Desmoid tumors arise from the fibroblast cells in the connective tissues and connective tissue is found throughout the body – supporting internal organs, covering vital organs, and making up tendons and ligaments.
Desmoid tumors arise from the fibroblast cells in the connective tissues and connective tissue is found throughout the body – supporting internal organs, covering vital organs, and making up tendons and ligaments. Because of this, desmoid tumors can develop almost anywhere in the body but are most common in the abdomen or in the arms and legs (extra-abdominal desmoids).
Desmoid tumors are benign, meaning they are not cancerous. However, they can be very aggressive and the condition is often referred to as "aggressive fibromatosis". An aggressive tumor is one that continues to grow and be invasive to surrounding tissues, causing life threatening problems if they compress vital organs or blood vessels. Because of their aggressive characteristics, some treatment centers refer to desmoid tumors as a "malignant disease" but this is just describing their tendency to recur and to grow into other structures, desmoids don't metastasize (spread to other organs) like true malignant tumors.
Desmoid tumors affect the "elastic" tissues of the body so they tend to be very mobile and less likely to form a hard "bump"; therefore a tumor may exist a long time before it is noticed. If they are superficial then they tend to be less painful lumps; those that are deep can be very painful if they are pushing on internal organs, nerves or blood vessels.
If a desmoid tumor is suspected, the treating physician will have a patient undergo an MRI of the area of the tumor. An MRI will show how large the tumor is, if it is compressing vital structures (like nerves or blood vessels), and if it is growing along structures (like a sheet) or as a more regular mass. A biopsy is needed to be able to diagnose a desmoid tumor. The type of biopsy depends on the location of the tumor. A pathologist will study the biopsied tissue under a microscope and apply special testing to it in order to diagnose a desmoid.
Although desmoid tumors are not truly a malignant process, they are very aggressive and can result in destruction of vital organs which can lead to loss of function, or in the most extreme circumstances lead to death. Treatment options are numerous but none can cure this disease.
Therefore, it's highly recommended that someone with a diagnosis of desmoid tumor be treated and followed in a center with experience in managing this disease.
Surgery is often a first line of treatment if the desmoid is able to be removed without causing severe functional problems or being disfiguring. But, because of the way the desmoid tumor grows into and around other structures, it is often not possible to remove the tumor entirely so it will nearly always return (recur). It is important to discuss this with the treating physician before considering surgical removal.
Desmoid tumors have estrogen receptors so there is a theory that estrogen increases the growth of the tumor. Anti-estrogen medications such as Tamoxifen® have been used in managing the growth of the tumors. Anti-prostaglandins (non-steriodal anti-inflammatory medications or NSAIDS) have also been successful in slowing the growth of the tumor so NSAIDS like ibuprophen are often used for treatment of desmoid tumors. Chemotherapy agents such as doxorubicin, dacarabazine and carboplatin have been used for their ability to stop cell grow. The 'chemo' medications are very toxic so the use is limited in favor of those that are less difficult to tolerate.
There are new drugs being studied that are showing some benefit for management of desmoid tumors. These are in a class called kinase inhibitors and the names of the medications are Gleevec® (imatinib) and Nexavar® (sorafenib). Access to these medication can be difficult and may require enrolling in a clinical trial.
Radiation therapy may be considered to shrink the tumor if it can't be removed surgically. It may also be considered in addition to surgery, especially when the tumor can't be removed completely during surgery.
The importance of careful monitoring of desmoid tumors can't be stressed enough.
These tumors recur at a very high rate and can be growing quietly, not becoming symptomatic until they have done some real damage to internal organs or surrounding tissues. Regular follow-up visits to a treating physician are necessary to best manage the disease.
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2. Nieuwenhuis MH, Casparie M, Mathus-Vliegen LM, et al. A nation-wide study comparing sporadic and familial adenomatous polyposis-related desmoid-type fibromatoses. Int J Cancer 2011; 129:256.


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The climate in Austria
Austria's climate is generally referred to as a central-European transition climate. Austria's east is influenced by a continental climate, whereas the western part of the country is rather influenced by the Atlantic Ocean. In addition, there are climate differences between the alpine north side, where a moderate climate prevails, and the alpine south side, where we have considerable influences of the Mediterranean.
The climate in the Austria's east is indicated as a continental or pannonian climate. It is characterized by a hot, dry summer and a cold and equally dry winter. Seasonal temperature differences are big and transition seasons are relatively short-lived. Also diurnal temperature differences are often big, given that missing cloudiness causes strong insolation during the day and subsequent strong emission during night. All these effects are explained by the absence of the ocean's influence. Oceans act as a heat reservoir and lead to higher air humidity. The far away from the ocean, the more continental gets the climate.
On the other hand, the western part of Austria is influenced by a so-called maritime climate. Seasonal temperature differences are damped due to the heat capacity of the oceans. Another key factor has an important impact on the climate, especially in northern Europe: the Gulf Stream. It is a warm water current flowing from the Gulf of Mexico to the European Atlantic coast. That's why Austria has a higher annual mean temperature compared to Quebec in Canada, which is located at the same latitude.
Great lakes also have a small heat storage effect similar to that one of the ocean. For example, the Lake of Constance makes it possible that banana plants grow in Bregenz.
The climate in Austria's south is affected by the Mediterranean. The Mediterranean climate is characterized by wet, mild winters and dry, hot summers. Southern states of Austria have a mixed climate with continental, Mediterranean and alpine influences.
The Alps act as a blockade for predominant air currents. Humid air masses are forced to ascend due to the Alps, so that large amounts of precipitation may occur in these ascending regions. Moreover, the topography of the Prealps brings forward the formation of heavy thunderstorms.
Inner-Alpine climate differs from one place to another. Inner-Alpine dry valleys are surrounded and protected by mountains, so that hardly any precipitation occurs. Foehn valleys often have foehn in combination with typical weather situations, for example the Wipptal south of Innsbruck, where foehn is blowing on 20% of all the days during a year.
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The Fixation 1:12 scale modern bookshelf is the reason I started this shop. I couldn't make this bookshelf perfectly straight out of wood, so I turned to 3D modeling to get it right. The bookshelf is named after Tiny Fixation.


Trabuco Hills Girls Lacrosse Junior Varsity's 11-game undefeated streak ended Tuesday in an 8-6 defeat at Aliso Niguel.
It was a close match, much like one earlier this season where Aliso and Trabuco JV tied, 4-4. In fact, on Tuesday the two teams were tied, 4-4, at half. The host Wolverines were the stronger team after the break and handed the Mustang JV only their third loss of the season. Trabuco had won 10, and tied once, in their previous 11 games.
Mustang goal scorers: Jenna Chu and Alisa Atkins each scored twice; Zoe Cerutti and Shelby Morris had one each.
In goal, Diana Cendejas had three saves. Kaylie Petko picked up six ground balls; Ieneke Jimenez had three.


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Redblacks sign Jeff Knox Jr., release three, including Ryan Lankford
Tim Baines, PostmediaMore from Tim Baines, Postmedia
Updated: July 8, 2019 11:43 AM EDT
Some out there in RNation were calling for sweeping changes in the wake of Friday's 29-14 loss to the Winnipeg Blue Bombers.
The Redblacks did make some moves Monday, but don't look for anything major before Saturday's home game against the Montreal Alouettes
The Redblacks have signed linebackers Jeff Knox Jr. and Jerod Fernandez and released receiver/kick returner Ryan Lankford, defensive lineman Blaine Woodson and defensive back Ranthony Texada.
Friday, Lankford was in the middle of a big special teams gaffe with less than 11 minutes remaining and the Redblacks down by just eight points. With Lankford waiting for a Justin Medlock punt to bounce into the end zone for a single point, the kicker raced downfield and punched the ball out of bounds, giving the Bombers possession at the Redblacks four-yard line. A touchdown put a quick stop to any hopes the Redblacks had of winning the game.
"It became a function of not having the value we felt we needed in the return game," said Redblacks GM Marcel Desjardins. "We need to be better."
Knox Jr., 27, has CFL experience with Saskatchewan and Toronto (he was a division all-star with the Roughriders) and has had NFL looks from Tampa Bay, Washington and Tennessee. Fernandez was with Calgary in training camp.
"We've been looking at having more depth at the linebacker position since we broke camp, that's why we decided to make a couple of moves with guys on the practice roster," said Desjardins. "It's all about depth and special teams bodies.
"It wasn't a function of a guy who had been there, done that. It was a function of bringing in guys we think can come in, get acclimated to the practice roster first, then potentially step in and help us —initially on teams, then maybe on defence at some point."
Desjardins said the team "liked" both Woodson and Texada. "It's the nature of the beast," he said. "We have American D-tackles, we have a number of them here, the same with American DBs. You need coverage at all positions. Unfortunately, those are the two guys we felt we could remove from the practice roster — not because of anything they haven't done, but because we need to have better balance on the practice roster."
Asked about the loss to the Bombers, Desjardins said: "It's not that Winnipeg didn't deserve to win, but it's disappointing we made it pretty easy for them — the big play on the second defensive snap, penalties, drops, turnovers— there were a lot of things you can control. It was nothing to do with compete level. It was about concentration and doing your job. Even some of the catches we made on second and long, we're making the catch, but instead of quickly turning it up field, we're trying to create something greater and we're not getting to the sticks."
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Most Opal is actually 50-65 million years old, dating back to the Cretaceous period when dinosaurs roamed the earth!
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Was up entirely too late last night working on a batch of the #colorful. #doublesided #enamel #pendants here is one before it went into the kiln. Today I will be working on the #handmade #chains to go with them.
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As a structural engineer, Lin Zhu has been exposed to a variety of construction materials including masonry, wood, light gauge, steel and concrete. Her experience includes analysis and design of schools, retail buildings, office buildings and residential complexes. She has also worked on the evaluation, analysis and design of many existing structures. Lin strives for excellence and efficiency in her engineering deliverables and well-roundedness as an engineering professional.
Lin received both her Bachelor's and Master's Degree from UC Berkeley. Lin's passion for structural engineering initiated from an interest in architecture. She aims to use her expertise to collaborate with architects and to facilitate the evolvement of an architecturally challenging structure.
Lin has participated in the ACE mentor program to share knowledge and to encourage high school students in the Bay Area to pursue their interests in architecture, construction and engineering. Lin has completed ATC-20 Post earthquake safety Evaluation of buildings training and volunteered to help in a post-seismic event.
Lin has many hobbies outside of the office including hot yoga and skating on weekends. She also loves to go on road trips with friends and explore new places.


St Peter's Basilica in Rome is one of the world's holiest catholic shrines, visited by thousands of pilgrims and tourists every month. Built upon the tomb of St Peter, this splendid church is a magnificent must-see for visitors to Rome.
The history behind the creation of St. Peter's Cathedral in Rome is almost as amazing as the building itself. After the first Basilica was knocked down, it took over 100 years to rebuild, and some of the most famous architects of the time contributed to its design. If you are planning a visit to Rome, then you can't miss St Peter's Basilica. Situated in the Vatican City, you can visit the Basilica and also the Sistine Chapel and the Vatican Museums.
There is so much to see, and many photo opportunities; be sure to do your research so that you don't miss anything. You can see below all the information you need to make the most of your visit, including St. Peter's Basilica hours, its history, how to get there, what to wear, and plenty of interesting facts for you to impress your travel companions with.
Situated on Vatican Hill in the UNESCO world heritage site of Vatican City, St Peter's Basilica dominates the skyline of Rome and attracts millions of visitors from all over the world. It has a capacity of over 60,000 people, covers 22,300 square meters and is one of the world's largest churches. You can climb the 491 stairs to the top of Michelangelo's dome. A church only becomes a basilica when the pope designates it, usually because of historical significance or if it houses sacred relics. Globally, there are over 1,400 minor basilicas; however, St Peter's Basilica is one of only four Major Basilicas in the world. The three other major basilicas are also situated in Rome: St John Lateran, St Paul's outside the Walls and St Mary Major. St Peter's Basilica achieved its basilica status due to being built on the site where St Peter was buried in 64 AD.
The site of St. Peter's Cathedral in Rome was originally the Circus of Nero and a cemetery. St Peter, believed to have been one of the 12 apostles, and the first ever pope was martyred under the reign of Emperor Nero in approximately 64 AD. In 306 AD, Emperor Constantine became the first Christian emperor of Rome. He decided to erect a basilica on Vatican Hill at the supposed location of St. Peter's tomb.
Construction started in 319 AD and was completed around 349 AD. The construction involved moving a million tonnes of earth in order to create a platform to support the structure. It was an astounding feat of engineering. The basilica stood for over 1,000 years, however it had started to deteriorate and due to serious concerns that it may collapse, Pope Julius II (who also commissioned the painting of the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel) concluded that it was beyond repair and that it would have to be demolished and rebuilt.
The new basilica took 120 years to complete and all the great architects of the Roman Renaissance and Baroque were part of its design. Many architects were consulted, however the main contributors to the creation of St Peters Basilica were Bramante, Raphael, Michelangelo, Donato, Giacomo della Porta and Maderno. Bramante produced the original design for the Basilica in 1506. After Bramante's death in 1514, Raphael took over as the main architect and when Raphael died in 1520, Michelangelo took his place. Michelangelo's pupil, Giacomo della Porta, continued building it after Michelangelo's death in 1564. Carlo Maderno was later asked by Pope Paul V to extend the church. St Paul's Basilica was finally complete on the 18th November 1626, and was consecrated by Pope Urban VIII.
There are two levels below St Peter's Basilica; the first level is known as the Vatican Grottoes, and is a large underground graveyard where the tombs of 91 Popes are buried. The level below this is the Vatican Necropolis and houses St Peter's Tomb.
There are only three women entombed in the Vatican Grottoes; Queen Christina of Sweden, Agnesina Colonna Caetani and Queen Charlotte of Cyprus.
Michelangelo's famous carving of the Pieta is housed in St Peter's Basilica and is protected by bulletproof glass. It was carved from a single slab of marble and was the only work he ever signed.
In the courtyard outside St Peter's Cathedral in Rome there are 140 statues of saints, which stand upon the colonnades. Each statue is 3.10 metres tall and they have been standing since 1670.
St Peter's Basilica is located within Vatican City, which is north of the city centre of Rome. If you use the Rome Metro system you can get off at Ottaviano (Line A), from there it is only a ten-minute walk to St Peter's Basilica. Most buses will stop off at Vatican City, the main ones being 64, 62, 40 and 81. Children under 10 travel free on all public transport. There are various hop-on/hop-off buses, which can drop you off at Vatican City and you can catch the bus back again later on. It's worth bearing in mind that on Sundays there are some road closures, which may affect your journey. Walking to St Peter's Cathedral in Rome is also an option; it will only take you 15-20 minutes to walk from the heart of Rome to Vatican City, and the walk is pleasant. You could also take part in a walking tour, which would be useful to help you get your bearings if you are new to Rome. If you are driving, the nearest parking facility to Vatican City is the underground 5-storey car park, Terminal Gianicolo. This is a ten-minute walk away from St Peter's Basilica. Taxis aren't very frequently used in Rome, and you may struggle to hail one down. It may be worth using Uber to check the fare and order a cab; this should prevent you from being charged too much.
Millions of people visit St Peter's Basilica in Rome every year, so it is crucial that you plan your visit to Vatican City well in advance to make sure you avoid queuing for hours.
Visiting the Basilica is free, however there is a charge for going up to the dome, and for seeing the Vatican Necropolis.
Access to the Vatican Necropolis, where the tomb of St Peter is situated, is only possible occasionally when the Excavations Office grants special permission. You can email them at scavi@fsp.va to see if you can get a reservation for your chosen date. There is a cost of 13 euros per person.
Tickets for visiting the Basilica cannot be bought online, as they are free. So you just have to join the queue, which can be quite long as this is such a popular tourist destination. The way to avoid this would be to reserve tickets online with a tour group, which you can do with Roma Experience on this tour of the Basilica.
One of the most important things to know is that you will be refused admittance if you are not dressed appropriately, hundreds of people are refused daily! You must wear shoes, and your shoulders and knees have to be covered. This applies to both men and women. You don't have to be dressed particularly smartly, but if you are wearing shorts, a short skirt or a sleeveless shirt then you won't get in. You must also remove your hat before entering the Basilica.
St. Peter's Square – Known locally as Piazza San Pietro, St. Peter's Square is in front of the Basilica. There are two stunning fountains either side of the square. There is also a 40-meter high Egyptian obelisk (including the base and the cross on top), which was bought to Rome in 37 B.C. From here you will also be able to see the 140 aforementioned statues of saints on top of the pillars. At the front of the square you will be able to see the large statues of St Peter and St Paul.
St. Peter's Baldachin – Situated directly under the dome in the Basilica stands this 29-meter high bronze canopy. Gian Lorenzo Bernini started work on the Baldachin in 1623 and it was completed 11 years later in 1634. The Baldachin stands over the papal alter which is directly above St Peter's tomb. Only the Pope may serve at the altar.
Bronze Statue of St Peter – Created in 1300 by Arnolfo di Cambio, the statue of St Peter seated on a throne has been situated in the Basilica since 1605. The tradition of pilgrims either touching or kissing the statue's feet has caused the right foot to wear down.
The View from the Top of the Dome – After taking the lift or climbing up the stairs you will find yourself looking out at breath-taking views of Vatican City from the top of St Peter's Basilica.
On Wednesdays, with the exception of late July and August, the Pope holds an audience at St Peters Basilica. You can get tickets to see the Pope give a Papal Audience or Papal Mass for free. It takes place in St Peter's Square. If you just want to see the Basilica, then avoid Wednesdays, as you won't be allowed in until the papal audience has finished.
The Vatican museum is a ten-minute walk away from St Peter's Basilica, and is worthwhile visiting. There is a charge for entry, however it is free on the last Sunday of every month from 9:00 to 13:45.
Be very careful with your belongings. There are lots of pickpockets around Vatican City, preying on distracted tourists. The number 64 bus has got a reputation for being particularly bad, as it is mainly used by tourists.
As mentioned earlier, make sure you are wearing appropriate clothing. You don't want to reach the front of the queue only to not be allowed in. If it is too hot you could always take a scarf with you to drape over your shoulders.
If you have a fear of heights, are claustrophobic or have a heart condition then you may wish to avoid climbing the 554 stairs to the top of the Basilica.
Some tourists think that the queue for St Peter's Basilica will also grant them access to the Sistine Chapel. This is not the case; the Sistine Chapel is accessible through the Vatican Museums. Free entry is granted to the museum on the last Sunday of each month and on world tourism day (September 27th).
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C.H.P. Maximum Enforcement Period Wednesday to Sunday
By Jenny O'Mara
Eric Richardson via Flickr
Californians who will be out and about this holiday weekend are being urged to buckle up and drive carefully. The California Highway Patrol is launching its "maximum enforcement period" this week
The C.H.P says its statewide maximum enforcement period will run through Sunday night. The patrol's Fran Clader says officers will be looking for people who are driving under the influence.
"Last year during the Thanksgiving holiday, we made more than 15-hundred arrests for driving under the influence. That was a nearly six percent increase from the same time the previous year…"
The C.H.P. says 21 people were killed in collisions during last year's Thanksgiving holiday weekend.
Officers will also be watching to make sure people are buckled up and that children are secured in child seats.


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Foreign Aid and National Security
June 17, 2011 • Volume 21, Issue 23
Will cuts in assistance undermine U.S. safety?
By Nellie Bristol
An Afghan child holds cooking oil provided by the USAID program. Afghanistan received $4.1 billion in U.S. aid in 2010, more than any other nation. (U.S. Agency for International Development)
The Sept. 11, 2001, attacks and subsequent wars in Iraq and Afghanistan prompted U.S. leaders to increase U.S. aid in the belief that improved global stability ultimately undergirds U.S. security. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Defense Secretary Robert Gates are now among those calling for elevating international development assistance and diplomacy to the same status as defense. But budget debates on Capitol Hill could block aid-reform efforts. The Republican-led House calls for drastically reducing international affairs funding, but the Democratic-led Senate and the Obama administration are resisting. Complicating the arguments are questions about the efficiency of America's aid bureaucracy and, ultimately, the effectiveness of the aid itself. While aid supporters point to improved accountability, it's unclear whether future aid requests can withstand the pressure of budget cutters.
Feb. 18, 2022 Fragile States
Apr. 23, 2021 U.S. Foreign Aid
Mar. 29, 2019 U.S. Foreign Policy in Transition
Apr. 14, 2017 Rethinking Foreign Aid
May 16, 2014 U.S. Global Engagement
Oct. 02, 2012 Rebuilding Haiti
Mar. 23, 2012 U.S.-Europe Relations
Jun. 17, 2011 Foreign Aid and National Security
Apr. 26, 2002 Foreign Aid After Sept. 11
Sep. 27, 1996 Reassessing Foreign Aid
Sep. 23, 1988 Foreign Aid: a Declining Commitment
Dec. 01, 1965 Development Aid for Poor Nations
Dec. 19, 1962 Foreign Aid Overhaul
Jun. 19, 1957 Population Growth and Foreign Aid
Dec. 12, 1956 Extension of Foreign Aid
Jan. 26, 1955 Aid to Asia
Feb. 04, 1953 Trade Policy and Foreign Aid
May 03, 1951 Future of Foreign Aid
Feb. 09, 1949 American Aid to Greece
Oct. 17, 1947 Conditions for American Aid
Jun. 11, 1947 Financial Aid to Foreign Countries
Aug. 06, 1940 American Relief of Famine in Europe
Feb. 16, 1940 Loans and Credits to Foreign Countries


Posted by Alex on 25 01 2017.
As a cPanel & WHM user, you need to understand it as much as you can to get the most use out of these services.
One of the most important things you have to learn more about is that each of these two services have URLs containing four different sections. Below, you will find a brief description of each, and example, and additional security information about authentication.
The protocol basically is the section of your browser that communicates and connects with a remote server.
Almost all web-based services utilize protocols, including cPanel, WHM, and Webmail. For these three, you can use either the value http (unsecured) or https (secured). As you can see from the description, the primary difference between http and https is that the latter is also an http, but operates over an encrypted and secured connection.
To ensure that your website and webpages remain protected, use the protocol https://. Type it in whenever you log in, access, or use the services offered by cPanel and WHM.
The address section of every cPanel and WHM URL can comprise either of an Internet Protocol address (e.g. 192.168.0.1) or of a domain (also referred to commonly as domain name). Domains are the names of the websites themselves, for instance, yourbrandname.com).
This cPanel and WHEM URL section takes responsibility of specifying which remote server you want to access.
Every time you want to access services names of cPanel and WHM through the use of a domain name, make sure its DNS information spread across the domain name system (DNS).
Each time someone accesses a website, either through the unsecured protocol (http) or unsecured protocol (https), it implies a port number. However, with the aim of making cPanel & WHM services more secure, the developers have come up with their own port numbers you should use.
In other words, when you want to access any service offered by cPanel or WHM via an unencrypted or encrypted connection, you should use a specific port number. Keep in mind that the both types of protocols have different port numbers, so try to memorize them or make a list of the ones you have to use the most frequently.
Specifying a port number just requires you to put in a colon (:) followed by the port number, for example, 2083.
Once you have logged in to your cPanel and WHM server, a security token automatically appendages to the URL for this session.
A major reason for the existence of security tokens is that they aid in preventing authorized use of websites through Cross-Site Request Forgery (XSRF).
Each security token consists of the string "cpsess" plus a 10-digit number. An example is cpsess1234567890.
Although the developers of cPanel and WHM continue to strive hard to ensure that cPanel & WHM remains as safe and secure as possible against any potential attacks, knowing more about the above-discussed URL sections will help you further increase your safety and security.


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Crime Without Punishment
in 17th Kerala International Film Festival
by György Kárpáti
The recent international cinema has more often focused on Algeria in different aspects but mentioning every time the civil war and its civil tragedies. The French Of Gods and Men (Des hommes et des dieux) by Xavier Beauvois and Canadian Academy Award nominated Monsieur Lazhar, directed by Philippe Falardeau and starring with Algerian refugee Mohamed Fellag, both showed special interest in the region's domestic conflict. They concentrated on the innocent Algerian people who had to deal with the war and suffered from it. In The Repentant (Le Repenti) we're moving closer to the theme of the civil war and we can see the unsolved consequences of the controversial policy of civil concord. Algerian born director Merzak Allouache grew up during the Algerian struggle for independence hence he has direct memories about this dark episode of Algeria's history. Now Mr. Allouache decided to dedicate a movie to the recent state of Algeria and we can clearly see the post-war difficulties, the suffering of people, the sadness in their souls and the normal human request for the solution which hasn't arrived yet. The Repentant (Le Repenti) deals with an un-talked legacy of the past where innocent people were hurt and but society still lives together with their shadows. The film is about a jihadist, who one day decides to escape from his chosen life, coming down from the mountain travels to the capitol and entering a police station to give a statement and give up his weapon. According to the civil concord he can't be punished because of any crime. But this amnesty gives him just a relative freedom. Escaping from his previous life is not possible after he meets a pharmacist whose child was killed because he refused to service terrorists. The pharmacist's life collapsed and he was separated from his wife, but meeting the jihadist tears the old wound open.
Merzak Allouache tries to keep distance from the stereotypes and gives a human aspect to the jihad. He rather focuses on the people involved directly or indirectly in the war and helps a foreigner to understand the deep frustration of the society. The way of storytelling is slow moving, Allouache giving time for the emotions and the atmosphere. The relations and causes come slowly into the plot. First we see the events from the viewpoint of the terrorist who comes home to his parents then leaves again for the city. We move slowly from him to the other characters and see the victims living their desperate lives and the daily routine they're trying to forget. The high and artistic level of the cinematography is remarkable in these shots but is also consistently above the average standard for the entire movie. The director asks the question whether un-punishment of the terrorists would be the right solution but the answer is going with the wind in a terrific last scene which can be probably the only ending for a story like this. Allouache holds a mirror to the society. He's not reflecting with this image to us but to the people in Algeria; showing the passivity of the society just as in the real life – and urging everyone to become active. I really felt at the beginning that this domestic conflict will be an insider story but soon realized the tragedy and deeply sympathized with the parents in their loss and also appreciated the film's universal human aspects. And what to do in the same situation? That's the question we have to take with us after the screening and the answer and judgment is also depending on us.
And because of this stylish filmmaking Mr. Allouache deserves all the attention and respect for The Repentant which won the FIPRESCI Prize in the competition section at 17th Kerala Film Festival.
Edited by Steven Yates
© FIPRESCI 2012
Saluting the Spirited Malayalee Film Audience
by Subrahmanyan Viswanath
The March of the New Brigade in Malayalam Cinema
by Narjes Torchani


The qmail-taps-extended patch by Inter7 (extension by Michai Secasiu) provides the ability to save each email which flows through the system. You could decide to log only the messages which have the From or To address set to a local account.
You just have to create a new control file /var/qmail/control/taps which contains a regex style list of addresses to tap and the email address of where you want the copy sent to.


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Thank Congress for moving to reauthorize PEPFAR and continue the fight against HIV/AIDS
September 27, 2018By Samantha Urban TarrantDisease Prevention
Thank Congress for moving to reauthorize PEPFAR and continue the fight against HIV/AIDSSamantha Urban Tarrant2019-06-18T13:11:06-08:00
Congress moved to reauthorize the President's Emergency Plan For AIDS Relief, or PEPFAR, and soon that life-saving work in the fight against AIDS can continue.
Since it began in 2003, the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, or PEPFAR, has enjoyed strong bipartisan support and has made huge strides in the fight against HIV/AIDS. As of March 30, 2018, 14 million men, women, and children were on lifesaving antiretroviral treatment. And with help from PEPFAR, more than 2.2 million babies have been born HIV-free to pregnant women living with HIV.
PEPFAR has also provided assistance to more than 6.4 million orphans, vulnerable children, and their caregivers. In fact, since the program began, at least 10 percent of PEPFAR funding has been set aside for orphans and vulnerable children (or OVC) programs. This OVC programming is one of the ways PEPFAR is addressing the structural drivers of the HIV epidemic.
In a statement, World Vision U.S. President Rich Stearns said, "Faith communities and partners, like World Vision, have been proud to support PEPFAR and to partner with the U.S. government in this critical, life-saving work. We are grateful for the leadership of Representatives Chris Smith, Barbara Lee, Ed Royce, Elliot Engel and Betty McCollum, and to Senators Bob Corker and Bob Menendez for advancing the reauthorization of PEPFAR and for their support of critical PEPFAR services for children."
Advocates like you were instrumental in making sure this program continued. Will you use your voice once more to thank Congress for moving to reauthorize PEPFAR?
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Will the ANCWL back Jacob Zuma at Mangaung?
FEATURE: In 2007 and despite much public promising that it would seek to have a woman in the ANC presidency, the ANC woman's league hypocritically capitulated and supported Jacob Zuma for president. So, what will it do this time round, at Mangaung? What follows is a retrospective, setting out what happened in 2007 and how, repeatedly, the ANCWL would come out on the wrong side of any debate that had at its heart the interests of women.
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The ANC Women's League must have been clapping with clenched teeth when the ANC rolled out its centenary celebrations earlier this year. For the first 31 years of its existence women were forbidden from joining the movement. Perhaps they only clapped two thirds of the time. Reading its statement on the celebrations you'd never have guessed this – a suitably inane piece of propaganda that didn't even mention the fact – but that, in many respects, is the ANCWL for you. It is, for all intents and purposes, a nicety. Something the ANC can allude to in order that it might suggest how much it cares about women (or, at least, how much it has cared for 69 of the last 100 years). When push comes to shove, however, the league, like every other body in the ANC, is required to put aside its vested interests and tow the party line. And few organisations willing ingratiate themselves better than the ANCWL.
The defining recent example of this kind of deference (the league will no doubt argue its behaviour a sign of respect) was its December 2007 decision to endorse Jacob Zuma for ANC president, ahead of Polokwane – a decision which put pay to much of its pre-elective hype about the need for a woman in the presidency. It is ironic indeed that the league – very often the first to load its politically correct shot gun when someone is dragged before the gender wall – has not in 61 years managed to produce a female president. 61 years. 100 if its own delusional rhetoric is to be believed. Nothing. The DA did it in less than 10.
So, the big question is this: who will the ANCWL throw its weight behind at Mangaung? Will it grow a backbone and nominate a woman, or will it capitulate and obfuscate like it did in 2007? Watch this space.
In the meantime, it worth revisiting its 2007 decision in a bit more detail, just to get a better understanding of the way in which the ANCWL practices its own special brand of obsequiousness.
2007: The year of living hypocritically
As early as February 2007 the ANCWL was adamant it would remain "non-aligned". So it started from first principles with a cop-out. Speaking at a press conference ANCWL president Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula said whomever the league supported would be determined by its principles: "good principles, selflessness, cadreship and years of service to the movement" would be among its determining criteria. She said the league had "no anxiety" about the issue.
No one was really buying that line though. Rarely had the ANC been so publicly divided before, every facet of the organisation under intense external and internal pressure. It might have claimed no anxiety but increased power it certainly had. It was allowed to elect its own candidates and now enjoyed the status of a province, giving it far more weight than its usual 50 delegates (in truth it would have only 68 of the 4075 voting delegates but women have always constituted more than 50% of the ANC's voting delegates, so its influence should not be underestimated). So, like it or lump it, the league's endorsement would carry significant weight and influence. And everyone knew it.
As time passed the league occupied itself with, among other things, coming out in support of Norman Mashabane, the former ambassador and sex pest, found guilty of sexual harassment by the department of foreign affairs. Instead of condemning his March 2007 deployment to the Limpopo legislature, they effectively blamed women themselves for his predicament: "We call on women not to abuse their democratic privileges and make statements implicating others…" Principled stuff.
But the pressure to declare its support for a presidential candidate continued and the league continued to side step the issue. In late March it would again obfuscate, ANCWL spokesperson Charlotte Lobe saying: "…we will discuss the team that will lead the ANC, but not one person".
By April the league was beginning to suggest something a bit more concrete, intimating that a woman president would be preferable. ANCWL president Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula said that the league was "…obliged to lead society in pronouncing its principled positions on the vulnerability of women, particularly on the issues of rape and abuse". Many saw that as a veiled reference to Jacob Zuma, who was found not guilty of rape the year before but in testifying said a range of things that suggested his attitude towards women was hardly 'principled'. Something the league had been openly critical of at the time.
In the background there were repeatedly mutterings foreign affairs minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma would be the league's preferred candidate. Although, even here, because she was likewise seen as firmly in Thabo Mbeki's camp; for many members of the league it was argued this would be nothing more than an implicit vote for him anyway.
Mbeki himself was playing it cool. Telling the ANCWL to "forget there is a national conference in December" and focus rather on gender issues. He had himself mooted the idea of a female president some months earlier – an idea which many in the league took as a suggestion he had Dlamini-Zuma firmly in mind. So even that proved divisive.
Position 1: A woman in the presidency
With time things became clearer. In April the league's National General Council took a resolution that it would fight for women to occupy 50% of all leadership positions in the ANC. Explaining the decision to the media, Mapisa-Nqakula said "We have not taken a position as the NGC that we want a woman president or deputy president, but we are saying certainly that the office of the presidency… has to have a woman." So, one or the other, basically. At least it was now advocating its express purpose as an organisation.
Reveling in its new found influence the league took the opportunity to make some demands. For one, the establishment of a 'ministry for woman'. One wonders what kind of negotiating went on behind the scenes with regards to that particular request. The fact that we now have a department for women (albeit not solely dedicated to them) suggests Zuma certainly obliged.
Other names for a woman presidential candidate were thrown about. Among them, Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka and former league president Winnie Madikizela-Mandela (it appears, if you have a double-barreled surname, your chances of succeeding in the ANCWL increase tenfold). And all the different machinations about who they were fronting for were endlessly discussed in the media. Another great irony. Every woman candidate was either for Zuma or Mbeki, but none for women themselves. Patronising, or telling? You decide.
More time passed. More support for people with dubious track records on gender issues. Among them, the league used one meeting to call for ailing health minister Manto Tshabalala-Msimang to be retained in her position. The very same person who had deliberately and in defiance of the constitutional court itself done everything she could to deny pregnant mothers access to anti-retroviral drugs.
Skip forward a few months to June and little had changed: still no decisive position from the league on anything. Writing for Business Day, Aubrey Matshiqi, opined that the reason the next president of the ANC would not be a woman was that the ANCWL was "embedded" with factional male political interests. It would nominate a man he said. It was inevitable. Or he'd eat his shoes.
By September the league's inability to articulate a clear position led to it being described in one national newspaper as little more than "clueless". Internally, just as was happening throughout the party, political infighting at provincial level had rendered its ability to make a decision nigh on impossible.
In the meantime, other bodies in the orgnaisation, most notably the ANC youth league, had set their cards on the table. And it was Zuma all the way. Its slate was: Zuma [president]; Motlanthe [deputy president]; Mantashe [secretary-general]; Dlamini-Zuma [chairwoman]; Baleka-Mbete [deputy secretary general] and Phosa [treasurer-general]. Given the ANCWL's earlier resolution, however, that could not possibly be a slate it agreed with. As it has said, either the president or the deputy president would have to be a woman.
By October, with time running out, speculation was rife Dlamini-Zuma would be the ANCWL's candidate. A source within the league told Business Day she represented the "safe choice", allowing the league to stay out as far as possible of the Mbeki/Zuma feud. "It is not a compromise candidate, it is the safe choice", the source said. Someone from the league will have to explain to me the difference between those two concepts.
Again, in November, the newspapers reported Dlamini-Zuma was a shoe-in. Indeed, that the league had set up a "special committee" to lobby for her. Mapisa-Nqakula told the Sunday Argus it would be a "very sad day" if the ANC emerged from Polokwane with an all-male presidency.
In other news, the league took time out to refuse to comment on allegations that the deputy chairperson of the league – Mavivi Mayakayaka-Manzini – had been abused by her husband, Manala Manazini. "We regard this as a private matter and are not doing anything about it", said ANCWL spokesperson Charlotte Lobe.
Everything came to a head on 11 November when 70 ANCWL branch delegates in the Northern Cape threw chairs at each other and hurled punches over the Mbeki/Zuma leadership battle. A source told the Cape Argus: "As the process unfolded there was an exchange of words (between Mbeki and Zuma supporters). The main person was physically fighting everyone. She was fighting with the Zuma group. They were throwing chairs. It was bad." So much for "no anxiety".
The incident elicited from the ANC's Electoral Commission a warning: play by the rules or else. The warning was rebuffed. The rebuffing caused more infighting. Things were beginning to fall apart at pace.
In a desperate bid to try and introduce some new, uncontroversial dynamic into the debate, on 25 November it was reported some members in the league had approached Winnie Madikizela-Mandela to stand. She, however, was having nothing to do with it.
Position 2: An all-male presidency
The next day, the ANCWL would nominate Jacob Zuma as president, by a narrow vote of 29 to 25.
Not just Jacob Zuma as president, but Kgalema Motlanthe as deputy. Its slate mirrored almost exactly the ANCYL's.
The decision was panned by the media, gender activists and even some members of the ANC itself. The Cape Argus called it a "disservice to woman", the Citizen said it constituted "political expediency", gender activists Professor Shelia Meintjies and Mpumi Mathabela said it displayed a "lack of political will" and represented a "huge step backwards" for the women's movement respectively. Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka said she was "shocked and disappointed" at the decision.
And rightly so. So much for resolutions. So much for principle. So much for advancing the interests of women. So much for a female president or deputy president. All nonsense. The tide was turning and the ANCWL did what it needed to do to make sure it was on the right ship.
But for all the shock and horror, its decision makes perfect sense: the ANCWL spent the whole of 2007 coming out on the side of men and taking positions which were not in the interests of women. Be it their support for Mashabane or Manto, their support for Zuma or the careful way they would only chose to speak out on those matters that might not stir the political waters, their position always was, to rephrase a saying, men first, women after.
So, let's see what happens this time round. Jacob Zuma has effectively mobilized every element of the alliance in response to 'The Spear' and the ANCWL has dutifully fallen into line. It has got from the president a separate ministry dedicated to women's interests (albeit one which appears no more functional than Limpopo) and so, is it ready to once again sacrifice principle in the face of its male political counterparts and put their interests first?
As an aisde, it is interesting to note that, if you visit the ANCWL's website, it has either failed to upload or expunged almost all its statements from 2006 and 2007 – only two statements from the entire period exist. Perhaps it would rather forget. Good choice in my view.
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One Comment to "Will the ANCWL back Jacob Zuma at Mangaung?"
sulew says:
Let it also be noted that this all male Zuma team (well 1 woman in the top 6 just for show) is pushing through a bill supposedly to support Traditional Leaders rights, but in fact it is all about stealing the rights of women currently enshrined in our constitution. Now what does that say about the ANCWL, not a lot!
Oh and to even think of supporting Winnie is an obscene choice, a convicted fraudster and of course the leader of the famous football louts. Was there ever any outcome in the murder of young Stompie! We all have our opinion.
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There is a lot of weather going round at the moment, physically and metaphysically. Since I'm talking about squares, forgive the play on words, though the round in my first sentence ought really to be around. Poetic licence. There is a deal of unpredictability, highs followed quickly by lows of pressures; peaks and troughs. I'm having to do a lot of running for shelter.
I like the concept of round weather. Suns are round. There are cycles; these are round. And around. Being out-of-doors, dependent on weather, round or otherwise, reveals, reminds, how much we occupants of the human form are dependent on weather for our food and general well-being. And fertile ground. Unlike the wild creatures, however, we have created a society that has distanced us from the fundamental significance of weather and the importance of fertile earth.
We've constructed all these squares – houses, factories, churches even, over the top of the soil on which we were meant to grow food. And we continue to do this at the proverbial alarming rate and let's not forget all the felling of trees – for meat production – lumping great squares of them, ignoring wilfully that we need trees to produce our oxygen. Food production – I'm talking grains and veggies – is being squeezed into ever-dwindling spaces, resulting in a flood of biblical proportions of fast-food factory farming industries. The earth in these dwindling spaces becoming stressed and exhausted, we stir-in (there's another round) artificial fertilisers and then plant artificial fast-food seeds which we shower with anti-pest poisons, which infiltrate the plants and the plants in their turn, poison us human form inhabitants.
Farmers have become little more than employees of big agricultural monopolies, as they are contractually obliged to use the seed given to them by the companies. They are not to collect seed for future use (and are fined heavily if they are caught doing so). Eventually, the breakdown of natural diversity has resulted in the breakdown of resistance to pests and diseases and then further resulted in resistance to the pesticides developed to control these. And so we are poisoning ourselves for nothing. To solve the problem of diminishing food supplies, we develop GM foods, further imbalancing nature's cycles (another round). And we navigate through our square lives blind deaf and dumb to our destruction of the planet by default and thus the very stuff we have to have for our very existence.
So there I was, a couple of days ago, pondering all this gloomy stuff while weeding out a little square of fertile earth in which I'm growing food sans any poisons. My square is miniscule in proportion to the size of the planet. I've divided this square further into nine squares and each has a different veggie growing in it. In one square there are five celeriac; the middle square has a square raised bed on top in which I'm growing carrots (the additional height and central position is to protect the carrots from the pesky carrot fly – they are low-flying pests – and I seem to have succeeded as the carrots are flourishing) and in the other squares I'm growing courgettes, squash (pumpkin) of different kinds, leeks and aubergines. It's kind-of my root vegetable square.
I have an identical big square adjacent, in which I'm growing several different varieties of potato, beetroot and radishes. Between the two squares there's a metal arch over which I'm growing French beans (blue, purple and yellow ones). I've two other squares, in which I'm growing sweetcorn and more courgettes and pumpkins; and mangetout peas. Elsewhere are squares in which I'm cultivating asparagus, Jerusalem artichokes, salad veggies, onions and shallots, cabbages of several varieties and shapes, kale, brussels sprouts, cauliflower, broccoli, spinach, marrow, cucumber and more beans and on my square veranda-turned-greenhouse there are half a dozen tomato plants, from cherry to beef and everything in-between.
Each square has some kind of blossom to attract bees so they help pollination, and also to help the bees recover from the viral and other diseases that are killing them off globally. Here's an extract from a February 2016 article in the journal Science, via the web site Take Part.
"The transportation of European honeybees that pollinate a third of the food supply is driving a deadly disease infecting beehives around the world, according to a study published Thursday in the journal Science.
"What we can say in our research is that the spread of this deadly virus across continents would not have been possible without the human-aided transmission of the European honeybee," said Lena Wilfert, the study's lead author and an evolutionary geneticist at the University of Exeter in the United Kingdom.
Just to chill you even further, I have read, fellow square-dwelling inhabitants of human forms, that five years after the last bee dies, man will be extinct.
My squares are organically fertilised and I use no pesticides. This winter my freezer will be stuffed with food (which is good because having left the EU, food prices are likely to rise) and I will have shared some of my produce as I will have had gluts and my fellow square-tenders surrounding me will have shared their gluts with us. That's good use of squares, don't you think?
Some of my squares are rectangles, I have to admit, but what's a rectangle but some squares pushed together? And as I was weeding one of the little squares in one of my big squares two days ago, I noticed that I felt very peaceful. I realised that I felt in control of something during a period when it is proving difficult to control anything. It wasn't just because I was growing food. It was about the square itself. Weeding one small square at a time took away the overwhelm I have been feeling generally that's prevented me from progressing my creative life (much) for some months; most of this year, really.
There's more fascinating info on nine but I don't want to excerpt any more of it. Do go and read the article.
Jude Hill's work is of the spirit which is the attraction of her work for me. And her one (insightful) square at a time approach removes the feeling of overwhelm that can come to artists when confronting a creative project. For writers, this is the novel. I'd all but given up on my novel and even my short stories. My little square of veggies, which I went on to divide into further squares, has shown me that this is the way to progress creatively – one square at a time. Since this realisation, I've picked up an unfinished short story, noted the feeling of overwhelm at the idea of finishing it, ignored that and have progressed it in the one- square-at-a-time tradition to a second finished draft. In the knowledge that when all the squares are done, the story will be finished. I've no idea how many squares I'll have to write or adjust, in the end. I know I'll have to do a lot of weeding, but it will be done, one square at a time.
While I kneeled at my square, weeding, thinking all the above, I found myself projected into outer space above the earth, looking down. I was too far above the planet to see my square of earth. I descended a very long way before I could see it.
My square of earth isn't going to save the planet from destruction. It will take a mass waking-up of humankind to the brink of extinction to which we have brought ourselves. But once that is achieved, it will only take each of us to begin making our squares – one at a time – physically and metaphysically, to bring about the back-off from the dreadful brink.
Will you join me? Will you make one fertile square and grow some food? If you're doing this already, I'd like to know. Send me a link to some pictures. I'll advertise your site on my blog.
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Your posts are very inspiring to me, they open my eyes to something new with each one. I am a quilter, and with each square I work on this evening, I will be thinking of your words here.
That's an incredibly nice comment and compliment, Tammi. You made my day. Thank you. I am not a great achiever of things. I would have to turn aside and applaud all the wise folks who inspire ME in turn and inform my writing. In truth, I rarely know in advance where I am going to go when I sit down to write and often I am inspired by what I learn on the journey and sometimes, the new people I 'meet'. I like to think I am a small link in a long chain. It appeals to my poetic imagination, the idea of you quilting and something I've written gets stitched into the quilt as a sort of trace memory.
Hi! I'm preparing for spring and summer by planting seeds of various stuff that must be ready to be planted seedlings by then. Carrots, courgettes, brinjals (or egg fruit or aubergines), and herbs too. Must find the parsley seeds. Obviously potatoes and pumpkin and gem squashes will go straight into the ground at the time. Looking so forward to living from my own labour and cutting my groceries expenses in half this way. I hope to have enough to sell some to neighbours and even the local grocery store or the restaurants in the area. An inspiring post. Thanks. I love and admire how we went off into the universe while gardening. Beautiful.
Yes, I'm growing food in two square at the end of my garden. I have a cane 'pyramid' with runner beans growing up it in one. The other did have small rows of kale, chard and multi-coloured beetroot growing. Sad to say all have been eaten by slugs, despite the use of organic slug pellets. I have two courgette plants to replace these with. So there will be food, and yes – almost certainly enough to give some away.


Hemp Seeds are an amazing little seed… one of the best sources of complete plant based proteins we have available… rich in both Omega 3 and Omega 6 fatty acids, in an enviable 3:1 ratio, too! They are also high in GLA (Gamma Linoleic Acid), which is an essential omega 6-fatty acid that our bodies cannot produce on their own. You also find GLA in things like evening primrose oil, borage seed oil and black current seed oil. GLA is directly involved in the reduction of inflammation, which is involved in so many disease states. Unfortunately, many SAD (Standard American Diets) are too high in consumption of sugar, poor quality fats, alcohol and tobacco use that impairs the ability of our bodies to naturally confer the benefits found in hemp seeds and other GLA rich foods.
So, what are some of the other benefits of these seeds?
Supports digestion due to the high fiber content…insoluble fiber helps bulk up stool and supports elimination!
beneficial in many disorders including PMS, obesity, diabetes and even high blood pressure!
What are ways to incorporate hemp seeds into your diet?
So, what do you think… will you give them a try? If so, let me know what you think in the comments below! They are super easy to integrate because they have a very mild, almost "nutty" taste!


Stacy McDonough was a venturesome and picturesque figure who came to Randolph County in 1797. He had served with the Kentucky militia against the Indians in several campaigns. He served with St. Clair, "Mad Anthony" Wayne, and Clark in other campaigns. At times he was also a flatboat operator. During the War of 1812, he served as captain of a company of rangers and carried the mail from Shawnee town to Kaskaskia.


For some of you, this won't be new information, so please enjoy the photos. For others, it could rejuvenate your whole approach to your photography, and for much less money than buying a new lens! And this time (or any time!) of year, we'd all like to be spending a little less money, no?
During a conversation with a friend recently, she remarked that, shocker! She really didn't love her Hasselblad. What?! I'd never met anyone who said they were anything less than thrilled with their investment. When I probed her as to why, one of the issues that she revealed turned out to have a very simple solution. But as I thought back to my first few weeks with the Hasselblad, I remember being so frustrated with the same exact thing: Why can't I get up close with this darn thing?! The focusing distance on the 80mm lens is 3 feet, so you have to be at least 3 feet away for your subject to be in focus. If I'm at a coffee shop, I'd rather not have to get up out of my seat and back up 2 feet to get the pretty latte art in focus. If I'm at lunch and want to snap a portrait of my date, I don't want to have to get up out of my seat to do it. And though I have mostly gotten over it, you might still be embarrassed to make a scene photographing that pint of beer on Friday night, which you are bound to do if you have to stand across the room to get the shot (ok, I'm exaggerating, but you would have to back up a few feet). Plus, you'll get more shallow depth of field, and most of us still love the bokeh!
I recently got a set of these for my Pentax 6×7 (AGFA from Amazon) and now I'm able to get shots like the ones below. I have only used the +1 so far. The only thing I didn't anticipate during my excitement for how cute Rosie might look up close while sleeping, is that the Pentax shutter that close to her is sure to wake her up! I'm so thankful for this little tip about close up filters, and I hope it might help you, too! I don't have experience with this with my digital camera, but if you do, feel free to let us know about your experience in the comments.
kthunk! *rosie's eyes jump open*…miraculously i got the photo before she opened them!
I was introduced to close up filters this summer in a Flickr group. I have always been frustrated with my 50mm 1.4 on my dslr and how far away from my subject that I must stand. I did purchase a 250D close up lens (it's called a lens, not a filter but it looks like a filter) which can be found online for less than $100. I gave it go and I was happy with the results. You can see the images here if you'd like http://www.flickr.com/photos/rslaflam/tags/closeup/ I definitely need to play more. Your pup is adorable!
wow i love the effect it has on the bokeh!
I don't know, looking at the tea cup on the wooden table it's hard to imagine getting much sharper an image with a lens vs. a filter. The surface of the tea looks like glass!
yeah, its good enough for me!
i knew SOMEONE could use this. so glad its you!
p.s. your photos are fantastic!!!!
These are absolutely stunning, Cara! And yes, I often forget about my Contax 645 filters. I shall try and remember to get them out. Soon!
Thank you for the tip. I have been looking at buying a new lens as I felt a bit stuck with my 50mm but have to wait due to the price of the lens I am drooling over. I am definitely going to try the close up filters before making the jump into new lenses territory.
glad to help! hope they work out for you.
My sister had a set of closeup filters (and mom too) back in high school and I inherited all of them I'll have to break them out and have some fun one of these days. Thanks for the reminder Cara!
Thanks for the tip. Your photos are so beautiful.


There are four major types (or "ranks") of coal. Rank refers to steps in a slow, natural process called "coalification," during which buried plant matter changes into an ever denser, drier, more carbon rich, and harder material.
Different types of coal translate to different rankings of the same coal. In other words, all coal evolves from the same material, but the different types result from varying points in the evolution of that material.
These different types of coal are consequently used for different purposes. Starting from the peat, the first output of the conversion process is the lignite (also known as "brown coal"). The continuing effects of temperature and pressure might transform lignite into sub-bituminous coals.
Heating techniques like coal forging and fire tending are explained in detail, along with different types of metal like wrought iron, cast iron, and steel. You can also buy this book directly from the blacksmith Author Lorelei Sims.
Apr 13, 2018· Had a fantastic day on the Keighley and Worth Valley Railway today. Whilst on the footbridge at Howarth, I noticed that the Coal Staithes in the yard seemed to contain 4 different types or grades of coal.


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UPDATE: Tiger Woods injured in rollover car crash near Los Angeles, extracted with 'jaws of life'
Photo courtesy of MGN
UPDATE: Authorities and Tiger Woods' manager say the golf star has suffered leg injuries in a vehicle rollover in the Los Angeles area and is undergoing surgery.
Posted: Feb 23, 2021 2:06 PM
Updated: Feb 23, 2021 2:10 PM
Posted By: Olivia Sanders
UPDATE: LOS ANGELES (AP) — Authorities and Tiger Woods' manager say the golf star has suffered leg injuries in a vehicle rollover in the Los Angeles area and is undergoing surgery. The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department says Woods had to be extricated from the vehicle Tuesday with the so-called jaws of life tools. No other cars were involved in the wreck that injured the golfer. Woods was taken to the hospital and his condition isn't clear. The vehicle sustained major damage.
NBC-- Golf legend Tiger Woods was seriously injured Tuesday in a one-car accident in Southern California, officials said.
Woods' vehicle was going north on Hawthorne Boulevard at Blackhorse road, on the border of Rolling Hills Estates and Rancho Palos Verdes, when it crashed and sustained "major damage," the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department said in a statement.
Woods was the driver and only occupant of the vehicle, the statement said.
"Mr. Woods was extracted from the wreck with the 'jaws of life,'" the sheriff added.
He was rushed to a nearby hospital for treatment of his injuries, the statement said.
Los Angeles TV crew injured in SUV crash, driver arrested
Tiger Woods Undergoes Follow-Up Procedures on Injuries Suffered in Car Crash
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L.A. sheriff says he doesn't expect charges against Tiger Woods in crash
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Trump Clinton, the Aftermath
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Well, it actually is all over except the shouting, and there sure seems to be a whole lot of shouting. If you do not believe us, go visit Facebook and if your page is not filled with screaming heebie jeebies, well, then your friends either do not speak English or other major languages or your friends have never heard of this place called the United States of America. Just for your edification, right now they do not appear all that united. The winner of the election rightfully depends on how you figure the winner. By the rules set forth in the United States Constitution, Donald Trump won receiving the majority of the Electoral College Delegates and it was not even close. If, on the other hand, you play by whatever rules best support your argument, in this case the popular vote, then Hillary Clinton should be the President. But if you really want to be picky, then the Democrat candidate should have been the disenfranchised Bernie Sanders and everybody knows that he would have won, just ask his supporters, they'll tell you all about how he was cheated and how he would have creamed Trump in the General election. Just in case you have not caught on, it's complicated. To make matters even more bizarre, Jill Stein, the Green Party candidate for President, did not win a single Electoral College Delegate but still demanded recounts in the three states which Hillary Clinton was closest to beating Donald Trump and would have, any two of the three, given Hillary Clinton the victory making her President. Just for clarity, Jill Stein had nothing to gain in any recount even if done by a blind supporter of her candidacy. For reasons that escaped those on the left, that includes most Hillary Clinton supporters and all of Jill Stein supporters, the courts refused the recount efforts and decreed that the recount request by Jill Stein was ridiculous because it could never have gained her any advantage. They were very polite not to dress her down for acting for Hillary Clinton and at the Clinton Campaign's request that she be her agent so that Hillary could remain above the dirty down under shenanigans. So, the end result is Hillary Clinton won the popular vote, which is like saying she received over 60% of California and New York plus, for the record, over 90% of Washington D.C., which way outnumbered anything Texas could produce as it was almost close in Texas, 55% Trump, but Donald Trump received the most Electoral College Delegates, that is more states which were close such as Wisconsin, Ohio, Virginia, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Florida and you get the idea, thus winning the Presidential race. For those having difficulty, if one were to be running for school president and each of the twelve levels of classes received one delegate and candidate A won three of the classes by fifty votes each but Candidate B won the remaining nine classes by three votes on average then Candidate B wins the election nine to three but loses the vote count by one-hundred-twenty-three votes.
Now let us give you the particulars. You will hear the claim that each person's vote in Wyoming, the least populous state, was equal to a thousand votes in California, the most populous state, which explains why Hillary Clinton killing Donald Trump in California but losing Wyoming was important, that actually is how it is supposed to work. If the vote were straight popular vote would anybody ever campaign in Wyoming or Alaska or anywhere other than California, New York, Ohio, Virginia, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Florida and Texas? Winning California, New York, Ohio, Virginia, Pennsylvania, Michigan and Florida would easily win you the popular vote but what about the remaining forty-three states, what are they, chopped liver? That was exactly what the Founding Fathers wished to avoid except in their day it was Ohio, Virginia, Pennsylvania and Massachusetts. The Electoral College is made up of five-hundred-thirty-five delegates. Each state receives two delegates to equal their number of Senators and then they get a delegate for each member of the House of Representatives. Every state is guaranteed a minimum of one Representative thus in the Electoral College Wyoming gets three delegates and California gets fifty-five delegates. The population of California is many times greater than the population of Wyoming, sufficient that seventy-five delegates might be a closer representation of the difference, but that is not the rule and the rules for the election were clear, crystal clear, at the beginning of the campaign. Despite knowing that she would win in California and New York, Hillary Clinton still campaigned in both states as if they were in question and crucial to her winning yet she spent little if any time in Wisconsin, Ohio, Virginia, Pennsylvania and Michigan believing they too were guaranteed. They were not. Still, the screaming will continue as if a great miscarriage of justice has been committed because Hillary Clinton was owed the Presidency and Donald Trump is a poser.
So, what is the truth behind this election? Well, first off is Donald Trump is not worthy of the office of President, but then again neither was Hillary Clinton. Probably there might have been a third party or independent candidate worthy but the actual reality is the only ones with any hope of winning were the two major party candidates. So, what are the American people to do when both parties put up such candidates? They chose, it is that simple. Truth of the matter is that there are likely a fair number of people who voted for Donald Trump who now wish they had not but had Hillary Clinton won there would have likely been a near equal number of people upset with having voted for her. When the vast majority of the people are voting against one candidate rather than supporting the candidate receiving their vote, there can be no validated winner. That aside, the fact is Donald Trump beat Hillary Clinton by three-hundred-six delegates to two-hundred-thirty-two delegates. That is an electoral landslide despite losing the popular vote. That leaves a vast number of disgruntled Americans facing a President who feels he has an electoral mandate. The media will do what it is able to deprive Donald Trump of any feelings of great victory be constantly questioning his victory and claiming he stole the Presidential election. Even the more conservative and Republican friendly media will not be all that favorable to Donald Trump thus he is unlikely to have many friends anywhere along the political landscape. But there are those who claim, us included, that if you are making everybody angry then you are probably being extremely fair as nobody likes a fair decision, they want their side to obviously win.
Still, the question is what choice was there when both candidates were so obviously flawed? The honest truth was the election was more about which candidate was going to lose, not who would win. Hillary lost the election far more than Trump won the election. Each candidate received more of their votes from people scared to death of the other candidate in the White House. As it turned out, more voters in more states were terrified of the Clinton Foundation and the pay to play politics than they were of a complete clown and poser playing at President for the next four years. More people over a wider geographic area felt that Trump could and would do less damage to the nation than Clinton. There were no great expectations or value voters but had there been such, they voted Trump over Clinton. The reality was once Hillary Clinton campaigned in a single speech that she would be President Obama's third term she lost. Her repeating that mantra cost her the election as the states between the great mountain ranges, the Appalachians and the Rockies, voted all but unanimously for Trump. Hillary won the megalopolises and Trump the smaller cities, towns and countryside. This election was very much similar to the Truman defeat of Dewey by taking rural America over the cities. That election was initially called for Dewey famously by the Chicago Daily Tribune leading to the famous picture of Truman holding up that paper with the headline of "Dewey Defeats Truman" at his victory party. There was one news magazine which had reported a Clinton victory in the election thus history repeated itself except we had to fake the picture. This election will be exciting demonstrations and questions about what will be and might have been. No matter which side of the argument you sit, you cannot win on Facebook. To be honest, Facebook has gotten borderline toxic no matter who you supported as the extremes are ruling the posting wars. If you can survive more than fifteen minutes either you are ignoring the vast majority of posts or you have apolitical friends. All we can request is please bring back the kitten and puppy pictures and funny videos, please.
Dewey Defeats Truman and
Clinton Defeats Trump
Headlines Then and Now
The future will debate on into infinity what would have been and what was. There will be predictions of how different things would be and debates over if Trump or Clinton really is the anti-Christ. Trump is the President and the best thing we all can do is pray that he makes at least mostly good choices. We also need remember that many of the things Trump will do, that can be reversed in the future just as things President Obama did are now being altered or nixed all together. That is how the American system functions, or malfunctions, all depending on whether your side is in power or not. After four years the American people will be given the opportunity to decide if Donald Trump was a worthy President or not. First the Republicans will get to decide whether to run Trump again or not and then the people will get a chance if the Republicans have not replaced him. Then there is the chance that Trump will decide four years of the bearing the responsibilities is a bit much for him and not run for reelection. It is possible as it has probably happened before like when Lyndon Baines Johnson decided not to run for another term seeing he would definitely have lost and did not want that on his resume. Whatever the case will be, in two years the entire House of Representatives is up for election and one third of the Senate, which leaves a large amount of potential change if people decide that the nation is going in the wrong direction still. This election was somewhat about the direction of the nation with Hillary Clinton claiming to retain the status quo and Donald Trump being the agent for change, radical change. What was interesting is that radical change won as that is uncharacteristic of the American voters and has seldom been the case. The last time such was chosen was Ronald Reagan, not to draw even the slightest of comparisons though if Donald Trump does half as much good he will have been a success. That will likely get some reactions claiming we are insane if we believe Reagan was a good President and that it was Carter's policies of freedom that broke the Soviet empire down. That is the belief in some circles; fortunately we travel largely in equilateral triangles so as not to get dizzy. All that can be said in honesty now is may Donald Trump be guided by the better angels and produce good for the largest numbers of peoples as he is able with the limited amount of power he legally wields and may he only wield those defined powers.


Holidays Rule features artists like the Shins, Rufus Wainwright and Paul McCartney singing classic Christmas Songs. For those of you who live in Pittsburgh, it's all of the artists you would hear on 91.3. It's a nice break from the same versions you hear over and over again on the radio. I can't wait to play this for my Christmas Party. The only thing that could be better would be a Mumford and Sons Christmas CD. Maybe next year?
Next week is Thanksgiving and I realize that most people are pretty stressed out. Out of town guests, feast preparation and Black Friday shopping culminate into a very hectic time. Luckily, I have not reached that stage in my life where I actually have to host Thanksgiving. Everyone in my family should be very pleased about that as I am just starting to learn how to feed myself. However, I did make an effort to get festive where I could around my apartment. I bought this basket for $1.50 at Goodwill and purchased the seasonal potpourri for around $4. This is definitely not centerpiece material. Like I said, I am not there yet. But I do think it would look nice in another room or entranceway if you want the Thanksgiving theme to carry on throughout your home.
Jack Wills, UK clothing line and recent arrival to the U.S., has some perfect looks for the winter/holiday season. You can always count on their preppy plaids, blazers, and oxford button downs, but I am loving the glittery detailing on the Arkendale Sequin Dress and Runfold footless tights. I will definitely be using these looks as inspiration, especially pairing my plaid shirt with a ruffled skirt.


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The Very Best of Ennio Morricone
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Promise Me This (Original Soundtrack to the Film)
Stribor Kusturica And The Poisoners
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Hair: Special Anniversary Edition (Remastered Original Cast Recording)
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International Vale Tudo Championship, ou apenas IVC, foi uma organização de vale-tudo, gerida pelo brasileiro Sérgio Batarelli.

História
A promoção foi fundada em 1997 como uma reação ao aumento de regras no UFC e para estrear uma promoção de luta brasileira própria. Ficou conhecida pela relativa falta de regras (semelhantes as regras iniciais do UFC), lutas de 30 minutos e também por usar um Ringue ao invés de um Octógono ou Cage. Em uma luta memorável, Gary Goodridge colocou os pés dentro da sunga de Pedro Otávio e esmagou seus testículos, após os dois voltarem de pé, Goodridge continuou tentando enfiar as mãos dentro da sunga de Pedro. Colocar as mãos ou pés dentro da sunga se tornou proibido a partir do segundo evento.

Na década de 1990, era considerado o evento mais real do planeta e o 3º mais importante no mundo, ficando atrás apenas do UFC e Pride.O IVC apresentou ao mundo lutadores como, Wanderlei Silva, Mike Van Arsdale, José Landi-Jons "Pelé", Chuck Liddell, Renato "Babalu" Sobral, Gary Goodridge, Johil de Oliveira, Artur Mariano, Ebenezer Fontes Braga, Branden Lee Hinkle, Carlão Barreto, Wallid Ismail e muitos outros.

O evento realizou 16 eventos, incluindo 3 internacionais na Venezuela, República Federal da Iugoslávia e Portugal e durou até 2003 devido a proibição de lutas de Vale-tudo com poucas regras pelo estado de são paulo em favor do MMA, que era mais regulado e seguro. Em 2016 o evento retornou com o evento IVC 15: The New Era, agora com regras de MMA e a adoção de um Octógono semelhante ao UFC e também com lutas de Kickboxing. Após esse evento não foram mais realizados eventos do IVC.

Regras
 A duração máxima de cada luta é de 30 minutos
 Vitório por Nocaute ou Finalização.

Não É Permitido
 Morder
 Enfiar o dedo nos olhos
 Colocar os dedos dentro da boca
 Segurar nas cordas
 Chutar se estiver usando sapatilha
 Colocar as mãos ou pés dentro da sunga do adversário (A partir do IVC 2)

Eventos

Links Externos
 Website Oficial

IVC

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Becky's Island Music Trivia Quiz #3 - 3/7/01
This week, in honor of St. Patrick's Day 2001, here are 18 questions about Irish musicians, groups, and songs. Some of our subjects are from the Emerald Isle itself; some are of Irish ancestry. Hope you have your Lucky Charms!
Get ready, get on your mark, 1-2-3, let's start!
1. What was Thin Lizzy's only U.S. chart hit?
2. Dolores O'Riordan is lead singer of what band?
3. Who is U2's "Pride (In The Name of Love)" about?
4. What is the mistake in the lyrics of that song?
5. Name the Irish band who hit it big with "C'est La Vie" in 1998.
6. What English singer of part-Irish ancestry recorded "Give Ireland Back to the
Irish?"
7. Who was the first Irish-born artist inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of
Fame?
8. Who is Declan Patrick McManus?
9. What American singer with a very Irish last name led his interracial band
to five Number 1 hits in the '70s?
10. Lee Loughnane is a founding member of Chicago. What instrument does he
11. Who wrote Sinead O'Connor's hit "Nothing Compares 2 U?"
12. Which member of Culture Club was of Irish ancestry?
13. Who was the guitarist for Survivor who co-wrote "Eye of the Tiger?"
14. What was Bob Geldof's band's name?
15. Though he had a Spanish last name, this late San Francisco guitarist was
part Irish on his mother's side. Who was he?
16. Name the Irish-themed 1983 song by Dexy's Midnight Runners
17. Which two members of U2 were actually born in Ireland?
18. Who played Paul's Grandfather in "A Hard Day's Night?"
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Germany to tell people to stockpile food and water in case of attacks: FAS
Posted by Pam Vredenburg on August 22, 2016 at 9:38pm
For the first time since the end of the Cold War, the German government plans to tell citizens to stockpile food and water in case of an attack or catastrophe, the Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung newspaper reported on Sunday.
Germany is currently on high alert after two Islamist attacks and a shooting rampage by a mentally unstable teenager last month. Berlin announced measures earlier this month to spend considerably more on its police and security forces and to create a special unit to counter cyber crime and terrorism.
"The population will be obliged to hold an individual supply of food for ten days," the newspaper quoted the government's "Concept for Civil Defence" - which has been prepared by the Interior Ministry - as saying.
The paper said a parliamentary committee had originally commissioned the civil defense strategy in 2012.
A spokesman for the Interior Ministry said the plan would be discussed by the cabinet on Wednesday and presented by the minister that afternoon. He declined to give any details on the content.
People will be required to stockpile enough drinking water to last for five days, according to the plan, the paper said.
The 69-page report does not see an attack on Germany's territory, which would require a conventional style of national defense, as likely.
However, the precautionary measures demand that people "prepare appropriately for a development that could threaten our existence and cannot be categorically ruled out in the future," the paper cited the report as saying.
It also mentions the necessity of a reliable alarm system, better structural protection of buildings and more capacity in the health system, the paper said.
A further priority should be more support of the armed forces by civilians, it added.
Germany's Defence Minister said earlier this month the country lay in the "crosshairs of terrorism" and pressed for plans for the military to train more closely with police in preparing for potential large-scale militant attacks.
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-germany-security-stockpiling-idUS...