best. The early season looked to confirm the opinions of those pundits as the Caps started 6-14-1 and replaced another coach. Glen Hanlon was relieved of his duties in favor of Bruce Boudreau. It wasn't as if the Caps suddenly caught fire, as they went 7-5-3 over the next 15 games leading up to Christmas.
But oh, what 2008 brought…
The Capitals finished the 2008 portion of the season with a 28-12-3 record that allowed them to clinch a playoff spot in the final game of the season. The guys who led the way were the quartet of Ovechkin, Green, Backstrom and Semin…
Ovechkin would lead the league in goal scoring, total scoring, and would tie Viktor Kozlov for the team lead in plus-minus at +28.
Green would lead all NHL defensemen in goal scoring (18).
Backstrom would be a Calder Trophy finalist and would average almost a point a game (7-34-41) in the 43 games played in the 2008 portion of the season (including two four-point games).
Semin, who fought injury problems early in the season, had 20 goals in the 41 games he played in the 2008 portion of the season.
This foursome has hardly let up. As of today, the Caps are 48-23-6 in this calendar year. In putting together that 2008 record, here is what these four players' contributions have been:
Alex Ovechkin: 75 games, 55-52-107, +33
Nicklas Backstrom: 77 games, 17-58-75, +21
Alexander Semin: 62 games, 34-38-62, +9
Mike Green: 66 games, 18-40-58, +19
These four players, three of them offspring of the wreckage that was the Capitals' 2003-2004 season, represent the core of the team. Backstrom and Semin are under contract through next season, Green through the 2011-2012 season, and Ovechkin until the sun goes dark. None of them are older than 24. Coming out of the lockout, Ovechkin might have been the only bullet in the Capitals' gun, but now, that gun is loaded. More to the point, they are all guns in their own right…The Young Guns are one of the top stories of 2008.
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The Peerless Prognosticator is ON THE AIR!!! -- Caps vs. Rangers, December 23rd
Boy, the way Ovechkin played
Goals that made the hit parade.
Fans like us we had it made,
Those were the days.
And you knew who you were then,
Girls were girls and men were men,
Mister we could use a man like Dale Hunter again.
Didn't need no Bettman state,
Everybody pulled his weight.
Gee our old Zambon' ran great.
It's Hockey in New York tonight, and we had an opportunity to take a trip to seven-oh-four Houser Street in the Queens to talk to a real New York hockey fan, Archie Bunker. Arch, thanks for sharing some time with us. You've been a hockey fan for quite a long time, haven't you?
"Ever since Richard E. Nixon was in the White House."
And you've been a Rangers' fan all this time?
"That's right…through thick and thin…mostly thin."
And in all that time, who was your favorite Ranger?
"Uh, well, I'd have to say 'Lone'"
That was a TV character, Arch…
"What're you, a meathead?"
No, I'm just sayin'…how about hockey these days, Arch. You find this style of hockey after the lockout entertaining?
"I hate entertainment. Entertainment is a thing of the past, now we got television."
So, you're not a fan of this kind of hockey…I take it you're not fond of the Commissioner, then?
"Let me tell you something, sonny boy…he's just the man hockey needs. God himself made Gary E. Bettman commissioner."
Wait a second, Arch. Are you saying that Bettman rules because of divine right?
"It's a damn sight better than your divine left."
Back to the Rangers…they're in first place right now in the Atlantic Division. What do you think their chances are to make it all the way and win a Stanley Cup.
"I have two words to say to that…blpblp! blpblp!"
Well, that won't describe the Rangers, as they come into this game on top of the Atlantic Division and on a 4-2-0 run in their last half dozen games. Their numbers, though, don't suggest the sort of dominance you might expect of a club with 22 wins in 36 games…
The odd part of the Rangers 4-2-0 run in those last half dozen games is that three of the wins came in extra time (two in overtime, one in a Gimmick). It is one more odd stretch in an odd season – of the 22 wins the Rangers have, 10 have come in extra time (two in overtime and eight in The Gimmick, which leads the league).
What that suggests is rock-solid goaltending, and that's just what the Rangers have had this season. Henrik Lundqvist. A finalist for the Vezina Trophy in each of his three years in the league, Lundqvist has been good, if not spectacular, in regulation and over time. Overall, he is 11-9-2 in those situations, 2.50 GAA (tied for 15th in the league), .914 save percentage (tied for 18th). But in The Gimmick, he really shines. He is 7-1 and has stopped 21 of 24 attempts. No goalie has more wins, and no goalie facing more than 10 attempts has a better save percentage (.857). His season numbers overall are consistent with those he's had against the Caps for his career – 7-3-1, 2.47, .914. He took the loss in a 3-1 decision at Verizon Center on November 8th in the only meeting of the clubs so far this year.
The last time we looked at the Rangers, Nikolai Zherdev was leading the Rangers in scoring. Well, he still is at 12-20-32. Since he faced the Caps on November 8th, Zherdev is 7-11-18, -4, in 19 games. He can be an explosive scorer, his nine multi-point games this year serving as evidence of that, including a four-point game against the Devils (1-3-4) on December 12th. He does not have a point in three career games against the Caps.
If Zherdev is continuing his almost point-a-game pace, Markus Naslund has struggled some. While still the second leading scorer on the team (12-13-25), he is only 3-2-5 in nine games in December and is without a point in his last three games. Naslund has had some success against Washington in the past, going 5-12-17, +3, in 21 career games against the Caps.
If the Rangers have an issue, it is that $13.6 million worth of defensemen pretty much suck. Wade Redden ($6.5 million of that total) has been a lot less than advertised. He's had a particular problem lately – since facing the Caps on November 8th, he is 0-9-9, -7 in 18 games. The trouble is, though, Redden is the least of the problem among this group of defensemen. Michal Rozsival ($5.0 million) is 2-0-2, -7 in his last nine games, while Dmitri Kalinin ($2.1 million) is scoreless and minus-6 in his last eight games, and his -16 overall is better than only three players in the entire league in plus-minus.
The Rangers have exactly one win in regulation in the last month (six other wins in extra time), that against Anaheim a week ago. You'd have to think the object of the exercise for the visitors is to have the game go 65 minutes and "Leave it to Lundqvist."
New York: Marc Staal
Staal might be the best of the clan this year. He is the only Ranger defenseman on the plus-side of the ledger for the season and has been as steady as there is on the Ranger blue line lately. His ice time has started to reflect his performance and responsibility – he leads the Rangers' defense in both even strength and penalty killing ice time per game. Given the struggles of the big money blue liners, he could draw the straw in trying to nullify the Caps' top line and Alex Ovechkin. Lundqvist is certainly goaltender enough to compete against that group, but having Staal on top of his game wouldn't hurt the Ranger cause.
Washington: Brooks Laich
If Lundqvist sees the puck, he will stop it. That's about as given as there is in this game. That means it will be important to crowd him and look for rebounds. And that's where Laich comes in. He has three goals in his last five games and is almost on a pace to match last year's career high of 21 goals. If he can manage to swat in a rebound (or two), this is likely to be a good night for the visitors.
The Caps have not won at Madison Square Garden since the lockout. On the other hand, all of that record was compiled under former coach Glen Hanlon. Bruce Boudreau has not lost to the Rangers (all three games at Verizon Center, two of them in overtime). Something will give tonight…we have a suspicion you know which team we think will give…
Caps 3 – Rangers 2
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How to Get Your Music Heard — Proven Tips from Music Industry Pros
Mariah Carey Breaks Spotify's Single-Day Global Streaming Record With 'All I Want for Christmas Is You'
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Mariah Carey's perennial holiday favorite "All I Want for Christmas Is You" has broken Spotify's single-day global streaming record.
This latest commercial feat for the nearly 29-year-old track, around which Mariah Carey scheduled several performances in 2022, just recently came to light in a social-media post from Chart Data. According to the cited message, which was published on the morning of the 25th, "All I Want for Christmas Is You" had broken "the all-time record for the biggest single day streams in Spotify chart history with 21.27 million streams."
Notwithstanding potential differences in calculations and the timing thereof, Chartmetric data confirms the single-day stream influx for the song, the play count for which is said to have grown by a cool 21.35 million (thanks to plays on Christmas Day) when the service recorded the figure on the 26th.
Per the same source, the 24th brought an increase of 8.06 million Spotify streams for "All I Want for Christmas Is You," compared to 10.96 million on the 25th. The figure dipped (from the record high on Christmas) to 16.30 million on Tuesday, according to the platform, referring to the streams that the song added between the top of the day on Monday and today.
Meanwhile, the holiday hit has climbed to the uppermost spot on the Spotify Global Daily chart with 21.27 million streams identified on the 24th, per the resource. At the time of this writing, the original "All I Want for Christmas Is You" – not the version featuring Justin Bieber and Carey – had cracked 1.42 billion streams on Spotify.
Also worth noting is that the ever-popular song's pre-Christmas stream influx was enough to keep it atop both the Billboard Global 200 and the Billboard Global (excluding the U.S.) charts for the period spanning December 16th through December 22nd.
During the stretch, "All I Want for Christmas Is You" added 108.1 million streams (an increase of 16 percent) and 17,000 units sold (a six percent jump) on the Global 200, according to Billboard, against 65.1 million streams (a boost of 14 percent) and 6,000 downloads (an 11 percent improvement) on the chart that excludes stateside data.
Needless to say, it'll be worth following the ways in which the Black Irish owner Carey capitalizes upon the track's ongoing reach in the approaching years, particularly as interactive digital platforms continue to evolve.
Besides entertaining diehard fans with the aforesaid in-person shows, turning one of these performances into a CBS special, and penning all manner of related social-media posts, Venmo-partnered Carey offered an EOS-sponsored set in the world of Roblox.
While the virtual gig's viewership (and revenue) specifics haven't been publicly revealed, evidence has suggested that performances in gaming universes are highly lucrative.
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Leszek Michał Tokarz (born 9 July 1953) is a Polish former ice hockey player. He played for Podhale Nowy Targ, GKS Katowice, and Zagłębie Sosnowiec during his career. Tokarz won the Polish league championship six times, twice with Podhale in 1971 and 1972, and with Zagłębie in 1980 and 1981. He also played for the Polish national team at the 1972 Winter Olympics and multiple World Championships. His brother, Wiesław, also played hockey, and was a teammate at the 1972 Winter Olympics. In 2005 he was awarded the Gold Cross of Merit for his services to sport.

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Olympic ice hockey players of Poland
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Sportspeople from Lesser Poland Voivodeship
Podhale Nowy Targ players
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Oh, how it's good to be king!
I recall my shock as a naïve law student, when I learned that you couldn't sue the government unless it gave you permission to do so. Huh? What if you, an individual, could wrap your arms around your man purse and tell a putative plaintiff, "You can't touch this?" Sweet.
If one had the power to deny someone else the right to sue, who – I wondered in my first-year law cluelessness – would ever give anyone else permission to sue?
The answer, of course, is the government.
The Federal Tort Claims Act and the various state tort claims acts are wonders of obfuscation. At first reading, it seems the governments are taping a big "kick me" sign to their virtual backs, inviting people to go for the really deep pockets. But then, you read the fine print and slowly comprehend that the right to sue has more holes in it than a cheese grater.
Still, occasionally, a political subdivision will discover that even with all of the exemption loopholes in your typical state tort claims act, it's still wriggling on the hook. Note in today's case – in which a motorcycle rider blames some county commissioners for not trimming the trees around a stop sign – how the county tries mightily to hide behind the Oklahoma Governmental Tort Claims Act. Somehow, even with a host of exceptions written into the Act, the Board of County Commissioners could not find a shield against liability.
Lopez v. Board of County Commissioners of Cherokee County, 383 P.3d 790 (Okla.Civ.App. 2016). Teresa Lopez was a passenger on a motorcycle operated by Glen Baker when he turned left, failing to yield to a stop sign. Tom Molloy struck Glen's Harley, seriously injuring Teresa. She sued Glen and Tom, and claimed the Board of County Commissioners of Cherokee County Board was negligent in failing to trimming the vegetation that she said obstructed the view of both drivers. Teresa maintained that the Board "had a duty to maintain advance warning signs and [sight] line vegetation control" at the intersection.
The Board filed a motion for summary judgment arguing that it was immune from suit for Teresa's claims under the Oklahoma Governmental Tort Claims Act and that it could not be held liable for any claims related to the placing of traffic control signs at the intersection. Teresa argued the GTCA exemptions do not apply and the Board had a duty to maintain foliage around its county road intersections, including its rights of way and beyond.
The trial court granted the Board's motion for summary judgment, finding the GTCA exemptions applied.
Held: The Board was not immune under the GTCA.
Even if the foliage on the intersection's east side was located on private property outside the right-of-way, the Board did not establish the absence of overhanging limbs or shrub overgrowth within the right-of-way for which it has admittedly assumed responsibility. The Court held Teresa was entitled to the inference that some of the foliage and vegetation obstructing the motorcycle drivers' views was located in the County's right-of-way. Therefore, the Court said, a dispute of material fact remains regarding the applicability of this exemption, and summary judgment pursuant to 51 O.S. § 155(4) on this question was improper.
The second exemption the Board relied on is § 155(5), which states "a political subdivision shall not be liable if a loss or claim results from… performance of or the failure to exercise or perform any act or service which is in the discretion of the state or political subdivision or its employees." The Board argued that the decision to mow the area at all was its discretionary decision.
Here, one of the board members testified he could refuse to do any mowing district wide if he so chose, but he admitted he had never refused to do so. In fact, he conceded that "mowing is part of the operational responsibilities of Cherokee County" and that, ordinarily, the County would "try to stick with the right-of-way" because otherwise it would "catch trouble" from property owners.
Neither party disputed that the County had in the past and could have in this instance sought the property owner's permission to clear the vegetation and foliage that Teresa claimed was obstructing visibility at this intersection. "These actions do not fall under the County's discretionary function exemption but constitute operational responsibilities," the Court held, and thus § 155(5) did not apply to this case.
The third exemption claimed by the Board was § 155(10), which provides, "The state or a political subdivision shall not be liable if a loss or claim results from… natural conditions of property of the state or political subdivision." The Board argued that "it is clearly undisputed that the growth of vegetation is a natural condition of Board property." The Board did not cause the vegetation to grow; it was "a natural process of all vegetation throughout the world." To the extent that Teresa's claim arose from "the natural growth of vegetation on the statutory right-of-way," the Board said, it was "exempt from liability from the claim under" § 155(10).
The Court, however, held that "natural conditions" were simply conditions over which a person has no control. "The vegetation here was clearly not a condition 'over which [a person] has no control'," the Court ruled, "because the Board admittedly had the responsibility to mow and maintain its statutory right-of-way at the intersection." Therefore, § 155(10) did not apply.
The inspection exemption in § 155(13) describes the exercise of a particular governmental "power" or "function," not a simple familiarization with one's own property. Governmental entities exercise inspection powers and functions in many contexts, the Court observed, but not where inspection would merely familiarize the Board with its own property.
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Erawan National Park Waterfall Closed After Tourists Injured
A post on the Erawan National Park Facebook page says access to all levels of the waterfall should be restored by Tuesday.
BANGKOK – Officials at Erawan National Park in western Thailand have temporarily closed the waterfalls after heavy rains damaged a path to higher tiers.
The head of the Erawan National Park, Porayut Waiwong,said on Monday that days of heavy rain had pounded the waterfall and damaged the paths.
The steep, rocky pathways at Erawan National Park Falls had become muddy and slippery, making it unsafe for visitors.
On Sunday, several tourists were injured on the muddy path, prompting the national park to temporarily close.
Slippery Pathways Dangerous for Tourists
The chief said the continuous rain had not yet caused the water volume to rise to dangerous levels or caused runoffs.
Visitors were allowed to enter the Erawan National Park waterfall, but their access was temporarily limited.
After the damaged path between tier 6 and tier 7 had been repaired.
Its Facebook page showed a clip featuring many Thai and foreign tourists at the popular waterfall on Monday despite the temporary closure of the two highest tiers.
Erawan National Park Waterfalls
Founded in 1975 as Thailands 12th National Park, it is covering an area of km². Located on West Thailand in the Tenasserim Hills of Kanchanaburi Province. It is one of the most famous national parks in Thailand.
The major attraction of the park is Erawan Falls with emerald green ponds, named after the three-headed white elephant of Hindu mythology. The top tier of the falls is said to resemble the elephant's head.
81% of the park is mixed deciduous forests and the rest deciduous dipterocarp and dry evergreen forest. The park concists of limestone hills with elevetion between 165-996m above the sea level, plains and number of streams. The hills protects the park from eastern monsoon resulting in less rainfall in average.
The Waterfall are located at the east side of the park in a convenient walk distance from HQ and the visitor center.
Three Headed White Elephant
The waterfall is named after the top tier which said to be resembling three-headed white elephant in Hindu mythology.
It has 7 major tiers and few smaller tiers. All tiers are accessible by a series of trails and footbridges all the way up to the 6th tier. Last tier is accessible by scrambling up to few cliffs, for those who like a bit more challenge.
The total distanse from the trailhead up to the top tier is nearly 1.5 km. There are many emerald green ponds along the trails which the visitors are allowed to swim in. The ponds are full with fishes.
The first two tiers are relatively easily accessible for most people there are few picnic spots around them.
Food is strictly forbidden beyond the second tier.Visitors must leave their food and bottles at a check point and can be collected on the way back.
Source: Bangkok Post
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