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Air Cairo aiming to stand out from the crowd
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Posted 28 March 2018 · Add Comment
A new corporate livery marks a new beginning for Air Cairo as it emerges from the troubles of the past few years and prepares to expand once more.
Like most of Egypt's airlines, Air Cairo was badly affected by the double blow of the floating of the Egyptian pound, which saw its value halve against the US dollar, the currency in which the international aviation community operates, and by fears of terrorism.
The airline had planned to move from a fleet of seven Airbus A320s at the end of 2016 to 20 by the end of the decade. Progress has slowed, but chairman and CEO, Yasser El-Ramly, is hopeful that the delay will not be too great.
"We now have nine A320s and we're going to increase that to 12 by summer 2018. We're behind our plan, but I think we will reach our new business plan by around 2021."
Despite the company's title, it conducts relatively little business from the Egyptian capital. A single aircraft is dedicated to the Cairo market and has a business-class cabin to complement the economy-class seats, but the rest of its Airbuses operate with a single-class configuration.
The airline specialises in serving Gulf nations from secondary Egyptian airports, handling labour, visiting friends and relatives (VFR) and religious traffic.
The bulk of the airline's business comes from Europe. "The tourism market is returning and we had a good summer," said El-Ramly. Air Cairo flew around 250,000 tourists to Egypt over the summer 2017 season on roughly 65 flights a week, more than double last year's number of services. Those were split roughly 75/25% between scheduled and charter flights; load factor was around 78%. This he regards as healthy, considering that on its routes from Germany it typically faces competition from five or six airlines, including many of Europe's major low-cost carriers.
"We wish to have more than that, of course, and we're planning by summer 2018 to have increased the frequency to Europe to around 90 flights a week. We've been operating in Europe since 2003 and I think we have a good name with tour operators as a charter carrier." However, El-Ramly believes that the airline is not as well-known among travellers in Europe as it could be and plans a marketing campaign to make its name more visible.
A more distinctive colour scheme for its aircraft is being introduced, to help it stand out from the crowd.
The chairman is confident that, by next summer, tourists will be reassured that security has been tightened at Egypt's airports. In fact, he says that Sharm El Sheikh and Hurghada, the two airports over which security concerns were raised by foreign governments, are now some of the most secure in the world.
"Every [passenger] is checked twice. You receive a pat-down even if you do not set off the alarm."
Air Cairo is starting to branch out in new directions. It has instituted a new Sharm El Sheikh-Yerevan service to the Armenian capital and, by the time of publication, Milan should also have been added to the route map, with Stockholm and perhaps Azerbaijan following shortly.
There is no doubt, says El-Ramly, that Egyptian airlines such as Air Cairo can and should be taking a bigger slice of the market when it comes to transporting tourists to their home country. "Before the [2012] revolution, we had around 12 million passengers a year coming through Sharm El Sheikh and Hurghada and the market share of Egyptian airlines was less than 1% of this."
He believes that Egyptian airlines should increase the size of their fleets to improve that figure: "We are the largest private airline in Egypt, but still only have 10 aircraft and the rest of them in total have not more than around 25 in total."
European low-cost carriers, with their huge fleets and rock-bottom prices, remain the main threat to airlines such as Air Cairo.
The halving of the value of the Egyptian pound against the US dollar due to the floating of the currency meant that yields went through the floor. Obviously airlines like Air Cairo could not simply double their fares to compensate – "The market wouldn't accept that immediately" – but it has been slowly inching up its fares to recover yield levels.
El Ramly remains "very optimistic" and is confident that within the next year Air Cairo will have returned to the levels of success seen before political unrest started to affect the country in recent years.
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My trick is not much of a trick, but I try to make sure to apply my nail polish after my shower and not before. For some reason, it always chaps from showers.


Lepiota (family Agaricaceae) A genus of fungi in which the fruit bodies are initially enclosed in a universal veil; there is no volva. Spores are typically colourless. Many species are edible. They are found on the ground, on manure, on compost heaps, etc. See also PARASOL MUSHROOM.
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The Canadian book publishers industry generated operating revenue of $1.6 billion in 2016, down 0.6% compared with 2014. Operating expenses decreased 1.4% to $1.5 billion, resulting in an operating profit margin of 10.2%.
Salaries, wages, commissions and benefits totalled $379.7 million in 2016, down 1.9% from 2014, and accounted for the largest portion of total operating expenses (25.7%). Other large contributors to total operating expenses were cost of goods sold (20.1%) and subcontracts (15.4%).
The regional distribution of operating revenue was relatively unchanged from 2014 to 2016, with companies operating in Ontario and Quebec accounting for the majority of the activity in the industry. Book publishers in Ontario ($1.1 billion) accounted for two-thirds of total operating revenue in 2016, down 0.6% from 2014. Publishers in Quebec reported $434.5 million in operating revenue, down 0.7% from 2014.
Total sales amounted to $1.5 billion in 2016. Of total sales, book sales (own and exclusive agency titles) increased 0.5% from 2014 to $1.4 billion in 2016, while all other sales declined 7.9% to $108 million.
Of the $1.4 billion in book sales generated in 2016, 53.8% was attributable to foreign-controlled firms, while 46.2% was generated by Canadian-controlled firms.
Domestic sales accounted for 81.0% of book sales, while export sales made up the remaining 19.0%. Exports sales increased 11.8% in 2016 to $260.5 million.
Domestic book sales declined 1.9% from 2014 to $1.1 billion in 2016, due to lower sales of exclusive agent titles (-6.1%). Sales of publishers' own titles partially offset this decline, increasing 0.8% from 2014. Among sales from publishers' own titles, educational titles (+4.9%) and children and juvenile books (+18.4%) posted gains during this two-year period. These gains were partially offset by lower sales of other trade titles (all formats) such as fiction and non-fiction mass market books.
The largest customer category for book publishers' sales of own and exclusive agency titles in Canada was bookstores and other trade sales ($520.1 million), which includes major chain book stores and independent book stores such as university and college bookstores. This was followed by educational institutions ($188.4 million), such as primary and secondary schools, and wholesalers ($151.0 million).
Sales of print titles accounted for $1.2 billion of total book sales. Sales over the Internet represented $166 million of print title sales, while sales of E-books accounted for $188 million or 13.7% of total book sales.
Sales of titles by Canadian authors were $701.2 million and accounted for 51.1% of total book sales in 2016, up from 48.4% (correction) in 2014. Most sales of titles by Canadian authors were from sales of publishers' own titles ($633.1 million).
English-language books accounted for 81.9% of own and exclusive agency title sales, while French-language and other languages represented the remaining 18.1%.


MapTrip from infoware offers you professional navigation, the best map material and lots of additional information, which we have developed over more than 10 years of working together with our customers from different industries. Using our MapTrip Software Development Kit (SDK) you can integrate the MapTrip functions into your own software application.
With the MapTrip SDK you have access to a professional and extremely comprehensive development kit with more than 400 functions. Develop your own navigation with the SDK or integrate individual navigation functions into your software application. The SDK includes demo applications with source code and documentation. We also provide support for exten-sive projects.
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Dr. Abtin Shahriari is an Ivy League–educated, board-certified diplomate of the American Board of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, and is domestically and internationally recognized as an expert surgeon, teacher, and author. Dr. Abtin underwent over eight years of surgical training and learning at Emory University and the University of Pennsylvania. His surgical expertise includes bone grafting, dental implants, and facial reconstruction.
He frequently travels internationally as a lecturer on dental implants and oral surgery and has been published in leading research journals both nationally and internationally.
Dr. Abtin leads two highly credentialed state-of-the-art surgical centers, with the most recent office located in Buckhead. Dr. Abtin's offices are unique in that they are the only oral surgery offices in the entire state of Georgia certified by the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care (AAAHC). AAAHC accreditation ensures a superior level of commitment to patient safety and adherence to guidelines that maximize patient protection during outpatient surgery. At the forefront of innovation, they utilize the latest 3-D virtual reality surgical planning technology, allowing for improved prediction of operation outcomes and a precise surgical plan.
Exceptional patient-centered care is of the utmost importance to Dr. Abtin and is reflected in his surgical facilities. Patient concerns are at the core of treatment planning, and he practices under the philosophy that patients should be treated as though they are family members.
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TemperaturePro is a network of highly qualified heating, ventilating and air conditioning (HVAC) professionals. Even though each location is independently owned and operated, you get the same highly trained and qualified service and products.
TemperaturePro® was modeled after Lee's Air Conditioning in Lafayette, Louisiana that was owned by mechanical engineer David Seese. With a background in the refinery industry, David purchased Lee's 12 years ago. At that time, Lee's Air Conditioning was mired in a negative income business, but David was able to implement processes that allowed him to grow Lee's Air Conditioning to the successful business that it is today.
David's business model was so impressive that it caught the attention of SystemForward America the franchiser for the Pop-A-Lock franchise system. Don Marks, the CEO of SystemForward America, studied Lee's Air Conditioning business model that had made it one of the most profitable HVAC businesses in North America and used it to create the TemperaturePro® franchise system.
Over the last ten and a half years Don Marks has been an owner and the CEO of Pop-A-Lock the professional roadside and locksmithing franchise. Through a lot of hard work, Don was able to take Pop-A-Lock from a presence in just 200 communities to a whopping 8,500 communities representation. Don also introduced over 200 national accounts to the Pop-A-Lock system. When two of those major national accounts called Don and asked him if he could cover their heating, ventilation and air conditioning needs, the idea to create TemperaturePro® was launched.
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Q: Update className using react hook I have a span which has a className . The span has two state, one is like
{word}

and the other is like
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Now what I want is to check the className value like className.classList.contain("oneClass') which we do in vanilla js but I need in react hook(may be with ref hook) and also add className and remove className . also is it possible to check the length of className .for example 'singleword redword' should give length 2.
So overall I need -

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*add or remove classes

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could anybody suggest how to do ??
Thanks in advance

A: You can store in state an array of classes and use that to get all the information you need plus it gives an easy way to toggle any class in a set of classes.
basically this handleClasses function takes a class argument and then checks whether that class is already in your state. If it is, it removes it, if it's not, it add it to the state. Then in your span you join all the classes in the array in state to make a single string of classes.
Also you get the number of classes applied to your element very easily by doing classes.length
import React, { useState } from 'react';

const Component = () => {
  const [classes, setClasses] = useState(['singleWord']);

  const numberOfClasses = classes.length;

  const handleClasses = (c) => {
    setClasses(classes.includes(c)
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    )
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    >
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  )
};

A: If you are using colorRef = useRef() hook, then you can obtain the target node by calling colorRef.current and proceed with vanilla js methods like
colorRef.current.classList.contain("oneClass') and so on.

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21. Dumped!: A Survival Guide for
22. An eye for detail: an artist brings
23. WHAT DO YOU WANT TO DO WHEN YOU
24. Spring's hot new hair.(hair styles):
25. Stress Management for Teachers:
26. Forgiven but not Forgotten!
27. Light Up Your Child's Mind: Finding
28. The Up And Down Life: The Truth
29. Margaret Cezair-Thompson: The
30. Cat in an Indigo Mood (Midnight
31. Cat in a Jeweled Jumpsuit (Midnight
32. Cat on a Hyacinth Hunt (Douglas,
33. Family Honor by Robert Parker
34. Sisters in Song: A Collection
35. Family Honor (Sunny Randall Novels)
36. Winters, Talia: Science Fiction,
37. Sisters in Song. A collection
38. The Craftsman's Handbook " Il
21. Dumped!: A Survival Guide for the Woman Who's Been Left by the Man She Loved --1999 publication.
by Andrea Thompson Sally Warren
Paperback: Pages (1999-01-01)
Asin: B003F89NRK
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22. An eye for detail: an artist brings science to life with picture-perfect illustrations.(Utako Kikutani): An article from: Science World
by Andrea Thompson
Digital: 3 Pages (2006-11-13)
list price: US$9.95 -- used & new: US$9.95
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Asin: B000L433OU
This digital document is an article from Science World, published by Thomson Gale on November 13, 2006. The length of the article is 818 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.
Title: An eye for detail: an artist brings science to life with picture-perfect illustrations.(Utako Kikutani)
Author: Andrea Thompson
Publication: Science World (Magazine/Journal)
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Volume: 63Issue: 5-6Page: 14(3)
Distributed by Thomson Gale ... Read more
23. WHAT DO YOU WANT TO DO WHEN YOU GROW UP?: STARTING THE NEXT CHAPTER OF YOUR LIFE
by Andrea; Cantor, Dorothy Thompson
Hardcover: Pages (2000)
Asin: B0024LUBL6
24. Spring's hot new hair.(hair styles): An article from: Girls' Life
by Katie Abbondanza, Jan F. Lee, Andrea Thompson
Asin: B000PAAC94
This digital document is an article from Girls' Life, published by Thomson Gale on April 1, 2007. The length of the article is 957 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.
Title: Spring's hot new hair.(hair styles)
Author: Katie Abbondanza
Publication: Girls' Life (Magazine/Journal)
Volume: 13Issue: 5Page: 66(4)
25. Stress Management for Teachers: Increasing Dialogue
Paperback: 80 Pages (2006-10-16)
list price: US$18.98 -- used & new: US$18.04
Stress Management for Teachers: Increasing Dialogue presents a comprehensive view of the impact that teacher stress has on student achievement. Eastland Middle plunged into a second year of school improvement mainly because teacher stress was not addressed. During the first school improvement year, Principal Smith incorporated a targeted intervention program without first acknowledging and addressing the stressors that resided within the school environment. The school paid a price because stressed teachers were unable to properly implement new strategies. Join Eastland's teachers as they participate in stress management training from a holistic standpoint: A holistic approach in which active problem-solving is used to address stress entails reducing isolation by bringing teachers together for sharing and strategizing; restoring perspective and balance; increasing self-awareness; and identifying the next step(Sparks, 1983). ... Read more
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Forgiven but not forgotten: Mabel's JourneyBeloved, do not avenge yourselves, but rather give place to wrath; for it is written, "Vengeance is Mine, I will repay," says the Lord. (Romans 12:19)Is it possible to forgive and forget when others intentionally hurt us?The author posits that it's possible to forgive and forget if God is at the center of the rebuilding process ....and the following steps are practiced....•	Praying for the ability to recognize perpetrators' motives.•	Acknowledging that perpetrators have issues with jealousy, envy, sense of entitlement, or whatever in your God-given wisdom you determined their problem to be.•	Asking God to renew a right spirit within perpetrators, as well as ensuring that you do not possess similar characteristic.•	Dialoguing with offenders to increase awareness of the painfulness of their actions. In praying, through God you are able to forgive.....realizing that the battle is not yours...but the Lord's.•	Accepting apologies, and praying with perpetrators immediately thereafter to remove the yoke of unforgiveness.Mabel is a young girl, whose parents' reckless decisions dealt her a cruel blow in life. She embarked on a journey, trying desperately to escape a dysfunctional and abusive home, but the journey took her through ill-treatment and neglect. It was only through others that she learned to bask in droplets of mercies and at times showers of blessings. Mabel practiced the art of forgiving, so as to lessen the crippling weight and burden of unforgiveness, but just as she thought she would triumph and master the art of forgiving and forgetting, disaster struck. ... Read more
Motivating
Forgiven But Not Forgotten is very motivating. This book is well written and gives hope and inspiration to those who have experienced traumatic experiences, negative life circumstances or any ordeal that was difficult to to recover from.
Unless we are truly able to forgive one another, our lives, our life choices and close relationships may be negatively impacted; causing us to live in the past failing to reach our full potential.
Reading this book has been a blessing to me and I am sure it will be the same for you!! ... Read more
27. Light Up Your Child's Mind: Finding a Unique Pathway to Happiness and Success
by Joseph S. Renzulli, Sally M. Reis
Hardcover: 304 Pages (2009-08-11)
Based on the renowned "Renzulli Method," which has been adopted in schools all over the country, LIGHT UP YOUR CHILD'S MIND presents a practical program to help children fire up a love of learning to last a lifetime. World-renowned experts Drs. Renzulli and Reis illustrate the crucial role parents can play in their children's development and address how they can work with teachers to enhance their children's education. They uncover the hidden potential of daydreamers, rebels, and one-track minds, arguing that gifted behavior--basic smarts, high levels of task commitment, and creativity--can be fostered in bright children, even unmotivated ones. Step by step, LIGHT UP YOUR CHILD'S MIND will show parents how to set their kids on the path to a rewarding future. ... Read more
Every Chapter Has Great Parenting Advice
I know it's a cliché to find people declaring "every parent should read this!" However, this is one of those books Light Up Your Child's Mind: Finding a Unique Pathway to Happiness and SuccessI think every parents should read during their child's early years.This book has practical, accessible advice for every parent to bring out the best in every child.
Personally I think it is dangerous to label children as remedial , gifted, average or whatever for many reasons. But I couldn't agree more with the approach they have taken here. What is exiting about this book is that it is something that parents can use to connect with their children to enhance the child's interests or gifts immediately. Best of all it's based on the child so it didn't seem forced or manipulated.
Joseph Renzulli and Sally Reis have nearly 60 years combined experience in gifted education at the University of Connecticut, but I really think a person can miss the point if "GIFTED" is what you're focusing on.In their work they've really developed a broader way of thinking about gifts or abilities that will bring out more of the best from each child. Some of this is accomplished in noticeable ways like thinking of a "work product" or the "contribution" a child can make further developing the idea by identifying the audience for the product, how it's delivered and how it is received by that audience.It becomes tangible and the child learns contribute their work product for others to learn from, benefit from or simply enjoy.Real world application of art and arithmetic, what a concept? Some of the broader thinking is brought up in more subtle ways, like the chapter on twice exceptional children, dealing with exceptional learning and learning disabilities within the same child.
You may wonder how you would identify your child's "gifts." They've laid out an entire questionnaire to analyze and help enhance your child's gifts and help you and the child understanding what to do next. They have "Interest-a-Lyzers" for grade school, adolescent and teenage children. Sometimes; most times, gifts don't show up in academics, in classic ways or a gift may come and go like a phase. They demonstrate that most gifts ebb and flow and show up in atypical areas. Light Up Your Child's Mind is great resource for understanding and moving forward no matter what "phase" the child is in.
A good deal of what I took away from Renzulli and Reis's work is how I would like to see EDUCATION REFORM moving.With more individual learning plans, incorporating subject matter into the child's interests and real world application and audiences. Children are naturally curious learning machines and if we learn to harness their interests into worthwhile purists it solves many, many problems.I fear we will never see education reform in my young children's school years, but as parents we can easily diminish the effects of "teaching to tests" and "fashionable underachievement".
I highly recommend this book to any parent looking to really enhance the overall success and happiness of their child.
phenomenal book
This book was recommended by the headmaster of our children's school.Like a lot of good books, I almost constantly found myself thinking "Oh, that's why that kids do that" or "Ohhh, that's why that doesn't work."It just made so much common sense.I wish every parent and educator would read this book.We're so quick to lump kids into a couple of categories - smart, average, or heaven forbid, stupid.This book reminds us that we all have strengths and weaknesses and teaches how to reach even the kids who have been shoved into the "stupid" category.Highly recommend it.
Light Up Your Child's MInd
This book is broken down into 3 parts:
1.What Is This Thing Called Giftedness?
2.Practical Paths To Developing Your Child's Gifts And Talents.
3. Special Considerations.
The listings in the Appendix's/ Renzulli's Best Resources,
are extremely detailed.
Light Up Your Child's Mind, is filled with practical information, written for the average reader.
There are "Questionnaires", "Management Plans", and "Product Suggestions".
I would highly recommend this book, to anyone
(parent, grandparents, teachers)
who has, or deals with children...
especially those with exceptionalities!
I wish that I had had this book while my children were growing up.
I truly believe that it would have been a real help to my husband and I...
and to our children - many of whom were classified as gifted.
All of our children were very bright, but a few had learning
disabilities, and I feel that they did not always get the support and
guidance that they needed...from us or from their teachers.
Light Up Your Child's Mind gets a big 2 thumbs up from me!
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28. The Up And Down Life: The Truth About Bipolar Disorder--the Good, the Bad, and the Funny (Lynn Sonberg Books)
by Paul E. Jones, Andrea Thompson
Asin: B001RNI36C
A fresh, honest, and practical guide to living with bipolar disorder.
Paul Jones, a stand-up comedian and workshop leader who suffers from bipolar disorder, uses humor, honesty, and hard-won practical advice to dispel the stigma surrounding mental illnesses and shed light on the challenges of living with bipolar disorder.
Offering an intimate view of life with bipolar disorder—including the most common mistakes bipolar individuals make and how to avoid them— and covering every aspect from diagnosis, social life, home life, and career, this is an accessible and engaging guide from someone who's been there and can help readers cope and thrive. ... Read more
Straight talk and upbeat.An excellent read.
Paul Jones strikes an excellent balance of medical information and true life experiences."The Up and Down Life" is straight talk about discerning choices bipolars need to make and offers examples of the pitfalls to watch out for.It's encouraging, eye-opening, inspiring.
perfect title, perfect book
If you are bipolar or suspect you might be, or if you live with someone that fits the bipolar "profile"; then reading this book will be a great help. I know it helped me. I have spent most of my life having mixed feelings about the condition. Sometimes I'd be convinced that I had the disorder; other times, I laughed at the notion. It's so typical of the bipolar person to be in denial when everything is going okay. And there are plenty of times when you think all is well... but it doesn't last for too long.Eventually I would go from feeling okay to feeling totally awesome! Now I realize those were the times to be most alert because inevitably they would be followed by horrible downs. So yeah, it is an up and down life. I finally went to a qualified physician who confirmed my suspicions, and also prescribed the combination of meds that has made the difference. No, I am not "cured". But I'm in better shape than I ever was. Now I understand what some of the stuff in my past was all about. Too bad it took me so long to admit it to myself. The book was the eye-opener I needed to point me in the right direction. I know a lot of people hate taking medications for psycho-emotional problems; they prefer to go to counseling or tough it out. But for the bipolar person there's just as much need for medication as for the diabetic. And unfortunately suffering from bipolar disorder can also be a matter of life and death.
Basic, glib and not too informative
First, let me say that I do not wish to criticize any individual's account of his mental illness and experience.Mr. Jones relays his experience with bipolar disorder in great detail. This is perhaps the most redeeming feature of this book. The book works best when Mr. Jones sticks to his personal experience with the ups and downs and his own personal experience with treatment.
Far too often, though, his tone comes across as preachy and pedantic. This is not recommended for someone who has already done extensive research on bipolar disorder and read several personal accounts of living with this illness. Ultimately, I suppose, this is the bottom line for this book: it may be helpful for the reader with little-to-no knowledge of BPD but even in that case I believe there must be better introductions.
Mr. Jones emphasizes that people with BPD should not define themselves by their illness.He consistently, however, refers to "we bipolars" and reduces his audience to exactly what he suggests avoiding -- complete identification with the disease. Granted, the book is about BPD and the language is geared toward those in the BPD community, so there is a degree of collective identification necessary.The tone, however, including Mr. Jones' own identity as "Bipolar Boy," casts an unfunny overemphasis on the diagnosis as identity. Moreover, his references to "bipolar boy" and "bipolar Paul" actually come across as self-promotion and there is an uncomfortable suggestion that this book is too self-aware and dips sometimes into marketing.
Very enlightening
The price and shipping were great, the author was wonderful, really shed a lot of insight
The truest book written on the subject
I read this book and it was like watching a movie of my life.I am bipolar as well as Paul is.I thought I was the only one like this.Nobody in my family or freinds understood it.I was so happy to find out I was not alone in my struggles.Most books just tell you what the symptoms are.This book tells you what it is really like from someone who lives with it.I recommend it for anyone that is bipolar or is close to someone with this illness.It will help you to understand somewhat of what they are dealing with and how you can help and support them.People without the illness are quick to dismiss it as real. ... Read more
29. Margaret Cezair-Thompson: The True History of Paradise.: An article from: World Literature Today
by Andrea Shaw
Asin: B0008FBK0G
This digital document is an article from World Literature Today, published by University of Oklahoma on January 1, 2002. The length of the article is 527 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.
Title: Margaret Cezair-Thompson: The True History of Paradise.
Author: Andrea Shaw
Publication: World Literature Today (Refereed)
Publisher: University of Oklahoma
Volume: 76Issue: 1Page: 124(1)
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30. Cat in an Indigo Mood (Midnight Louie Mysteries)
by Carole Nelson Douglas
Audio Cassette: Pages (1999-04)
Midnight Louie, that beloved, jet-black feline sleuth with a nose for the notorious, is on the prowl once again--and the beat he walks is as dangerous as ever.
At the Blue Dahlia, the forties-style music club where hard-boiled homicide lieutenant Carmen Molina moonlights secretly as a torch singer, things are not as easygoing as they seem. When her gig ends, she can't miss the dead body lying next to her car on the moonlit asphalt of the parking lot, with the words "she left" spray-painted nearby. Soon, another anonymous woman found in a parking lot across town joins the unidentified woman in death.
Is a serial killer at work in Molina's backyard? And will the tough lieutenant have to bite her tongue and resort to the despised help of amateur sleuth Temple Barr to crack the case? Maybe the wily police lieutenant has more devious plans in mind. Certainly neither of Temple's two love interests, hotline counselor Matt Devine and the magician-cum-undercover man Max Kinsella, is far from committing crimes of the heart--or of homicide--as the double murder case unfolds.
Meanwhile, Louie reluctantly finds himself walking on the wild side in partnership with his feisty if disapproving daughter, Midnight Louise, when a glamorous feline client seeks his help in finding her missing boyfriend. Can both Midnight and Temple reconcile themselves to working with others soon enough to solve their respective cases--and keep themselves from ending up the same way? ... Read more
Cats rule okay?
Any thought that humans are top species on this planet must go out of the window with this excellent series of cat-assisted crime novels. Without the felines, where would the humans be? Carole Nelson Douglas' writing is very witty. Characterisation is fascinating and I love the way there is a running thread of mystery all the way through this series. I hope that all will be revealed when we finally reach Z and Temple sorts her love life out!
my 2¢ worth
I'm a cat lover to bgin with, so this might come out sounding more than a touch biased. My first exposure to ML was Cat in a Jeweled Jumpsuit. I enthusiastically reccomend it, it's got the King, it's got Las Vegas, it's a mystery and most of all it's got Midnight Louie! I have since gone on to read Catnap, Pussyfoot, Cat on a Blue Monday and Cat in a Flamingo Fedora, which is notable for the climactic abduction and forced vasectomy of our hero ML. A damn shame that, since in her debut in Cat on a Blue Monday, Louie's long-lost daughter Midnight Louise alias Caviar, revealed her lack of desire for motherhood and breeding. If only the family line could be contiuned! we all need more such cats as Midnight Louie, to say nothing of Temble Barr's need aswell as that of Las Vegas in general. My basic point, do yourself a big favor and start collecting the ML series today!! Talk about being worth every penny. I'd gladly grab up every title myself if I ever hit the Lotto jackpot!
I'm a cat lover to begin with, so this might come out sounding more than a touch biased. My first exposure to ML was Cat in a Jeweled Jumpsuit. I enthusiastically recommend it, it's got the King, it's got Las Vegas, it's a mystery and most of all it's got Midnight Louie! I have since gone on to read Catnap, Pussyfoot, Cat on a Blue Monday and Cat in a Flamingo Fedora, which is notable for the climactic abduction and forced vasectomy of our hero ML. A damn shame that, since in her debut in Cat on a Blue Monday, Louie's long-lost daughter Midnight Louise alias Caviar, revealed her lack of desire for motherhood and breeding. If only the family line could be continued! we all need more such cats as Midnight Louie, to say nothing of Temple Barr's need aswell as that of Las Vegas in general. My basic point, do yourself a big favor and start collecting the ML series today!! Talk about being worth every penny. I'd gladly grab up every title myself if I ever hit the Lotto jackpot!
Cute, and confusing.
If you read mystery stories, as I do, to provide logic in an often illogical world, Cat in an Indigo Mood isn't going to meet that demand. Douglas' books are clever and quirky, fun and fantastic--but never filledwith logic and deduction in the traditional 'mystery novel' sense. Thecharacters themselves are an odd mixture of strange traits and exoticbehaviors. Many of them don't really fit into the plot line, and have noreason for being in the novel, other than being delightfully flamboyant andunusual. The reader must accept this and admire them for what they are inand of themselves.But don't expect these creatures to further the plot,or even reappear again in this novel.And expect some of the characters tobe dogs and cats who are smarter and more believable than their humancounterparts.When I am in Las Vegas, I am always aware that the cityI see is a total amusement, builtfor that reason only.There aregondolas through shopping malls and volcanos atop buildings, garnished withneon and feather exotica.The Midnight Louie mystery series is a lot likethat: a lot of enjoyable fuss and floss, an amusement that defies reality.
Tenth book juggles complicated plot expertly!
Three murders with 3 different, yet interconnected victims, a more humanizing look at Det. Molina, an exciting and fresh detour for Matt, and a new beguiling addition to the cast help this latest Midnite Louie outing succeed where the preceding book felt off-kilter. The mystery itself isengrossing and kept me guessing as to whodunit. I'm tempted to recommend itto the beginner in the series because it is such a well-rounded story, butone should probably still stick with starting at the beginning tounderstand character backgrounds, etc.Good to see Temple and Matt workingtogether as friends to solve the mystery, and Molina soliciting Max's help(on the romantic side, one wonders exactly who is going to end up withwhom?) One element I *really* appreciated was that, by this 10th book,Molina 'gets' and even appreciates the feline detecting connection! ... Read more
31. Cat in a Jeweled Jumpsuit (Midnight Louie Mysteries)
list price: US$25.00
A new adventure for Midnight Louie, feline detective, and his human partner, Temple Barr, finds our protagonists involved in an mysterious case involving death threats, ghosts and the King himself: Elvis. Simultaneous. ... Read more
Love the series, but this is the weakest link
The author substituted Elvis trivia for character development and made EVERY major character spout said trivia at the drop of a hat.Maybe having one avid fan pop in with some tidbits now and again would have been bearable, but this felt almost like a lecture with a few murders thrown in.The lack of susbtance shows.
Weakest entry in the series
I've read all the Louie mysteries up through this one (awaiting my copy of "Kiwi Con") and this one was, as another reader said, much more of a chore to finish than the others.
IMO, all the Elvis trivia and the sheer amount of time spent on the Elvis con/competition/hotel opening was filler for what was a thin plot to begin with. I normally enjoy spending a few hours with Temple, Louie, Matt, et al, but this time there was none of the internal dialogue or the conversations that really make each of these people "spark".Temple seemed to be there just to help move point A to point B or ask the pertinent question that would let the Elvis information pour forth.Matt was much too one note; his sole purpose seemed to be to show up, wonder about being a local media star for a few moments and then disappear again.It was like reading a book where all the main characters were reduced to cameo appearances by an unwieldy, boring plot that forced its way to center stage like a 300 pound diva.
One of the things I've really enjoyed about the series is the way Douglas lets us into Matt's, Temple's and C.R. Molina's minds. It makes them much more well-rounded as characters and I feel I "know" them.This book was incredibly short on that aspect as compared to the other novels in the series.
I'm also very tired of Max/Matt/Temple triangle.I suppose the main reason is I don't care for the Mundane Max very much.I find him more a convenient plot point than anything else.Need something that might be a little extralegal?Max shows up!Need to remind everyone there's a romantic triangle?Max pops up out of nowhere!*yawn*I find him to be the weakest character in the series because I have very little to base him on in my mind.I don't know whether it's Douglas' intention to make him appear mysterious or what, but one or two glimpses into what Max is thinking other than "Kinsella thought that he had the upper hand" type stuff or appearing to be jealous when Temple seems to have Matt foremost on the mind would go a long way towards filling him out as a character and making him seem more like a real person than simply someone invented for those times when you need someone with extralegal access to the info needed to move the plot along.The background she gives him doesn't ring very true to me for several reasons too long to go into here.I will say that it just ended up feeling like another smokescreen.I generally end up skimming the Max chapters for the necessary info and then jumping back into the story.
All in all, I enjoy the Louie series immensely. They may not be entirely logical at times or gritty and real, but they're (for the most part) well-written, fun, full of people with very individual voices (including Louie), and I think Douglas has done a fantastic job with the character of Matt and showing what it might be like for someone to try and become part of a world that he never really knew.But after such great previous novels, I found "Cat in a Jeweled Jumpsuit" to be below the standard of the other Louie books.
Least favorite in the series
I have read all the books in the Midnite Louie series, and this one was definitely my least favorite.Maybe because I was never an Elvis fan, but I just didn't find all the Elvis trivia and impersonator stuff interesting. Like several other readers, finishing the book was a chore, not really a pleasure like usual. I hope the next book gets back on track.
Louie, Temple and Carole Forever!
I returned home from a recent trip to Memphis, where we toured Graceland, to find "Cat in a Jeweled Jumpsuit" in the mail awaiting my arrival. The coincidence was amazing. Finished reading it last night andthink it is one of the best books I have ever read. The author's thoughtprocess gets deeper with each book and her exploration of the never-endingElvis mystique casts an accurate eye on the sociology of the 50's and 60'sand the perception of those times having been so innocent. Having been ateenager in the 1950's, I could also totally relate to the Electracharacter.The author's use of words gets cleverer and funnier with eachbook. As with any "whodunit," you have to keep reading to findout who was the perp, but you finish the book with sadness because therewill be no more show-stoppers on each page.Thank you, Carole, so much forTemple and Louie and Chatter and all the rest of them!
Cat in a Jeweled Jumpsuit
Great book for Louie lovers & Elvis fans. And for those who aren't Elvis fans or too young, there's something to be learned. Another fun adventure for Louie, Temple & you. ... Read more
32. Cat on a Hyacinth Hunt (Douglas, Carole Nelson. Midnight Louie Mysteries (Los Angeles, Calif.).)
The ninth novel in the popular series. Back in Las Vegas after a trip to the Big Apple, Midnight Louie, the black tomcat detective with a nose for the notorious, witnesses death on the Nile when the battling Egyptian barges outside the Oasis Hotel force a dead body to the surface. ... Read more
Cat charisma at work in Las Vegas
Although this was my first sampling, this is the ninth book in the "Midnight Louie" mystery series.Looking for some steamy purple prose to keep you company on a cold winter's night?Grab a glass of wine and snuggle up with this book.Charismatic mystery man on the run Max Kinsella and earnest but no less appealing Matt Devine are both wrestling with demons of their past and both are attracted to the petite, feminineheroine, Ms. Temple Barr, a reluctant epicenter of criminal mayhem.
The story is more of a female oriented action thriller than a detective novel.The plot picks up the threads of previous books in the series, and leaves plenty of open-ended questions for the future. The real star of the series is Temple's big black tom cat, Midnight Louie.Chapters narrated from his viewpoint are in a distinctive sans serif typeface.He is perfect for the Las Vegas setting:Savvy, street-wise, and and unpretentiously superior,strutting his way around the Oasis and Cleopatra's Barge at Caesar's Palace. At times I found myself impatient with the human story and eager to get back to Midnight Louie's take on the events.
This book will lift you out of the doldrums. I'll definitely seek out earlier titles in the series for those times that I need something light to cheerme up.
Love the series
Once again Carole Nelson Douglas has written another wonderful continuation for the Midnight Louie series. I have loved this series from the first time I read Catnap and It gets better with each book. I'm sure we all feel for Mister Matt Devine now that Temple Barr is back together with the "Mystifying Max". and poor Louie!!! He has some luck with the ladies of the feline purrsuasion. All I have to say is, Carole Nelson Douglas, Keep up the AWESOME work.
I've read all books in the series (which I'm normally fond of), but this one was just a little too overloaded with characters, plots, and angst. I didn't really care about the too out-there Shangri-la villianess or her cat, and I was annoyed with the heroine Temple (who actually seemed to bemore in the background). I think Ms. Douglas does a much better jobjuggling a complicated storyline in the next book, Cat in an Indigo Mood.
Life is too short to waste it on a book like this.
I simply did not understand the story.I had to force myself to continue to read and when I was finally finished - I could hardly believe it.I felt cheated and betrayed.I could hardly understand what had happened and could not figure out the ending.Was the mystery solved?Who was thekiller?I could only guess. So I visited this site to read otherpeople's review and was stunned to find to find that the average rate was 5stars!They must be loyal to the author or be crazy about anything thathas to do with cats. Or I must be from Mars. I love books and I lovemysteries - but this is the worst mystery I have ever read.Perhaps theauthor should consider another genre of writing.I feel bad giving a badreview but want to warn others not to read this book.
One of the best series ever!
I've read all of the first nine books, except for the first and they are absolutley incredible!.I just ordered the first one and I'm getting ready to order the tenth one INDIGO MOOD.The books are fast paced and veryexciting, I read 8 of the books in just two weeks, I couldn't put themdown! Cat on a Hycanith Hunt was one of my favorites in the series.Ifyou're looking for a good read, these are definitly it! ... Read more
33. Family Honor by Robert Parker (Unabridged) [Audio Cassette]
by Robert Parker
Audio Cassette: Pages (2000)
Asin: B000M0RF4C
34. Sisters in Song: A Collection of New Songs from the Women's Liberation Movement
by Tierl & Webb, Andrea & Faychild, Janie (compilers) Thompson
Asin: B000K96J2Y
Audio CD: Pages (2006-09-01)
A blazingly original new novel from the undisputed dean of American crime fiction, featuringa sharp, tough, sexy new P.I., Sunny Randall.
"Robert B. Parker has always been a master of razor-sharp and witty dialogue, hard-driving suspense and memorable characterization," says the Houston Chronicle. With both the classic Spenser series and the more recent Jesse Stone novels, Parker's spare prose and tight storytelling have earned him critical praise and popular success in equal measure. In Family Honor, he creates an entirely new character--young, smart, and, for the first time, female.
Her name is Sunny Randall, a Boston P.I. and former cop, a college graduate, an aspiring painter, a divorcee, and the owner of a miniature bullterrier named Rosie. Hired by a wealthy family to locate their teenage daughter, Sunny is tested by the parents' preconceived notion of what a detective should be. With the help of underworld contacts she tracks down the runaway Millicent, who has turned to prostitution, rescues her from her pimp, and finds herself, at thirty-four, the unlikely custodian of a difficult teenager when the girl refuses to return to her family.
But Millicent's problems are rooted in much larger crimes than running away, and Sunny, now playing the role of bodyguard, is caught in a shooting war with some very serious mobsters. She turns for help to her ex-husband, Richie, himself the son of a mob family, and to her dearest friend, Spike, a flamboyant and dangerous gay man. Heading this unlikely alliance, Sunny must solve at least one murder, resolve a criminal conspiracy that reaches to the top of state government, and bring Millicent back into functional young womanhood.Amazon.com Review
Let's get this settled right away: Sunny Randall is nothinglike Spenser. True, she's a private eye in Boston with goodconnections to the cops, and she also knows a lot of bad guys. Andyes, she happens to have a trusty sidekick named Spike, and a closefriend who could easily be related to Susan Silverman, (Spenser'slong-term companion). Oh, did I mention the cute dog? Aside from that,though, there's absolutely no similarity between this new series fromRobertB. Parker and his long-running Spenser books. Just because thecase Sunny is working on--finding a missing 15-year-old girl who hasrun away from her very rich parents--sounds similar to the Spenserfavorite ThinAir doesn't mean Parker is repeating himself here. Think of itas more like a homage, the kind of thing the author took on when heagreed to finish Raymond Chandler's Poodle Springs. Only inthis case it's a homage to himself--but what the hell.
Writtenspecifically with Parker's good friend actress Helen Hunt in mind,Family Honor is all in good fun. At one point, a no-nonsensenun looks down at Sunny's bull terrier, who is lying on her backbegging for a tummy rub. "What's wrong with this dog?" Sistersaid. "It is a dog, isn't it?"
Parker is so good that with onehand tied behind his back he can create characters that are morememorable than most writers can even when pounding away with bothfists. In just a few short pages, he tells us all about Sunny's careeras a painter--and about the complicated relationship between her coolpoliceman father and her irritating pseudo-feminist mother. Parkereven makes a direct dig at Spenser (who, before turning to privateinvestigating, had a short and fairly unsuccessful career in theboxing world). When the runaway girl questions Sunny's ability toprotect her from dangerous criminals--"you're a girl like me, forcrissake, what are you going to do?"--Sunny replies, "It would be niceif I weighed two hundred pounds and used to be a boxer. But I'm not,so we find other ways." Exactly. --Dick Adler ... Read more
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Spenser in drag?
Really, this is Parker's male persona stuffed into a petite female form. It was like reading Spenser as a weird female impersonator. This may have been my own limitation as a reader, after enjoying so many "Spenser" novels -- but it was frankly unsettling and unsavory. Yuck.
My daughter recommended this book since she knows I like to read mysteries, especially with women slueths. I loved the characters and the fast pace. The title, "Family Honor" was right on. So far I read #'s 1,2, & 3 in the Sunny Randall Series and liked them all. Robert B. Parker is now one of my favorite authors.
I haven't read the book as yet - but it is wonderful being able to order used books from Amazon and know that I am going to get something in good condition.I have never been dissatisfied.
Parker's new charge...
Being a huge Spenser fan I am of course a Robert B. Parker fan.Sunny Randall makes her debut in this yarn of sex, deceit and extortion.Not his best but getting his feet wet with this new female perspective, he makes more than a solid effort. (he gets the ball rolling in following tales)I'm grateful to Mr. Parker and his pen (figuratively???) If you are a fan...don't miss it.If you're not...WHY not???!!!!
"You Wouldn't Understand," she said - Rachel Wallace.This novel is Spenser's Reply.
FAMILY HONOR lived up to its title as the pilot for this delightful series which felt at first like Spenser was toning himself into a female roar heard round the literary arena, while extending his slant on gangster Vs cop family backgrounds (in which neither is all bad or all good) in this Juliet and Romeo romance.
I hadn't thought I'd be able to get into a female private eye series by Parker, especially after having become addicted to his 34 Spenser novels.But FAMILY HONOR was a perfect appetizer with appealing percolation.I don't doubt that Parker can carry both his new series (see my review of NIGHT PASSAGE, Jesse Stone # 1).
It didn't take more than a few chapters for Sunny to split off from the long-wrought, well-writ Spenser mystique and into her own, as a full character... maybe with Spenser speaking into her ear as an angel from an alternate reality, for a while.I enjoyed the slips connecting to Spenser, i.e., how Sunny might deal with a particular hairy situation if she were a 200 pound, male boxer.In humorous yet realistic contrast to Spenser and Hawk types, Parker dramatized what a small female can do to compensate for not being a testy, taut, towering gorilla-with-gonads, in a plot which will had me smiling.I'm excited about this series; I enjoyed the upbeat feeling of this first offering in it.I relished hearing Randall use Spenser's trademark words in dialogue, like "some more" and "eek."
Reading the first few chapters of FAMILY HONOR I kept seeing Spenser in high heels, noting how uncomfortable they were, and wondering where/how to effectively house a big enough gun on a 115 lb, 5'4" body... as he seemed to be having great fun adapting to this recent female incarnation, shaking out the form and personality.Of course, that image alone got me grinning.By the time the intense ending called up, I was liking Sunny Randall every bit as much as Kinsey Millhone (Sue Grafton's P. I.).
For this unique pilot, Parker designed a stylish, italicized prologue in third person observation of Sunny and Rosie, accomplishing an artistic, literary feel, giving a light-touch, sensitive contrast to chapter one opening into a first person narrative style with Sunny telling her own story in the classic private eye genre mode.
The included cultural icons of cooking, dress, habits, and thinking were precisely on target with the copyright date of 1999, when the Great Chefs TV episodes were running hot and heavy, with their long-handled saute pans being shook (contents were no longer stirred on TV) above gas-lit burners on commercial grade stoves, featuring Spike, Sunny's gay, tough-guy chef friend.
The plot here gave hints of EARLY AUTUMN (# 7 Spenser) and CEREMONY (# 9 Spenser) as Sunny took in a young teen, Millicent Patton, runaway, hooking daughter of her clients.Enlightening entertainment was easily obtained through Sunny's ways of dealing with and drawing out this young human lost in the sump and shrug of a lack of love.
A few quirky questions came to mind as I began reading this novel:
What might Rachel Wallace (# 6 SPENSER, Looking for Rachel Wallace) say about Spenser's (Parker's) ability to understand being female, if she were to read FAMILY HONOR.And what would she think about macho if she had read all 34 Spenser novels.Can novels help us understand that which we would have to stretch outside our bodies and into another form to get?I'd say they can, especially if penned by Parker.
Rachel Wallace may have to give the gauntlet on this one.Spenser understands.
Yet... can testosterone ever fully comprehend powerlessness...
Maybe any person who has ever been depressed, grieved loss of a loved one, or desperately wanted something he couldn't have, for whatever reason, has the capacity to comprehend the initial feeling of hopelessness which sometimes comes at those times of leached strength and slow coming answers.We each have a spirit, though, which seems to believe that morning comes daily.Parker has made a good case that sunny weather can dog the footsteps of storms.
Linda Shelnutt ... Read more
36. Winters, Talia: Science Fiction, Babylon 5, Andrea Thompson, Telepath, Psi Corps, Telekinesis
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Talia Winters is a fictional character appearing on the science fiction television show Babylon 5 during its first and second seasons. She was portrayed by actress Andrea Thompson.Ms. Winters was a licensed, commercial telepath from Earth and a member of the Psi Corps organization. She was assigned to the Earth space station Babylon 5 in the year 2258 to serve as its second resident commercial telepath. Like all Psi Corps members, Winters' telepathic ability was numbered according to ability; Winters was classified as a P5, the level of most commercial telepaths. Typically, commercial telepaths were assigned to help two or more business parties broker deals, by monitoring their honesty during business negotiations. ... Read more
I have just looked over two pages of books consisting of rehashed Wikipedia content with, it would appear, no external fact checking, issued in paperback, and dramatically overpriced.Why?
Profoundly Disappointing
It is profoundly disappointing that Amazon.com would sell books from Lambert M. Surhone, Miriam T. Timpledon, and Susan F. Marseken. Surhone, Timpledon, and Marseken's books consist entirely of information copied from loosely related Wikipedia articles without consent or credit. These alleged editors have 18,247 books credited to them. It strains credibility that anyone could edit so many books while maintaining any semblance of quality. Amazon.com should immediately withdraw these books from sale. Avoid these books.
No original content
This book is unauthorized and was produced without consent of the show's creator.It's just a printout of Wikipedia articles, actually so save your money.
37. Sisters in Song. A collection of new songs from the women's liberation movement. < Compiled by Tierl Thompson, Andrea Webb and Janie Faychild. >
by Tierl Thompson
Unknown Binding: 100 Pages (1979)
Asin: B0000D46M5
38. The Craftsman's Handbook " Il Libro Dell' Arte" Cennino D'Andrea Cennini
by Daniel V., Jr. / Cennini, Andrea Thompson
Asin: B002AJZ6JO
39. What Do You Want to Do When You Grow Up?
by Dorothy W./ Thompson, Andrea Cantor
Asin: B001E0L1MG
by Dorothy; Thompson, Andrea Cantor
Paperback: Pages (2001)
Asin: B000OTU26E
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It might seem like a concept born from Altered Carbon's stack technologies, but according to cybersecurity firm Kaspersky Lab and the University of Oxford Functional Neurosurgery Group, cyberattacks might not always be limited to the physical when it comes to our health.
The problem of medical device security hit the spotlight when the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a voluntary recall of 465,000 St. Jude pacemakers in order to patch them against remote attacks last year — despite the risk of the firmware update preventing the pacemakers from working altogether.
The teams from Kaspersky and Oxford said on Monday that our current brain stimulation implants and chips already contain existing and 'potential' vulnerabilities which could be used in attacks against the organ.
"These vulnerabilities could be exploited in the future to steal personal information, alter or erase memories or cause physical harm," the researchers say.
Medical professionals use these implants to treat a range of problems and diseases, including Parkinson's, Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, major depression, and tremors. Brain chips are a relatively new concept and these kinds of implants could be used in a wider range of treatments in the future.
The team's investigation uncovered a range of existing attack scenarios which could be used to assault these medical devices.
A serious vulnerability — together with misconfigurations — was discovered in an online management platform which, while popular with surgical teams, also permitted attackers to access sensitive data and treatment procedures.
"Manipulation could result in changed settings, causing pain, paralysis or the theft of private and confidential personal data," the researchers said.
Our brain chip and implant designs are also of concern — especially given potential future security ramifications. By design, these devices may need to be fitted with a software backdoor for clinicians to change settings in an emergency, and this backdoor could become an avenue for attack.
The human element is also a problem. The devices used by medical professionals which contain the software critical to patient implants and care were found to be left open and exposed with default passwords in a number of cases, and they were also used to download additional apps — any of which could become an attack vector, if vulnerable.
If we can't tackle such security problems now, future brain implants could become a hacker's playground.
In August, the US Department of Homeland Security's ICS-CERT warned of severe vulnerabilities in Philips cardiovascular imaging devices.


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'Trump Baby' Balloon May Fly Over London During President's UK Visit
The diaper-clad 'Trump Baby' stands nearly 20 feet high, sports the president's signature blond hair, and holds a cellphone in his very small hands.
Published 8 July 2018
Image via The Guardian/YouTube
On 5 July 2018, the UK's Metro newspaper published a piece by British activist Leo Murray explaining why he and others had created a "six-metre-high, orange, inflatable baby with tiny hands and a malevolent, constipated expression on his face" which they intended to fly over Parliament during U.S. President Donald Trump's visit to the UK on 13 July.
That piece read, in part, as follows:
[I]t's on everyone who knows the difference between right and wrong to resist this grotesque excuse for a president when he comes here. He needs to be run out of town, figuratively at least. But how? This is a man who lacks the capacity for moral shame. Liberal outrage just makes him smirk harder.
To really get through to Trump, you have to get down on his level and talk to him in a language he understands: personal insults.
Ridiculing tyrants and despots is a proud British tradition, so we can think of this as the whistling 'Hitler has only got one ball' of our times. If this generation is going to have to fight fascism again, we may as well have a bit of a laugh while we are doing it.
This point is key. The day Donald Trump won the US presidential election, I found myself gripped by a profound sense of dread. It was a feeling that I had not experienced since I first got to grips with the looming threat of catastrophic climate change, the issue I now work on every day.
But my rising panic over Trump's election wasn't about climate change exactly. It was about a crushing sense of my own powerlessness to prevent terrible, unconscionable things happening to vulnerable people on an enormous scale. For me, in the face of a humanitarian disaster like climate change or Donald Trump, it really is a case of having to laugh, or cry. So I choose laughter.
A crowdfunding effort to support Murray's plans has so far raised £26,700 (about USD $35,000), and a petition to London mayor Sadiq Khan to "Let Trump Baby Fly" was discontinued after garnering over 10,000 signatures and achieving its intended purpose.
Initially, Murray's group reported that Mayor Khan had not granted them permission to fly the balloon at London's Parliament Square because the "Trump Baby" did not qualify as a protest:
I am a giant orange baby with tiny hands. I just want to fly above Parliament on July 13th when little Donald visit Britain. But @MayorofLondon says I can't. Sad!
Tell @SadiqKhan to let #TrumpBaby fly! https://t.co/qjbolEge6r
— Trump Baby (@TrumpBabyUK) June 13, 2018
However, Murray shut down the entreating petition effort after reporting that city officials had changed their decision and allowed that the balloon protest could proceed as planned:
To begin with, officials in the London Mayor's office were not super pumped about our application to fly an unflattering effigy of the US president over Parliament on 13th July, telling us that Trump Baby was "art" and inflatables did not qualify as legitimate protest.
But there was nothing in the rules about not flying inflatables, and all our paperwork was in order. We began to wonder if this might not be an important test of the health and vitality of our democracy.
So we started a petition to the Mayor to let Trump Baby fly …
City Hall has granted us consent for Trump Baby to make a majestic two hour flight over the seat of Britain's democracy, between 9.30 and 11.30am on Friday the 13th July. His flight will be a beacon of light in a dark time, a historic national gesture of defiance against the rise of Trump's barbarous and hateful politics, and a welcome reminder that parts at least of Britain's democracy are still working how they are supposed to.
According to city spokesperson quoted by NPR, however, the protest organizers "will also need to receive the necessary approvals from the Metropolitan Police and national air traffic service in order for [the balloon] to fly," and it was uncertain at press time whether those approvals had been secured.
Details of President Trump's schedule for his brief visit have been sketchy and subject to revision in news reports, but the U.S. chief executive and First Lady Melania Trump are expected to attend a black tie dinner at Blehnheim Palace, then after meeting with Prime Minister Theresa May at Chequers (the prime minister's country retreat) for a working lunch, President Trump will travel to Windsor Castle with the first lady to meet Queen Elizabeth.
Even if the "Trump baby" balloon should fly as planned, however, it's doubtful that President Trump himself will be in a position to see it, as The Guardian observed:
Donald Trump will almost entirely avoid London during his four-day visit to the UK next week, Downing Street has said, unveiling an itinerary that is likely to prompt accusations he is trying to avoid planned protests against him.
Trump, who is to meet Theresa May and the Queen among others before spending two days in Scotland, will only spend the night in London on Thursday, the day of his arrival, staying at the US ambassador's official residence in Regent's Park, Winfield House.
Before that he will attend a gala dinner at Blenheim Palace in Oxfordshire, and the following day he will hold talks with the prime minister at her Chequers country retreat in Buckinghamshire. Both are places where protesters can be kept out of sight and earshot.
Later on the Friday he will meet the Queen at Windsor Castle before heading to Scotland for the weekend
The US ambassador to the UK, Woody Johnson, rejected the suggestion Trump was trying to keep away from any dissent.
"No, the president is not avoiding anything," he told a press briefing. "The president is merely trying to get as impactful a trip as he can get in a 24-hour period." Trump will be using London as a base during his visit, Johnson said.
Asked whether Trump had heard of the baby balloon, Johnson said: "Yes, I think we're all aware of these things." While the president was focused on his objectives, he "appreciates free speech, both in this country and in our country", Johnson added.
Murray, Leo. "We're Protesting Trump's Visit by Flying an Inflatable Trump Baby over London."
Metro. 5 July 2018.
Puente, Maria. "President Trump, Melania to Meet Queen Elizabeth II at Windsor Castle During UK Visit."
USA Today. 6 July 2018.
Bratek, Rebecca. "Activists Want to Fly Giant "Trump Baby" Balloon Over London to Protest His UK Visit."
CBS News. 28 June 2018.
Walker, Peter. "Donald Trump to Almost Entirely Avoid London During UK Visit."
The Guardian. 6 July 2018.
Penman, Maggie. "London Mayor Says 'Trump Baby' Blimp Can Fly in Protest of President Trump's Visit."
NPR. 5 July 2018.


Greetings, fellow Avilones. Though it's hard to believe the moment has already arrived, we Avila Beach citizens must begin to brace ourselves for the upcoming tourism season. Historical knowledge of what will be coming won't necessarily soften the experience, but it should help us prepare. For the next several months we can count on surrendering most of the easy beach and town access that occurs for half the year, but that doesn't mean we can't enjoy the bounties of our Central Coast jewel. I urge everyone to pay attention to the local publications that announce upcoming Avila events that will impact traffic flow and parking, so on any given day you can plan your routes accordingly. Also, if you have yet to do so, register for the "Foundation's" AVILA ALERTS service. Some local event coordinators and County public services representatives are pretty good about informing the "Foundation" of upcoming activities that could disrupt the daily traffic and access patterns. When we receive news about these, we, in turn, send email notifications to AVILA ALERTS subscribers. Click on the link below to sign up for AVILA ALERTS.
I offer a special "shout-out" of appreciation to the people responsible for conducting the "Foundation's" recent Internet Safety and Best Practices Workshop. Forty or so Avila residents attended the workshop and gained greatly from the information presented by Gary Maier and Dennis Royer – both PG&E employees working in cyber security. And a special thank you to Foundation Project Specialist Paula Dempsey for her role in coordinating the logistics. Feedback from those who attended the workshop was highly complimentary, and several attendees suggested that further such workshops that dive deeper into the technology would be helpful and welcome. The "Foundation" has made every effort to be responsive to requests and opportunities that come our way. This workshop was just one of the many activities we have supported or conducted as a result from community input. We thank you Avilones for letting us know what you want.
Under the heading of "odds and ends" – I share the following tidbits. The "Foundation" and County Supervisor Adam Hill have teamed up to fund the long-needed audio equipment to improve communications at Avila Valley Advisory Council (AVAC) meetings. Discussions will flow much easier once people around the table and in the audience can actually hear what is going on. The "Foundation" is also helping out as an event sponsor for the Central Coast Aquarium's upcoming Beach Clean-Up Day. For information on the event, visit www.centralcoastaquarium.com. Our congratulations to the staff of Bellevue-Santa Fe Charter School in Avila Valley for achieving their goal to raise $4,500 in funds to match the "Foundation's" grant of $4,500. The school can now purchase additional iPads and a charging station to improve student educational opportunities. Kudos to the donors Ken & Sue Karleskint, Molly Preston, Jeremy & Michele Engle, Tricia Hamachai, Kraig & Tina Crozier, and a generous contribution from one family wishing to remain anonymous. Well done, everyone! And one additional reminder from our friends at Cal Fire – with each of the two seasonal time changes, everyone should replace the batteries in their smoke detectors. Be safe, not sorry.


As most know, I am a staff writer for the website GotQuestions.org, and I received a question that I wanted to share as well as the answer that I provided. The question had to do with decorating for Christmas and while it has passed, I thought it important enough to at least get folks thinking about what constitutes a church. Is it a building? Or the people? Thank you for reading and God bless you.
Santa Clause and Christmas trees are displayed on the altar in our Baptist church during the Christmas season and pageant!!! Are they desecrating the altar and sanctuary?
Thank you for writing to us. Christmas decorations are just that, decorations. If you are not bowing down to them, or worshiping them, or they aren't being praised as God, then they are not desecrating anything.
It is important to remember that a church is nothing more than a building made up of bricks and mortar and concrete. There is nothing special about the building and church can be had ANYWHERE there is worship of Christ and His word is studied and or preached. For example, if the church burned down and your fellowship decided to meet in a different location, would it be LESS of a church then? The answer is no. The church is the Body of Believers who celebrate Christ, not the building itself. Yes, the building should be respected and taken care of, but these are not false idols being treated as gods, merely items on display for your and others enjoyment.


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Aquaman: The Becoming Teases A Romantic New Cover
DC, News
Prachee Mishra
In the upcoming Aquaman: The Becoming #5, DC's new Aquaman, Jackson Hyde, may finally have a new love interest. Since his debut in DC Rebirth in 2016, the former Aqualad has been without a love interest, but that will soon change after a four-year wait.
A Mysterious Love Affair Might Be In The Way!
Since his debut appearance in Brightest Day #10 as a half-human, half-Atlantean, Jackson has had to deal with the truth that he is the son of villain Black Manta. Jackson's character was reintroduced in DC Rebirth's Teen Titans #6 where he comes out as gay and learns to navigate his new Atlantean powers, based on the Young Justice character Kaldur'ahm, inspired by Calvin Durham from Adventure Comics #452 (1977). After exposing his powers and expressing his desire to join the Teen Titans, Jackson's then-boyfriend Kenny abruptly ended their relationship. In the new variant cover of Aquaman: The Becoming #5, illustrated by Khary Randolph, everything is about to change for the hero's love life now that he has outgrown his prior role as Aqualad, where a mysterious love interest might soon accept Jackson for all of who he is.
The Dreamy Backdrop!
Aquaman: The Becoming Cover
Behind a pink sunset backdrop with abandoned ships, the alternative cover suggests a passionate connection between Jackson and his unknown new love interest, evoking Disney's The Little Mermaid. Jackson is dressed as Aquaman and has a smouldering look in his eyes as he gazes passionately into the eyes of his love interest. The love interest in question is dressed in Atlantean armour, implying that they are both Atlanteans. In this tempting variant cover, the pairing has sparked, hinting at a possible love connection between the two.
Jackson was previously announced as the new Aquaman and the mentor of Arthur and Mera's daughter Andy in the DC Future State: Aquaman miniseries. Jackson's journey as a hero from Teen Titans member to Arthur's training has been depicted in Aquaman: The Becoming. Now that he's established himself as Aquaman, the hero will most likely embark on a new romance, which fans will learn about in Aquaman: The Becoming #5, which will be released on January 18th, 2022.
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After air toxicity, unprecedented encroachment in the Ridge forest area and a dirtier Yamuna, the Capital finally has some good eco news – the arrival of its first 'green home'.
House number H-1456, named 'Green One' is located in South Delhi's Chittaranjan Park (CR Park), less than 100 metres from the local police station.
"It is the ITC Green Building in Gurgaon that influenced me. So I pulled down my house in C.R. Park and re-built it using environment-friendly and recycled material," Proshanto Roy, the owner of the house, said.
"Only a few bricks from the leftover debris were used. These are made using industrial waste materials. Conventional bricks are considered carbon dirty and it also spoils the earth. Furthermore, several kilograms of coal have to be burned to make a kilo of brick. That is simply wasting valuable natural resources," Roy added.
Artificial lights with low power density (LPD) have been used throughout. The home features several large windows and a solar panel.


SPRINGDALE — Three streets will see lane closures today (July 9) starting at 6 a.m. in West Springdale.
Huntsville Avenue, White Road and Elm Springs Road from Thompson Road to North 45th Street will have the outside lanes closed for road improvements.
Closures begin at 6 a.m. The inside lanes will remain open until further notice.


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On November 6, 2018, Michigan voters passed Proposal 1, known as the Michigan Regulation and Taxation of Marihuana Act ("the Act"), decriminalizing the possession and use of marihuana by adults aged 21 years or older.
While much of the Act addresses the use, cultivation and amounts of marihuana that can be legally possessed, the Act also expressly addresses the rights of employers to ban the use of marihuana in the workplace.
Specifically, Section 4.3. of the Act states that employers are not required to permit or accommodate an employee's marihuana use under the Act and, therefore, employers remain free to discipline any employee violating an established workplace drug policy and/or for working while under the influence of marihuana.
Employers should also note that the Act does not prevent an employer from refusing to hire a prospective employee due to their desire to use recreational marihuana.
The Michigan Medical Marihuana Act (the "MMMA") became Michigan law on December 4, 2008. The MMMA permits an individual with a qualifying debilitating medical condition to register as a medical marihuana patient with the Michigan Department of Community Health and avoid criminal penalties under state law for certain medical uses of marihuana.
Employers should note that the MMMA does not provide an employee with the right to use or be under the influence of medical marihuana in the workplace.
Therefore, like recreational marihuana, employers remain free to discipline or terminate any employee violating an established workplace place drug policy or for working while under the influence of marihuana.
Workplace policies should always try to strike a balance between employee and employer's rights.
Employers should adopt a straightforward drug and alcohol policy that can be incorporated into an employee handbook, policy manual, or be issued separately as a policy bulletin. This will ensure employees are knowledgeable of the rules and job implications associated with the use of drugs and alcohol in the workplace.
Establish and maintain a safe and healthy work environment.
Reduce the number of accidental injuries to persons or property.
Reduce absenteeism and tardiness and increase productivity.
Maintain a professional atmosphere for employees and visitors.
Annual updates to policies will provide employees with clear understanding of what is expected of them, and avoid unwanted conflicts.
Website creation is a complex task. Building a website is a task not to be taken lightly. It is a reasonably complex task that combines taking a collection of information and images, designing it with readability and all the while also applying basic design techniques. Here are just a few frequently overlooked website creation mistakes.
1. Opening new windows. Once upon a time, using multiple new frames to display content as a user clicked through a site was cool–a new thing in web design. With tabbed browsing common in browsers like Firefox, users who wish to open links in new tabs can do so if they wish.
2. Failing to put a contact information in several locations. The best practice is to put up a "Contact Us" link that leads to complete info–mailing address, phone and email address. But, you should also have that info on each and every page of your website.
3. Broken links. Bad links–hyperlinks that do nothing when clicked or lead to "404" error pages–are the bane of any web surfer. Test your site–and do it weekly–to ensure that all links work.
4. Slow server times. Slow load times are inexcusable with professional sites — it's an invitation to the visitor to click away. What's slow? On average, visitors will wait only four seconds for a site to load before clicking away.
5. Outdated information. Make sure to keep your site fresh and updated daily for best results. You can't afford the loss of credibility that can come from having dated content.
6. Poor navigation. It's very frustrating to be forced to go back two or three pages to get to other areas of a site. It's also a waste of time. There should be a navigation bar on every page that guides visitors to other areas of the site.
7. Too many font styles and colors. Pages ought to present a unified, consistent look. Use two or three fonts and colors per page, maximum. The idea is to reassure viewers of your solidity and stability, not to convince them you're wildly artistic.
8. Orphan pages. Every page in your site needs a readily seen link back to the home page. Why? Sometimes users who may visit and may want more information. But if the page they get is a dead end, forget it. Always put a link to "Home" on every page, and make your site logo (usually found near the top of the screen) link back to your home page.
9. Failing to link with your social network sites. Most businesses have their own Facebook pages, or Pinterest or Twitter accounts. The point is that social media is an important resource and businesses are benefiting from having a presence in it. Forgetting to link to your social media platforms is a big no-no. People should be able to go from one to the other effortlessly.


In the spirit of full disclosure, I devoured this book. I read it in about a day and a half, neglecting things I was supposed to be doing (important things) just so that I could see what crazy thing would happen next. Also, the story was jam packed full of tropes and story arcs that appeal to me. Why was it so full of those things? Well, more on that later, but to be starting out with, all that's important was that it was ridiculousy readable.
If you've read much YA, you probably already know the basic plot of City of Bones. Clary Fray is our supposedly normal teen of choice, and she lives in a fictional version of New York City with her artist mother. Her father is dead (. . . OR IS HE?) and her best friend Simon is secretly but obviously in love with her. She's pretty, but unaware of it. Her farts probably also smell like roses. Then one night when she witnesses a handsome blonde stranger seemingly murdering someone in a club, she finds herself falling into a hidden world where demons are real, and because she can see them (and the people who hunt them) that means she must be part of that world as well. The young man is named Jace, and he is a Shadowhunter/Nephilim, a half-angel being whose mission is to hunt down demons and keep Earth safe. And Clary is a Shadowhunter as well. Surprise!
I read this book after seeing pyrajane's review which described this book as a book about books for people who love books. And that's exactly what this book was, and it was delightful.
Mr. Penumbra runs a mysterious bookshelf, and our protagonist Clay takes a job working the night shift at the store. Mr. Penumbra's requests seem a little unusual, and Clay starts to pay careful attention to the books in the store, the customers who borrow them without paying, and the peculiar tasks he's required to do.
Ultimately, this is a mystery. It's a worldwide network of people racing to crack a code, and to do it under their terms. You feel the tension between the old school and new school attitudes towards technology as the characters race to the finish. And Clay reminded me a tiny bit of Harry Potter.
Based on earlier reviews I read of J.K Rowling's first post-Harry Potter release, I had fairly low expectations for this novel. It's definitely not Harry Potter, but I found it enjoyable once I got into it. In The Casual Vacancy, a city councilor in a small town dies unexpectedly, leaving an opening on the city council just when a historically contentious issue is coming up for a vote. Rowling builds the town, family by family, neighborhood by neighborhood, local store by geographic landmark, until you almost feel like you live there.
Having grown up in a small town mired in its own constant controversies over flood control and developments, I actually kind of liked this novel. The political maneuverings were funny, and interesting, and sometimes its nice to read a book where the stakes are something small like winning a local election rather than saving the world. I related to the town, and to the characters, and the suburban struggles they dealt with.


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GAME OF THRONES: What Secret Weapon Is Gendry Building for Arya?!? (Nerdist News w/ Jessica Chobot)
After five long seasons, Arya and Gendry reunited on the most recent episode of HBO's Game of Thrones. But what is the weapon she commissioned from him for? Jessica hammers out the details in today's Nerdist News!
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SEGA Hardware Nintendo 3DS themes officially announced for US and EU
October 8, 2015 by Barry
SEGA has officially announced the SEGA Hardware Nintendo 3DS themes that they've been hinting at for the past few weeks. Releasing today to the US will be Sega Genesis and Sega Game Gear themes, featuring imagery and sounds from the respective hardware. In addition to the Genesis and Game Gear, 3DS owners can also expect the Sega Master System, Sega Mark III, Sega Saturn, Hi-Tech Sega (80s style Japanese arcade machine), Sega SG-1000, and the Sega Dreamcast. The themes will be rolled out over the coming months, and are priced at $1.99 each.
It has also been announced that the themes will be hitting Europe, but on a different schedule. No word on if the themes will be altered to suit the EU versions of consoles.
How SEGA recorded authentic sounds for their console based 3DS themes
Yosuke Okunari, producer behind the M2 3D Classics remakes and the newly announced SEGA themes for 3DS has posted behind the scenes pictures on how they got authentic console sounds for those themes. As seen above where they recorded the sound for the Dreamcast 3DS theme, I guess they start by using a really dirty and used Dreamcast to get the most authentic sound (how long has this console been left out in the sun!).
According to Okunari's twitter post they went through 20 games for the SG-1000 before they settled at what boot up sound they liked the best, if the picture indicates anything they went with 'Congo Bongo'. Seems that SEGA has been very authentic lately with the sound of their 3DS stuff and that's always nice to see.
New Resonance of Fate themes
February 23, 2010 by George
SEGA has released some new Resonance of Fate themes in Japan, first up are the PS3 ones. Sadly, they are not dynamic themes, just premium. Meaning it has a static wallpaper and custom icons. There are 2 versions, one called A-Type that features 1 out of the 5 characters from the game and its own icons that have a sort of broken glass look. B-Type is all Reanbell and that theme is shown above.
Hit the jump to see the rest of the themes, including the Xbox 360 premium themes.


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Topographic correlation between juxtapapillary choroidal thickness and parapapillary deep-layer microvasculature dropout in primary open-angle glaucoma
Seung Hyen Lee1,
http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9393-9452Eun Ji Lee2,
Tae-Woo Kim2
1 Department of Ophthalmology, Bundang Jesaeng General Hospital, Daejin Medical Center, Seongnam, Korea
2 Department of Ophthalmology, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seongnam, Korea
Correspondence to Dr Eun Ji Lee, Department of Ophthalmology, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, 82, Gumi-ro, 173 Beon-gil, Bundang-gu, Seongnam, Gyeonggi-do 463-707, Korea; opticdisc{at}gmail.com
Purpose To investigate the topographic relationship between parapapillary deep-layer microvasculature dropout (MvD) as assessed by optical coherence tomography (OCT) angiography (OCTA) and the juxtapapillary choroidal thickness (JPCT) in primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG).
Methods A total of 194 eyes (138 POAG and 56 control eyes) having parapapillary atrophy (PPA) were imaged using the swept-source OCT and OCTA to examine the microstructure of PPA and measure the JPCT, and to determine the presence of the MvD. MvD was defined as a focal sectoral capillary dropout without any visible microvascular network identified in the parapapillary deep-layer in the en face OCTA images.
Results JPCT was smaller in the POAG group than control group at 6-, 6.5-, 7- and 7.5-o'clock meridians (all p≤0.002). When POAG eyes were classified into those with parapapillary γ-zone and those with only β-zone without γ-zone, the mean JPCT was significantly smaller in the latter (p=0.027). The JPCT differed between with and without MvD only in eyes with a γ-zone: the JPCT was smaller in the eyes having MvD at 7- and 7.5-o'clock meridians (both p=0.001), where MvD was detected most frequently. However, such a difference was not observed in the eyes with only β-zone without the γ-zone at any of the meridians.
Conclusions Localised reductions in JPCT were observed at the location of MvD in POAG eyes with parapapillary γ-zone. Such a correlation was not observed in the POAG eyes with only β-zone, but the mean JPCT was significantly smaller in this group.
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Contributors All authors contributed to the study concept and design, acquisition, analysis or interpretation of data and critical revision of the manuscript for important intellectual content. SHL and EJL drafted the manuscript. SHL contributed to the statistical analysis. EJL had full access to all of the data in the study and takes responsibility for the integrity of the data and the accuracy of the data analysis.
Funding This work was supported by Seoul National University Bundang Hospital Research Fund (number 02-2016-045), Seongnam, Korea.
Disclaimer The funding organisation played no role in the design or conduct of this research.
Ethics approval This study was approved by the Seoul National University Bundang Hospital Institutional Review Board, and it conformed to the tenets of the Declaration of Helsinki.
© Article author(s) (or their employer(s) unless otherwise stated in the text of the article) 2018. All rights reserved. No commercial use is permitted unless otherwise expressly granted.
Keith Barton James Chodosh Jost B Jonas
British Journal of Ophthalmology 2018; 102 i-ii Published Online First: 19 Jul 2018. doi: 10.1136/bjophthalmol-2018-312810


The UZC has V = 7115 +- 27 km/sec.
a Metric Distance of (69.838 +/- 28.073) Mpc using the Average NED-D value.
View details and SED for 39 Photometric data point(s) available in NED.
NOTE: Physical diameters are derived using a scale of 0.3386 kpc/arcsec based on Average NED-D Metric Distance of (69.838 +/- 28.073) Mpc.